Before the World War, two fleets had been formed in Southern Africa, one at Walvis Bay and the other at Port Edward.

Considering that the core interests of southern Africa are in the Indian Ocean, the First Fleet stationed in Port Edward is significantly stronger than the Second Fleet stationed in Walvis Bay.

The First Fleet, based in Port Edward, had 4 light cruisers, 12 destroyers.

The Second Fleet stationed in Walvis Bay has only 2 light cruisers and 8 destroyers.

The heavy cruiser "Johannesburg", already in service in Southern Africa, was also assigned to the First Fleet as the flagship of the First Fleet.

However, the Johannesburg re-patrol was recently in Walvis Bay in preparation for a naval conference in Washington.

The 9,500-ton heavy cruiser "Johannesburg", armed with six 203-mm guns, is not even a capital ship by today's common standards.

However, for the Portuguese Navy, the "Johannesburg" heavy cruiser is the undisputed new warship.

The Portuguese Navy has only 15 warships, the newest flagship of only 6,500 tons, built in 1906.

Tsk, 1906!

The Federal Government of Southern Africa was not established in 1906, this is not the grandfather class, this is the antique class, and the light cruisers in southern Africa are 6,000 tons.

After learning that the Portuguese had sent the fleet to Sao Tome and Principe, the heavy cruiser "Johannesburg", docked at the port of Walvis Bay, quietly set fire to anchor, and went to Luanda with a light cruiser belonging to the Second Fleet, and three destroyers.

At the same time, on the outskirts of Luanda, a large military airfield with a capacity of 600 aircraft is under construction, and although there are no 600 aircraft to fill the airfield, it does not prevent southern Africa from rejoicing.

That's right, it's a great achievement, no matter what you do in southern Africa, a very prominent feature is big, reflected in the road is wide, don't care if there are so many cars, do you need to use six-lane, eight-lane urban arterial roads, anyway, it is to build, after all, labor is really cheap, now lay a good foundation, the future want to upgrade and rebuild is much easier.

Luanda today is very different from the days of the colonial government in West Africa.

Luanda during the colonial government in West Africa, like many cities in Africa, had little planning for urban construction, with slums next to rich areas, garbage dumps next to parks, and heavily polluting industries in urban areas.

Phew, the last one crossed out, how could there be heavy industry in the colonies.

After the lease of Luanda from Southern Africa, Luanda was converted to Southern African standards.

According to the standards of southern Africa, there is no qualified road in Luanda, so the main road in the city center was immediately widened, and while the sewers were repaired, the green belt and auxiliary roads were also reserved, and the main road less than 20 meters wide was directly widened to 50 meters, and there was no need to renovate it for 50 years after repair.

At the same time as the road was built, all the slums in Luanda were demolished, and after the demolition was to be built into a park or green space, the central square of the city was of course indispensable, and it did not need to be too large, 120,000 square meters.

See clearly that it is meters, not kilometers.

At the same time, the port area was renovated, Luanda was the first stronghold built by the Portuguese in West Africa, the port facilities were relatively perfect, the natural conditions were also good, and the outer harbor was built for defense with forts and forts.

These batteries have now ceased to function and may be converted into attractions in the future, and the barracks have been requisitioned by the navy that had been stationed in the early days, and when the "Johannesburg" arrived in Luanda, Barton moved into a camp on the shore.

"The intelligence has been confirmed, the Portuguese fleet has arrived in São Tomé and Príncipe, a total of six warships, all of which are relatively old, relatively old, basically have little combat effectiveness, with the fleet arrived in São Tomé and Príncipe about 1,500 Portuguese soldiers, plus the local colonial forces of São Tomé and Príncipe, the total strength is about 5,000 people." Falta's current position is Minister of Defence for West Africa, and Durham has been appointed Commander of the City Defence of Luanda.

"We only have 3,000 troops to fight now, but our troops are more combat-ready, and if the Portuguese troops dare to attack, we can wipe them all out on the beachhead." Durham was full of confidence, but he didn't seem to have taken the navy and air force seriously, Luanda was not an undefended city now, there was a fleet in the port, bombers and torpedo planes in the airfield, and most of the Portuguese troops did not have the opportunity to land on the beach.

It is really not that I look down on the Portuguese troops, and with the strength of the Portuguese troops, it is estimated that they do not have the ability to rush to the beach and land, and the era when the imperialists can show off their might with just a few warships is over.

"Sao Tome and Principe is more than 1,200 kilometers from Luanda, and it is difficult for the Portuguese fleet to attack at such a long distance." Patton's current rank is Lieutenant General, and his ascension is about the same as riding a rocket.

The other one who sat on the rocket was Anqi, and now Anqi's military rank is also lieutenant general.

It's only been a few years, and the flagships of the World War, Angel and Patton, are both colonels, not even colonels.

There is no brigadier general in southern Africa, and brigadier generals during the world war are temporary positions, and after the war, they are either promoted to major general or transferred to colonel.

"Our reconnaissance planes can try to reconnoiter Sao Tome and Principe, and if they use the airport in Cabinda, they can bomb Sao Tome and Principe." The commander of the Luanda Air Force is Colonel Xue Ming, and now the Luanda Air Force has a squadron of reconnaissance aircraft, a squadron of fighters, two squadrons of bombers, and a brigade of torpedo planes.

After the World War, a number of airports were built in southern Africa in the surrounding areas, and although Cabinda is the territory of the Kingdom of the Congo, there are also a number of military bases in southern Africa, and airports and ports are indispensable.

Compared with the Indian Ocean, Southern Africa has significantly less emphasis on the Atlantic, and during the World War, Southern Africa received the management of St. Helena from the British government, and St. Helena became the largest military base in Southern Africa in the Atlantic.

Yes, this St. Helena is the same St. Helena where Napoleon was exiled.

During the Second Boer War, the British held thousands of Boer prisoners of war on St. Helena, and after the war, none of these prisoners remained.

In 1908, the British withdrew all their troops from St. Helena, leaving the island unattended.

St. Helena is located in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, 1,950 kilometers away from the west coast of Africa, 3,400 kilometers away from the east coast of South America, isolated in the world, the island covers an area of 122 square kilometers, the longest point from southwest to northeast is 17 kilometers, and the widest point is 10 kilometers.

"There is no need, as long as the Portuguese fleet does not leave the port, there is no need for us to take targeted action." Patton was given the order not to attack on his own initiative, but to make the Portuguese retreat.

On the same day that Johannesburg arrived in Luanda, the freighter Fufu, which belongs to the Cape Town Ocean Trading Company, was sailing off the coast off Sao Tome and Principe.

The Epertoire had departed Cape Town a week earlier with fruit and beef, as well as some wine in wooden barrels, which were very popular in the United Kingdom, and the Efución was destined for Marseille, France.

"The weather was clear, the sky was cloudless, and it was another safe day." Captain Elvis Stilwell sat on the bridge with a wooden pipe in his mouth and chatted and laughed with First Officer Lucci, who was experiencing a severe economic crisis in Europe, but southern Africa had not been affected much, and the Cape Town Ocean Trading Company had been doing well lately, and Stilwell and Ruch's incomes had skyrocketed.

"When I get back to Cape Town this time, I'm going to take a few days off and take a leave of absence to go to Luanda, and if I can, I'd like to buy a plantation in Luanda, and then I'll retire and live happily as a slave owner." Lucci has ideals, but this ideal is a bit of a dissonance.

"Slavery has been overthrown in West Africa, and your dreams are going to fail—" laughed Stilwell, who also had a farm in Cape, but not in Cape Town, but in the Kimberley.

Yes, Kimberley is a well-known diamond source, and if a diamond is found on Stilwell's farm, then Stilwell will make it.

A diamond mine can be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars casually, and even if there are no diamonds, a farm of thousands of acres can ensure that Stilwell's family has no worries about food and clothing.

Cape farms are generally larger than the Transvaal and Rhodesia, and before the Second Boer War, there were more than 100,000 acres of farms in the Cape.

Now there are far fewer of those big farms, which basically belong to the larger agricultural companies, and the beef loaded on the "Fufu" comes from all the farms owned by the South African companies.

"That's okay, as long as you can hire West Africans, you can't be a slave owner, and it's not bad to be a landlord." Lu Qi is a second-generation Chinese born in southern Africa, and his desire for land is no longer as strong as that of his parents, but he is still greatly influenced by his parents.

As Stilwell and Rucci spoke, a warship flying the Portuguese Navy flag sailed next to the Wealth.

Stilwell picked up the binoculars and looked at it, and was surprised to find that the Portuguese warship was actually an ironclad that was popular at the end of the last century.

Ironclad ships are iron-hulled ships, which are essentially wooden ships, with a layer of iron hulls on the outside to increase defense, mostly use steam power, and the guns are smaller in caliber and slower.

Even if it is "slower", the ironclad is still a warship, and it is faster than a merchant ship with thin skin and big stuffing.

Stilwell's line of sight saw the ironclad getting closer and closer to the "Fufu", and then waved a flag asking the "Fufu" to stop the ship for inspection.

"We're British merchant ships, and Portuguese warships don't have the right to inspect us." Stilwell was apprehensive and didn't slow down as the ironclad had requested.

Knock Knock Knock –

The heavy machine guns on the ironclad ship fired deterrently, and the bullets fell on the course in front of the "Fufu", splashing in all directions.

"Damn, the Portuguese are crazy—" Stilwell cursed, and the speed of the Rich finally slowed down.

ps: The delivery of moon cakes on August 15 has begun - there are guests at home at noon -