Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Under normal circumstances, governments do not announce submarine accidents.

Different from surface ships, if an accident occurs on a warship, as long as it is not a major incident such as an ammunition depot explosion, the sailors still have a chance to escape.

 Once a submarine accident occurs, the sailors do not even have a chance to escape, and they usually die collectively.

 Governments around the world have kept secrets about this type of incident and strictly blocked information. It is extremely unusual for the Italian government to announce such a high-profile incident.

 In connection with the unfinished war in North Africa, the Italian government seems to be building momentum.

“We must remain vigilant. The Italians may provoke disputes in the Mediterranean.” Yang Smuts was wary of the Italians.

 “Are you going to start a dispute with us?” Martin was extremely surprised.

 The imaginary enemies of the Southern African navy are Japan, the United States, and even the Royal Navy.

 The Italian Navy was never considered for southern Africa.

 It’s not a good relationship.

 But not qualified!

 All battleships currently in service in the Italian Navy were all built before World War I.

When the "Washington Naval Treaty" was signed, the Italian Navy still had 10 battleships, including two "Andrea Doria" class ships with a standard displacement of 22,964 tons, and three "Count of Cavour" with a standard displacement of 23,088 tons.

class, one "Dante Alighieri" with a standard displacement of 19,500 tons, and four "Queen Elena" classes with a standard displacement of only 12,600 tons.

 The "Dante Alighieri" was built and put into service in 1912, and was decommissioned and scrapped in 1928.

The four "Queen Elena" class battleships were designed at the end of the last century and were dismantled between 2022 and 2025 respectively. Currently, there are only two "Andrea Do" battleships in service in the Italian Navy.

Ria" class, and two "Count Cavour" class ships.

 Wait a minute, didn’t there just be three ships of the “Count Cavour” class?

In 1913, the third ship of the "Count of Cavour" class, the Leonardo da Vinci, was commissioned.

  In 1914 the world war broke out.

In 1916, while the battleship "Leonardo da Vinci" was loading ammunition for the main gun in the port of Taranto, a 305mm shell accidentally fell and exploded, causing the ammunition depot to explode.

The huge explosion blew a huge hole in the side of the "Da Vinci", and it didn't take long for the "Da Vinci" to roll over in the port.

At that time, the Italians did not even have the ability to fish out "Leonardo Da Vinci", so they had to let "Leonardo Da Vinci" roll over until 1919.

In 1919, the Italians finally fished out "Leonardo Da Vinci" and prepared to repair "Leonardo Da Vinci".

 This renovation lasted until 1923, and the repair work was not completed for four whole years.

 In the end, the Italians completely dismantled "Da Vinci".

The fate of the other two "Count of Cavour" class battleships was not much better.

Two years ago, the Italian Navy upgraded two "Count of Cavour" class battleships and prepared to increase the caliber of the main gun of the "Count of Cavour" class from 305 mm to 320 mm.

 Something magical happened.

The Italians did not produce new main guns, but removed the main guns of two "Count of Cavour" class battleships and reprocessed them, so 305 became 320.

  Reworking means to physically widen the bore of the main gun.

Of these two battleships, one was scuttled by the Italians themselves when Italy surrendered, and was later fished out by the Germans to block the waterway.

 Another ship exploded and sank in 1955 for unknown reasons.

Such an Italian navy is really not qualified to be a rival to the navies of Southern Africa.

 Even though the Royal Navy is bad in various ways, overall its foundation is still there and it is still one of the most powerful navies in the world.

 Italians are rotten to the core of the earth.

"It's very possible." Yang Shimozi tried his best to maintain a serious expression. He was talking about a dispute. It was such a serious matter that he couldn't laugh out loud.

"Hahahahaha" Martin lost control and burst into laughter. To deal with the Italian grandfather-class battleships, the Indian Ocean Fleet did not need to take action. The Cyprus Squadron cooperated with the Cyprus Air Force to complete the task.

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 Rock knocked on the table.

 Be serious, we have a meeting.

“I’m sorry, this is the funniest joke I’ve heard this year. This is the funniest joke I’ve heard since the end of the last world war.” Martin wiped his tears with disgust on his face.

Italy’s navy is pretty bad, and its army isn’t much better either.

Think of the dozen or so battles of the Isonzo River during World War I

There is no need to send out the National Defense Forces in southern Africa. Send a fax to Umbrella Company. It is estimated that Umbrella Company can reach Rome.

“General Martin, at least in the Mediterranean, the Italians have an advantage.” Yang Smozi said seriously. The Minister of Defense is so arrogant, which is not a good sign.

"Minister Smuts, don't doubt the capabilities of the Southern African Defense Forces. If the Italians dare to provoke any trouble, the 500,000 Italian troops in the Abyssinian Empire will be waiting to enter the Mediterranean to feed the fishes!"

Martin is so domineering. Is there ever a time when his emotions are so exposed?

 500,000 troops!

 It does sound quite bluffing.

 But for the Southern African Defense Forces, it is nothing more than a local chicken Wadog.

 It's okay to use to bully Abyssinians.

I'm afraid it's not good enough to be used to fight against the Southern African Defense Forces.

“I have never doubted the capabilities of the National Defense Forces. It is good to have confidence, but we cannot underestimate the madness of some people.” Yang Smozi is very rational, and the thinking of some people cannot be understood in a normal way.

 Under normal circumstances, Germany would not start a world war at all.

 And twice.

 Under normal circumstances, there would be no southern Africa today.

 Even if there were, it wouldn’t be so powerful.

 Under normal circumstances, an island country should not exist

 This does not refer to the UK.

Many things in this world cannot be explained by normal logic.

“Then we will give them a lesson that will impress them!” Martin regained his composure. War is not the only way to solve the problem, but it is the best way.

Just when the Italian government announced that it was investigating the truth behind the missing submarine, another major submarine accident occurred in the United Kingdom.

 The service of the "Dolphin" submarine really stimulated the British self-esteem.

 The proud British and the arrogant Royal Navy do not allow themselves to lag behind in any aspect of naval construction.

 Especially southern Africans.

 After the "Dolphin" submarine was put into service, the United Kingdom also increased its research on submarines.

Even if the Royal Navy does not need submarines for warfare, it still needs submarines to research anti-submarine warfare.

This reason is very good. Parliament immediately appropriated funds, and the first appropriation was 1.5 million pounds.

 Think that the British Air Force’s annual funding is only 150,000

 It can only be said that the British government is too partial.

 The Royal Navy performed very well this time. It quickly designed a new submarine and arranged its production as quickly as possible.

I have to say that the British are very capable when they go all out.

Think about how after the end of World War I, the British towed the German U-boats back and could not even dismantle them. Now it is indeed a huge progress.

 The new British submarine is called "Victoria".

According to the British's own claims, the comprehensive level of the "Victoria" has surpassed that of the "Dolphin" in southern Africa and is the most advanced submarine in the world.

 How strong is the performance of "Victoria"?

 No one knows it except the British.

In order to prove the power of the "Victoria", the Royal Navy carried out high-profile publicity for the trial of the "Victoria". Almost all British media sent reporters to attend the trial ceremony.

 As a result, the sea trial had just begun when an accident happened.

 As for the trial voyage, there are actually not many projects. The first project must be diving.

At this time, inside the submarine "Victoria", in addition to the 103 sailors, there were also representatives of the local fleet, sailor training instructors, and designers who checked the status of the submarine.

 According to the prescribed procedures, "Victoria" will first dive to a depth of 50 meters, and then continue diving after making sure it is safe.

  The support warships dispatched by the Home Fleet proved that the "Victoria" reached a depth of 150 meters on its first dive.

 This is already the design limit of the "Victoria".

Here you can see how false the British propaganda is.

 The maximum diving depth of "Victoria" is only 150 meters.

 The ultimate depth of diving for "dolphins" in southern Africa is 350 meters.

 So the overall performance of "Victoria" surpasses that of "Dolphin"?

 Mostly it’s the British who are enjoying themselves.

 At this time, "Victoria" began to work hard to troubleshoot the fault.

 But the fault had not been eliminated, and the "Victoria" continued to sink another 50 meters.

 Sink

This depth makes people despair.

 Because of the trial navigation area, the water depth is only 200 meters.

 This means that the "Victoria" has sunk to the bottom of the sea.

 When the news came out, the whole world was shocked.

This is the British Royal Navy that has dominated the world for hundreds of years and has been hard-pressed to defeat.

 Has it fallen to this level now?

The British government and the Royal Navy were worried about this situation, but the British media were overjoyed and stepped up their coverage of the Victoria. The Times even dispatched a private yacht with a radio system to go to the incident.

We will send follow-up reports to the sea area, and we can send them back at any time as long as there is news.

 The printing house is also ready to trigger the "Supplement" at any time.

While the media is enjoying the carnival, "Victoria" is trying to save herself.

Communication shows that when the "Victoria" hit the seabed, the submarine torpedo launch port was damaged, and a large amount of seawater poured into the interior of the "Victoria". The sailors and designers were working hard to start the air pump, hoping to make the 84-year-old ship

The big thing of 1 meter emerged from the sea.

 This wait is 17 hours.

 Seventeen hours later, the submarine's air pump finally started successfully and the "Victoria" began to surface.

However, due to the water entering the submarine, the "Victoria" floated up in an abnormal manner. The first thing that emerged from the sea was not the bridge, but the propeller at the tail of the submarine.

The "Victoria" surfaced in such a strange posture. This scene was photographed by a reporter from The Times and quickly spread throughout the world.

 However, this is not the end.

 Although the "Victoria" surfaced, the people in the submarine still couldn't get out.

 The "Victoria"'s escape capsule is located six meters underwater.

At the same time that the torpedo launch port was damaged, the escape hatch was completely stuck and could not be opened no matter what.

 At this time, there were 125 staff members inside the submarine, including submarine experts, including the chief designer of the "Victoria" submarine.

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