Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The Southern African Air Force has now been reduced to a pure bomber force with few transport aircraft.

Relying on bombers and transport aircraft cannot protect the skies over southern Africa. Martin hopes that the Air Force will also attract Rock's attention, not to mention the naval aviation that includes fighter jets, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, torpedo aircraft, ground attack aircraft, and close support aircraft.

If everything is available, at least build a few more "Cheetahs", and the Air Force will have a greater say.

Winston probably didn't know that there were less than sixty of the "Cheetahs" he cherished in southern Africa.

More Cheetahs are deployed in Cyprus, Port Elizabeth, and Changi Naval Base.

This is normal. The Southern African Air Force has never accepted a combat mission since its establishment. Unless the countries surrounding Southern Africa are crazy, they will choose to attack Southern Africa itself.

Surrounding southern Africa are either the Southern African Union countries or the colonies of Britain and France, so the Southern African Air Force really has no place to play.

Rock didn't ignore the Air Force either.

As I said before, there is no best, only the most suitable.

The "Cheetah" is indeed very strong, so powerful that it has no friends. It is almost the ultimate propeller aircraft. Even some early jet fighters are estimated to be inferior to the "Cheetah" in performance.

The problem is that it is not good to be too advanced. Many of the technologies used in the "Cheetah" are currently Zentraedi-level leading technologies. High-tech content naturally means low output. If the Air Force wants to get more "Cheetahs", it will have to wait.

After the world war broke out.

Compared with the "Cheetah", Rock is more concerned about bombers.

Especially long-range strategic bombers.

The performance of the long-range strategic bombers currently in service in southern Africa is a little worse than Rock's "African Emperor", but it is not too different. With a bomb load of 1.5 tons, the range reaches 4,500 kilometers. If it is from Kalimantan,

Taking off from the field airport, it can directly attack the Japanese mainland.

Of course, you can only fly there, and you will need aerial refueling when you come back. If the field airport can be built as large as possible, then the combat radius of the bombers can cover the entire territory of Japan.

Southern Africa now has 340 strategic bombers, which is not too few. This is already the largest number in the world.

However, this position is facing challenges.

After the Brazilian Civil War ended, the United States also began to form a long-range bomber force and solicit bids from domestic airlines in the United States.

The Americans have very high requirements for bombers, which require a bomb load of more than two tons and the ability to fly 8,045 kilometers at a speed of 322 kilometers per hour.

This requirement is so high that even southern African bombers can't do it.

The Americans then lowered their requirements to a bomb load of one ton and the ability to fly 3,218 kilometers at a speed of 322 kilometers per hour.

So there was b17.

In another time and space, a total of 12,731 B17s of various models were produced.

The first batch of orders for the B17 from the U.S. Department of War reached 650 aircraft.

It seems that the Brazilian Civil War has taught the United States enough lessons. From aircraft carriers to bombers, the United States' military-building ideas have been completely Southern African.

The Americans are expanding their armaments and preparing for war, and Southern Africa cannot remain idle either.

Through various exercises in southern Africa, the Air Force generals discovered that in amphibious support missions, the Air Force's strafing was more effective in destroying the enemy's effective forces than bombing.

So the engineers of Nyasaland Airlines had a new task.

The Southern African Air Force requires engineers to find ways to install howitzers on bombers so that they can be more effective against enemy infantry or small targets that can move quickly.

This is actually the task of ground support aircraft. The naval aviation aircraft that undertakes similar tasks is the "Sea Eagle". However, the performance of the "Sea Eagle" is not suitable for installing howitzers, so a new medium bomber needs to be developed.

This kind of bomber does not need a large range, and it does not even need to have a large bomb load. One ton or so is enough.

Taking various circumstances into account, when carrying one ton of bombs, the Southern African Air Force's range requirements for medium bombers are limited to about 3,000 kilometers. If the bomb load increases, the range will be further reduced, and the artillery is installed in the belly position.

Southern Africa's technological reserves are still very strong.

The engineers picked through the weapons arsenal in southern Africa and finally chose the 88mm tank gun used by the "Tiger" tank. The 88mm gun was enough to deal with general moving targets.

The research and development work of the medium bomber was completed in just three months. At the end of November, Nyasaland Aviation produced the first prototype and delivered it to the Air Force for test flight.

The Air Force was very satisfied with the performance of the medium bomber.

So the question becomes, how many to make?

In September, the Air Force had just placed an additional order for 120 long-range strategic bombers. This year, the Air Force has spent all its funds and issued 25 million rand of bonds.

For medium bombers, the Air Force Ministry hopes that the first batch of orders will be around 300.

This request was directly rejected by Rock.

Long-range bombers are expensive, with each one costing around R300,000.

Medium bombers are equally valuable, with each one costing R170,000, and 300 aircraft costing more than R50 million.

The total funding for the Air Force next year is only 50 million.

It is not possible to continue to issue bonds. The military in southern Africa is now heavily in debt. It can spend so much before a world war breaks out. What will happen after a world war breaks out?

"The performance of the Sky Fortress is not perfect yet, and there is still room for improvement, so the first batch of orders will be about thirty, and we will add more after the performance is perfected." Rock cut off the order by 90% in one breath.

The Flying Fortress was the nickname given to the medium bomber by a Times reporter.

The aircraft equipped with tank guns is worthy of the nickname "Flying Fortress".

Since medium bombers are "flying fortresses," heavy long-range strategic bombers are "super flying fortresses."

In this time and space, the b17 and b29 in the United States must have no connection with these two nicknames.

"Three major fleets plus four squadrons, 30 aircraft are simply not enough. No matter what, we have to have 200 aircraft." Martin treated the Palace of Justice as a vegetable market, and he did not expect to get 300 aircraft at one time.

However, 30 aircraft is too few. When did the wealthy Southern African military become so petty?

Luo Ke spread his hands and expressed his helplessness, just 30 fights, do you want them if you like them?

30 aircraft would cost more than 5 million.

Martin is not a rich man, but he doesn’t know that firewood and rice are expensive. Southern Africa is full of gold-eating monsters on land, sea, and air. The federal government must continue to invest in infrastructure, build more arsenals to prepare for world wars, and buy back key industries that are related to the national economy and people’s livelihood.

The Germans are very dissatisfied with the private shares in the country, and Roker has now stopped even foreign aid.

Southern Africa's aid to Germany has never been direct money, but mainly material aid in terms of daily necessities.

After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Southern Africa's aid to Germany gradually decreased. Now that Germany is capable of providing foreign aid, Southern Africa should not be taken advantage of.

When Roque was in London, German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop asked to see Roque for this purpose, hoping that Southern Africa could increase its assistance to Germany, not only in terms of daily necessities, but also that Germany was even more eager for advanced technology in Southern Africa.

Roque's attitude was clear. Southern Africa did not want to get involved in conflicts between European countries. After France and Spain tore up orders one after another, Southern Africa stopped seeking military cooperation with European countries and turned to developing its own economy.

This attitude is what Germany wants to see most.

What the Germans are most worried about now is that once the war breaks out between Germany and Britain and France, southern Africa will form an expeditionary force to go to Europe as it did during the last world war.

Now that Southern Africa has to focus mainly on developing its own economy, Ribbentrop wanted to laugh three times to express his gratitude to France and Spain.

Speaking of London.

A week ago, Edward VIII proposed to Mrs. Simpson, triggering another explosion in Britain.

Mrs. Simpson finally signed the divorce agreement with her husband ten days ago. This is her second marriage.

Edward VIII, who has ascended the throne as the King of England, is so impatient that not only the British, but people all over the world are curious about how charming Mrs. Simpson is.

Edward VIII's proposal aroused collective opposition from the British cabinet. Neville took a fierce stance and publicly stated that if Edward VIII persisted in his opinion, the British cabinet would resign en masse in protest.

Edward VIII settled for the next best thing and proposed a solution in which Mrs. Simpson would not claim the title of queen after marriage, and their future children would not have the right to inherit the throne.

This plan was also rejected by the cabinet headed by Neville.

The Church of England also stated that the marriage between Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson was inconsistent with the teachings of the Church of England. According to the teachings of the Church of England, divorce and remarriage are unacceptable.

At the same time, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth countries have clearly expressed their opposition to the marriage of Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson.

In this regard, Edward VIII said: There are not many people in Australia, and their opinions are not important.

At this time, Edward VIII had forgotten that during World War I, Australia, with a population of only 5.5 million, formed an expeditionary force of 550,000 people to fight in Europe.

So now Rock finally understands why Australia was so passive during World War II.

Wait, Australia's population now exceeds 10 million.

Since the opinions of 10 million Australians are not important, then the opinions of Canadians, whose population is also only 10 million, are equally unimportant.

As soon as Edward VIII said these words, the British Commonwealth was on the verge of disintegration.

Neville was extremely angry at Edward VIII's public statement, and he gave Edward VIII three choices.

The first was the annulment of Edward VIII's marriage to Mrs. Simpson.

Edward VIII certainly disagreed with this.

The second is the collective resignation of the cabinet.

This will cause a constitutional crisis in the UK and may even lead to the division of the UK.

The third was Edward VIII's voluntary abdication.

After many days of deliberation, Edward VIII chose the third option and decided to abdicate and pass the position of King of England to his younger brother Albert.

When the news came out, everyone was stunned. The British throne was not as attractive as a twice-divorced woman.

This is embarrassing for those who fought bloody battles for Britain.