When Yang Yuanzhao left the Yinshan base, the prototype of the strategic transport aircraft has not yet been finalized, and the engine is still in the midst of intense experiments, but Yang Yuanzhao has basically determined it here, compared to such a machine, he is more interested in the future strategy, from the European war that broke out in 1913, to now, has entered the third year, even if China avoids it, it has to join such a war that affects the whole world, although it said, China has not yet caught fire with the Entente, but the strategic issue for the coming year is very crucial.

In the future 1916, China's strategy is to first go south and then north, and to the south of Australia, the country sitting on the minecart, the strategic location is simply incomparable, it is a natural land given to China by heaven, and even in the forum of later generations, in fact, there is a saying, the Americas are geographical discoveries to the European resource point, but Australia, but it is China's resource point, Zheng He's shipping channel to the Western Ocean, the nearest place, the distance from the straight line of the strong pressure, less than 500 nautical miles, but on the contrary, Zheng He chose to go west, Instead of going south, Shengsheng missed such a large, resource-rich country.

Historically, Australia, as a European strengthening pie, has become one of the tools to restrain China to a certain extent, but in this era, the era that Yang Yuanzhao knows, taking advantage of the current opportunity, there will be no problem in getting Australia.

Australia is very important, in the future, China in steel, cement, and even military technology, the resources needed, almost an astronomical amount, and Australia is the best choice, taste more than 6 percent of iron ore powder, all kinds of gold and precious metals, and even including the current Australian pastures, these are China's scarce resources.

Now, it is the best opportunity, even in the later generations, the total population of Australia, did not exceed 25 million, this era, it is only a few million people, and now the entire European powers have been pulled into the whirlpool of the European war, Britain and the United States basically have no spare strength, even including Australia itself, because of the European war, also sent at least 10 divisions, almost 90,000 people, to Europe, to make efforts for Britain to win the war, as for the volunteers, it is as high as 200,000, This greatly weakened Australia's power, and it can be said that it was the best time to take Australia for the whole century ahead.

As long as these populations are eliminated, for China, Australia's more than 7 million square kilometers of land will become a delicious fat meat, completely falling into the hands of China, without any hidden dangers.

China is ready to do something to Australia, but it must be extremely careful, Australia is different from others, this is a republic of the British Commonwealth, and even some of the territories that are divided into the royal family, and the degree of closeness between them and the British royal family is much stronger than that of Southeast Asia and Malacca, in the case that China has declared war, in a sense, this will cause a backlash, as long as it is against Australia, Britain will send troops even in the most difficult moment, as for the United States, The few powers in the Pacific may be mobilized to intervene.

However, the rebound is not afraid, Timor-Leste has gathered 300,000 troops, as well as many ships, in the future, China's UI relies on Timor-Leste to carry out a direct attack on Australia, from Timor-Leste to Darwin, but a few hundred kilometers away, as long as there is enough time, it can be easily reached.

At present, the convoy is on the way, but after the troops arrive in East Timor, they will undergo a three-month rest and adaptation training, and the real action against Australia will probably be postponed until March 1916, and the real European war, in the name of China, the first appearance is not China's attack on Australia, but the navy.

Almost half a month after the submarine force went to Europe to conduct special operations, four huge warships quietly crossed the Indian Ocean and arrived in the south of Africa. Battleships are different from submarines, at some point, they cannot be hidden, they need to choose a more concealed channel, and even at some point, when they encounter other ships, they must also use their hands to ensure the secrecy of the entire attack.

Fortunately, in this era, the busiest shipping lanes are in the North Atlantic, and where is the attraction of the entire Entente, the appearance of Qin-class submarines is equivalent to shocking the Entente, the number of 120,000 tons of warships sunk in a short time, plus 1.5 million tons of merchant ships, this is fatal to the Allied Powers, they have no time to pay attention to the distant African coast, 4 deadly warships, have crossed the southern coast of Africa, galloping above the South Atlantic.

Due to the rapid arrival in the United States, the fleet did not choose the cruising speed, of course, it will not be the highest speed, more than 10,000 nautical miles, if the highest speed is chosen throughout the whole process, the test of the power system can be great, maybe, there will be a series of problems, the fantasy class has been in many sea trials, proved his ability, do not have to pursue such an effect, maintain a safe speed, more than 45,000 tons of super giant ships, in case something goes wrong with the power system, for China, it is a nightmare.

Almost all of them are half-high-speed, maintaining a speed of about 20 knots, that is, a speed of 36 kilometers per hour, after bypassing the Cape of Good Hope, at most 15 days, it will be able to approach the Caribbean Sea, where to go, the battleship will do the last replenishment, after the replenishment, within 30 days, it will inevitably reach New York, the United States, China participated in the First World War, the first time to show itself, is in New York, the largest and most populous city in the United States.

Because it is a warship, some natural conditions are a little harsh place, they don't have to deliberately avoid, they can spend the right, itself is a battleship integrated by China from Germany's technology, 50,000 tons of weight, so that the battleship can ignore most of the wind and waves, only tropical storms or super hurricanes, can delay his pace, China because of the relatively well-prepared relationship, for the Indian Ocean, and even the Atlantic monsoon situation is relatively well understood, as long as you avoid a lot of storm areas, the rest can basically pass, A relatively small shipping lane was chosen, which saved a lot of time, and at the end of December, it bypassed the Cape of Good Hope.

December 25th, is the famous Christmas in Europe, this for Europeans, has a special meaning of the holiday, set after 1914, the two major blocs of the Entente and the Central Powers, again around Christmas, maintained a cease-fire, at least a week, both sides did not have any attacks, even the gunfire is rarely sounded, for more than a million, even to the scale of the world war, it is difficult to appear strange time, but in the eyes of both sides this is normal, itself in the winter, It is not suitable for launching a large-scale war, for Germany, maintaining the status quo and reducing losses is their greatest victory, as for the Entente, under the blow of Qin-class submarines, coupled with the air sneak attack of airships, they are not even in place in 1915 supplies, let alone a counteroffensive, the two sides maintained tacit understanding and stability, and passed 1915 smoothly.

Almost in 1916, for the Chinese, not very familiar with the use of the solar calendar, 1916 New Year's Day, for the Chinese, is just like an ordinary day, but on this day, Chinese ships, the first time into the Atlantic, this is not the first time the Chinese fleet entered the Atlantic, but after the establishment of the Chinese Navy, in addition to submarines for the first time, including Cheng Biguang, all with relaxed expressions, perfect charts, let them quickly arrive at the position, More sophisticated machinery, and the position has been clearly determined, and the only thing to be aware of on this voyage is secrecy.

The strength of the fantasy class is strong, Cheng Biguang knows very well that to a certain extent, the fantasy class can deal with two, or even 3, the most powerful battleship of Britain and the United States at present, but it does not mean that he is invincible, for the operation of the United States, the first target can only be New York, to ensure the efficiency of the attack on New York, to use the method of sneak attack, this is also the method that this special fleet must ensure in the future, how to hide itself to the greatest extent, defeat the strong with the weak, eat what you can eat, and run away if you can't eat, Relying on guerrilla warfare and movement warfare to annihilate as many enemies as possible is what his sneak attack fleet needs to do.

This not only requires the fleet to have a strong aggressiveness, if there is not enough aggressiveness, if you encounter a fleet with a little escort, you can't beat the premise, there is no point in sneaking up on the fleet, 4 fantasy-class ships are enough to deal with a fleet of no more than 12 capital ships, such an attack power is absolutely enough, but if it is discovered by the Entente, the Entente organizes a large number of warships to besiege, maybe in the early stage, it will be quite powerful, once it is searched on a large scale, the supply fleet cannot come up, and the supply cannot be completed. The 4 Fantasy class will only get bigger and weaker, and when the time comes, it will really become a fleet of death.

For the Fantasy class, the most important thing is to make accurate measurements, know where you are, and ensure that you are not besieged by enemy warships. Compared with other countries that are still using old-fashioned measuring tools, China has made great strides in surveying, the role of computers, not only in the artillery command, but also in the judgment of the precise position, is also very good, during the day, the sky is just the sun, that is only seen by the naked eye, with the help of special instruments, such as large magnification, with a special coating of the telescope, in fact, you can still see the stars, by determining the position of the stars and, as long as the position of more than 10 stars is determined, You can locate the position more accurately, the stars will move, and there are errors, but this error, falling on the battleship, may only be an error of tens of meters, which has almost no big impact on the route, accurate map, can make the battleship, every time close to the land, you can adjust the route, so that there will be no problem, soon, along the vast Atlantic, gradually close to the Caribbean Sea.

The sea of this era is the era of merchant ships, but no matter how busy the merchant ships are, compared with the vastness of the sea, they really can't be compared, the sea has the broadest, as long as it deviates from some popular routes, it is easy to avoid, with the experience of the last submarine voyage, plus this time the target is not Europe, but North America, along the channel near South America, this is the channel that has been cleaned by submarines once, and there are currently few ships, even the merchant ships of the Americans transporting raw materials have run to the west coast, There were only sporadic ships transporting goods here, and it was impossible for them to leave the main channel and go to a remote channel, which also made Cheng Biguang's fleet go smoothly.

Along the way, the 4 warships, did not encounter any ships at all, but near the Caribbean, they used the radio to contact the supply fleet, and it will be the Americas soon, in order to avoid being discovered, the supply ships will not follow the Fantasy class to the Americas, and will look for an opportunity to resupply the fleet after China attacks New York, which is in the depths of the North Atlantic, and the time for replenishment is also limited, and it is impossible to replenish at least 3 days as it is now.

Cheng Biguang looked at the supply ship, full of emotion, it seems to be a supply ship of a merchant ship, once it is deployed, the functions are quite comprehensive, in some cases, even the gun barrel can be replaced, as for the power unit, cleaning the bottom of the ship, etc., it is even more very good.

After China's last replenishment, across China's waters, Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, a voyage of more than 10,000 nautical miles, the excellent performance of the Fantasy class, but also a huge loss, because there was a supply relationship on the way, fuel or something, did not reach the bottom, but it was necessary to clean the bottom of the ship and replace some vulnerable parts of the power unit, the only part of the Fantasy class that is still perfect, I am afraid that there is only a weapon system that has not been hit.

Even so, for the weapon system, it is also necessary to carry out a certain amount of cleaning and maintenance to ensure the overall combat effectiveness, at this time, the position of the supply, is already in the Caribbean, in fact, only one step away from the United States, if it is not for Yang Yuanzhao to choose the location of the first attack in New York, in order to hit the United States to the maximum extent, I am afraid that within a week, he will be able to do something against the United States.

In 3 days, even the naval fighters above the fantasy class were also put into the supply, and in 3 days, after a voyage of tens of thousands of kilometers, the fleet regained its glory, and there was still black smoke in the chimney, which was the reason for the pipeline that had just been cleaned, and sure enough, when the surging power was transmitted to the battleship, the battleship began to move quickly north, where it would be his goal.

The bottom of the ship has passed thousands of miles, and the shells and plankton attached to it have already been cleaned up with the tools of the supply ship, the wearing parts and consumables have been replenished, and even the clean weapon system has been maintained, and the fantasy class basically ensures the state when it leaves Qingdao, and has the strongest strength. (To be continued.) )