542 Align your position

Angel was just 10 years old when she came to Southern Africa in 1900.

Exactly 10 years later, the ignorant toddler is now out of school and working to make a difference in southern Africa.

Angel's generation is undoubtedly fortunate to have received a full secondary education, as well as the opportunity to receive a university education, and they are fluent in Chinese, English and even Boolean, and their future prospects are limitless.

If according to British tradition, Andy and the second generation of officials have a great chance to enter the political arena to inherit their father's business, Winston was only 26 years old when he was elected to Parliament, but the situation in southern Africa is not quite the same as the British government, Roque does not object to Angel and these second generation of officials in politics, but they must have rich grassroots work experience, must perform well in grassroots work, in order to gradually move up according to the fixed procedure.

That's why Angel went to work for the Little Rock Police Department just after graduation and was also a graduate student at the University of Nyasaland.

The Air Cavalry Flying Club is located on the shore of Lake Nyassa on the outskirts of Little Rock, covering an area of about one hundred and fifty acres, Roque warmly invited Viscount Gladstone to take an airship tour of Lake Nyasa, Viscount Gladstone decisively refused, flying is now a project for young people, Viscount Gladstone is over fifty years old this year, and it is estimated that the heart can't stand it if you take an airship.

Then just visit.

Don't look at the fact that the Air Cavalry Flying Club has not been established for a long time, but the photos in the exhibition hall are still very rich, and the most eye-catching photo is Lin Chengzhi standing in front of the "Strong Wind" fighter plane with Xu Xiu and Ethan before flying over the English Channel.

Different from the general kind of only half of the nose, or even only one cockpit, and the pilot has to shoot diagonally from the bottom to the top, the "strong wind" fighter in the photo is a completely positive image, with a wingspan of more than ten meters and a height of nearly three meters all rely on the technician standing next to the plane to perform, in order to also highlight the image of the pilot, Lin Chengzhi, Xu Xiu, and Ethan are a little forward, and they are wearing a dark jacket with a fur collar on the outside of the light-colored one-piece flight suit. The pilot's special fur hat is also worn with a soft brimmed hat unique to southern African soldiers, and the three of them are tall, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the image is really representative.

In order to ensure that the photograph is seen at first sight, it is enlarged and hung in the most prominent position in the showroom, even in broad daylight, the light above the photograph is still bright, which makes the diamonds on the frame sparkle against the brown wooden floor.

Anyway, Viscount Gladstone's first feeling was that Nyasaland was really rich, and there were really many diamonds in southern Africa.

"It was Lin who founded this flying club, and so far, four people in this flying club have obtained pilot licenses issued by the aviation authority, which means that they have the ability to fly aircraft, but to fly fighter jets and bombers, they also need professional special training." Roque will definitely not introduce that the picture frame is actually inlaid with crystal, which is also produced in southern Africa, and Itno also has many products that use crystal directly, after all, there are not so many rich people who set diamonds at every turn.

"This model is very good, and it can train more pilots quickly and in large quantities." Viscount Gladstone immediately realized the benefits of this method, there are actually flying clubs in the UK, but there are not many that have airplanes, and even if there are, they are the kind of simple and primitive wooden frames, and the degree of perfection is estimated to be inferior to the gliders in the air cavalry flying clubs.

There are also a variety of models of airplanes and paragliders in the showroom, which can be sold and are an important way for the Air Cavalry Flying Club to make money.

There are many paraglider models compared to just one type of airplane, ranging from the simplest one-man paraglider with only one iron frame to the high-end paraglider with a propeller mounted on the nose of the aircraft.

As a result, the paraglider with the propeller installed immediately attracted the attention of Viscount Gladstone.

"No, no, no, this is not an airplane, this is a paraglider, and the power generated by this propeller is not enough for the paraglider to fly, it can only play an auxiliary role to make the paraglider fly farther." Roque explained next to him that it would be so easy to build an airplane.

Roque also caught up with a good time, just in this era when the aircraft just appeared, earlier, the engine technology is not mature, there are too many problems to overcome, later, the development of the aircraft will go further, to catch up is more difficult.

The time is just right, the aircraft have appeared, but the technology is not perfect, and Roque only needs to provide some inspiration to the engineers in Nyasaland from time to time, which is enough to keep the Nyasaland aircraft ahead.

"Then use a more powerful engine!" Viscount Gladstone's gaze at the paraglider was still burning.

"Nyasaland has the best engines in the world, and Wright Brothers also wanted to buy engines from Nyasaland to improve the performance of the aircraft, but we didn't sell them, and now we don't have enough engines to produce them." Roque is still a little proud, the US government has basically abandoned the Wright brothers' "Flyer III" and is negotiating with Nyasaland to buy aircraft, which is called taking someone else's path and leaving others with no way out.

The current United States is not the United States that dominates the world in the future, don't look at the Americans who look down on Europe that "exudes the smell of decay", in fact, the body is still very honest, and everything in Europe, especially Britain, is very sought after.

Southern Africa is still part of the United Kingdom, so there is not the slightest psychological barrier for the US government to purchase aircraft from southern Africa.

As for whether this will affect the development of related enterprises in the United States, I'm sorry, the Wright brothers don't have enough influence now, they are indeed the fathers of flying, but Roque is standing on the shoulders of giants, so he can see further.

"Hmph, Americans, that group of nouveau riche has annexed all the territories in the Americas that can be annexed, and now they have finally set their sights overseas, and sooner or later the United States will become the enemy of our British Empire." Viscount Gladstone in a word.

In the UK, there are many people who think like Viscount Gladstone.

After the arms race began, the United States did not have a clear stand, and Britain and Germany made a lot of war money from the left and right, so Britain had a great opinion on the United States, but this opinion could not be openly expressed, because if it was not handled well, it would push the United States to the German side, and the consequences would be even more serious.

Therefore, even if the United States is left and right, Britain can only try its best to win over, and it is impossible to turn the other cheek, unless the United States completely turns to Germany.

This is basically impossible to happen, after all, the president of the United States is not a madman like Wilhelm II, the current British Empire is basically invincible, and the United States does not think that Germany can challenge British hegemony.

"The United States is a country with great potential, with a large population and a large land and resources, which is indeed very advantageous, but as long as we don't make mistakes, Americans basically have no chance." Roque knows the strength of the United States, and although the United States has surpassed Britain in terms of total industrial output, Britain is still the most powerful country in the world.

"The problem is that we are making mistakes, and even if we don't want to, Germany is forcing us to make mistakes, and the whole world will be dragged into the abyss by that German madman." Viscount Gladstone was worried, the reality was that everyone knew the consequences of the outbreak of a world war, but everyone was powerless to prevent it.

"That's why we need a larger population, a stronger industrial force, and a stronger army, so that we can better safeguard our interests." Roque continued to brainwash Viscount Gladstone.

In fact, southern Africa also has the potential to be not weaker than the United States, although purely in terms of territorial area, southern Africa is much smaller than the United States, but it is also rich in resources, and it also has great potential.

Compared with the United States, the biggest shortcoming of southern Africa is the population, the total population of the United States is now close to 100 million, but the southern Africa is not even 10 million, there is not enough population base, there are not enough workers, there is no output value and scale, even if Roque has the ability, there is no room to show.

"Immigration from India can be considered." Viscount Gladstone gave an option that Roque was least willing to choose.

For Britain, the largest population resource is India, and now India has about 330 million people, which is the most important British colony, so Britain can allow Canada to be autonomous, it can allow Australia to be autonomous, it can allow southern Africa to be autonomous, but it will definitely not allow India to be autonomous.

In another time and space, after the outbreak of the world war, Britain organized the Indian Servant Army to participate in the war, and promised to give India the same autonomous status as Canada, Australia, and Southern Africa after the war.

India believed it and mobilized 1.3 million troops to fight in Europe, donating more than £100 million in military spending.

As a result, after the end of the world war, Britain broke its promise, and India launched a non-violent non-cooperation movement under the leadership of Gandhi.

Roque will certainly not emigrate from India, and in this regard, Roque's attitude is rare and there is a consensus with Jan Smoth, not only not to emigrate from India, but also to repatriate Indians in southern Africa in batches.

As for whether this will lead to a decline in population, Roque doesn't care, the Indians are leaving, just in time for the Chinese to enter and fill the gap.

But this is what Jan Smozi doesn't want to see, so politics is like this, there is cooperation, but there are also differences.

Leaving the showroom, Viscount Gladstone was finally able to get a close-up look at the Air Cavalry Flying Club's only "Kangaroo two-seater trainer".

Although Viscount Gladstone was reluctant to fly into the sky on a plane, it was still okay to sit in the cockpit and pose for a photo, and Roque even took a photo in front of the "Kangaroo Two-seater Trainer" with Viscount Gladstone in imitation of the photo in the showroom.

If this photo is washed out, it will definitely replace the group photo of Lin Chengzhi and hang it in the most conspicuous position in the exhibition hall.