Like many Royal Navy officers and sailors, this was John de Robeck's first visit to Walvis Bay.

Before coming to Walvis Bay, John De Robeck had imagined Walvis Bay countless times, and even by the highest standards, Walvis Bay gave John de Robeck the biggest surprise.

Walvis Bay was probably the best natural port on the west coast of Africa, so even after the German occupation of Southwest Africa, the British did not relinquish control of Walvis Bay, which was also the most important relay port for British ships between the British mainland and southern Africa.

During the British rule of Walvis Bay, because of the threat of Germany, they did not pay much attention to Walvis Bay, and did not build a military port in Walvis Bay.

After Southern Africa got the Walvis Bay Port, the Walvis Bay Port really glowed with its due glory and became one of the last ports in Southern Africa on the Atlantic coast.

At present, Walvis Bay has about 4,000 ships entering and leaving every year, with an average annual throughput of more than 30 million tons, which is second to none in the current United Kingdom.

"The Royal Navy has long planned to build a military port in Walvis Bay, but unfortunately it has never been implemented, and now Walvis Bay, like Diego Garcia, has become an eternal regret for the Royal Navy." John de Robeck was stunned, the Royal Navy had lost more than Walvis Bay and Diego Garcia over the years, and the Royal Navy that once roamed the world no longer existed.

"Isn't it good now, the British Empire has saved military spending, and it has not lost its maritime supremacy, and the Southern African Navy is also part of the Royal Navy." Roque responds without saltiness, if you miss it, you miss it, who can blame it.

The Royal Navy's decision-makers can only be blamed for being too short-sighted, or Britain's global contraction strategy.

"What about your battleships? Why not participate in the exercises. "John de Robeck collects his mood, and one must always look forward.

"We don't have battleships, that's the Republic of Congo and West Africa—" Roque firmly refused to admit it, saying so to everyone.

John de Robeck looked at Roque with contempt, four battleships in southern Africa, which were originally purchased in the name of the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa.

As a result, before the referendum of the Kingdom of Mozambique to join southern Africa, two battleships were sold to the Republic of Congo for 500,000 rands.

"Don't look at me like that, and you don't want to cause the Washington Naval Treaty to break." Roque told the truth that the Navy has entered the "holiday time", no one wants to provoke an arms race again, and even the United States acquiesces in the existence of these four battleships.

The Americans also had ill intentions, and they wanted to stimulate the ambitions of the Southern African Navy through these four battleships.

As it turned out, with the successive launch of four battleships, the ambitions of the Southern African Navy were indeed inflated.

Roque's current spread is too large, with three fleets, covering the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and the mainland, and the ambition can be seen.

The Royal Navy does feel threatened by the Southern African Navy, otherwise the Royal Navy would not have taken the initiative to propose joint military exercises.

The Royal Navy wants to further understand the quality and combat effectiveness of the Southern African Navy through military exercises, and with warships, it also needs enough high-quality naval officers and men.

"In fact, it's almost like a rupture, the Americans got inspiration from your backdoor eggs, and it is said that the Philippines is also interested in building battleships-" John de Robeck smiled wryly, a butterfly in South America can cause a storm in Asia with its wings, and Southern Africa is the biggest X-factor in the current world war.

"The Philippines?" Roque couldn't laugh or cry, if the Philippines built a battleship, the Japanese would probably go crazy.

The current contradictions between the United States and Japan are mainly concentrated in the Pacific Ocean.

Specifically, East Asia.

"Yes, even the Republic of Congo can build battleships, why can't the Philippines?" John de Robeck was devastated, messed up, all messed up.

Roque sneered, Americans can, they used to be good students in England, and now they are good students in southern Africa.

"If this continues, the arms race will start again, so London proposes to convene another naval conference as a supplement to the Washington naval conference." John de Robeck knew that London, although it did not stop southern Africa, wanted southern Africa to know how much London had done for southern Africa.

It dawned on Roque that after the Washington Naval Conference, there was indeed a London Naval Conference.

Roque didn't know the reason for the London Naval Conference, and Southern Africa in another time and space was definitely not as arrogant as Southern Africa in this time and space, so-

As Roque's influence grew, the direction of this time and space also deviated more and more from the historical trajectory of another time and space.

If this continues, it would not be surprising if World War II had broken out ten years earlier.

The next day, Roque and John de Robeck inspected the warships participating in the exercise in the outer harbor of Walvis Bay, and the British Atlantic Fleet sent 16 warships, including two battleships, to participate in the exercise, and John de Robec's flagship was the battleship "Queen Elizabeth", which participated in the Battle of the Dardanelles.

Roque and John de Robeck boarded the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" to review the fleet.

More than 50 combat warships and auxiliary vessels combined for the exercise are now lined up in the outer harbor of Walvis Bay, waiting to be inspected by Roque and John de Robeck.

The Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa still attaches great importance to this military exercise, and not only dispatches elite soldiers and strong generals to participate in the military exercise, but also transfers airships from China, hoping to leave some video materials for the military exercise.

Standing in the bridge of the battleship "Queen Elizabeth", Roque's heart was surging, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

After 20 years, the Southern African Navy started from scratch and finally had the qualifications to fight jointly with the Royal Navy.

John de Robeck looked excitedly and joked: "In 1897, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne, the Royal Navy held a ship parade in the Speedhead Channel, when 165 warships participated, including 21 battleships and 44 cruisers, it was an invincible fleet that swept the whole world, and the whole world trembled in front of that fleet——"

John de Robeck's voice was full of pride, the former Royal Navy was indeed invincible.

The 1897 parade was at the peak of the Royal Navy, and it was indeed a proud qualification.

Then thirteen years later, George V was crowned, and the Royal Navy held a naval parade, including the warships of various countries that came to watch the ceremony, there were only more than 80 warships left to participate in the parade, and the Royal Navy at this time has been in full decline.

In 1914, Britain held its famous pre-war ship parade, at which time the strength of the Royal Navy was restored after 20 years of arms race, and it is said that more than 60 battleships participated in the parade.

However, many of these battleships were already in a state of imminent disassembly, and only half of them participated in the later Battle of Jutland, and the widely circulated captioned photograph was also questioned.

"We can't always live in our memories-" Luo Ke was indifferent, no one in China was afraid of how wide it was to be compared to his ancestors.

At this time, the parade officially began, and the first to pass in front of the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" was the Southern African Navy, and the first one was the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet, the "Kimberley", then the "Edward", and then the "Los Angeles".

When the "Kimberley" passed in front of the "Queen Elizabeth", John de Robeck did not put down the telescope in his hand, and it was obvious that John de Robeck frowned and his expression was solemn.

"Locke, heavy cruiser, is it really necessary to install so many anti-aircraft weapons?" John de Robeck still could not accept a heavy cruiser like a hedgehog.

"It never hurts to pack more." Roque doesn't want to explain this anymore, the stubborn old guys will eventually be eliminated by history.

Well, it's not about old generals like John de Robeck, it's about old warships, and there is absolutely no disrespect for these old generals.

"Some time ago, the Royal Navy held an exercise." John de Robeck hesitated.

Roque doesn't speak, playing the perfect listener.

"The result is sad, the four battleships participating in the exercise were all sunk under the attack of two aircraft carriers, including the battleship 'Queen Elizabeth' - John de Robeck was really eager to talk about the "Queen Elizabeth" battleship was the most powerful British warship during the world war, and the impact of this result on the Royal Navy can be imagined.

"Now that I think about it, you were right about the battleship, and maybe one day, the battleship will be eliminated - it's ridiculous that we laughed at you when we first heard your evaluation, and now it seems that it's us who is ridiculous." John de Robeck finally gave Roque a positive review, but Roque was not much happier.

A country like the United Kingdom, which has a traditional naval superiority, is making astonishing progress once it is back on the right track.

What Roque now relies on is that the proud Royal Navy does not want to make progress, indulges in the glory of the past, and does not pay enough attention to new weapons.

If Britain squarely faces up to the role of aircraft carriers, it is still unclear whether the Southern African Navy will be able to establish superiority.

"This matter cannot be simply evaluated by right or wrong, and my evaluation of battleships has not been verified by war after all." Roque is modest, and now he doesn't have to fall into the trap and attract hatred.

"Locke, being too modest is also pride." John de Robeck's words made Roque cry and laugh, and you have a reason for what you say about it.

According to the regulations, when the warships on review pass the battleship "Queen Elizabeth," they should fire a gun salute to the "Queen Elizabeth."

What Roque didn't expect was that just after the "Kimberley" fired a salute, a splash suddenly stirred up on the sea next to the battleship "Queen Elizabeth".

Live ammunition?

It's too much!