Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

2124 1940s in Southern Africa

1940 was a difficult year for the British.

This year Britain lost its most stable ally.

London was bombed for three months.

The British economy is on the verge of collapse. Britain has started a wartime rationing system since June. Delicious but expensive food is gradually disappearing from British tables, replaced by less delicious, cheap but filling food.

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Winston racked his brains to maintain the situation, but being on an old ship that was experiencing a storm and with a big hole in the bottom, what Winston could do was extremely limited.

For southern Africa, 1940 was a great year.

It may be disrespectful to Europe to say this, but it is the fact.

Huge orders from Europe are flying to southern African companies.

In order to fulfill these orders, almost all factories in southern Africa, including arsenals, shipyards, food processing plants, clothing factories, steel plants, textile factories, etc., are operating at full capacity.

Business owners are in pain and happiness. Their wealth is growing rapidly. The biggest factor affecting the increase in wealth is the shortage of labor force.

By the end of 1940, the population of Southern Africa had reached 150 million, and the age structure was still a very healthy pyramid. With nearly 10 million babies born every year, Southern Africa still had to recruit a large number of laborers to solve the problem of labor shortage.

Roque was actually not too concerned about the progress of the European War, and his main focus was on the transformation of southern Africa.

It's not transformation, it should be more appropriately described as industrial upgrading.

In the two decades between the two world wars, Southern Africa has undergone several industrial upgrades. The most recent one was during the Great Depression. Southern Africa took the opportunity to once again relocate its backward industries to alliance countries or remote areas. Only those with high technological content

, only companies with high profits and little impact on the environment are eligible to stay in Southern Africa.

At the beginning of the founding of Southern Africa, private enterprises played a huge role in promoting the development of Southern Africa. A large number of companies took the opportunity to grow into giants with absolute influence in their respective industries, such as Nyasaland Company, Rhodesia Company,

And Fawalt Steel Group is one of the representatives.

Rock began to adjust some important industries a long time ago.

For example, in the transportation industry, which is mainly railways, highways, shipping, and aviation, Roque has been working hard to increase the federal government's shareholding ratio in enterprises in these industries. By 1940, the federal government of Southern Africa had completed its control of some key enterprises.

The federal government's influence on the transportation industry continues to grow.

The federal government is also increasing its control over some key industries with huge profits, such as the military industry.

The military industrial enterprises in southern Africa were previously completely monopolized by Nyasaland Military Industries and Nyasaland Heavy Industries, which was a huge hidden danger.

After the outbreak of the European War, Rock established the Southern African Military Industrial Group to integrate Nyasaland Military Industries and Nyasaland Heavy Industries. At the same time, the federal government owned 40% of the shares, and Nyasaland Military Industries and Nyasaland Heavy Industries

Heavy industry adds up to 60%.

British military procurement in southern Africa is mainly completed through the Southern African Military Industrial Group.

Since the outbreak of the European War, the UK has purchased nearly 2.5 billion rand of military supplies from southern Africa.

The gross national product of southern Africa in 1939 was only 101 billion.

It is expected to reach 135 billion in 1940.

"Our number of fighter jets has reached 1,500 per month, an increase of 300% compared to a year ago. However, this is far from enough. The UK alone needs 2,000 fighter jets per month, and we ourselves also need new fighter jets to supplement

, Nyasaland Airlines has put into use all the factories that were mothballed after the last world war. The main problem now is the lack of skilled workers. We have even started to recruit female workers. All factories are short of people-" Anton asked Roque

The purpose of complaining is to hope that the federal government can open the border and allow the import of labor from Southern African Union countries.

During the Great Depression, Southern Africa repatriated a large number of migrant workers in order to ensure jobs for its own people, which once caused dissatisfaction among the alliance countries.

Of course, it's just dissatisfaction. Southern Africa is too powerful and Roque's personal prestige is too high. Even if the alliance countries are dissatisfied, they dare not show it.

Now that the number of orders in southern Africa has increased significantly, workers are busy working three shifts, and the factories are brightly lit day and night. As Nyasaland is the most industrially developed state in southern Africa, Anton hopes that Roque will make a decision as soon as possible.

"It's enough to maintain the production of aircraft at the current level to meet London's needs as much as possible. We actually don't need too many aircraft." Roque is very cautious about production capacity. The key is that the opponent is too weak and southern Africa does not need to go all out.

Compared with Europe, Rock attaches more importance to East Asia.

Southern Africa's main rival in East Asia is Japan.

What needs to be emphasized here is that Southern Africa does not deploy the most advanced fighter jets to Changi Naval Base. The fighter jets used by the Changi Squadron for patrolling are even improved versions of the "Strong Wind" used during the Brazilian Civil War. This is mainly for

confuse the Japanese.

In 1940, the Japanese Zero fighter had been successfully developed and began to be fielded into the army in batches.

The Zero fighter is Japan's industrial miracle. As a country that was copying British fighter jets not long ago, it can develop the Zero fighter. The industrial capabilities of the Japanese are actually quite terrifying.

From a purely performance perspective, the performance of the Zero fighter is not much more advanced than the "Cerberus" deployed by the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The American pilots did not understand the performance of the Zero well enough, so they achieved the Zero's success in the early Pacific War.

myth.

Southern African pilots are not afraid of the Zero. As long as the tactics are correct, even if they fight against the Zero with "strong wind", the pilots of the Southern African navy will be completely worthy.

The characteristics of Type Zero are small turning radius, fast speed and long range——

Wait, the point of being fast needs to be crossed out. The Zero's fastest speed is not even as fast as "Strong Wind".

It is true that the range is long. If the Zero is equipped with an auxiliary fuel tank, the range can reach 3,300 kilometers.

In order to obtain such a range, the designers of the Zero made a lot of structural sacrifices and removed almost everything that should or should not be removed. In order to reduce the weight of the Zero, the designers did not even install self-sealing fuel tanks and

There is no automatic fire extinguishing device and the pilot is not protected by armor. A bullet on the surface of the aircraft may cause the aircraft to catch fire.

This is the origin of "shooting turkeys in the air".

At the same time, the Zero's weapon system also had big problems.

As mentioned many times before, Japan's military industrial capabilities are actually just that. It can be used to bully countries with almost no military industry at all. It is incomparable with countries in southern Africa that have almost all types of industrial systems.

The Zero's weapon system includes two 20mm cannons and two 7.7mm machine guns.

Looks pretty good.

The problem is that the 20mm cannon only has 60 rounds of ammunition, while the 7.7mm machine gun has 300 rounds of ammunition. However, the power of the 7.7mm machine gun is completely scratching the itch compared to the strongly armored fighters and bombers in southern Africa.

It can't even penetrate armor.

The power of the 20mm cannon is not good, not even as good as the 12.7mm machine gun equipped in the early days of southern African fighter jets. The initial muzzle velocity is not high and the ballistic trajectory is curved. Not only is it difficult for novices to control it, but veterans also have to face the embarrassing situation of insufficient ammunition.

In addition, the Zero's wing structure has serious defects, and the dive speed is limited. If the speed is too fast, the aircraft will easily disintegrate. Therefore, if it is bitten by the Zero, the "strong wind" can completely get rid of it through high-speed dive. The Zero pilot estimates

Neither dared to follow.

When facing the Type Zero, the "strong wind" is not inferior, so naturally there is no need for the more advanced "Goshawk".

"Lord, London has won the British Air War. The demand for fighter planes will gradually decrease. London may not need too many fighter planes in the future." Anton reminded vaguely that you have to make money while you can still make money. If you miss this village, you will lose it.

This store no longer exists.

This is also thanks to the outstanding performance of the Southern African Air Force and naval aviation.

Now Britain and Germany are almost in a confrontation mode.

Germany still sends bombers to bomb London every night, and the British Air Force and the Southern African Air Force will also send bombers to bomb military targets across the English Channel indiscriminately, depending on who can hold on first.

The good news is that Germany has completely eliminated the possibility of launching "Operation Sea Lion" due to the heavy losses in ports and ships. The security of the British mainland has been temporarily guaranteed.

It's only temporary.

Germany has expanded too fast this year and has annexed too many countries. It needs time to digest.

Mustache is integrating the forces possessed by Germany. Once this process is completed, Mustache will launch a new offensive.

Either Britain or Russia.

As mentioned earlier, Russia’s territorial claim to Romania has threatened Germany’s oil supply, and Germany must solve this problem.

The key is that Russia's performance when attacking Finland was really poor, which made Mustache discover the possibility of defeating Russia. With Mustache's ambition, he will definitely not miss this opportunity to conquer Russia.

As long as Russia is conquered, Mustache will accomplish what even Napoleon was unable to accomplish.

"Anton, making money is very important, but it is not everything. We cannot focus on making money now." Rock's mind is no longer on making money. He hopes that Southern Africa can become the only superpower in the world after the world war.

Big country.

To become a superpower, it is not enough to have money; you must also win over the hearts and minds of the old continent.

Such as the UK.

The Americans proposed to the British that part of the British gold should be shipped to the United States as a guarantee. Even if the British did not say it, they would definitely have a grudge against this request.

Now, in order to survive the current predicament, the British will find opportunities to retaliate in the future even if they accept the demands of the Americans.

If Southern Africa can do better, the relationship between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom will be reversed.

This is what Rock values ​​most.

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