The man who took Springfield was called William, an officer in the Royal Navy, who began to serve in Halifax in 04, and the British army was evacuated in 05, William was ordered to stay in the army base and prepare to hand over the base to the Canadian Army, but he didn't expect to wait for 15 years.

"In fact, there are not 15 years, carefully calculated it should be about 10 years, 10 years ago the last batch of British troops left, the base was handed over to the Canadian military, but the Canadian military has not sent anyone to receive it, and I was completely forgotten here." It took a long time for William's mood to calm down, and he sat by the fireplace in the living room and talked eloquently.

Arthur was an excellent listener, did not interject or wander, and always had an encouraging smile on his face, which made William very eager to talk.

Gavin was a little distracted, looking at William's living room.

It can be seen that William should have very few guests here, so there are not many chairs in the living room.

On the wall is a picture of William serving as a young man, and many people are laughing in the photo, and William is in the middle of it, and his smile is unusually bright.

Looking at William in the photo, it is difficult to connect with the sad and lonely man in front of him.

"Halifax is probably the best military port in the world, it doesn't freeze even in winter, the outer harbor is 9.6 kilometers long and 1.6 kilometers wide, the inner harbor is 6.4 kilometers long and 4 kilometers wide, the entrance is 26 meters deep, the shallowest part of the harbor is 15 meters, the average depth is about 8.5 meters, when the military port was built in 1840, the Royal Navy spent millions of pounds, that was millions in 1840—" William said of Halifax, since Britain began its global contraction strategy, I don't know how many military ports like Halifax have been abandoned by the Royal Navy.

However, the year 1840 obviously has a special meaning for the Chinese, and Arthur and Gavin also know that history.

"Ten years ago, Halifax was less than 45,000 people, at that time it was the most important military port in Canada, the Royal Navy stationed hundreds of warships in Halifax in its heyday, our fleet could go south to attack New York at any time, the Americans trembled under our naval guns, but the Royal Navy actually gave up here, this is definitely a mistake, absolutely a mistake!" William is emotional, Gavin can't understand William's feelings for Halifax, Arthur can understand.

"Soon a fleet will arrive in Halifax, and we will gradually restore the pomp and circumstance of Halifax." Arthur also knew the importance of Halifax, and stationing a fleet here was like a knife to the heart of the United States.

Halifax is less than 1,000 kilometers from New York and 1,250 kilometers from the District of Columbia.

"Southern African Navy, is it still the Royal Navy-" William's expression was confused, the British Empire was really in decline, and it actually had to rely on overseas Dominions to maintain its dignity.

"Of course, the Southern African Navy will always be part of the Royal Navy—" Arthur smiled, never always looking at interests, as long as the fundamental interests of Nyasaland and London did not conflict, then the Southern African Navy would always be part of the Royal Navy.

The latest news, the Royal Navy has agreed to hand over a part of the aircraft carrier tonnage to Southern Africa, on the condition that when Southern Africa builds an aircraft carrier, it will also build one for the Royal Navy.

The aircraft carrier is certainly free, and the Royal Navy requires the same aircraft carrier as the Southern African Navy, not the kind of export version that was sold to the United States and France.

In fact, the aircraft carriers sold to the United States and France in southern Africa are similar in performance and parameters to those sold to the Royal Navy.

Southern Africa's own aircraft carriers are a little better in performance and data, faster, more aircraft-carrying and lighter in tonnage.

This "lighter tonnage" is, of course, achieved at the cost of lowering protection standards.

The Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa agreed to the conditions of the Royal Navy.

The cost of an aircraft carrier produced in southern Africa, plus carrier-based aircraft, is only about 1.2 million rand, which is really not expensive.

Three days later, the Walvis Bay fleet arrived in Halifax, led by Patton.

Now Patton's position has been elevated to the rank of commander of the Walvis Bay fleet, and the flagship is the heavy cruiser "Kimberly".

The "Kimberley" heavy cruiser is the second of the "Johannesburg" class heavy cruiser, the specific parameters are exactly the same as the "Johannesburg" heavy cruiser, this level of heavy cruiser, the Southern African Navy was originally ready to produce 8 ships, but after determining the aircraft carrier, the original design was slightly backward, the Southern African Navy finally decided to stop the construction of the "Johannesburg" class heavy cruiser, and the subsequent six were all canceled, and the upgraded version was the "Los Angeles" class heavy cruiser.

"Los Angeles" class heavy cruisers, the Southern African Navy is ready to build 12 units.

The Kimberley arrived in Halifax with two light cruisers and four destroyers, which had broken away from the Walvis Bay Fleet to form the new Atlantic Fleet, with the fleet headquarters in Halifax.

In the future, the Southern African Navy will also form an Indian Ocean Fleet, and the fleet command will most likely be located in Diego Garcia.

When he saw Arthur and Gavin, Barton was overjoyed, and the establishment of the Atlantic Fleet was also attributed to Arthur and Gavin.

"Do you want to join the Navy and become a full-fledged naval officer?" Patton was interested, if Arthur and Gavin joined the Navy, it would be easier for the Navy to ask for money from the Treasury Department.

"Great, I've wanted to join the Navy for a long time—" Gavin couldn't wait.

"Forget it, Aunt Phyllis won't agree." Arthur poured cold water, not only did Phyllis disagree, but Ida would not agree to Arthur joining the Navy.

It's not appropriate to be a good baron, what kind of navy should it be.

Gavin is even more miserable, after traveling around the world, it is estimated that Gavin will return to Southern Africa honestly, waiting to inherit the title of Marquis of Nyasaland.

It's a pity that with Roque's health condition, it is estimated that Gavin will have to wait for many years.

Think of a crown prince who is over seventy years old—

Oh, it's miserable, it is estimated that the crown prince is dreaming of stabbing villains every day.

"There's a chance—" Barton laughed, Southern Africa had a compulsory military service system, and the aristocracy was also required to do military service in principle.

In principle, you have to serve in the military, but in fact, you can not accept it, after all, there are special circumstances that require special treatment.

In principle, no, in fact, it works.

The Chinese language is old and profound.

Of course, the standards for this "military service" are certainly different for different groups of people.

Civilians who perform military service are mostly directly into the engineering corps, and when they work for free for two years, they receive a generous retirement pension when they retire.

For Arthur and Gavin, military service is more gold-plated, and most of the people who join the Navy go directly to the headquarters and will not serve at the grassroots level.

"Brother Barton, you're going to have a lot of work to do—" Arthur didn't dwell on the subject, thinking about the mortality rate of the nobles who fought during the World War, Arthur shuddered.

The Canadian government has no interest in military bases, but is very active in taking over the land owned by military bases.

Originally, the inner harbor and the outer harbor of Halifax belonged to the naval base, and now the inner harbor still belongs to the naval base, but the outer harbor is used by the Canadian government for civilian development, and a large number of commercial areas and factories have been built on both sides of the strait, and many docks are privately owned, and it seems very difficult to recover them.

"It doesn't matter, the land that has been sold by the Canadian government is forgotten, but since those lands belong to the military bases, then you have to pay taxes to the military bases, and the Atlantic Fleet is just short of money, and it is not enough to rely on the appropriation of Congress, even for daily operations." Patton is not worried, private property is sacrosanct?

Inexistent!

Don't look at the slogans of Britain and the United States, but when they are actually implemented, this is not the case at all, and the government and the capitalists have a way to get money out of the pockets of ordinary people.

Arthur smiled, since Barton knew, there was no need for Arthur to remind him.

It's time for Arthur and Gavin to hit the road—

Phew, it's time to leave Canada and continue your round-the-world journey.

Next, Arthur and Gavin prepare to go to Japan.

During the World War, Japan developed rapidly, and after the war, it was able to engage in an arms race with the United States.

Arthur and Gavin need to strengthen their understanding of Japan, after all, Southern Africa also has many interests in Southeast Asia.

Since the independence of the East Indies, many southern Africans have gone to the East Indies to buy plantations, develop land, and settle directly in the East Indies.

These people will certainly not give up their southern African nationality, now there are at least more than 50,000 southern Africans living in the East Indies, Japan covets the oil of the East Indies, Britain and Japan used to be allies, Japan can easily obtain oil from the East Indies, now the Anglo-Japanese alliance has been replaced by the "Four-Power Treaty", and if Japan wants to obtain oil from the East Indies, it depends on how much money the Japanese can give.

"Japan has nothing to look at, this country is now reckless, has reached a dead end, and sooner or later it will become the source of trouble in Asia." Patton is well aware of the situation in Japan, and the vast majority of countries in this world are more ambitious and less powerful, and Japan is one of them.

"However, with Japan's strength, it is also worthy of our attention to be able to take the initiative to provoke an arms race." Arthur is assertive, and he finally feels shallow on paper, and he never knows that he has to do it.

"Heh, if our southern Africa is like Japan, we will be able to build a hundred battleships, let alone ten battleships." Patton still has a complaint in his heart, battleship, battleship-

Four Normandy-class battleships have been renamed the "Congo" class battleships, and the four ships are named "Congo", "West Africa", "Mozambique", and "East India".

The first three can be understood, what the hell is the last "East Indies"?

If this is the case, the "Beyan", which is not very complete, should also be bought back and changed to "Najd", so that the family is neat and tidy.

ps: Brothers, you misunderstood what I meant, I mean, I'm ugly, so I can't understand how you handsome guys fall in love-

(End of chapter)