As the commander of the navy, Chen Shaokuan made such remarks at this time, which was to express the dissatisfaction of the Chinese political axe, and it was also a powerful warning to the Dutch colonial political axe, if the Netherlands wanted to provoke the natives to deal with the Chinese, they would be retaliated by China!

This kind of warning to the Manchus or Beiyang basically has no deterrent effect, it is just a gesture, they will still go their own way, but now that these two giant ships are here, and this kind of thing is said again, the weight is completely different, and the deterrent effect is immeasurable!

When all the Chinese present heard this, they burst into earth-shattering cheers, they had been hoping for a strong motherland to support them many years ago, and for this they did not hesitate to give their savings and their descendants to the Kuomintang Party, hoping that the cannon could toss and become famous, but obviously their investment failed.

But from a certain point of view, they also won, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was completely destroyed, and after a difficult struggle, China once again achieved reunification, and also embarked on the road of catching up, and the majestic navy was their backer!

At the time of Chen Shaokuan's visit to Batavia, Gu Weijun had already arrived in Washington, D.C., at this time the representatives of various countries gathered in the capital of the world's largest industrial country to discuss the future world order, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is also a spoils conference, and now the great powers have not yet put on a layer of civilization like later generations, or a businessman-like philistine face, what is emphasized is power is justice, everything depends on the size of the fist!

At this time, China has shown the potential of a strong country through a series of border wars, and its status is completely different from that above the Paris Peace Conference, US Secretary of State Hughes received Gu Weijun for the first time, and the two have already dealt with each other in Tokyo, and now they meet again, Hughes seems very enthusiastic.

"Dear Gu, on behalf of the United States, I welcome your arrival, let us work together for peace in the Asia-Pacific region, this is a grand event destined to go down in history, and we are willing to see China realize its long-cherished wish!"

China's greatest wish at present is to abolish all unequal treaties, and the United States can say this clearly, showing goodwill to China, and the United States will support China's demand to take back power!

"Mr. Secretary of State, China's political axe, including myself, has always admired the pragmatic diplomatic attitude of the United States, and China will insist on opening its market to the world, but it must take equality as a precondition, and only by being equal to each other can we truly carry out trade exchanges, and the economic cooperation between China and the United States will surely reach a new level!"

Gu Weijun also made it clear that China will take care of the interests of the United States in economic cooperation, which is also what the United States, the largest economic power, needs most.

"Gu, Mr. President Harding will personally preside over the welcome ball in the evening to wash the dust for you, but before that, I would like to talk about my views on the world, what do you think?"

"Guests are as they please!"

The Washington Conference is a place for the great powers to play a game, and although the United States is strong, Britain and France are cunning old hooligans, and there is such a diehard as Ben, and the United States also needs a lot of effort to completely settle down, so it is very beneficial for them to pull China in.

"Your country's political axe announced the naval construction plan not long ago, and plans to build two battleships within five years, I don't know what Mr. Gu thinks about this problem?"

"Mr. Secretary of State, China is a big country with thousands of miles of sea borders, in the past we were in a state of sea defenselessness, and now China wants to have its own sea power is a normal national defense need, I can tell you that these two battleships are just the beginning, we will build more and more advanced giant ships to defend China's maritime interests!"

Hughes frowned slightly, and said: "Gu, I don't think your country has any technical accumulation for the construction of naval warships, and as a continental country, China already has a powerful army, if it builds a huge navy, it will not be beneficial to regional peace!" ”

Gu Weijun secretly said in his heart Sure enough, all the great powers are a virtue, don't look at the United States can relax on the issue of privileges, but he also doesn't want China to become really strong.

"Mr. Secretary, if you study a little bit of the aggression that China has suffered in the last 80 years, you will find that China's threat is mainly from the sea, it is precisely because China has mispositioned and abandoned the sea that it has suffered the most painful lessons for thousands of years, so going to the sea is China's unswerving national policy, at present, China is still in the stage of technology accumulation, first build two battleships, the next step China will continue to expand its maritime power, in the next twenty years, China plans to build fifteen capital ships, Basically, it has caught up with the world's advanced level. ”

Now that China has determined the future path of the navy centered on aircraft carriers, and battleships are just a bargaining chip, Gu Weijun might as well release some fog to Hughes first, and let his tone be a little bigger, so that he can't guess China's plans!

Sure enough, as Gu Weijun expected, Hughes was shocked when he heard that China already had a naval plan for the next twenty years, Chinese he did have a great interest in the ocean.

He knows very well in his heart that China is still in a blank state in the navy, and without technology accumulation, don't want to build warships, so it is more reasonable for China to build two battleships in five years, and it is necessary to carry out a lot of technical research, and it may not be able to build ships in five years, in fact, the United States is worried that after China has accumulated enough technology, it will be crazy to build ships, you must know that although China is still very poor, it is rich in resources, and unlike the two-party politics of the United States, China has a strong administrative group, China's development of the Navy will not be interfered with by Congress either!

If, in five years' time, China continues to build ships on a frenzied basis, then even if a peace agreement is reached now, it will be meaningless, and in five years' time, with China's rapid armament, the agreement to limit armaments will become a dead letter, so the United States must convince China to abandon its pursuit of a navy!

"Mr. Gu, I would like to know what China's ultimate goal is, and how many warships do you need to satisfy your appetite?"

"China does not pursue world hegemony, our navy only protects its own national security, but I think the size of China's navy cannot be lower than the previous one, only in this way can we sit back and relax!"

Hughes shook his head again and again when he heard this, joke! The size of the navy has now surpassed more than half of that of the United States, and if China wants to reach this level, then it will not go crazy!

Although China's navy is not strong, China's army and air force are in the forefront of Asia and even the whole world, so China should not have too many demands on the navy, I think it is more appropriate for China to eventually establish a maritime force with four to five capital ships!"

"Mr. Secretary, I would like to correct one of your views, peace and war do not depend solely on the strength of the country, but also on whether the country has aggressive intentions, China has been a peace-loving country since ancient times, and the increase of China's strength can precisely restrain those ambitious countries and stop their aggressive ambitions!"

There is indeed an essential difference between the East and the West in their views on international issues, Westerners think that as long as they have strength, they will bully others and seek hegemony, which has a great relationship with the narrow-mindedness and prejudice of the West.

It is precisely on the basis of this biased concept that after the end of World War I, the United States and Britain regarded each other as potential war opponents and began a frenzied shipbuilding program, which eventually triggered a new round of naval arms race!

China, on the other hand, believes in 5,000 years of benevolence and righteousness, and even if it is strong, it will not take the initiative to invade the other party, on the contrary, the stronger China is, the more it can promote the growth of peace and positive energy!

Obviously, Hughes can't understand China's logic, but Hughes can also hear that China's spearhead has been pointed at Yueben, and this is indeed the case, China and Yueben are both big countries in East Asia, and it is normal for them to compete, European powers gathered, and there was a World War I that shocked the world, and the two powers in East Asia cannot be juxtaposed, and I am afraid that only the United States is the most comfortable in the world, occupying the Americas, and there is no one who can be called an opponent when he draws his sword and looks around!

"Mr. Gu, the United States will help your country to recover all your rights, this is already a huge victory for your country's diplomacy, if you can't reach an agreement on the issue of armaments, it will not be of any benefit to your country, I suggest that your country's capital ships should not exceed five at most, and a navy of this size is enough to safeguard your country's maritime rights and interests!"

Gu Weijun and Hughes bargained with each other in Washington, and then a huge storm broke out in Batavia, thousands of miles away, and the Chinese naval warships went to the Dutch East Indies to offer condolences, and the local Chinese were the most encouraged, which meant that they finally had enough confidence to stand up and face those ferocious natives!

And the local natives of Indonesia are not very clear about what the Chinese navy means at this time, they just know that the Dutch authorities have repeatedly strictly ordered them not to find trouble with the Chinese, but Indonesia's [***] operation has lasted for more than ten years, these monkeys have become accustomed to living without work, many of them live by robbing the Chinese, and now they can't let them rob, how can these people live!

Therefore, some people with strong thieves want to take risks, especially when they see the Chinese parade and cheer, and every house sets off firecrackers, their eyes become red, if the Chinese gain power, how can they continue to bully people!

A few short natives got together, trying to make the Chinese realize the reality, even if the Chinese navy came to Batavia, but here they still have the final say, the Chinese still want to let the mermaid meat, these rioters gathered together, rushed into a Chinese shop, brandished machetes and wooden sticks to fight the customers in the shop frantically, and then began to smash and loot!

For this situation, the Chinese have seen more, in the past, they mostly chose to retreat, and finally endured silently, but now there are their own warships docked outside the port, and what is terrible, so some hot-blooded young people quickly looked for weapons to beat these rioters, and then more and more people were involved!

After Chen Shaokuan, who was above the port, got the report, the whole Batavia was already in chaos, the Chinese Navy had already arrived in Batavia, and there was a [***] incident at this time, isn't this a blatant slap in the face?

The Guangxi and Yucheng immediately entered a state of combat readiness, and the muzzles of the guns pointed at the Dutch Navy warship together, and in an instant several loud noises broke out, and huge shells fell on the sea, splashing up a column of water several feet high, and the entire port instantly became noisy and tense!

(To be continued)