Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Although the Olympic Games have ended, there are still many people staying in Southern Africa. Many of them, like Paterson, want to increase their understanding of Southern Africa.

Immigrating to southern Africa is a very difficult decision for people like Paterson. Paterson has an industry in France, and his family and friends are all in France. In France, Paterson can barely be regarded as a member of the upper class.

If you immigrate to southern Africa, it means abandoning everything in France and coming to southern Africa and starting all over again.

Start all over again!

Who would be willing to leave their comfort zone and start all over again if they were not forced to do so.

What's more, in recent years, the prices of farms around Pretoria have become more and more expensive. Generally speaking, a farm with an area of ​​150 acres costs about R4,500, but there is no market, and you can't buy it with money.

In fact, the key to having a good price but not a market is that the price is not high enough. If Paterson is willing to raise the price, then someone will definitely be tempted. If you spend 4,500 rand in Madagascar, you can at least buy a farm with an area of ​​more than 1,000 acres.

Currently in southern Africa, only Madagascar can easily buy a farm. The farms in Tanganyika have been sold out. And don’t hesitate to miss this opportunity. If you want to buy a farm if you wait a few years, you may have to go

East India.

What gives Paterson some comfort is that the prices in the southern African market are low and the supply of goods is abundant. If he immigrate to southern Africa, Paterson can choose to keep the industry in France and bring his family to southern Africa first, so as to make money in France.

, consumed in southern Africa, is the most suitable choice for Paterson’s family.

On August 10, the naval meeting continued.

Rock himself was surprised that McDonald, Hoover, and Tanaka had no reaction when they saw the flat deck and huge size of the large integrated supply ship in Southern Africa. They were completely unaware of the potential of the supply ship in military applications.

That's right. It's probably because the supply ships didn't even have artillery, so McDonald, Hoover, and Tanaka lowered their vigilance. After all, this is an era when aircraft carriers and submarines are equipped with artillery, and the supply ships don't even have machine guns.

It doesn't look like it has any offensive power at first glance.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on Macdonald, Hoover, and Tanaka. One of the three is a pastor, the other is a human trafficker, and the only one who has anything to do with the military is the Army's Ma Lu Yelang. We can't expect too much from them.

Of course, there are also smart people. The three prime ministers and presidents are not proficient in naval ships, but there are still experts in the teams of the three companies.

Therefore, the focus of the debate focuses on the role of large comprehensive supply ships.

"Supply ship! Let me remind you once again that this is a supply ship and cannot be used for combat. There are no weapons installed on it and it cannot be used for combat." Rock repeatedly emphasized that it is not enough to restrict cruisers and submarines. Even auxiliary ships must be restricted.

It's really too broad.

"Compared to an aircraft carrier, it only lacks a flight deck, but it's nice to call it a supply ship. With the industrial capabilities of southern Africa, is it difficult to install a flight deck on a supply ship?" Tanaka Giichi said sourly. Japan also wanted to build one, but unfortunately it couldn't.

rise.

The cost of the large comprehensive supply ships equipped in southern Africa is not much lower than that of aircraft carriers. The price difference between the two is mainly due to the carrier-based aircraft, artillery, machine guns and so on.

The flight deck requirements in 1928 were not as high as in the 21st century. The most advanced fighter jets in the world now have an empty weight of just over two tons and a maximum take-off weight of about 3.2 tons. In another time and space, the flight deck of an aircraft carrier during World War II was still a wooden deck.

, the technical content is really not high.

"You want to say that we just need to dismantle all the large battleships. It is also very convenient to convert large battleships into aircraft carriers." Rock sneered, dragging the United States and Britain into the water.

As mentioned above, the technical content of aircraft carriers in this era is really low. It is normal to convert heavy cruisers or battleships into aircraft carriers. Japan's first aircraft carrier, the Hosho, also went through several modifications during the construction process, and finally became the weird one it is now.

appearance.

Unlike the Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers built in southern Africa, the Fengxiang has a full-load displacement of just over 7,000 tons. The hull adopts an unarmored design. Although it has a full-passage flight deck, the flight deck is relatively narrow. In order to ensure the smooth take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft

, in the end, the island bridge could only be dismantled, and it looked like a flat ship from a distance.

In another time and space, Fengxiang underwent several modifications and the flight deck was extended many times. As a result, the flight deck was too long and its navigation performance was poor, so it was ultimately reduced to a training ship for inland navigation.

What is unexpected is that it is precisely for this reason that the Hosho became the only Japanese aircraft carrier that was not damaged during World War II.

Now the Japanese also have a careful idea. In southern Africa, they disguise their aircraft carriers as comprehensive supply ships, which can be transformed when needed.

The Japanese went even further. In order to circumvent the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, the Japanese government funded private shipping companies to build large cruise ships. The Japanese government will build all passenger ships, freighters, and cruise ships with a displacement of more than 6,000 tons and a speed of more than 19 knots.

During the process, "incentives" were given, with the aim of requisitioning and converting these ships into aircraft carriers if they were needed one day.

"Ahem, Locke, the conversion of the USS Lexington into an aircraft carrier is within the scope allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty." Hoover tried his best to clarify that the United States was restricted by the Washington Naval Treaty and had to convert the two ships in service.

The built Lexington-class battleships were converted into aircraft carriers. Now the Lexington-class aircraft carriers are also the largest aircraft carriers in the world.

The original design displacement of the Lexington-class battlecruiser was 35,000 tons, and the United States planned to build six.

As a result, the "Washington Naval Treaty" was signed during the construction process, so the United States converted the "Lexington" and "Saratoga" that were being built rapidly into aircraft carriers and continued to serve them.

Like the Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, the Lexington-class also uses a closed bow and has two elevators. A crane is also installed to recover seaplanes and aircraft.

In addition, the Lexington has also installed four twin-mounted 203mm artillery for attacking maritime targets. This can be regarded as the most intuitive embodiment of the cannon doctrine of giant ships.

"So, since large battleships and large civilian ships can be converted into aircraft carriers, then we might as well not build large ships and go back to the sailing era." Rock expanded the attack area. There was only the possibility of conversion, but he did not actually do it.

I just don't know what it means.

"Locke, why don't you sign a commitment and promise not to change the supply ship into an aircraft carrier?" McDonald's mind was weird, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"The guarantee is something that can be torn up at any time. It has no effect at all." Tanaka Yiichi also got angry in a hurry. Everyone knows this truth, but you can't say it directly, you bastard.

"So is there any point in wasting our time holding a meeting here?" Hoover was angry, and everyone was worried. Then everyone should go back home and start the arms race.

"It's really meaningless!" Rock stood up and left. He didn't talk about the supply ship. He even restricted the supply ship. He was crazy.

This day's meeting naturally yielded no results.

In the evening, Rock and Hoover had dinner together. Hoover mentioned helicopters again and hoped that southern Africa could transfer related technologies.

"Okay," Rock finally said.

"Really?" Hoover was overjoyed.

"Really, as long as you are willing to spend money to buy a comprehensive supply ship." Of course Rock had conditions.

"How much?" Hoover felt a bit toothache and was ready to be slaughtered.

"It's not expensive, 20 million." Luo Ke smiled grimly, and the killing was a bit harsh.

"Dollars?" Hoover had one last glimmer of hope.

If it is US$20 million, then Hoover can still fight for it. The three ships built by the United States are comparable to the G7, and the cost of each ship has reached about US$27 million.

With the United States' shipbuilding capabilities, as long as it understands the relevant technologies, it can easily copy supply ships and helicopters. After all, current helicopters and supply ships do not have much technical content.

However, it is very difficult to buy technology from southern Africa. In another time and space, the United States had a chokehold on others, and now Rock has a chokehold on the Americans.

Of course, it’s not that we won’t sell, but we need to seize the opportunity well and sell when the related technology in the United States is about to break through, or when it has just made a breakthrough.

It just makes you uncomfortable.

It means that it is better for you to build than to buy, and to buy is worse than to rent.

"Rand!" Rock broke Hoover's fantasy. Even though the rand has been untied from gold, and the United States still adheres to the gold standard, in terms of currency gold content, the rand is still stronger than the US dollar.

The nominal gold content of the U.S. dollar is still 1.5 grams, but in fact the United States has stopped the direct exchange of gold and U.S. dollars, so the gold content is useless.

Although the rand has been untied from gold, in southern Africa, one rand can still buy about one gram of gold directly from the market. Again, there is no shortage of gold in southern Africa if there is nothing else.

"This is too expensive for you," Hoover said sadly. Twenty million grams of gold was actually not much, just 20 tons.

Before Rock could speak, Sidney Milner hurried into the restaurant.

Just now, Giichi Tanaka boarded a ship and left London, reportedly returning to Japan.

The naval meeting has not ended yet. I am in a hurry to return to Japan. That is to withdraw from the naval meeting.

"What does this guy want to do?" Hoover was also surprised. Withdrawing from the London Naval Conference was no small matter. Once the arms race restarted, Japan was expected to be the first to lose.

"Kishiro Utahara is still in London, and it is said that Kijuro Utahara will attend the naval meeting on behalf of Giichi Tanaka next." Sidney Milner is not clear either. Although Kijuro Utahara has a high status, he cannot represent Japan.

At the very least, they are not equivalent to the identities of Macdonald, Hoover, and Rock.

"Herbert, get ready to start the arms race." Rock didn't know what was happening in Japan, which made Tanaka Yiichi return to Japan in such a hurry. In short, he was prepared for the worst.