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Text Chapter 1043 The Painful U.S. Navy

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    The equatorial warm current of the Indian Ocean passes through the deep sea outside Robben Island. Table Mountain, which looks like a huge rectangular table in the distance, has witnessed the glory of the European Age of Discovery and the turmoil of colonial Africa.  On the sea, a fleet flying the Chinese flag aroused the curiosity of passing ships. The sailors walked onto the deck one after another, raised their cameras, and all marveled at the immeasurably majestic body in the fleet.

    "I saw the dragon fleet, and I was deeply fascinated by its majesty and majesty. It sailed towards me, like a steel mountain, with oppression and making people nervous. Now I really want to find out one thing, how did they use short  In just thirty years, how about completing the road that France took hundreds of years to travel? I want to understand it, just like the country behind it, full of mysterious temptations. I would like to swear to God, this is a ship you have never seen before  The powerful battleship is a terrifying giant dragon, and we should be careful about it." The battleship Shanxi sounded the port entry flute, and under the leadership of the pilot boat, slowly approached the dock reserved for it.  The reporter in Cape Town wrote the above paragraph in his notebook.  Although his bard-like style was not appreciated by the editor-in-chief and he was sent to a place where he could only write black porn every day, this article truly expressed the complex and even hateful feelings of European jealousy.

    After twenty-five days of journey through wind and waves, Yang Qiuhe¡¯s visiting fleet finally arrived at Cape Town Port.  Because the seaport cannot accommodate so many ships, several warships, including the Jiangxi aircraft carrier, have turned back and headed to the Chagos Islands, China's only unorganized overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, which was exchanged from the United Kingdom for a large number of aircraft and frigates.  (Adu Atoll is a lease, not a territory)

    Cape Town was originally a Dutch colony. Due to its involvement in the Anglo-French war, the Dutch colonists gradually lost control of the place.  By 1814, the British, who finally won, invested money to buy the place permanently, and used it as a basis to gradually inlay the entire South Africa into the crown of Buckingham Palace.  But this has also become the Waterloo of the decline of the Sunless Empire. The Boer War made the world powers see through the underlying weakness of the British Empire, and only then did Germany challenge it.

    It is said that wherever there are people, there are Chinese people. This sentence is very apt.  On the pier where the warship docked, thousands of Chinese waved national flags and slogans and shed tears of joy.  During the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, a large number of Chinese laborers were trafficked here by the colonists. Under the shadow of exploitation, discrimination and even death, they got into the dirty and dark mines, ate moldy bread, and survived tenaciously, gradually taking root and sprouting.  .  Although many of them could not afford a boat ticket to return to their country, they still paid attention to their motherland from local newspapers and white people.  The turbulent 1911 revolution, the hopeful 1913 reunification, the confused 1915 European War, the groundbreaking 1916 Land Act, the revived 1919 Shanghai Communique, the painful 1929 financial tsunami, the confrontation of 1931 going abroad (Saudi Arabia's founding event), the war of 1939  More and more Chinese fleets are sailing into the deep blue, and the overseas students passing by here are bringing them news that may be shocking, worrying, or joyful.  But news is news. Even if the soldiers of the motherland have won consecutive battles in the past two years and avenged the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1899, and reduced the Japanese navy, which both Britain and the United States were afraid of, to just a few broken ships, they can't see or touch it.  Through the east window, I can send my longing for you from a distance.

    But today!  They saw it.  The motherland¡¯s navy is the most powerful, no!  The most powerful battleship in the world finally arrived, docked right in front of him, with the Chinese flag still flying!  It belongs to the Chinese and entrusts the dream of Chinese people all over the world to escape from suffering!  So when Yang Qiu, who was already world-renowned and even criticized by European and American newspapers, publicly called him the Napoleon of the East, stepped down the gangway, everyone suddenly burst into deafening cheers.  This is a voice from the heart, a feeling of joy after suffering and frustration.  A gray-haired old man knelt down on the ground regardless of the obstruction, kowtowed to Yang Qiu three times, and then did not get up. He just sat there and cried loudly.  His name is Huang Shuisheng, his ancestral home is Fujian, and he is sixty-seven years old this year.  When he was young, he was trafficked to South Africa for mining because of his gullibility to foreigners. He has been here for fifty years.  Long-term lead and mercury poisoning caused him to lose one eye and his spine was severely bent.  There were more than 300 fellow villagers who were on the same boat, but now he was alone.

    Fifty years of waiting finally came true today. He could finally stand upright, sit at the same table with the white devils and tell them!

    "One of my warships is as powerful as two of yours!"

    "Old man, get up quickly." The touching scene made Yang Qiu a little emotional. He walked out of the protective circle and personally stepped forward to help him up.  "No regrets, no regrets, no regrets even in death!" Huang Shuisheng was frightened and quickly stood up wiping his tears.  But he did not lower his head. On the contrary, he stared at Yang Qiu with cloudy eyes, as if he wanted to keep this leader, who was called "my president" by Chinese people all over the world, firmly in his heart.  "No, there is still a small regret, but it will be realized soon." Yang Qiu understood the mood of these overseas wanderers, smiled and turned to look at the battleship Shanxi, and opened his hand to the welcoming crowd: "Old man, come on up  .This is made by China ourselves.??So it is also your warship.  Go, everyone can go up to the deck and have a look. As long as I leave, any Chinese can go and visit.  "

    "I, I, can we really go up and have a look?" Huang Shuisheng's lips were trembling, and everyone around him was surprised.  "I won't tell lies. I have already made an agreement with the captain that he will open the deck for everyone to see in the next few days. Of course, we still have to keep some things confidential, so don't get in there."

    "No, no! Let's go, I'll go first. Don't hold me up, I can walk up on my own." Huang Shuisheng was the first to take a step, refusing the sailor's help, and tremblingly walked towards the gangway with difficulty.  Under the shining light of steel, his curved spine seemed to straighten up.

    On the Royal Navy battleship "King George V" next to it, the British naval officers and soldiers were both envious and helpless.  This was originally their territory, a restricted area of ??the British Empire. They were once proud to protect this place, but now they have to watch the USS Washington and the Chinese Navy's Shanxi battleship use thicker gun barrels.  and body, inserting forcefully.

    This is the cruelty of decline and decline.

    But what worries them and the whole of Britain more than decline is the decay of the mainland and the Mediterranean.  Although Hitler's attention turned to the Iberian Peninsula and Africa, Goering's bombers still visited England's airspace from time to time.  Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham, Londonthe former world empire, the proud hegemon of the Seven Seas, has been bombed beyond recognition, and industrial production is on the verge of collapse. They must rely on the import of goods from China and the United States to continue the war.  Fortunately, the powerful Germans could not let the "bathtub" fly across the treacherous strait. With the continuous entry of US troops, the local threat was finally temporarily alleviated.  However, the steady retreat of the Iberian Peninsula, the fall of Greece, the increasing number of wolves in the Atlantic, and the German and Italian North African legions approaching the Nile, still prevented them from seeing the dawn of reversal.

    The Pan American Hotel near the seaport has been blocked by the US military. In the small conference room on the third floor, after Roosevelt pushed his wheelchair in, he found that Kimmel was still looking at the majestic appearance of the "Shanxi" from the window. He couldn't help but sigh: "It's a ship."  An amazing battleship, just like him, always surprises us." Kimmel looked away and nodded.  To be honest, the appearance of "Shanxi" made him feel very uncomfortable.  Contrary to the booming Chinese navy, as the main force of the Japanese navy was basically destroyed, the U.S. Congress began to frantically restrict naval spending.  The Montana plan, which is comparable to the Shandong class, was cancelled. After the first batch of 7 Essex class aircraft carriers, the remaining orders were cancelled. The Baltimore class heavy cruiser passed a budget of 6, the Oregon class heavy cruiser was cancelled, and the Alaska class large cruiser was canceled and acquired.  The design of the Maine-class heavy cruiser was also cancelled, the budget for the Cleveland-class light cruiser was only 10, the last three Oakland-class light cruisers were cancelled, the design of the Fargo-class light cruiser was cancelled, and even the last two Iowa-class battleships were almost gone.  Denied¡­.  A series of budgets and planned ships were rejected by Congress, which hurt the U.S. Navy to the core, but there was nothing Kimmel could do, and even Roosevelt could do nothing.  Because Congress was not wrong this time. The main enemies of the United States are now in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The weak German and Italian navies and the still powerful British Royal Navy mean that the United States does not need to build so many capital ships. Instead, it should strengthen escort destroyers and escort aircraft carriers.  of construction.  As for the saved manufacturing capacity, it will be used for more merchant ships, army and aircraft manufacturing.

    And Congress is paranoid that even if so many capital ships are cancelled, as long as all the current budget ships are built, the U.S. Navy will not be worse than China in terms of total tonnage and quality.  But in fact, those "big talkers" ignored the impact of geography on the navy.  Maintaining a world navy requires not only building warships, but also having corresponding overseas bases.  The problem is that the core interests of the Pacific are in the southwest. Except for Australia, which is pro-American, and can host U.S. troops, other strategic locations in the southwest are either controlled by the Chinese navy, or are still occupied by the Japanese army and are extremely difficult to attack. Even if they want to send troops to the Philippines, they have to do so.  No forward bases found.  Without overseas bases, no matter how powerful the fleet is, it can only hide in Pearl Harbor to bask in the sun, or go to San Diego to intimidate the Mexicans.

    In order to find a way into the Philippines, Spruance originally wanted to find a breakthrough on the coral islands and attack the Solomon Islands. However, after losing several warships during the Torch landing, the plan had to be delayed indefinitely.  After finally stabilizing the Atlantic Ocean, the Chinese Navy immediately sent thousands of army soldiers to Vanuatu and the Santa Cruz Islands after the Kerama Battle. It also began to build airports and strengthen its activities in the area.  Although Spruance can also set off for Noumea, the Marine Corps and Army need to take care of Europe first. In addition, German submarine activities are becoming increasingly rampant in the Atlantic, so it can only be postponed again. Therefore, the biggest purpose of his visit this time is to hope  The Chinese navy opens bases in Mariana or Ryukyu as a springboard for the United States to return to the Philippines.

    However, this hope seems to be slim now.

      Like him, Roosevelt also faced troubles.  Although he finally survived the first year and the troops mobilized after the war were able to be sent to Europe and North Africa, so far, the US military has still been unable to curb Germany's offensive momentum.  He doesn't understand this because in the past year, the revitalized U.S. economy and manufacturing industry have shown strong expansion capabilities.  Aircraft manufacturing volume has increased from 600 per month before the war to more than 6,000 per month currently. After being surpassed by China in 1937 due to the second economic crisis, steel production has not only recovered, but also surpassed China and Britain with a figure of 66 million tons.  The total is much more.  Oil production has exceeded 250 million tons, automobile production has tripled a year, and shipbuilding tonnage has increased fivefold!  The arms industry has increased fifty-fold!

    But even though the United States is extremely powerful in any data, it makes him feel a deep sense of powerlessness.  So he hoped that the answer could be found at this meeting.

    A meeting to hand over the baton of power between the old and new, a meeting to describe a new world order, and a "dining table" contest in which cooperation and contradiction coexist, officially started the day after Yang Qiu arrived in Cape Town.  At the same time, Hitler, who learned about the Cape Town meeting through the Intelligence Ministry, had resharpened his butcher knife and swung it again.

    On September 3, 1941, Kurt Student arrived in Greece and announced the beginning of the "Waterbank Operation"
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