Chapter 251: A Visit of the American Fleet (Part II)
The KPA Navy did not prepare a ball for the US Navy, but used the traditional Chinese banquet to entertain the US Navy, which has the advantage of allowing more people to participate and making the KPA Navy more atmospheric, and on the other hand, it also means that there is no need for the KPA Navy to respect the so-called "British naval tradition" and engage in a set of service methods suited to its own national conditions and customs.
Of course, the US Navy has no objections, after all, it follows the customs of the locals, and on the territory of the People's Army Navy, it naturally obeys the arrangements of the People's Army Navy, and as long as it does not contain insulting or discriminatory behavior, it is also acceptable. What's more, the US Navy attended this banquet with more than 500 people, and each warship could send more than 20 people, which was enough to satisfy the US Navy. Of course, there is another reason, that is, the taste of Chinese food is so good.
During the visit to Japan, when the conference dinner was held, many officers and men of the US Navy were satisfied with the delicacy of Chinese food, and at that time it was only the cook on the warship to cook, and the condiments and side dishes were not complete, and at most it was only 5 percent of the level, but this also made many officers and men of the US Navy feel that it was a supreme delicacy, and at that time, many officers and men of the US Navy were looking forward to visiting Qingdao.
After the banquet began, they finally ate the most authentic Chinese food, and the People's Army and Navy also arranged the best cooks for this banquet, frying, cooking, boiling, boiling, cooking, boiling, cooking In addition, during the banquet, a large number of dramas and juggling performances were arranged, after all, although the wine and food were delicious, it was not much meaning to just eat and drink, and some performances were carried out during the banquet, which helped to enliven the atmosphere, and the dramas arranged were all the kind of repertoire that fought back and forth, and the atmosphere was lively, if Bi Jing really sang, few people could understand it, and there were more jugglers, dragon and lion dances, magic wood acrobatics, etc., all of which made the officers of the US Navy very interested, and the laughter continued during the whole banquet, and they all felt that it was much more interesting than the trip to Japan.
And from the next day, it is the time for the official visit, this time the People's Army Navy did not arrange activities such as joint naval exercises, Bi Jing These projects have just been performed in Japan, and they are only walking around the situation, the East China government, the United States, None of the three parties in Japan are close enough to jointly hold military exercises close to actual combat, so the joint naval exercises are actually of little practical significance, even if they have already been played once in Japan, and the KPA Navy does not want to repeat them, but has arranged more exchange activities between the two sides, which are actually eating and drinking together, playing and making trouble, and having some small competitions.
As a matter of fact, the US fleet does not want to engage in any joint maritime exercises, because circumnavigating the world is a hard and dangerous thing, and it also takes a long time to float on the sea, so after docking at the shore, it only wants to go ashore to rest and relax, and does not want to sail again at all, and the arrangements of the People's Army and Navy are also exactly what they want, not to mention that it is inevitable to eat and drink and eat Chinese food when they are engaged in activities on shore.
However, since it is a visit, although it will not go to sea for joint exercises, it will also have to go through the motions symbolically, so on the first day of the official visit, the first content is to inspect each other's warships, and of course the warships are parked at sea, and the commanders of both sides will take special seats on the review ships.
When inspecting the US fleet, the US side can only introduce to the KPA Navy the basic performance parameters, construction date, service time, and so on. When inspecting the KPA naval fleet, the content of the introduction is much richer, because most of the warships of the KPA naval fleet are taken prisoner, so it is inevitable to first explain that this warship was captured in that battle, what its original name was, what battles it participated in after serving in the KPA naval fleet, what kind of performance it performed in the battle, what parts were damaged, and a lot of traces of repairs were also pointed out. These are glorious and proud experiences. And the officers of the US Navy listened with envy.
After reviewing each other's fleets, the next step is to visit the [Far Eastern War Memorial Museum] that is being prepared, in fact, this plan has been around for a long time, and at the end of the Far Eastern War, someone proposed it, but the resolution was adopted recently. Although the memorial hall is mainly based on the Far Eastern War, it also includes all the experiences of the veterans since the landing, which can be regarded as a comprehensive summary of the end of the Far Eastern War.
Now the land has been allocated for construction, but the corresponding materials have long been prepared and collected for internal tours, and the officers and men of the American fleet are the first foreigners to visit these materials, of course, they are not allowed to record on the spot, let alone take pictures, they can only visit.
The officers and men of the US fleet are naturally interested in this activity, because first, they are all military personnel and naturally they are all interested in war; second, the war in the Far East is a war that has a major impact on the world pattern, and it has sufficient research value.
In the temporary exhibition hall, the officers and men of the American fleet looked very carefully, and they introduced each battle, sand table maps, etc., and constantly asked the commentators about the details of the war. Of course, there are also detailed introductions to the war, and for important wars, wars that had a major impact on the direction of the Far East War, some people even refer to this battle as the three major naval battles in the history of the world's navies, together with the Battle of Gravolinne, in which the British Navy defeated the Spanish Armada, and the Battle of Trafalgar, in which the British Navy defeated the combined fleets of France and Spain. Among them, the battle of the Taiwan Strait is one of the most detailed descriptions of the war, and it is also the most detailed content that the officers and men of the US fleet visit.
The Battle of the Taiwan Strait was the largest naval battle in the Far East War, and it was also the first battle of Guan Jian that allowed the East China government to completely lock in the victory, and it was also full of mystery, on the one hand, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and the main warships of the People's Army Navy were only 8 battleships and 9 armored cruisers. The five warships at the time of the landing were all counted as combat battleships, and there were only 13 warships, while the main warships of the expeditionary force fleet had 22 battleships and 15 armored cruisers, and the difference in strength between the two sides was not even a little bit, but the KPA navy not only defeated the strong with the weak, but also almost completely annihilated the expeditionary force fleet, and its own losses were extremely small, which naturally made this battle full of legends.
On the other hand, for this reason, the specific details of the battle in the Taiwan Strait are still a secret group, whether it is the winner or the loser, the battle process and details of this battle have not been announced, people can only hear from a small number of officers and soldiers who participated in the battle about the content of some scale claws, and also derived a variety of theories, among which there are also absurd and nonsensical legends, of course, there are also people who have collected a large number of relevant resources, sorted out and summarized, and deleted the absurd and nonsensical statements, so that the process and basic tactics of this naval battle can be roughly deduced, but the details still cannot be verified, which also gives this naval battle a layer of mystery。
However, in the commemorative exhibition, the East China Government really announced the details of the battle in the Taiwan Strait, which also made the officers and men of the US fleet who visited it very excited.
In fact, after the end of the Far East War, the East China government was thinking about how to fill in the hole of the battle of the Taiwan Strait, after all, it could not be concealed for a lifetime, even if the East China government did not announce the details of the battle in the Taiwan Strait, Britain and France would announce it sooner or later, and instead of waiting for Britain and France to announce the doubts in the battle of the Taiwan Strait, it would be better for the East China government to announce the doubts in the battle of the Taiwan Strait. The government first announced and tried to cover up these suspicious points, first, because it was preemptive; second, the winner is king, and the information published by the victorious side will naturally be more credible, and even if Britain and France announce the suspicious points of this war again, it will only be regarded as making excuses for their own defeat.
Therefore, the General Staff of the Navy organized personnel to carry out repeated deliberations in the light of the actual course of the war, counted all the attacks of the missiles as artillery bombardment, and strived to match every detail. On the occasion of the visit of the US fleet, the details of the battle in the Taiwan Strait were officially announced.
The main reasons for the victory in this naval battle are to emphasize three points: First, the expeditionary force fleet came from afar and was trapped in a lack of men and ships, and the KPA navy waited for work at leisure, set up ambushes in advance, and flanked the front and rear; second, the sea area of the Taiwan Strait was narrow, and although the number of the expeditionary force fleet was large, the queue could not be spread out, and it could not give full play to the advantage of having many ships, and it was caught up in front of the KPA navy, resulting in a chaotic formation and an eventual fiasco.
In fact, the first two factors do exist objectively, and some folk reasoning also basically recognizes these two factors, but in the actual battle, these two factors are not the main reason for the victory of the People's Army Navy in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, but in the official statement of the People's Army Navy, it consciously exaggerates the role of these two factors, and conceals that the victory in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait was actually carried by modern warships. The bullet attack is the main reason, and the high hit rate of the KPA Navy also relies on the radar guidance of modern warships to provide shooting parameters, but of course people in this era do not know about radar, so they can only agree with this statement. In addition, in the Battle of the Natuna Islands in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, the KPA Navy also showed an extremely high hit rate, and the view that the KPA Navy had a high level of training has also been recognized.
Based on these three factors, coupled with well-thought-out details, the process of the People's Army Navy's victory in the battle of the Taiwan Strait can be justified. After hearing this, the officers and men of the US fleet did not express any serious doubts.