In 1931, the battlecruiser "Hood" underwent its first modernization at Portsmouth Military Port, mainly with the addition of 8 twin turrets and a total of 16 40.5 mm (2-pounder) / 40 x diameter Mk VIII anti-aircraft guns.

This artillery was not familiar to the Royal Navy, the British Army should have been familiar with it, and during the Second Boer War, this artillery became a nightmare for the British Expeditionary Force.

That's right, it's the legendary "Bao Yao" gun, an enlarged version of the Maxim machine gun.

The Johannesburg-class heavy cruisers in southern Africa are equipped with two twin 8-inch guns, then 20 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, for a total of 36 units.

This design scheme once caused ridicule from the Royal Navy, the heavy cruiser was originally insufficient firepower compared to the battleship, and the heavy cruiser in southern Africa still only had two twin 8-inch main guns, completely abandoned the secondary gun, but was equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, which was completely different from the concept of the Royal Navy.

What the Royal Navy did not expect was that the "Johannesburg" class heavy cruisers were not too mad, and the four "Normandy" class battleships purchased by the Kingdom of Tanzania and West Africa were only equipped with three triple 340 mm main guns, which were also completely abandoned secondary guns, and there were as many as 48 anti-aircraft weapons, including 12 quadruple 20 mm anti-aircraft machine guns and 16 twin 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.

Even aircraft carriers of Southern African production completely abandoned the main and secondary guns, and instead installed a huge number of anti-aircraft machine guns of various types, which was simply incomprehensible to the designers of the Royal Navy.

Moreover, the "Woo Woo" guns equipped in southern Africa are not quite the same as the "Woo Woo" guns equipped with the Royal Navy, the "Woo Woo" guns in Southern Africa use 40 mm howitzer shells, and the "Woo Woo" guns prepared by the Royal Navy use solid shells.

There is a huge difference in the power of these two shells, and even if the "Woo Woo" guns equipped by the Southern African Navy do not directly hit the enemy plane, but explode near the enemy plane, it will cause some damage to the enemy plane.

The Royal Navy's "Woo Woo" guns are useless unless they directly hit enemy aircraft.

Aiming at a high-speed aircraft on a bumpy warship can be difficult to imagine, even for a well-trained machine-gun shooter.

Due to the huge differences, the joint cabinet meeting did not achieve any results.

In the evening, Roque held a dinner party at his estate, inviting Neville and Stanley Baldwin, as well as Winston, who had returned to England, and British MPs who knew him well.

While Roque was still attending the Navy Conference, Winston's autobiographical film "Winston" had been produced and screened.

It didn't turn out as well as Winston had imagined, and "Winston" grossed only £100,000, which paid for itself, which left Winston disheartened, and he was about to embark on a trip around the world, with the first stop being the United States.

"If I were John, I wouldn't agree to your request, the Royal Navy has only two aircraft carriers, but the Southern African Navy has built four, how can you make the Royal Navy embarrassed-" Winston could understand John Jericot, who was also a former Minister of the Navy.

"If you stick to the old ways, then sooner or later the Royal Navy will be eliminated by the world." Roque sneered, it was reasonable to occupy the pit and not, and give 160,000 tons to the Royal Navy, and the Royal Navy would not be able to use it up.

The two "Nelson" class battleships built by the Royal Navy were all saved by the British government from between their teeth by tightening their belts, and the aircraft carriers were forgotten, and the British government has no plans to build new aircraft carriers in five years.

"That can't be said, the current Royal Navy is already enough to protect the security of the British Empire, and there is no need to build more capital ships." Stanley Baldwin knew that the British government's finances were not necessary, and it was indeed unaffordable.

Germany, the main rival of the Royal Navy, was limited by the Treaty of Versailles to develop armaments, and the army was limited to 100,000 troops, and all naval warships were dismantled, and only some offshore patrol boats remained.

Although the U.S. Navy and the Japanese Navy have posed a substantial threat to the Royal Navy, in fact there is no fundamental conflict of interest between Britain and the United States and Japan, and the outbreak of war is unlikely.

With the current strength of the Royal Navy, it is indeed capable of protecting the interests of the British Empire.

So don't say that John Jerico is too harsh on Southern Africa, in essence, the Royal Navy doesn't need the help of the Southern African Navy either.

At least not now.

This is actually a bridge crossing a river, and considering that during the World War, the British government's demands on southern Africa were simply responsive.

"The point is that the prime minister is now too busy to make the right judgment." Neville said that if Andrew Bona Law said something, John Jerico would have to back down.

"How is the Prime Minister's health?" Winston cared about Andrew Bona Law's body, and he returned to London at this time—

hmm——

The timing was very delicate.

"It's terrible, Lord Hod has checked the Prime Minister's health, and the situation is not optimistic, at most a month, the Prime Minister will end his term." Neville regretted that in a few years, Neville would actually be eligible to compete.

"Stanley, come on!" Winston doesn't seem to have any desires, but it's not as light as it seems.

"Winston, if I am elected Prime Minister, I would like to invite you to be the Minister of Finance." Stanley Baldwin hopes to have Winston's support.

During the World War, Winston was ordered to lead LinkedIn to victory over Germany, and his reputation in Britain was actually very good.

The failure of the Russian intervention, as well as the significant loss of the unrecoverable loans, is not actually all Winston's responsibility.

After Andrew Bonner Law's health deteriorated, there were also people in Britain who hoped that Winston would come back to the mountain, just like during the World War, and that it should be a luxury to lead LinkedIn out of the vortex of the economic crisis, and Winston was not good at the economic field.

"Thank you, but I'm about to embark on a trip around the world, which I promised Clementina and the children." Winston was embarrassed, but the smile on his face could not be suppressed.

"Neville, I need your help too." Stanley Baldwin continues to ask for support.

"Of course, Stanley, we're friends—" Neville also faked, saying that "friendship" is a luxury for politicians.

Roque watched coldly, and if he guessed correctly, then Stanley Baldwin would have to seek Roque's support next.

Sure enough, Stanley Baldwin next went to Roque: "Locke, if you support me, then if I am elected prime minister, I guarantee that southern Africa can get 80,000 tons of gross tonnage of aircraft carriers." ”

Don't look at Roque as a southern African, in fact, Roque also has a huge influence in London.

Roque's influence was mainly through the Times News Group.

Don't underestimate the influence of public opinion, a lie repeated a thousand times will become the truth, not to mention that Stanley Baldwin does have the ability to be prime minister.

That's it, Roque didn't stay in London as a "humanoid smog removal", and with Stanley Baldwin's promise, Roque returned to southern Africa the next day.

At this time, southern Africa was actually in the midst of a huge controversy.

After Philip took office, he made a lot of moves, first to take back the rights of Cape Town and Orange, and then to pass successive legislation in Congress, these measures have been successful and sometimes failed, and recently, Philip has a new idea, he wants to establish the African Union, led by southern Africa.

Actually, it should be the Southern African Union.

In Philip's vision, Southern Africa will join the Kingdom of Tanzania, the Kingdom of Congo, the Republic of Congo, West Africa, and Madagascar in a Southern African Union for better development.

All of these countries and regions, with the exception of Madagascar, have been internationally recognized as independent states, and French rule in Madagascar has effectively collapsed, and the prerequisites for the establishment of the African Union have been met.

According to Philip's assumption, after the establishment of the African Union, other countries and regions except southern Africa will no longer retain their armed forces, and southern Africa will be responsible for the security of other countries and regions.

In addition to the military, there will be closer cooperation within the African Union to achieve a wider flow of goods, resources, technology, and people, and in the future, tariffs may be eliminated within the African Union, which will be more conducive to exchanges within the African Union.

These measures, on the face of it, are very beneficial to all African Union member states, but when you think about it, there is no doubt that the biggest benefit is in Southern Africa.

"What do you mean by two governors?" Roque didn't know what Ade and Kitchener thought, but in fact, the establishment of the African Union was indeed a huge benefit for southern Africa.

However, Roque worries whether southern Africa will be able to effectively control the inflow of Africans once the African Union is formed.

If the African Union were to be formed and Africans returned to southern Africa, Roque would never allow that to happen.

"Lord Halewood is not in good health, he has not been feeling well since September and is now being treated at Ziwei Hospital." Christian and Roque flew together back to southern Africa, where Roque was to fly to Egypt and then to southern Africa via Sudan.

"What's going on?" Roque frowned, Ade's health has not been good since a few years ago, and it has become more and more serious in recent years.

To Roque's regret, he didn't know when Ade died on another plane, nor did he know the cause of death, so even if he wanted to, he couldn't prevent it.