Daylight is intense. There was no wind either. Temperatures are getting hotter. The cabin became even more sullen only one

This is, after all, close to the equator. When the weather in northern China was still warm and cold. It's already steaming here, and the tropical zone has no seasons, only the difference between the dry season and the rainy season, which is so hot all year round, but the dry season is somewhat more comfortable than the wet and hot rainy season.

Lupin stood up from the chair in the captain's room. Walk to the porthole and reach for the curtains. Harsh sunlight cast onto his face. His eyes were a little difficult to adjust for a moment, and he closed them for a moment, only to open them in vain, and look at the sky where the roar of motives came from.

There is a plane in the sky that is descending in altitude. Although the distance is relatively far away, and the details of the plane cannot be seen clearly from the captain's room, Lu Ping is still sure that it is the world's first all-metal passenger right "progress." Number. According to the newspaper news, after a few days of postponement due to weather conditions, just this afternoon, the air route from Guangzhou, China to Manila, Philippines, will be officially opened, and the "progress" in the sky. It was apparently the same airliner that made the maiden voyage on this route.

This is Manila Bay, where the Chinese task force commanded by Lu Ping is now anchored, and at this moment, Lu Ping himself is standing at the flagship "Green Forest." in the captain's room.

This time, he led the task force to Manila Bay. Lu Ping's main task is to command the fleet to hold a Sino-US joint naval exercise with the US Pacific Detachment in the Philippines; according to the original plan, this joint military exercise between the two navies will be formally held in two days, and the exercise will last for another day, and the content of the exercise will be maritime vigilance and antisubmarine warfare. After the exercise, Lu Ping will lead the task force to leave Manila Bay and head south to Sumatra for an ocean-going exercise.

This voyage practice. Codename "Dragon Travels South Seas".

The South China Sea is not very peaceful now, although Britain and Japan jointly strangled the main force of the Far East Detachment of the German Navy, but because the remnants of the German Spee fleet are still missing, so the entire area of the South China Sea is still regarded as a theater of war by the Entente countries.

Although China's relations with Germany were very stable, and China did not participate in this all-out war between the Entente and the Central Powers. However, considering that the German Navy has resumed unrestricted submarine warfare, the Chinese task force's ocean-going training must also be maintained in a state of combat readiness.

In fact, the current "Green Forest" is in a state of combat readiness, although it is moored in shallow water, but anti-torpedo nets are still hung on both sides of the ship's side, and the non-commissioned officers on duty on the deck are also equipped with weapons and ammunition, and all those who try to approach the warship without permission, regardless of their nationality, may be shot, and as for those unknown ships that try to approach the warship, they will also be subjected to warning fire from machine guns, and if the other side ignores the warning, the shells will fly straight to the target ship and sink it.

This state of combat readiness has been understood by the US side, but in fact, the US ** ships are on higher alert at this time, especially when there are two battleships moored in Manila Bay. Manila Bay is on military alert, after all. The German Navy was not alone in the Far East. The submarines of the German Navy had long since quietly touched the waters of the Far East, and from time to time they launched surprise attacks on the ships of the Entente. Then they disappeared without a trace, and no one knew where the German submarines were lurking, and the British and Japanese warships searched almost every sea they could think of, but after all, there were many islands in the South Seas. It's impossible to find them all.

The U.S. fleet is not the strongest in Manila Bay today, and since the Malayan crisis in the South Seas subsided, the U.S. government has transferred most of its battleships back to bases in the Atlantic, leaving only two old battleships in Manila Bay. In order to show the presence of American power in the South Seas region and balance the military power balance in the South Seas.

In terms of displacement and main gun caliber, the "Green Forest" is not as good as the two American battleships, but in terms of comprehensive combat effectiveness, the "Green Forest" may not necessarily fall behind, after all, compared with the two old battleships built in the last century, "Green Forest." The ship is more modern in terms of hull structure, observation and sighting equipment, power system, damage management system, and command system.

Of course, compared with the latest warships of the European belligerents, the "Green Forest" is indeed slightly behind, but in terms of the current strategy and nature of the Chinese Navy, large ocean-going attack ships such as the "Green Forest" and "Red Eyebrow" are sufficient. After all, the Chinese navy is still only a maritime military force that mainly fights in coastal waters, and the central government has limited financial resources, so it is impossible to build a huge army and at the same time ensure that the navy is fully funded.

As a career officer, Lu Ping was always concerned about the naval wars in Europe, and the "Battle of Dogelsha and the Battle of Jutland" were all seriously deduced by Lu Ping on nautical charts and sand tables. Although he did not believe that the German Navy had a strategic opportunity to turn the tables in these two key naval battles, he also believed it. If more flexible tactics had been adopted, the German Navy's Daozhou Fleet would not have been blockaded in a military port by the British Navy. The Germans called their main fleet the "Presence Fleet", but Rupin insisted. The concept of the "presence of a fleet" itself is a pseudo-concept, since according to the theory of sea supremacy. Only a fleet that can control the sea has existential value, and now, it is the British Royal Fleet that controls the sea in the Atlantic and the North Sea, if you analyze it from the perspective of hindsight, then Germany may not have to build such a huge ocean-going naval force at all, rather than scaring the British with this fleet of foreign powers, it is better to hand over military expenses to the army, at least, the German army will become stronger, then, Germany may achieve better results in this war, Instead of being trapped on the Western Front as it is now, unable to move.

It was also the outcome of the Battle of Jutland that made Rupin a determined "offshore fleet." Proponents of the theory, he insisted that with the current financial situation of China, it is absolutely impossible to build a strong army and a strong navy at the same time, and China, as a land power, has a long border and too many neighbors. This determines that China must put the building of the army in the position of building up its military strength, and only by controlling the land can China set its sights on the sea.

Germany simply failed to understand this, which led to a strategic misstep, which led to a chain reaction that eventually exhausted Germany from a full-scale war that was born both on land and at sea. Although Germany is still fighting the Allies, it is already in decline, and unless it receives more military support from its allies, Germany's defeat may be inevitable.

Like the pro-German officers in the navy, Lu Ping had more than once studied what would happen to the war if China joined the German side, and his conclusion was pessimistic, arguing that even if China joined the Allies in a war against the Entente, it would not save the Allies from defeat, for the simple reason that the Allies could not control the seas, which was obviously directly related to the weakness of the Allies' naval forces.

If you can't control the oceans, you can't support each other. It is impossible to grasp the strategic initiative. It is precisely for this reason that Lu Ping also opposes China's entry into the war at this time, joining the German side, it will be strategically defeated, joining the Entente side, then Lu Ping is emotionally unacceptable, after all, Germany is very helpful to China, without German assistance, Zhongxian can not establish a basic industrial system, and even the merger of ships can not be manufactured by itself, so how can we talk about the revival of the country?

In the navy and air force, there are many officers like Lu Ping, and in the army, there are also a lot of officers who admire the German army, and these officers may not know what kind of international competition is hidden behind Germany's aid to China, but at least they all understand a truth, the so-called "grace of a drop of water." This simple chivalrous complex may not be in line with national interests and the rules of social evolution, but it is undeniable. The influence of this kind of thinking on members of society is objective.

Fortunately, no one in the central government will help anyone, whether it is the Entente or the Central Powers, as long as you are willing to pay the money, this business will be done, and who dares to prevent Chinese merchants from making money. Who is our enemy of China?

From this point of view, the current central government is very much like the US government, but its strength is still insufficient, so it seems that it does not plan to follow the US government to go down to Europe to pick peaches.

It's best not to fight, and although a soldier always wants to win glory in war, a soldier and a warmonger are two different concepts, Lu Ping insisted. Judging from the idea that the duty of a soldier is not to fight war, but to defend peace, he has a somewhat pacifist tendency.

However, the current president has scoffed at this "pacifism" and has repeatedly stressed at military meetings that the main theme of this era is not peace. It's war, and as for when the era of peace will come, the president is more pessimistic, insisting that unless there is a weapon powerful enough to destroy cities, and peace is based on ensuring mutual destruction, war will ultimately decide everything, and no one knows what kind of weapon he is talking about as "powerful enough", and as for the "cold war" he speculates, it is also a completely new concept, and no one can fully understand it.

Look at the one in the sky "Progress." The airliner disappeared from view, and Lu Ping finally regained his mind, reached out and closed the curtains, and then left the captain's room and walked onto the bridge, ready to direct the sailors training.

When they arrived at the bridge, before they could give the order to practice, an officer on duty rushed to Lu Ping.

"Commander, the consulate has called, saying that Mr. Consul is coming soon, and there is another one with him. They wanted to say a few words face to face with the commander.

"You take someone to pick them up at the dock on the board."

Lu Ping nodded, and then focused on directing the sailors to practice. If you want to know what happened next, please log in to shame, Zhuo Festival more, support the author, support genuine reading!