Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The performance of the "Durban" class light cruiser can be called "balanced" in a sense.

However, the "balance" here does not mean mediocrity, but that its capabilities in all aspects have reached a considerable level, and it is a master of the current advanced naval technologies.

Excellent air defense and ground-to-sea attack capabilities, excellent high-speed maneuverability, unparalleled air-to-sea search capabilities, a certain degree of anti-submarine capability, and a 3,000-kilometer endurance ensure "Durban"

The light cruiser only needs one supply at most and can easily reach any overseas naval base in southern Africa.

In Rock's plan, Southern Africa must build at least 00 "Durban" class light cruisers in the future to meet the needs of Southern Africa.

In such a comparison, the battleship that Stoudemire cherishes so much is insignificant.

"3,000 tons is a bit small." Stoudemire is also a supporter of the "big ship and cannon doctrine". Compared with the battleships that often weigh 30,000 to 40,000 tons, a 3,000-ton light cruiser is simply a toy.

And we can’t let go of it yet.

The "London Naval Treaty" also stipulates cruisers. Southern Africa only has a quota of 90,000 tons, and the full quota is 30 ships.

The "Durban" class light cruiser has a full load displacement of 300 tons and a standard displacement of 2,500 tons. 3,000 tons is reasonable. No one cares about these details.

The caliber of the main gun of the "Nagato" is four millimeters larger than advertised, and no one actually measured it with a ruler.

"3,000 tons is not small. Don't think of it as a cruiser. If you think of it as a destroyer, you will find that it is not small at all." Like the battleship, Rock is actually not optimistic about the prospects of cruisers.

A cruiser is a large surface ship with strong firepower and multiple uses, mainly operating in the ocean.

This requires the cruiser to be equipped with strong offensive and defensive weapons, have both high speed and seaworthiness, and be able to conduct long-term ocean operations under harsh weather conditions.

The destroyer is a multi-purpose warship that can not only perform offensive assault missions in naval ship formations, but also undertake air defense and anti-submarine escort missions for combat formations. It can also serve as support troops and patrols in landing and anti-landing operations.

Warning, reconnaissance, maritime blockade and maritime rescue tasks.

After World War II, cruisers and battleships gradually declined, and destroyers became the most common type of ship in the fleets of various countries.

The "Durban" light cruiser is essentially an enlarged version of the destroyer, only 3,000 tons. In the future, destroyers will already have tens of thousands of tons.

"If you have a lot of money and really have no place to spend it, just donate it to build a supply ship. If you are willing to pay, I will replenish the Mediterranean Squadron with 'Table Mountain' class supply ships." Rock compromised and told a joke:

supply ship in southern africa

This joke is a bit cold. If you don’t understand British cold humor, you won’t be able to appreciate the essence of this joke.

At the London Naval Conference, everyone knew that the 25,000-ton comprehensive supply ship in Southern Africa could be turned into an aircraft carrier with slight modifications.

Then something strange happened. None of them, including Ramsay MacDonald, held on to the comprehensive supply ships in southern Africa to talk about the problem, and they did not even impose restrictions on the auxiliary ships.

After the London Naval Conference, all countries began to pay more attention to the integrated supply ship. It was at this time that all countries had no choice but to discover that the integrated supply ship was also valuable to southern Africa.

There is no other way. All kinds of silly, big, thick and black battleships are too expensive for Rock. The same goes for Britain, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy. The daily maintenance cost of a battleship for a year can almost build a new one.

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Since there are no capital ships in southern Africa, more funds can be spent on other ship types.

Britain, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy all have at least nine capital ships. They really can't afford more money to build new warships. At the "Washington Naval Conference," Britain, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy all received certain quotas.

of aircraft carrier tonnage. So far, the United States has only built three aircraft carriers, the United Kingdom has two, Japan has two, and France and Italy have not built one. Therefore, there is no need to save the country through curves. If there is demand and ability, just build aircraft carriers.

That’s it, why bother building a comprehensive supply ship?

As a result, the navies of various countries can only watch and drool at the integrated supply ships in southern Africa.

It will definitely be sour, but it's not something to be afraid of.

Take a look at the comprehensive supply ship in southern Africa, and then take a look at our own silly, big, thick and black ship.

To be honest, it's more silly, thick and black.

"Three ships?" Xiao Si didn't care about the ridicule in Rock's words at this time. What does it mean to have too much money to spend? Your old Rock family is richer than mine.

"One!" Rock refused decisively. The total number of warships in the Mediterranean Squadron is only a dozen. Do you need three 25,000-ton comprehensive supply ships?

That's too much.

"Heh" Xiao Si sneered, who is the one complaining about?

Since he couldn't achieve his goal, Stoudemire changed his angle.

The donated aircraft carrier is not displayed, but what about the donated aircraft?

This is acceptable!

Then donate the plane.

Stoudemire still has confidence in the air force strength of Southern Africa, especially the latest "Wind" fighter jets.

Stoudemire still understood the significance of air superiority to modern warfare, so Stoudemire decided to donate two wings of "Wind" fighter jets, one wing of torpedo planes, and one wing of bombers.

Compared with aircraft carriers, airplanes are very cheap.

There are not many aircraft in a wing, only a few dozen, and the logistics support is less than 2 million. The total of the four wings is less than 10 million, which is not even a small goal.

Seeing Stoudemire throwing away a lot of money, Rock felt depressed.

It's a good thing that Stoudemire is willing to donate money to buy a plane, but it also involves a balance issue.

Stoudemire's donation is a directed donation, designated for Cyprus.

So the question arises. Cyprus’s air force strength is already very good. If four wings are added in one go, Cyprus’ air force strength will be second to none in the entire Mediterranean.

Regarding this situation, let’s not talk about the reactions of France and Italy, deploying more air forces to Cyprus. Do you want to add more to Port Elizabeth?

What about Changi Naval Base?

What about Halifax?

Not to mention Zhenghe Island, which is located in the center of the Indian Ocean and has increasingly important strategic value.

Oh oh oh, the Royal Navy still calls Zhenghe Island Diego Garcia.

It turns out that imperialism is determined to destroy us.

So this is a test of Rock's ability to handle water.

Just when Rock was having a headache about how to allocate troops, the logistics director Jia Quan of the Nikola Tesla Research Institute at the end of Silver Beach Road in Los Angeles was heartbroken.

Just now, another experiment of Nikola Tesla failed.

It sounds desperate. Robert Goddard's experiment failed, and the most he lost was a pile of iron shells, a little fuel, and a month or two of a hundred or so workers.

Every time Nikola Tesla's experiment failed, it meant the loss of a large long-range four-engine bomber. Every time it failed, one crashed, and no one was spared.

It doesn’t matter if the plane crashes. Nyasaland Air and Rhodesia Airways have money and can afford to crash, but there are still pilots on the plane. Since the project of a long-range intelligent unmanned bomber that can take off and land vertically on an aircraft carrier was established.

, nearly ten bombers have been thrown down one after another, one bomber pilot was seriously injured, six bomber pilots were slightly injured, and Nikola Tesla is now being roasted on the fire.

If this project ultimately fails, let alone how much money it will cost, how will it be able to afford the pilots who were injured during the experiment?

"We have verified a new electric drive system this time. It is hard to say whether this technology can be applied to IT. At least it can be applied to ghost submarines. Elizabeth Shipyard should be interested in this technology." Shen Shen Miao has now been promoted to

Jia Quan's assistant, he probably has given up hope on this research project for a long time, and instead focuses on the various derivative technologies produced by the project.

"IT" is the abbreviation of the "long-range intelligent unmanned bomber that can take off and land vertically on an aircraft carrier" project, which translates to "intelligent toy". This flawed translation was decided by Nikola Tesla himself.

From this translation, we can see Nikola Tesla’s own attitude towards this project.

If described in this way, many people may think that this is Nikola Tesla's disrespect for those involved in the project, especially those injured pilots.

But let’s not talk about Nikola Tesla’s technology. When he was in the United States, Nikola Tesla dared to use investors’ money for his own research interests, which is the so-called investment fooling

Man, think about it, even investors dare to fool, what else does Nikola Tesla dare not do?

As for Elizabeth Shipyard, it is also where the factory that manufactures ghost submarines is located.

In southern Africa, Elizabeth City is not well-known, and few people even realize that before the rise of Port Edward and Walvis Bay, Port Elizabeth was once the third largest port in southern Africa, after Cape Town and Durban.

Now

Even Lorenzo Marquez has a stronger sense of presence than Elizabeth. Speaking of which, Lorenzo Marquez has not appeared in many chapters.

"That's not what I want to hear. The Three Purities are on top. When will this kind of life end?" Jia Quan lamented. He crashed a bomber in two months. This is Nikola Tesla. Try someone else. Roque was afraid that he wouldn't have his skin peeled off.

Shen Shenmiao covered her mouth and coughed, pretending not to hear.

"The resonant transformer we installed to protect the pilots can now be proven to fully protect the pilots, as well as the caged pilot cockpit. These technologies can be applied to other aircraft." Shen Shenmiao also had mixed feelings about the cost of IT projects. Although it is high, there are indeed many derivative technologies.

The resonant transformer is a high-voltage high-frequency coil. In view of the increasing number of electronic devices on aircraft, it is necessary to consider the electromagnetic damage caused by these electronic devices to pilots.

Speaking of electromagnetism, this is the realm of Nikola Tesla, so there are high-frequency coils.

As for the cage cockpit, the purpose is also to protect the pilot.