By the time Roque returned to southern Africa, four Normandy-class battleships had been towed back to southern Africa by tugboats, two in Walvis Bay and two in Port Edward.

In order to better modify the four Normandy-class battleships, the Southern African Ministry of Defence hired senior designer Brian Johnson from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Brian Johnson was involved in the design and construction of all battleships after the Royal Navy's Dreadnought, and was experienced in the design of large warships.

In order to poach Brian Johnson into southern Africa, the Southern African Ministry of Defence offered an annual salary of R3,000, which is a ministerial treatment in southern Africa.

In addition to Brian Johnson, Southern Africa also dug Charles Doria, the chief designer of the "Normandy" class battleships, to Southern Africa to participate in the transformation of the "Normandy" class battleships.

The decision of the French government to sell the battleships of the "Normandy" class was sold, which greatly hurt the feelings of Charles Doria.

After the Washington Naval Conference, France had no new plans to build ships for a short time, and Charles Doria left for southern Africa in disappointment, but the French government did not keep it.

"The design of the 'Normandy' class battleships is limited by the scale of the existing French dock and the depth of the harbor, the maximum waterline length of the battleship is only 172 meters, the maximum width is 27.8 meters, and the draft is 8.8 meters at full load, which is almost the limit size under the existing conditions, and the layout of the ship's guns is almost a continuation of the 'Lone' class battleships and the 'Brittany' class battleships, and there is no qualitative improvement." Charles Doria was also helpless, when building the "Normandy" class battleships, the French Navy also hoped to get a larger tonnage battleship, but unfortunately the tonnage was too large for the French military port to accommodate, so the "Normandy" class battleships were only an embarrassing 25,000 tons.

"It's true that French ports are a problem, but that doesn't exist in southern Africa." Brian Johnson, who is just 50 years old and in perfect shape for his physical strength and experience, is not only good at designing warships, but also an artillery specialist.

Southern Africa's ports are blessed, whether it is the man-made Port Edward or the natural Walvis Bay Harbor, the average water depth is about 8 to 13 meters, and it can easily dock 10,000-ton giant ships.

In addition to Port Edward and Walvis Bay, there are many excellent ports in Southern Africa, such as Cape Town, such as Durban, Beira and Sorafa in Rhodesia, and St. George in Victoria, which are rare natural harbors.

"Yes, I heard that even St. Roque in southern Africa has been transformed into a deep-water port, and I have been to that place, which used to be a barren mountain, and there was nothing." Charles Doria was French and knew a lot about the situation in Saint-Roque.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Charles Doria feels incredible.

The reason why a deep-water port is precious is that it has relatively high requirements for various conditions, and the control of a deep-water port in the past can lead to war.

After the rise of southern Africa, the deep-water port slowly became worthless, the hydrological conditions are not good and can be transformed, there is no anti-wave to repair, as for whether to freeze or not, this problem does not exist in southern Africa.

Port Edward, where Charles Doria and Brian Johnson are located, was dug up alive.

Port Edward is located at the mouth of the Zambezi River, which has been washed away by eons of time, and it was originally an endless swamp and barren beach.

After Roque acquired the land, he used hundreds of thousands of Africans to transform it, and finally built Port Edward from the swamp.

Port Edward is now the largest port in Southern Africa, and industrial goods produced in the Transvaal, Rhodesia and Nyasaland are transported to Port Edward via the Zambezi River and then to the Indian Ocean.

The new immigrants from the Far East, the industrial raw materials of the East Indies, and the oil from Port Elizabeth were also transported to southern Africa through Port Edward, and dozens of hundreds of ships entered and exited Port Edward every day, and the four wharves were brightly lit 24 hours a day, and the entire port area was a city that never sleeped.

In the No. 1 and No. 2 docks of the shipyard, the two "Normandy" class battleships have been towed onto the slipway, and countless workers are shuttling between them, and the hull is being remodeled.

"Three triple 340 mm guns can fully guarantee the long-range firepower of the battleship, but what to do at close range, the Navy's requirement is that even the torpedoes must be dismantled, so that in the face of battleships with larger tonnage, the 'Normandy' class battleships lack sufficient threat capabilities." Charles Doria was in a sad mood, probably the battleships of the "Normandy" class after that had been changed beyond recognition, not even like a battleship, but more like a monster with both long-range attack and air defense.

As for the requirements of the Southern African Admiralty, Charles Doria had a vague feeling that Southern Africa seemed to have a completely different way of using battleships from other countries, and it was certainly not in a dominant position.

At present, the capital ships of the navies of various countries are still battleships, and other warships are in an auxiliary position.

If the Southern African Navy is based on aircraft carriers as capital ships -

Many things are also explained, such as why the secondary guns of the "Normandy" class battleships were eliminated, why so much anti-aircraft fire was installed, why more speed was pursued, and so on.

It's completely a guard with a sword in front of the emperor.

"Don't worry at close range, battleships don't act alone, there are cruisers and destroyers in close combat." Brian Johnson looked further into the dockyard, where an aircraft carrier was laying its aviation deck, which was built in southern Africa for the US Navy.

At this moment, a crowd suddenly gathered in the dock, and there were faint people fighting, and the engineers and supervisors of the on-site construction immediately rushed over, and the soldiers on duty also quickly arrived.

Workers of Indian origin and workers of African descent in conflict are now the two largest labour groups in southern Africa.

The southern Africans in the shipyard are either skilled workers or engineers and supervisors, and the real manual work is Indians or Africans, and these Indians and Africans are paid very lowly, with an average of only about three rand per person per month, which is already an absolute high salary among Indians and Africans.

The reason for the conflict is simple: Indian workers are lazy, have a bad attitude, and like to point fingers and get by.

African-American workers have a relatively good attitude, do not complain of hardship or tiredness, get up early and go to bed late, and cherish this job opportunity.

After four years at the Edward Shipyard, you can obtain residency in Port Edward, and although you cannot become a Southern African citizen, living in Port Edward is still the dream of many African workers.

Even if these Indians are not in southern Africa, they can also go to Australia, Canada, and New Zealand to mingle around.

"They were lazy and laughed at us—"

"If it affects the progress of the project, we will be punished together-"

"We're just talking a few more words, and they're going to beat someone—"

Workers of African descent have complained, most of them in Chinese.

Many Chinese engineers like to teach these African-American workers to speak Chinese when they have nothing to do, some of them really teach, and some of them are deliberately bad, teaching those African-American workers "Dog Day" as "Hello", and as a result, many African-American workers use "Dog Day" to greet those African-American workers after seeing those engineers with bad intentions.

Don't think that people have less evolved because of their dark skin, there are many smart people among Africans, and they can tell whether they are good or bad.

"What do you say?" Gundam, the chief engineer assistant in charge of the on-site construction, is not biased and knows the virtues of these Indians.

"We didn't—"

"We've been working hard, and they've done nothing—"

"We are also British, and you cannot treat us the same as Africans!"

Workers of Indian origin are also full of complaints, and southern Africa does not look at Indian workers differently because India is the brightest jewel in the crown of the British king.

In practice, the salaries, or treatments, of workers of Indian origin are even inferior to those of African workers.

This is unacceptable to workers of Indian origin.

"Tang Yan, who is in charge of the on-site construction today?" Gundam does not deal with the workers, and goes directly to the person in charge of the site.

"William and White, Peter, Meng Jian—" Tang Yan is Gundam's assistant and is in charge of on-site construction, and now that this has happened, Tang Yan is also to blame.

"Very well, you collectively deduct a week's salary, and if it affects the progress of the construction, you know the consequences." Nothing could be more effective than a direct deduction from wages.

Tang Yan was like a mourner, and his gaze at those Indian workers was almost cannibalistic.

As soon as Gao Gao left, Tang Yan and several engineers in charge of on-site construction went back to the office for a brief meeting.

When the engineers returned, the on-site supervisors had an extra rattan the thickness of their thumbs in their hands.

The overseers didn't care about the Indians, they stared at them, and if they dared to be lazy, the overseers immediately whipped them with rattans, and it hurt so much that it didn't cause serious damage, and the overseers didn't spare any of them.

As for those African-American workers, they have always been very diligent, and the consequence of these African-American workers being lazy is not to deduct their wages, but to be driven home.

"This batch of Indian workers will be sent back to India after their contracts expire, and we will no longer recruit Indian workers here." Back in the office, Gundam's anger still doesn't subside.

The impact of these Indian workers is very bad, it is like a rat poop spoiling a pot of soup, and their laziness will affect the attitude and mood of the African workers, and if it were not for the fact that there is no one to use, the Edward Shipyard will not employ these Indians at all.