in the Indian Ocean.

"I really can't imagine that Chinese can build such a big ship......" Although it has been a few days since he was on the ship, Suotun's mood still did not calm down.

Although there are already radio, newspapers and other media in this era, the speed of information dissemination is still far from being compared with the Internet age in later generations, so many people's understanding of the outside world is still similar to that of ancient times, and information is lagging behind. In particular, like the middle and lower class people in backward areas, they are completely blind to the affairs of the outside world

So although China's strong rise is no secret, for people in places like Myanmar, although they also know that China is different from before, stronger than before, they still have no idea how powerful it is.

The same is true of Sotun. He is also considered to be in the middle of society in Myanmar, and he has access to much more information and more information than the civilian population at the lower level, and the speed is much faster, but his impression of China is still very vague. Suotun was born in a landlord family, he was also educated, and knew that China was very strong in history, but in modern times, he hit the streets and was beaten by various powers, but later there was a Wende heir, and China's fate was reversed.

Then, under the leadership of Wen Desi, China achieved a great reversal a few years later, beating France and Japan successively, and now it has become a very powerful power. However, this was all information obtained in the newspapers and on the radio, and in his mind, he still believed that although China was stronger than before, it was certainly not as good as Britain.

In fact, it is not only Sotun who thinks this way, many knowledgeable people in this world think that Europe is the center of the earth, and the most powerful natural empire never sets. In their view, even if China is stronger than before, it is definitely limited, and it is absolutely impossible to surpass the old empires in Europe, let alone the world hegemon of the United Kingdom.

However, since the day of embarkation, this perception has changed, at least Sotun has changed.

The troop carrier named "Margaret" at the foot is the best proof of this. The high-speed troop carrier with a displacement of 22,000 tons, with a length of 176 meters and a width of 2 meters, can carry 36 soldiers and their carry-on equipment, and travel 1,060 nautical miles at a speed of 16 knots. Moreover, there is more than one such troop carrier, a total of twelve identical troop carriers, all of which are made in China.

Although troop carriers are military, they are actually similar to merchant ships, and even merchant ships themselves, and they are certainly much less difficult to build than genuine warships. There are at least 10 countries in the world that have the ability to build such troop carriers, but the difficulty of building 12 20,000-ton troop carriers in half a year is very different. It is necessary to have a strong industrial base, a large number of factories, sufficient industrial workers, and the ability to coordinate and command. In today's world, no country can do this with more than one hand.

This troop carrier was actually converted from China's "moonlight-class" ocean liner, and when used as a passenger ship, it can carry 106 passengers. When Britain ordered troop carriers from China, the Chinese side chose this 20,000-ton passenger ship as a blueprint and modified it into a high-speed troop carrier. Because this kind of ship has been done very skillfully in China, using sectional construction and standardized production, and does not need to be luxurious and exquisite decoration like passenger ships, and has removed a lot of entertainment and leisure facilities, so the construction time has also been greatly reduced.

Britain was also very satisfied with this, and ordered 40 ships in one go, and France also ordered 10 ships. Of course, they are not incapable of building, Britain will be able to build a 60,000-ton Titanic in 196, France is similar, a 20,000-ton passenger ship is nothing to them, there is no difficulty, but they are too late to build warships now, where is there time to build this kind of thing, so they have to order it with China and the United States.

To tell the truth, this kind of troop carrier, which was converted from a passenger liner, is indeed quite good, at least for the officers and soldiers above. Although these ships have canceled the high-end furniture and other high-end decorations on them, the original single-layer beds have been replaced by double-layer or even three-layer beds in the army, but they are still much more comfortable than those cargo ships converted into troop carriers, although compared with the passenger ship to streamline a lot of functional facilities, but it still retains bathrooms, gyms, libraries, cinemas and other facilities, and there is central air conditioning, even if it is a soldier cabin packed with beds, the comfort is much better than many small passenger ships.

Not to mention the officer's cabin, which has been converted from the previous first-class cabin, is more comfortable inside, even compared with the passenger liner before the renovation, there is nothing missing. Well, in fact, the facilities in the first class cabin have not changed much, just change the name directly, and most of the changes are in the second and third class.

"I really didn't expect that China would become a top power country......" Suo Tun sighed, not knowing what to say. In his view, China in the past was nothing more than a big Burma, which was bullied by the foreign powers, but because it was too big for the great powers to swallow, they barely retained its independent status, and did not become a colony like Burma.

But now it's only been a few years, and the old hen has turned into a duck, and she has made a gorgeous transformation, and has directly become a first-class power. However, although China was relatively weak in modern times, it was the leader of the Eastern world for two thousand years until the nineteenth century, and Sotun seems to have selectively forgotten this.

As an officer, Sotun of course lived in the officer's cabin, and he felt that the conditions here were better than many hotels. The rooms have wardrobes and glove lockers, separate bathroom facilities, tables, chairs, coffee tables and sofas, and even telephones, which of course are only available for on-board contact.

Sotun sat on the sofa and took out his matching gun for maintenance, he had a rifle and a pistol, he skillfully disassembled the gun, first carefully wiped it with a cloth, then put on the gun oil, and loaded the gun back. He picked up the pistol, pulled the bolt a few times, and after loading the magazine, he couldn't help but say, "This gun is really good......

This is a Type 09 pistol (millimeter version NL9L, 2 rounds) made in China, easy to use and reliable. His rifle is also a Chinese product, the UU 7mm rifle 1903 Chuntian NK), which is also a long-established product that has been tested by the Sino-Japanese war.

Not only are these troop carriers made in China, but a large part of the weapons and equipment and logistical materials of these Burmese troops are also made by China. Because the British colonies in Burma did not have many troops, there were only one brigade and a few regiments before the war, and now most of these Burmese troops were newly formed after the outbreak of World War I, and the British colonial authorities simply could not provide so many weapons, so they purchased them from China. China is not only close to each other, but also has a strong production capacity and good quality, making it the best supplier. Britain ordered 3 divisions of weapons and equipment in China, mainly to equip British India and British Africa, and France also ordered 10 divisions of weapons and equipment.

This batch of equipment is a complete set, pistols, rifles, machine guns, cannons and matching bullets and shells, and even military uniforms are also 70% produced in China, from underwear and underwear to shirts, military uniforms, as well as backpacks, socks, military boots, cloth shoes, rubber shoes, bedding, belts, leggings to portable tents, military bottles, carrying belts, etc., all of which are made in China. As for why only half of them, because there are still 30% of the orders for Japan. Although Japan's viability and products cannot be compared with China's, but how to say that it is also the little brother of the Niu Niu family, and they have also sent troops, how can it be reasonable if they do not take care of the business, if it is not for Japan's production capacity to meet their requirements, it will be more than three.

In addition, most of the military rations, compressed cakes, canned food, tea, beverages and other supplies also come from China, and of course, most of the various medicines, gauze and other medical equipment are also provided by China.

This large number of orders, so that China's related enterprises have made a smile, you know, now the price is higher than usual by 30%. These three percent are pure profits, and the amount is large. Whether it is industry, agriculture, transportation or the tertiary industry that provides services to the former, they are all earned. Because China has implemented strict labor laws and a strict social welfare system, which fully guarantees the income and social welfare of the people at the bottom, the dividends of this war are enjoyed by the people of the whole country. This is different from Japan, the United States and other countries, although Japan, the United States and other countries also made a fortune in this war, but most of the dividends are occupied by the upper strata of society, especially like the most exploited Japan, their lower strata hardly enjoy any dividends, when the chaebols count the money and count the cramps, but there are a large number of civilians who can not even solve the problem of food and clothing.

Because of the benefits, the Chinese people are now very enthusiastic about this war. The peace-loving Chinese people have said one after another that although war is bad, wars that occur in foreign countries are good. We must continue to fight, and we must fight for ten or twenty years. We must be your big rear, keep up the good work, European fat sheep, oh, customers.

Britain and France of the Entente countries were both colonial powers, and Russia itself was vast, plus the Central Powers, basically occupied most of the world. The boss is all gone, and it is naturally impossible to let the younger brother watch the play on the side, and the colonies are inevitably involved. So in terms of area, most of the world at this time was involved in this war.

In World War I, the number of colonial troops participating in the war was not much compared to that of the overlord. But this is not the kindness of the suzerains, or they did not think of this. The British Fat Man said in World War II that "even if the last Indian is exhausted, the British Empire will never surrender to Germany".

The British and French colonists did not want to put in more colonial cannon fodder, and according to their ideas, they wished to replace all the cannon fodder in the trenches with colonists. But the reality is helpless, because they don't have enough capacity. Yes, the "lack of capacity" is a big reason why they didn't put in more colonial cannon fodder.

Because these colonies were spread across the globe and far from their homeland, they used to have a lot of capacity to transport troops. And the Entente did not expect this war to be so cruel at the beginning, originally they thought it was just an ordinary war, but now it has become a war that completely exceeds imagination. Their seaborne forces were not prepared for a war of this magnitude, and after the war began, they were frantically attacked by German submarines, and suffered extremely heavy losses. So there is simply not much capacity for the transportation of troops.

Of course, the original plane is different, and the Chinese people are the strong backing of the warring parties. We don't have boats, do we?

As a result, China sold the old merchant ships that were about to be phased out, including the second-hand ships that had been bought from Europe and the United States, to the Entente countries at the price of new ships. But these ships were not enough, and the Entente countries placed a large number of orders for merchant ships in China, making Chinese shipyards desperately expand production capacity, and also working overtime in three shifts.

Erdezi's submarine force is so powerful that it is simply the best salesman of Chinese shipbuilding enterprises. Now the employees of many shipyards in China are singing the praises of the German submarine forces and silently wishing them well.

It is precisely because of China's strong support that the Allied countries on the same plane have invested much more cannon fodder troops in Europe than in the original time and space. By now, the Allies had shipped 60,000 colonial troops to Europe, with an additional 400,000 colonial laborers.

As for the Confederates, they have very few colonies and are still under siege, so don't count on it. Besides, they didn't control the ocean, and even if they could pull out people, they wouldn't be able to transport them through at all. As for supplies, there is a Eurasian railway to give them blood transfusions, but there is no need to worry about it.

Judging from the current situation, 60,000 colonial troops are far from enough to fill the trenches, and by now, the European battlefield, especially the Western Front, has become a huge meat grinder, a monster that devours life frantically, and there are not enough people to fill it. Therefore, as soon as Britain gritted its teeth, it was ready to form 300,000 colonial troops, anyway, their colonial territory was large, and there were more than 300 million people in British India alone, if it were not for the uprising that was breaking out in India now, people in many places would not be able to recruit them, or more than 300,000.

France's colonies have a much smaller population, currently only 4.06 million, but their colonies are relatively peaceful and can be fully prepared to raise troops, so they are ready to raise 1 million colonial troops.

However, judging from the results of the colonial troops in the early stage of the battle, it was very unsatisfactory. Although they have also worked hard to arm these cannon fodder troops, especially in terms of light weapons, they are almost the same as the local troops, but these cannon fodder units are really not competitive, and their combat effectiveness is really only five. It's okay to say when you're defending, but it's simply impossible to see when you're attacking.

The low military quality and lack of training are secondary, the main thing is that their morale is very low. There is no way, they are not participating in the war for their hometown, why should they fight hard? This is also human nature. Of course, there are also those who think differently and are desperate, but this is only a very small minority, and most of the cannon fodder have no consciousness of working for imperialism at all.

On the battlefield, it would take at least five times as many colonial troops to match the combat effectiveness of the native troops.

Of course, the exception is the Canadian and Australian troops, who are of the same language and species as the British, have a high centripetal force, and are still very capable of fighting. But they have few people, and the combined number of these two countries is only more than 1.36 million people, so they are still inseparable from the troops of those Asian and African races. If the quality is not enough and the quantity is not enough, the quantity will be supplemented, so more ships will be ordered and more cannon fodder will be transported to fill.