Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 520 Dark Blue

The encounter with the Weissmann immediately aroused a strong reaction from the Germans. The German governor in Tanganyika even called Roque, hoping that Roque might explain this matter, and hoped that the Nyasaland water police would be able to respond in the future. Lake Tanganyika should refrain, and stop doing things like wiping out a gun.

Rock's superficial response was of course good, but he backhandedly gave the Water Spaniel a commendation order, and gave Captain Robert Tennyson and First Officer Jiang Shan a third-class merit each.

So within a week, Nyasaland's marine police boats searched for the Weissman in Lake Tanganyika like chicken blood. In the eyes of Nyasaland's marine police captains, Now the Weissman is not a ship, but a golden military medal, and you can get rewards for bullying others. The enthusiasm that everyone has exploded is unprecedented.

Regardless of how excited the captains were, Roque came to Ulysses in the North Sea in early November to inspect the development progress of the new destroyer.

According to the design of the Nyasaland Marine Police, the new destroyer will be built in the North Sea and the East Lake as the flagships of the North Sea Police and the East Lake Marine Police, and then the destroyer will be transferred to Port Edward for construction. , build a fleet of at least [-] destroyers in Port Edward, and then Rock will start research and development of aircraft carriers.

Don't think how tall the aircraft carrier is. At the most critical time during World War II, the Allies and Allies were a little unsustainable, and then began to transform merchant ships into aircraft carriers on a large scale. Therefore, aircraft carriers in this period were really not so cutting-edge. With Nyasaland's shipbuilding capabilities, the transfer of the runway from land to ships will be fully achievable by then.

Aircraft during this period did not attract the attention of various countries. Like automobiles, aircraft were just toys in the eyes of many people, and they did not show epoch-making potential at all.

Rock definitely doesn't think so. The Wright brothers are known as the "fathers of airplanes". In fact, their father is just a shepherd and their mother is a music teacher. They invented airplanes with enthusiasm rather than geniuses.

During this period, the Wright Brothers completed the first flight in human history, but this did not attract the attention of the American government and society, and many people even doubted the authenticity of this news.

Rock would definitely not doubt it, and firmly believed in the future of the aircraft, so Rock also established a flight research department in Little Rock. Although there are only a dozen researchers, the aircraft developed by the flight research department have successfully flown into the sky. Flying 5 meters in 500 minutes, this result is better than the first aircraft of the Wright brothers.

The Wright Brothers' Flyer 59 only flew 260 meters in [-] seconds at first, and Nyasaland's aircraft has now completely surpassed this data. Of course, the achievements of the Flyer [-] were created three years ago, and now Wright Brother's aircraft is definitely better, so Nyasaland still has a long way to go.

Back to the Ulysses shipyard, there are now more than 600 workers, four [-]-ton shipyards, and a [-]-ton shipyard under construction, the first ship in Nyasaland in the future The destroyer will be born here.

Now Nyasaland's first destroyer has basically been finalized. The new destroyer is based on the first generation British destroyer "Havok" and is improved on the basis of "Havok". The displacement of the destroyer is 1300 tons. , equipped with a 1mm gun and three 76mm rapid-fire guns, and there is also a triple-mounted 3mm torpedo tube.

Compared with the previous "Havok", the biggest improvement of Nyasaland's first destroyer is power. The power of "Havok" is a relatively old type of steam engine. The steam engine, radio, and a series of the latest naval technology were also used.

After the completion of the destroyer, the speed can reach 32 knots. This data is very advanced in the world. In the North Sea or the East Lake (called Lake Mweru in Belgium), the destroyer of Nyasaland will be the same as a giant. Once built, Nyasaland's advantages in the North Sea and East Lake will be unshakable.

"We have now made all the preparations for the construction of destroyers. The Fawalt Steel Works purchased the best marine steel from Krupp, and the Nyasaran Arsenal obtained all the technical patents for torpedoes from Naples, Italy. Our ship The gun is an improved version of Miss Seventy-Five, with a longer barrel and more advanced gun steel. It can shoot farther than Miss Seventy-Five, and has a faster rate of fire. Even our [-]mm rapid-fire guns are improving. Now The shells of Nyasaland are more powerful than the previous ones—” Jimmy Hodgson, the head of Nyasaland’s water police, is a pure French Nyasalandian who came to Nyasaland three years ago. After working in the French Navy, he successfully became the head of the Nyasaland Marine Police.

Jimmy Hodgson used to serve in the French Navy. After the Franco-Prussian War, Jimmy Hodgson was completely disappointed with the French Navy, so he left France for southern Africa, hoping to start again in southern Africa.

Christian's headhunting company found Jimmy Hodgson, hoping that Jimmy Hodgson could serve Nyasaland.

Jimmy Hodgson was also full of resistance to Nyasaland at the beginning, but Christian warmly invited Jimmy Hodgson to visit Little Rock. Little Rock left a deep impression on Jimmy Hodgson, and Jimmy Hodgson settled in Little Rock afterwards. He later became the head of the Nyasaland Marine Police.

In Nyasaland, there will never be such things as standing still. After the successful imitation of the Ruger pistol, some people think that the Ruger pistol is the most perfect pistol in human history, and there is no need for continuous improvement.

Rock definitely doesn't think so. Rock warned all scientific researchers a long time ago that there is no end to the road of scientific research. There has never been a perfect product, only continuous improvement, so the engineers of the Nyasaland Arsenal are now Fully accepted the lesson, the work enthusiasm is very high.

What embarrassed the engineers of the Nyasaland Arsenal was the Browning M1903 nine-mm pistol produced in Belgium. This pistol was launched by the FN company in Belgium, and then the American Colt made improvements. Horse brand luzi".

In another time and space, the Continental Luger is not as famous as the Ruger pistol, but the Continental Luger is worse than the Luger pistol in terms of design and production cost. If the Luger pistol is not because of the mustache , will not have such a great reputation. In comparison, the Continental Luzi is the most suitable pistol for large-scale equipment.

Considering that the Nyasaland Armory already has all the patents for the Luger pistol, the Rhodesian Northern Division and the new First Cavalry Division, as well as the police in Nyasaland and Transvaal, still choose the Luger pistol As a standard pistol.

But this incident is a serious warning to the project of Nyasaland Arsenal. There is no perfect product in this world. The reason why the product is perfect is that better products have not yet appeared. The engineers are quite modest now, and no one dares to speak out in terms of technology.

"Then finalize the production as soon as possible, but it is still the old rule. Only two destroyers of this level will be produced, and then handed over to the Beihai Police and East Lake Marine Police for use. Experience and lessons will be learned during use, and then the next level will be designed and produced. The destroyers used in the ocean and the inner lake are not the same—" Rock suddenly realized this problem, and the experience gained in the inner lake may not necessarily apply to the ocean.

"It's really different, so we need to produce at least four destroyers of this level, one for the North Sea, one for the East Lake, and at least two for Port Edward, and then we can get enough information to proceed to the next step for the destroyer. Improve." Jimmy Hodgson certainly knew the difference between the inner lake and the ocean, but he didn't know that Rock's determination was so great.

In other words, Jimmy Hodgson didn't know that Rock's ambitions were so great.

Based on the experience of the French navy and the British navy, the investment in developing the navy is almost endless. Now that Nyasaland's marine police ships have taken advantage of the North Sea and East Lake, there is no need to study higher-level destroyers. Rock now Obviously, they are not satisfied with the current advantages of Nyasaland, and they want to march from the inner lake to the ocean. These are two completely different concepts.

"Then build it. Don't worry about the cost. Even if destroyers of this level fall behind in the future, they can still be used for training and cruising. Anyway, it won't be wasted." Rock said casually, the intention was to relieve Jimmy Hodgson's psychological burden, But it is a serious underestimation of Nyasaland engineers.

Nyasaland's destroyers are at an advanced level even if they look at the world.

In terms of shipbuilding technology alone, there is still a big gap between Nyasaland and European countries such as Britain and Germany, but the reason why Britain and Germany are strong is that they are powerful because of their unprecedented "dreadnoughts". At the level of destroyers, Nyasaland Lan is already at the advanced level in the world, there is no doubt about it.

After the arms race began, the attention of Britain and Germany was on the dreadnought ship, and no one noticed the role of the destroyer at all.

Therefore, destroyers are only a dispensable supplement to the maritime powers such as Britain and Germany. Therefore, Nyasaland, which is dedicated to studying destroyers, has an increasing advantage in this regard. Saran's destroyers have surpassed those equipped by Britain and Germany.

By the way, in Germany, destroyers are still called large torpedo boats, and there is no such thing as a destroyer.

"What about submarines? How is the research progress of submarines?" Rock is concerned not only with destroyers, but also with submarines that have just appeared. This is also a blank for European countries, and now is a good opportunity to get involved.

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