"President, the latest news from the European side is that the combined fleet of the Entente has encountered the German fleet in the North Sea, and the two sides have a big fight??????" Jiang Baili reported to Xiao Zhenlei on the phone.

"Oh?" Xiao Zhenlei's spirit was shocked, and he immediately said: "Tell me the details, what is the result?" ”

"The first to encounter the German fleet is the British naval fleet, this time the combined fleet is ready to go to the German waters to find the German naval fleet for a decisive battle, but I did not expect to encounter the opponent's fleet before entering the German waters, the British fleet first fought with the German fleet, and at that time the American naval fleet and our fleet were a hundred nautical miles away, and they could not rush over in time to reinforce, Germany reacted quickly, and immediately dispatched a group of more than 200 bombers to the warring waters to bomb the British fleet, Our fleet then also sent sixty fighters to reinforce the fleet, when our fleet arrived, the Luftwaffe was bombing the British fleet, the British fleet had lost most of it, basically lost its combat capability, most of the warships were sinking, our carrier-based aircraft group and the Luftwaffe conducted an air battle, the other side quickly retreated, we did not pursue, strafed the German fleet on the sea, caused some casualties, and caused less damage to the German ships, but when our fighters returned to replenish ammunition, The German naval fleet sank all the British fleet, and this time the British were really wounded, losing 92 warships with a displacement of more than 600,000 tons! ”

Xiao Zhenlei was a little surprised, "That British fleet was completely wiped out?" Is it so miserable? ”

"Yes, when our fighters rushed back to the area of engagement, there were no British ships on the sea. There were only countless corpses and remnants, and the German naval battleships had also left. Fearing the arrival of German land-based fighters, our fleet could only return. In the battle with the Luftwaffe, we lost more than twenty fighters, and those pilots estimated that the chances of survival would be very small, and after this naval battle, the idea of the Combined Fleet to completely solve the German naval fleet could not be carried out for the time being, and the British needed to regroup their naval forces to form a new combat fleet against Germany."

"Okay, I got it!"

Xiao Zhenlei hung up the phone, took out a cigarette and lit it and smoked it, and he began to think in his heart. Since Germany implemented unlimited submarine warfare and sent its air force to bomb the British mainland, many British shipyards and ports have been bombed by the Germans, and the British shipbuilding industry has been seriously damaged, so the shipbuilding capacity has been greatly reduced, and the warships lost by the British Royal Navy fleet in the Battle of Jutland have not been replenished at all, and this time it has lost 600,000 tons, and the total tonnage of the British Royal Navy is less than 1.6 million tons, and this total tonnage is not much more than the total tonnage of the Chinese Navy. And half of the total tonnage of the British Navy of 1.6 million tons is old warships. A quarter were built in the years before the war, and a quarter were built after the war, and unlike the Chinese army, only a very small number of old warships were left over from the Beiyang period. Only a small part of them were captured Japanese warships, and the vast majority were new warships that were built.

So, in terms of equipment. The Chinese navy is definitely stronger than the British in terms of equipment, but whether the combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the British. It's hard to say, the Navy and the Army are different. The vast majority of the world's modern navy is based on the British Navy, and the British Navy is the teacher of the navies of many countries, for example, the Japanese Navy is the British Navy that learns, and the title of the Empire on which the sun never sets is inseparable from the British Navy, so to speak, without the British Navy, it is impossible to have the title of the Empire on which the sun never sets.

And now, Xiao Zhenlei can be sure that Huaguo is stronger than Britain in the army, navy, or air force, so militarily, Huaguo has caught up with Britain, which makes Xiao Zhenlei very happy, at noon, he rarely asked the canteen to add a few dishes, and sent someone to call Jiang Fangzhen, Cai Yi, Sa Zhenbing, and Ma Hanlong to invite over.

Ma Hanlong was the last to arrive, he saw Xiao Zhenlei, Jiang Fangzhen, Cai Yi, Sa Zhenbing and others sitting at the table waiting, and there were five or six plates of exquisite side dishes on the table, and hurriedly said: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late!" ”

Sa Zhenbing shook his head with a smile and said: "It's rare for the president to invite guests to dinner, at least this is the first time I've eaten a guest invited by the president, you're still late, really!" ”

Ma Hanlong immediately said: "It's really my fault, it's my fault, what, in this way, I will punish myself three cups first!" ”

Saying that he was about to drink the wine glass, Xiao Zhenlei hurriedly said: "Slow down, slow down, I think you don't want to punish yourself with three glasses, but take the opportunity to drink a few more glasses, right?" ”

Ma Hanlong was suddenly a little embarrassed, his mind was seen through by Xiao Zhenlei, and he touched his head quite embarrassedly, and several other people laughed when they saw his embarrassed appearance.

Xiao Zhenlei smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, okay, let's stop laughing at Lao Ma, come on, let's have a drink together!" ”

Everyone picked up a small wine cup and touched a glass together, and then each picked up chopsticks to eat vegetables, Xiao Zhenlei asked while eating: "You all know about the naval battle in the North Sea, right?" ”

Everyone nodded, this kind of battle report must be the first time to reach the hands of their military leaders, in the morning, they all saw the battle report, naturally know about the sea battle on the surface of the North Sea.

"Do you know why I invited you to dinner today? Although this meal is not very good, I, Xiao Zhenlei, have never invited anyone to eat, you are the first! I'm so happy today! ”

Cai Yiqi said: "President, is there any happy event today?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and smiled: "There is indeed a happy event, don't you think that the destruction of the British fleet is a happy event?" ”

"Ah, this ??????" Jiang Baili and the others were a little dumbfounded.

Xiao Zhenlei took a sip of the wine glass, put down the wine glass and said: "The British have dominated the world for hundreds of years, why do they dominate the world?" General Sa, what do you say? ”

Sa Zhenbing blurted out: "Of course, it depends on their invincible armada!" ”

"Not bad!" Xiao Zhenlei nodded and continued: "The British have been rampant for hundreds of years, relying on their invincible armada, if a country wants to protect itself, it must first defend its maritime frontier, and to defend its maritime frontier, it must first have a powerful naval warship, the total tonnage of the British navy before the war was 2.3 million tons, and after the war, it rose to 2.7 million tons, which is almost equivalent to the total tonnage of the navies of other countries, and now their total tonnage is about 1.6 million tons, and we, our total tonnage is more than 1.5 million, Although we are still less than the British in terms of total tonnage, but most of us are new warships, and the new warships built by the British before and during the war were basically all destroyed by the Germans, more than half of their 1.6 million tons are old warships, and they are far inferior to our naval warships in terms of performance, so on the whole, our naval strength definitely exceeds that of the British, and we have finally caught up with the British as the world hegemon, and we no longer have to be afraid of anyone, isn't this a great joy? Isn't that something to be happy about? ”

Jiang Baili said with a smile: "This is indeed worth rejoicing, according to the current situation, the military strength of our army is already among the best!" ”

Sa Zhenbing suddenly shed old tears, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, everyone understood his feelings, Sa Zhenbing is the oldest military general here, and he is also a naval military general, during the Qing Dynasty and Yuan Shikai period, the Chinese Navy has basically been removed, and the status of Sa Zhenbing's generation of naval soldiers is very embarrassing, the naval strength is not good, the country is bullied, and the feelings of their naval soldiers are naturally not much better.

Xiao Zhenlei patted him on the shoulder and said, "Now is not the era of cold weapons, but the era of hot weapons." The military strength of the era of hot weapons is not simply to fight equipment and army combat effectiveness, to fight is the overall comprehensive strength of a country, the military is actually closely related to politics and economy, interdependence, there is a clean government, there is a clear political environment and a developed economic environment, there is enough funds to develop more advanced military equipment, there is enough funds for the army to replace better equipment, and strong military strength can protect the country's due interests, can escort politics and economy! Therefore, it is not enough to be purely militarily strong, but also to be politically clear and economically developed, only in this way will the overall strength of the country continue to rise, and these three things are equally strong, and the country is really strong. At no time can the army be chaotic, the army's training must not stop at any time, and the army must not be slack at any time."

"Yes, yes!"

Several other people all raised their wine glasses and said to Xiao Zhenlei: "President, this is indeed a happy event, we toast you!" ”

"Okay, come, all drink!" Xiao Zhenlei happily drank a glass of wine.

I was very happy to eat this meal at noon, and there was work in the afternoon, Xiao Zhenlei and others didn't drink much, one person drank two or three taels of wine, everyone had a big appetite, the meal was exhausted, and after the meal, they drank tea and chatted, and they didn't go back to work until a quarter of an hour before going to work.

As soon as Xiao Zhenlei returned to the office to prepare for work, Ma Xiaoshuang, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, walked in and reported: "President, the German army has made a new move, and we have received news that Germany has secretly transferred 500,000 people from Poland, and it looks like the posture is preparing to be transferred to the Western Front!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei stood up and asked, "Is the information accurate?" ”

Ma Xiaoshuang said: "We have verified, there is no problem, all signs show that the Germans are ready to do a big job on the Western Front!" (To be continued......)