The political and economic system, the climate and the resources of Soviet Russia determined that it was the most war-proof country in the world.

During the Sino-Soviet War, the Russian Red Army suffered a heavy loss, losing more than half of its main force, and then was in a passive state throughout 1920, attacked by Poland, the White Army and the Allied forces all the way, and was almost about to be captured Moscow, even in this situation, Soviet Russia still survived, and launched a fierce counteroffensive in November at the end of 1920, defeating the White Army and the Allied forces.

Seeing such news, not only did Song Biao begin to wonder if it was some kind of huge mistake that he failed to eliminate Soviet Russia in one go, but he even suspected that one day, this decision, which seemed extremely correct at the time, would one day make him regret it.

Cheng Biguang will step down from the position of Minister of the Navy and return to Fuzhou to serve as the president of the China Shipbuilding Industry University, which is an expanded university on the basis of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School, just like the Virginia Military Academy is affiliated with the University of Virginia, and the China Shipbuilding Industry University itself also has the Fuzhou Naval Academy, because both universities originate from the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School, but one is for the public, the other is a military academy, and the two complement each other.

Before officially stepping down, Cheng Biguang took his final decision to go to the Central Palace of the Imperial Court to meet His Majesty the Emperor, which may also be his last time to meet the emperor, because once he leaves office, it is difficult for him to see the emperor again as an ordinary person, even if he continues to serve as the president of China Shipbuilding Industry University.

After working in the position of Minister of the Imperial Navy for ten years, Cheng Biguang had times of pain, times when he was harshly criticized by the people, and times when he was scolded by the cabinet, and of course when he enjoyed success and joy.

He was still proud that during the ten years he presided over the Navy, the Imperial Navy had grown from a total tonnage of tens of thousands of tons to 380,000 tons, and the Empire had become a medium-sized naval power with five dreadnought battleships, 21 armored cruisers, 13 light cruisers, 47 destroyers, and 32 frigates.

On this afternoon, at the appointed time, Cheng Biguang, accompanied by Song Wenhui, who was about to succeed him as Minister of the Navy, went to the General Office of the Central Palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and Han Chunlin accompanied him all the way.

When they entered the office, Song Biao was browsing the intelligence summary related to Soviet Russia.

It is a great pity that the Soviet Union was not able to eliminate Soviet Russia in the first place, but it is also beneficial, because in such a chaotic situation within Soviet Russia, because only China and Soviet Russia have formally concluded diplomatic relations, a large number of Russian intellectuals are trying their best to pour into China, the imperial embassy and consulate general in Russia have issued 420,000 emergency visas in the past six months, and the imperial political axe and various units have also invited a large number of Russian experts to work in China.

Since June 1919, the Reich has set up the General Office of the Bureau of Foreign Experts in Germany, and the Reich has established thousands of foreign offices in Germany for political axes, social institutions and thousands of enterprises in Germany, each of which is actively recruiting talents, from scientists and well-known political officials to high-level engineers and skilled workers.

Aurora University, Central Imperial University, Central University of Science and Technology, Shandong University, etc., have almost all rapidly expanded their German departments in the past two years, and the number of German professors and lecturers at Aurora University alone has increased rapidly from 127 to 483. Through a two-tiered channel between the government and the company, the Reich bought a large number of technology patents from Germany, and cheaply annexed those with excellent technology and poor capital, and extracted all the nutrients needed from Germany.

When Cheng Biguang and Song Wenhui walked into the office accompanied by Han Chunlin's chamberlain, standing in the center of the room with a golden dome, they didn't know how to feel in their hearts, the emperor was a strong supporter of the national industry.

The central palace of the imperial court is so luxurious and fragrant, but even every screw is a domestic product, such a thing is well known in China, on the top of the Cheng Song two is the crystal chandelier produced in the East China Sea, the ground is the Tangnu Wulianghai woven dragon brocade carpet produced by Kizil, the golden pattern glass is inlaid with broken colored glass with a beautiful landscape scenery, the green mountains and clear water and the spring flowers reflect each other, the mahogany, sandalwood and golden silk nanmu used here are the best materials selected in China, Because the domestic sandalwood and golden silk nanmu are almost extinct, the Central Palace prefers to use a large number of wenge wood and Zhemu wood, rather than import from the South Seas, except for Central New Guinea.

Shu brocade, Su embroidery, Zhuang brocade and mask carpet are the most widely used in the central palace, making this imperial court of East and West more than the palaces of the previous dynasty in the interior, with the symbol of the entire empire, and is a model of traditional luxury craftsmanship of the empire.

Since the emperor moved to the Central Palace, this is the first time that Cheng Biguang and Song Wenhui have entered the Central Palace, and along the way, both of them are full of general emotion, and it is in such a luxurious imperial palace that rivals the Tsar Yekaterine Palace and the Summer Palace, in order to feel the end of the Tsarist Era, the birth of the Imperial Age, a powerful Eastern Empire is standing at the eastern end of the Eurasian continent and the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, like the Himalayas, illuminating the whole world.

I don't know why, probably thinking that it is impossible to see the emperor again in the future, Cheng Biguang's heart is sore, he really wants to kneel on the ground and cry with the emperor, he regrets that the emperor can't come to the empire early, so that the imperial navy will suffer such humiliation, although he is leaving the navy now, his heart is full of real hope and the most beautiful and confident vision.

He just felt sorry for himself that he would never see the emperor again, and this feeling cut his heart like a knife, making him want to cry out in sadness.

Old, old.

The older he was, the more he felt that he was too late to be loyal to the emperor and regretted Mo Die, and the more he regretted that he was old and frail and could no longer serve by the emperor's side.

The whole country fell to Song Biao, the Chinese emperor, and irretrievably blindly worshiped it with that crazy attitude, regarded as a god, worshiped as a sage and ancient emperor, and Cheng Biguang was just one of the people. When the whole country and society worship the emperor, and everyone believes in it, the individual can no longer avoid it, and it becomes an irresistible trend with each other, if you can't worship the emperor with all your heart, and everyone else is like this, you will generally feel that there is something wrong with your head.

This kind of herd mentality and irrational blind worship is very terrible, just as before World War II, he himself worshiped the emperor, the Germans worshipped Hitler, the Soviets worshipped Stalin, and the Thais worshipped the Thai emperor, which was very terrible, but it was also very beneficial to Song Biao himself, and it was also very valuable for condensing the collective will and combat effectiveness of the country and the nation.

Song Biao can actually understand this mood of the people, and can also understand the strong loyalty of Cheng Biguang and other cabinet ministers, because in addition to this kind of loyalty that is strong enough to sacrifice their lives and everything for the emperor, they have no other choice to repay the life and value that the emperor has bestowed on them.

The reason why Song Biao supports the Orthodox Church is precisely because the Orthodox Church recognizes the supremacy of the monarchy, that is, the so-called special surname of the king and pope, and the conversion of Christians like Tang Shaoyi and the empress to the Orthodox Church is also to play an exemplary role and stabilize the imperial power from every place where it can be done, even if Tang Shaoyi is severely opposed to this kind of thing in his heart.

There were many Christians in Tang Shaoyi's cabinet, which was related to the empire's comprehensive study of the West's pursuit of modernization, but the vast majority of cabinet ministers were already religious during the Manchu Dynasty, such as Tang Shaoyi, Zhang Kangren, Ouyang Geng, Ouyang Xi, Cheng Biguang, Song Wenhui, and Cai Shaoji...... Even the queen is like this, and this proportion is definitely hundreds of times higher than the total proportion of believers in the population in the country.

The queen is a Catholic, which is normal, her father and uncle both graduated from American seminary, and the Shu family is up.

Because of this special connection in religion, Tang Shaoyi formed a special faction in the cabinet, with the rise of the imperial power in the empire, and Tang Shaoyi also has enough "meritorious achievements to shock the master", Tang Shaoyi and his family faintly tried to counter this crazy surge of imperial supremacy and blind loyalty, their principles are correct, the goal is to maintain the progressive spirit of the constitutional monarchy and the reading power of the cabinet axe, to avoid the retrogression of the times, but still suffered from ruthless dumping.

Song Biao knew that they were right, but they still had to take countermeasures, so that the queen forced Tang Shaoyi to switch to Orthodox Christianity, and suppressed the universal principle of the spiritual root of constitutional monarchy from the source.

The current empire is very similar to the period of militarism and expansion after World War I, when the cabinet was no longer immune to the great wave of loyalty to the monarch, and the military was the strongest supporter of loyalty. When Song Biao was commanding troops to fight abroad, the civil war between the loyal monarch faction and the Western faction in the cabinet had always been led by Cheng Biguang and Shu Fangde against Tang Shaoyi and Cai Shaoji.

It was under such a situation and a sense of pride that Cheng Biguang walked into the office of the Central Palace of the Imperial Court with a strong idea of loyalty to the monarch, bowed deeply to the emperor with Song Wenhui, and said, "Your Majesty will meet the emperor." ”

Song Biao glanced up at them, signaled a closer position, and instructed Han Chunlin: "Sit down!" ”

"Yes!"

Han Chunlin suddenly agreed, and then led the chamberlain to send up the two narrow armrest chairs that were standard for cabinet ministers, and let Cheng Biguang and Song Wenhui sit closer to each other according to the position indicated by the emperor's eyes, almost opposite the emperor's desk.

Cheng Biguang first handed over the plan for the third phase of the Imperial Navy in his hand to Han Chunlin, and then handed it over to the emperor by a close attendant like Han Chunlin.

For this plan, Song Biao had already read the draft half a month in advance, and at that time also approved some opinions for the Admiralty to revise again, although he had already seen it, after the new plan was submitted, out of respect for Cheng Biguang, the outgoing loyal old minister, Song Biao still read it all very carefully.

It took ten minutes for Song Biao to read them all, which praised Cheng Biguang: "Yes, it's much better than the original plan, and the details have been revised more perfectly." Now that I think about it, I am also reluctant to let an important minister like you leave office, but as the saying goes, the iron-clad battalion and flowing soldiers, the cabinet still needs to be rotated appropriately to ensure that every minister is the choice of young and strong, and the shipbuilding university is also a good position for you, and you can continue to contribute to China's naval cause while returning to your hometown. ”

Cheng Biguang was afraid that the emperor would still be dissatisfied, but now he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and replied: "Your Majesty, your subordinates are old, and their energy is far less than a few years ago. It's just that the ministers thought that it would be difficult to see the emperor in the future, and every time they thought of it, they were reluctant to give up, and they often cried and cried at night, and couldn't sleep for a long time. ”

Song Biao laughed dryly, he didn't know if what Cheng Biguang said was true or not, but he said: "Fuzhou is a good place, now it's not like the past, it's not like the previous dynasty, and it's only a week for me to go to Fuzhou." In the past two years, if you have done a good job at the Shipyard and the naval bases in Luoyuan Bay and Ningde Bay, I will go and inspect it. If you have time, you can also go back to Beijing to visit old friends, and stop by the palace. As long as you come, can I still see you? ”

Cheng Biguang was overjoyed, and only felt that it was a great honor, so he thanked: "Thank you Emperor Longen!" ”

A very important example of the expansion of imperial power and the proliferation of the trend of loyalty to the monarch is that Song Biao has rarely used the self-title of "I" on behalf of the people-friendly ideology, Song Biao himself does not feel that this matter is very important, but after discussing with Zhang Binglin and others, he still feels that the people are wanting, he has been raised to a higher position, representing the highest authority and the most important cohesion of the empire, so it is still necessary to use the self-title of "I" to improve every detail of the imperial power and continue to stabilize the imperial power in a ceremonial way.

Song Biao's current thinking is very simple, that is, he must maintain this supreme authority and cohesion, at the time of World War II, this thing was worth hundreds of millions of taels of gold, and it was not even a valuable asset that could be measured by material things, enough to offset the millions of lions of the enemy army.

In addition to the pride and national consciousness of the Chinese nation, the idea of loyalty to the monarch of the empire is also a very extreme and powerful weapon.

There are pros and cons, the key is to see how Song Biao, as the emperor, uses it.

On the one hand, loyalty and bravery, on the other hand, there is a conflict between the two, the key is how Song Biao, as the emperor, balances the two and ensures that the empire is in the most favorable state, and now it must be very useful, his words can be worth the shouts of tens of millions of people, and his words can make the whole country rush with it.

What Song Biao really has to do is to prevent the people below from taking advantage of him and the imperial power, and gradually weaken the imperial power at an opportune time, so as to ensure that the country can move forward in greater magnificence, instead of becoming an obstacle and the center of contradictions in the country like the Thai emperor.

As for the plan submitted by Cheng Biguang on behalf of the Admiralty for the third phase of the Imperial Navy plan, Song Biao was also quite satisfied, especially for the Admiralty's determination to learn from Germany to build ships, purchase the design and production drawings of King-class and Bavaria-class superdreadnoughts, and hire a large number of German industrial personnel to work in China to assist in the production and design of new warships and submarines.

After the conclusion of the Paris Peace Conference, Song Wenhui had reached a secret agreement on behalf of the Central Military Department and the German General Staff to arrange for these designers and engineers to work in the Reich and cooperate in the research of new warships, submarines and other military equipment technologies, which would not only be conducive to the development of China's affairs, but also help Germany keep its technology updated.

Since the acquisition of the design and production drawings for the King-class and Bavaria-class battleships is progressing well, the design outlines of these two types of warships are already in the appendix to the plan.

Song Biao read these design drawings and detailed parameter information, and added to Cheng Biguang and Song Wenhui: "If the Germans didn't sink the High Seas Fleet at the beginning, I really wanted to take away the two King-class battleships, and now it doesn't matter, wouldn't it be better for us to build them ourselves in China?" The problem of military spending is not very big, and the original Tang Shaoyi cabinet had quite severe restrictions on the issue of military spending, and the situation of Ouyang Geng's cabinet will be greatly improved, and it is expected that from the provinces with better local finances, a special share of military spending will also be set, and the total amount of military expenditure allocated by the central and local governments next year is expected to reach 700 million yuan, and although the military expenditure on the navy side will be a little less, there is still money for building a battleship every year. ”

Song Wenhui said: "Your Majesty, before your ministers return to China, they led a fleet to visit Britain, Germany and France, and happened to discuss the future naval cooperation plan with the British Navy Secretary. At present, the British Parliament is deliberating on the new ship building plan proposed by the Admiralty, and four capital battleships will be built, which may be increased to eight in the future, so as to maintain its position as the world's naval supremacy. It's just that Britain has become like this now, and the confidence is still very crazy, claiming to maintain twice the total tonnage of the US Navy's capital ships, but we are bystanders, and no matter how we look at it, we don't think Britain has this kind of strength. This incident did not have much impact on us originally, but the United States and Britain were frantically building ships, and Italy and France are not idle now, especially the American shipbuilding plan has also stimulated Yuben, who has now also put forward an 88 plan to build eight battleships and eight cruisers. Compared to them, does the current planning of the Imperial Navy seem too weak? ”

Song Biao pondered for a moment and said, "We have our plan, and we won't burn money with them." In fact, they won't be burning for long, unless Britain still wants to have another world war with the United States, then it is a good feeling, and we will definitely support the United States. However, our own planning is planning, shouting or shouting, since the other powers are frantically building ships, regardless of the financial crisis of various countries, then we will also shout the slogan a little louder, let's also come to a 88 plan, say how much we build, we will build as much as we want, but that is to shout, let the book be nervous, let's still do things according to their own financial situation, build a battleship and a heavy armored cruiser every year. ”

Song Wenhui said: "I am afraid that the expansion of our navy will be insufficient, and we will take advantage of the lack of strength of our navy to attack our navy and ask for compensation and other conditions." ”

Song Biao commented: "Your idea is naïve, when we deliberately ceded the southern part of the Korean Peninsula to them, it was to keep a platform to dock with the Yuben Army, so there is no need to worry too much about Yuben." It is true that the navy is a very annoying thing, but we don't need to worry too much about it in the near future, we just need to move forward at our own pace and strengthen our ties with the United States. ”

Song Wenhui nodded silently and said, "Your Excellency understands that after visiting France next year, Your Majesty will continue to lead the fleet to visit the United States in the name of the Minister of the Navy to further strengthen cooperation with the U.S. Navy." In addition, there is another thing, His Majesty talked to some of their cabinet officials before returning from Britain, on the whole, they do not hold a tough position on the Hong Kong issue now, because they have to compete with the United States for the seat of naval supremacy at the same time, and they have to face the threat of our army, which makes Britain completely unbearable, from the reaction of the British people, the people also hope that the British political axe will fulfill the previous pre-war agreement with our country and return Hong Kong to our country, after all, Portugal has returned Macao in accordance with the pre-war agreement. If it continues to drag on, it seems that the British Empire is too rogue to keep its word. ”

Song Biao said: "This kind of thing is just a nonsense between the political axe, as long as the British political axe openly declares that our country sells weapons and equipment to Soviet Russia and violates the treaty of the Entente countries, they can righteously refuse to return Hong Kong, including our sales of equipment in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran, and the damage to the British Empire is obvious." The reason why Britain does not say it is precisely because it is not good for anyone to completely tear their faces with us. In general, the international situation after the First World War was complicated and it is still difficult to say. ”

The decline of Britain after World War I is already a well-known fact, only the British Empire itself refuses to admit it, Britain is currently competing with the United States to build ships, basically no longer able to fight, otherwise there would be no later Washington Naval Treaty.

Although the British Empire and the Chinese Empire still nominally maintained the alliance of the Entente powers, the two sides have basically been engaged in a covert contest in the past two years, and Britain has roped in France to send troops from the Caucasus to attack Soviet Russia, in fact, it wants to take the opportunity to occupy the Baku oil area occupied by China, and even wants to squeeze China out of Iran.

On the issue of Tibetan provinces, the British Empire has always never given face to the Chinese, and can slap as much as it wants, but the empire has not been idle, in Afghanistan, the empire sent a complete set of military advisers, donated a large number of guns and ammunition to help Afghanistan read out of British rule.

In Burma, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, the empire has always been in favor of the reading forces within these countries, so that Britain simply cannot be idle.

The problem now is not that the empire is going to get along with the British Empire, but that the British Empire, on the one hand, knows that China is becoming stronger and stronger, and knows that its financial crisis is very serious, but it is unwilling to throw away the face of the world hegemon, and Hong Kong, which was recognized by the pre-war treaty, is slow to return, and just after the end of the First World War, it began to actively instigate the issue of Tibetan Province, wanting to infiltrate into Central Asia through Afghanistan, and even wanting to occupy the Baku oil area.

Since Britain is shameless, the empire can only accompany it to the end.

Don't look at the average Chinese are a little poor, and the size of the navy is not high-grade, but the status of the army power is still very prominent.

There is really not much controversy about where the boots of the Imperial Army are stepping on, and where is the territory of the Empire, saying that the navy is strong and occupies the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin and refuses to spit it out, but when the two infantry regiments of the Imperial Army are sent to the north of Sakhalin, the Empire has no choice but to continue to maintain the situation of dividing the north and the south.

Don't think that the Imperial Army is still a civilian [***] situation, today's Imperial Army not only maintains a world-class level in terms of equipment and scale, but also in terms of military uniforms and supplies. The military uniform of the Imperial Army is neither non-legal, nor German and Russian-style, it has been a self-contained system during the First World War, basically Song Biao is personally responsible for the design and selection, the winter military uniform is still a semi-long military gown with imperial characteristics, the color is restored to the gray and blue of the Northeast Army period, and the summer and spring and autumn clothes are brown-green, and the whole army has popularized the steel helmet, and the current world army is the first and most important army to pay attention to this.

The military uniform is actually the soul of the army, which will determine whether the army is obscene, or solemn, noble, slack, proud, or crazy.

What kind of clothes you wear, if you have a heart for a long time, you will naturally become what kind of person you will become.

After the Sino-Soviet War, the Imperial Army basically established itself in the top three armies in the world even if it completely established itself in the world, but now I just don't know whether it is a little more powerful than the German Army, or a little worse.

Song Biao lit a cigar and smoked for a while, continuing to think about some changes in the British side, he definitely has the kind of paranoia that is absolutely uncomfortable without domestic goods, and now even the cigars are all selected from Yuxi's royal specials, for this reason, he invested in a tobacco company responsible for the introduction of technology to produce Yuxi cigars.

I can't tell you what it tastes like, but I feel better in my heart.

What Song Biao could still feel was that the rout of the Anglo-French forces in the Caucasus had a great impact on British society, and the British Empire was now expressing some new gestures and goodwill in an attempt to ease further conflicts of interest with China and to avoid further conflict with Soviet Russia.

After the end of World War I, the British Empire's fiscal deficit had accumulated to the level of 6.5 billion pounds, equivalent to its total revenue in a normal period of 25 years, and even then it continued to compete with the US Navy to build ships and try to maintain superiority over the Chinese army and air force, which is really crazy.

However, Song Biao believed that the British Empire would still realize its madness and ignorance.

He smoked his cigar for a while, pondering the subtle changes in the international situation, and then instructed Song Wenhui: "After the change, you accompany the prime minister to visit Britain and France, pay attention to finding a suitable occasion to tell the countries that the contradictions between China and the Soviet Union are still very acute, but they will stabilize in the short term, we want these countries to support us to contain Soviet Russia for a long time, if they concentrate on dealing with an increasingly powerful Chinese empire, then Soviet Russia may seize the opportunity to threaten the whole of Europe, in any case, Soviet Russia's threat to Europe is very great, But as long as we contain Soviet Russia in the back, Soviet Russia will not dare to make a mistake. ”

Song Wenhui nodded silently and said, "Your Majesty, your subordinates will arrange this matter as soon as they take office." ”

Song Biao thought for a while, and then he and Cheng Biguang also ordered: "You guys go together, he is the new Minister of the Navy, and you represent the president of China Shipbuilding Industry University and Fuzhou Naval Academy, and you are also my special envoy, but your mission is to go to Germany, and Song Wenhui's center is Britain and France, and the two of them act separately." France's warship manufacturing industry is a bit embarrassing, Germany and Britain are still the most powerful, as far as we are concerned, we must prefer to develop German-style navy and warships, build one is one, rather the cost is higher, the process is better, the materials are better, and it must be able to withstand the blow, but in the technology of boilers and steam turbines, it is still necessary to absorb the technology of the British, especially some of their latest technologies at this stage, and find a way to get through. ”

Cheng Biguang said yes and said: "Judging from our assessment of the Battle of Deland, the German Navy is a strategic loser, in fact, it is also the victor of the warship manufacturing industry. This time, we evaluated several warship design materials provided by foreign countries, and finally decided to select the King-class, based on the King-class battleships, using some new German technologies and improvements in the Bavaria-class, including some new radio and radar technologies, using oil-fired boilers and some advances in the manufacture of steam turbines by the British Vickers Company, to build four new King-class battleships, which will be completed in four years, one per year, and the main gun is a 15.5-inch triple assembly of 45 times the diameter. ”

Song Biao said: "Just about to talk about this matter, I think that the 15-inch main gun is enough, don't force the British and British to pay too much attention to our navy, that is not interesting, because we are already one of the most powerful land forces in the world, if we want to pursue a more powerful navy, this will fall into the kind of predicament that Germany was in before the Iraq war, not to mention that it is impossible for us to challenge the naval superiority of the British alliance, so don't rush to threaten their maritime hegemony, and slowly lay a good foundation." ”

Cheng Biguang and Song Wenhui could only nod their heads again and say yes, they still have to continue to revise the plan when they go back, but this is only a small adjustment, not a big project, saving a little tonnage space is also conducive to further strengthening the defense, especially the underwater defense armor against torpedoes, the king class itself still has small shortcomings in this regard, which is not as good as France.

Overall, the Imperial Navy still unanimously agreed that the King-class battleships were close to the standard of exemplary dreadnoughts, but there were flaws in the way the boilers were selected, and there was still a slight gap in the manufacture of steam turbines compared to the British.

The third and fourth phases of the Imperial Navy's plan were very tough, that is, to double the total tonnage to the level of 700,000 tons in 1920, to have 14 dreadnought battleships, of which 10 were super dreadnoughts, to reach 20 heavy armored cruisers with a displacement of 10,000 tons, to maintain the scale of 30 light armored cruisers, to phase out the existing destroyers to the General Administration of the Coast Guard, and to replace all large and medium-sized destroyers within ten years, with a displacement tonnage of not less than 1,000 tons.

The standard requirement for the displacement of corvettes is also more than 1,000 tons, because the coastline is long, and most areas need corvettes, and the total number is expected to be more than 70 units.

According to such a plan, the Central Navy of the Reich would retain only two main fleets, namely the Northern Fleet and the Southern Fleet, with the headquarters of the Northern Fleet at Qingdao and Arthur Naval Bases, and the headquarters of the Southern Fleet at Fuzhou, Ningbo, Hong Kong.

Zhanjiang, Ningde, Weihai, and Longmen are second-tier naval bases, and Vladivostok and Papua New Guinea each have a second-tier fleet to curb their attempts to seize this region.

The conspiracy mentality of the Far East and Sakhalin.

The Imperial Navy is also considering stationing fleets in the waters of the Persian Gulf in Iraq and Iran, but on this issue, China and Britain are still negotiating, and Britain in principle hopes that China will not keep its navy in the Persian Gulf, and at most it can only in the southern part of the Persian Gulf, and its reason is to avoid conflict with the British Navy, but the British Navy currently has no fleet in this area at all.

After all, the British Empire is the British Empire, domineering, and now it is so down-and-out and domineering, it deserves to be beaten again in World War II, not twice in a row, how can it be willing to give up the throne of the world's number one hegemon?

(To be continued)