In this era, which is not the 21 st century, where spending on national defense accounts for more than 10 or 20 percent of the national budget.

However, like Japan, the navy alone is the only one that accounts for one-third of the national budget.

It is no wonder that Japan later had to wage war to plunder its resources, because it was really in Japan's national strength that it was not qualified to compete with several other old imperialists.

The United States proposed a naval conference in Washington, D.C., and also extended an invitation to southern Africa, which had distinguished itself in the world war.

Although southern Africa has not participated in the arms race, it is still developing coastal defense forces dominated by light cruisers and destroyers, but southern Africa has shown a non-negligible potential in the navy, during the world war, the aircraft carriers developed in southern Africa performed well, after the world war, Britain and the United States have begun to study aircraft carriers, and even Japan has transformed a cargo ship into a wooden aircraft carrier with two decks.

Britain's latest move is to refer to the Southern African aircraft carriers, and decided to build two 15,000-ton Cyclops-class aircraft carriers on its own territory.

This "Hundred-Eyed Giant" is definitely different from the "Hundred-Eyed Giant" in another time and space, as for why it is still called this name, this is to ask the British Admiralty John Jericht.

"Of course, although Southern Africa has no intention of participating in the arms race, it is good to participate in the naval conference to open your eyes." Roque knew what Winston was worried about, and that the Americans' invitation to southern Africa to the Washington Naval Conference was actually harboring evil intentions.

Southern Africa, now part of the British Empire, was not itself eligible to participate in the Washington Naval Conference as an independent state.

But the United States extended an invitation to southern Africa, which was clearly intended to sow discord between southern Africa and the British Empire.

It doesn't have to be all provocative, either.

Southern Africa produced two aircraft carriers for the British Empire during the World War, one of which took part in the Battle of Jutland and excelled in naval battles, sinking one of Germany's capital ships.

The two aircraft carriers are still in service, and the Southern African Navy, although not equipped with aircraft carriers, has the capacity to produce aircraft carriers.

The purpose of the Washington Conference was mainly to determine the tonnage of capital ships to be produced by various countries, so as to limit the unrestrained expansion of the arms race, and aircraft carriers are also one of the capital ships.

So the question arises, if Southern Africa is not subject to the restrictions of the Washington Naval Conference, then in case the British Empire orders three or five aircraft carriers from Southern Africa, and then puts them in the Southern African naval battle sequence in the name of Southern Africa, then who is it for?

The scheming Americans certainly can't let that happen.

"Does the Southern African Navy have plans to install aircraft carriers?" Winston was concerned about the Southern African Navy.

According to information available to Winston, the Southern African Navy has begun to build cruisers of heavier tonnage and larger caliber guns, and further on, battleships.

In fact, it is a heavy cruiser, but there is no such type as a heavy cruiser, and the heavy cruiser will not be determined until the Washington Naval Conference, and a similar model has already appeared.

In 1915, the British Royal Navy built 4 Hawkinson-class heavy cruisers, the Hawkinson-class heavy cruisers were improved by the British on the existing light cruisers, with a displacement of 9750 tons and 7 7.5-inch guns, which were called "reinforced light cruisers" in the UK.

The ill-fated Hawkinson heavy cruiser was not built smoothly and was commissioned too late to enter the world war, and its last one was not commissioned until 1925 and is still under construction.

After the defeat of Germany, southern Africa got a lot of experts in naval ships from Germany, and the heavy cruisers being built in southern Africa absorbed some of the advantages of the German Bavaria-class battleships, and in view of the experience in the Battle of Jutland, some improvements were made to the warships, such as: increasing the caliber of the main gun, improving the protection of turrets, powder magazines and other parts; Adopt key protective measures to thicken the armor of important parts and reduce or eliminate the armor of non-important parts; Emphasis was placed on horizontal protection, as well as protection against torpedoes below the waterline.

These improvements, in another time and space, appeared only on the post-Jutland-class battleships, represented by the Nevada-class battleships of the United States, the Nelson-class battleships of the United Kingdom, and the Nagato-class battleships of Japan.

No matter how advanced the reinforced light cruisers of southern Africa were, they would have to retreat in the face of British battleships, and Winston did not care.

However, for aircraft carriers, Winston is focusing on the two aircraft carriers that are now being built in southern Africa, one ordered by France and the other by the United States.

The purpose of the French and Americans in ordering aircraft carriers is very clear, that is, to conduct research with reference to aircraft carriers in southern Africa and prepare for the next step of building aircraft carriers themselves.

Roque was not polite, the price of each aircraft carrier plus carrier-based aircraft was 5.5 million rand, which was twice the price of the two aircraft carriers ordered by the United Kingdom.

France and the United States pinched their noses and admitted, not to mention selling arms to make money, two words: cool!

"Definitely not now, but there will be in the future, Edward Shipyard is working on a cargo ship that can be converted into an escort aircraft carrier, in peacetime with containers to do some business to make some money, the outbreak of war to pull the shipyard to renovate, ready to be sent to the battlefield." Roque didn't want the British Empire to fall so quickly, so he had his back against the tree to enjoy the shade.

The emergency modification of escort aircraft carriers by merchant ships was not the first initiative of Edwards Shipyard, the first British aircraft carrier was converted by merchant ships, and the vast number of escort aircraft carriers in the United States also came in this way in another time and space, and Edward's shipyard only further studied on the basis of the United Kingdom, produced thirty or fifty ships and sold them to shipping companies, and then in wartime, a large number of escort aircraft carriers could be exploded in minutes.

Although the escort aircraft carrier has fewer aircraft, slower speed, and slightly weaker combat effectiveness, it is also an aircraft carrier, and there are more ants that bite people to death.

As for whether the shipping company will be the big culprit, think about who is the owner of the largest shipping company in southern Africa?

There are three, one owner is Roque, one owner is Xiao Si, and the last owner is Christian.

"Damn, what the hell is an escort carrier—" Winston felt like his head was going to be Watt, and he really couldn't keep up with Roque's train of thought.

It's the same as a duel between the two, Winston thinks that Roque also uses a sword, who knows that this thing will take out a Lee Enfield backhand, even if Nima has no bullets, Lee Enfield will be longer than a duel sword with a bayonet.

Well, it's a bit of a sword.

"It's the kind you understand, it's only used for escort, not for decisive battles at sea, and Southern Africa doesn't mean to dominate the sea." Roque reassures Winston that the Marquess of Nyasaland's loyalty to the British Empire is so great that he doesn't have to worry about it.

"Are you going to Washington then?" Xiao Si opened his mind, and Roque, the defense chief, is not only in charge of the army, but also the navy and air force.

At this time, there was no naval aviation as a branch of the army, otherwise it would be under the control of Roque.

"Don't go!" Roque is not interested in Washington, and the United States has also "Chinese Exclusion Act", so Roque will not join in the fun.

Patton may have gone then, and now that Patton had finished his studies at the Dartmouth Naval Academy, he was about to wait at Edward Shipyard to receive the first heavy cruiser of the Southern African Navy.

That's right, the first heavy cruiser of the Southern African Navy, Roque directly named Patton as its captain.

With Patton's qualifications, serving as the captain of the first heavy cruiser seems to be a sprout, but in fact, it is also normal, the Southern African Navy is not as senior as the British Royal Navy, Buck can be the speaker of the Parliament, and it is not an exaggeration for Patton to be the captain of the first heavy cruiser.

Southern Africa now also has a Ministry of the Navy, and the Minister is old enough to retire in a few years, and it is only natural that Patton will take over.

The current Secretary of the Navy has an MMP that I want to say, I just have no sense of existence, and I don't even deserve a name-

Actually, there is, but someone who drinks too much and has a serious memory loss forgets, so it doesn't matter if there is none.

"You have to go out a lot and spend all day in southern Africa." Xiao Si seemed to want to go to Washington, but Roque didn't go, and Xiao Si was obviously not interested.

"Isn't it good? In my opinion, Southern Africa is a paradise and I don't want to go anywhere. "Roque really didn't want to run around, and when he had that time, Roque would rather watch the fixation at home.

It's a pity that the movie is over, and the last shot is Winston signing the "Versailles Treaty" on behalf of the Entente, this shot was not taken in the studio, but the real shot of Winston signing the "Versailles Treaty", which is precious.

"How? Do I have the potential to be a director? "Winston is happy with his work.

Neither Roque nor Xiao Si wanted to comment, not that "Winston" was not well made, but that the content was too biased, full of exaggeration and personal heroism, and it was not handled very well.

"When are you going to release it, and how much will I be paid?" This product actually has the face to raise the salary, don't you have a count in your heart.

"It's definitely going to be released, or you'll lose too much-" Roque didn't give face, "Winston" movie, Winston didn't spend a penny, all of it was invested by the Rand Bank and Nyasaland.

"How do you know that it will be lost, "Tiger's Mouth" can be profitable, and "Winston" has no reason why it can't." Winston is confident that the source is unknown.

Roxpi didn't smile and left the movie theater and went straight to the rooftop.

Don't get me wrong, it's just tea, this amount of money hasn't reached the level of seeing you on the rooftop.