Under the eyes of the whole world, the Chinese visiting fleet swayed to Mumbai, India.

When the mighty warship appeared near the sea, the British navy guarding the place nervously pulled away, looking cautious for fear of a sudden attack.

Sa Zhenbing was speechless, thinking that the British were nervous. We have all said that we are visiting the whole world with a peaceful purpose, shouldn't you welcome it with joy?

Yang Hao said with a smile: "This is a typical villain's heart to live the belly of a gentleman, the British think that we are also like him and other white-skinned people, there is no credibility at all, and they do not declare war at every turn, engage in surprise attacks, and the so-called civilized manners are all fed to the dogs." ”

Sa Zhenbing thought so. The more you understand the history of foreign devils, the more you can deeply realize their despicability. China's so-called "wealth and prosperity" is absolutely inappropriate for Westerners. At best, they have only achieved the so-called gentlemanly demeanor and aristocratic demeanor on the surface, and they are far from the chivalry they admire.

Regardless of whether the British regarded their own house as an intruder who had come to provoke trouble, the Chinese fleet generously anchored in the deep sea area, and only sent the heavy cruiser "Tianjin" to the shore as a diplomatic representative to give the local British and Indians a chance to visit.

At the beginning of the 20th century, when naval weapons required absolute secrecy, no major power would easily open its advanced warships to others. The Chinese Navy, in particular, was particularly mysterious from the very beginning, and its strength was incredible. If the Western countries want to get a little information, they will have to pay a huge price.

The heavy cruiser "Tianjin" was the first advanced warship to be "built" when the Chinese Navy was reborn in the second plane. Its brilliant results, powerful force. The revolutionary construction of the ship, with a series of advanced technologies and equipment used on it, is an epoch-making benchmark.

The Great Powers were most impressed by this battleship.

It has a huge displacement like a former dreadnought, armor protection, a cruiser-like main gun caliber, and a unique three-seat triple 203mm main gun. The terrifying range and astonishing accuracy, the maneuverability more agile than a destroyer, and the rumored huge range, and even the shape full of industrial aesthetics, have fascinated and driven warship designers and manufacturing engineers all over the world! Some people even exaggerate to call it the "perfect cat"!

However, more than a decade later, the definition of the "perfect cat" has been further pushed up by various countries, typified by the "Lion" class battlecruisers under construction in the United Kingdom, which perfectly embodies the key indicator of "faster than the strongest battleships and stronger than the fastest cruisers".

In order to achieve this benchmark. The British finally came up with a standard displacement of 26,250 tons, a full load of 29,680 tons, a total length of 213.4 meters, a power of 70,000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 27.5 knots, and four eight 13.5mm guns, and the thickest 229mm waterline armor belt!

The British can proudly proclaim that this will be an epoch-making and powerful battleship, and there is no one!

Relatively. The "Tianjin" is particularly small, especially the caliber of the main gun and the size of the hull. They all look thinner.

Even so, the navies of various countries did not dare to underestimate it, and the intelligence they learned from all sides showed that the "Tianjin" was still more powerful than any heavy cruiser in the world! Its armor thickness, main gun power, speed and other indicators are still better than all former dreadnoughts, and only slightly weaker than the latest battle cruisers.

Capable of being on a hull with a standard displacement of 12000 tons. Achieving such a compact and powerful indicator represents an amazing design and industrial prowess. If the Chinese want to use this as a basis, it is not a problem at all to enlarge and build a "perfect cat" comparable to the "Xiongshi" level battle patrol.

The reason for the delay in construction is most likely the same reason for not adding battleships. No money!

The British have spied countless times to determine that China really has no money to expand the main ships of the navy, and in the past ten years, it has only been desperately building cruisers and destroyers of less than 10,000 tons, as well as other miscellaneous warships of more than 20,000 tons, and it seems that some of them are being manufactured, but it seems that they are definitely not battleships.

Thus, the vanity of the world's largest country was finally satisfied. Let's see, the Chinese are as powerful as the nouveau riche for a short while, and the so-called industrial technology is leading, isn't it easy for us to catch up? Wait for those mighty warships to enter service, huh.

It's just that the big guys are deployed around the UK, and the fleets in the Indian Ocean and the Far East have only poor old stuff. The strongest one was nothing more than a quasi-obsolete product of the pre-dreadnought era - the "Defense" battleship with two four 305mm guns.

Just these rags with steam engines, they can't catch up, they can't be moved, they can't see, they are sick, and they are used to watch the home and nursery to scare the uninformed Indian natives. Fighting against a naval power? Wash and sleep!

Therefore, the Indian Navy of the British Empire is a very bitter existence. But they didn't expect that they would have the opportunity to visit the "Tianjin," the representative of China's strongest warship, for free today, which was really overjoying!

This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is definitely not to be missed, and it is not to be taken into account the reserve of any aristocracy. Major General Craddock personally led the team, leading dozens of officers with the most poisonous vision and the best memory, and flocked to board the "Tianjin!" ”

Up to now, the "Tianjin" has been reversed and weakened too much, and it has basically been restored to the state of World War II level. Much of the electronics were replaced by outdated products produced in the B plane, in order to maintain the uniformity of standards throughout the fleet. And the combat effectiveness is still a crushing existence compared to all countries.

Because of this, they only need to cover a very small amount of sensitive equipment, and keep the key cabins closed, so that outsiders can come up to visit and open their eyes.

As the commander of the fleet, Sa Zhenbing personally came forward to entertain His Excellency Sir British.

After a brief handshake and greetings, Major General Craddock couldn't wait to ask for a visit, and Sa Zhenbing seemed to agree casually, so dozens of British officers followed the rats into the rice barn, hula separated, and followed the Chinese officers into various key places. His eyes widened wide, refusing to let go of any detail. If you don't understand it, ask questions cheekily, and then memorize the content of the answer without missing a word.

There are many people here who even know Chinese. Not only do they need to know the answers of Chinese officers who speak fluent English, but they also have to pay attention to eavesdropping on the content of exchanges between Chinese. This is all precious information!

Seeing the unusually generous and open face of the Chinese side, Major General Craddock was a little unsure for a while whether this was a joke. Together with Sa Zhenbing, he boarded the command room above the towering bridge, looked around, and quickly concluded in his heart: "On the Chinese warships, the number of officers and sailors used is obviously much less!" ”

As everyone knows, warships are highly technology- and personnel-intensive weapons, and with the increase of technical equipment, the number of personnel required is also increasing. Britain's own "Invincible-class" battle cruisers have a crew of 784 people. The newest battleships of the "Heroic Division" and "Queen Elizabeth class". Even more than a thousand!

According to the calculations of the British Navy, in the future, a battleship will need as many as 2,000 people!

The Chinese Navy started the latest, has the shallowest foundation, and trains the least officers. Although in the past decade, they have been desperately expanding the enrollment of military academies, but qualified naval officers are not able to achieve speed. This is also the reason why they have struggled to expand the size of their navy, and instead pursue the greatest possible strength of each warship.

This is not surprising. That requires a smaller number of people on the battleship every day and more efficient work. The technology is more advanced, but it is also necessary to ensure that the combat effectiveness is not weakened.

How? It is important information of great interest to the navies of various countries.

Major General Craddock was eager to take the opportunity to figure it out, and he stared at him and calculated, but he never got the point.

It is a very good habit to ask if you don't understand. He said to Sa Zhenbing seemingly casually: "It's really an amazing miracle, I can't imagine that my Chinese counterparts can actually use such a small number of people." How is it possible to meet all the jobs of an advanced warship? Your Excellency, General, can you explain a few questions to me? ”

Sa Zhenbing seemed to have been prepared, and replied casually: "It's nothing special, it's just to use some advanced equipment with a higher degree of automation as much as possible." For example, in terms of coordinate elements and ballistic fire control calculations. We used mechanical computer aid. In terms of communication command, all our warships have deployed telephone exchanges. In each turret, semi-automatic ammunition loading aids are used, which can reduce the manpower by at least one-fifth. ”

Major General Craddock pricked up his ears and listened carefully, for fear of missing a word, he couldn't help clenching his fists, his heart was beating faster and the blood was rushing, and his breathing was a lot heavier!

This is unheard of top secret news! I can't imagine that the Chinese will be so open and honest, does this mean that they really have the intention to take the initiative to break the hostility between China and Britain and take the initiative to seek friendly cooperation?

Perhaps, today's action of opening oneself to observation is the beginning of a great process!

At the thought of the possibility that his name would go down in history, His Excellency could not help but feel a sourness and apprehension, and the excitement in his heart even made him suffer from gains and losses, and it was difficult to keep calm.

The "oh, oh, oops" in his mouth was just the right amount of exclamation, as if he really appreciated the advanced achievements of his Chinese counterparts, or the usual subtlety of British gentlemen.

Sa Zhenbing didn't seem to care that the British knew many secrets, and frankly let him know about almost everything in the command room, and let Major General Craddock personally get hands on it and experience the command process.

The results of the first-hand experience deeply shocked His Excellency Sir British!

He finally understood why, ten years ago, in the waters of Far East China, more than a dozen warships of the Great Powers and the Navy were shot together, but they were beaten to pieces by one of the modified and upgraded warships. Not to mention anything else, just the performance upgrade of the main gun and the efficiency of the firing command system were several times higher than that of the navies of various countries at that time! The technical generation gap between the two sides is at least more than ten years! It's not surprising at all that he lost.

Over the past decade or so, the Western world, represented by the United Kingdom, has invested heavily in upgrading naval technology and achieved fruitful results. Today, Britain's most advanced capital warships have begun to install optical rangefinders, which have pushed the combat distance from the original 3,000 meters to 7,000 meters away, and even increased to more than 10 kilometers for the first firing!

Mechanical computers are not a magic thing, Pascal made the original addition and subtraction version more than 200 years ago, and now Britain and the United States and other countries have practical punching mechanical computers, and with the proliferation of Chinese tube products. As a result, the B plane appeared more than ten years ahead of the prototype of the tube computer. It's just that all countries secretly study it as a strategic top secret, and keep it secret.

Craddock is absolutely convinced that the secrets possessed by the Chinese are not just those that are taken out. Fifteen years ago, they were able to achieve continuous precision hits from a distance of 10 kilometers, which shows that their warship equipment is on par with the most advanced technology of the current powers. After more than ten years, they will inevitably have something better. That's why we open up what is considered backward to other countries, right?

This is really a dismal result.

It is an unacceptable reality that the British Empire, which represents the world's leading role in science and technology, lags behind the Chinese in key technologies.

But on second thought, Major General Craddock was full of self-confidence again. Now that the British Empire has also mastered the powerful mystery, with its absolute comprehensive strength, how difficult is it to quickly surpass the Chinese? Look at the fact that the Chinese have not made a new breakthrough in the Navy for ten years. It can be seen that they didn't know where to get the technical advantage before, and I'm afraid it has been exhausted.

Major General Craddock's vision is still very broad, and he knows that the competition of powerful countries is to fight for comprehensive national strength. The British Empire's lead in the world is the result of 400 years of unremitting efforts, China was still an unsuccessful agricultural country more than ten years ago, and no matter how industrialization is catching up, it wants to solve the shortcomings in education, science and technology, military and other aspects. Don't even think about it without half a century.

And in the meantime, Britain will not stand still. With China's large population burden and such a complex surrounding environment, it is impossible to threaten Britain's leading position after all.

Thinking of this, Major General Craddock quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and the pride of the British nobles unconsciously emerged, and said to Sa Zhenbing with a smile: "Thank you for your generous explanation. May I think so, that your country intends to express its willingness to reconcile with the civilized world through similar actions? ”

Sa Zhenbing scolded in his heart: "Go to your grandmother's clawed civilized world!" It's as if you foreign devils are civilized people all over the world, and other nations are primitive people! In the last 100 years, aren't you all full of and urine on the streets? The robbery of wealth all over the world has begun. This is starting to pretend? With Lao Tzu's Chinese thesis, you are far behind! ”

The old general also puffed up his chest, raised his chin arrogantly, and said lightly: "Since ancient times, China has never intended to dominate the world by force, coexist peacefully with all countries and nationalities, and promote the progress of all mankind with our advanced civilization, which has been a firm belief for thousands of years!" The purpose of this fleet's visit to various countries is to spread this great concept to the people of all countries and to express our sincerity and open-mindedness. As for some of the past disputes with your country, it does not seem to us to be much of a problem. As long as there is a willingness for a peaceful settlement, I think the final result will be satisfactory to everyone. ”

Hidden needles!

Major General Craddock keenly heard the faint threat in his words! China has completed its own revolution and successfully promoted from a decadent and conservative agricultural empire to a powerful industrial country with advanced ideas! And they are not satisfied with what they have achieved at this time, and they intend to share their experience with other countries!

Revolution Output!

This is a term that is not yet popular in contemporary times, and Craddock is not a professional politician, but judging from his role, the Chinese may want to contribute and show up to incite other colonial countries and colonized peoples, and also launch a struggle against colonialism by foreign powers!

He suddenly realized that China's round-the-world visit probably had an extremely deep purpose. If you choose to land in India, do you plan to make a storm here?!

Opening up advanced warships, but expressing such threatening intentions, the Chinese are indeed not so easy to bully in their bones!

Major General Craddock's heart was spinning around like a tornado, but with a slight smile on his face, he said with a relaxed face: "Oh, it seems that this is a very complicated matter, I think it should be a matter that the gentlemen in the council should consider, as soldiers, it is more appropriate for us to talk about some simple and professional topics." Do you say so? ”

Sa Zhenbing's eyes flashed, and he nodded with a smile: "I see it that way too." ”

The two of them tacitly haha, and gently let it go.

Yang Hao wore a captain's uniform, mixed with other officers as a passer-by, watching the performance of the two coldly, and secretly laughed in his heart. He knew that when the Brits went back and reported the situation to London, the British ministers and parliamentarians at the top level would probably have a headache and couldn't sleep.

To incite the colonies to rebel and export the revolution to the outside world is to dig up the ancestral graves of the great powers!

It was by plundering the colonies that the Great Powers made their fortunes, and once this foundation was gone, their rapid decline was just around the corner.

China is even more threatening than building more battleships than it is to show such dangerous ideas. The people in power are not fools, and they must be able to see how powerful they are. If they don't find a way to contain it, or let China dispel this idea, their trouble will really be out of control!

To be honest, it is very dangerous to throw such a scary killer at such a time. Once the great powers are forced to be anxious and put aside their disputes and unite with the outside world, China cannot say that it will face unprecedented pressure!

But will the great powers be able to unite?

In any case, Sa Zhenbing's just a fluttering sentence made the British Empire unprecedentedly nervous! (To be continued.) )