The U.S. Second Pacific Fleet, which set sail on 3 September, immediately stirred up the escalation of the confrontation between military forces in the entire Pacific; although China finally refused to allow the U.S. fleet to enter Australia through the Panama Canal, this obviously only slowed down the actions of the U.S. fleet, and the Americans' iron-hearted intervention in the Pacific Ocean was already the next scene without any doubt!

"The Yankees are really generous, by the end of next month, the US naval base in Brisbane will be able to cram 4 dreadnoughts, 8 pre-dreadnoughts and more than 28 destroyers! Chairman...... What do you think? Xu Shoushan held a cigar in his mouth, fiddled with it matter-of-factly, and asked with a smile at Qin Kai, who was engrossed in fiddling with the barbecue grill.

Qin Kai glanced at this guy with a slightly gloating expression, and he took the initiative to retire from the position of the cabinet, the main reason is naturally to ensure the continuation of the constitutional system he has established, of course, to get out of the heavy government affairs, that is another idea, there is a large number of workaholics like Zhou Ruidong and Xu Shoushan, and he is happy to be idle, engage in scientific and technological advancement, and engage in educational exploration, which is in line with his own ideas.

However, in the face of such a critical moment in the future development of the country, he will not stay out of it...... In fact, as the chairman of the Baath Party, he can't stay out of the matter, these guys come to their mansion every once in a while to have a tooth sacrifice, and by the way, they can engage in social activities, and family and state affairs can be discussed at will in this environment anyway.

As the most powerful industrial and military power in the entire Pacific region, when and how China will enter the war, the entire high-level view is actually the same -- national interests are paramount, and the European war is a war between whites. And the British Empire, which still enjoys the afterglow of the Age of Discovery. and France, Russia, and even the white countries that were oscillating between the Entente and the Allies. In any case, it will not take the initiative to transfer benefits to China, and this includes even Germany!

Therefore, what China wants must also be obtained by itself!

Qin Kai smeared the two grilled fish with some tea oil, turned them over again, and then said, "Yushan." Isn't Gungtang setting up a position in South China, just the Yankees' ship, I don't think it's in Gungtang's eyes, and the biggest issue to consider when it really fights is probably the industrial capacity of the Americans...... The United States has no worries, and Mexico, the only border border, and Cuba, which is across the sea, are all waste wood! ”

Xu Shoushan took down the cigar he was holding, rubbed it several times, and then asked, "Chairman." I have also talked about this matter with Ruidong and Gengtang, and I am worried that the Spee's fleet may suffer. The battleships and battle cruisers of the British almost plowed the western Indian Ocean several times, and there was still some space in the direction of Australia and the South Pacific, and once such a large fleet of the Americans drove in, they might not be able to hold out for long! ”

"President, the Americans have sent another telegram asking us to open the Parma Canal, and the British are also getting involved in this matter, and saying that the current situation is in line with the Panamanian Free Navigation Agreement between us!" As soon as Xu Shoushan's words fell, Foreign Minister Chen Jitong slowly swayed over with a few freshly caught and processed river freshmen, and also began to complain about the collusion between Britain and the United States.

Hearing this, Qin Kai and Xu Shoushan both smiled slightly, the grand strategy of blocking the Panama Canal finally burst out of amazing value, although the investment in the early ten years was very huge, but just the return on navigation income was already very satisfied, not to mention the huge military superiority brought by the permanent garrison of Panama under the current circumstances.

"Ji Zhi, Colombia, I still need your Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reassure, the United States is a big country in the Americas, but it may not have too many allies south of Mexico, we must make full use of this, the canal is a vital passage for our trade in the Americas, and even for European trade...... As for the Americans to pass, it is absolutely impossible at the moment...... You can tell the Americans more directly that civilian supplies are allowed, but military supplies are not allowed, and this is based on our diplomatic position of non-interference! ”

The officer on the side took the river fresh that Chen Jitong took and immediately dealt with it, today the Qin Mansion entertained the bigwigs with a barbecue buffet banquet personally operated by Qin Kai and the two Qin ladies, and all kinds of foodies in the capital will naturally not be absent, and this has almost become another opportunity for the busy bigwigs to discuss behind closed doors, followed by leisure activities such as fishing, and many important proposals are promoted by Qin Kai through this channel.

Later, when Zhou Ruidong and Xue Chao came to eat with their wives, Xu Shoushan and Tang Shaoyi had reached an agreement on the new reserve proposal, and the plan of the Ministry of Military Affairs to double the size of 17 military academies in China was supported by the Ministry of Finance with 50 million yuan per year, which means that in the next five years, the ability to send 1.5 times more officers to the army can be obtained!

After Zhou Ruidong took a small glass of red wine around, a series of plans that had obtained common opinions had been finally made by him, either agreeing, rejecting, or pressing down first, and when he toasted Qin Kai, he was startled by the news revealed by Qin Kai.

According to the intelligence department's estimate of the production capacity of domestic shipyards, steel plants, and mechanical processing plants in the United States at the beginning of the year, the Americans produce no less than 10 dreadnought-class battleships and no less than 70 destroyers every year.

U.S. Copy ...... This is undoubtedly the real challenge that Qin Kai will face, although it holds the Panama Canal and controls the Strait of Malacca, but the United States of America has a strong industrial capacity, as well as the capital accumulated in the 50 years of development before the war, this is the most terrifying opponent, although the battleship North Dakota, which the Yankees recently built at the Newport News shipyard, has a gap in displacement, artillery, and armor compared with the Chang'an-class battleships of the Chinese Navy.

However, in order to really weaken the US Navy, at the current rate of shipbuilding by the Americans, it means that 10 dreadnoughts, more than 70 destroyers, and a number of US submarines must be destroyed every year in order for the US Navy to stop growing...... This is not counting the more terrifying ability of the British to build large warships, but fortunately, the presence of the German fleet in the Atlantic threatens the British Isles, and the British are on the verge of bankruptcy because of their participation in the war.

Qin Kai is naturally very clear about another very real problem, the United States has chosen to enter the war, but fortunately, China still has the option to participate in the war, this world war that will win thousands of miles, it is absolutely impossible to achieve a quick victory, the vast territory of the two superpowers is destined to be impossible to project the army to the other country's country to achieve the final destruction, so the Beijing cabinet is completely this meaning...... Never join the war of attrition until the last minute!

Compared with the iron turtle of the United States, Qin Kai has absolute confidence in the South China Military Region under the command of Lu Han, the time, geography, people and ...... All of them are on their own side, not to mention, they still have at least a few crucial hole cards in their hands, but the arrival of the industrial wave means that war is not just a collision of military strategies, and steel is the basis of fierce confrontation between the two sides!

If you can't compete in a war, then you will never take it lightly, make full use of the disadvantages of the Americans far from the homeland, make full use of the advantages accumulated by China's technology, transform the technological advantage into a strategic advantage, and finally use the strategic advantage to strike at and compress the bearing space of the Americans, and in the end it may even be necessary to rely on the soldiers to accumulate the advantages of each strategic point little by little, and crush the psychological defense line of the Yankees.

Xu Shoushan, who was standing behind Zhou Ruidong and was carefully tasting a lamb rib, immediately smelled the smell of gunpowder and immediately probed over, "Chairman, we need to create an opportunity for Gengtang, do we want to consider letting the Spee fleet launch 'Operation Viper' and solve the problem before the Yankees arrive!" ”

The Viper is a highly camouflaged poisonous snake, and the attack method used is often a one-hit kill, and the strategic operation of the Ministry of Military Affairs named after this name is obviously not a beautiful difference to go to the sea to admire the moon, in fact, the Speeze fleet is now operating in the staggered area of the South Pacific and the Southern Ocean, and this is the most fundamental reason why the British could not find them.

The advantage of being close to the west coast of South America allowed the German fleet to obtain key supplies, and the presence of China's South Pacific detachment was able to cover the whereabouts of the Germans to the greatest extent.

And once the Spee's fleet launched Operation Viper, it would mean that the whereabouts of the entire fleet would be exposed, and the fleets of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia from Australia would flock to it......

"Inform Admiral Spee of the situation in French Cochinchina, and tell him that if they fail to win in the end, we will ensure that they have a choice between returning to Europe and the battlefields of South Vietnam, as long as they have access to the ports of China, Chile, Peru, etc...... To achieve victory, you must make sacrifices! Zhou Ruidong glanced at Qin Kai and immediately made the decision he had to make.

On the 6th, when the luxurious U.S. Pacific Second Squadron passed through the Caribbean, Edward? Vice Admiral Abor was frowning and scolding the politicians in New York for not being able to navigate the Panama Canal, when the heavy cruiser Scharnhorst, which had just intercepted a British coal carrier, suddenly received a secret telegram, which Admiral Spee immediately replied to after careful screening...... Before nightfall, a maritime reconnaissance plane appeared from the eastern sea and successfully landed next to the German fleet.

The Queen's huge cannon barrels served as a makeshift crane to lift the Chinese reconnaissance plane onto the ship, while the pilot brought with him a chart showing reconnaissance information about the port of Wellington, New Zealand, 1,500 kilometers away from the German Navy's area of activity...... (To be continued......)