The capriciousness of the Japanese angered the Americans, and the U.S. government finally rejected the Japanese demands, and Pershing even said in his report to Wilson that the war could be won without the Japanese Entente, and that as long as sufficient aid was given to the Chinese, "we could get ten times more soldiers than the Japanese army to crush the Germans." The U.S. government then submitted a round of proposals to Congress to aid China, which was approved.

After several troop increases, the squadron in the European theater has reached nearly 1 million people, but in order to defeat Germany as much as possible, Britain and France once again sent a note to the United States and the Chinese government, asking for another 2 million combat troops. The decision was made that China and the United States would each provide 1 million troops, and since China's financial resources could not afford to supply these troops, it was determined that all of these troops would be provided by China after consultations with many parties, but the military expenses and equipment of these troops would all be provided by the United States, Britain, and France (mainly provided by the United States).

After seeing China's desperate military expansion with the support of the United States, Japan increasingly felt that its security was threatened. In order to prevent China from continuing to expand its armed forces without restrictions, the Japanese used their influence in both the Chinese and political circles to start a wide range of activities.

In fact, there are still very strong pro-Japanese factions in the Chinese and political circles and among the people, many of whom have studied or been trained in Japan, and have deep personal friendships with many Japanese military and political dignitaries. Like many Japanese, they were deeply influenced by the idea that "Asia is the Asia of Asians" and had always regarded Western powers such as Britain and the United States as great enemies. Many of them see Japan as an ally against the West, and believe that China and Japan should join forces against the West rather than kill each other. In addition, there are many people who fear that China will be used by the West in this brutal war, and there is a widely circulated theory that the war was fought in the manner of "British politicians and mercenaries, American money and machines, Chinese blood and lives". These people do not have any worries to claim that even if Germany is defeated, the Western powers will not and cannot truly regard China as an equal partner, but only as a tool with useful value, and once this useful value is lost, the Western powers will not hesitate to abandon or even sacrifice China's interests. The Japanese also privately instilled in China's pro-Japanese faction the idea that a war between China and Japan would be an Asian and Eastern tragedy, because the big beneficiaries of the war would be the Western powers such as Britain and the United States. Some Japanese people are very "farsighted" to point out that the war between China and Japan will eventually lead to a large-scale invasion by Britain and the United States, because the "Anglo-Mimetric" will never allow Japan to eat China and control the entire Far East; on the other hand, if China completely defeats Japan in the war, the Western powers will also turn the spearhead to China, because the goal of the Western powers is to ensure their superiority in Asia and prevent Asian countries from growing up or becoming powerful and becoming their potential opponents.

Although the Chinese government insisted on fulfilling its obligations as a member of the Entente, due to the covert sabotage of the Japanese, the Chinese government's plan to send troops to Europe still had many unexpected twists and turns.

Under the influence of the pro-Japanese forces in China, the originally smooth recruitment work encountered difficulties, and at this time, I don't know who proposed to General Xu Shuzheng, vice minister of the War Department, that all the death row prisoners in the prisons in various provinces could be handed over to the Americans for training, and then sent to Europe to be used as cannon fodder. At this time, the just-ended Hunan War also had a large number of prisoners of the original Zhang Jingyao and Tang Tianbandits, who needed to be dealt with. As a result, the Chinese War Department sent these bandits and a large number of criminals of all kinds who had been brought out of prison to the training base set up with the help of the US military. All major prisons received instructions from the War Department to count all the felons in the prisons, saying that they would "have a chance to make meritorious service and atone for their crimes."

In total, the Chinese government has transported nearly 200,000 of these "soldiers" to the United States. Unexpectedly, however, the performance of these guys was much better than the Chinese War Department officials expected, and they were very obedient to American instructors in training, and they were able to cooperate with each other, "showing a very high enthusiasm for learning and training." A neutral journalist learned that for these "guilty people", this was actually the best day of their lives: regular pay, a good and adequate food supply, crisp American-style military uniforms, clean and sanitized barracks (thanks to good American hygiene) and timely and free medical care (the American doctor was very responsible), making "them feel like heaven". The most important thing is that these people once again feel that they have regained their purpose and hope in life, and many of them sincerely want to make meritorious service to atone for their sins and become "useful people to society" again. ,

Due to the strict secrecy of the Chinese War Department, the unwitting Americans threw these troops into the battlefield, and the results were astonishing. These units, having arrived in the European theater, performed even better than their predecessors. In particular, the troops from the bandits of Xiangxi fought extremely bravely on the battlefield, and after they arrived in France, they fought bravely and fearlessly, and made many meritorious achievements. The Americans mentioned more than once in the report in a tone of admiration, "These Chinese troops fought very fiercely against the German army, and in a series of vicious battles to recover northern France, the Chinese soldiers showed a very high ability to endure hardships and stand hard work, and our soldiers believed that 'human beings could not survive in harsh conditions' to fight bravely." An internal report of the US side also mentioned that "Chinese soldiers do not know what life is, and there is often a situation where they refuse to withdraw even after the fight." "There was a Chinese company that held its ground for half a month in isolation, and more than 2,000 German soldiers were killed by them." "During the battle, the Chinese soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and we blamed the Chinese on a lack of tactical awareness of coordinated operations, but their performance was so heroic that all military observers were shocked."

According to the regulations, the senior officers of the squadron in Europe are all Americans, but because the bravery and achievements of the squadron have been affirmed by the Americans, some American generals have boldly promoted a large number of outstanding Chinese soldiers to officers, and some have replaced the American commanders, and this measure has further improved the combat effectiveness of the squadron. The Americans have specially studied why the squadron that later went to the European battlefield has such a strong combat effectiveness, and after interviewing many Chinese officers and soldiers who were born as bandits in Xiangxi, the Chinese War Department's tricks have surfaced. In order to get more such "excellent soldiers," the Americans also specifically asked the Chinese government to recruit troops in the Xiangxi region, and the Chinese government then recruited 100,000 "bandits who went down the mountain" (lured by heavy money and profits) to recruit 100,000 "bandits who went down the mountain" (lured by heavy money and profits), people with bandit backgrounds, and peasants who "went up to the mountains" in Xiangxi, handed them over to the Americans for training, and sent them to Europe.

While the United States is making every effort to help China expand its army, it has also stepped up its efforts to help build China's navy, while Germany is increasingly feeling tremendous pressure from both land and sea. Germany's power was already collapsing, its muscles were stretched too strong, blood had begun to ooze from its body, and for Germany, it was necessary to break the deadlock before time.

What everyone on both sides did not expect was that the beginning of breaking the deadlock turned out to be not on land, but at sea.

Plymouth Harbour, United Kingdom.

At this time, the workers on the docks are still busy as usual, but those who are familiar with the history of the docks can see that this place is different from the past.

Nowadays, many of the workers here are yellow-skinned and black-eyed Orientals, and the figure of white workers has become less and less.

At this time, a well-dressed English gentleman-like man was sitting under a large tree at the top of the hill, leisurely flipping through the day's newspaper.

"The Entente has decided to enter Siberia." It's a huge headline in the newspaper.

"China held parliamentary elections, the Progressives suffered a crushing defeat, and the Anfu Party emerged victorious." This is another headline in the newspaper.

"The Germans withdrew from Paris under the attack of the Entente."

"Mutiny in Bulgaria."

"Will Germany invade Spain next?"

"German submarines continue to wreak havoc in the Atlantic."

"The Yorks and Scharnhorst are waiting for an opportunity."

"The civil war in Russia has intensified, and millions of people have been displaced."

Next to these shocking messages, maps and photos are attached. But at this time, if one observes carefully, it will be found that the gentleman's mind is obviously not in the newspaper in his hand.

From time to time, his gaze was always aimed at a distant port.

At this time, a huge Chinese Navy warship flying the red, yellow and blue "human" flag was preparing to go to sea in the port.

It's a massive battleship, now being reloaded with supplies, and the workers are trying to saturate all of its supply and ammunition bays. Workers are constantly at work, filling its cold storage with fresh meat, filling the pantry with flour and vegetables, filling the oil tank with heavy oil, and filling the tank with fresh water. Of course, it is important to load the ammunition compartment with shells. A panting steam locomotive was parked on the side of the board with a long train box loaded with huge sixteen-inch shells. The ship's crane was wobbly hoisting hundreds of kilograms of powerful shells into the air, and then slowly lowered, through layers of decks, into the ammunition bays deep under the waterline. ,

At this time, a contingent of Chinese naval cadets drove along the dock, apparently to reinforce the ship's crew. It's a young team. Some of them looked very young, almost children. They are students at the Naval Academy, who have just been promoted, and are proud of their identity and uniforms. The whole team looked lively, light and proud, and with the lead of the military band, they headed for the gangway of the battleship. Soon the military band stopped at the gangway and continued to play, while the young men boarded the warship along the gangway with the precision and neatness characteristic of the navy. When the party reached the aft deck, the officer leading the group saluted the commander who was reviewing them on the ship, reporting the arrival of their team. When the loading and unloading work on the dockside was completed, an order was given to the team to face the bridge.

The officer supervising the loading and unloading of the munitions on the dock shouted: "The latter one"

An officer on deck replied, "The latter one." "The crane staggered and sent a flickering sixteen-inch shell into the ammunition compartment. The crowds of orderlies and workers who had been busy on the docks gradually dispersed, and the military band blew as they walked towards the gate in the distance, and the music gradually faded away, leaving only the sailors still standing in formation. At this moment, a dignified and active Vice Admiral of the United States Navy walked up to the megaphone on the bridge and began to speak.

The loudspeaker was loud, but it was impossible for the English gentleman, who was far away on the top of the hill, to hear the loudspeaker clearly.

The young sailors listened intently to the speech of the American general. His speech was heard throughout the ship through a PA system. The general began by giving a warm welcome to the young men and explaining to them that they had been specially selected to take part in the battleship's expedition.

In order to enable the Chinese Navy to strike at the enemy with great combat effectiveness and at the same time train a large number of naval combat personnel, the Americans painstakingly designed the combat mode of "one warship with two sets of personnel" for the Chinese Navy, that is, a warship is equipped with two sets of personnel, one team rests and the other team is on duty in peacetime. In peacetime, when the trainers rested, the battleships did not; When fighting, it was also two fleet personnel and one fleet. After the battleship returned to port, the original crew rested, and the other crew immediately set off within a few days. Battleships are overhauled on average every three months.

According to the requirements of the Chinese Admiralty, in order to train as many naval combat personnel as possible, the Chinese Navy has taken on almost all the traditional combat missions of the British Navy. Unlike the British Navy before the war, which usually parked its huge battlefleet in harbors, the Chinese Navy often sent huge battleships to escort merchant ships when there were no combat missions. As a result, the huge figures of Chinese battleships were often infested near the British coast, and for a time the German raiders disappeared. For these "big bodyguards" with a displacement of more than 50,000 tons, the British people have given great gratitude and reverence.

Now that the Chinese naval cadets have boarded this powerful warship, no warship in the current British Navy dares to match her, and no large warship can survive from its guns. After three months of rigorous training at sea, this warship has become one of the most powerful and combat-ready warships in the world today.

And this time, the task of this battleship is to escort the merchant fleet.

Since the British transport fleet was spread all over the Atlantic, in order to combat these transport fleets, the German Navy did not hesitate to launch "unrestricted submarine warfare" at the same time, and often sent large surface combat ships as attack ships to attack British sea routes. Germany successively sent large ships such as the battlecruiser "Seydlitz" and "D-Fringer" to attack, and the "Seydlitz" once effortlessly packed up a large number of British transport convoys and their escort ships. As the huge battlefleet, once the pride of Britain, was wiped out at the Battle of Jutland, the German battlecruisers crossed the Atlantic again and again without any cover of troops. The news that British merchant ships and escort ships were buried in the belly of the fish with the sailors on board continued to spread, and British public opinion was in an uproar for a while. After many such blows, the British had to turn to their allies for help again. ,

The United States, China, and Japan all sent large ships to participate in naval escort operations, but because the main warships of the Allied navy needed to defend the British mainland, most of the battleships that could be used to escort ships were older battleships and large armored cruisers, and they still felt powerless in the face of the elusive German battlecruisers. As a result, the Entente had to consider using the backbone of its naval power, the six types of fast battleships ordered by China in the United States, to participate in the convoy.

The Germans did not show weakness in the counterattack of the Allied Navy, and the High Military Council of the Entente received information: the German Navy was working hard to build the "Kaiser Wilhelm" class battleships and the "York" class battlecruisers with high speed and firepower.

In the face of the aggressive Germans, the Entente also adjusted their strategy, and US President Wilson demanded that American factories build the six "Glorious" class battlecruisers ordered by the Chinese Navy at high wartime standards and speed. Thanks to the efforts of American shipbuilders day and night, these six types of battle cruisers were miraculously completed ahead of schedule.

The English gentleman on the top of the hill straightened up at this point, and tried with all his might to hear the sound of the loudspeaker, but without success, he finally gave up his efforts, and only carefully observed the great ship that was about to sail. He carefully scanned the surroundings out of the corner of his eye, then took out a small telescope from a hidden pocket and looked at the battleship in the sea, and when he saw through the telescope the three huge triple turrets of the giant ship in a "front two and one back" arrangement, the corner of his eyes jumped involuntarily......

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