After the outbreak of the world war in another time and space, Germany's "Zeppelin" shined in the early stage of the war, starting from January 19, 1915, the "Zeppelin" bombed the British mainland, because the "Zeppelin" at that time were all dispatched at night, the performance of the aircraft was still very rudimentary, and basically there was no night combat capability, so Britain lacked effective means of dealing with "Zeppelin".

Now the Nyasaland Air Force has begun to explore night operations and accumulated some experience, and in a few years, with more and more experience, night operations will no longer be a blind spot for the Nyasaland Air Force.

Therefore, in this time and space, if the German General Staff still has high hopes for the airship troops, then it is estimated that the German General Staff will be disappointed.

In fact, Germany has also noticed the actual performance of the "strong wind" in the North African operation, and has begun to work on the study of aircraft.

However, Germany started late, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to catch up with Nyasaland.

Of course, this is in Roque's mouth, and it must be a different situation.

"Once Germany begins to research on aircraft, with Germany's scientific research capabilities, it will be able to reach a considerable height in a very short period of time, so to suppress German aircraft, the War Department needs to invest more money, rather than ignoring it as it is now." Roque is still sure of Germany's strength, no matter what the Germans' skills are, if they dare to challenge Britain in the current situation, at least the Germans' courage is commendable.

If Roque is Wilhelm II, I am afraid that Roque will not dare to gamble on the national fortunes to challenge Britain's hegemony, look at the current United States, although the gross national economic output of the United States has surpassed that of Britain, but the United States is still honestly looking for opportunities, and does not dare to directly challenge Germany.

"I'll do my best to help, but there's no guarantee of success." Viscount Gladstone did not dare to make a promise, and his influence over London as a governor was limited, otherwise he would not have been sent to southern Africa.

In fact, even if the War Department does not pay for it, Roque is confident that he will continue to study.

At present, the Nyasaland Air Group has made a profit of nearly 10 million pounds by relying on the sale of "Strong Wind" fighter jets, Italy and the Ottoman Empire have already placed two additional orders to get more "Strong Wind", and orders for "Strong Wind" have also been scheduled until the end of the year, and orders from the United States will not be delivered until next year.

Next, if the "Albatross" performs well in the East Indies, then the Nyasaland Air Group will get more orders, so Roque doesn't care much about the cooperation with the Ministry of War, mainly wants to sell the "Albatross" to the Ministry of War, and making money is the right thing.

With the tacit understanding of cooperating with Viscount Gladstone last time, it is logical to cooperate again, the last time Roque deposited 100,000 pounds to Viscount Gladstone, this time Roque directly doubled the deposit of 200,000, and Viscount Gladstone was of course happier.

Back at Eagle Castle, Roque sent telegrams to Winston and Neville, hoping that Winston and Neville could help assist, and the funding must have been the responsibility of Nyasaland Airlines.

On July 1, the Medan Air Force launched an air attack on Batavia on time.

At least 12 Albatross were involved in the first day of bombing, and the Medan Air Force dropped more than three tons of bombs on the barracks near Batavia, killing at least 600 East India servant officers and men in the bombing.

If the last bombing of Xianda was not known to the outside world, then the bombing of Batavia this time was equivalent to a live broadcast to the whole world, and a number of military observers from various European countries visited the tragic situation in the military camp near Batavia after the bombing, and then the Nyasaland Air Group received a number of telegrams of inquiry about the "albatross".

This time, not only Italy and the Ottoman Empire, but also the United States, France, and the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary of the Three Emperors Alliance all expressed their desire to buy the Albatross, and the Nyasaland Air Group did not refuse, and the price of the Albatross was 14,000 pounds each, almost three times the price of the "Gale".

After all, the "Albatross" does not need to install a weapon system, and the training of pilots is relatively easy, so the unit price of the "Albatross" is indeed a little higher, but the cost in other aspects can be saved a lot, and it is still cost-effective.

Viscount Gladstone also placed an order for 200 albatross before anyone else after learning of the albatross's results, and at the same time reminded Roque that the albatross and Gale must not be sold to Germany and its allies.

According to Roque, the annual output of "Albatross" is only 500, and at the same time that the Nyasaland Aviation Group sells it to the outside world, it must also keep some of it and sell it to the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa, so Britain takes 200 planes, and other countries will slowly rush to play.

As for the ban, Viscount Gladstone actually knows that it is not very useful, even if the Nyasaland Air Group does not sell planes to Germany, it is not difficult for Germany to know the technical situation of the aircraft, and it may even be known now, so this ban is more symbolic.

In addition to the direct purchase of the Albatross, the War Department finally decided to cooperate with the Nyasaland Air Group to jointly develop a four-engine bomber with a longer range and a larger bomb load.

Given Nyasaland's technical reserves, the War Department was primarily responsible for financial support and the dispatch of technicians and pilots to southern Africa for training.

The training of pilots is one of the conditions for cooperation between the Ministry of War and the Nyasaland Air Group, which has been buying Strong Wind fighter jets from southern Africa for more than a year and the Nyasaland Air Group has delivered all orders, but the training of pilots in the UK has been slow.

At present, there are less than 100 qualified fighter pilots in Britain itself, even inferior to Italy and the Ottoman Empire, and the War Department has finally realized the unique advantages of southern Africa in training pilots, and trust in southern Africa is gradually increasing.

Roque still did not tell the truth to Viscount Gladstone, there are now nearly a thousand qualified pilots in southern Africa, and thousands more are being trained in aviation academies and various clubs, and in time these people have the opportunity to become qualified pilots, and in terms of the reserve of pilots, Southern Africa has a very large advantage.

On July 10, the good news finally came from South-West Africa, Herbert Clark Hoover's lobbying was fruitful, and the Governor-General of South-West Africa had agreed to build a railway in South-West Africa from Walvis Bay to Georgetown, which is expected to be more than 600 kilometers long in South-West Africa.

Once completed, Atlantic will receive a 30-year exclusive right to operate the railway, which will be responsible for the acquisition of land along the railway, in return for which Atlantic pays $1.5 million to the Governor-General of South West Africa for the purchase of land along the railway.

Atlantic is an American company, and according to American custom, the construction of the railway also requires the acquisition of land along the railway, usually 10 kilometers on both sides of the railway, within which the Atlantic company has the exclusive right to operate, in other words, the 1.5 million dollars paid by the Atlantic Company to purchase nearly 12,000 square kilometers of land in southwest Africa.

The Viceroy of South West Africa and Atlantic both thought it was a good deal.

Roque is definitely more cost-effective.

With the railway, raw materials from southern Africa can be transported to Walvis Bay as quickly as possible by rail, and then processed in Walvis Bay and then sent to Europe for sale.

As for whether the armies of southern Africa could penetrate southwest Africa as quickly as possible along the railways after the outbreak of war, the question is not important, and even without the railways, the colonial servant armies of southwest Africa will not be able to compete with the professional soldiers of southern Africa, this is the consensus of all.

"The Medan Air Force launched a second airstrike on the Batavian military port, the Samson was sunk, the Edgar ran aground, and the Far Eastern Fleet of the Dutch was finished." Martin actually regretted that the war in the East Indies had nothing to do with Martin.

In fact, before this air raid, the Far Eastern Fleet had already cowered in the Batavian military port and did not dare to leave the port.

However, this could not guarantee the safety of the Far Eastern Fleet, and the new weapon of the aircraft once again changed the shape of the battlefield, and Batavia had no anti-aircraft weapons at all, so it could only mount heavy machine guns on wooden platforms and try to defend itself against the attacks of the "albatrosses".

I have to say that the Dutch are really too slack in military affairs, even if it is a heavy machine gun, there are few in the East Indies, and the weapon of heavy machine guns is already a waste against the natives of the East Indies, and as for the war with the surrounding countries, the colonial government of the East Indies is not prepared at all.

The East Indian colonial government scraped together only six heavy machine guns, which was the only air defense force in Batavia.

These improvised heavy machine guns were placed on batteries outside the port of Batavia, and they were lost in the first wave of air raids, and the Medan Air Force did not put up any resistance at all, easily flew over to drop the bombs, and then slowly returned home, with enough time to take pictures to determine the results of the battle.

From the outbreak of the war to the present, only two "Albatrosses" have malfunctioned in the course of their missions, one "Albatross" has successfully forced landing, and the other "Albatross" has crashed, but the pilot has successfully parachuted, so so far, the results of the East Indian Servant Army are actually zero.

This result was not even expected by Roque.

"We're going to land next, where did you say you came from last time? Siriloin, right, how far is it from Batavia? "Roque really doesn't care much about the East Indies, it's normal to win, and it's hell if he can't win.

Martin still knows a lot about maps, so he casually glanced at them and reported: "About fifty kilometers!" ”

It's very close, indeed.