Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The national conditions of Southern Africa and the surrounding international situation are different from those of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom faces a strong challenge from Germany in Europe and wants to maintain its global naval dominance. Therefore, it can only choose dreadnoughts to suppress Germany's rising ambitions.

Around southern Africa, the two German colonies that may pose a threat to southern Africa are Southwest Africa and Tanganyika. The rest of Portuguese West Africa, the Congo Free State, and Madagascar across the sea have no ability to pose a threat to southern Africa.

threaten.

Even Southwest Africa and Tanganyika, limited by their own strength, do not have the ability to build warships. Southwest Africa does not even have a navy, only a few offshore patrol boats. Tanganyika is even worse. The 800-ton Gozen

The Earl has not been repaired due to lack of materials. The 100-ton Weismann is hiding in Usombula and dare not even leave the military port. The Nyasaland North Sea Coast Guard is equipped with four thousand-ton coast guard ships.

Enough to form an overwhelming advantage over the Weissmann.

Therefore, Southern Africa only needs to build a convoy route composed of destroyers and light cruisers, which is enough to protect Southern Africa's interests.

Although Bridges is an old Navy man, it is also very troublesome to explain the concept of "light cruiser" to Bridges. The classification of cruisers is derived from the provisions of the "London Naval Treaty" after World War I. The treaty stipulates that the caliber of artillery should be within

6.1 inches, that is, more than 155 mm, and less than 8 inches (203 mm) are heavy cruisers, and vice versa are light cruisers.

The London Naval Treaty was not signed until 1930, so there is no concept of light cruiser yet.

"So we are going to build an ocean-going fleet composed of small cruisers and large destroyers, mainly used for escort!" Bridges is still very good at communicating. There is a similar establishment in the UK, but the world war has not yet broken out.

Only when the world war broke out and Germany began to implement unrestricted submarine warfare could the importance of this escort formation be realized.

Now Bridges is obviously a little regretful. Referring to the establishment of the British Royal Navy, Bridges certainly hopes that Southern Africa will also build a powerful fleet with dreadnoughts as the core. However, the dreadnoughts exceed the actual needs and affordability of Southern Africa.

So Bridges understands.

"Yes, let's understand our responsibilities in southern Africa. Once a war breaks out between the mainland and Germany, the German fleet will be dealt with by the Royal Navy. What we have to deal with is the German's all-pervasive submarine force, so anti-submarine warfare is the main task of our warships.

I have entrusted the Tesla Laboratory in the United States to develop active sonar, which will effectively help us deal with German submarines." Rock will certainly not ignore the role of sonar, which is the trump card that Rock has prepared for the Southern African Navy.

In 1906, Lewis Nicholson of the British Royal Navy invented the world's first sonar, a passive sonar mainly used to detect icebergs.

No one has yet applied sonar to anti-submarine warfare. It would not be until the outbreak of World War I that sonar would be used on the battlefield to detect submarines. Sonar during this period could only passively listen to sound and could not actively detect, so combat operations

The effect is limited, and there are often own incidents.

What Rock wants is an active sonar that can actively detect submarines. In terms of electromagnetism, Nikola Tesla is undoubtedly a great figure. It is a pity that Rock cannot invite Nikola Tesla.

Therefore, we can only invest in Nikola Tesla's laboratory and entrust Nikola Tesla to conduct research on active sonar.

Nikola Tesla's current work is to study his Wardenclyffe Tower. The Wardenclyffe Tower is a device designed by Nikola Tesla that can be used to transmit electrical energy over long distances.

Gula Tesla claimed that after the Wardenclyffe Tower is completed, it can be used to transmit electricity between the United States and Europe without the need for wires. It is actually the first version of wireless charging.

In order to build Wardenclyffe Tower, Nikola Tesla persuaded American tycoon John Morgan to invest US$150,000 on the grounds that Wardenclyffe Tower could be used for radio research.

But on December 12, 1901, Italian Marconi completed the transatlantic radio transmission experiment. Because Marconi successfully completed the experiment before Tesla, Morgan stopped funding Tesla's experiment, and Nikolai

Tesla fell into financial crisis and had to suspend research on Wardenclyffe Tower.

Now Nikola Tesla is under strong pressure from Edison, and there is no investment at all in the United States. Rock's funding is a timely help, which allows Nikola Tesla to continue his research. Active sonar will not

It took up too much of Nikola Tesla's time. For a great figure like Nikola Tesla, active sonar was just a small toy.

"What is active sonar?" Compared with Rock, Bridges is also a country bumpkin.

It’s not that Bridges was an amateur, but that the concept of active sonar was too advanced. Without Rock’s investment, active sonar would not have been successfully researched by Canadian Robert Boyle until 1917.

"You will know in a while. The Tesla laboratory is making rapid progress and has entered the trial production stage. Once the research is successful, the submarine will no longer be traceable." Rock did not explain too much, Britain and Southern Africa

With this relationship, once southern Africa obtains active sonar technology, active sonar will no longer be a secret to the British Royal Navy, and Rock will still make money from active sonar.

"Well, I suggest that we can still build one or two heavy cruisers as the flagship of our fleet." Bridges also made a request, forget about the dreadnoughts, which are expensive and impractical and cannot be built in southern Africa.

Heavy cruisers are Bridges' bottom line.

"Okay, anyway, there is only so much funding, and it won't be available until next year. It's up to you to decide how to use it." Rock still delegates power. In fact, in the naval field, Rock is also a layman, and Bridges is the expert.

Just like the development of industry in southern Africa, Rock can only play a guiding role. The actual technology will require the efforts of countless scientific researchers.

However, the value of this "guiding role" is unparalleled. Scientific research is like this. We are not afraid of being slow, but we are afraid of deviations in the research direction. Germany's direction of not developing aircraft but developing airships will be eliminated after the outbreak of the world war, even if it is developed to the extreme.

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"R3.5 million is too little -" Bridges said hoping for more funding.

"It's quite a lot. This 3.5 million can only be squeezed out by cutting off part of the army budget. We will establish an air force next year, and the navy only has so many." Rock now realizes how difficult it was for Hopkins in the past. There were people everywhere who were crying for food.

, everyone is asking for money, and there are still people in Congress who want to reduce the budget of the Department of Defense. Fortunately, Ade has given Roque the maximum support.

If you refer to the British Royal Navy, 3.5 million is indeed a bit low. The cost of a Tiger-class battlecruiser that the British Royal Navy is planning to build is 2.1 million. According to British habits, this is definitely not the final cost, and the final cost will be far away.

Much higher than this number.

This is the reason why southern Africa cannot afford to build dreadnoughts. If 3.5 million is used to build dreadnoughts, it can only build less than two. Even the "Dreadnought-class" battleships that are already in service can barely build two. And the "Dreadnought-class"

"Battleships, in jargon, are now backward technologies.

The Dreadnought-class battleship was launched in 1906. It is less than five years ago and it is already a backward technology. This is the cruelty of the arms race. The warship is still a backward product before it is built and launched on the slipway. Germany built one.

The British want to build two ships, and they are the only British people in the world who dare to do this.

After sending Bridges away, Roque calculated the Ministry of Defense's budget for next year and found that there was a funding gap of at least five million rand.

Five million doesn't sound like much, just one lottery ticket, but in southern Africa——

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Lottery!

Roque was simply heartbroken. How could he forget the lottery, a big killer, especially in a country like Southern Africa? Think about who the white people in Southern Africa were before they immigrated to Southern Africa. People who are addicted to gambling simply don’t think so.

Many, gambling is illegal in southern Africa, but government-led gambling is allowed.

So Rock went to find Ada right away.

Of course, we have to go to the General Tax Office to find Ada. Phyllis is also in Pretoria now, so we have to go to Ada's home less often.

"Why are you free today, Minister of Defense?" The director of the State Administration of Taxation was very charming when he saw Luo Ke.

"I'm asking you for money." Luo Ke was really embarrassed.

"You don't need money, but you need people." Ada's brain circuit——

"Let's get down to business -" Rock didn't dare to joke, he had to stop it in moderation. In the office, pay attention to the impact.

"What a great idea. We have enough accountants at the State Administration of Taxation. There will be no problem in issuing lottery tickets." When she started talking about business, Ada immediately became serious.

"No, the lottery must be issued by the Ministry of National Defense, and the State Administration of Taxation can be responsible for supervision." The idea that Luo Ke finally came up with cannot be used as a tool for the State Administration of Taxation to make money.

"Then let's split the profits in half." Ada has a big appetite. This sounds like a big deal worth several million, maybe tens of millions. The Ministry of National Defense is short of money, and the State Administration of Taxation is even more short of money.

"Don't even think about it. Isn't it enough that your State Administration of Taxation can collect taxes?" Luo Ke disagreed. A few million is just drizzle, and tens of millions can only be considered a bleak business. One of the lottery issuing units in the world said,

Which one is not extremely rich?

"It's not enough, the tax is public food——" Ada's eyes were as charming as silk.

This married woman must not be flirted with, otherwise she will be trapped in deep trouble.

If it were in Nyasaland, issuing a lottery would be a matter of just a word from Roque.

But to issue a lottery within Southern Africa, it must go through the Prime Minister's Office.

"The lottery is a good idea, but it can't be issued by your Ministry of Defense. It should be issued by the federal government." Ade's eyes were bright green, like hungry wolves.

Roque really has a headache. The lottery ticket looks like a piece of fat, and everyone wants to take a bite.