Speaking of mustaches, a month ago, Corporal Bavaria had just officially entered the German political arena by becoming the head of the German Workers' Party.

When Corporal Bavaria joined the Workers' Party, the Workers' Party had only 95 members.

After being discharged from the army, the Bavarian corporal devoted all his energies to the management of the Workers' Party, designing the flag and emblem of the Workers' Party, reforming the Workers' Party, and raising funds to buy the People's Observer.

Guess where the Bavarian corporal raised the money?

Although Roque is a native of southern Africa, he has always maintained a great interest in Europe.

In Europe now, there is a dark current surging under the calm surface, revolutionaries, dictators, and opportunists are secretly accumulating strength, and southern Africa must also be prepared.

This was undoubtedly Roque's task again, and Philip agreed to send a telegram to British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin casually about the reorganization of the Union army.

"The navy and air force are easy to manage, basically the southern African navy and air force are the mainstay, we have added a new military airfield in Cabinda, and some African soldiers have been recruited into the army, and now the reorganization has been completed." The focus of Roque's work during this period was reorganization.

After the establishment of the Southern African Union, the total strength of the coalition force was about 350,000, including 75,000 for the three major fleets of the Navy and 65,000 for the four divisions of the Air Force.

Soldiers of African descent are recruited into the army mainly for the purpose of forming marines and airborne troops, and the officers and technical branches are mainly white and Chinese, and soldiers of African descent are cannon fodder to put it bluntly.

The main reason is that the cost is low, after the end of the world war, a newly recruited southern African private, the annual salary is more than 150 rand, and a soldier of African descent is only 60 rand, so after the increase in troops, Roque feels more relaxed, the Kingdom of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Madagascar, and West Africa combined, to provide 18 million rand per year for the coalition army.

"The army is also dominated by the southern African army, and after gradually changing equipment, we have formed two armored divisions, plus eight ordinary infantry divisions, with a total strength of about 210,000 troops." Roque still attaches the most importance to the army, and although the navy and air force are important, it is still the army that will ultimately solve the problem.

"Ten divisions, 210,000 people?" During the World War, the establishment of the Southern African Expeditionary Force was a bit chaotic, with some divisions being 18,000 at full strength, some only 15,000, and some divisions with less than 13,000 men in the later period.

"We have now abolished the establishment of artillery divisions, and the artillery divisions have been scattered and mixed in all units, and the armored divisions have a relatively large number of personnel, with nearly 50,000 in the two divisions, and the ordinary infantry division is still 18,000, plus the logistics troops, the total strength is 210,000." Roque is still quite satisfied with the current configuration, the previous armored division and a mountain division are indeed unable to meet the security needs of southern Africa.

Now it was much better, eight divisions of light infantry, two divisions were assigned to Port Elizabeth by Roque, two divisions were stationed in the coastal city of Cabinda of the Kingdom of Kongo, and one division was in Madagascar, and other units were also arranged in Walvis Bay, Port Edward, and Cape Town, which were convenient for troops.

Roque is talking about professional armies, and there are also engineering units in southern Africa made up of conscripts, which also absorb many soldiers of African descent and are scattered throughout southern Africa.

"Locke, if, I mean if—if one day a conflict breaks out between us and the United States, how likely is there a victory in southern Africa?" Philip's problem is probably not limited to the United States.

"If that day comes, with our current naval strength, we will not be able to break through the enemy's naval blockade, but with the assistance of the air force, we are fully capable of preventing the enemy's landing." Roque still has confidence in the Air Force, and it is difficult for the Navy to say, although Roque does not look down on battleships, but he will not belittle the role of battleships.

To put it bluntly, the Southern African Navy is still insufficient, and if the Southern African Navy is equipped with more than a dozen or twenty aircraft carriers, then once a war breaks out between Southern Africa and the United States, Roque is confident that he will fight directly to New York.

It's the same in London.

"It's unlikely, but we need to be prepared." Philip was thinking of danger in times of peace, and he suddenly asked this question, which must not be groundless.

Roque nodded silently, without Philip's reminder, Roque would be ready.

The next day, Roque received a telegram from the British War Department that it was preparing to hold military exercises in the Atlantic Ocean and asked southern Africa to send troops to participate.

"The Congo and West Africa have been sea trials and can be delivered at any time, do you want to send the Congo and West Africa to participate in the exercise?" Derek Dodd's face is not very good, and he is now in his sixties.

"Derek, if you don't feel good, don't push it." Roque was worried about Derek Dodd's health, and some time ago Derek Dodd passed out in the office and was taken to the hospital, and the results of the examination were not good.

Doctors suspect that Derek Dodd has cancer, but there is no treatment.

It has been more than 2,000 years since the discovery of cancer, but unfortunately there has been no proper treatment, and after the discovery of radiation, there is finally physical therapy for cancer, but the effect is still not good.

"Don't worry about my lord, I'm a soldier and want to die on combat duty, not in a hospital bed." Derek Dodd's expression was calm, and the cancer was still incurable, and there was not even a targeted drug.

"The Congo and the West Africa will not participate in the exercises, so as not to provoke the Royal Navy, and the Marine Corps and Air Force will not participate in the exercises, so we have to keep a low profile." Roque faced it correctly, people will always have birth, old age, sickness and death, which cannot be avoided.

Southern Africa has made rapid progress since taking over the four battleships, and now the "Congo" and "West Africa" have been put on sea trials, and the "Mozambique" and "East India" have also been launched, and they are in the process of outfitting and will be delivered to the navy within the year.

Edwards Shipyard and Walvis Bay Shipyard have accumulated a lot of experience through the conversion of four battleships, and now two aircraft carriers are being built at the same time at both shipyards, two each, which are expected to be completed in two years.

By the time the aircraft carriers are delivered, Southern Africa will have four battleships and four aircraft carriers, plus a large number of light and heavy cruisers, which will be enough to protect southern Africa.

"What about auxiliary ships?" Derek Dodd had a sallow face and was in good spirits.

Southern African capital ships are restricted, while auxiliary ships are not restricted.

Already during the world wars, two hospital ships were built in southern Africa, which played an important role during the world wars.

After the end of the world war, Southern Africa summed up the lessons learned during the world war and increased the study of auxiliary ships.

At present, Southern Africa has auxiliary ships such as transport ships, hospital ships, supply ships, amphibious landing ships, etc., which are more specialized than the Royal Navy.

"You can send some auxiliary ships to participate, hospital ships, supply ships, and landing ships can forget it." Roque didn't want to show all his family to the Royal Navy, just forget about the hospital ship and the supply ship, the landing ship-

What does Southern Africa want to do?

Roque himself couldn't even say it.

"Do you want to bring Barton back?" Derek Dodd knows how much Roque values Barton, don't look at Barton is still very young, once Derek Dodd retires, Barton is likely to take Derek Dodd's place.

The Southern African Navy has always been a shortcoming, with a limited number of capable and experienced generals, and Patton is already one of the best.

After the world war, European countries have been disarmed, and southern Africa has tapped a lot of talents from Europe to supplement the southern African navy through major human resources companies, although these people have good ability, after all, the time they came to southern Africa is still very short, they lack a sense of identity with southern Africa, and the centripetal force is seriously insufficient, and it will take time for them to gain Roque's trust.

"Okay, send a telegram to Patton—" Roque, of course, would not let Patton miss this opportunity, depending on the meaning of the War Department, joint military exercises will be held every year in the future, not only in southern Africa, but also in overseas Dominions and colonies such as Canada, Australia, and India.

In addition to Patton, the name of Colonel Jackson Marshall, captain of the heavy cruiser USS Edward, was on Roque's list of southern African participants in joint exercises.

After Colonel Jackson Marshall came to southern Africa, he finally became the captain of the heavy cruiser "Edward".

The heavy cruiser HMS Edward was the flagship of the Edward's fleet, and the fleet commander, Robert Bernal, was one of the few admirals in southern Africa.

Robert Bernal, 65, served in the Royal Navy in his early years before coming to Southern Africa in 1887 to serve as Chief of Staff of the 2nd Division of the Cape Colony.

Robert Bernal was marginalized for a time before the World War, and during the World War, there was a severe shortage of experienced generals in southern Africa, and Roque had to use some colonial generals back into the army.

Robert Bernal was then deputy commander of the Home Forces.

After the World War, the Southern African arms were reorganized, and Robert Bernal came to the Navy as commander of the Edward fleet.

This position is also temporary, Robert Bernal will retire in two years, and the Edward Fleet will most likely be renamed the Indian Ocean Fleet.

In Roque's plan, the final form of the three major fleets in southern Africa should be the home fleet, the Atlantic fleet, and the Indian Ocean fleet.

Among the three major fleets, the Indian Ocean Fleet is the most important, after all, the Indian Ocean is related to the core interests of southern Africa.

The second is the safety of shipping lanes between the Atlantic Ocean, Southern Africa and Europe, which is also a top priority.

However, the home fleet, which was supposed to be the strongest, was not taken seriously by Roque.

After all, in southern Africa, southern Africa is the only one, and there is no threat at all.

Therefore, the home fleet, that is, a symbolic existential fleet, does not matter whether it is strong or not.