The political zhì family is like this, obviously eager to kill the other party, and has to drink and talk with the opponent with a smile on his face. The day after Fang Jianxiong arrived, a photo of him clinking glasses with Hirota Hiroki at a drinking party swept the headlines of various newspapers in Tokyo.

Not to be outdone, the Chinese media have dispatched or specially invited reporters to cover the incident in Tokyo. Friendship has become the mainstream in the newspapers, as if the relationship has been very good over the years. It seems that neither the First Sino-Japanese War nor the Qingdao War happened, and China is going to be friendly anyway.

After the meeting, Fang Jianxiong and Hirota Hiroki appeared together in a press release, announcing to the media around the world that "after friendly consultations, China and the two countries will sign a new treaty -- the Sino-Chinese Non-Confrontation Treaty, which determines that in the next three years, neither China nor China will engage in military confrontation with each other." ”

To put it bluntly, this is a variant of non-aggression between China and China, which limits that there will be no war in China within three years, and who can say what will happen after three years. Maybe it won't take three years for one party to tear up the treaty, "The treaty is not just for tearing up." This is the clear statement of the German Prime Minister before the outbreak of World War I, and it seems that Fang Jianxiong and a key official said the same thing in private, but with a question sentence "Isn't the treaty used to tear up?" ”

After the friendly tune is sung, the show that flexes off muscles is performed. The Nagato was the world's first battleship with a main gun of more than 400 mm, and it has always been the embodiment of Rìmoto's proudest strength. Rìben has always claimed that the Nagato is the most powerful battleship in the world and the symbol of the god Jīng who guards Rìmoto. The delivery of the Nagato to to the Navy on November 25, 1920 can be said to be a very good thing at the time. In comparison, the Hunan-class battleships delivered by the Chinese Navy last year only had a caliber of 365 main guns, which is also the reason why the Navy believes that it has a huge advantage. The ship-building ability of the Chinese still cannot be compared with rìben, at least rìben thinks so.

From 1934 to 1936, the battleship Nagato underwent extensive modernization, including increasing the elevation angle of the main gun and increasing the range of the main gun; Strengthen the protective armor of the hull and turret, and increase the anti-torpedo protruding compartment in the amidships; In order to improve the alignment and reduce the navigation resistance, the stern was extended; The new type of special fire heavy oil boiler was replaced. Due to the reduction in the number of boilers, the buckling chimneys were removed, and the boiler exhaust gas was merged into one by merging the two chimneys; rebuilding tower bridges based on the experience of converting Kongo-class battleships; Anti-aircraft fire was strengthened, and all torpedo firing tubes were removed. In addition, an aircraft bomber and three reconnaissance aircraft were equipped. The main engine was not replaced in this modernization, and the speed was reduced to 25 knots after the modification.

Fang Jianxiong was invited to visit the modified Nagato, the representative of the Yamamoto Fifty-six, who personally led a cadre of the Admiral to greet him at the dock. For the founder of the squadron that defeated the army on land and caused the navy to suffer a lot of losses with submarines, Yamamoto Fifty-six did not feel disgusted in his heart, but had a deep admiration. In short, in Yamamoto's view, Fang Jianxiong can lead a weak agricultural country to today, Cheng Dù, who can have a place on the world stage, is a great hero. On the other hand, "my enemy, his hero", this kind of affection should not appear in the body of soldiers. Soldiers, samurai, can only admire equally powerful opponents.

"Your Excellency, please accept my highest respect!" Yamamoto Fifty-six took the lead in saluting, and behind him was the naval officer of Qi Shushu, and Mitsumasa Minechi, who accompanied him, was secretly unhappy. This is the case with a wolf like this, and only if you are strong enough, it will fear you. During the Qingdao War, the Wehrmacht led by Fang Jianxiong, under the premise that the navy was almost negligible, used submarines to let the navy know that Chinese could still resist at sea, rather than simply defending with shore artillery.

Therefore, the most hated Chinese is Fang Jianxiong, and he is also the most admired, and the opponents who most want to defeat at sea are first Britain and the United States, and then China. After all, the navies of the two countries have not yet put up a dignified position to fight a war, and it is normal for most naval officers who still have the mentality of a decisive battle in the First World War in their minds to look down on the Chinese navy. Looking down on it, looking down on it, today's one person has single-handedly developed the Chinese Navy from a few ships to today, with a total tonnage of 250,000 tons of battleships and 100,000 tons of aircraft carriers, how much time has it spent? Looking down on anyone, no one dares to look down on Fang Jianxiong, right?

Fang Jianxiong replied very formally and said to Yamamoto Fifty-six: "I have heard the name for a long time, I have always believed that General Yamamoto represents the highest level of the admiral of the Yamamoto Navy, and the Admiral is destined to be the one who will decide the future of the Yamamoto Navy." And the rì navy determines the future of the rì book! China and the two countries have been bullied by the artillery and giant ships of the great powers for too long, so let's work together in the future! ”

Everyone felt that there was a very strange feeling that Fang Jianxiong actually admired Yamamoto Fifty-six so much. This is really abnormal, unreasonable, and unscientific. At this time, Fang Jianxiong thought of nothing else, it was the commander of the Combined Fleet of the Navy, who led the Navy to inflict heavy damage on the Pacific Fleet in the early days of World War II and swept through the South Sea. This person, standing in front of him now, although he is not tall, but his small eyes are shining with sharp light.

After a period of consternation, Yamamoto Fifty-six had a feeling of being penetrated by the opponent's line of sight, as if he was taking an X-ray, and the opponent seemed to know all of his own qiē. This feeling is really bad, out of politeness, Yamamoto bowed slightly and made a gesture of please: "Your Excellency President, please board the ship!" ”

Nagato converted base displacement: 39,120 tons; Full load displacement: 42,850 tons, what is this concept, when you stand even a few tens of meters away and look up, it is difficult to see the top. Just think of a mountain floating on the sea, the muzzle of the 410 main gun, as if it can swallow a qiē. This is the proudest warship of the Navy, and it is also the foundation of the Navy, which the world does not dare to underestimate.

Boarding the battleship, Fang Jianxiong's pace was not fast, while walking, listening to the commentary, when he walked to a main gun, Fang Jianxiong stood still, looked up at the long gun barrel and sighed: "Who would have thought that this is a battleship built seventeen years ago?" The sea power in Asia depends on your navy. The implication is that the affairs on land will be handed over to China. This words, if others say it, will definitely be beaten by Rì himself. However, when Fang Jianxiong said this, no one dared to refute it, even if he was standing here, he could only pinch his nose and admit it. Although today's army can form more than 100 divisions within a year as long as it carries out general mobilization, it should be seen that the Chinese army can form 200 new infantry divisions or even more in a year, and the equipment is still above the army. And rì's favorite boast of bravery has been trampled under the feet of the Chinese during the Qingdao War, not to mention that the Chinese expeditionary force has proved itself in Europe, which is something that rì's army did not do.

The pride of the Navy, that's really leverage! Let the Army's horse manure eat! The unhappiness in the hearts of the admirals present flashed in a flash. However, the determination to defeat China and dominate Asia will not waver! Peace or anything is decided by artillery, and no one will take the words of the political family seriously. Everyone present knew very well that in the event of a defeat on the battlefield, the Chinese would surely be happy to throw another big stone at the head of Rì himself, who had fallen into the well.

Going south, crisis and opportunity coexist! The crisis was even greater, but Rì had no choice. This cannot but be said to be the sorrow of rì Ben!

Fang Jianxiong, whose mouth was slightly upturned, didn't care at all about what Rì himself was thinking at the moment. He was walking slowly, slowly counting, 4 127mm twin-mounted high shè guns; 10 25-mm triple high-loading machine guns; Carrier-based aircraft: 3 units. That's all there is to it? Not to mention comparing it with the Hunan class, any heavy patrol can be pulled out, and the air defense capability of the Nagato is stronger. Looking at it this way, it is really a long-awaited battle at sea! In fact, there was another transformation of the Nagato, which was last refitted on November 25, 1944, parallel to history: 4 41 cm twin main guns; 18 12.7 cm twin high shè guns, 128 x 25 mm triple high shè machine guns, none on carrier-based aircraft. However, at that time, the Rìben Navy had already been defeated by the US imperialists in the Pacific Ocean, and the battleships did not play a large role in the previous naval battles.

In Fang Jianxiong's praise, the vanity of the Rì Ben Navy was greatly satisfied. After a two-hour visit, when Yamamoto saw Fang Jianxiong's motorcade leave, his eyes sank and said, "I always feel a little bad, it seems that he is very satisfied with the current situation of the Nagato, more than we are." When Fang Jianxiong heard this, he must have said happily to Yamamoto Fifty-six: "Yes, I am very satisfied. In particular, he was very satisfied with the air defense capabilities of the Nagato. ”

Back at the hotel, Chen Fu came to the door, as the commander of the submarine force, Chen Fu was more concerned about the anti-submarine capability of the Navy. Fortunately, during the tour with Chen Fu, he asked some questions and found that the officers did not realize the importance of anti-submarine warfare in the slightest. Could it be that you forgot about the loss of the submarine so quickly? Chen Fu was very incomprehensible, so he emphasized a sentence in the report: "Fu Shuai, is there something hidden by the navy?" ”

Fang Jianxiong shook his head with a smile, did not speak, what he was thinking in his heart was to hide a fart, rì Ben didn't take the submarine seriously at this time. In World War II in parallel history, the Republic of China Navy had the money to order cruisers with the Germans, but they didn't know how to buy a few submarines with the Germans, and they didn't dare to say that they would sink the battleships. (To be continued)