Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

British carrier-based aircraft were developed on the basis of southern African carrier-based aircraft.

When Southern Africa sold the two "Elizabeths" to the United Kingdom, they were equipped with carrier-based aircraft. After the end of the World War, the United Kingdom improved the carrier-based aircraft, so the current "Water Hound" was born.

The "Water Dog" has a fuselage length of 8.75 meters, a wingspan of 11.03 meters, a height of 2.87 meters, and an empty weight of 2,511 kilograms. Its static data is similar to that of the Southern African Navy "Strong Wind".

Of course, after installing a stronger engine and using newer materials, the performance of the "Water Hound" is still good, and the overall level is probably about the same as the improved "Strong Wind".

However, compared with the "Goshawk" currently in service in southern Africa, it is still a bit inferior.

As the main carrier-based aircraft currently in service in the United Kingdom, the Royal Navy has high hopes for the "Water Dog". Based on the information obtained from all aspects, the Royal Navy believes that the performance of the "Water Dog" is similar to that of the "Goshawk".

However, in the Brazilian Civil War, the American "Cerberus" could not even defeat the improved "Strong Wind" in southern Africa, so the Royal Navy had no idea.

There is a bottom now.

Putting aside technology, pilots' psychological quality is far behind. This is not a problem that can be solved by improving technology.

The good news is that the British pilot who fell into the water was rescued in time, and no one died in the accident. Yang Shimozi and Li Ao took the initiative to go to the hospital to visit the pilot who was mainly psychologically traumatized, and expressed their condolences to him.

In the hospital, Yang Smooth and Li Ao happened to meet Dudley Pound, who also came to visit the pilot.

"I'm sorry that this happened, Minister Smuts." Dudley Pound was in a bad mood. This incident was provoked by the Royal Navy, and Dudley Pound was responsible for the lack of restraint.

"I'm also sorry, General Pound. Madagascar will leave Portsmouth tomorrow, and I will return to Southern Africa as planned. If there is a chance, I hope you can come to Southern Africa, and we can have a good chat by then.

." Yang Smuts was polite and courteous. Dudley Pound's official position was Commander of the Mediterranean Squadron, and he would inevitably have to deal with him next.

"I hope there will be such an opportunity -" Dudley Pound's attitude was perfunctory. So many things happened when "Madagascar" came to Portsmouth this time. The Royal Navy should also be careful if it goes to southern Africa.

After leaving the hospital, Li Ao returned directly to "Madagascar", while Yang Smuts was going to London to join Winston.

The original main purpose of Winston's trip to southern Africa this time was to strengthen economic cooperation between southern Africa and the United Kingdom.

Now Winston has another task, he also has to bridge the rift between the Royal Navy and the Southern African Navy. There is extensive cooperation between the Royal Navy and Southern Africa in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Southeast Asia.

Yes, although there are some minor conflicts, they will not affect the cooperative relationship between the Southern African Navy and the Royal Navy.

While the Royal Navy relies on the Southern African Navy, the Southern African Navy also relies on the Royal Navy.

For example, the heavy cruiser technology that the Royal Navy is proud of.

The "Durban" class light cruisers in southern Africa have excellent performance and are on par with British and American light cruisers.

In the field of heavy cruisers, southern Africa is a little behind.

As a large surface combat ship second only to capital ships, heavy cruisers play a very important role in the navies of various countries.

Especially for Southern Africa, there are only four battleships in Southern Africa that are more than 20 years old. Although these four battleships have undergone many modernizations and modifications in the past 20 years, the improvement in combat effectiveness is not high. After all, where is the total tonnage?

No matter how modified the 330mm main gun is, it can't hit the 410.

Therefore, heavy cruisers are more important to southern Africa than Britain, the United States, and Japan.

There are now a total of 12 heavy cruisers in southern Africa, six of which are standard treaty type, that is, the displacement does not exceed 10,000 tons and the caliber of the artillery does not exceed 203 mm.

"All countries attach great importance to the development of heavy cruisers. They regard heavy cruisers as an important part of the main fleet. We now also have huge overseas interests that need to be maintained. The most suitable fields for light cruisers and destroyers are escort and anti-submarine. Their deterrence is seriously insufficient.

, so we now urgently need a powerful heavy cruiser, which can not only effectively protect our overseas interests, but will also be an important part of the aircraft carrier fleet." Martin has now completely accepted the reality that Rock will never build a battleship.

, although heavy cruisers are a little worse than battleships, they are still better than nothing.

Every once in a while, Southern Africa will come up with a huge "shipbuilding plan" that looks extremely exciting.

It just looks like that.

In fact, they are all smoke bombs. It doesn't matter whether you have money or not. Four "islands" can be launched at one time. BIG7 will always be a paper plan and will never be implemented.

"We already have ten aircraft carriers. Isn't that enough to protect our overseas interests?" Rock really couldn't understand why the Southern African Navy was so obsessed with battleships.

Since the emergence of "Elizabeth", aircraft carriers have been proven to be the future of the navy. Heavy cruisers, like battleships, will be eliminated after World War II.

Of course, if you insist on saying that powerful battleships are a symbol of modern naval power, this is certainly true.

But aren’t a thousand carrier-based aircraft a symbol of the power of a modern navy?

This is far scarier than ten BIG7s, right?

No matter how powerful the BIG7 is, it can only be kited indefinitely if it cannot get close to the aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier can wander outside the range of the battleship and easily cause fatal damage to the battleship.

Even if they can't be defeated, aircraft carriers with lighter displacement and faster speed can easily escape from the battle. The slow speed of the battleship can't even smell the oil smoke when chasing behind the aircraft carrier.

"Of course we know that the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers is far better than that of battleships, but others don't know that." Martin was also helpless. There were very few records of aircraft carriers participating in wars, and the exercises would not be real after all.

The Battle of Jutland was the first time in history that aircraft carriers participated in the war.

Although the aircraft carrier "Elizabeth" performed well in the Battle of Jutland, it was the more numerous battleships that really played a decisive role.

The Brazilian Civil War was the second time that aircraft carriers actually participated in the war, and it was the first time that aircraft carriers participated in the war as the main battleship.

The result was even more unfavorable for the aircraft carrier. The USS Lexington was tragically sunk. It seemed that the aircraft carrier was really vulnerable.

Now let's look at aircraft carriers. On the surface, they are really inferior to heavy cruisers in terms of deterrence. At least heavy cruisers have stronger firepower and thicker protective armor and will not be easily sunk.

Of course, this is for ordinary people. In the eyes of real industry insiders, the sinking of the "Lexington" just proves that aircraft carriers are the future of the navy.

Don't forget that the "Lexington" was also transformed from a battleship. Its armor thickness is no less than that of a battleship. If the ammunition on the "Lexington" had not been ignited and exploded, the "Lexington" would not have been destroyed.

was sunk.

This is also the reason why the United Kingdom and the United States began frantically building aircraft carriers after the USS Lexington was sunk.

Forget about France and Italy. Their strength is limited and they can only use their limited capital on battleships.

France and Italy are not far apart anyway.

"Like battleships, heavy cruisers will be eliminated sooner or later. The money to build three heavy cruisers can be used to build an aircraft carrier. You have to think about it - oh, it's useless to think about it. The Navy will

Our budget has been completely spent, and we have to wait until next year to build heavy cruisers." Rock disagreed. Twelve heavy cruisers in southern Africa are enough. The heavy cruisers of Britain, France, the United States, Japan and Italy combined.

Only 55 ships.

Of course, this is not the case. The British, French, American, Japanese, and Italian battleships have a large number of battleships, but there is obviously not enough emphasis on heavy cruisers.

Even so, Britain, France, the United States, Japan, and Italy have not stopped building heavy cruisers. In recent years, new heavy cruisers have emerged one after another. Southern Africa has indeed fallen behind in this field.

"Before the naval meeting was proposed in London, the drawings of the new heavy cruiser had actually been completed. Just because of the naval meeting, the construction of the new heavy cruiser has been postponed indefinitely-" Martin smiled sheepishly and took the initiative to add to Rock's mind.

Tea.

"Go on - what does Britain's new heavy cruiser have to do with us?" Rock was not angry. Martin must have had his purpose in bringing up this matter at this time.

"Britain's new heavy cruiser further strengthens its armor on the basis of the 'County' class heavy cruiser, giving it stronger protection against 203 mm naval guns and 533 torpedoes, and its overall performance is stronger than the heavy cruisers we currently serve.

The only problem is that due to the need to reduce weight, the power system of the new British heavy cruiser has been reduced. However, this problem can also be easily solved. The final full load displacement of the treaty heavy cruisers of various countries far exceeds 10,000 tons, so even if there is no weight reduction,

It doesn't matter much." Martin's thoughts were devoted to these avenues.

"Well, then -" Rock seemed to know what Martin wanted to say.

"We won't build too many, just four -" Martin was careful.

"No!" Rock disagreed. Four heavy cruisers were expensive.

"Then two ships, no more. We must keep upgrading naval warships, and at the same time ensure that the shipyard has enough orders, so as to ensure that we can generate sufficient productivity when needed." Martin had no bottom line.

, take the initiative to cut it in half.

Four ships will definitely not work.

Two ships might be considered.

What Martin said is correct. The navy needs to constantly be supplemented with new warships to ensure its combat effectiveness.

Then make it.