"The Navy is not allowed to say maybe, do you know that such a sentence may send thousands of officers and men to death, and if you are so irresponsible, it will be the murder of the officers and men." Admiral Mahan angrily choked Colonel Maddie's words back.

"The navies of our Axis powers are also very strong, and even if they still have hidden power, they should not be able to defeat us." Seeing the two observers of the Boston Empire bickering, the observers of the other allied countries did not dare to speak, only Vice Admiral Henry of the Nantes Imperial Navy, who was also the three major countries of the Axis powers, hurried out to play a round.

"Yes, yes, our fleet is so powerful, it must be more powerful than them." Vice Admiral Cunningham of the Saar Empire also echoed that he had a comprehensive understanding of the entire Axis navy, and this sentence came from the bottom of his heart, and in the history of Wangxiangxing, there was no fleet that could compare with the Axis powers.

Admiral Mahan sighed and said: "The Chinese Empire has always been at the forefront of the world, their incredible combat mode and subversive changes are something we can never surpass, and they have launched so many new warships are also very useful, just like the kind of huge warships that can take off and land vertical anti-submarine aircraft and can place a lot of hovercraft just now, it is not something we can have, compared to them, we may be stronger in military strength, but the degree of innovation is still too far behind." ”

After the end of the maritime exercise, observers from various countries wrote a long report to China, in which they all spoke highly of the naval combat power of the Chinese Empire, especially the artillery bombardment of the battleship that hit the first hit 35 kilometers away, and the strange helicopter that could take off and land vertically.

After receiving this report, all countries began to study the flight principles of the helicopter and how to improve the long-range shelling hit rate of artillery, and the Boston Empire report added one more thing, jet planes that could take off from warships.

For the jet on the ship, the Boston Empire is also looking forward to this, they began to gather scientists to study the problem, because of the vagueness of Colonel Maddie's report, they did not notice the small steam catapult on the warship, in fact, this can not be blamed Colonel Maddie, because he is far away, he can't see the subtleties on the aircraft carrier at all, the part of the steam catapult that exposes the deck is only a slide rail and a slider, not a professional can not detect it at all.

As a result of this situation, the researchers of the Boston Empire focused their attention on how to increase the horsepower of the engines, and the Boston Empire's research on jet aircraft on ships went astray from the beginning.

After being resupplied at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, the NATO warships of the NATO countries that had completed the exercise had all set sail for their homeland, and the aircraft carriers and amphibious assault fleets of the Chinese Empire had also set sail for home, while the four Zhili-class battleships had set sail with a group of cruisers and destroyers escorting them to the port of San Diego in the east, where they were to make the first naval 'goodwill' visit to the Boston Empire in the history of the Chinese Empire.

Pearl Harbor and San Diego were separated by less than 3,000 nautical miles, and the visiting fleet, sailing at nearly 20 knots, reached its destination in only six days. Although I don't know what the other party wants to do, since the other party did not send an aircraft carrier, it means that it has no intention of attacking San Diego at all.

Moreover, it is not reasonable to carry out a sneak attack in the name of a visit, which will make the Chinese Empire's status in the international community plummet, and the Boston Empire has nothing to worry about about this. After all the nearby military airfields and ports were put on alert, many of the Boston Navy's top brass went to the docks to personally greet the arrival of the Imperial Chinese Fleet.

Four Naoli-class battleships with a full load displacement of more than 60,000 tons slowly sailed into the San Diego Military Harbor, followed by more than 20 destroyers and several Hongyuan-class cruisers responsible for protection. The Zhili, the lead ship of the 'Zhili' class battleship, which was the flagship of this visit, slowly approached the berth amid the 24-gun salute fired by the Boston Navy, and Vice Admiral Li Weiguo, dressed in a white admiral's dress, was the first to walk down the suspension ladder with a smile on his face. The high-ranking officers of the Boston Navy, who had been shocked by the huge size of the four battleships, immediately greeted the opposing commander when they saw that the opposing commander had disembarked.

"On behalf of the Boston Imperial Navy, I welcome you." Vice Admiral Nimitz, commander of the Boston Imperial Eastern Ocean Fleet, greeted him with a smile. The high-ranking officials who followed up looked at the vice admiral, who was less than forty years old, and looked a little surprised, they could not imagine that he would be in a high position at such a young age.

Li Weiguo, who was born as an orphan, has received strict training since he was a child, and has been in the navy for so many years, he has never seen any scenes, seeing that everyone is looking at him with an incredible eye, Li Weiguo smiled slightly and said: "What's wrong with you, is there something wrong with me?" ”

After Li Weiguo mentioned this, the high-ranking officials realized that they were a little rude, and Vice Admiral Nimitz on the side immediately changed the topic and said: "Lieutenant General Li, I don't know if the four warships you brought this time are ....... ”

Li Weiguo looked at the flagship behind him and said proudly: "This is my country's latest 'Zhili' class battleship, with a full load displacement of more than 60,000 tons. Li Weiguo is a fanatical supporter of the doctrine of cannon and giant ships, and he is quite proud that his country has such a huge warship, and his tone cannot help but carry a hint of pride.

Rear Admiral Spruance, the deputy commander of the Eastern Ocean Fleet, was also a supporter of the doctrine of cannon giants. Looking up at the huge warship and the huge muzzle, Rear Admiral Spruance sighed: "What a big warship, this gun is so big." ”

Li Weiguo said: "Yes, the 406 mm main gun has a long range, and a battleship with less than 10,000 tons of artillery will be finished directly." ”

Li Weiguo's words made everyone on the side nod their heads, General Mahan, the author of "Sea Power" back then, was a native of the Boston Empire, and under his influence, there were many supporters of the Boston Empire's cannon and giant ship doctrine, although Colonel Maddie's military exercise report had been transmitted back to China, but after seeing these huge things, the naval officers still had a feeling of depression.

Rear Admiral Spruance, who had been sighing, asked again: "I wonder how many such huge ships there are in your country." ”

Vice Admiral Li Weiguo pretended to be casual and replied: "Oh, this kind of battleship, there are only four of them currently in service, but there are more warships of this class in the shipyard that are being outfitted, and it is estimated that they will all be launched in two months, as for the number......" Li Weiguo glanced at the eyes of hope around him and smiled: "This is a military secret, so I forgive you for not revealing it." ”

In fact, Fang Ruijun had no intention of continuing to build this kind of warship at all, but in order to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, the order he gave to Li Weiguo was to brag desperately and try to scare the other party, and Li Weiguo also implemented this order very well, and he didn't blink his eyes when he lied.

Listening to Li Weiguo's words, all the senior naval officials gasped, the Chinese Empire is rich, such giant ships are built in batches, and the country has been preparing for many years, and the family has saved little by little, and those battleships are also much smaller than this kind of giant ships.

During his visit, Li Weiguo visited the military port and some facilities of the Boston Empire, but because the two countries were not allies, they did not open their warships to each other. But even so, the purpose of Li Weiguo's trip had been achieved, and in the next few days he boasted about a group of high-ranking Boston officials, making these people secretly happy that Li Weiguo was open-mouthed, and at the same time, he was secretly frightened by the naval strength of the Chinese Empire.

"Is this information reliable?" Prime Minister Widmann frowned and placed the report on the table.

General Dewey stood aside and said: "This was inadvertently mentioned by Vice Admiral Li Weiguo, deputy commander of the Eastern Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Empire, and Vice Admiral Nimitz and many high-ranking members of the Navy have heard it. ”

Widman sighed and said: "More than eight 60,000-ton battleships, more than forty 50,000-ton aircraft carriers, having such strength is not something we can easily defeat, it seems that our intelligence work in the Chinese Empire needs to be strengthened." ”

General Dewey said: "Actually, you can't blame the intelligence department, some of the warships of the Chinese Empire were built on Zhonghua Island, and other warships were also built in the shipyards of several islands. ”

Prime Minister Widman shook his head and said, "How much strength China Island has is also a gap in our intelligence. ”

General Dewey reported with some hesitation: "According to our reconnaissance in all aspects, the other side does not have large warships, and the largest is only destroyers, I think the scale of the garrison fleet should not be large, not to mention that they are just a company's private army, how powerful can they be." ”

Prime Minister Widman said: "As long as there is Fang Xiaoyu's existence, nothing can be taken lightly, not to mention that as the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, where will his private army go?" The appearance of the Iron Blood Army was quite eye-catching, and its strength was even stronger than that of the regular army of the Empire. Although it was only the Army, it was inferred that the Navy would not be far behind. ”

Vice Admiral Dewey smiled disdainfully: "The navy is different from the army, the navy takes time to accumulate and form traditions, and it has not experienced several major wars, even if it has excellent weapons, it cannot be regarded as a powerful navy." The Predators are only strong in the army, and if there is no strong enough navy, can they swim to fight us? ”

Wiedman sighed again and said, "No matter what, you have to pay great attention to it, it's not the first time that Fang Xiaoyu has created a miracle, and every opponent who despises him has already fallen." ”