In just a few days, Rock took Ade all over Nyasaland, like a child who has achieved a little bit and can't wait to show his achievements to his elders.
At the Nyasaland Automobile Factory, Ade visited the automobile assembly line, which Rock built according to Ford's assembly line model. It can be said to represent the highest level of industrial assembly today.
Ade didn't understand the meaning of the assembly line, but the entire workshop was orderly and everyone performed their duties, which still amazed Ade.
Most factories in this era can be described as "dirty, messy, and poor." Many factories in Europe still use child labor and female workers. Even if workers are engaged in the most dangerous jobs, there is basically no labor protection at all.<
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Nyasaland is much better here. Because of Rock's strict requirements, the assembly workshop of the automobile factory is clean and tidy. There is almost no debris on the ground, and there will definitely be no spider webs on the walls and roofs.
The assembly workshop covers an area of thousands of square meters, and the noise is actually not very loud. The workers wear uniforms. The uniforms are not brand new, but they are clean and tidy. The workers also wear masks, and there are no supervisors holding whips and sticks at all.
This is completely different from the factory in Ade’s impression.
The Nyasaland Automobile Factory is now able to produce more than fifty cars every day. In addition to supplying southern Africa, these cars are also exported to the United Kingdom, France and India. Although the cars produced in Nyasaland are almost the same as those produced in Europe,
Twice as expensive, but the demand for cars in Nyasaland still exceeds supply.
Of course, Rock would not be stingy with Adelaide, and gave Adelaide a Diesel sedan newly produced by Nyasaland on the spot.
The Diesel sedan is named after Rudolf Diesel. This is a very common practice in Europe. In fact, under normal circumstances, the name of the Diesel sedan should be "Rock Car", but what does Rock think?
Everyone thought the name was awkward, so Rock simply used Rudolf Diesel's surname.
The appearance of the Diesel sedan is similar to that of a classic Mercedes-Benz car from another time and space. Although the "Tiger" military car is also good, after all, its appearance is too rough and does not meet the aesthetic standards of dignitaries, so Roque put "
The "Tiger" military car had a new outer shell and was sold at twice the price. It became very popular.
For those dignitaries, there is basically no big difference between three thousand pounds and six thousand pounds. The Nyasaland Automobile Factory now has a customization mode, which can inlay the customer's specified pattern on the car body, a silver pattern one foot square.
, the price is more than one thousand pounds. If you want gold, the price will be even more expensive.
Even so, Nyasaland Automobile Factory still cannot meet the needs of the local nobles. Some people would rather increase the price by 10,000 pounds and add a pattern composed of gold and diamonds to the car body.
Of course, the Nyasaland Automobile Factory would not refuse this kind of business. If you wanted gold and gems, Itno was rich, so the Nyasaland Automobile Factory cooperated with Itno to jointly launch the "Lord Car" specifically for local aristocrats.
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It is said that orders for Lord cars have been scheduled for two years.
Of course, Rock will not be stingy with Adelaide. He has already prepared a Lord's car with a silver badge for Adelaide. The emblem of Viscount Harewood is inlaid on the body.
Ade did not refuse Roark's kindness this time and happily accepted Roark's gift. Then Ade and Roark went to Ulysses to participate in the launching ceremony of the "North Sea".
The construction of the "North Sea" at Ulysses Shipyard took a total of four months.
This time is indeed a bit long. During World War II, the United States only took a month to produce an aircraft carrier.
However, this is already very difficult for the Ulysses Shipyard. Through the construction of the "Beihai", the Ulysses Shipyard has accumulated a large number of skilled workers. I believe that when the construction of the "East Lake" starts in the future, the time will be
Much faster than building the "Beihai".
Compared with the "Beihai", the "Donghu" has improved again.
It was only when the "Beihai" was about to be completed that Rock discovered that, as a destroyer, the "Beihai" was not equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns, so Rock urgently requested the shipyard's design department to install two more on the "East Lake".
A twin-mounted anti-aircraft machine gun for future air defense operations.
Rock's idea was questioned by the shipyard engineers.
The engineers' reasons are quite good. For the current navy, there is no threat from the air at all, so there is no need to equip warships with anti-aircraft machine guns.
The explanation given by Rock is unconvincing. In fact, the current army has anti-aircraft machine guns, because many artillery units are equipped with hot-air balloons for reconnaissance and monitoring, so some troops will be equipped with large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns for defense.
Air threats from the enemy.
Hot air balloons are mainly used for artillery observation and correction. There is no need for hot air balloons in the navy. Therefore, engineers at the shipyard insist that there is no need for destroyers to be equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns.
So Rock could only call the designers from Ulysses Shipyard and engineers from the Little Rock Flight Research Institute for a meeting to inform each other of their respective research progress, and to prove that the future navy will face serious threats from the air.
, so it is necessary for destroyers to be equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns.
However, this was questioned by the shipyard engineers. The reason was that since the aircraft was developed by Nyasaland itself, there was no need for the Nyasaland Marine Police to equip anti-aircraft machine guns.
This time, Rock didn't talk nonsense anymore, and directly issued orders in the form of orders. He stopped engaging in brainstorming sessions and had nothing to say to these short-sighted otakus.
However, Rock still fully considered the opinions of the shipyard designers. Since the Nyasaland Marine Police will not be threatened from the air in a short period of time, the anti-aircraft machine gun must have the ability to shoot flatly, so that even if it does not encounter enemy aircraft
, anti-aircraft machine guns can also play their full role.
Don’t underestimate the anti-aircraft machine gun. In fact, the anti-aircraft machine gun is an enlarged version of the heavy machine gun. It has a longer range and is more powerful. When there are no aircraft to fight, it can be used to fight infantry or tanks. The future anti-aircraft gun
All machine guns are dual-purpose, but now they can only be used for air defense. In fact, many problems can be solved by changing the thinking about many things.
Ade was obviously changing his mind. After participating in the launching ceremony of the "Beihai", Ade and Rock returned to Little Rock, thinking thoughtfully along the way.
Rock and Ade returned to Little Rock on the yacht "Lord Nyasaland", which was specially customized for Rock by Ulysses Shipyard.
Although it is a yacht, in fact, the weapons equipped on the "Lord Nyasaland" are not weak. From the appearance, the "Lord Nyasaland" and the "North Sea" have almost the same dimensions, except that they are not equipped with 76
In addition to millimeter rapid-fire cannons, the "Lord Nyasaland" is also equipped with four 40-mm rapid-fire cannons. When necessary, the "Lord Nyasaland" also has terrifying firepower.
Of course, this "horrible" is only relative to southern Africa.
Adé previously knew that Nyasaland had an arsenal, and it was Adé who ordered the machinery for the arsenal from the British Royal Arms and Small Arms Company.
However, in Ade's impression, the Nyasaland Arsenal can only produce Martini Henry rifles that have been eliminated in the UK, and cannot produce advanced weapons.
So when he heard Roque introduce that all the weapons used on the "North Sea" were produced in Nyasaland, Ade's mood was still a bit complicated.
"Rock, what is your positioning for Nyasaland in the future?" Adé found that he understood Rock less and less now. Many of Rock's actions seemed to Adé beyond what a baron should do.
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"Nyaasaland will be a paradise for Chinese Africans, and it will also be the last refuge for British people in southern Africa - of course I don't want this to happen, but if there is really a need in the future, then I think Nyasaland
I will definitely not stand idly by." Roque didn't make it too clear, I believe Ade can understand.
Sure enough, Ade became even more confused after hearing this: "Do you think the situation in southern Africa has become so dangerous?"
"Of course not yet, I'm just preparing for a rainy day." Roque will definitely not describe to Ade how miserable the white people in southern Africa will be in the future.
In that case, maybe Ade will be cruel now and eliminate all the hidden dangers.
Don't think that Ade can't do this kind of thing. Colonial thinking is very scary. They usually don't believe that they are making mistakes. It's not uncommon for them to do anything anti-human for a seemingly legitimate reason.
"You are too pessimistic. Southern Africa will not develop to that level. If it really does get to that point, all of us should bear the responsibility today." Ade did not believe Roque's judgment.
For now, I am afraid no one will believe that the Boers have now accepted the reality. Although the situation in Orange has not fundamentally improved, at least the Boers have begun to rebuild their homes. This is a good start. p>
As for Africans, in the minds of many white people, Africans are slaves who have not yet been fully civilized. They are not dangerous at all, they work hard and accept no complaints. If Rock describes how arrogant Africans are in the 21st century, I am afraid that all
Everyone will think Rock is crazy.
"So in order to prevent unspeakable things from happening, we all have to work hard." Roque beat around the bush and still hoped that Ade would stay. If it doesn't work once, then twice, and if it doesn't work twice, then three times. As long as Roque keeps emphasizing
problems in southern Africa, then sooner or later Ade will be brainwashed by Roque.
"I understand what you mean, but - give me a little more time -" Ade's attitude has been greatly relaxed, and victory is in sight.
On Christmas Day, German Foreign Minister Birov arrived in Nyasaland and began a one-month visit to Nyasaland.
As the plenipotentiary representative of the British King, Ade is responsible for receiving Bilov, and of course Rock will accompany him.
