The Royal Navy today is no longer the Royal Navy twenty years ago.
When the first dreadnought was launched in 1906, the whole world cried wolf.
At that time, the British Empire was still the arrogant "empire on which the sun never sets."
The British Empire has now degenerated into the United Kingdom.
In fact, the Royal Navy still has certain technical advantages. For example, under the same caliber, the main guns of British battleships are more powerful than the naval guns of the United States, Japan, and France.
But these have no effect on the southern African navy.
The Southern African Navy does not even build battleships. The four existing battleships are like mascots. They are only driven out for a symbolic run during the parade. On weekdays, they are docked in the military port to rest and are really under maintenance.
Southern Africa's overseas interests are played by cruisers, and Southern Africa's strategic threat is aircraft carriers.
As for other aspects, such as the armor steel of battleships and the large warship driving technology that Britain is proud of, it now has no absolute advantage compared with other countries.
Southern Africa's warship power technology is not much different from that of the Royal Navy.
In terms of submarine power, Southern Africa even has an advantage, so the Royal Navy really doesn't have much to offer.
Although I have seen related pictures of "Madagascar" many times.
However, when he actually saw the complete "Madagascar", Winston still felt in a trance.
Compared with the "Madagascar" during my visit to the UK, the "Madagascar" now is truly complete.
After returning to Port Edward, "Madagascar" undergoes final outfitting.
Adhering to the southern African naval tradition, the light gray paint of "Madagascar" is extremely eye-catching in the sun.
In fact, such a coating is not conducive to the concealment of "Madagascar". Usually, warships that are active in the open sea all year round should use darker coatings, so that they can integrate with the environment to the greatest extent and provide greater protection for the warships.
Southern Africa goes in the opposite direction. Although dark paint is more conducive to concealment, it does not look good. It is for this reason that people are speechless, so the Southern African navy chooses lighter light gray.
Compared with the light gray warships, the naval officers and soldiers standing in formation on the flight deck are all in white navy uniforms. In the past, various types of carrier-based aircraft that were never easily displayed by the Southern African Navy were also on display. The blue-gray "pale"
Eagle", light blue "Sea Harrier", white "Seagull", plus colorful naval flags, this day is definitely a grand festival of the Southern African Navy.
For a moment, Winston seemed to go back to the delivery ceremony of the "Elizabeth" battleship.
At that time, the Royal Navy was invincible. If Germany built one battleship, the Royal Navy would build two.
Although the Americans worked hard to catch up, they were still far behind the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy's slogan at the time was that its strength must be equal to the combined strength of the world's second and third navies, and it could win two large-scale maritime wars at the same time.
It has only been 20 years, and the Royal Navy has not had a warship as powerful as the "Madagascar" enter service for a long time.
The construction speed of warships in southern Africa has far exceeded that of the Royal Navy.
The keels of the two new aircraft carriers built by the Royal Navy last year were laid at about the same time as the Southern African "Island" class.
Now that "Madagascar" has been delivered to the Atlantic Fleet, the two British "Royal Arks" have not yet been launched and will not be delivered until next year at the earliest.
Rock handed the wine in his hand to Winston and asked Winston to complete the ceremony of pouring the champagne.
The tradition of throwing champagne also originated from the United Kingdom. In 1891, when the Royal Arthur was built, Queen Victoria smashed a bottle of champagne to celebrate. Since then, the navies of various countries have had the ritual of throwing champagne.
Before that, when a new ship was launched into the water, they would drink wine from a goblet, drink half and half, and then throw the cup into the sea. Therefore, every time a new ship was put into service, the Royal Navy would lose a silver goblet.
cup.
This is really wasteful, it would be better to throw champagne.
Southern Africa doesn't sell champagne, it sells wine from the Cape.
Winston did not object to this ceremony. He raised the wine bottle to show it and smashed it on the bow of the "Madagascar".
The naval officers and soldiers present and the people attending the induction ceremony on the pier cheered loudly,
"Madagascar" blew its whistle, announcing that the world's most powerful aircraft carrier was officially commissioned.
The battleship "Congo" and the battleship "East India" fired salutes again. There will definitely not be any mistakes like firing live ammunition here. Everything is perfect.
At the end of the ceremony, the Atlantic Fleet held a dinner to thank the guests who participated in the commissioning ceremony of the "Madagascar" and the relevant personnel of the Edward Navy Yard that built the "Madagascar".
Secretary of the Navy Angel Angel, Atlantic Fleet Commander Garfield, and the first captain of the USS Madagascar Li Ao became the stars of the dinner.
"The commissioning of the 'Madagascar' is a new beginning for the Atlantic Fleet. This warship is of great significance to safeguarding southern Africa's interests around the Atlantic. After the 'Transvaal' is commissioned next year, the Atlantic Fleet will have
The four powerful aircraft carriers have become a force that cannot be ignored in the Atlantic Ocean. We also look forward to closely cooperating with the Royal Navy to maintain peace and stability in the Atlantic region." An Qi was calm and steady, and her words on the scene were flawless.
"General Garfield, will Madagascar participate in the joint exercises held by the Royal Navy and the Atlantic Fleet in October?" Winston was still concerned about the cooperation between the Atlantic Fleet and the Royal Navy.
Although Southern Africa has withdrawn from the Commonwealth, Southern Africa and the United Kingdom still share the same interests within the Atlantic.
However, the focus of southern Africa and the UK are different. The UK regards the Atlantic as its core interest, while the core interest of southern Africa is the Indian Ocean.
The United States also regards the Atlantic as its core interest.
Within the Atlantic, Britain not only had to face threats from Germany, but also competition from the United States.
So the Royal Navy urgently needs the help of the Atlantic Fleet.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Minister, the 'Madagascar' has just entered service and should not participate in the joint exercise in October." Garfield told the truth, the lineup to participate in the October exercise has been determined, and the "Madagascar" unfortunately did not make it.
In addition to "Madagascar", the Atlantic Fleet's battleship "West Africa" and the aircraft carrier "Basutoland" will participate in the October exercise.
Yang Smuts's trip to London was still fruitful. The Southern African Navy and the Royal Navy have resumed full cooperation. There will be a joint exercise between the British Mediterranean Fleet and the Southern African Cyprus Squadron at the end of the year.
The Changi Squadron will also hold joint exercises with the British Eastern Fleet early next year.
At the end of next year, the Royal Navy will use all its strength to conduct an exercise in the northern waters of the Indian Ocean and the strongest Indian Ocean Fleet in southern Africa.
"That's such a pity. I look forward to seeing the Madagascar show its powerful combat effectiveness one day earlier." Winston may be the only war-fighting faction in the UK now.
After Germany entered the Rhineland, Winston called on the British government on different occasions to restrict Germany's military expansion.
It's a pity that there are so few followers.
Like France, Britain also has fresh memories of the damage caused by the last world war.
Unfortunately, there is a problem with the British's perspective on learning lessons. Now the British do not spend their main energy on restricting Germany, but try their best to avoid the intensification of conflicts with Germany.
"Winston, you should remind Congress that at least they must be prepared for the outbreak of another world war." Rock did his best to obey fate. Whether he listened or not was up to the British.
"Locke, London is not Pretoria" Winston sighed looking up to the sky. He really wanted to kill the enemy but could not save himself.
Although Roque did not agree to technical cooperation with the United Kingdom.
Regarding Britain's material trade, Roark still made some concessions.
After the economic crisis, the British economy recovered slowly and has not yet returned to the level before the economic crisis.
The British mainland has a small territory and is not rich in materials. It is hard to imagine that famines still occur in the British mainland from time to time. Southern Africa has exempted the British from paying interest in the past two years, but it still does not help.
One of the purposes of Winston's visit to Southern Africa this time is to hope that Southern Africa can forgive the loans that Britain owed Southern Africa during the World War.
The main part is money owed to South African companies, Nyasaland Military Industries, and Fawalt Steel Group.
Regarding the debt of the federal government in Southern Africa, Roque can also make concessions, such as exempting interest.
Roque was unable to help with the money owed to southern African companies.
Even if Nyasaland is the military industry, Rock cannot be his own home.
After all, Nyasaland's military industry is not owned by Rock alone.
Roque can only promise that when Britain encounters trouble, the Southern African federal government will provide whatever help it can.
There are more promises that Rock cannot give.
Just as Winston was about to leave southern Africa, war broke out again.
This time it's not America or East Asia, but Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in North Africa.
The initiator of the war was Italy.
At the end of the last century, Italy invaded Abyssinia.
The result was astonishing. Not only did the Italians fail to conquer Abyssinia, but they were beaten into disgrace and forced to recognize Abyssinia's independence.
Now Italy probably felt that it was doing well again, so it invaded Abyssinia again, hoping to expand the colonial territory of the Kingdom of Italy.
What needs to be emphasized here is that Britain's position in this war did not support Italy, because if Italy occupied Abyssinia, it would pose a threat to the Suez Canal.
