The current era is not the 21st century of long-lasting peace. The expenditures of various countries on national defense can easily account for more than ten or twenty percent of the national budget.
But like Japan, the military expenditure of the navy alone accounts for one-third of the national budget.
No wonder Japan later had to launch wars to plunder resources. With its national strength, Japan was simply not qualified to compete with other established imperialists.
The United States proposed convening a naval conference in Washington and also extended an invitation to southern Africa, which had performed well in the world war.
Although Southern Africa has not participated in the arms race and is still developing offshore defense forces based on light cruisers and destroyers, Southern Africa has shown a potential that cannot be ignored in the navy. During the World War, Southern Africa developed aircraft carriers.
It performed so well that after the World War, all the British and American countries began to study aircraft carriers. Even Japan transformed a cargo ship into a wooden aircraft carrier with two upper and lower decks.
Britain's latest move is to take reference from the aircraft carriers in southern Africa and decide to build two 15,000-ton Centenario class aircraft carriers locally.
This "Hundred-Eyed Giant" is definitely different from the "Hundred-Eyed Giant" in another time and space. As for why it is still called this name, you have to ask the British Minister of Navy John Jellicoe.
"Of course, although Southern Africa has no intention of participating in the arms race, it is good to attend the naval conference to broaden our horizons." Rock knew what Winston was worried about. The Americans' invitation to southern Africa to attend the Washington Naval Conference was actually harboring evil intentions.
Southern Africa is still part of the British Empire and is not eligible to participate in the Washington Naval Conference as an independent country.
However, the United States extended an invitation to southern Africa, which was clearly intended to sow discord between southern Africa and the British Empire.
It doesn’t have to be a total provocation.
Southern Africa produced two aircraft carriers for the British Empire during the World War. One of them participated in the Battle of Jutland and performed well in the naval battle, sinking a German capital ship.
These two aircraft carriers are still in service. Although the Southern African Navy is not equipped with aircraft carriers, it has the ability to produce aircraft carriers.
The purpose of the Washington Conference was mainly to determine the tonnage of capital ships produced by each country in order to limit the unrestricted expansion of the arms race. Aircraft carriers are also one of the capital ships.
This raises a question. If Southern Africa is not restricted by the Washington Naval Conference, then what if the British Empire orders three or five aircraft carriers from Southern Africa and then puts them in the Southern African Navy order of battle in the name of Southern Africa?
Who is this for?
The wily Americans certainly cannot allow this to happen.
"Does the Southern African Navy have plans to install aircraft carriers?" Winston is very concerned about the Southern African Navy.
According to the information obtained by Winston, the Southern African Navy has begun to build cruisers with heavier tonnage and larger gun caliber, and the next step is battleships.
In fact, it is a heavy cruiser, but there is no such type of heavy cruiser yet. The heavy cruiser will not be determined until the Washington Naval Conference. Similar models have already appeared.
In 1915, the British Royal Navy built four Hawkinson-class heavy cruisers. The Hawkinson-class heavy cruisers were improved by the British on existing light cruisers. They had a displacement of 9,750 tons and were equipped with seven 7.5-inch main guns. In the United Kingdom,
Known as the "reinforced light cruiser".
The Hawkinson heavy cruiser had an unfortunate fate. The construction process was not smooth. It was put into service too late and did not have time to participate in the World War. The last ship was not put into service until 1925 and is still under construction.
With the strength of Southern Africa in building ships, there are no technical problems in building battleships. After Germany's defeat, Southern Africa received many naval ship experts from Germany. The heavy cruisers being built in Southern Africa absorbed the German Bavaria-class battleships.
Some advantages of the warship, and based on the experience in the Battle of Jutland, some improvements were made to the warship, such as: increasing the caliber of the main gun, improving the protection of the turret powder magazine and other parts; taking key protective measures and thickening the armor of important parts.
Reduce or eliminate armor in non-important parts; focus on horizontal protection and torpedo protection below the waterline.
These improvements, in another time and space, only appeared on the later Jutland-class battleships, represented by the American Nevada-class battleships, the British Nelson-class battleships, and the Japanese Nagato-class battleships.
No matter how advanced the reinforced light cruisers in southern Africa were, they would still have to shy away from the British battleships. Winston didn't care.
However, Winston focused on aircraft carriers. There are two aircraft carriers currently being built in southern Africa, one ordered by France and one ordered by the United States.
The French and Americans have a very clear purpose in ordering aircraft carriers, which is to conduct research based on the aircraft carriers in southern Africa and prepare for the next step of building their own aircraft carriers.
Roque was not polite. Each aircraft carrier plus carrier-based aircraft was priced at 5.5 million rand, which was double the price of the two aircraft carriers ordered by the UK. I would like to buy it or not.
France and the United States pinched their noses and admitted that they would make money by selling arms. Two words: cool!
"It certainly doesn't exist now, but it will definitely exist in the future. Edward Shipyard is researching a cargo ship that can be converted into a cargo ship used to escort aircraft carriers. In peacetime, it can do some business with containers to make some money. When war breaks out, it can be renovated in the shipyard and it can be dispatched at any time.
Go to the battlefield." Rock didn't want the British Empire to fall so quickly, so he leaned against a big tree to enjoy the shade.
The emergency conversion of merchant ships to escort aircraft carriers was not the first of its kind by Edward Shipbuilding. The first British aircraft carrier was converted from a merchant ship. In another time and space, the vast number of escort aircraft carriers in the United States also came from this. Edwards Shipbuilding only further studied on the basis of the British.
Produce thirty or fifty ships and sell them to shipping companies, and then during wartime, a large number of escort aircraft carriers can be produced in minutes.
Although the escort carrier has fewer aircraft, is slower, and has slightly weaker combat effectiveness, it is still an aircraft carrier. If there are too many ants, it will bite people to death.
As for whether the shipping company will be taken advantage of, think about who is the boss of the largest shipping company in southern Africa?
There are three companies, one is owned by Rock, the other is owned by Stoudemire, and the last one is owned by Christian.
"What the hell, what the hell is an escort carrier?" Winston felt like his head was spinning, and he really couldn't keep up with Rock's train of thought.
This is just like a duel between two people. Winston thought that Rock also used a sword, but who knew that this guy pulled out a Lee Enfield with his backhand? Even if there is no bullet, a Lee Enfield with a bayonet is better than a dueling sword.
Longer, okay.
Well, it's a bit of a sword.
"It's the kind you understand. It's only used for escort, not for decisive battles at sea. Southern Africa has no intention of fighting for ocean hegemony." Roque asked Winston to relax. The Marquis of Nyasaland was very loyal to the British Empire.
Don't worry.
"Are you going to Washington by then?" Stoudemire's imagination opened up. Roark, the defense secretary, is not only in charge of the Army, but also the Navy and the Air Force.
At this time, there was no naval aviation branch, otherwise it would have been under Rock's control.
"I won't go!" Rock is not interested in Washington. The United States still has the Chinese Exclusion Act, so Rock won't join in the fun.
But Patton may go by then. Now that Patton has finished his studies at the Naval Academy at Dartmouth, Edward Shipyard is about to wait to receive the first heavy cruiser of the Southern African Navy.
That's right, Rock directly named Patton as the captain of the first heavy cruiser of the Southern African Navy.
With Patton's qualifications, serving as the captain of the first heavy cruiser seems to be counterproductive, but in fact it is normal. The Southern African Navy is not as senior as the British Royal Navy. Buck can already be the Speaker of Parliament. It is also natural for Patton to serve as the captain of the first heavy cruiser.
No exaggeration.
Southern Africa now also has a naval department. The minister is old and will retire in a few years. It will be natural for Patton to take over when the time comes.
The current Secretary of the Navy has something to say mmp, I have so no sense of existence that I don’t even deserve a name——
In fact, there is, but someone who drank too much and had a severe memory loss forgot it, so I just pretended that there wasn't, and it wasn't important anyway.
"You have to go out often. How can you stay in southern Africa all day?" Stoudemire seemed to want to go to Washington, but Rock didn't want to go, and Stoudemire was obviously not interested.
"Isn't it good? In my opinion, southern Africa is a paradise. I don't want to go anywhere." Rock really doesn't want to run around. At that time, Rock would rather watch the film at home.
It's a pity that the movie has finished. The last shot is of Winston signing the "Contract of Versailles" on behalf of the Allied Powers. This shot was not taken in a studio, but a real shot of Winston signing the "Contract of Versailles". It is very satisfying.
precious.
"How is it? Do I have the potential to be a director?" Winston was very satisfied with his work.
Neither Rock nor Stoudemire wanted to comment. It’s not that the filming of “Winston” was not good, but that the content was too biased, full of exaggeration and personal heroism, and the handling was not very good, giving people the impression that
not good.
"When are you going to release the movie, and how much will you pay me?" This guy actually has the nerve to ask for compensation, but he doesn't have any ideas in mind.
"It must be released, otherwise the loss will be too much -" Rock didn't give face, Winston didn't spend a penny on the movie "Winston", it was all Rand Bank and Nyasa
Lan Company Investment.
"How do you know you will lose money? "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" can make a profit, there is no reason why "Winston" can't." Winston is very confident, but the source is unknown.
Luo Kepi smiled and left the cinema and went directly to the rooftop.
Don't get me wrong, it's just for tea. This little money is not enough to meet you on the rooftop.