An important condition for agreeing to sell the Shangri-La to China was China's participation in the Red Flag and Rim of the Pacific military exercises, which were led by US imperialism. However, Ping Taizong and other high-level officials were afraid that this would send a strong malicious signal to the Soviet Union, so they postponed the Red Flag military exercise at the beginning of the year and decided to participate in the Rim of the Pacific military exercise that began in May.

Before the Mao Xiong's family fell, the Rim of the Pacific military exercise was held once a year, and to put it bluntly, it was a kind of show off the power of a beautiful demon. The RIMPAC exercise is actually a way for US imperialism to show its dominance in the Pacific region, and the participation of so many countries in it every year is basically a kind of side performance, and it also reflects the support or acquiescence of the rules of the game and the world order set by the United States.

If we compare it with history, it is especially like the hegemonic alliance during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there is no controversy at all about the United States as a hegemonic country.

Before the RIMPAC military exercise began, the American media, large and small, were already proclaiming the great diplomatic victory of the United States and the entry of China into the Western camp. Although China's attitude is still relatively ambiguous, some of the signals released are relatively positive, and it seems that China is abandoning some of the guidelines formulated during the Mao era and beginning to actively participate in international affairs.

Liu Huaqing did not personally appear in this military exercise, but the deputy commander went to one. After weighing the dispatch of troops, a 052A destroyer Shenzhen (board number 167), a 054A frigate Jiaxing (521), a 039A diesel-electric submarine (333) were selected, and Hainan Airlines also sent four additional J-8V Skua fighters to Hawaii. Compared with the super-large military exercises in which 40 or 50 ships were often carried out and 20 or 30 countries participated in every two years in later generations, the scale of the RIMPAC military exercises in the 70s and 80s was still limited.

In addition to the U.S. host and Singapore, there are also the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Among all the training subjects, the Chinese Navy chose four subjects: anti-submarine warfare, amphibious landing, anti-ship operations, and maritime transportation and replenishment.

The Chinese fleet has attracted much attention from the day it entered the port, first because a communist country's participation in the military exercises of the "Free World Circle" is not commensurate with the style of the Cold War, and secondly, the condition and standard of China's warships are unexpectedly good.

Captain Lee Pete of the British frigate Amazon and Melville, captain of the destroyer USS Courtney of the Royal Canadian Navy, stood at anchorage, looking at the large and elegant battleship with a hint of envy.

"It is undeniable that the Chinese warships are really beautiful." Melville exclaimed.

Li Pete said sourly: "Even if it is beautiful, China is a country that has hardly won against anyone at sea, and the navy is not a branch of the army that can win by relying on mud legs and using human lives." ”

Canadians understood the pride of the lieutenant commander of the home country, and even though the sun never set on the afterglow of the empire, the gentleman still despised all the rivals on the seas with the naval flag, as if the British Empire were still in the era of defeating the Armada.

"Hehe, one more opium war with them may be able to see the difference." Melville quipped and sarcastically in a particular way.

At this time, not far away, an American Navy Captain Fiore came over, because Lippitt was the captain of the frigate with the rank of lieutenant colonel, so according to international etiquette, he had to salute Fiore. Fiore had long heard the conversation between the two guys, and continued with a smile: "Don't be careless, man, I heard that the Chinese have installed sixteen anti-ship missiles with a range of four hundred kilometers on this beauty, and such a one hits a destroyer of four or five thousand tons, tsk, it must be better than Exocet." ”

Everyone present showed a smile that you know and I know, only the Englishman Li Pete's face was swollen and red, and he wanted to refute but could not say anything. Fiore had just satirized the British for their incompetence in the Falklands War, and although the British won the victory, they also sank the Argentine cruiser and recaptured the Falkland Islands, but their core battleship, the Sheffield, was sunk by the penetrating Super Flag with Exocet missiles, and two frigates were also sunk, and it was the same Type 21 frigate of the Amazon under Lippitt.

Only four years have passed since the Falklands War, and the British Royal Navy still remembers the lessons of that war vividly, but there are people who do not open any pot and take pleasure in revealing the scars of others.

Canadian captain Melville exclaimed: "An anti-ship missile with a range of 400 kilometers, oh my God, is it the skill of the Soviets?" How does the United States know about it? ”

Fiore said with a smile: "It shouldn't be the Soviets' skills, it should be the Chinese themselves, they have recently made a lot of things, in fact, this thing is more like a ship-based version of the Tomahawk, but the size is smaller, which is really impressive." As for the source of the information, it was in their domestic public publications, and the military attache of our embassy found out and translated it and sent it back to the Naval Association. ”

Australian Captain Bentley said: "Information from open sources? What a dereliction of duty our Australian diplomats! ”

Fiore added: "See, from Chinese destroyers to frigates, the factor of stealth has been considered, which shows that the Chinese have begun to pay attention to grasping the trend of naval development in the world, at least in this point they are much smarter than the Soviets, and now the ships built by those Slavic drunkards are still stupid and coarse and lack beauty." ”

Melville said, "A good warship is a good warship, and there is nothing wrong with that." ”

The Englishman Li Pete immediately said: "As far as I know, there have been four 052A destroyers of different port numbers, with a full load displacement of 6,800 tons, and the design is also very advanced, with a Thorn-1 anti-aircraft missile similar to a standard missile, the combat power of this ship is almost no less than that of the Spruance class of the United States, Colonel Feiore, don't you have a sense of threat at all?" ”

Fiore replied: "Indeed, many people are very worried about China's quiet development of so many weapons, so we need to have more military-level contacts with the Chinese to enhance understanding and military mutual trust." At least now China is standing in the ranks of the United States, and the desire to contain the Soviet Union is shared by both sides, and I don't know if you have noticed that since the second half of last year to the present, basically all China's policy statements related to the United States have only been positive and neutral, and there has not been a single criticism or condemnation, which shows that we are really on the right track. ”

Melville said: "Peace is always more pleasing than war, and it is the best thing for Chinese to be willing to get along amicably." ”

Fiore joked with Australian Captain Bentley: "The Chinese Navy still needs to write you a few letters of thanks, without your Melbourne, they don't have a core to build a fleet." Hehe, but this time it was to avoid making you feel emotional, so I didn't send the amphibious assault ship here. ”

Bentley waved his hand and said, "It's better not to send it over, who knows which ship she will cut in half." ”

After everyone heard this, Ha Lu Ha Da laughed, and Bentley added: "But the Chinese broke the contract, and the Melbourne could not be used for military purposes, so they still converted the ship." I wonder if the Chinese government will pursue them. ”

Melville said: "This shows that the Chinese have their own ambitions, and they want to build a strong maritime force." ”

Lippet was still full of negative energy, and said, "A farmer can't become a sailor." ”

Fiore said, "It's a pity that I'm from the Texas countryside." Facts have proved that in carrying out naval construction projects, there is no worry about any difficulties, the most important thing is investment and determination, and it is obvious that the Chinese have both, so they have reaped the results. ”

Li Pete snorted and said: "I am more skeptical, in a country where ordinary people are so poor that they can't eat, and the Communist Party oppresses people to the point that they will starve to death, it is really sad in terms of humanity and human rights to squeeze out money to build such a large fleet." ”

After all, no one is Chinese, and insulting the red party of any country during the Cold War is a politically correct thing. It's just that a few people can't help but slander that this is not the time when you went to war to sell drugs, and how did you not understand humanity and human rights at that time.

Li Pete saw that he was cold because of his words, took off the navy hat on his head, and said with a cold face: "Gentlemen, I hope you can abide by your own morality and professionalism, in the exercise, we should teach the Chinese a good lesson, let them know that they are lowly mud legs, just stay in the field, the sea is not tolerant of cowards." With that, he turned around and left.

Looking at the man's swaggering back, Fiore smacked his lips and said, "If he were an American, he would have been accused of racial discrimination if he said such things." ”

Bentley also had no good impression of this arrogant Englishman, and complained: "It is even more ridiculous that people who can only talk about it and lose when they go to the battlefield." By the way, the Chinese Navy is involved in a project that is not in confrontation with the British, which is a good show. ”

Fiore also said with great interest: "There is a Chinese submarine involved in the anti-submarine subject, and his Amazon should be directly connected to China's AIP submarine at that time. In other words, the ship-to-ship exercise was not planned in the first place, but because of China's accession, it was listed again. It's just that according to the parameters given by the Chinese, their destroyer combat power is too high, and it is difficult for our country's Adams class to fight head-on, so the commander General Hayes is considering whether to let her one-to-many. ”

"No, how strong is it to think of one-to-many, it won't be the Chinese who falsify the parameters." Melville stammered.

"There should be no fraud, because fraud leads to defeat, but will be ridiculed more fiercely, Chinese have a good face, it is impossible to put themselves in such a dangerous situation."