Don't forget that Southern Africa is still a creditor of the British Empire, so Rock's refusal of the battleship on the excuse of lack of money is really outrageous to both humans and gods.
The British government was so poor that it had no money to repair the king's palace, so it still resorted to selling iron and steel to build battleships and maintain the British Empire's naval superiority around the world.
Southern Africa was obviously powerful, but it disdained battleships. This made Balfour feel happy and angry at the same time.
Fortunately, because if southern Africa does not develop capital ships, it will not have the ability to compete with the British Empire.
The anger is because the British Empire is building capital ships, but southern Africa is indifferent. This obviously does not take the Royal Navy seriously.
Roark indeed did not take the Royal Navy seriously, but this did not prevent Roark from appropriately expressing his envy of the battleship "Queen Elizabeth".
The "Queen Elizabeth" battleship is the first ship of the "Queen Elizabeth" class battleship. Construction began in 1912, when the British Lord of the Admiralty was still Winston.
Under normal circumstances, the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" has a displacement of tons and a full load displacement of tons. There are five sister ships of the same class, namely HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Warspite, HMS Barham, HMS Warrior, and HMS Malaya. Among them, HMS Malaya's
Funding for construction came from British Malaya.
The "Queen Elizabeth" has the world's largest caliber main gun, 15 inches, which is converted to 381 mm. In Balfour's words, once the aircraft carrier in southern Africa is targeted by the "Queen Elizabeth", it is basically impossible to survive.
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Rock laughed and did not continue. If the "Queen Elizabeth" wants to attack the "Transvaal", it must first enter the range of the main gun. Before that, the carrier-based aircraft on the "Transvaal" have enough time.
Sink the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
On July 7th, Viscount Glaston arrived at Portsmouth, and on the 9th, former Canadian Prime Minister Bowden arrived at Portsmouth. Now only Sastri, the Indian Privy Councilor, has not arrived yet.
The Indians indeed moved slowly, and it was not until the 12th that Sastri arrived at Portsmouth. Rock, Viscount Balfour Glaston and Bowden went to the dock to greet them.
"The Indian is too slow. He actually made us wait here for a whole week. We might as well let him take a boat to New York." Rock has always been dissatisfied with people who have no sense of time. If this were in southern Africa,
It's better to just retire a week late.
"Normally, when do Indians pass by faster?" Viscount Glaston didn't like Indians either.
Although Viscount Glaston has gone to Australia to take up a post, Rock still maintains a good relationship with Viscount Glaston. Through Australian companies, Rock has invested more than 20 million pounds in Australia, and half of Western Australia was bought by Rock.
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"While being chased by bullets——" Former Prime Minister Bowden murmured something dark and sinister.
Roark and Viscount Glaston burst into laughter.
Belfort seemed dissatisfied with the few people who were chatting happily, and turned around to glare at Roque with a stern look.
Roque turned a blind eye, what's wrong with the President of the Privy Council? He is a marquis, who are you staring at?
so rude!
"Yesterday I went to Saint-Roch. My lord, you are really courageous. You built a city directly in the barren mountains. The French are too stingy to us in Canada. They only gave us one square kilometer. It would be better not to give it at all -"
Bowden's envy of Rock was beyond words. Canada actually has resources as good as those of southern Africa. Unfortunately, Canada has too few people and is too close to the United States. Its total population is less than eight million, with an average of less than one person per square kilometer.
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Canada has a territory of 9.98 million square kilometers, second only to Russia in the world.
"What you see now is a city. In fact, that place is just a sand dune, with almost no economic value, otherwise the French would not give it to us." Roque also just returned from Saint-Roch, and Christian was not tired.
Many Africans died, and Port Saint-Roch was built into a first-class military port that could accommodate battleships.
Rock expressed his appreciation for Christian's work. If this continues, Christian may get a knighthood.
"You have never been to Southern Africa. After I left Southern Africa, nothing can surprise me. Compared with Southern Africa, Canberra's construction speed is like a snail -" Viscount Glaston seemed to be very dissatisfied with Australia.
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In 1901, the Australian federal government was established. Over the issue of establishing the capital, Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, continued to argue for eight or nine years. It was not until 1911 that the Australian federal government passed a resolution and decided to establish the capital between Sydney and Melbourne.
Choosing a place with good weather, mountains and rivers to build the new capital, we chose this open space 238 kilometers away from Sydney and 507 kilometers away from Melbourne. This open space became Canberra later.
When the Australian federal government selected Canberra, Canberra was not called this name yet, so the Australian federal government brainstormed and finally chose the traditional name of the local residents, Canberra, which means "meeting place" and is also called "the gathering place" by the people.
The address was determined and the name was selected. The Australian federal government was addicted, so in 1912, the federal government hosted a worldwide urban design competition. A year later, the Australian Parliament selected the
It was designed by the famous American landscape designer Walter Burry Griffin, a 36-year-old Chicago native.
It has been eight years since Canberra started construction that year, and the progress has been completed——
About 20 percent.
During the World War, construction in Canberra was forced to stop due to a lack of construction workers, but work has now resumed.
"The Australian federal government should hire construction companies from southern Africa, so that all construction in Canberra can be completed in three years at most." Rock said casually, and the construction of Canberra in another time and space took a total of 14 years, and it was not completed until 1927.
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I don’t know how long this time and space will take. It is estimated that it will take less time. Compared with another time and space, the current Australian federal government is at least relatively financially comfortable.
"Gentlemen, please be quiet. The Intrepid has entered the port-" Belfort was really helpless and felt that the team could not move it.
The "Dreadnought" battleship is the flagship of the Indian Navy. It is also a legendary battleship and the world's first "Dreadnought". Construction started in 1905 and entered service in 2006. Originally, the Royal Navy was preparing to decommission the "Dreadnought" last year.
Later, for unknown reasons, the "Fearless" was sent to India and became the flagship of the Indian Navy.
The Royal Navy originally wanted to send the battleship "Dreadnaught" to Southern Africa, but it was rejected by the Southern African Federal Government. The Southern African Federal Government said it was not because they disliked it, but because we did not have anyone in southern Africa who could command the battleship.
This time Balfour's reminder had an effect. Perhaps because they didn't want to embarrass themselves in front of the Indians, Viscount Glaston and Bowden Rock instantly became serious, and they immediately needed to be temperamental and disciplined.
Alas, it would be great if this were not a demon.
The battleship "Dreadnought" slowly docked at the pier, and Sastri walked onto the pier through the gangway.
Rock was quite disappointed. It turned out to be a white man, not an Indian.
It's normal to think about it. When Southern Africa didn't have autonomy, officials were all white. The same must be true in India. Despite the nice words of the British, the British have always had a firm attitude towards India.
After the outbreak of the World War, in order to win the support of India, the United Kingdom promised to grant the same autonomous status to India and southern Africa, Australia, and Canada after the end of the World War.
The Indians believe it and ask for money and food. They would rather their own people go hungry than save food to supply the mother country.
As a result, after the war, Britain refused to fulfill its promise, but instead intensified its search for India. Only then did the Indians realize what Britain was doing. However, the Indians did not rise up to resist and try their best to fight for their own interests, but silently accepted it.
this reality.
He is indeed a good son of the British Empire.
After exchanging pleasantries with Balfour, Balfor introduced Roque and others to Sastri.
When facing Bowden and Viscount Glaston, Sastri behaved normally, with a mature and bright smile, and a kind and measured tone, which made people feel good.
When he arrived at Rock's place, Sastri's expression suddenly became much calmer, his greetings were neither warm nor cold, and his handshake was even more hasty and perfunctory.
Rock even keenly noticed that after shaking hands with Rock, Sastri quietly wiped the back of his hand on his clothes.
Damn it!
What's the meaning?
Rock's seizure occurred almost instantly.
But he still endured it in the end. Such a small person was not worthy of Roque's anger.
At the welcome dinner in the evening, Roque originally did not plan to attend.
However, Balfour gave repeated orders, and Rock reluctantly rushed to the dinner party.
Rock actually doesn't need to please anyone now, so when Rock arrived at the dinner party, the banquet had already started. Fortunately, it was a Western-style buffet, so it was normal for Rock to be late.
"Has this guy offended you?" Viscount Glaston felt keenly that there must be a reason for Roark's lateness.
"No, I'm just a little tired -" Rock refused to admit it.
"Hey Locke, I thought you weren't coming -" suddenly appeared Neville, who lost last month's election to Andrew Bernal Law, who then invited Neville
Serves as Postmaster General, a position that Neville also held for his brother Austin.
"Didn't you just become the postmaster general, so you are so free?" Roque was surprised. The last time he and Neville met was at the ceremony when France and Belgium presented St. Roch to southern Africa.
"Of course, this position is much more leisurely than your Minister of Defense -" Neville laughed. The position of Director of the Post Office has been almost monopolized by these two brothers in recent years.
"Lord Nyasaland, good evening -" Sastri lingered.
Roque's expression immediately became impatient, and he didn't even bother to pretend.
