The more I think about it, the more I feel China's weakness, 20 years of Westernization Movement, left a huge foundation for China, the reason why it was not used in later history, is a complex environment, from 1911 to 1937, almost a year is a stop day, the war has been fought for almost more than 20 years, and it has also destroyed the foundation of China's start, how many people died in the war, and how many professional talents, in order to make a living to do something else, happened to be used by Yang Yuanzhao, who crossed into Baotou, and the magic of the all-in-one machine coupled with Yang Yuanzhao's vision created the myth of Baotou.

This kind of myth cannot be copied, especially the navy, which is different from the army and industrialization, the century-old navy needs to be accumulated, not just a few advanced warships, it needs people, talents, and even sacrifices, in the midst of iron and fire, it can be sublimated and improved, Britain is like this, Germany is like this, and even neighboring Japan is also like this.

From the very beginning, Japan has embarked on a different path than China, although Japan in the land of projectiles, although it is said that with the support of Britain, the road to industrialization has been opened, but from the very beginning, shipbuilding has become the mainstream of all naval cognition, from the very beginning they chose to combine shipbuilding and ship buying, this was the case in the First Sino-Japanese War, and now it is even more so.

In the First Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Japan's mobilization ability and concentrated fleet capacity were all above the Qing court, even if it was a gamble, even if it was a tightrope walk, but Japan won the gamble, the winner could have a qiē, Japan obtained rich war dividends, except for part of the investment in education, the rest, almost all entered the shipbuilding industry.

Rao is so, Japan has also gone through a mileage of about 20 years, from the Russo-Japanese War to the complete victory, to the production of ordinary ironclad ships, cruisers, until now, commissioned the British to manufacture the Kongo, at the same time of manufacturing, the introduction of the production capacity of the dreadnought, the subsequent three Kongo, are all built in China, Japan almost took more than 20 years, to complete the road from ordinary boats, to battleships.

Also because of the experience in the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, the First Sino-Japanese War may be the world's first duel between all-steel armored ships, and the Russo-Japanese War is an important warship duel in the pre-dreadnought era.

As far as Japan is concerned, it is still fast, the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, which naval power, did not take decades, or even hundreds of years, to complete the construction of the navy, detours and regressions, and followed them almost all the time.

China said that it had a navy and a navy, but that was 20 years ago, and in the past 20 years, China did not even have the production capacity of 3,000 tons of warships that it already had, although with the help of Yang Yuanzhao's rebellion against the sky and the help of Germany, it may have the ability to produce battleships, but it is extremely weak in terms of necessary naval talents, which is an unavoidable problem, and it can only be solved slowly through the future.

Bursts of cannon fire and machine gun firing suddenly came from outside the window, Yang Yuanzhao looked along the porthole, not far away, the destroyer in charge of protection was moving forward rapidly, and under the rumbling of cannons, it was obviously very lively.

Now, most of the fleet has passed through the Indian Ocean, and the Strait of Malacca is about to approach, and the sound of artillery outside is actually in the appearance of the recent approach, when along the way, that is, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea are relatively calm, where there are already mature waterways, the pirates who once crisscrossed the Mediterranean, after the continuous improvement of modern ship technology, slowly decreased, fast destroyers and cruisers, for any pirate, is a nightmare, perhaps in the place of deviation from the main channel, There are also traces of pirates, on the main channel and at important nodes, there is no trace of pirates.

Europe and the Mediterranean Sea are the center of gravity of the great powers, but the Middle East and the Far East are not, entering the Indian Ocean, the escort formation began to be lively, from time to time there are not long eyes of pirates to collide, especially at night, it is necessary to pay attention to all the staff, fortunately these ships are not all powerless, a number of land artillery and machine guns and machine guns, etc., mounted on the deck, temporarily transferred personnel, protected on these warships, to no great losses.

However, the pirate attacks one after another, or let the fleet suffer, to deal with pirates, need to concentrate on the torment, more or less, people tired, Yang Yuanzhao left Qingdao, is on a German warship, the position is narrow, can not sit a few people, not many people come, plus some returning students and some necessary protective forces, in hundreds of ships, there is some power.

For the sake of safety, after passing through India, more than 30 British destroyers were hired, but the piracy did not decrease, but increased.

The South China Sea and Malacca are areas where pirates are frequent, and it is not a thing to be thankful for if they are attacked by pirates, especially when there are more and more British destroyers, and there are several pirates who have even broken through the defenses, which is more or less confusing, although the British will not have a bright action based on the current order and cooperation, but the small actions in private will definitely not be less, and if you are not careful, you will suffer a big loss.

Sure enough, there were already two British destroyers chasing over, and under the rumbling of cannons, there was still a pirate ship approaching the flotilla, and even started the springboard, fortunately, there was a small group of escorts on board, with machine guns and machine guns, to knock them down together, and even the pirate ship was torn apart by the bursting machine guns, which blocked the pirate's attack, and at this time, the British destroyer came over, seemed to pursue diligently, and quickly sank the pirate ship.

Yang Yuanzhao's brows were furrowed, even if he was such a layman, he could see the problem, not to mention the following, and some young soldiers from the German Naval Academy, after more than 3 years of study, they were the first batch of students sent to Germany, most of the first batch of international students chose more famous universities, and after about 3 years of study, except for a small number of students who continued to study, the rest graduated, these are the few students who choose military schools, especially the naval school, was immediately collected by Yang Yuanzhao as a treasure and brought back together.

"There must be a problem with the British, with the protection of this fleet, it is impossible to break through!" A young officer said.

This fleet is the largest fleet, both ships and tonnage are the largest, with a full 350,000 tons, 51 ships, with an average tonnage of more than 7,000 tons, and the protection is also the most tight, with a total of 3 German destroyers and 7 British destroyers to protect.

"What the hell are the British going to do?" It was not only Yang Yuanzhao who asked so suspiciously, but so did others, but they were destined to be younger, had good vision, and were more familiar with naval business, but their decisiveness and judgment were not good, these were all experiences.

"It can't go on like this, how far is it from Malacca!"

A young man spread out the chart, made a little recognition, and said, "About 700 nautical miles!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao frowned, Malacca is narrow, there are many islands and reefs, even in the era of 100 years, there are pirates from time to time, not to mention this era, the attacks of these pirates are very unusual, and the attitude of the British is also a little strange, so they can't help but prepare in advance.

"How many of our fastest ships are, and how many tonnages!"

"There are 5 fastest ships, 3,000 tons to 7,000 tons, and their maximum speed is about 19 knots!"

19 knots, at least 1 times faster than the current fleet, so that plus the time to travel through Malacca and go to Pontianak and back, also need to be considered, this time is a little insufficient, but soon before entering Malacca, enter the last port, which is also the last port on the coast of India, and then it will sail directly to Malacca, Yang Yuanzhao can choose the time, delay for 3 days, can not be more, after all, the port is not big, it is impossible to let 1.2 million tons, hundreds of ships dock together, When the follow-up fleet arrives, the fleet ahead must go.

3 days is enough, 19 knots of speed, day and night non-stop, you can go 500 nautical miles, 3 days, almost 1500 nautical miles, enough to go back and forth, even after adding Pontianak, after all, here to Malacca, there are about 3 days of sailing.

"Let them go to Pontianak and get two regiments of the 1st Borneo Division!"

"President Yang, this is too risky, isn't it?" An assistant who knew about Borneo affairs hurriedly dissuaded him, saying that the foundation of Borneo took several years to form, which was related to the safety of more than 2 million Chinese.

Yang Yuanzhao was stunned for a moment, then he thought, it was really a bit of an adventure, his fleet has limited personnel, if he really got two regiments and thousands of people to come, he couldn't hide it, he thought for a while, and then said: "It stands to reason that the military structure of Borneo is the same as that in the northwest, so the first division must have a reconnaissance battalion, and transfer him!" ”

The reconnaissance battalion can be said to be a unit unique to the northwest, and after it was unable to have a special operations unit, the northwest set up a reconnaissance battalion at the division level with reference to the special operations unit, and most of them were trained according to the special combat team, but the standard was lowered, but its soldiers were far stronger than ordinary soldiers.

The assistant thought about it for a while, and then said no more, the special operations battalion is only 800-1000 people at most, it is easy to hide, at most it is mixed with the crew, hundreds of ships, two or three on one ship, it is not inconspicuous at all, now, the threat is imminent, and it is much easier to deal with it with one more reconnaissance battalion.

After a simple negotiation with the convoy, the three fast cargo ships left in the name of pulling goods, three in a formation, plus the simple firepower above, enough to deal with most of the pirates, and when the reconnaissance battalion was successfully brought in, there was no need to worry, a thousand heavily armed warriors, not a rabble of pirates can deal with, as long as they come back, a single qiē can be successfully solved. R1152