The world was changing, and Japan joined the Axis at such a fast pace, Chen Shao didn't care too much. His eyes were always on his old neighbor, the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union bought a large amount of military equipment in China, which Chen Shao paid to the Soviet Union very early. Chen Shao was not worried that the Soviet Union would develop its own high-tech weapons and equipment on the basis of these weapons and equipment. The conditions of some things cannot be met, and they are not imitated by the gourd painting scoop at all.

Especially on the battleships, Chen Shao was not worried about how good the Soviets could make now. Battleships are not something that can be built, there is a popular saying in Europe that battleships represent the crystallization of a country's highest technology. In Chen Shao's view, this sentence does not apply to the Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union is really unsatisfactory in terms of battleships. Let's just say that the Russian Navy during the tsarist period, except for the overall tonnage, was not satisfactory in other aspects.

It is not that Chen Shao is belittling the Soviet Union, but that the facts are there once and for all. A battleship with a displacement of 50,000 tons, the USSR did not pull back to the North Sea. Instead, it docked nearby in Vladivostok and wanted to form the so-called Pacific Fleet. Vladivostok does not have a large shipyard here, and it is impossible to build warships except for daily supply and repair.

And if you want to draw a scoop according to the gourd, then you must have a gourd! The gourd is there, you put it thousands of miles away, how do you draw it? So Chen Shao didn't know what to say about the Soviet Union's approach. There was really a slight disappointment in my heart.

Chen Shao has always hoped that the Soviet Union will pull this battleship back and build a few more. Delaying the economic development of the Soviet Union, it now seems that Chen Shao's calculation has been in vain. The Soviet Union directly placed the battleship in the Far East, looking like it was going to take the Japanese at the knife.

The dispute over Sakhalin has not yet ended, and it has calmed down in the past few years. However, when Japan joined the Axis powers, with the support of Germany and Italy, it began to harden again. Having repeatedly declared sovereignty over Sakhalin, the Soviet Union was not to be outdone, and also swore sovereignty over Sakhalin, and the proposed Pacific Fleet cruised around Sakhalin many times.

In fact, every time Chen Shao saw the war of words between the two countries, he was very unhappy. He really wanted to kick the two countries a few times and tell them directly that not only Sakhalin Island belonged to China, but even the 150 square kilometers of land in the north belonged to China. However, reason made him not do this, the domestic economic development has entered the fast lane, and now is not the time to use the sword. Also in Chen Shao's view, these lands are only lent to them for trusteeship, and they will be taken back with interest in the future. Chen Shao is not only interested in the 1.5 million square kilometers of land, but also the entire Siberian Plain. For Japan, Chen Shao still misses it, and he will never forget the dream that ravaged Tokyo.

As for now, let's fight, fight hard, it's better to fight for a bloody one.

Chen Shao was disappointed in the Soviet Navy, but he paid close attention to the development of the other side's tanks. With the hundreds of tanks that China sold them, although they were all weakened, they also gave the Soviets a lot of inspiration. It is not to the extent that the T-34 is made, but the rapid development of the armored forces of the USSR is not slow. Attention is attention, but Chen Shao doesn't care very much.

Your Soviet tank has developed, and it is impossible for my Chinese to still be old-fashioned equipment. Although there are no new tanks to equip the troops, the scientific and technological base has been increasing. When the time comes to demand a new tank, you can immediately come up with a more powerful tank. And the rapid formation of mass production, science and technology and industrial heritage is what determines the success or failure of future wars.

When Chen Shao sold various weapons and equipment, he did a lot of weakening. Except for the equipment sold to Germany, which was weakened to a relatively small extent, the weapons and equipment of other countries were greatly weakened. One of the most important goals is to make countries have a wrong understanding of China's weapons and equipment, and let them misestimate various performance indicators. Even if they do targeted research, they will not be able to form effective suppression in actual combat.

Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union, and other countries have obvious motives for purchasing Chinese weapons and equipment, and their purpose is to study the weaknesses of these weapons and equipment, and to study and develop their own weapons and equipment by buying them for reference.

The economic crisis, which understands everything very well, has stopped. The only thing that has not stopped is the production and research of military weapons, but those countries that buy Chinese weapons and equipment and go back to study are very disappointed, because they can't study the reason for it. Even if the parts are dismantled, it is difficult to assemble them perfectly again. These are just puzzling to them.

After two years of research on these weapons and equipment, many countries have given up and accelerated the pace of research on their own weapons and equipment. But there are still a lot of things that can be borrowed, and they don't reject them. For example, the monoplane metal fuselage of the aircraft, which is the minimum requirement for self-built aircraft in various countries. In terms of tanks, the Soviet Union demanded that a new type of tank that could completely suppress the Chinese tank must be created, not only in terms of firepower, but also in terms of protection. They regarded the Chinese tanks as the experimental targets of new tanks and attacked each other, and only the tank guns that could resist the Chinese tanks and destroy the armor of the Chinese tanks with one shot were the tanks that the Soviet Union needed.

It's just that the Chinese Leopard tank, which is already very powerful in their opinion, is called a heavy tank. In fact, it is only a weakened version of a Chinese medium tank, even if it can defeat this tank at the test site, on the battlefield, if you meet a real Chinese leopard, it is estimated that it will be suspended.

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In the imperial study, Chen Shao finished reading the day's recital. These days, Chen Shao is a lot more relaxed. A lot of things are on track, and there aren't many things that he needs to pay attention to all the time. In the past two years, Chen Shao has spent at least one day every week with his family.

For the development of the country, Chen Shao pays attention to it from time to time, and spends more time on military weapons. Many of these pieces are the results of research on various weapons and equipment, as well as the construction of various military bases.

Three years ago, two capital ships were launched at the same time, and a series of sea trials are about to begin. This is the first time that China has built such a large warship, and it needs to accumulate data from all aspects. According to the plan, the sea trial will last for more than two years, and that is only a test of the hull, and then the performance indicators of the above weapons will be tested in a targeted manner. In particular, aircraft carriers have many items to be tested, and long-term test cooperation between carrier-based aircraft and aircraft carriers must also be carried out.

Several other new warships will also be tested at sea, and in the next few years, the South China Sea will become a test area for the Chinese Navy's new warships. For example, many tests have been carried out on sharp turns, long-distance voyages at extreme speeds, and long-distance cruises. This will be followed by a series of tests to check whether it will affect the hull structure during the ocean voyage. Carry out a detailed inspection of various equipment on the ship, and adjust some unreasonable layouts to make it more reasonable.

During the test, newly discovered problems are improved, and the electronic devices on it are updated in real time. At the same time, for the second ship of the same class to be built in the future, some places that need to be modified will be changed. Make its combat effectiveness better played.

The construction of the First Emperor-class aircraft carriers has not stopped, and since the founding of the Empire, three First Emperor-class aircraft carriers have been launched. The Kunlunshan-class battleships are all rebuilt after there are orders, and the Chinese Navy has basically eliminated the Kunlunshan-class battleships, but it has always maintained at least one in service. In this way, not counting the warships in sea trials, the main aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy will have six. Together with a battleship detachment, it is already very powerful.

The six aircraft carrier battle groups are already the strongest aircraft carrier countries in the world today, but this data has not been disclosed to the public. Except for the two aircraft carrier battle groups that live in the Ryukyu Islands and Borneo, everything else is well kept secret. An aircraft carrier of more than 30,000 tons is not very powerful in the world, and the minimum tonnage is so in the eyes of all countries in the world. Because many countries with aircraft carriers do not lack aircraft carriers of more than 20,000 tons, and there are also many aircraft carriers of nearly 30,000 tons.

As time goes by, many countries around the world have lowered their vigilance against China, which has always maintained a battleship. However, in addition to the United Kingdom, there is another country that has always been wary of the Chinese navy. Although Japan is now allied with Germany, it has never lost its interest in the Chinese Navy. Because everyone in Japan does not believe that China will have no backhand. Even now that Japan has more powerful battleships and aircraft carriers, it does not dare to provoke the Chinese Navy casually.

The development of overseas military bases has always been a key military project of the Ministry of National Defense. The Ryukyu Islands were officially incorporated into the territory of China and designated as the Ryukyu Province. Over the past few years, China has built many military bases and an aircraft carrier home port on it. It can not only dock four to six aircraft carrier battle groups at a time, but also carry out various supplies for these aircraft carrier battle groups. It is an important naval base for the Chinese navy to move out of the Pacific Ocean, and can threaten most of Japan's territory. Moreover, a strong army defense force is stationed on it, as well as an air force with both offensive and defensive forces. According to Chen Shao's estimate, it is to pull the United States during the Pacific War to attack the Ryukyu Islands at this time, and if 500,000 people do not die, don't think about taking it.

Jeju Island, which is flanking Japan along with the Ryukyu Islands, does not have an aircraft carrier base, but the Chinese Sea Wolves are stationed. A submarine fleet with twenty-four submarines, whose home port is on Jeju Island. And on the wide land of Jeju Island, there are also powerful air force units. As long as the order is issued, together with the air force of the Ryukyu Islands, it is possible to carry out large-scale bombing of the Japanese mainland, and at the same time, it can also cut off the connection between Japan and the Korean Peninsula at any time.

(To be continued)