Chapter 567: Lend-Lease Act

Although the Chinese military is not optimistic about France's combat effectiveness and knows that this country will not last long, when they really see the German army attacking northern France, everyone can't help but feel a chill in their hearts, this is the war machine of the Third Reich!

The rapid rise of Germany has made China, which is far away in East Asia, feel the pressure, and Jiang Baili no longer has the heart to tell jokes with Qiao Yu.

"Great President, France has no strategic depth, once Germany breaks through the defensive line, the country's rout is just around the corner, and soon there will be only one Britain left in the whole of Western Europe, if Britain can't stand it, Germany really has no way to contain it, and a unified Europe will appear!"

"Brother Baili, don't forget the Soviet Union, even if Germany can occupy LinkedIn, it will have to defeat the Soviet Union again to be able to threaten China, but we must not let the Germans succeed, Britain must keep it!"

Jiang Baili also nodded again and again, "President, the UK has just received news that it hopes to set up a border investigation committee with us to jointly investigate the border issue between South Asia and China, it seems that the UK can't stand it!" ”

The mission of this so-called committee is to re-examine the border between China and India, and there is no doubt that this is the result of Britain's compromise with China, and of course Churchill also played a trick by not directly agreeing to China's demands, which is still far from Qiao Yu's requirements.

"The president can't wait any longer, even if the Soviet Union can withstand it, we can't sit idly by and watch Germany control the whole of Western Europe, once Hitler integrates the industrial power of Europe, I'm afraid that the United States will be difficult to defeat Germany, and then the scale of the war will definitely be beyond imagination. As for the territorial issue, I don't think there is a need to ask for one step in place, there is an old saying that if you don't fight, you won't be strong, and if you don't fight, you won't die! China already has the capital to make war money, and we will only get stronger and stronger after a big war. And Britain must have been weakened worse than in the last war. We don't have to worry about anything at all! ”

Qiao Yu now also knows that the situation in World War II has changed a lot due to his appearance. Germany's offensive capabilities are even stronger than in history, especially after making up for Germany's naval shortcomings, and the Third Reich may really be out of control.

"Brother Baili, since you also see it that way. Then we will immediately make a statement in support of the UK, and we can provide all necessary support to the UK, including aircraft carriers! ”

Aircraft carrier? Jiang Baili was stunned when he heard Qiao Yu's words: "President." Our aircraft carriers are not enough, especially Japan is also preparing to move, the navy can only be strengthened, not weakened! ”

"Hahaha, Brother Baili, we have already prepared!"

Qiao Yu is very clear about the importance of aircraft carriers, the sea in World War II is the world of aircraft carriers, but maintaining a large aircraft carrier team also requires too much money, China's foundation is not strong enough, a large aircraft carrier plus escort ships. Carrier-based aircraft, the cost of training of personnel is calculated. At least 300 million Chinese dollars, China currently has eight aircraft carriers, which has already caused a rather heavy burden.

Therefore, Qiao Yu focused on escort aircraft carriers, China has rich experience in escort aircraft carriers, initially China transformed four small aircraft carriers, and now the foundation of China's shipbuilding industry is very strong, and if you want to build a light aircraft carrier, it is definitely familiar with it.

As a matter of fact, China began preparations two years ago, and has already designed a small aircraft carrier with a standard displacement of more than 8,000 tons and a full load of more than 10,000 tons, which can carry 30 combat aircraft and has good combat capability.

The mission of a light aircraft carrier is not to form a large formation to fight the enemy on the ocean, but to protect the lifeline at sea, escort merchant ships, and provide air defense cover for the fleet.

When China designed this class of aircraft carriers, the main function was positioned on anti-submarine, and the threat of submarines to the lifeline of the sea is real, whether it is an island country like the United Kingdom, or a country with a vast ocean like China and the United States, it needs to be protected from the hidden arrows under the water.

The most important weapon of the aircraft carrier anti-submarine is the aircraft, China has specially designed a new type of anti-submarine patrol aircraft, the anti-submarine aircraft does not need too high speed, any aircraft is very fast compared to the submarine, on the contrary, if the speed of the aircraft is too fast, it is easy to miss the target, the anti-submarine aircraft needs a long stay in the air, in addition to outstanding low-altitude performance.

Of course, the combat capability of the real anti-submarine aircraft is reflected in the search ability and attack power, in order to be able to attack submarines more effectively, the Chinese side has developed a sonar buoy, which can receive sound signals from the adjacent sea area and transmit them to the anti-submarine aircraft, and then the anti-submarine aircraft will dispatch to attack the submarine.

Limited by the level of technology, the sonar buoy developed by China can only detect targets within three kilometers, and the receiving range of anti-submarine aircraft is only about five kilometers, which can be said to be quite rudimentary, but this can be regarded as a pretty good anti-submarine method, at least it is much more efficient than using destroyers to blindly search on the water.

In addition, China has equipped anti-submarine aircraft with magnetic anomaly detectors to increase the accuracy of detection, and the attack weapons equipped are mainly depth charges and anti-submarine torpedoes, and China has conducted several tests, all of which have proved that the new anti-submarine aircraft are very effective weapons, and China has then transformed a number of old biplanes, so that these old planes have a second spring, and at the same time, a number of seaplanes have been built, which are also an important force for anti-submarine operations.

By the time Hitler launched the campaign in Western Europe, China had more than 300 anti-submarine planes, of which a large number of nearly 200 were deployed by China on the front line of the Ryukyu Islands.

When the initial construction of escort aircraft carriers and anti-submarine aircraft, it was necessary to consider the reactions of various countries to avoid provoking the United States and Britain, so China announced that it was building oil tankers, and the construction site was chosen in Haiphong, not China's traditional Qinzhou shipyard, so far China has a total of three aircraft carriers have been completed, and another five are about to be launched.

Qiao Yu is not worried that Britain will not back down on the territorial issue, the most important factor is that China has enough good cards, and many technical problems lie in a thought that I didn't expect, China's industrial technology is not as good as the United States, but China started early, the goal is clear, and it will naturally be able to take the lead.

Sure enough, as expected by the Chinese side, when Churchill knew that China could not only provide data on German aircraft carriers, but also provide a large number of anti-submarine weapons, Churchill simply went crazy with joy, and he was worried about how to deal with the German sea wolves!

Churchill is now in extreme tension, France is facing the long advance of Germany, there is no resistance ability, it is completely waiting for death, the British and French forces have been forced to retreat to the port of Dunkirk in northern France, and the survival of hundreds of thousands of troops is in the minds of the Germans.

Now that Churchill had moved all of Britain's naval forces to the English Channel, he knew very well that if he wanted to resist Germany, he had to get these experienced soldiers out, but the Germans were not only fierce in their army and air force, but also in their maritime power, although they had already received news that two German aircraft carriers had been damaged.

But the British are not sure whether the German aircraft carrier will suddenly appear at sea, if this happens, the British can really only surrender, but fortunately, the German aircraft carrier did not appear, so that the British can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

They mobilized all the forces they could to save the soldiers who were about to be besieged, and at this critical juncture, the British also showed the deep accumulation of an old world hegemon, and all the ships that could float on the water were mobilized to form a very bizarre and indescribable fleet.

Among them were bankers, taxi drivers, teachers, workers, dentists, teenagers......

Many of them were visibly poor, they had no coats, they wore shabby sweaters and sanitary shirts, they wore cracked galoshes, they were drenched in the sea and rain, and they were hungry in the bone-chilling wind......

These people were complaining about the incompetence of their country and the cowardice and retreat of the government, but at this moment they were all consciously risking the rain of bullets to save the besieged soldiers, a considerable number of whom were unregistered and completely spontaneous, but they were as orderly as soldiers.

From the beginning of the German attack on France, to the current retreat, there were only ten days before and after, the last time the British and French forces held out for four years and ushered in their victory, this time they only held out for ten days, and the two great powers faced a painful defeat in this way, which not only deeply shocked the world again.

US President Roosevelt immediately made a condemnation speech to Germany, and called on the United States to increase support for Britain as soon as possible, and the United States should become an arsenal of democratic countries and make its own contribution to world peace.

However, at this time, the Chinese parliament passed a bill that shocked the world, called the Lend-Lease Act, according to the requirements of the bill, China provided Britain with four escort aircraft carriers, 100 anti-submarine aircraft, 20 decommissioned destroyers and frigates, and a batch of anti-aircraft machine guns and submachine guns.

Roosevelt actually proposed to support Britain much earlier than China, but because of the opposition of Congress, it was delayed, and China showed unprecedented efficiency, in addition to arms, China also provided a large number of penicillin and other drugs.

China's gift package made the whole British excited, ordinary British did not expect that in their most critical time it was the Chinese who did not hesitate to help, Churchill also praised China's move at this time, saying that this is a real send-off, a great support for a just cause, but there are countless bitter waters in his heart, because these are exchanged for the land of Myanmar! (To be continued.) )