Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The situation in France is very complicated. Unlike Germany and the United Kingdom, which are dominated by a single ethnic group, the main population of France has several parts, namely: French, Bretons, Corsicans, and Alsatians.

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The complex population structure brings many problems.

After the World War, in order to increase the population, the French government relaxed restrictions on the importation of colonial populations, which further complicated France's problems. Therefore, when facing Germany, the French government became increasingly unable to cope with its efforts.

This is also one of the important reasons why the French Prime Minister did not last long. As powerful as "Tiger" Clemenceau, he was quickly abandoned by the French after the end of the world war. Needless to say, other French politicians, no matter how capable they are, face the current situation

France is also at its wits end. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as internal and external troubles.

In this case, Saint-Roch, which has a developed economy, stable prosperity, and guaranteed security, has become the best settlement for those wealthy French people who do not want to leave France, or are unable to leave.

Today's Saint-Roch is essentially a huge wealthy area.

The biggest problem in France now is that the poor remain poor while the rich stay rich. Economic differentiation brings about fierce collisions of ideas. The Enlightenment movement first started in France. France is also the first country in Europe to have a bourgeois revolution. Therefore, the French

The spirit of rebellion has also existed "since ancient times". Among European countries, the French have the most avant-garde ideas.

Under this circumstance, it is easy to understand why the French shouted the slogan "Peace not aircraft carriers".

Anyway, there are all kinds of ideas, some advocate cruel revenge against Germany, and some love peace.

There are those who are completely disappointed with France and emigrate overseas, while there are those who stay in France and share life and death with France.

There are those who resolutely defend the "giant ships and cannons" doctrine, and there are those who actively embrace new technologies and hope to build a modern navy.

Leonard Capet was not on either side. He advocated brutal revenge against Germany, but he did not want to use war, but hoped to achieve it through more peaceful means.

Leonard Capet's family has been sent to southern Africa, but he himself still stays in France. Some people may think that Leonard Capet is making money in France and spending it in southern Africa, but as long as France does not surrender voluntarily, Raynald Capet will remain in France.

Nader Capet would not have left France.

As for whether France is building battleships or aircraft carriers, to be honest, Leonard Capet doesn't care. He has no hope at all for the French navy. If Germany wants to attack France, even if France has the most powerful navy in the world.

The fleet is useless.

Therefore, Leonard Capet placed more hopes on southern Africa. The "Madagascar" fleet came to Saint-Roch this time at the invitation of Leonard Capet. For this reason, all the expenses for the fleet's trip to sea this time were borne by

Leonard Cappe paid.

Leonard Capet's purpose is very clear. He hopes to use this method to give Saint-Roch and France more confidence.

For the Southern African Navy, Leonard Capet was no outsider, so when Leonard Capet proposed to visit the "Madagascar" aboard, Li Ao readily agreed.

Of course, before boarding the "Madagascar", Li Ao also warned: "'Madagascar' is our most advanced aircraft carrier and has applied many of the most advanced technologies, so no matter what you see later, I hope you can

Rotten in the stomach."

"No, just show me casually. Don't let me see the parts that involve confidentiality. I can't bear such a big responsibility." Leonard Capet is self-aware, and Li Ao is also worried too much, and technology

Even if Leonard Capet took it apart and showed it to him, he wouldn't be able to understand it.

This is already the third sea trial of the "Madagascar". Every time it returns to its home port, the "Madagascar" will install some new equipment. The air defense system, communication system, and air-to-sea radar have all been installed on the ship.

The aircraft is also the latest "Goshawk". The Southern African Navy is very confident. The "Goshawk" on the flight deck of the "Madagascar" is not even covered with cloth. It is displayed in such a big way for people to look at. Anyway, it is impossible to take a look at it.

Pregnant.

"How many carrier-based aircraft can this aircraft carrier carry?" Leonard Capet didn't know enough about "Madagascar".

"The design was for 130 aircraft, but some problems occurred later, and now it can carry about 120 aircraft." Li Ao told the truth, this is not a secret.

The "Island" class aircraft carrier is designed to carry more aircraft than the "City" class. However, the size of the "Goshawk" carrier-based aircraft is also larger than the previous carrier-based aircraft, so the aircraft carrying capacity cannot meet the design standards, only 120

shelf.

In fact, it is already very good. The British "Elizabeth" and the American "Yorktown" both have only about 80 aircraft, which is not even as good as the "City" class. From this perspective, an "Island" class

The combat effectiveness is equivalent to a ship and a half "York City".

Of course, considering the performance gap between carrier-based aircraft, the actual gap must be larger than this.

"Is there any chance that Saint-Roch will become the home port of the Atlantic Fleet?" This is the question that Leonard Capet is most concerned about.

The Atlantic Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet both have two homeports. The Atlantic Fleet is Walvis Bay and Halifax; the Indian Ocean Fleet is Port Edward and Diego Garcia.

As an enclave of Southern Africa in Europe, Saint-Roch is far away from the mainland of Southern Africa and located on the French-Belgian border. Once the world war breaks out again, Saint-Roch will definitely face German attack.

If a fleet is stationed in Saint-Roch at this time, it will provide the city of Saint-Roch with maximum protection, and the Atlantic Fleet will also strengthen Saint-Roch's defense accordingly.

If nothing else, the Marine Corps is definitely more capable than the Umbrella Company.

"It depends on the arrangements of the Ministry of National Defense." Li Ao did not overstep his authority. There are actually warships stationed in San Roque, but they only have light cruisers and destroyers. Their main functions are anti-submarine warfare and escort.

This focus is obvious. Anti-submarine and escort forces are also one of the themes of this naval meeting.

As the main type of anti-submarine and escort ships, in the cruiser category, the United Kingdom has 34 ships, Japan has 18 ships, Southern Africa has 42 ships, and the United States only has 10 ships.

In 1931, Japan's "Imperial Defense Policy" decided to further expand the size of its navy to cope with increasingly severe challenges.

In this plan, Japan decided to build a fleet of 12 capital ships, 10 aircraft carriers, 28 cruisers, 6 destroyer squadrons, 7 submarine squadrons, and a fleet of 65 squadrons by 1940.

Aviation unit.

In order to implement this plan, Japan's military expenditure for that year reached 3.05 billion yen, an increase of 10% over the previous year.

In order to complete this plan, Japan will build at least 72 new warships in the next five years, and its annual military expenditure will increase by about 30%.

After the USS Lexington was sunk, the U.S. government also proposed a huge shipbuilding plan. It is expected that by 1938, the United States will have 18 battleships that have not exceeded their age, 45 cruisers, 150 destroyers, 56 submarines, and

8 aircraft carriers.

In order to support this shipbuilding plan, the United States is expected to invest US$1.5 billion.

Needless to say, Southern Africa. After the completion of the four "Island" class aircraft carriers, Southern Africa will have 10 aircraft carriers, 42 cruisers, 80 destroyers, an unknown number of submarine forces, and an aviation force composed of up to 1,500 combat aircraft.

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Oh, by the way, there are four more battleships in southern Africa.

Although these four battleships are relatively old and have actually been launched for nearly 20 years, the modernization of southern African warships is very fast, and the performance of these four battleships is still very advanced.

In comparison, the modernization of the British Royal Navy lags far behind southern Africa.

Apart from anything else, practical air radar is currently only available in southern Africa.

Sea radar is currently only mastered by southern Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Other countries have not even realized the importance of radar.

Compared with the huge cruisers and destroyers in southern Africa, the Royal Navy pales in comparison. Germany does not even have a single battleship now, so is it necessary for the Royal Navy to maintain a strong battleship force?

Don’t forget that the German Navy’s most proficient unit is submarines. In the last world war, Britain had suffered enough, so at the just past naval conference, Britain also proposed a huge shipbuilding plan to prepare for the next five years.

, build ten new light cruisers and ten destroyers every year to strengthen the Royal Navy's anti-submarine capabilities.

The Southern African Atlantic Fleet also considered this factor, so all the warships deployed in Saint-Roch were mainly for anti-submarine and escort purposes.

"The Saint-Roch fleet must at least have the ability to send all the Saint-Roch people to Britain if the war is extremely unfavorable." Leonard Capet has already prepared for the worst. Dunkirk is less than 100 meters away from Saint-Roch.

30 kilometers.

"You don't have to worry about this problem. It's easy to send the St. Rock people across the English Channel, and civilian ships can also do it." Li Ao has not yet realized the seriousness of this problem.

This is normal. No one now thinks that France, which fought bloody battles with Germany for four years in the last world war, would give up its resistance within 40 days.

From four years to 40 days, who knows what the French have experienced in these years.

Just when Leonard Capet visited the "Madagascar", the arrival of "Madagascar" also attracted strong attention from relevant countries, especially the United Kingdom and Germany.

The United Kingdom has seriously lagged behind southern Africa and the United States in terms of aircraft carriers. Even after the completion of the two "Elizabeths", the United Kingdom only has a total of four aircraft carriers, and its ambitions are not as high as those of the Japanese.

The Germans were even worse. Once, the Germans were extremely close to the "Akagi", but unfortunately they failed in the end. Now the Germans' goal is very simple. They only need a pocket-sized aircraft carrier to meet Germany's current needs.