When Inoue Tsubasa walked into Sean's office, the entire wall opposite Sean's desk was covered with diagrams of this military exercise.
The staff of the Indian Ocean Fleet work very carefully. In order to more vividly demonstrate the power of the imaginary enemy, photos of the latest two battleships of the Japanese Combined Fleet, "Nagato" and "Mutsu", are quite eye-catching in the center of the entire diagram.
Fortunately, there were too many photos and the schematic diagram was a bit large, so Tsubasa Inoue didn't notice it at the first time.
"You may have misunderstood. Our military exercises have nothing to do with you. Don't think too much -" Sean gave Qin Hao a hidden look, asking Qin Hao to cover up.
Now that Inoue Tsubasa can see it as soon as he turns around, it is no longer a guess, and it will probably cause an international dispute.
Although Inoue Tsubasa is not afraid even if he sees Sean, such unnecessary trouble must be minimized.
Qin Hao didn't understand what made Sean angry at the first time, and his expression was a little confused.
George Richard was smart enough to calmly go over and close the curtain without attracting Tsubasa Inoue's attention.
"Please come back, Ambassador, and don't affect our relationship with groundless speculations." Sean was so confident at this time that he didn't even let anyone drink his saliva and directly issued an order to expel the guest.
"Using the Combined Fleet as the imaginary enemy is a serious offense to the Empire of Japan. You must take full responsibility for the consequences." Inoue Tsubasa did not forget to say harsh words before leaving.
After Tsubasa Inoue left, Sean breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he ordered that he could not receive guests in the office in the future, and that he had to go to the reception room to receive guests.
"Have you ever felt that the Japanese have become more and more tough recently?" George Richard thought thoughtfully.
"What do you mean?" Sean doesn't have many opportunities to interact with Japanese people.
"I mean, I don't know since when, the Japanese don't seem to be so docile anymore -" George Richard couldn't tell clearly. This should be classified as something like the sixth sense.
"Japanese women have never been docile -" Sean's view of the Japanese is probably the same as George Richard's view of the French.
"No, no, no, Xiao, you haven't paid attention. When Japanese people face Asians, even if they are very polite, their attitude is not respectful enough. There is still a sense of domineering in their bones - but when Japanese people face white people,
, that kind of respect comes from the heart, but in recent times, this kind of respect from the Japanese has become less and less-" George Richard is very careful in his observations. As the chief of staff, he always starts from the details.
Sean thought carefully and hard, and it seemed that it was indeed the case.
In the past, even if the Indian Ocean Fleet really used the Japanese Combined Fleet as the target of exercises, Inoue Tsubasa would probably not dare to do so.
How do you say something like an imaginary enemy? Most of the time it's just the right one.
"I don't feel very good. It seems that the Japanese are becoming more and more dangerous -" George Richard has a keen sense. Britain and Japan were once allies, but now they have become further and further apart.
When the exercise entered the second phase, Roque returned to Pretoria, and adjustments to the navy were in progress.
As early as when the London Naval Treaty was signed, relevant information was sent back to southern Africa via fax, and the Ministry of Defense had already begun formulating relevant plans to meet the requirements of the London Naval Treaty.
It has to be said that the shipbuilding industry in Southern Africa has indeed become very developed in recent years. The new cruiser requested by Rock has only been completed for a few days, and both Edwards Shipyard and Walvis Bay Shipyard have already come up with corresponding design plans.
The light cruisers currently in use in southern Africa are actually only a little over 4,000 tons, and the main gun caliber is exactly 155 mm. They do not exceed the requirements of the London Naval Treaty. With slight modifications, they can meet Rock's requirements.
The only thing to worry about is the total tonnage. The London Naval Treaty stipulates that the total tonnage of heavy cruisers and light cruisers owned by the Southern African Navy must not exceed 400,000 tons. There is actually not much space left for Southern Africa.
The Southern African Navy currently possesses light and heavy cruisers that add up to more than 310,000 tons. The full load displacement of 16 heavy cruisers is close to 160,000 tons. According to Rock's requirements, the number of new cruisers will not exceed 30.
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"The Home Fleet does not have capital ships and aircraft carriers, and needs more cruisers to supplement them. The situation in the Mediterranean is becoming more and more complicated. France and Italy have new shipbuilding plans, and they also need more warships to supplement, and there are also those that are about to form an army.
The Changi Squadron must have at least 14 to 16 warships to meet the needs of this region. The best way now is to retire some heavy cruisers and build more light cruisers." The plan given by Martin is more radical,
This way southern Africa can have more warships.
The London Naval Treaty just signed also has more detailed provisions on the decommissioning of warships.
As early as the Washington Naval Conference, there were detailed regulations on the replacement of warships.
According to the terms of the "Washington Naval Treaty", in 1928, the USS "Florida", "Utah", "Arkansas" or "Wyoming" must be abandoned or decommissioned.
The British will retire the HMS Benbow, the HMS Iron Duke, the HMS Marlborough, the HMS Emperor of India, and the HMS Tiger.
It is the "Hiei" that Japan is decommissioning.
The "Washington Naval Treaty" only stipulates that the replaced capital ships must be decommissioned, but does not stipulate the method of decommissioning.
This leaves a certain amount of room for various countries to operate. Complete demolition is decommissioning, and mothballing is decommissioning. However, the mothballed warships can still be used as if they were not decommissioned.
In order to avoid this situation from happening, the "London Naval Treaty" has more detailed provisions for decommissioning warships. For different ship types, there are several different decommissioning methods, namely: self-sinking or demolition, dismantling into hulls, and using them as targets.
Used as a ship, used as an experiment, and used as a training ship.
For warships other than capital ships, each country can decide on its own whether to dismantle or scuttle it.
Heavy cruisers are not capital ships, and the regulations are still very loose. If Southern Africa wants to decommission heavy cruisers, it can choose whether to scuttle or demolish it.
Sinking as a target ship is considered a self-sinking category.
"These are warships that have just been in service. It would be a pity to retire them." Patton was reluctant to part with them. Every warship was his heart.
"What's so difficult about this? Just break it into hulls and sell them. There are plenty of people willing to take over." Xiaosi didn't feel bad. If the old ones don't go away, the new ones won't come.
"You said it's easy, who will take over?" Henry disagreed and refused to build new ships. Who would sell the products of Fawalt Steel Group to?
"I took over one and transformed it into a yacht -" Stoudemire is addicted to modification. Do you still remember the last "Normandy" class battleship? Stoudemire transformed it into a yacht and parked it in Whale Bay every day.
The yacht Stoudemire renovated was called the "Rhodes". This battleship, originally named the "Béarn", was eventually converted into an aircraft carrier and served as an aircraft carrier. In this time and space, it could only be reduced to Stoudemire's personal toy.
After the renovation, the "Rhodes" has a total length of 175 meters, a full load displacement of 21,000 tons, and is known as the world's largest private yacht. Stoudemire ingeniously laid a wooden floor on the deck, which can take off and land fighter jets and crew on board.
There are nearly 200 people. In order to maintain the "Rhodes", Stoudemire has to pay nearly 10,000 rand every month.
Looking at this big deal, Roque is reluctant to part with it.
Of course, when Stoudemire first took over the "Rhodes", the hull of the "Rhodes" had not been completed, and the cost of renovation was not high. The cost of renovation of these heavy cruisers may be more expensive than building a new one.
It's not necessary either.
"It doesn't matter. There is no need to decommission the heavy cruiser. You only need to make up the balance of 400,000 tons." Roque did not waste a penny. He built 400,000 tons of cruisers. If each one is 3,000 tons, that would be enough.
There are more than 130 ships, which is really too many.
Now there are only more than 70 British cruisers in total, and the number of destroyers is only about 160.
If Southern Africa builds 130 cruisers, that would be too many. According to Roque's idea, an average of about 20 cruisers for the three major fleets would be enough. Three squadrons would count as ten, and the full fleet would count as 90 cruisers. Any more would be a waste.
As for building 90 cruisers, will it scare other countries?
There is nothing Roque can do. There are many cruisers in southern Africa, but few battleships. This will make other countries feel more at ease.
"That's 90,000 tons. If one ship is 3,500 tons, it would be about 25 ships -" Patton calculated quickly. The standard displacement is 3,000 tons and the full load is 3,500, perfect.
"How is the progress of Nikola's research?" Rock was concerned about scientific research. At this London naval meeting, if Tanaka Giichi had not returned to Japan urgently, the debate about the supply ship might have continued.
When it comes to Nikola Tesla, Stoudemire and Henry are both very interested, but Martin and Douglas are expressionless.
Rock immediately had a bad feeling.
It's really not good. Nikola Tesla has now given up on driverless technology. Just for vertical takeoff and landing, he has already crashed six long-range bombers, each costing R25,000.
When Rock learned about this situation, he felt like eating Nikola Tesla for a moment.
No wonder Americans don’t like Nikola Tesla.
No wonder all the information about Nikola Tesla was sealed after his death.
No wonder Rock brought Nikola Tesla to southern Africa so easily.
If the U.S. government were not still struggling with this matter, Luo Kedu suspected that the Americans deliberately sent Nikola Tesla to southern Africa to consume the national power of southern Africa.
"After all, airplanes are not submarines. The air attitude requires very high stability. With our current technology, it is difficult to achieve unmanned driving--" Douglas said with an ugly expression.
It's not that difficult——
But it is simply impossible to achieve!
Can a technology that was not developed in the first two decades of the 21st century be developed in 1928?
Rock really regrets now that he should not have allowed Nikola Tesla to start blind projects. It would be great to improve rockets with Robert Goddard. The dream of southern Africa is also a sea of stars.
