Chen Feng has always attached great importance to the navy, and he is very aware of the importance of the navy. If it is said that the army is used to defend the country against foreign humiliation, then the navy's greater role is external, and it is the sharpest weapon for attack. Since Columbus led the Spanish fleet to discover the New World in the Americas in 1492, some new capitalist countries began to seize colonies around the world through their navies, forming a situation of competing for land colonies using the sea as a passage.

The strength of the navy has a direct bearing on the country's performance in foreign warfare, and some countries with strong navy can even break through their own conditions and make a leap forward in cities and counties. Portugal, the old colonial power, took the lead in stepping out of its small land space and dominating the sea, establishing a huge colonial network from Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope to the Indian Ocean, the Strait of Malacca, and the Far East, becoming a global maritime hegemon that dominated the world's seas for nearly a century.

At the same time, Spain in the Meseta Plateau also ventured into the sea to compete with the Portuguese, who eventually defeated the former, seized the monopoly of trade between Europe and the East, as well as the Americas, and established a new empire with territory almost all over the world.

After defeating the Spanish "Invincible Armada", Britain dominated the sea of sword and fire, and a small island country of only more than 200,000 square kilometers actually occupied a colony more than 100 times larger than its own territory, becoming a veritable "empire on which the sun never sets."

It can be said that the rise and fall of the navy is directly related to the rise and fall of the country, and the strength of the navy is directly related to the fate of the country.

However, it is a pity. When the great powers of the world world divided the world world, our pigtail dynasty was still resting on its laurels in a drunken dream. While China was crumbling under the brink of the great wave of competition for colonies that was raging all over the world, the ignorant rulers still did not know where the root of the country's ills was.

When the British ships and cannons opened the door to China, when the news reached the ruling center of the Qing Dynasty, people did not think that the defeat of the war was because of the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners Green Camp Nest, but attributed the reason for the failure of the war to the fact that Xianfeng Ye demolished a bridge on the Yuyuan River, which seemed to be a bent bow, and the demolition of the bridge was self-destruction of martial arts.

The county also had its own navy, albeit weak. But Chen Feng will not give up. He wants to build a strong navy for China, which is also the most important task of his visit to the Nanyang Territory.

Chen Feng looked at all the senior officers in the conference room, then got up and said, "Tang Taizong Li Shimin once said that copper is used as a mirror. You can dress properly. Take history as a mirror. You can know the rise and fall, take people as a mirror, and you can know right from wrong. The recent history of the world tells us in a naked, brutal way. Only the development of the Navy can ensure that the country is protected from the encroachment of the Great Powers. Emperor Guangxu of the late Qing Dynasty said in "Li Hongzhang and Shen Baozhen Respectively Supervise the Coastal Defense of the South and North Oceans": The relationship between coastal defense is critical, which is not only the urgent task at present, but also the long-term plan of the country. Courseware Navy is related to national fortunes. ”

"The navy is a symbol of a country, and we cannot easily abandon the country's coastal defense in any case. If the corrupt and incompetent Qing government of a few decades ago can't do it, what reason should we not develop our navy well? In order to defend its coastal defense, the Qing government did not hesitate to spend huge sums of money to buy warships from abroad. Taking the Dingyuan ship imported from Germany as an example, the ironclad ship of more than 7,000 tons, which was purchased at a cost of 3.4 million taels of silver, was purchased at a high price of 66 taels of iron for every 1 tael of silver. It cannot but be said that the Qing government's determination to build coastal defense is still very great. So we have to catch up with the Japanese Navy! ”

Chang Zhiguo, commander of the Yellow River Fleet, sighed and said: "Commander, the navy is different from the army and air force, the latter has a strong regeneration ability, and the loss can be quickly replenished. The navy is a symbol of the national strength that a country has done its best to build, and it is more suitable for show. If there is a real fight, the ship is very vulnerable. When the navy is gone, so is the country. ”

"Now we need a navy, but we need a strong army. It would take enough money to build a naval fleet to form 30-50 elite infantry divisions, so he thought that we should focus on the army and air force, so that the Japanese invaders could be driven out of China as soon as possible. ”

Tian Haiyang also said: "Commander, as a naval general, I hope more than anyone else that the navy can become stronger, just like our army." However, the real role of the navy is to protect coastal defense and conduct ocean-going operations abroad, and the army is the main force to defend the homeland and the country. If one day we drive all the hateful Japanese devils out of China, then we have an unshirkable duty to develop the navy. ”

"I don't understand what you're saying, but as I said, we are going to take a road that no one has ever walked for thousands of years, and we not only want to develop the army, but also the navy, and we are not short of money. Chen Feng said.

"Commander"

Seeing what Jiang Haitao and the others wanted to say, Chen Feng directly interrupted them and said: "Don't say it, this is an order, as a naval commander, your main task is how to train the naval fleet and how to destroy the Japanese navy, and you don't need to interfere in the rest of the things!" ”

"Yes!"

The officers in the conference room talked for a while before Chen Feng announced the adjournment of the meeting.

After the meeting, Chen Feng returned to the lord's mansion under the leadership of Yan Changxi, and the mansion had already prepared lunch, which was very sumptuous, in addition to Chen Feng's favorite hand-handled meat and grilled steak, there was also a pot of fish stew, in addition to some food and fruits unique to the island of New Guinea, and a small wooden barrel of beer.

Chen Feng hadn't drunk beer for a long time, and he was happy when he saw it. In addition, after a morning meeting, there was no time to eat at noon, Chen Feng was indeed hungry, and the food that was enough for seven or eight people was stunned for him and Yan Changxi to eat cleanly.

After being full of warm thoughts and lust, after eating and drinking, Chen Feng hugged Yan Changxi and went directly into the bedroom, and the few maids in the lord's mansion who were in charge of Yan Changxi's life and living blushed with shame.

After the wind and rain, Yan Changxi snuggled up to Chen Feng's chest and asked softly, "Husband, how many days do you plan to stay here this time?" ”

Chen Feng sighed and said: "You should stay for a long time, the strength of the navy is too weak, we must let our navy rise, otherwise this place is likely to be captured by the Japanese navy when the Japanese go south." ”

Yan Changxi frowned and asked, "The Japanese dare to attack the Nanyang Territory?" Aren't they afraid of Australia and Britain behind it? Besides, the Philippines, which is close to the United States, is not worried about the Japanese army going south? ”

Chen Feng said with a wry smile: "Some time ago, the Japanese Navy ambushed the Heilongjiang Fleet at the gate of the U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii, and there were also American merchant ships that were attacked. ”

"Not to mention Australia and the United Kingdom, the British are now mud bodhisattvas crossing the river themselves, so how can they care about us."

Yan Changxi straightened up and said, "No, I studied in the UK, which is known as the empire on which the sun never sets, and its strength should not be underestimated." Besides, the Germans have already switched to the Soviet Union, and the British should have a chance to breathe! ”

Chen Feng said with a smile: "Britain does have a chance to breathe, but in Africa, the British have met opponents!" ”

"Opponent, who?"

"Rommel, a German general!"

"Isn't it amazing?"

"Not only is it powerful, when Hitler decided to send troops to Yugoslavia to help the Italians resist the attack of the Greek army, he had already decided to send troops to Libya and Malta. You don't know Hitler, he was a war maniac, and he would not give his opponent anything to take advantage of. Three months ago, Germany sent a "Afrika Korps" consisting of light and armored divisions to fight in North Africa, and sent his henchman Rommel as the commander of the Afrika Korps. ”

"Rommel was one of the commanders of the German tank forces, and he was one of the main contributors to the German occupation of France. As soon as he arrived in Africa, Rommel launched a blitzkrieg on his own initiative to recapture Cyrenaica and bring him straight to the gates of Egypt. Rommel was a man who did not care about hunger, was not afraid of cold and heat, and was tireless. He was tenacious and imaginative, equally quick in thought and action, and always on the front lines. Because he was always with the soldiers, sharing their weal and woe, and sharing all the hardships and dangers, he soon became a very popular figure in the army. In every respect, Rommel was one step ahead of the British army; The British were able to regain the upper hand only when they gained a huge advantage in equipment. ”

Yan Changxi is so smart, Chen Feng has been reminded and immediately understood the key, she stared at Chen Feng with beautiful big eyes, and said in surprise: "Then the British just don't have the energy to take care of Asian affairs, if the British don't come forward, Australia alone will not scare the Japanese at all." ”

"Yes! It is conceivable that even if the Japanese attacked us, the Australians and the British would probably only verbally protest a few words, and they would not go to war with the Japanese for us at all. So we still have to rely on ourselves, on our army, navy and air force. Again, you can't say that you can't pin your hopes on others at any time. Chen Feng said in a deep voice. (To be continued......)