Chapter 392: The Navy Goes South
The post-war world is not quiet, on the contrary, there is instability everywhere, although Germany has fallen, but the establishment of Soviet Russia has exacerbated the uneasy situation in Europe, and China in Asia has gradually shaken off the fate of being colonized, and the contradictions between the old colonial countries are prominent, and the United States and Britain say that the naval arms race of the three countries is in full swing, and there is a great trend of sweeping the world!
In addition, with the rise of China, the arms race of the army and air force has also shown signs, countries in China's several military operations, as well as on the basis of the experience of the First World War, summed up some tank warfare tactics, the attention to the air force has also reached a new height, all countries have also put forward a new army and air force construction theory, the most ambitious of which is the Ben and Soviet Russia, both of which have suffered losses at the hands of the Chinese [***] team, so it is more unforgettable!
In addition, Britain is also trying to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army, especially in India and other places, also to cope with China's rapid growth of power!
As a big country, China has shown great influence on the situation of the whole world with the improvement of its strength, and there are serious problems in the strategic balance, and after the war, countries have invested even more energy in military affairs than before the war.
The Chinese delegation to Washington was about to depart, Qiao Yu and the head of the delegation, Gu Weijun, had a secret talk all night, mainly to deduce the situation of various countries and the whole world, and carefully figure out the opponents, so as to better serve China's interests!
"Prime Minister, now both countries are vigorously advocating the threat of the Chinese army, and strongly demand that the scope of this arms control be expanded, and tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft and other equipment will be taken into account as a whole, and they cannot simply limit the navy, in addition, they also demand that China's maritime power be limited!"
Qiao Yu saw very clearly this attitude of Ying, a declining overlord, the British could no longer stop their decline, so they could only hope for the opponent's self-defeating martial arts, and this small island country was even more shallow, wanting to compete with the United States for the navy at sea and China for the army on land, and at the same time facing such two huge countries, the national strength of the country could not bear it at all!
Therefore, in order to exaggerate the threat of China and limit China's development of military power, Qiao Yu has long had his own calculations for this kind of thing.
"Minister Gu, we can make appropriate concessions on the issue of naval armaments, we originally planned to build two, but now we will compress it into one, and as for the army and air force, we can also promise to properly control it, and give these powers a sweetness first!"
"Prime Minister, I don't think there is any need to make concessions at all, and if we build two more battleships, our main ships will only be three, and the Yucheng is just a battle cruiser, such a naval force cannot be adapted to our status as a great power at all, I think the number of China's capital ships should reach at least six!"
"Minister Gu, China does need capital ships, but it doesn't need battleships as extravagant things, aircraft have shown great power, and the development potential is huge, I believe that in ten years, with aircraft can easily deal with battleships, so our main development direction is aircraft carriers, in addition to submarines, the battleship plan is just a bargaining chip, besides, to build battleships, we have to accumulate too many things, we haven't even built a 30,000-ton cargo ship, don't you have a few years to do it? As for the control of the army and air force, it is just an excuse, China has such a big one, can they find out if they put some equipment anywhere? ”
Gu Weijun suddenly realized at this time, it turned out that the current battleship plan was just a disguise, so it was really good to bargain, and the problem of the army and air force that Qiao Yu said was indeed the case, the Chinese side had already formulated a plan to combine the military industry with the civilian industry, such as the production of tractors in peacetime, and the production of tanks in wartime!
Now the speed of technological upgrading is extremely fast, and China will not produce too much of the same weapon, only when it smells the atmosphere of war, China will go full throttle, and take out these virtual things in exchange, not only can it show that China loves peace, but also can win more practical benefits, Gu Weijun secretly admires Qiao Yu's calculation in his heart!
"Prime Minister, this time we are ready to take back the foreign privileges together, but there are still three pieces of land in Guangzhou Bay, Macau, and Hong Kong that need to be dealt with, and although the Kwantung Army has withdrawn, there are still some navies in Lushun, especially the army has a monument to Erling Mountain here, and the officers of the Ben have to come here to pay homage to the great military exploits of their predecessors, so the Ben is not willing to completely withdraw from Lushun!"
Gu Weijun mentioned this Erling Mountain is the 203 Heights in the Russian War, which was an important position in the Russian War, in order to seize this position, it was said that Ben sent more than 60,000 soldiers, as well as hundreds of artillery, and after paying a huge sacrifice, he occupied Erling Mountain, and the military god Naimi Xidian collected all the waste artillery shells after the Russo-Russian War and cast them into a monument shaped like bullets and more than ten meters high.
also left a poem: Erling Mountain is difficult to climb, the boy's entrepreneurial period is difficult, the iron-blooded mountain shape is changed, and everyone respects Erling Mountain.
It is completely boasting of the great military exploits of the book, which has become a sustenance of the spirit of the militarism, and all the newly trained officers must come here to feel the great achievements of their predecessors, so the book uses this as an excuse to refuse to completely withdraw from Lushun, and asks China to turn Port Arthur into a free port and allow the navy to be stationed!
These questions raised by Gu Weijun are all very acute questions, Guangzhou Bay was occupied by France, Macao was in the hands of Portugal, Hong Kong was stolen by Britain, these territories were also illegally stolen by foreign powers, and now China will also take them back!
"Minister Gu, I don't think there is a need to overstimulate Britain and France for the time being, these territories can be postponed temporarily, but we can't be polite to Yueben, the Northeast is now undergoing large-scale development, how can I let Yue steal an important outlet to the sea, I will let the Air Force go to the skies over Lushun tomorrow to conduct military exercises, as long as I dare to go to the vicinity of the so-called monument, let the Air Force give me constant ground and air disturbances, I see if I can stand these people!"
Qiao Yu used another bad idea, military planes are all carrying bombs and machine guns, if it runs to the head of Yue himself, it is equivalent to saying that his surname is in the hands of the Chinese aircraft at any time, as long as he presses the button, he can die a lot, and the noise of the plane is also very amazing, if the plane is frequently disturbed, he should not want to engage in normal work.
The most crucial point is that this is the best place for Yuben to carry out militarist education, and the people who come here to train are all future officers of Yuben, and they are here to feel the great military exploits of their predecessors, but at this time, Chinese planes hovering over their heads, what effect will it have?
You can figure it out with your toes, these people haven't developed any sense of pride, they will be scared by the Chinese side first, of course, they can also use force against Chinese planes, they can fight down, but then they will have to face the fierce retaliation of the Chinese [***] team, the Kwantung Army has withdrawn, how can Ben still fight hard!
Therefore, as long as Yue Ben realizes that they have no way to continue to use this place to engage in militarist education, they will inevitably give up obediently, of course, Qiao Yu has other preparations, and now the two black fish that have just been launched from Qinzhou are quietly heading north, if the soft one doesn't work, then they can only come to the hard one, so that Yu Ben will know the difficulty and retreat!
This kind of thing Qiao Yu handed over to Zhang Zuolin to do, I believe that this guy with a beard will definitely be able to make him want to die!
"Minister Gu, although the United States, Britain and other countries are fighting for each other this time, they are likely to reach a consensus on suppressing China, after all, there are so many resources in the world, if there is one more industrialized power, it will definitely affect their interests, your main task is to destroy this alliance of the great powers, I think this time the most serious pursuit of power is Yue himself, and the size of these people determines that they can only see the distance of half a meter in front of their feet, and they can't understand anything else! Britain and the United States, on the other hand, will think more about balancing issues, as long as they see the ambitions of the capital, it will be enough for these countries to take action to limit the capital! ”
After Qiao Yu talked carefully with Gu Weijun, he asked them to leave for the United States to fight for their own interests for China, and at the same time, in order to make China's influence in the Far East stronger, Qiao Yu had ordered the naval commander Chen Shaokuan to lead a formation composed of Guangxi and Yucheng to visit Southeast Asia!
This is a show of force, this era of the jungle is the most particular about this, the steel monster shows unparalleled majesty and strength, the great powers rely on these things to dominate the world, once China also had such a sea force that made Asia fearful, but that time it was just an empty shelf, in vain, but it became a stepping stone on the road to a strong country.
And this time the Chinese Navy showed unprecedented self-confidence, two large ships accompanied by cruisers, destroyers and supply ships, mighty southward, just a few months ago, these two warships along the coast, all the way to the people's praise, the Navy also ushered in the most glorious moment after the first day!
Sa Zhenbing, the old man of the Beiyang Navy, personally boarded the Guangxi ship, and the old man actually cried bitterly in the face of such a warship, reminiscing about the past and the present, and couldn't help but cry bitterly, Sa Zhenbing did not know China's future naval strategy, and believed that these two warships were China's hope for the future. The old man looked very excited, and the newborn navy soldiers also felt the pain in the bone marrow from the old man.
"Old man, you don't have to be sad, the Chinese Navy has begun the road of reconstruction, sooner or later China will have a fleet that exceeds the Beiyang Naval Division by 10,000 times, and we will definitely avenge those dead heroes!"
"Commander Chen, we didn't figure out what the navy was for, although we had first-class warships, and we were also called sailors, how could we not fail, these old men have figured it out, the navy is to declare the power of heaven in foreign lands, that is, to reject the enemy outside the country, to fight hard, to kill people, to train good soldiers behind closed doors, our mistakes can not be made again!"
Sa Zhenbing's words kept echoing in Chen Shaokuan's ears, this time the Chinese Navy is to show the power of China, to deter those Nanyang Xiaoxiao, and to give all overseas Chinese a waist boost!
The first stop of the fleet is Hong Kong, at this time the British are far less cunning than later generations, and the implementation of harsh colonial rule in Hong Kong, and the development of Hong Kong at this time is not as good as the first-class cities in China, so there are not so many self-righteous banana people, at this time the vast majority of Hong Kong people are still interested in the motherland, when they heard that China's giant ships are going to visit, these people broke through the obstruction of the British [***] police, all concentrated in the port, like the New Year, to welcome their own navy!
(To be continued)