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    On the azure South China Sea, the first task force in the history of the Chinese Navy was billowing black smoke and heading south.

    The new concept of the navy proposed by Task Force Yang Qiu is composed of multiple types of ships and temporary combat missions, which are established according to the needs of combat objectives, opponents, etc.

    The Jia Shente mixed formation is the first mixed fleet.  It consists of the aircraft carrier Wulianghai, the battlecruiser Dinghai, the heavy cruiser Taiwan Island, the light cruiser Tumenjiang, the training cruiser Feihong, and the two Changfeng-class destroyers Beifeng and Haifeng.  If such a fleet were disassembled and placed alone among the naval powers, it would not be conspicuous, but when they gather together and split the waves at an average speed of 28 knots, even the British Empire, the hegemon of the Seven Seas, will secretly scratch its head.

    This is the first time in human history that a fleet of five kinds of warships has been mixed and can cruise at such a fast speed for a long time. Even the British Empire currently cannot cobble together an identical fleet that can continuously maintain this speed, because the British first-class heavy  The cruiser is still on the drawing board.  Some people may ridicule that China has not even broken through the high-temperature-resistant main axis, and all its products are French and Italian products, but even the most picky people have to admit that in Asia, a regional naval power is slowly emerging.

    On the wide deck of the Wulianghai, two Falcon combat reconnaissance aircraft from Zhongkui's brigade were preparing to take off.  Second Lieutenant Pan Duheng (book friend shrimp headdress) in charge of deck command raised two small red and green flags high and crossed them to indicate preparation.  Since the emergence of aircraft carriers, all major naval powers have been exploring its uses and combat methods. In this regard, after someone made tips and suggestions using messy information obtained from movies, TV and books, the use of aircraft carriers has been explored by the Chinese Navy.  It has also started.  At least Second Lieutenant Pan Duheng of the ad hoc navigation and flying class of the 22nd batch of the Nanyang Naval School (counting from the first batch before the Sino-Japanese War of 1899-1994, with classes suspended in the middle) has already put on the green division vest representing deck flight control.  This is a simple distinction method inherited from later generations of the US military: green flight, purple fuel, red ammunition, blue support, white medical care, brown air service, and yellow command.

    After the pilots in the two Falcon cabins waved to signal that preparations were complete, Second Lieutenant Pan Duheng twisted his body, raised the flagpole and pointed his sword forward.  Under his command, the engines of the two Falcons erupted into a violent roar and quickly shot into the sky.

    In the generous command tower of the Dinghai, Wang Guangxiong put down his telescope with satisfaction when he saw the warning plane taking off.  He picked up his favorite Pu'er tea and took a sip: "By the way, have you decided on the list of students who will study in the UK next time?"

    "We got 8 places. Pan Duheng from Wulianghai, Jiang Yuchen from DinghaiCommander, this is the third consecutive year. Chen Shaokuan even sent me a telegram a few days ago. He said he wanted to compete again.  "The speaker was Lieutenant General Zhang Cai, Chief of Staff of the Nanyang Fleet.  Short and dark-skinned, he is 40 years old. He is originally from Fujian and later moved to Vietnam to make a living.  By chance, he went to France to study, obtained nationality and joined the French Navy. In 1911, he was studying at the Naval Academy in Calais, France.  Hearing that the country was in urgent need of naval talents, his ambition to serve the country made him return to China in early 2014 and join the Nanyang Fleet.  During the European War, he led 11 destroyers of the Nanyang Fleet to the Atlantic Ocean for his outstanding performance. After returning to China, he was promoted to chief of staff of the fleet.

    Although the Navy Department has quotas for further study abroad every year.  However, in order to promote competition, the Ministry of National Defense deliberately created an odd number of 15 places, and also stipulated that the winner of the annual training will automatically receive an additional place. Therefore, in order to send more "ones" to the world's naval powers for training, two teams will be assigned after each annual exercise.  Everyone in the fleet, from the captain to the rank and file, spat at each other, and sometimes the commander and chief of staff would deliberately add fuel to the fire and belittle their opponents.

    In fact, the dispute between the South and the South has been on the horizon since before the Sino-Japanese War, but it is different now than then, so Yang Qiu and the Admiralty not only ignored it, but also enjoyed seeing this kind of war of words.

    Don¡¯t look at Wang Huzi as a good boy in front of Yang Qiu, Sa Zhenbing and others.  But he has never been a good-tempered person. Otherwise, he would have dared to launch a deadly bombardment against Beiyang if he had just joined the National Defense Forces that year.  But winning three years in a row makes him satisfied.  But after scratching his beard and remembering this mission, his eyelids drooped again: "Is there a new telegram?"

    Zhang Cai, who has been a colleague for many years, naturally knew what he was asking. He muttered and shook his head: "It's still the original order. Act according to the situation, ensure safety, and do not provoke a fight."

    "Hey, grandma."

    Whether it is the navy, the army, or the newly established air force, no one from the soldiers to the officers likes this kind of ambiguous order.  The Dutch are not afraid. With just a few broken ships, the Tumenjiang can be taken care of, but there is the British Empire behind this little overlord!  Singapore has two old battleships.  Therefore, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the survey team.  The oil fields are not robbed, but the oil fields are not allowed to start a war. It is really a worrying business.

    ??How great would it be if we could rush directly into Batavia, rush into the Governor's Palace, find out the Dutch Governor, and ask him whether he eats flat noodles or chaos noodles?  Wang Huzi was annoyed by this order and simply patted the table: "Go"?Send orders.  When crossing Natuna, find an uninhabited island and give me a few cannons!  "

    "How many cannons?" Zhang Cai's eyes widened: "Commander. Natuna Islandsit won't work! I found an isolated island to try the artillery. What's going on?"

    "Okay, okay" Wang Beard's eyes were as wide as bells, and the officers all shrank their necks in fear.  Zhang Cai knew that he was a donkey, and only the vice president and Sa Zhenbing could control him.  However, the navies of various countries have the habit of finding isolated islands to practice artillery during the voyage, so they can fire as many guns as they want, and let the two new ships also sail, but Natuna, damn, Wang Beard  You really know how to pick a place!

    An hour later, the fleet finally arrived at the edge of the Natuna Islands. Zhang Cai carefully selected a shallow reef area that could not be named, and only exposed a shallow reef area with a height of more than one meter above the water, and then let the Tumenjiang, Taiwan Island, etc. take turns to attack.  , aiming at the small crab resting on the reef and blasting it Where is the South China Sea?  The rumble of cannons immediately attracted a British cruiser to check the situation.  When the British captain saw the flying Chinese naval flag and the reef shrouded in smoke, he quickly sent a telegram back to Singapore.  In the bridge, looking at the British protected cruiser monitoring him, Wang Guangxiong's lips curled up under his thick beard.

    After Wang Beard led the task force to play "cannon grilled crabs", he continued to lead the fleet to the East Indies. Batavia (today's Jakarta), which knew nothing about it, was also overwhelmed by the oil fields.

    In the hot, humid and smoky East Indies, there is a small garden like a paradise.  Palm trees, green lawns, milky white walls, orange tiles.  There is also the Dutch flag flying high, which beautifully embellishes the Dutch East Indies Governor's Palace in Batavia.

    But today no one is willing to stop and enjoy the beautiful scenery. In the past, colonial government officials who could not even be found in normal times all appeared overnight, including gentry who wore suits to maintain the so-called aristocratic demeanor even in the hot summer.  There are also shirts and shorts that have completely integrated into the local greedy businessmen, there are also local officials who are specially used to deal with the indigenous and Chinese, and there are also army and navy officers.  All in all, the huge 300 million-ton oil field within easy reach and the huge pie worth 2.1 billion US dollars has made the entire Dutch East Indies crazy.

    No, even the entire Nanyang and even the entire world were swept in!

    In the lobby of the Governor's Palace.  Lord Deco, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, who has beautiful golden curly hair, dark blue eyes, and a tall, slightly downward bridge of his nose, has long lost the excitement he felt when he took office. The heat, flies, plague, and damned natives made him despair of this place. If  If he hadn't been able to get a lot of "public relations fees" from Shell every year, he might have taken his wife and children back to Europe to enjoy their happiness.  But he never imagined that this public relations fee would be so hot one day!  Because Shell Royal Petroleum Company asked him to immediately ban foreign companies from operating oil business, and also asked him to take back the tidal flat land on the Strait of Malacca in Riau Province that he had sold, and expel the personnel of China Southwest Mining Company who were prospecting there.

    Isn¡¯t this deliberately embarrassing yourself?

    Speaking of which, he was really bitter.  Firstly, Shell has never asked to ban foreign businessmen from going to East India to explore for oil. Secondly, no one thought that there was oil under that beach!  So when a dozen Chinese people proposed to buy the land, he was extremely excited.  I thought I could get hundreds of thousands of dollars for nothing.  Now that the money has been obtained, it is still locked in the safe in the bedroom, but trouble has come!  It is estimated that the land transfer fee will have to be handed over to the higher authorities in the end. It is simply shooting oneself in the foot!

    "Your Majesty the Governor."

    The forty-year-old Worcester was the head of East India for the British-Dutch Shell Royal Petroleum Company. His eyes were deep in his sockets. He stared at Lord Deco and said: "For the commercial interests of the British Empire and the Dutch government, those people should be told immediately.  Yellow-skinned monkeys, this is not the Far East where they do whatever they want! You have to know that the oil fields have caused huge trouble to the Dutch government. There is already intelligence that the Japanese navy has sent cruisers here. Their greed for oil is obvious to all, so this new oil field must be  The oil fields must be under our protection, otherwise no one can guarantee whether a war will occur."

    "Shit, do you need to tell me this?" Lord Deco cursed secretly, with acid in his stomach. Facing the menacing Worcester, he really wished he could order this guy to be driven away.  But he didn't dare.  Not to mention Worcester¡¯s extensive social circle in Europe and how many members of Congress he has friendship with, Shell itself is not a company that an individual can shake!  You must know that Shell now controls almost half of the world's oil, with an annual output of up to 50 million barrels. They even have industries in Oklahoma, California, Mexico, Persia and Baku in the United States.

    ¡°Besides, I¡¯m taking other people¡¯s money¡­ I should have known better.

    Lord Deco secretly regretted it, but it was too late to regret it now.  In fact, he is not a fool. If the giant oil fields are controlled by other countries,?It's easy to say that it was discovered, but it was the Chinese who discovered it first. This will definitely arouse great hatred among the Japanese!  Even if a war does not break out, East India may become the stage for confrontation between China and Japan, and it will fall into turmoil and chaos.

    So after thinking about it, he reluctantly said: "Mr. Worcester, you can rest assured that I have ordered the soldiers to temporarily prohibit mining. As for the rest" Lord Deco originally wanted to say that he would handle it,  But just as he reached his mouth, a staff member rushed into the conference room: "Your Majesty the Governor! Japan, Japan there is a big earthquake!"

    "Damn it, didn't you see I'm in a meeting? Go to the earthquake in Japan, I'mwait, what did you just say?" Finally he had a target to vent to, so Lord Deco vented all his frustrations  It reached the unlucky telegraph operator, but he suddenly realized something when he was halfway through spraying, and shouted: "What are you doing here? Tell me, what did you just say!"

    As soon as he entered the door, he was sprayed with spittle all over his face. The telegraph operator was so angry that he was itching his teeth, but he was the governor, so he could only swallow his anger and repeat what he just said, and then turned around and left with a numb face.

    The telegraph operator left with itching teeth, but Lord Deco didn't care about the little man's leaving face at all, because he was already in ecstasy.  He held the telegram and laughed: "Great! Great! These damn monkeys have finally been punished. God, I want to see for myself whether Mount Fuji has erupted Worcester's face turned black, even if  So what if Japan withdraws? What about the Chinese? Do they have to watch billions of dollars fall into other people¡¯s pockets? What¡¯s more, this money is only 500 kilometers away from the company¡¯s Palembang oil field! It¡¯s like giving it to others from your own pocket.  ! This must be taken back no matter what! So he coughed a few times and interrupted: "Your Majesty the Governor.  Don't forget, the survey team of China Southwest Company is still there.  "

    "Yes. I know, please rest assured that I will contact the British Far East Fleet about this matter and report to" Lord Deco was elated by the Japanese earthquake, but the words "put pressure on China"  Before he could finish speaking, he was choked again by the telegraph operator who broke in again.

    After being interrupted unreasonably twice in a row, Lord Deco became very angry and glared at the telegraph operator: "Eric! Don't you have eyes? I'm in a meeting, in a meeting!"

    Telegraph operator Eric's face became even darker. He took out the telegram and read stiffly: "Reply to Your Excellency the Governor, a telegram from the Commander of the British Empire's Far East Fleet. He tells you that 6 Chinese warships are heading towards Batavia.  Come and conduct live-fire tests of artillery during the process! These included 1 battlecruiser, 1 heavy cruiser, 2 light cruisers, 2 destroyers and 1 aircraft carrier."

    "Battlecruisers God! Assemble, order the navy to assemble! Go, damn it, get those two broken ships started!"

    "Fortress, call the fortress and prepare for battle!"

    "Your Majesty the Governor! This is a call from Colonel Varrick. He said that he reported to you that the propellant of the fortress's heavy artillery was dampened last yearand cannot be usedI hate this rainforestTo be continued.  If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)!~!

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