June 2, 1941, Wuchang, the anchorage of the Navy's Yangtze River Fleet

When the government decided to return the capital to Wuhan, the naval fleet immediately moved eastward to the Wuhan area, repaired the coastal defense fortresses, sorted out the dock facilities that the Japanese army had not taken away or destroyed, arranged mine defense lines, controlled the passing ships, and exterminated those still active sailors.

It's just that there is really not even the slightest complaint about the navy, the navy has always been a laughing stock in the eyes of the Chinese people in recent years, no one is willing to deal with them, and there is not much they can do in the face of the aggressor's iron hooves, and they are really aggrieved.

At the time of the Eastern Sichuan War, the navy was indeed ready for the annihilation of the whole army. Even Commander Chen and the clerk of the headquarters got on the warship, and naturally there are many "elites" here who are unwilling, so I'm sorry, when I eat beef and drink red wine, how can I miss you when I go into battle? So, Commander Chen directly stuffed these people into the bottom compartment of the "Ding'an", and finally died along with the warship, which can be regarded as worthy of the military uniform on them.

Don't look at the original warships of the navy, most of them are in urgent need of repair, but they can still run, plus the fifty 1125 patrol boats purchased from special channels, they can always control the waters from Wuhan to Jiujiang, after all, their opponents are not anywhere, the shallow water ships of the Japanese army have lost a lot of money in the past period, and the Japanese navy is about the same, and the partial naval department does not want to waste its precious warships on the Chinese battlefield, and refuses to continue to support the Chinese fleet, but only supports some of the skilled workers of Vice Admiral Shigetaro, encouraging him to repair the shipbuilding equipment in Jinling and Modu, and then build small warships by himself, after all, if you want to control the Yangtze River, you really don't need too big a warship.

In fact, the view of the Japanese Admiralty is actually right, as far as the remaining warships of the Chinese Navy, Chu Qian and Chu Guan were seriously injured, and they were barely able to drive out, the boiler power was lost, and the 4.7-inch main gun on the warship also lost one, and the remaining few have no barrels, and the life of the barrels is almost estimated, of course, even if it is a new barrel, it is useless, because there are not a few shells purchased from Japan back then, what combat effectiveness can such a warship have?

The larger warship is the Yongsui, a 600-ton shallow water gunboat built by the Jiangnan Factory, that thing really can't get into the eyes of the United Fleet, isn't it just a larger gunboat? There was no need for artillery bombardment, and the larger destroyer was estimated to sink after a collision, and the reason why the Yongsui has not been sunk until now is largely because this ship used to be the seat of the highest authority, and the Japanese Navy wanted to capture this warship.

The Chinese Navy can also make some small gunboats, but because of the lack of raw materials and equipment, it can only make about 50 tons of wooden-hulled steam patrol boats, which are enough to deal with the bandits, let alone fight against the enemy.

But just when the navy was not hopeful of acquiring new warships, news came from Li Yunlong's side: one cruiser, two destroyers, 100 G-5 torpedo boats, 50 0.3-meter inland river patrol boats, and a displacement of more than 10,000 tons were equivalent to several times the displacement of the Huaxia Navy at once.

As for the model of the warship, if it is not advanced or something, what does it matter, isn't the most advanced warship in their hands also the inland river warship ordered from Japan by the former Qing Dynasty? The technical level is similar to that of the old Beiyang warships, so as long as this is a warship that can still operate, it should be much better than theirs.

Sure enough, after seeing these warships in a river bay near Wuchang, the officers and men of the Navy were struck by a 7,000-ton old cruiser, two high-speed destroyers with a small 2,000-ton (we assume that cultural relics can be sold), a hundred brand-new torpedo boats with no paint that has dried thoroughly, and an ultra-light mobile patrol boat with a draft of only 0.3 meters.

It's just that this warship has it, and the problem comes again, that is, "there are not enough people"; just one cruiser and two destroyers need more than 1,100 officers and men, and 100 torpedo boats need almost 1,000 officers and men.

But there are no conditions to create conditions, all the eligible students of the naval school graduated ahead of schedule, and all the officers and men who were idle at home were recalled, regardless of the northeastern, Fujian, and Guangdong departments, and even the veterans of the Beiyang Naval Division who were still strong were also cleared back, and then, several injured warships were immediately docked for repairs, and all the naval officers and men were transferred to the new department.

New warships are certainly not something that can be mastered in a day or two, after all, the navy is the most complex of all services. It is not the same thing to form combat effectiveness and be able to drive out, so after a few days of preliminary exercises, the navy could not wait to bring out all the warships in its hands and conducted a drill in the waters of Wuhan, although it did not deliberately publicize it, but it still caused a huge sensation, and the Chinese navy has never had a warship of about 7,000 tons since the first year of the First Sino-Japanese War, and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the navy almost disappeared from the public's field of vision. Where will the citizens not be excited?

However, the Navy also caused a lot of trouble after obtaining these warships, and on the day that the reporter disclosed the photos of the cruiser, the ambassador of the alliance ran to the highest authority to block the door, and strongly demanded that the highest authority explain the origin of the cruiser named "Zhongshan", because the alliance was 100% sure that only three Parada-class protective cruisers were built, the first ship Parlada was sunk during the Russo-Japanese War, the second ship was dismantled in 1922, and the third ship was the famous "Aurora". It is the spiritual totemic existence of the entire alliance.

What does it mean that such a warship suddenly appeared in the battle sequence of the Huaxia Navy? It's just that I can't tell, and even if this thing can be fooled, what if the warship is sunk? What will the people of the Union think, what will foreign powers think? Will it affect their rule? Will it affect the international image of the alliance?

As soon as the alliance ambassador learned of this, he opened the drawer of his desk and confirmed that the pistol inside was still there, and if Moscow wanted to recall him because of the failure of negotiations, he would want to end himself directly with one shot, and be sent to the Suppression Committee, but it would be the end of the destruction of the family.

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