It has been too long since China left the world stage, and its army has also fallen, and it has the foundation to defeat the two major powers, Japan and Russia, and the major powers in the world have recognized China's capabilities, but the reason why the United States and other countries of the Entente still dare to attack China is that in addition to China's too huge wealth, the bigger reason is that China does not have a strong navy.

The army represents whether you can defend yourself, and the navy is the ultimate fate, especially where China is located, whether it is involved in the European theater of operations, or the United States, it needs a strong navy, China has no naval tradition, and even on the bright side, there are no warships, this kind of China, what is the threat to the Entente countries outside the external forces.

At that time, after China's rise had just begun, it killed the colonies of European countries in Southeast Asia, and that was it, beyond the reach of the whip, when a great power of the same grade appeared in East Asia and fought a large war in the colonies, other countries really did not have much ability to interfere, unless they gave up the European war they were about to fight and crossed the ocean.

It's almost impossible, in this era, Europe is the center of gravity of the world, and even the Americas are not particularly important, let alone Asia.

In Qingdao Port, when the shipyard urgently refitted 4 Fantasy class, all the sailors who signed up for this battle were not idle, fighting alone, and turning to fight thousands of miles, not only all navies need to select elites, even if they are elites, they also need a variety of training, and under the premise of no supplies, at least everyone must be proficient in 2, or even more than 2 positions, to ensure that after the combat attrition. Boats can sail normally. 7000 personnel, 20 days ago. They will be concentrated in Qingdao Port, and they will conduct a 24-day emergency training. In order to ensure that everyone can master 2-3 positions.

They were all the elite of the sailors, and some of them even served on battleships like the Fantasy class for more than 2 years, and during the period of the Scheer fleet, Scheer helped China train a large number of battleship officers.

They are quite familiar with the fantasy class, and they have also seen other positions on weekdays, under the bypass, under the guidance of the insider, they can quickly get started, and there are enough battleship internships here in Qingdao. After leaving no stone unturned, I quickly mastered other skills. This is just preliminary training, just to let them get in touch and know what the job of that post is, and the real training is still after leaving Qingdao, going to the fantasy level, from Qingdao to New York in the United States, when it is impossible to pass through the Panama Canal. Naturally, I chose the road to detour to southern Africa, which took a very long time, and gradually mastered the real operation of each post during the long voyage. is the focus of their learning.

When going to sea the navy, spare no effort to improve, the entire Chinese navy. Also leaning towards this fleet, for their support. It is also an all-out special operations dry food that has just been successfully developed. All kinds of cutting-edge systems, supplies and weapons and equipment, even with various subsystems, are as satisfied as possible, especially the command system of 4 Fantasy class, with 4 sets of command systems, which can be converted at will, and the loss of any command system will not affect the use of the command system.

The command system is the biggest secret of the Chinese Navy, China does not have the century-old tradition of other countries' navies, and many aspects have not been done to the extreme, but after the emergence of the command system, in the aspect of attack, there is no need to worry at all, the computer uses excellent computing power, greatly reduces the requirements of the gunner, as long as it can be in accordance with the regulations, quickly open the gun, you can become an elite gunner, and on the contrary, Britain and Germany are in a lot of training, and even in the war, step by step to improve, step by step to stand out.

The fire control system is a long-term project, since the emergence of it, the adjustment to him, has been in progress, from the experience absorbed from the Baltic Sea naval battle, the first time it was transmitted back to the country, the computer system is like this, more excellent algorithms, more reasonable system, as well as the improvement of the operation bit by bit, these are integrated, plus based on the later generations of high-imitation Apple CPU, this computing power far exceeds the things of this era, will bring a more excellent response to the command system, The aiming time will be reduced by four-fifths, and the accuracy will be greatly increased, which is the basis for the Fantasy class to be able to perform this mission.

If you can only rely on speed to escape, if you run too much, you will always encounter problems, the entire North Atlantic is the stronghold of the Entente, even Germany has not been able to penetrate into it, not to mention the four lonely warships, but with a precise fire control system, the detachment will be able to make a choice, and if you can fight, you can kill the opponent as quickly as possible, and those who can't beat will run, so that the threat and security are much greater.

In January 1916, the Spring Festival has not passed, Qingdao harbor, it is still a piece of cold and cold, 4 ships have been rested, complete refit, almost a new fantasy class, compared to before the refit, the power of the artillery has increased by at least 30%, plus the command system, it has almost reached the extreme that the current battleship can achieve, for some unreasonable places slightly modified, increased the protection of some places, to a certain extent, increased the survivability of the battleship, the most important thing is that through adjustment, Retrofitting several units reduces fuel consumption by 12% with a slight increase in power of 5%.

This is the focus of the Fantasy-class modification, going overseas, only enough range can support the large-scale transfer of the Fantasy-class in the Atlantic, otherwise, if the legs are short, it is easy to be surrounded by the other party, such an excellent power crew is not used on a large scale in the Chinese Navy, the reason is very simple, it is too expensive.

Even if China has the world's most advanced power, similar boutique units, it is not easy to produce, after Yang Yuanzhao combined the concept of later generations, after designing such an excellent engine, most of the components of the index, the metal processing of this era can not be processed, can only rely on the strongest workers, for a single processing, the whole unit consumes more than 8000 man-hours, the material is not very valuable, but the man-hours are huge, it is impossible to produce in large quantities, after the production of 2 sets, it will be archived by the all-in-one machine, It was this action that was produced.

After the founding of China, all aspects are in the ascendant, there are countless things in the field of science and technology that need to be manufactured by an all-in-one machine, this power system is limited to the overall improvement, the price is too expensive, that is, in this fantasy class, Yang Yuanzhao took the time to produce a few sets, for the improvement of the fantasy class, after the improvement of the fantasy class, it has really become a fantasy ship, the speed is infinitely close to the fastest battle cruiser, and the endurance is more than 2-3 times that of ordinary battleships.

7,000 officers and soldiers, ready to go, all the officers and soldiers, dressed in grand dresses, they quickly boarded the battleship, the heavy oil crew will be heated in 30 minutes, the huge crew will bring them a strong power, and then set off from the port, into the depths of the ocean, they will become the first card played by China, that is, to counter what the United States has done, and a unique entry point, into the European war.

Yang Yuanzhao is busy with affairs, and it is close to the end of the year, he only stayed in Qingdao for 3 days, personally cared about the progress of the warship and encouraged the soldiers, and quietly left, responsible for seeing off this special fleet is Cai Yi, he is currently rectifying the army in North China, even if the United States does not participate in the war, China needs to integrate the navy, army and air force, after the declaration of war, it is even more justifiable, and has not yet entered the emergency situation and wartime economy, but it has been adjusted to this aspect, and the number of conscripts has increased greatly. The management of factories and enterprises has also been much stricter, especially in some military-industrial enterprises related to the military, and the entry of military representatives has improved their efficiency to a certain extent.

The whistle sounded, taking advantage of the night, the four Fantasy class quickly left the port and entered the open sea, in order to ensure the safety of these ships, China did not choose to publicize it with great fanfare, this is also for their safety, the four Fantasy class, just so big, the big event propaganda entered the North Atlantic, let alone approaching New York, killing the Statue of Liberty in the United States, even if it is more difficult to enter the waters off the United States.

4 Fantasy-class ships started a months-long voyage, within the scope of China's control, from Qingdao to Malacca, are under absolute protection, and even China will use various methods to hide them, but out of Malacca, it will not work, you can only choose to go directly from Malacca through the southern Indian Ocean, directly to the Cape of Good Hope, in the meantime, most of the time, will be far away from the coastline, or even the supply port of the deep sea, which is also a test for the Fantasy class, if the road goes well, It was expected that at the end of February and early March 1916, they would arrive in the North Atlantic, and then begin their lonely iron and blood road.

The navy is only the first time to fight, even if it takes the risk of sending 4 Fantasy-class ships to attack the continental United States, it is only a tactical act, and even once successful, in the next year or two, it will not be much involved in the continental United States, the two sides are too far apart, China must first solve the problem of the Pacific Ocean, take Hawaii, an important fulcrum in the Pacific Ocean, and turn Hawaii into China's most solid and solid foundation, before choosing to continue to attack. It's not a few battleships pretending, but a real battleship group and landing operations.

The time for this day to come depends on the speed of China's combat progress in the next year or two, and the war with the United States, I am afraid, will not be easy at the beginning, it will be a long-term and protracted war, and the focus of the outbreak is not on land, but on the vast Pacific Ocean, which is the real vastness, the collision between steel and steel. (To be continued.) )