Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

After the dismantling of the Atlantic Fleet, the British Home Fleet was indeed the most powerful fleet in the world.

At least paper data is the most powerful.

In the Washington Naval Treaty, the United States, which also has 525,000 tons of capital ships, has an Atlantic Fleet that is slightly stronger than the Pacific Fleet, and is not as powerful as the British Home Fleet when calculated separately on paper.

In southern Africa, where the last "Island" class aircraft carrier is about to enter service, the Indian Ocean Fleet is stronger than the Atlantic Fleet, but still inferior to the British Home Fleet.

The reorganized British Home Fleet has 14 battleships, two aircraft carriers, two battlecruisers, and 21 cruisers.

Taking the Battle of Jutland as the dividing line, in accordance with the provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty, Britain could start building new battleships starting in 1931, gradually replacing the former Jutland-type battleships that had been in service for more than 20 years.

The United Kingdom has long been prepared for this. Unfortunately, because the United Kingdom has not completely gotten rid of the impact of the economic crisis, the "King" class battleship that has completed the drawing work has not yet laid the keel.

According to the British government's plan, a total of five "King" class battleships will be built.

The cost of each of the five "King" class ships is about 18 million pounds, and the total cost of the five ships is more than 90 million pounds.

With the UK's current annual military budget of 20 million, it is indeed unaffordable.

Since we cannot afford to build battleships, we must improve the combat effectiveness of the Royal Navy from other aspects.

This is the background of the British development of the "Victoria" class submarine.

It's a pity that this incident happened again when the "Victoria" set sail on its first voyage, which made the Royal Navy's already sluggish situation worse.

Roger Keyes served as Commander of the Home Fleet in this context.

No wonder he didn't take office for six whole months.

If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't want to take over this mess.

Since retiring, Roger Keyes, whose work focus has shifted from the navy to politics, clearly has a clearer understanding of the power of southern Africa.

Therefore, when summoning Major General Thomas Conrad, Roger Keyes made it clear that it was unwise to place John under house arrest and that John should be released as soon as possible to prevent the situation from getting out of control further.

"But if you release Qiao John, Victoria" Thomas Conrad is worried that Qiao John will not keep his promise.

"Can you put Joe John under house arrest and silence the world?" Roger Case handed Thomas Conrad a newspaper.

American newspapers.

And this is an American newspaper whose name I have never heard of, the Washington Evening Post.

Thomas Conrad knew the Washington Evening Post.

Also know the Washington Post.

When did Corriere della Sera appear?

Let’s not talk about this issue for now. The front page of the Evening Post made Rear Admiral Thomas Conrad completely despair about the submarine "Victoria", a shame for the British government and the Royal Navy!

"So, the news of blockade is now meaningless. The Southern African federal government has officially notified London that if John is not released, the Southern African federal government will interrupt all cooperation with the British Empire." Roger Keyes has no doubt that Pretor

Leah's determination is different now, and Britain needs southern Africa even more.

"If southern Africa really dares to do this, then the third Boer War is about to break out!" Major General Thomas Conrad's words represent the sentiments of many senior Royal Navy officers.

Never mind that the Southern African federal government and the British government have been working hard to patch up their differences.

The conflict between the Southern African Navy and the Royal Navy is serious.

Since Britain began its strategic contraction, the Royal Navy has gradually given up its overseas military bases. It is against this background that the Halifax and Changi naval bases were acquired by southern Africans.

Halifax and Changi naval bases are not enough to give the Royal Navy heartache.

It was Diego Garcia who really caused the Royal Navy heartache.

No one expected that Diego Garcia, an island located in the center of the Indian Ocean, would become the winner and loser in controlling the Indian Ocean.

Nowadays, navigation technology has made a huge leap compared to 30 years ago.

Diego Garcia has also changed from an uninhabited desert island to a must-stop place for crossing the Indian Ocean.

Southern Africa's federal government views the Indian Ocean as its core interest.

The same goes for the UK.

Just when the importance of Diego Garcia's geographical location was increasing year by year, the Royal Navy was surprised to find that Britain had lost its dominant position around the Indian Ocean.

Southern Africa has important military bases such as Changi Naval Base, Persian Gulf, Diego Garcia, and Darwin Port Australia around the Indian Ocean.

Britain had nothing but India and Ceylon. Even Australia had almost fallen into the embrace of southern Africa. After the Royal Navy passed through the Suez Canal, it didn't even have a stable military port.

This situation was unacceptable to the Royal Navy.

Although the main responsibility for this outcome lies with the British government.

The British navy still places the main blame on the increasingly powerful southern African navy.

What's more, behind this lies a dispute over the development route of the modern navy.

Will battleships be more important in future naval battles?

Or is an aircraft carrier more important?

The Royal Navy wanted to prove it themselves.

"Do you want to start a war with Southern Africa? Please be smarter!" Roger Keyes was so desperate. How stupid must he be to want to start a war with Southern Africa.

"The Southern African Navy is definitely no match for our Royal Navy. Once a war begins, the local fleet can easily destroy the weak Southern African Atlantic Fleet, and the Mediterranean Fleet can also easily destroy the Cyprus Squadron. Then we will concentrate our efforts on the Indian Ocean and the Southern African Navy for a decisive battle."

Thomas Conrad is really not crazy. Just as the Southern African Staff has been thinking about imaginary enemies all day long, the Royal Navy has long ago listed the Southern African Navy as one of the imaginary enemies.

"This shouldn't be your only hope," Roger Case finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

Thomas Conrad looked serious, but he really wasn't.

"Okay, let me tell you now, once a war breaks out between the United Kingdom and Southern Africa, the Commonwealth will be disintegrated in an instant. Canada and Australia will most likely choose to support Southern Africa instead of going all out to support the United Kingdom like they did in the last world war.

"Kingdom" Roger Keyes is very clear-headed, and the British government has discussed its relationship with southern Africa many times.

Needless to say, in Australia, the entire country is about to be bought by southern Africans. Even if the Australian government chooses to support the United Kingdom, the Australians will not agree.

Canada has long been completely disappointed with Britain. If Southern Africa had not taken over Halifax, Canada might have been annexed by the United States by now.

And India, which has been clamoring for autonomy all day long.

If a war breaks out between Britain and southern Africa, India will declare autonomy as soon as possible.

It is even possible to declare separation from the Commonwealth.

By then, will the Royal Navy still have the confidence to defeat the Southern African Navy?

Not to mention complete annihilation or anything like that, by then the Royal Navy can defend its home defense line and prevent southern African military aircraft from entering British airspace and attacking the British mainland. Roger Keyes will be thankful to God.

“We still have American allies.” Major General Thomas Conrad’s military capabilities aside, his political sensitivity is too poor.

In other words, the arrogance caused Major General Thomas Conrad to lose his normal judgment.

"The United States hopes to replace the British Empire and become the leader of the world more than southern Africa." Roger Case sneered. Southern Africans cannot be trusted, so Americans can be trusted?

Just look at what Americans did in the last world war.

Americans are the biggest speculators in the world.

Worse than Italy.

How can such a country be trusted?

Thomas Conrad finally shut up, it was completely different from what he had imagined before.

"The war will ultimately be resolved through ground forces. Even if the Royal Navy can easily defeat the Southern African Navy, can the Army defeat the Southern African Army?" Thomas Conrad never thought about this question raised by Roger Case.

british army

Is it the honor guard who only shows up at royal ceremonies to make their presence felt?

If this were a competition on horsemanship, the Royal Guard of Honor could compete with the Southern African Army.

Forget about fighting.

There is absolutely no comparison.

When it comes to the stage of fighting for ground troops, Southern Africa does not need to dispatch the National Defense Forces. The mercenaries of the Umbrella Company, plus the Southern African Union troops, can bulldoze the British Army all the way.

"So throw away those unrealistic fantasies and get down to the fact that the United Kingdom needs Southern Africa more than Southern Africa needs the United Kingdom. This is the end of Project Victoria. There are no submarines we can buy the Southern African Ghost."

Submarine, look at what you are doing. Will the performance of the Victoria submarine be better than that of the Ghost submarine?" Roger Case is now in a lot of troubles. The inside story of the "Victoria" accident has been published in the newspaper. The entire British government and

The Royal Navy fell into a huge passive position.

Don't listen to the Royal Navy saying that the "Victoria" has better performance than the Southern African "Dolphin".

Not to mention "Dolphin", not even "Phantom" has had a major accident like "Victoria".

Southern Africa has relaxed export restrictions on the Phantom after the Dolphin entered service.

The export price of a "Ghost" is only 350,000 pounds.

The Royal Navy spent a total of 4.5 million pounds on the development of the "Victoria".

Spending 4.5 million pounds to buy a "Phantom" can also improve the anti-submarine capabilities of the Royal Navy. Isn't this better than spending huge amounts of money on research and development, and ultimately ending up with nothing?

Major General Thomas Conrad was completely confused.

Unexpectedly, after spending 4.5 million pounds, it turned out that it was better to build than to buy, and to buy was worse than to rent.