It has to be said that the Americans are now feeling very painful, although they very much hope to absorb China into their ranks, but the Chinese bring not only the formation of the Soviet Union, but also more options for allies.

For now, at least, in addition to the British's arrogant contempt for China's naval development, countries such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand are interested in equipping China's anti-ship missiles. Although the YJ-62 does not reach the level of supersonic speed, it has an ultra-long range, using mid-stage inertial navigation + GPS guidance, end-stage active radar guidance, cruising sea-skimming altitude of 30 meters, and the final stage is below 10 meters. The accuracy of the hit was considerable, and the damage caused by a single hit was enough to seriously damage a large destroyer of seven or eight thousand tons.

Although these small countries are relatively wealthy economically, they cannot build too large fleets, and most of the ships used are small ships under 6,000 tons, but they will face the large tonnage and large number of fleets of the Soviet Union, or they will also have some worries about other small countries. Then, a reliable and powerful anti-ship missile will undoubtedly be a rather meaningful choice for them.

Due to the occasion, these naval officers will not put forward anything too specific on the spot, but they will definitely write a report when they go back, and then ask the officials to contact China to see if they can obtain these anti-ship missiles.

This is not the first time, the courage of South Korea's 60 fighters should have belonged to General Dynamics' F-16, and although Saudi Arabia's sky-high order had nothing to do with the United States, the Americans were also secretly unhappy.

The group got off the 167 Shenzhen destroyer and boarded the Jiaxing frigate next to it. Overall, the two ships are somewhat similar, except that the main anti-aircraft force of the Jiaxing frigate is the vertical launch system, while the 052A uses a double-arm launcher. There is no doubt that vertical hair is the trend in the future, although the 054A uses medium-sized vertical hair, but with this experience accumulation, no one doubts whether China can develop a large-scale universal vertical hair system in the next step.

Walking at the back of the team, Fiore and the others, who had chatted before, all looked amazed, "Simple and beautiful appearance, balanced and complete weapon configuration, and a high degree of electronicization, this ship does not look like something that can be made by a country that is still poor." ”

Melville couldn't help but ask, "How much do you think this frigate will cost?" ”

Fiore speculated: "If the shipyard of Bath Steel is allowed to manufacture, I estimate that it will be at least four or five hundred million dollars, even if China's labor costs are cheap, but a large number of technical research and development still need to be invested, I am afraid it will definitely not be less than four hundred million dollars." ”

"And how much does China spend on the military?"

"They haven't released it, but the information we got is that it's only about two billion dollars......

Melville frowned and shook his head, "This is impossible, China has been equipped with at least dozens of new fighter jets, at least four destroyers and four frigates, several submarines, and they have also renovated the old aircraft carrier." Moreover, the F-14 contract signed with Grumman alone is more than two billion. ”

"I don't know about this, maybe it's a mistake in the information. But in any case, China should not have so much money to replace so much new equipment, which is really incomprehensible. ”

A captain of a New Zealand ship held the side of the ship and sighed: "If we had one such warship, the combat effectiveness would have been significantly improved." ”

Fiore then followed up: "The Perry class is actually very good, the tonnage is similar to this, Australia uses her." ”

Everyone laughed and said nothing, and Fiore was a little disgraced, and he himself knew that the Perry class actually couldn't compare with this 054A in many places. For example, first of all, 054A has the problem of stealth, and the detectability is much lower than that of the Perry class, which is an important competitive advantage. Then the vertical hair of 054A is not only more responsive than Peri's single-arm launcher, but also has the ability of multi-target guidance, and the air defense strength is naturally improved a lot. Even, the anti-ship missiles have twice as many belts than the Perry class. It is estimated that only one anti-submarine helicopter can be carried, which is a little worse than the Perry class.

Members of the group boarded the third Chinese ship, the Project 039A air-propelled submarine No. 333, which was one of only two submarines in the exercise. It stands to reason that this submarine is the ship that should pay the most attention to secrecy, and indeed in order to prevent leakage, the navy has done a lot of work, such as the nameplates of some equipment have been blocked, and important compartments have been circled to prevent entry. But even so, opening up others to come in and take a look can reveal a lot of things.

For this AIP submarine, in fact, it is the thing that all foreign visiting colleagues are most concerned about and interested in. The Japanese, in particular, looked at every corner of the ship with a look of horror and reverence and longing.

Hayes, commander of the Pacific Fleet, asked: "What a brilliant submarine, how long can she sail without floating under the water?" ”

It is impossible to tell Americans accurate information, and Shan Dade responded with a smile: "At least two weeks will not be on the rise." ”

This figure is simply a fantastical number for the navies of various countries that are accustomed to seeing ordinary diesel-electric submarines and need to float in a short time, and everyone understands the strategic indicators behind this number, especially the officers of the Sea of Japan who are not considered navy at all, looking at this big black fish in their eyes, full of eagerness.

Captain Fumizu Toyohiko lowered his head thoughtfully, and when he raised it again, there seemed to be this flame in his eyes: "Japan must have such a submarine, China has swelled too strong, if their navy forms a hegemony in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait, it will be a huge threat to Japan's important lines of communication." ”

And in the hearts of him and his comrades, there is actually another ambition that cannot be said to outsiders, that is, to finally break away from the control of the United States and become an independent normal country. Thirty years later, there is indeed a very nasty, leprosy-looking prime minister who keeps trying something like this. In fact, from the moment the pacifist constitution was imposed on Japan by the Americans, there were countless Japanese who wanted to overthrow it.

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force really began to develop after the 90s, although Japan already had a large fleet of destroyers at this time, but the overall level of technology was not high. From the end of the 70s, with the banner of the US-Japan alliance fighting against the Soviet Union, Japan began its own road to the revival of its great navy, which is known as the 88th Fleet. That is, a maritime force consisting of 1 DDH (helicopter destroyer), 2 DDG (missile destroyers) and 3 DD (general drive), plus eight anti-submarine helicopters.

During the Cold War, the 88th Fleet was actually a special anti-submarine detachment of the Seventh Fleet, but although Japan secretly crossed Chencang, in the name of developing into an ally anti-submarine force, it actually built a super-large fleet that did not meet its needs at all. Many people know the term "88th Fleet", but in fact, it is more appropriate to be more accurate as the 488th Fleet. The 88th Fleet aims to expand Japan's maritime capabilities, so the 8th Fleet is actually going to build 4 such fleets.

The size of this fleet was entirely aimed at the status of the third largest navy under the United States and the Soviet Union.

Japan, which thought that it could build a top naval force in the Asia-Pacific region, suddenly discovered today that China, which had been bullied by itself, had quietly built such a strong naval ship. Compared with the arrogant British, of course, the Japanese are also arrogant, but they have more or less brains, and the quality of the ships can be seen at a glance.

Just comparing submarines, this Chinese 039A submarine is much more advanced than the Japanese Shiotide-class submarine, which has also been in service for a long time. The tonnage of 039A is about 1,000 tons larger than the tide tide class in the first place, but the control personnel is 20 fewer than the tide tide. Not to mention the living environment and the details of the ship, which have little impact on combat effectiveness, a set of AIP power system will kill the tide in seconds. There is no doubt that this submarine is far superior to the tidal class in a number of key parameters such as firepower and silence.

This year, Japan completed the construction of the first 88th Fleet, but such an AIP submarine, a member of the 88th Fleet, Fumisui Toyohiko asked himself that it would be difficult for his Hatsuyuki to take advantage of this submarine. What makes him even more vigilant is that the Chinese actually take out such an advanced thing to show others, and even participate in the Rim of the Pacific military exercise, and its electromagnetic spectrum must have become something in the data database of various countries. Where does this data come from?

Fumizu Toyohiko slapped his thigh and suddenly reacted: "The people of Shina are nuclear submariners!" "Better than AIP submarines, it can only be nuclear submarines. The Chinese show others AIP submarines so aggressively, they must be more confident in their own nuclear submarine level.

He immediately turned around and whispered to a staff member: "We must take pictures of every detail of this submarine as an important reference for our country's future ship building!" ”

"Hey!" Said the staff member with the strange briefcase.

It's just that he didn't know that this scene was being watched by the Chinese naval sailors who had already noticed their misdeeds.

The visit to the submarine was very brief, perhaps because they were considering not revealing more secrets, and the naval officers of several countries expressed their dissatisfaction and wanted to see more, and Fumizu Toyohiko also coaxed. But the Chinese did not promise to extend the opening time, and everyone had to walk out of the ship in a huff.

Just as everyone was going down the gangway, suddenly a captain of the Chinese Navy stumbled and tried to help a staff member of the Japanese Sea with one hand, but he hit the briefcase between the staff members, only to see that the briefcase was knocked down into the sea with a bang.

"Wow, I'm sorry, quick, you guys, jump down and help our Japanese friends get things up!"

Before the Japanese could react, several sailors slipped directly from the hull of the submarine. Fumizu Toyohiko was shocked, the briefcase contained all the cameras that had just been taken secretly, and after the Chinese sailors jumped down, they really returned a briefcase with nothing in it......