It is not so easy to turn the rudder of a warship traveling at high speed. If a collision does occur, the faster side will definitely have an advantage.
When the "Endeavour" accelerated and rushed over, Captain Adrian of the USS "Audacious" destroyer was suddenly sweating profusely.
Regardless of the poor performance of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy is not even as good as the U.S. Army.
The main problem with the U.S. Navy is lack of experience.
Although the United States has the most powerful navy in the world, most of its 500,000-ton capital ships are cutting-edge warships that have just been built in recent years, and the data on paper are extremely powerful.
In fact, the U.S. Navy has not participated in a battle for many years. The last time the U.S. Navy participated in a battle was during the Spanish-American War, which was last century. In the past thirty years, the U.S. Navy has never participated in a war.
During the World War, when the United States entered the war, the German Navy had been forced into its home port by the Royal Fleet and did not dare to come out. The U.S. Navy had no chance to accumulate experience.
On the contrary, the newly born Southern African Navy, starting from the Battle of the Dardanelles, participated in almost all naval battles during the World War and accumulated rich experience.
After the World War, many retired European naval officers immigrated to Southern Africa. Many of them joined the Southern African Navy, bringing more experience to the Southern African Navy. This made the Southern African Navy not as good as the U.S. Navy in terms of paper strength, but in terms of soft power.
More powerful than the US Navy.
This gap in soft power has completely different manifestations when reflected in maritime confrontations.
"Crazy, crazy, people in southern Africa are so crazy," Adrian yelled when the two warships were about to collide.
In the bridge of the "Endeavour", Macmillan laughed wildly. The collision did not actually happen. The "Endeavour" and the "Audacious" passed each other narrowly and narrowly. The officers and soldiers of the two ships could even hear each other yelling and cursing.
With the sound, half a box of tomatoes and eggs were lost in the galley of the "Endeavour". Just as the two ships passed each other, the sailors of the "Endeavour" used tomatoes and eggs to give the "Bold" a heavy blow.
The consequences were still very serious. By the time the "Bold" made a circle and came back, the "Endeavour" had successfully broken into the US fleet's defense circle. After arriving at the predetermined position, it accelerated and fled, leaving no room for the "Bold" to find its way back.
Chance.
That night, Roosevelt urgently summoned Howard, the Southern African ambassador to the United States, and asked Howard to give a reasonable explanation for the crazy behavior of the Southern African navy.
"This was an accident, Mr. President. There were some problems with the rudder of the Endeavor. It was unable to control its course at the time. Now the Endeavor has been towed into the dock for repairs." Howard's explanation was a bit perfunctory.
But it's not bad. The rudder failure is a good excuse, which can at least partially restore the dignity of the US Navy.
"This is not a mechanical failure, but a technical problem. The Southern African Navy must stop its dangerous behavior in Brazilian waters. This dangerous behavior has brought the United States and Southern Africa to the brink of war. There may be a conflict at any time. We must exercise restraint."
Roosevelt was still very rational, and there had to be a limit to whether he was having fun or having fun.
"Yes, Mr. President, we all understand that we must exercise restraint." Howard also did not want to see the outbreak of World War II. After all, there must be a bottom line.
"Since the conflict between the Brazilian military junta and the state of Minas Gerais has intensified, relations between the United States and southern Africa have been affected to a certain extent. What I hope Pretoria understands is that the United States does not want to provoke a conflict with southern Africa.
The war between Africa, but the United States is never afraid of war. If necessary, the U.S. government will definitely use all means to safeguard U.S. interests in Brazil." Roosevelt was frank and spoke frankly. Everyone is very busy. Don't
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"The same goes for the federal government of Southern Africa. In order to safeguard the interests of Southern African companies, the federal government of Southern Africa will do whatever it takes." Howard is also tough. U.S. steel companies need iron ore. They can sit down and talk slowly, so that they can take action right away.
Mingqiang, do you really think southern Africa is easy to bully?
The actual negotiations are also ongoing, but they are not being negotiated by the federal government of Southern Africa and the United States, but by the United Steel Federation, the Iron Four and the Fawalt Steel Group.
The United States Federation of Steel Enterprises is an alliance of the American steel industry. There are similar organizations in all walks of life in the United States. The Brazilian military government brazenly provoked a war against the United States, mainly because of the support of the United States Federation of Steel Enterprises.
Washington's loans to the Brazilian military government were mainly provided by the United Steel Federation.
This is not the first contact between the United States Federation of Steel Enterprises and Favalt Steel Group. During the meeting between Roosevelt and Rock, the United States Federation of Steel Enterprises reached an agreement with Favalt Steel Group, but that agreement mainly
It is about the price and market of steel products, and does not involve raw materials.
The core of this negotiation is iron ore.
The American Federation of Steel Enterprises has a huge appetite. From the very beginning, it requested Iron Four Corners and Fawalt Steel Group to hand over at least 50% of the iron ore produced by Iron Four Corners to the United States Steel Enterprise Federation for sale at a reasonable price.
It must also be the same as the iron ore sold to Favalte Steel Group, which must not rise at will.
Putting aside the previous point, regarding the price of iron ore, Luo Lin, the legal director of Iron ore Company, said that there is no problem at all. The price per ton sold to Favalte Steel Group is the same as the price per ton sold to the American Steel Federation.
This immediately aroused the vigilance of Morgan Jr., the president of the American Federation of Steel Enterprises. If Iron Four Corners agreed so readily, there must be something fishy behind it.
Looking at the smile of Chen Qiang, the legal director of Fawalt Steel Group, little Morgan suddenly felt like he was being teased by Iron Square and Fawalt Steel Group.
Little Morgan almost forgot that the two companies wear the same pants. Roque and Henry each own shares in the other company through multiple cross-shareholdings, so Iron Square can definitely reach an agreement with Favalte Steel Group.
A tacitly agreed price, anyway, the meat will be in the pot when it is rotten, and the left hand will be poured into the right hand, which will not affect the income of the two companies.
However, this is not a good signal for U.S. steel companies. Fawalt Steel Group purchases iron ore from Iron Four Corners at a higher price. At the same time, it can also purchase iron ore from Australia at a lower price, and it can also
Obtaining excess income from Iron Sijiao Company is just like export tax rebates. It is completely cheating and taking advantage of the cost difference to fully compete internationally.
This kind of thing used to be what the U.S. government was best at. The U.S. government used tariffs to protect U.S. companies and compete with European companies that were fighting alone, thus gradually developing and growing.
Now American companies have finally met their opponents. The federal government of Southern Africa is no less good than the United States in this regard, and in many cases even goes further. The main business of the Morgan family is finance, and Morgan Jr. also knows the same about the federal government of Southern Africa.
Very profound.
"The price of iron ore should be maintained at the level of 1930. If the price is to be increased, it must be approved by the United Steel Federation." Young Morgan was in a depressed mood. As the head of the Morgan family, he personally participated in the negotiations. Iron Four Corners
He and Favalt Steel Group only sent two ministers of justice, and neither Henry nor Roque showed up. This is actually a disregard or even an insult to Morgan Jr. and the United Steel Federation.
But it’s impossible not to talk about it. People have to bow their heads under the roof. Iron Four Corners and Favalte Steel Group have joined forces to control high-quality iron ore in Australia and Brazil. The United States Steel Association now even resorts to the last extreme method of war.
If the monopoly of Southern African companies cannot be broken, then sooner or later, U.S. steel companies will be eaten alive by Southern African steel companies.
"Mr. Morgan, the price of iron ore cannot be static. The conflict between the Brazilian military government and Mizhou has caused the price of iron ore to rise sharply. This is not something that any of us can decide." Luo Lin was not in a hurry.
You don’t have to buy it if you find it expensive, and no one is forcing you to buy it.
As for the power of the Morgan family
In the United States, the Morgan family does have huge influence.
But in southern Africa, who knows you, little Morgan? The American political system in which big business families kidnap the country is a joke to southern Africans.
Isn't it a very dangerous thing for the most powerful country in the world to be controlled by commercial companies or families?
But in the United States, it is a matter of course. The rich in the United States can be above the country and the law. In essence, they are similar to the chief tribes in Africa. This is a civilized society.
Luo Lin was right. After the conflict between Rio and Rio de Janeiro intensified, Iron Four Corner Company's ore could no longer be shipped out of Brazil through Victoria. The price of iron ore suddenly rose, and it has soared 100% compared to a year ago.
eighty.
This seems normal to Rock. In another time and space, Australians used iron ore to squeeze steel companies. Now Southern Africans are doing the same thing. If American steel companies don't accept it, they can continue to use low-grade iron ore from the United States.
Stone.
Unfortunately, this is just like changing from frugality to luxury, but changing from luxury to frugality is difficult. Once you get used to the benefits brought by high-grade ore, you will never be able to return to your previous "hard work and simplicity" style.
To put it bluntly, American steel companies used to make money while lying down, but now they just stand up instead of lying down, and they have not reached the level of kneeling.
"If we can reach an agreement, the war can be stopped at any time." The smile on the corner of Morgan's mouth was extremely cold. The conflict between Rio and Mizhou was just an insignificant game to Morgan.
"Mr. Morgan, the issue we are discussing has nothing to do with the ongoing war." Chen Qiang said without a smile. In this regard, southern Africans really cannot be as cruel and ruthless as Americans.
