In the North Atlantic, off the coast of Portugal, the weather is fine and the wind and waves are high.

On the sparkling vast sea, more than a dozen blue-gray steel warships cut through the waves and dragged out a long track. On the mast of each warship, a bright five-star red flag and the "1 August" naval flag were hung, and they were hunting and displaying in the cool North Atlantic breeze.

After a long voyage of 18,000 nautical miles, the Chinese task force finally reached the other side of the Eurasian continent.

This is an ocean-going fleet with a special mission, and in a sense, it will leave a groundbreaking blue track.

This is because this fleet is tasked with the glorious mission of opening up the Arctic sea lanes and carrying out the first voyage of the Chinese Navy around "Shijie Island".

- What we generally call "Shijie Island" usually refers to the three continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and is also called "old Shijie" by Americans.

The mission of this Chinese task force is to circumnavigate the entire three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa in a clockwise direction, and to travel all over the four oceans of the world.

Therefore, this huge Chinese task force departed from Port Arthur six months ago, and passed through the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, and the Strait of Malacca, passing through and visiting more than a dozen countries such as Vietnam, Brunei, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania, and Madagascar. During this time, he joined up with another Chinese detachment based in the Gulf of Aden, which was responsible for clearing Somali pirates, and then bypassed the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Enter the South Atlantic Ocean and continue north around the African continent.

Immediately, the fleet continued north. Passing through West African countries, it has made short stops in Nigeria and Morocco, and has now entered European waters.

According to the pre-departure schedule, the fleet will pass through the English Channel and enter the gloomy, foggy and rough North Sea, and visit Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Reykjavik in Iceland, Oslo and Nackville in Norway, Murmansk and Arkhangelsk in Russia, and other famous ports in the Nordic region, and inspect the infrastructure construction along the Arctic route. In addition, some engineering personnel and construction equipment were left behind to speed up the construction of the wharf and warehouse of the Icelandic entrepot trade port. In addition, a small-scale joint exercise with the Russian North Sea Fleet may be conducted. Strengthen cooperation between the two sides in the development of the Arctic shipping route, after all, more than half of the Arctic shipping route has to be taken close to the Russian coast.

When summer arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, the vast ice caps of the Arctic Ocean begin to melt and the Northeast Passage is opened, and a part of the fleet will burst into the Arctic Ocean from Iceland in one go. Follow the barren and cold coast of the Siberian tundra all the way to the east. Continue through the Bering Strait, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, the Sea of Japan, and finally cross the Tsushima Strait and return to Chinese soil, completing this long journey across the world's four oceans in one go.

The remaining part of the fleet will be based at temporary anchorages in Iceland for the next few years, escorting the development of the Arctic sea routes.

Overall, it was a rather painstaking and groundbreaking expedition, but it was also full of glory, anecdotes, and fun.

However. As the so-called jihua can't catch up with the change, a sudden accident. Let this voyage of peace be suddenly overshadowed by the haze of war......

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At this time, on the flagship nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Goujian", it was a joyous hustle and bustle, filled with the aroma of various barbecue and stewed dishes. A small group of people are carrying large barrels of soup and iron plates for vegetables, shuttling back and forth between the open-air deck and the rooms below the deck that shake with the waves—as a "country on the tip of the tongue", even on relatively rudimentary sea vessels, Chinese always have to find a way to make some delicious food. What's more, on the boring and monotonous sea, letting the sailors eat and drink as well as possible is also a necessary preparation to ensure combat effectiveness.

For example, before departing from Port Arthur, the ice storage of the aircraft carrier "Goujian" was stocked with enough meat for 3,000 people to eat for more than half a year. There are also some special food seasonings that Chinese like, such as fermented bean curd, cooking wine, five-spice powder, bean paste, hot pot base, pickles, chopped chili, drunken mud snails, duck neck...... And so on and so forth. Fresh fruits and vegetables, on the other hand, can only be temporarily supplied by overseas supply points - if you do not eat fresh fruits and vegetables for a long time during sea voyages, your physical fitness will deteriorate, and you will easily induce various diseases such as scurvy.

However, despite the fact that cold storage is common on modern warships, even then it is difficult to keep ordinary leafy greens for more than half a month. After going to sea for a period of time, the galleys of warships carry out a large basket of vegetables from the cold storage every time, and when the rotten and blackened parts are removed, they can often only pick out a small pot of edible ones. Therefore, in view of the fact that it is not easy for vegetables to be stored and kept fresh, the higher authorities have specially distributed bean sprouts machines and soybean milk machines to each ship, so that the officers and men of the fleet can make bean sprouts, grind soybean milk, and make tofu by themselves during the long voyage, so as to improve the quality of their meals.

On top of that, the voyage will also pass by a number of natural fishing grounds rich in fish resources, and when anchoring, sailors can easily catch a wide variety of fish, from squid to sharks, and even the occasional bluefin tuna. In the vicinity of the countries where Muslims live, a variety of seafood is particularly abundant – what many people don't know is that in addition to not drinking alcohol and not eating pork, Muslims also have a lot of dietary taboos when it comes to seafood, such as scaleless fish (such as loaches and sharks), strangely shaped sea cucumbers, jellyfish, crabs, prawns, sea shells, conch, octopus, squid, seaweed, kelp...... Strictly speaking, it is within the scope of forbidden consumption. Some of the most extreme sects simply forbid the consumption of all seafood except scaly fish, leaving these delicious seafood discarded in the sea for thousands of years.

Therefore, in the waters of many Arab countries, the fish are all very stupid, and some even bite the hook without bait, and they can catch a piece of fish by throwing a straight hook, and they can catch hundreds of catties in one night. One of the greatest pleasures of sailors on a long voyage is to clean up the fresh fish they catch. Stir-fry with spicy hot pot base and green onions, ginger and garlic, or add crispy and spicy chopped peppers to make a pot of chopped pepper fish head, the thick fresh and spicy flavor is absolutely mouth-watering. Cannot help doing something. There is also a shark soup made of small tiger sharks, which is white and delicate, melts in the mouth, and is really rare to taste in the mainland.

At this moment, to celebrate the arrival of the fleet in European waters, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Goujian" is holding an open-air banquet on the deck.

On the freshly cleaned deck, crates of Tsingtao beer are stacked; Long square tables covered with white tablecloths. It is full of seafood dishes. For example, fried sea cucumber with green onion, braised prawns, grilled octopus meatballs, boiled fresh scallops, baked shrimp with cheese, tomato cod soup, seafood soup with cheese and onions, fried crab, pan-fried cod steak, curry paella, grilled peeled fish skewers, shark soup, and many more are all mouth-watering delicacies.

Furthermore. Every few short steps, there is a barbecue grill where meat or fish is grilled, filled with shellfish, conch, fish, crabs, prawns and frozen meats, with the sound of grease dripping endlessly. And the pungent burnt smell is even more intoxicating.

Navy officers and sailors in white dresses and engineers in civilian clothes. Gather around a variety of seafood dishes with gusto, sip a cold beer, and indulge in these delicacies with relish.

Because it is rare to have such a happy time, a few bottles of beer are in the stomach, and many people's faces have become as red as Guan Erye. With the strength of the wine, many officers and men of the navy waved empty wine bottles or navy caps while babbling and singing high-pitched songs -- not "March of the People's Liberation Army" or "The People's Navy Marches Forward." Rather, it is a popular naval song "Fish Feast" that is widely sung among escort formations in the Gulf of Aden:

The days at sea are very happy,

Fishing competitions are fascinating.

The sailors just threw the loneliness into the sea.

The sea is not stingy to send surprises.

Look at the fish of different nationalities,

Jump the thunderbolt of the aquarium on the deck.

Look at the ocean-flavored fish,

It's lying in the Chinese oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

If you go back to shore tonight,

The sailors burped,

The umami of the Gulf of Aden,

will make all the cats of the whole shijie,

All lose their sleepiness.

No one eats fish so wide,

No one eats fish so comfortably.

Passion of the sea,

Sailors, you're welcome,

Raise your chopsticks and gently pick up the four oceans!

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At the same time, in the small living room of the captain's room of the "Goujian," Admiral Huang Haidong, commander of the task force with gray sideburns and a furrowed face, was listening to the noisy singing from the deck while chatting and laughing with an old acquaintance who suddenly boarded the ship in Rabat, the capital of Morocco.

“…… Hey, listen to the songs these lads sing! The fish of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, our naval officers and men have tasted enough along the way. I just don't know what the fish taste like in the Arctic Ocean - this seems to have been the preserve of the old Russian Maozi in the past! ”

“…… There is no need to worry about this, I believe that General Ivanovich will be happy to entertain you with a seafood feast in the Arctic Ocean in Murmansk. But before that, it seems like a good idea to try the flavor of the English roast lamb first! ”

Professor Yang Wenli, who was also gray-haired, said meaningfully to General Huang Haidong while drinking hot preserved egg porridge. In order to take care of the taste of the elderly, this bowl of preserved egg porridge is boiled to a thick thickness, and the pieces of lean meat and preserved eggs are cut very large. With the aroma of glutinous rice, he picked up the preserved eggs and lean meat and put them in his mouth, and there was a particularly comfortable bite, the taste was strong and fragrant, and a big bowl of porridge was eaten in a blink of an eye.

“…… England roast lamb? Hey, I'm afraid it smells very good, but I can't chew it in my mouth! ”

General Huang Haidong put the teacup in his hand on the table, looked at the electronic chart on the wall, frowned and sighed, "...... Blockade of the River Thames and the Portsmouth military port? Assisting the French in a humanitarian relief operation against London? That's too much! After all, the opponent is the Royal Navy of the British Empire, which once roamed the seven seas! Moreover, we are crossing three oceans and 18,000 nautical miles, and we are fighting on the other side of Shijie...... I can't help but think of the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905......"

“…… There is no comparison in this matter, Comrade Huang! We are not the unjustifiable and lone Tsarist Russia of 1905. Britain today is not the unanimous and vibrant Japanese Empire of 1905! Please don't be presumptuous! ”

Professor Yang Wenli put down his rice bowl, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said. “…… If all goes well, it will not be an armed invasion, but a law and order campaign at the invitation of the British Orthodox Government. France, Germany, Ireland, and Russia will all send their naval and air forces to assist us, while the British navy will descend into civil strife or even defect altogether...... Then there would be no naval battle at all. ”

“…… What if it doesn't go so well? General Huang Haidong raised his eyebrows, "...... Do you want us to be caught in a bitter battle thousands of miles away? ”

“…… There is nothing to be afraid of, the British have already dismantled their own navy themselves. Professor Yang Wenli pouted. …… Didn't the intelligence say that even if you count the missile boats, the British now have only 28 combat ships left. The only aircraft carrier is anchored in the French port of Marseille. Moreover, the ship is still a joint use of Britain and France, half of the French sailors on board, and even the captain on duty this month is French, and the French Navy can disarm it at any time. And all six destroyers of the British. It is also far away in the Malvinas Islands in the southern hemisphere and even further in the Indian Ocean. By the time they withdrew, even the daylilies were already cold on the British Islands...... Lao Huang, is it true that your fleet is simply paper-paste, and you don't even dare to deal with a few missile boats? Don't forget that we still have air supremacy! ”

“…… In terms of naval battles, I certainly have nothing to fear. Everyone knows that the British Navy is now only an empty shelf. General Huang Haidong rolled his eyes, "...... But the problem is, after all, the battleship could not be driven to the shore, not to mention that we did not bring a landing force with us. Less than 5,000 foreign legions of the French fought ground warfare, and light infantry without even a single tank...... That's too much, isn't it? ”

“…… That's just the first echelon. As long as they can successfully break into London, it will be considered a victory. As for the Weishenme did not use armored forces...... It's because there's no need at all – because of the reduction in military spending, there's not a single tank in the whole of London these days, well, except for the rusty antiques in the military museum, and the thin-skinned police armoured vehicles...... "...... The closest British armored unit to London was in Scotland, and only half a regiment. It has no impact on the operation at all. ”

General Huang Haidong was taken aback: "...... What the hell are the British doing? Not to mention the dismantling of their own navy, even the army is so miserable? ”

“…… Because they want to engage in finance as white-collar workers, they have played a lot of industries on the British Isles to death! Yang Wenli sighed, "...... Today, the British army has begun to import equipment from India, and fighters, tanks, and armored vehicles cannot be produced completely independently, so the cost of this weapon has naturally risen, and the amount of equipment has to be reduced. ”

“…… Development finance has developed to the point that it does not need industry? Just like Hong Kong used to? ”

General Huang Haidong blinked incredulously, "...... But Hong Kong is just a city, but the UK is a country! ”

“…… This question is actually very easy to explain, because whether it is a person, a city, or a country, they are all naturally afraid of hardship and tiredness. If you look at the heavy industrial cities in China, which one of them doesn't want to transform into a tourist and commercial city? ”

Professor Yang Wenli shrugged his shoulders and said, "...... For example, I now have two jobs. One of the jobs engaged in finance, you can stay in the air-conditioned office in a well-dressed office, or take a plane with a briefcase to travel around, the working environment is clean and tidy, the income is quite high, and tell relatives and friends about it, it is obviously a very decent urban white-collar job, in addition to a series of health problems that will occur when sitting in front of the computer for a long time, there are basically no serious occupational diseases, no noise pollution and industrial waste, absolutely green and environmentally friendly. In addition, there is no need to consume many resources, and there is no need to worry about hoarding plants, raw materials and products, and the profits are very high and the returns are fast.

Another job in industry, the working environment is naturally relatively bad, it is likely to be full of fumes, exhaust gases, dust and noise, all kinds of industrial pollution are more or less, some pollution is unavoidable, at most can only be reduced, so that employees will have the potential risk of various serious occupational diseases, and often can not be cured after retirement, the actual income is mostly not as good as finance and real estate, and it is not a decent job to talk about; What's worse is that it will consume all kinds of massive resources, bear all kinds of accusations about environmental pollution, and nearby residents will also suffer; The profits that investors can get, as well as the speed at which they can obtain returns, are generally not as good as those engaged in finance.

In such a situation, if there is a choice, how many people do you think will insist on engaging in industry, rather than replacing industry with finance? Although I know that engaging in finance without industry is tantamount to drug abuse. But the temptation is really ...... It's amazing......"

“…… In this way, the British are indeed killing themselves. General Huang Haidong lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally sighed, "...... Alas, in the era of the Opium Wars two centuries ago, when the artillery fire of British warships easily destroyed the Humen Fort, and when the rice flag fluttered at the mouth of the Pearl River, I am afraid that no one would have thought that a Chinese fleet would one day cross half the world and appear on the banks of the Thames! (To be continued......)

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