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It's one thing to compare military orders on land, but on the other hand, the navy is the real watchman's power. Although China is a large continental country, the navy has always been the top priority since Chen Shao established industry.

Although the number of China's capital ships is far behind that of the United States. But the navy is a highly technological branch of the military, and like the army, the number does not explain the problem at all. Each of China's 30 main aircraft carriers can form an independent aircraft carrier battle group. Multiple ships can also be formed into a joint aircraft carrier battle group. Moreover, both in terms of tactical tactics and the quality of carrier-based aircraft, it is not comparable to that of the United States.

When formulating the national development strategy, Chen Shao pointed out that the game point of the future is the ocean. Therefore, China must build a strong ocean-going navy.

The ocean gave birth to life on earth and also gave birth to the entire human civilization. International political, economic, military, scientific and technological activities are inseparable from the ocean, and the sustainable development of mankind will inevitably depend more and more on the ocean. Going to the sea is a national strategy shared by all the world's great powers.

During the era of slavery and the early and middle years of feudal society, the expansion of land territory was the main strategic goal of states. Some of the great empires along the coast began to vie for control of the sea lanes and the surrounding seas. During this period, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, the Kingdom of Persia, ancient Rome, Byzantium, Carthage and other countries gradually formed a sense of controlling the sea, and successively became the great powers of the time.

Ancient Egypt was the first to establish a unified centralized autocratic regime, relying on its advanced shipbuilding capabilities. A maritime trading fleet was created, and a navy was formed. During the reign of Thutmose I (1525~1512 BC), Egypt marched north to occupy northern Syria. Thutmose III led his army north along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, passing through Bybros, conquering the northern towns of Uraza and Aldata, turning the ports of the occupied territories on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean into munitions depots. Later, he invaded Syria and Palestine on a large scale, and continued to march into Nubia, extending the southern boundary of the Egyptian Empire to the Fourth Falls of the Nile. By carving out territories in the south, east, and north, the Mediterranean and Red Seas became Egypt's inland lakes. With the three advantages of shipbuilding, trade and navy. Egypt became a supermilitary power at the time.

Ancient Greece adopted advanced sailboat construction techniques. Trade in Thrace, Helles (present-day Dardanelles) and the Black Sea was opened, and the world's first seaport was built. In the 5th century B.C., when commerce was booming, the total trade volume of the port of Bairius alone was between 2500~3000 talants (ancient Greek currency). At the beginning of the 12th century BC, the first large-scale naval expedition of the West - the Trojan War. It was a war for control of the Black Sea trade routes. It was also the first expedition after the establishment of a navy. Ancient Greece relied on its powerful navy to dominate Crete. Take control of the Aegean islands, establish overseas colonies, and allow domestic merchant ships to sail freely in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Become a famous maritime power in the region.

The ancient Persian Empire arose in the 6th century BC on the Iranian plateau. In 550 BC, the Persian king Cyrus led his troops to drive out the Assyrians, unify the Iranian plateau, and establish the Persian Empire. After that, he conquered Lydia, Neo-Babylon, Central Asia, and Egypt in Asia Minor, and controlled Palestine and Phoenicia. Then he marched into Europe, occupied Thrace and the Black Sea straits, cut off the communication between Greece and the Black Sea, and established a great empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa.

Ancient Rome was a Mediterranean power that lasted for millennia. Between the 5th century BC and the beginning of the 3rd century BC, it relied on a well-equipped army to gradually conquer the Italian peninsula. By the late 2nd century BC, Rome had expanded to become the hegemon of the Mediterranean, stretching from Asia Minor in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west. The Antonine period (96~192) is known as the "golden age" of the empire, its territory from the Euphrates River in the east, the British Isle in the west, Dacia in the north, and North Africa in the south, all the coasts and naval bases were under the jurisdiction of the Roman Empire, and the entire Mediterranean Sea and the surrounding annexed waters became the inner lakes of the Romans, which lasted until the 5th century AD.

In 395, the Eastern and Western Roman Empires were officially separated, with Rome as its capital, and fell in 476. The Eastern Roman Empire was called the Byzantine Empire because of its capital, the former Greek colonial city. The Byzantine Empire completed the process of feudalization during the 7th ~ 11th century, it aimed at reviving the Roman Empire and restoring the territory of the former empire, established a strong maritime power, and after a long period of warfare, its territory has included the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, the two river basins and Egypt, becoming a great power in the medieval Mediterranean.

Carthage's strategic location on the main sea route in the western Mediterranean Sea made it a commercial hub in the Mediterranean, and the local population was known for its navigation and business. The breadth of its foreign trade, the variety of commodities it handled, and the great profits it obtained were extremely rare in the ancient world, and its colonial cities and commercial points were almost all over the western Mediterranean coast. In the late 5th and early 4th centuries BC, Carthaginian merchants advanced southwest along the coast of Africa from the Mikakaltic Pillars, colonized cities, built cities on the northwest coast of Africa, and even reached the coast of tropical Africa south of Cape Verde. By around 510 BC, Carthaginian trade had expanded westward into the North Sea and West Africa, and for centuries had mastered maritime supremacy in the western Mediterranean.

The 15th to mid-17th centuries were a period of transition from feudal society to capitalism, during which Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and England became typical maritime powers. From the mid-17th century to the mid-19th century, Europe entered the era of capitalism, with Britain and France becoming world powers, among which Britain became a maritime hegemon. At the end of the 19th century, a number of countries in Europe, the Americas, and Asia entered the stage of imperialism, and Britain, France, Russia, Japan, the United States, and Germany successively became world powers and maritime powers.

Portugal was the first unified nation-state on the European continent. With an adventurous nature, the Portuguese made their way south along the west coast of Africa. It basically controls the main communication routes between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. By the beginning of the 16th century, a vast empire had been established from Gibraltar to the Indian Ocean via the Cape of Good Hope, the Strait of Malacca to the Far East, which spanned 140 degrees of longitude from east to west, 70 latitudes from Lisbon to the Cape of Good Hope, 4,000 miles from the Cape of Good Hope to the Persian Gulf, and another 15,000 miles from the Persian Gulf via Cape Comorin, the Bay of Bengal, Malacca, Java to Denady. In the mid-16th century, Portugal made another foray into Brazil, taking $600 million worth of gold and $300 million worth of diamonds during its 300 years of colonial rule. Lots of wealth and a strong navy. Making Portugal a maritime power at the time.

After the unification of Spain by the ambitious Queen Isabel. It was decided to fund the expedition of Columbus and Magellan's voyage around the world. Due to the large number of ships required for expeditionary expeditions, the shipbuilding industry developed rapidly, allowing Spain to build a world-class fleet. By the beginning of the 16th century, Spain had 1,000 merchant ships. To protect the merchant fleet. Spain has built up a powerful naval fleet. Early 16th century. Spain invaded the West Indies and other places. Conquered all parts of Mexico and Central America, conquered vast areas of South America. By 1550, Spain had ruled large swaths of North America, Central America, and all of South America except Brazil. In 1571, the Spanish fleet defeated the Turkish fleet in the naval battle near Lepanto. Earn the title of "Armada". In 1581, Spain annexed Portugal and became even more powerful, becoming a veritable maritime power. In the 300 years it has been in Latin America, 2.5 million kilograms of gold and 100 million kilograms of silver have been transported. By the end of the 16th century, Spain accounted for 83% of the world's total gold and silver production, and the huge amount of gold and silver allowed it to control the international financial markets for a long time.

Taking advantage of the advantages of shipbuilding, the Netherlands has designed a more affordable ship that makes it more profitable to freight. By the middle of the 17th century, a huge caravan with 10,000 ships had been established, and its total tonnage was equivalent to that of Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain combined, and it was known as the "coachman of the sea". In order to protect the large merchant fleet, the Dutch began to attack the Portuguese fleet in the Pacific, gradually driving the Portuguese out of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malacca, and later in the Atlantic against the Spanish, eventually defeating the Spanish fleet at the port of Adams. The Dutch also took advantage of the turmoil in Britain to seize control of the North Sea and the English Channel, and to squeeze out the British on the Mediterranean and West African coasts, monopolizing the seaborne trade in Europe. Taking advantage of maritime superiority and commercial supremacy, the Netherlands reached its heyday in the 17th century in terms of navigation, colonization, and trade, and became the center of the European economy.

Britain's maritime strategy has gone through several stages: the strategy of developing overseas trade, the strategy of dominating the sea, the strategy of maintaining maritime supremacy, and the strategy of regional seas. In the Anglo-Spanish naval battle at the end of the 15th century, the English fleet took advantage of its flexibility and maneuverability to defeat the Spanish Armada. In the mid-17th century, Britain fought a series of naval battles with the Netherlands, and finally the Dutch fleet was defeated, and British maritime supremacy was initially established. In the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Britain defeated France and truly established its position as the supremacy of the sea. By 1870, Britain accounted for 25% of total world trade, almost as much as France, Germany, and the United States combined. At the same time, the British navy grew in size, and in 1890 it had 254 armoured and unarmoured ships with a total tonnage of more than 890,000 tons. By 1899, there were 472 ships with more than 1.26 million tons.

After independence, the United States expanded its territory from 2.3 million square kilometers to more than 9.2 million square kilometers through purchases, annexations, and armed occupation. Later, the navy was greatly expanded according to Mahan's idea of building a superior navy. By the end of the 19th century, the U.S. Navy had 9 first-class battleships, 2 second-class battleships, 2 heavily armored cruisers, and more than a dozen armored cruisers, and its naval strength jumped from 12th to 5th in the world.

During World War II, although the U.S. fleet was heavily damaged by the Japanese army, in 1944 its navy still had 10 combat fleets, with 125 aircraft carriers, 23 battleships, 67 cruisers, 879 destroyers and frigates, nearly 900 submarine hunters, and 351 submarines, making it the most powerful maritime force in the world at that time. At the end of the war, the United States had 12.5 million military personnel, including 7.5 million troops stationed overseas. It also accounts for more than half of the world's total manufacturing output, making it the largest exporter of goods.

Russia after the reign of Peter the Great. Seized access to the Black and Baltic Seas from the Swedes, and from then on rose rapidly. After a long period of expansion, Russia became the largest country in terms of land area across the Eurasian continent. After 1870, the number of ships in the Russian Navy increased, reaching 191 by 1900. However, after the Russo-Japanese War, its navy fell from third to sixth place in the world, surpassing it by the United States, Germany, and Japan. In 1905~1914, in addition to building 4 armored ships, 4 armored cruisers, 4 gunboats, 2 submarines, and 2 minelayers, Russia also built 8 battleships, 4 battle cruisers, 10 light cruisers, 57 destroyers, and 35 submarines, which greatly increased the naval strength. In World War II, the Soviet Union annexed Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Partial territories were acquired from Finland, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Japan, and other countries. It expanded its territory and helped the liberation of some countries in Eastern Europe, so that socialism became a camp and turned into a world system.

Germany created its navy in 1867. By the end of the 19th century. Its fleet has risen from 6th to 2nd place in the world. 1908 year. Germany built the "Nassau" class "dreadnought" ships with a standard displacement of 18,873 tons and a main gun caliber of 280 mm. The speed reached 19.5 knots. At the outbreak of World War I, Germany had become the second naval power after Great Britain. During this period, although its navy suffered heavy losses, it was not completely defeated, and it was not until the defeat in World War II that Germany's huge naval fleet was wiped out.

Japan is a typical maritime country. After the 16th century, Japan lost its economic and political sovereignty due to the invasion of Western powers. In 1868, Emperor Meiji began to build the sea after coming to power. In 1874, Japan invaded Taiwan and took the first step in overseas expansion. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan became a naval power in East Asia. After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan monopolized the sea power in East Asia and became a world naval power. After the outbreak of World War I, Japan declared war on Germany, occupied Qingdao, a German stronghold in China, and then occupied the Nanyang Islands, and sent destroyers to the Mediterranean.

Later in World War II, Japan's maritime power was developed to the extreme. Its combined fleet has more than 230 major combat ships, including 10 aircraft carriers and battleships, 38 cruisers, 112 destroyers, 65 submarines, and more than 1,000 aircraft. The Battle of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, nearly wiped out the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and naval superiority in the Pacific quickly fell into the hands of the Japanese. It then annihilated the main force of the British Eastern Fleet in the Malay Sea, captured Hong Kong, Manila, and Singapore, occupied vast areas of Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Burma, and invaded India.

After World War II, although there was no large-scale naval war in the world, the struggle for control of the seas never stopped for a moment. By the end of the Cold War, this kind of competition was mainly manifested in the maritime game between the two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States.

The Chinese nation was the first nation in the world to develop and utilize the sea, and China's shipbuilding technology and navigation technology have been in the forefront of the world for a long time in history. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Chinese reached many places along the coast of Korea and sailed to Japan. During the Qin and Han dynasties, there were large-scale maritime exchanges between China and Japan. The compass invented during the Northern Song Dynasty greatly promoted the development of human navigation. During the Yuan Dynasty, the country built warships and formed a naval army on a large scale, with a scale of 70,000 people and 500 warships. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the country changed the maritime ban policy, formed an ocean-going fleet, sent Zheng He to sail to the West seven times, and opened up a good route from China to the east coast of Africa. Gamma discovered the route from Europe to India 79 years earlier.

In the two Opium Wars, the Western powers opened the door of China with strong ships and artillery, and also made the people of insight in the imperial court wake up and began to understand the significance of sea power, so they set off the "Westernization Movement", established a military industry, prepared for the shipyard, trained naval talents, and formed four fleets in Beiyang, Nanyang, Guangdong, and Fujian. On the eve of the First Sino-Japanese War, it took 26 years to build a total of 55 ships of various types, which was unprecedented in the history of shipbuilding in China.

However, due to many factors, this unprecedented move was buried in the hands of Japan. It was not until Chen Shao suddenly rose up, defeated Japan, and unified the land of China, that the haze shrouded in the land of China gradually dissipated.

So far, with Chen Shao's many efforts, combined with the various scientific and technological conveniences brought by the Red Police Base, China has a strong navy and a blue water navy in the true sense.

Today, China's total tonnage of warships ranks first in the world. Although the quantity is less than that of the United States, the quality is much higher than that of the United States.

In fact, the capital ships of China are not at all less than those of the United States. The amphibious assault ship of the latest class to China is actually larger than China's own First Emperor Emperor-class aircraft carrier, but because it is not a warship that has seized air supremacy and sea supremacy, it has not been planned in the ranks of China's capital ships.

Moreover, China's warships generally have a large displacement, and the displacement of the latest provincial-level air defense cruisers has basically reached more than 20,000 tons. This is already larger than the displacement of the first generation of Senseless-class battleships. It is a city-class destroyer, whose displacement has also reached 6000~7000 tons, which is larger than the large cruisers of many countries. The displacement of the last class of surface combat ships, frigates, is also not at all smaller than that of ordinary destroyers.

In addition to a large number of integrated supply ships, specialized medical ships, and submarines, the total tonnage of naval ships is much higher than that of the United States.

Of course, if the United States and Japan are united, China's total tonnage will not be comparable with that of the United States. After all, up to now, the Japanese Combined Fleet has only lost three capital ships, and the capital ship group of the Combined Wing is still there. The total displacement still exceeds two million tons.

Although compared with the total tonnage of the United States' navy of nearly 10 million tons, and China's total naval tonnage of more than 10 million tons, such a displacement of two million tons is nothing. But once one of the parties is joined, the strength of both sides can be serious.

Don't look at China's industrial strength stronger than that of the United States, in fact, it really looks like such an industrial gap is nothing at all. The impact on the overall situation of the war is not too great. On that day, when the United States united, its strength had completely surpassed that of China at this time.

However, strength is only a part of the war, and the United States and Japan combined, with nearly 20 million combat troops and more than 1,000 ships, are indeed very powerful. In terms of quantity, China cannot be compared.

But when it comes to quality, it's not certain.

In the Iraq War in the future, a large number of Iraq's ground troops were not chased like ducks by the US military. There is no place for it. (To be continued......)