Co-opting and controlling Siam is of immeasurable value to China's South Sea strategy, as long as it can garrison Siam, it can threaten the Strait of Malacca at any time, and the British are most concerned about this choke point.

This time, China sent the newly launched aircraft carrier Zhenyuan, under the protection of a large number of frigates, into the Gulf of Siam, China is playing in the name of a friendly visit, but at this sensitive time everyone knows that it will definitely not be a simple visit, the spearhead has been very clear, that is, the British fleet.

Moreover, after the Chinese navy reached Siam, China and Siam issued a joint communiqué, announcing that the Sattahip military port would be leased to China, which would become a sea base for the Chinese task force, and also announced that the two navies would jointly carry out joint search and rescue, escort and other maritime exercises.

This news is a bombshell, everyone knows very well that the Siam Navy is actually a Chinese warship, from the flagship Siam, to other auxiliary ships, are all imported from China, and the main technical personnel on the warship are also Chinese, this is a navy with Chinese blood, can cooperate perfectly with the Chinese Navy, without obstacles.

At this time, the British also saw through the sinister intentions of China's arms sales, relying on a warship to kidnap Siam to the Chinese chariot, and at the same time, once the entire Siam fleet breaks out in the war, it will automatically become a part of the Chinese navy, and now China has two aircraft carriers, one large and one small, in the Gulf of Siam, compared with Britain has an absolute advantage, at this time Britain wants to rely on force to deter Japan will become useless, on the contrary, the British need to worry about their own maritime security.

If China desperately launches an attack on Singapore at this time, whether Britain can resist it or not, every British politician has no bottom in his heart, and what is worse is that China's use of this kind of arms sales is tantamount to bypassing the Geneva disarmament agreement in a different direction, and the aircraft carrier that China originally promised to dismantle was not dismantled at all, but was hung in the name of Siam, and in fact this warship is still controlled by China.

After turning around, Britain realized that the original agreement on arms control had no effect on China at all. On the contrary, it has contributed to the development of the Chinese Navy. Seeing through this method makes the British angry, but it does not mean that the British can also learn, because there is no suitable country that can become the object of British arms sales, and more importantly, Britain's own aircraft carriers are not enough, all British politicians have an idea, that is, they must vigorously build aircraft carriers. The British Empire must not be left behind.

However, the current situation was messed up by China, and Britain had absolutely no courage to send troops to aid the Netherlands, unless they didn't want their nest, and at this time the Japanese Combined Fleet was rapidly approaching Borneo, and the two Japanese light aircraft carriers carried a total of more than fifty carrier-based aircraft, which was enough to pose a mortal threat to the Dutch defenders in Borneo.

The Dutch looked at the British and had their heads and tails. The British Empire had really declined, and it was useless at all, and there was no deterrent effect on China and Japan, so the Netherlands transferred its fleet from Java Island to Mazen.

Of course, the Dutch also knew that with their few broken ships, they could not stop any powerful country at all, but for the last dignity of the coachman of the sea. The Dutch also had to fight. At the same time, the Netherlands also strengthened its defense of Borneo, as if facing a great enemy.

The Japanese Combined Fleet has entered the waters of the Spratly Sea in China. A few hundred nautical miles further forward to Borneo, and at this time the sea was very busy, and the British aircraft carrier Athletic, escorted by several battleships, left the Singapore base and sailed eastward in an attempt to stop the Japanese combined fleet, although the British made this gesture more to protect their own security than to help the Dutch.

Because two aircraft carrier formations appeared in the northwest direction, it was the aircraft carrier battle group composed of China's Zhenyuan and Siam, and the navies of China, Japan, and Britain appeared in the waters near the dark sands of Zengmu at the same time, and the entire sea surface was also shrouded in a strange atmosphere.

The three most powerful navies in the Far East met at this time, and each other had already entered the other's attack radius, but no country dared to strike first, because everyone knew that as long as they fired, what awaited everyone was only a big war, whether it was Britain, China, or Japan, they were not ready for a full-scale war, and everyone was purely a show of strength at present.

On the surface, it seems to be a confrontation between the navies of the three countries, but in fact the foreign ministries of the three countries are already busy at this time, all kinds of telegrams are continuous, and the diplomats of the three countries are all in action, and none of them wants to fight, but no one can guess the other party's intentions, and they are afraid that there will be some miscalculation and drag the three countries into the quagmire of war.

China was the first to take a stand this time, emphasizing that its actions in the South Seas were completely normal military exercises, without any intention of targeting third parties, and that there was no need to read too much into it, and that China also called for the Borneo tragedy to be handed over to the parties concerned, and for the Netherlands and Japan to negotiate and adopt a peaceful way to resolve the crisis.

The meaning of this statement is very clear, that is, Britain should not interfere, China will not interfere, let the Netherlands and Japan pinch each other, and whoever has the biggest fist will be justified.

This attitude is undoubtedly inclined to Japan, the current Japanese Navy has two aircraft carriers, the Dutch have nothing, if Britain lets go, it will be tantamount to sending the Dutch to the point of no return.

After the Japanese side received the support of China, the whole country was extremely excited, and then Japan issued another strongly worded statement, demanding that the Dutch must accept Japan's ultimatum, otherwise Japan would use its own force to protect its own nationals, and all the consequences caused would be borne by the Netherlands.

Now the most tormented is Britain, Britain has huge interests in the Dutch East Indies, is absolutely unwilling to let others interfere, and the two countries are also de facto allies, as a boss, if you casually abandon your allies, it will definitely bring disastrous consequences, I am afraid that other countries will quickly abandon Britain, Britain's hegemony will be even more precarious.

But not abandoning it means confrontation with China and Japan, does the British Empire have the capital, the answer is obviously no, the military confrontation at sea has already shown this, Japan has two light aircraft carriers, Britain only has one, the difference in strength is huge, and the combined aircraft carriers of Britain and Japan may not be able to withstand China's Zhenyuan large aircraft carrier.

This huge disparity in strength made the British, who were accustomed to overwhelming people with power, very uncomfortable, but helpless. The Japanese Navy continued southward. The British Far East Fleet could not stop it, so it had to follow closely, and the Chinese Zhenyuan followed unhurriedly in the distance, completely watching a monkey show!

The fleets of the three countries gradually entered the Java Sea, and Japan was getting closer and closer to the destination of Machen in Borneo this time, and the pressure on the shoulders of the British was also increasing, whether they could give up the Netherlands. It has also become the focus of controversy in the British Empire, radio waves have crossed the ocean, and London, England has long been informed that the parliament and the government are arguing like a pot of porridge at this time.

Hardliners advocated decisive measures against China and Japan, and the Royal Navy would still be able to defeat the Yellow Monkey even if the British Empire was weak. However, the relatively calm faction insisted that there could be no war, the balance of power in the Far East was very large, and if there was a war, all the colonies in the Far East would be lost without waiting for Britain to send troops from the mainland, and the British Empire, which was in deep economic crisis, could not support a battle across the ocean.

At this time, the British government also knew very well that their power could no longer be compared with that of China and Japan, especially since the other side still occupied the geographical advantage of the home field. Britain has no chance of winning. Moreover, at this time, the problems of India had not yet been resolved, and Chandra's influence had expanded to the entire northeast of India. The two sides have been fighting for several years, and the British have no way to completely eliminate Chandra, and if there is another war with China at this time.

It is definitely not as simple as a crisis at sea, China's powerful army will definitely enter India, and by that time, the entire British colonial order will collapse, and it is definitely not what the shrewd British are willing to do if they lose so much for the sake of a Dutch, but a big country cares most about face, and dignity is greater than everything.

If you retreat at this time, it will make the world think of Britain, and there is no doubt that the British Empire will become the laughing stock of the world, and the British Empire will no longer have any authority in the international community.

At a time when the British were unable to advance or retreat, a new proposal came from China through the British ambassador, in which China would guarantee that Japan's actions would be limited to Borneo and would not threaten the rest of the world; British interests in Borneo will be protected; China will abandon its support for Chandra.

If Japan occupies Borneo, the follow-up action will certainly not be controlled by the British, and China will definitely not easily give up supporting Chandra, but this is already to give face to the British, and if the British still do not agree, what awaits them will be a worse situation.

Chen Shaokuan, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Navy, was standing on the bow of the Zhenyuan at this time, witnessing the sea contest between the three countries, and a very strange feeling was constantly surging in his heart, China and Japan were enemies of life and death in the past, but now the two countries have joined forces against Britain, and there are no eternal friends and enemies between countries, only eternal interests.

If you want to exert influence in the world, you don't rely on clever words, but on real force, and now China's two aircraft carriers are here, which is more effective than saying cruel words, this is maritime hegemony, and if you have an aircraft carrier, you have everything!

At this time, the British Far East Fleet suddenly slowed down, and then turned around and left the Java Sea, retreating to Singapore, after getting the news, Chen Shaokuan knew very well that Britain chose to retreat, and the Chinese Navy did not need to press for Japan, Zhenyuan and Siam retreated to the South China Sea after sailing for a while.

The Japanese combined fleet finally came to the open sea of Machen, and formed a strong pressure on the Dutch, and was able to get rid of the interference of the British, and the Japanese won more than half, in response to this action, there was also a new trend of thought surging in Japan, many Japanese scholars emphasized that China and Japan are brotherly countries, in the past history, China is a brother, Japan is a brother, Japan is a brother, Japan should learn from China without reservation, after the Meiji Restoration, Japan's national strength was improved, and Japan became a brother, China was a brother, and now China and Japan are the same status... …

For this doctrine, Qiao Yu only gave two words to evaluate, that is, fart! (To be continued.) )