In the world in 1910, most countries and regions in the world had not yet solved the problem of food and clothing, Europe was facing an unprecedented threat of war, Asia except for Japan had all been reduced to a colony or a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, the United States wanted to participate in international affairs in a corner of peace but could not find a suitable way, and southern Africa, which was also in a corner of peace, found another way, and science and technology became the greatest hope for the rise of southern Africa.

In the sixties of the eighteenth century, Watt invented the steam engine to usher in the steam age.

By the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, Edison and Nikola Tesla had a direct current and alternating current dispute, and mankind officially entered the electric age.

Southern Africa, as a part of the United Kingdom, directly skipped the steam age into the electric age, and there may still be a gap between the traditional field and Europe, but it has always been at the forefront of the world in emerging fields such as automobiles and airplanes, and the European powers are still sinking in the former glory of giant ships and cannons.

Douglas is right, Xuanji City is the heart of Nyasaland and even southern Africa, and now Xuanji City has six R&D centers, nearly 20 laboratories, and nearly 4,000 scientific research personnel, two regiments of the Northern Rhodesia Division are stationed in Xuanji City, and the newly established Air Force Headquarters is also in Xuanji City.

"To be honest, if you come to Xuanji City as the Minister of Agriculture, then you may be disappointed, Mr. Minister, there is no farm in Xuanji City, and all of our income comes from the graduates of the University of Nyasaland, as well as the donations of the students' parents, can you believe it? There is no tax department at all in Xuanji City, because we are all non-profit here. "Douglas is very proud, is the Secretary of Agriculture amazing, even in front of Roque, Douglas is still outspoken.

"Carlos, have you donated money to the University of Nyasaland?" Louis Botha could not understand this model of running a school, and it was unbelievable that a city could be kept running with donations alone.

"I did, but I only donated fifty rands because of my limited income." Carlos is embarrassed, but in fact, fifty rand is not a lot.

Prices in Nyasaland are relatively low compared to southern Africa.

A three-piece set of leather shoes made by Itno costs fifteen rand in Pretoria and only twelve rand in Nyasaland, the same gold pen costs 35 rand in Bloemfontein and 30 rand in Nyasaland, with higher discounts on weapons, and a cowboy pistol produced by the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group costs 15 rand in Nyasaland and Rhodesia and the Transvaal, and 20 rand outside of the above three places, if exported to Europe or the United States, It costs as much as £35.

Last year, Africa's per capita income was only 45 rand, and although Carlos's salary is high, it is good to be able to donate 50 rand, which is also in the middle and upper class of all graduates of the University of Nyasaland.

"Thank you for your contribution to the University of Nyasaland, Carlos, I still remember you, your teacher actually wants you to stay in the school, if you stay in the school and continue your studies, you will have higher achievements in the future." Douglas actually remembered Carlos, which brought tears to Carlos' eyes.

"What are you doing now – Minister Botha's secretary – very good, it's a very important position, work hard and live up to the expectations that your teacher and Minister Botha expect of you." Douglas is a very high position in the field of education in southern Africa, and last year it was proposed that Douglas replace Jan Smoltz as the minister of education in southern Africa.

"I'll be the principal, I'm going to work hard—" Carlos was in a stirring mood, and there really weren't many students who could make Douglas remember.

Carlos has always performed well in school, and Carlos originally had the opportunity to work for the Nyasal government, but there were some small problems during the interview, and Carlos was unexpectedly defeated, and finally had to regret accepting the invitation of the federal government.

"Don't give up on your studies while you're working, you can go to Silas, maybe you can follow Silas for graduate school." Douglas was enthusiastic, and Louis Botha's secretary was still worth the investment.

"Wait, Professor, Carlos still has a job." Louis Botha was not happy, the Ministry of Agriculture did not have many talents in the first place, and Carlos's position was still very important.

"The kind of graduate students who don't leave their jobs won't affect Carlos' work." Douglas has a way, and this kind of thing also varies from person to person.

The city is next to the lake, the whole city is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there is an artificial lake on the campus of the University of Nyasaland, when Louis Botha and his party passed by the artificial lake, a group of students were playing with models in the artificial lake, which immediately attracted Louis Botha's attention.

A model of a warship is being tested in an artificial lake, and from the outside, it looks a lot like the British battleship Intrepid, which has only been installed for a few years.

"I said before that the optimal aspect ratio of a warship is eight to one, or eight to five to one, and the length to width ratio of six to one is too wide, which is not conducive to fast sailing, and our navy in Nyasaland does not need battleships, what is needed is high-speed cruisers, and only cruisers can play their role to the fullest." A boy with glasses was visibly dismissive.

"The firepower of the cruiser is a dead end, without enough large-caliber artillery, there is no power to fight back in the face of the battleship, even if it encounters the battlecruiser, the light cruiser is a dead end, the pursuit of speed must also consider survivability, can the escort battleship abandon the transport ship and run away directly when it encounters the enemy ship?" Someone immediately refuted that the giant ship cannon was still very marketable in this era.

"Battleships and battlecruisers are both capital battleships, and if war breaks out, German battleships and battlecruisers will not be able to pass through the English Channel at all, so battleships are definitely the wrong route, and our Nyasaland Navy should vigorously develop cruisers, submarine forces, or aircraft carriers that can load aircraft." The boy with glasses is very forward-looking, and with these few words, he is already qualified to join the design department of the Southern African Navy.

"What if German battleships break through the English Channel to reinforce South-West Africa?" There was immediate opposition

"Aircraft carriers can't be equipped with large-caliber guns, and they're so slow that they can't run away if they encounter a battleship." Battleships are everyone's nightmare.

"Submarines are coffins, and no one will want to serve in the submarine forces at all." This is definitely a deep-sea phobia.

It took Luis Botha a long time before he realized that the students were talking about the "Nyasaland Navy" rather than the "Southern African Navy".

Although the shipyards in southern Africa capable of building warships are all in Nyasaland, and Port Edward is the largest naval shipyard in southern Africa, it is not appropriate to say so directly.

"Gentlemen, no matter how controversial it is, the reality now is that all the warships purchased by the Admiralty are light cruisers and destroyers, and the length-to-width ratio of these warships is between eight to one and eight to five to one, so there is no point in arguing about this, the battleships are of course very powerful, but the battleships have become history and are destined to be eliminated by the times, just like the sail battleships of the past, aircraft carriers are the future." Bespectacled students insist that facts speak louder than words and that truth is always in the hands of a few.

"But now the aircraft carrier is only an idea, and it has not yet become a reality-" The voice of rebuttal is actually very weak, and there are actually many military ideas in the University of Nyasaland.

Aircraft carriers, that is, aircraft carriers, are only one of the many ideas of the University of Nyasaland, and the Admiralty does not yet have a professional college to train talents, and it relies heavily on the University of Nyasaland for scientific research.

The same is true for the War Department, and rocket artillery was once the idea of the University of Nyasaland, but it has entered the experimental stage.

Compared with European countries, the artillery in southern Africa is actually very strong, after the Russo-Japanese War, the whole world is concerned about the impact of the Russo-Japanese War on East Asia, only southern Africa noticed the mortars that appeared during the Russo-Japanese War, and then began to study mortars.

The principle of rocket artillery is actually similar to that of mortars, but the range is longer and more powerful, compared with traditional artillery, rocket artillery uses rocket launch vehicles, which are more convenient to deploy, more mobile and flexible, and more ferocious firepower, almost only lack of accuracy This is a shortcoming.

But then again, the accuracy of artillery in this period was not very sufficient, compared with rocket artillery, traditional artillery was slow to deploy, it took longer to transfer positions, and more well-trained artillery was needed, and the advantages of rocket artillery were almost always disadvantages of traditional artillery.

"Pittman, aircraft carriers are no longer just an idea, the Air Force has been training on the decks of simulated aircraft carriers for a long time, and Edward Shipyard has two transport ships under construction, do you think they are just transport ships?" The boy with the glasses obviously knows more about it, and in terms of volume, aircraft carriers and transport ships are really about the same.

Roque once thought that aircraft carriers did not appear until the First World War, but in fact Roque underestimated the wisdom of the people in those days, and two months earlier, American pilot Eugene Erie had become the first pilot to fly a Nyasaland Gale fighter from the completely stationary cruiser HMS Birmingham.

If nothing else, Eugene Erie will also successfully pilot a plane to land on a docked warship next year, and these attempts have led to the gradual maturity of the aircraft carrier theory, and in 1917, the British Royal Navy built the cruiser Fury, which had a 69.5-meter-long flight deck for aircraft to take off.

Southern Africa is only now starting research in this area, and it is lagging behind.