Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

As soon as Winston left Australia, John Curtin flew to Pretoria to attend Adelaide's funeral.

The funeral was held with great grandeur. Leaders from 17 countries and regions attended in person, and the King of England also sent his personal representative.

Roque respected Adelaide's last wish and buried Adelaide in the National Cemetery on the outskirts of Pretoria. After the funeral, Roque got back into busy official duties, meeting with dignitaries from various countries who were waiting in line.

Representing the United States at Adelaide's funeral was U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull. He had served as Secretary of State for ten years and was the longest-serving Secretary of State in the United States.

Cordell Hull came to Southern Africa this time. In addition to attending Ade's funeral, he also had a more important task: to strengthen cooperation with Southern Africa and try to establish a closer "ally" than the current one.

relations, and sought to establish a new international organization to replace the discredited League of Nations.

At the beginning of the world war, some countries hoped that the League of Nations could mediate the war.

No one has hope for the League of Nations anymore. This organization has been inherently deficient from the first day of its establishment and has become a puppet organization for Britain and France to maintain the "post-colonial era". It has never played a correct role in safeguarding fairness and justice.

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It can even be more direct: the League of Nations not only failed to uphold justice, but actually acted as a scapegoat.

"The two world wars have made us all fully aware of the destructive power of war. It is time to adopt a more peaceful way to resolve international disputes. We should strive to establish a new international order without war, without colonization, without oppression.

"All people can coexist peacefully" Cordell Hull was impassioned, as if he had forgotten that if the United States had not gone back on its promise, the League of Nations would not have become a laughing stock.

The League of Nations was proposed by U.S. President Wilson. When the Americans found that they could not subvert the colonial system jointly established by Britain and France through the League of Nations, the Americans simply withdrew from the League of Nations, stayed outside the League of Nations system, and continued to look for opportunities.

This is very embarrassing. Before the rise of southern Africa, the United States was the country with the most powerful industrial capabilities in the world, but this country was unwilling to accept the constraints of the League of Nations, and the League of Nations existed in name only.

To put it more profoundly, without the United States fanning the flames and maliciously instigating Germany and Japan, the Second World War would not even have broken out.

At least the ambitions of the Germans and Japanese will not be so great.

"So, now the U.S. government has decided not to be gloriously isolated?" Rock doesn't expect much from the Americans.

One thing is certain, if the United States finds that it cannot achieve its goals through new international organizations, then the United States will most likely choose not to join as last time. In this case, there is no point in establishing another hundred similar international organizations. It is not as good as Southern Africa.

Concentrate on running the Southern African Union.

Even if a new international organization is established, the Southern African Union will not be disbanded and will be further expanded.

Southern Africa needs alliances to continue to enhance national influence.

"Let's not talk about the past. We have to look to the future based on the present. In recent years, the United States has conducted trade negotiations with many countries. We are committed to improving relations, lowering tax rates, and strengthening cooperation. The United States has been serving the world in its own way.

Make a contribution, even if it is not understood by some countries." Cordell Hull's words contained a lot of personal information.

The United States is indeed constantly negotiating with other countries. Hull has participated in the Pan-American Conference on behalf of the United States many times and signed most-favored-nation trade agreements with many Latin American countries, reducing tariffs by 30 to 50 percent.

This is not because the U.S. government takes the initiative to transfer profits to Latin American countries, but to better plunder the resources of Latin American countries and dump goods to Latin American countries.

This hand has always been successful in the past. When the United States needs to protect the interests of American companies, it will increase taxes, and vice versa.

Now this hand is beginning to fail.

The United States has succeeded many times before because Latin American countries had no choice.

The emergence of Southern Africa has given Latin American countries more choices. Compared with American capitalists who eat people without spitting out their bones, Southern African companies are more generous, offer higher prices when purchasing raw materials, and export goods with high quality and low prices.

, and also focuses on long-term cooperation, proactively helping Latin American countries build bridges and roads, improve infrastructure levels, and help Latin American countries achieve long-term sustainable development plans.

Compared with American capitalists who only plunder but do not build, Southern African companies are more popular with Latin American countries.

It was precisely because of its declining control over Latin American countries that the United States passed the Neutrality Act in 1935.

The purpose of the Neutrality Act is to oblige the President to publish a list of arms, ammunition and military equipment that should be embargoed, and to authorize the President to extend the scope of the embargo to other countries participating in the war. It also prohibits U.S. ships from carrying military supplies to belligerent countries.

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It looks good, but in fact the Neutrality Act encourages careerists to start wars.

When Italy invaded the Abyssinian Empire, the United States refused to sell military supplies to the Abyssinian Empire under the pretext of the Neutrality Act. This led to the Abyssinian Empire's full tilt towards southern Africa.

If it were just this, forget it. While the United States refused to transport military supplies to the Abyssinian Empire, it ignored the League of Nations' ban and increased the level of trade with Italy.

This reason is also very good. Free trade is never controlled by the federal government.

It is normal for Rock not to understand all these things.

So Rock said nothing and continued to listen to Cordell Herty's conditions.

Cordell Hull did have conditions. If he wanted the United States to join a new international organization, the headquarters of the international organization could not be placed in Europe, but must be placed in the United States. For this reason, the U.S. government was willing to bear most of the costs of operating the international organization.

"Fees are not a problem. League of Nations members also have to pay fees. This is a common responsibility for all of us." Rock partially agreed with Cordell Hull's suggestion.

The League of Nations put its headquarters in Switzerland, which proved to be useless. It was not even as good as putting it in Paris or London, where at least the representatives of various countries would be closer to the League of Nations for meetings.

Although the meeting is actually useless.

From the perspective of southern Africa, Roque hopes to place the headquarters of the new international organization in southern Africa, preferably in Pretoria or Los Angeles.

"Lord, Southern Africa is too far away from the northern hemisphere. The new League of Nations must learn from the experience of the old League of Nations to avoid making similar mistakes again. We must safeguard the interests of most countries." Cordell Hull spoke carefully. This time the United States returned to the international arena.

The family wants to flex its muscles, not to act as a vassal of a certain country.

Southern Africa doesn't even want to think about it. With the status and strength of Southern Africa, the attitude of the Americans doesn't really matter. It's a matter of a show of hands.

Americans shout about fairness and justice every day. Subordination of the minority to the majority is the greatest fairness. Some small countries with few people expect to be on an equal footing with big countries by raising their hands. This is simply unrealistic and illogical. Small countries with few people must have the power of small countries with few people.

consciousness.

"We will talk about these issues later. At least we now have a consensus, which is also the common wish of all of us. We need a new international organization to replace the League of Nations." Rock did not expect to meet Cordell Hull in just one meeting.

Solve all problems.

There was no need to even talk to Cordell Hull about this issue. Rock had to have a real conversation with Roosevelt, and Cordell Hull was still a little less important.

After leaving the Palace of Justice, Cordell Hull went directly to the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria. The current U.S. Ambassador to Southern Africa, Henry Stimson, had a brotherly relationship with Cordell Hull.

Henry Stimson was a famous American strategist, member of the Skull and Bones Society, and served as Governor-General of the Philippines and Secretary of State of the United States.

When Stimson was Secretary of State, the President of the United States was Hoover.

After Stimson stepped down, his successor was Hull.

Before serving as ambassador to southern Africa, Stimson also served for a time as U.S. Secretary of War.

The cars used by the U.S. Embassy in Southern Africa are all American brands shipped thousands of miles from the United States.

What is embarrassing is that the American auto industry has also surrendered to southern African auto companies. The Cadillac Stimson and Hull rode was actually a Lord car produced in southern Africa, but with a different label.

"The current situation is so embarrassing. The best cars are produced in Southern Africa. We import cars from Southern Africa, ship them across the Atlantic to the United States, and then ship them across the Atlantic to Southern Africa. After all this hassle, all the costs increase.

If you get up, you can almost buy three Lords in southern Africa." Stimson smiled bitterly. The cars produced in southern Africa are indeed good. The two of them sat in the large back seat and did not feel crowded at all. Stimson was still smoking a cigar, and the car's air-conditioning system

Working hard, Hull sat next to Stimson and could barely smell the tobacco leaves.

"How is the mobilization situation in Southern Africa? It is said that Southern Africa is still deliberately retaining its strength, is that true?" Hull is not proficient in military affairs.

"It is true that Southern Africa has only carried out semi-mobilization at most, and it is still early for full mobilization." Stimson is considered a half-military expert. The U.S. Secretary of War is actually the Secretary of the Army: "The level of automation of the Southern African army is very high, and it is also equipped with

There are a large number of tanks and helicopters. The British's worries are not unreasonable. If Southern Africa went all out, Rommel would have been driven out of North Africa long ago. Just look at East Asia now and you will know that Japan was invincible in East Asia before.

People were hung up and beaten as if they were children by the Southern African army. In terms of army, there is still a gap between us and the Southern African army."

Stimson is not belittling himself. This is the consensus of the US military. As early as during the Brazilian Civil War, American soldiers had a very clear understanding of the strength of the Southern African Army.

"If we work hard to improve the equipment level, can our army reach the same level as Southern Africa?" Hull must be prepared for both sides. He can talk to Southern Africa if he can. If he can't reach an agreement, it will ultimately depend on who he is.

The fist is bigger.

"It's difficult. The equipment level of the Southern African army is only one aspect of its excellence. Even if we try to close the gap in this aspect, we are still far behind Southern Africa in the training of the officer corps." Stimson has a profound understanding of the officer corps.

Before the Battle of Moscow, Russia and Germany had an exchange ratio of 1:25.

Russia is 25.

The main reason why the fight was so miserable was that the Russian army lost its experienced officers during the great purge before the war broke out and replaced them with novice officers with little combat experience, so it suffered a complete defeat.

The officer corps in Southern Africa is enviable. Even in peacetime, the Southern African military can accumulate combat experience for Southern African officers through umbrella companies. Many novices who graduated from the Nyasaland Army Academy became officers through umbrella companies.

Qualified military officer.

"If you can't beat us, then we should strengthen cooperation. We have extensive common interests with southern Africa. We must seize this and complete the subversion of the old colonial system." Hull will join if he can't beat him. He believes that he can definitely find a breakthrough.

Maybe everyone is as wary of the United States as Roque.

Hull chose Stoudemire as a breakthrough point.

This choice is very reasonable. The Rhodes family is the real indigenous people of southern Africa, and their relationship with the United Kingdom is very bad. Hull stands on Xiaosi's position and believes that Xiaosi has enough reasons to cooperate with the US government, or at least not resist.

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What makes Hull uncomfortable is that Stoudemire's time is very precious and he would rather spend it playing with his granddaughter than having dinner with him, the US Secretary of State.

It was even more difficult to make an appointment with Stoudemire during working hours. Stoudemire's daily working hours were controlled within 4 hours, and his schedule was full in just four hours. Stimson only found out after contacting Stoudemire's office that if he made an appointment through normal channels

If you want to meet with Xiao Si, you have to wait at least half a month.

It is impossible for Hull to stay in southern Africa for half a month, not even for a week, and the US Secretary of State is also very busy.

When he learned the reply from Stoudemire's office, Hull's lungs almost exploded with anger.

The U.S. Secretary of State is not only the most powerful person on the planet, but at least one of the most powerful people. Hull has never been so neglected in America or even in Europe.

Stimson was also helpless.

These people in southern Africa are different from American politicians.

American politicians are agents promoted by interest groups. In southern Africa, Roque and Stoudemire are simply the complete package of politicians and interest groups. They have strong economic strength and political resources, which are completely different from those puppets in the United States.

So when dealing with these old monsters in southern Africa, you have to be patient.

Since he couldn't get a breakthrough from the old monsters like Rock and Stoudemire, Hull resorted to the next best thing and contacted various second-generation little monsters.

The largest little monster is in Cyprus, the second largest is researching and breeding breeding cattle in Los Angeles, and the largest in Pretoria is Alvin, who is now being taken around by Rock to focus on training.

(End of chapter)