readx; At present, air battles between the British and German air forces break out almost every day over the English Channel, and immediately after Hitler took France, he was preparing to land in Britain with the Sea Lion plan, and now London, the British mainland, has been bombed by the Luftwaffe. Considering www.biquge.info strength of the Germans in the battles of Poland and France, no one in the world today would underestimate Hitler's determination and ability to land in Britain.

Now that Britain was trying to defend their homeland, they simply did not have enough spare strength to protect their colonies in Asia, let alone the Dutch colonies.

In addition, it was said that "this is only attacking the Dutch colony of Indonesia, and the excuse is to protect overseas Chinese, not the traditional declaration of war." Strictly speaking, the Dutch exile declared war on Ben, but Ben did not declare war on the Netherlands.

The most important thing is that Ben did not send troops to the British and French colonies, which means that Ben avoided offending the bottom line of the British.

If it was in peacetime, if France had not yet fallen at this time, then Britain would have declared war on Ben without saying a word, but what about now? The British side argued endlessly about the declaration of war, saying that it was now the most important thing to resist Germany, and that it would be obviously unrealistic to rashly confront the German for the sake of some Dutch Asian colonies.

And we have to take into account another point, that is, there is not only one China in Asia, but also one China.

In the twenties and thirties, China was the target of British repression in Asia. He even worked with the United States to co-opt the so-called "Ben" to suppress China's expansion. The reason is simple: China's expansion has greatly hindered British colonial rule in Asia and the Middle East.

Since the twenties, China has frequently supported the national reading power in the Anglo-French-Dutch colonies, and these moves have made the British extremely passive, and then in the thirties they began to wrestle with the British in the Middle East, especially in the Persian direction, where the Chinese infiltration of Persia has almost exceeded the British tolerance, and there are also disputes in Afghanistan.

The combination of these factors has made the relationship between Britain and China not very harmonious, and there are frequent contradictions. Since the thirties, the British have also regarded China as an enemy of the Asian region.

Now he said, "In order to expand the living space of the nation, he began to attack Indonesia, and the fool knows that all of his own determination is tacitly approved and even supported by China, otherwise he would not have the courage to send troops to Indonesia when the country is threatened."

"It is inappropriate to declare war directly, but it is absolutely unbearable to just let me occupy Indonesia!" Churchill tapped his pipe and said, "The Foreign Office should strengthen ties with China, the empire needs an ally in Asia!" ”

Before the attack on Indonesia, Britain regarded China as the biggest enemy in Asia, but after the attack on Indonesia, Britain's attitude towards China immediately changed, and they needed to find an ally in Asia, which could be either China or China.

"But their territorial claims to Hong Kong?" A cabinet minister next to him said worriedly.

There are fundamental reasons for the contradictions and conflicts between China and Britain, and the competing interests in Southeast Asia and Central Asia are actually only secondary, and the fundamental source of the contradictions between China and Britain is actually Hong Kong.

From the day the Nationalist Army was established, Chen Jingyun tried all kinds of ways to recover the territory seized by other countries, and this process lasted for almost more than ten years, and the success was also very large, the concessions of various countries in China have been recovered, and the Shanghai concession has also been recovered, but for Hong Kong and Macao, there has been no progress.

Britain can return the concessions it occupies, but its attitude towards Hong Kong has always been very tough, and it will not let go at all, which leads to the fact that if China wants to take back Hong Kong, then it has to go to war with the British, otherwise there is no other way.

In the twenties and thirties, China was in a period of rapid development, focusing on economic development, so the Hong Kong issue was temporarily shelved, but this does not mean that China does not want to take back Hong Kong, almost every year to the British side to ask for the return of Hong Kong, and each time the British refused, and even formal negotiations were refused.

If we want to cooperate with China, then the Hong Kong problem must be solved.

On July 3, Britain announced the imposition of sanctions on the British Union, cutting off the supply of all materials that could be used in the war, and at the same time imposing strict controls on the products exported to the United Kingdom.

At the same time, the British diplomats stationed in the country also began active diplomacy, trying to persuade China to join the sanctions, but Chen Jingyun directly refused, claiming that trade between China is based on equality and reciprocity, and China will not let itself lose such a huge export market for the benefit of others.

The Chinese's refusal was reasonable, and Britain wanted to persuade China to stop trade with Ben without paying a sufficient price, and if China stopped trade with Ben, Ben would immediately collapse, and Chen Jingyun would let Ben act as a pawn.

Chen Jingyun refused, but Roosevelt did not.

Even though the isolationism of the people in the United States was very serious, Roosevelt dreamed of declaring war on Germany, but he still could not carry it out, and in the face of his own attack in Indonesia, the Americans once again showed an attitude that it was not their own business, and it was almost impossible for the United States to send troops now.

But the fact that a declaration of war is not possible does not mean that sanctions are impossible, so the United States followed suit, and the United States also announced that it would impose limited economic sanctions on Ben, cutting off the supply of any resources that could be used for war.

It's just that unlike history, after Britain and the United States imposed economic sanctions on Ben, they immediately withered in their own country, and this is also the fundamental reason why Ben took the risk of launching a Pacific War, just to obtain sufficient war resources. But now, it is said that "this is mainly dependent on China's resources, whether it is oil, iron ore or other industrial products, most of them come from China, as long as China continues to supply resources, then it will not deal a fatal blow to China."

At this stage, the situation is actually very clear, but at this stage, that is, in July 1940, the major powers have almost acquiesced in saying that they will attack Indonesia. The British and American countries that I feared would declare war on them, and China would stab them, did not happen, and he said, "I only sent a small navy and landing force to take Indonesia, and the Dutch colonial army in Indonesia could not stop Ben's offensive at all."

But as far as the current situation is concerned, the strategic situation is extremely favorable to the "Ben, in order to obtain Indonesia, a large number of colonies, so that the Ben Ben has a lot of oil, a lot of rare metals, a lot of natural rubber, and these are important strategic resources, if we can completely control Indonesia and make use of Indonesia's resources, we can reduce the dependence on Chinese resources."

Ben has gained huge benefits, and the Chinese, the biggest advantage for Chen Jingyun is that Britain and the United States have begun to target Ben instead of China, and this is China's biggest gain.

As long as he said, "Ben could continue to hold on until a new round of changes in the overall situation of the world, then Chen Jingyun would not have to worry about Britain and the United States jointly saying that Ben would deal with China."

He even wondered if he should let Ben continue to work harder, and then occupy those British colonies, and even attack Australia.

When I launched the Nanyang Raid, the Chinese themselves were not idle, in addition to further expanding the scale of industrial production in China, the expansion of armaments is still continuing, China's current military strength is still very strong, but it is far from meeting Chen Jingyun's expectations.

Only when the eighth phase of the Navy's development plan and the eighth phase of the supplementary plan are fully completed, will Chen Jingyun consider launching a large-scale military operation.

In the existing Chinese Navy, in addition to the old capital ships, in fact, a large number of new capital ships have either just been launched or are still on the slipway, and it will take a few months for a large number of capital ships in the eighth phase of the plan to be officially put into service, and it is expected that by the end of 1940, the capital ships in the eighth phase of the navy and the supplementary plan will be able to be fully commissioned, and at this time the Chinese Navy will have enough strength to challenge any country, or even the global navy.

Of course, this is not to say that the eighth phase of the plan is over, even if it is fine, the Chinese Navy in the early 1940s put forward the ninth phase of the plan, has prepared four aircraft carrier construction plans, and these four aircraft carriers have started construction in 1940, and in July 1940, the Navy expanded the ninth phase of the development plan, adding two aircraft carrier construction plans, but in the next two or three years there is no need to count on these warships, Because these capital ships are basically part of the wartime shipbuilding plan, the subsequent construction situation will have to be further adjusted according to the development of the world situation and the level of domestic industrial economy. Just like the history of the US Navy after the outbreak of World War II, dozens of fleet aircraft carriers were started in one go, this is not a normal development of the Navy, but a special case.

According to the strength accumulated in the normal development situation, that is, between the end of 1940 and 1943, the capital ships at the disposal of the Chinese Navy were: four converted high-speed battleships, one Shaohao, three Fuxi-class, a total of four large cruisers. Four fleet aircraft carriers of the early twenties, two fleet aircraft carriers of the early thirties, two converted light aircraft carriers of the late thirties, two newly commissioned aircraft carriers of 27,000 tons, two large armored aircraft carriers of 45,000 tons, a total of twelve aircraft carriers. Of course, the number of these aircraft carriers does not include those escort aircraft carriers that were converted into merchant ships or built urgently during other wars, and the combat effectiveness of these aircraft carriers of low-speed modification in actual combat is generally not strong, and can be roughly counted as auxiliary forces.

Fleet aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers are two weapons concepts, which cannot be unified, and most of the more than 100 aircraft carriers in the United States in history are escort aircraft carriers, and it was not until the end of the war that the United States Navy built 24 fleet aircraft carriers and 10 light aircraft carriers. The reason why the United States built light aircraft carriers in history was because the fleet aircraft carriers were not enough after the outbreak of the war, and the newly built fleet aircraft carriers could not be put into service in a short time, so the hulls of ten light cruisers were modified for use by light aircraft carriers. And this situation does not exist in China, China's aircraft carrier development is very fast, and the number of pre-war is relatively large, and now there are six fleet aircraft carriers under construction, and if there are no exceptions, more aircraft carriers will definitely have to be built next year, of course, more importantly, China does not have a suitable hull of more than 10,000 tons for refitting light aircraft carriers, the eighth and ninth phases of the Chinese Navy's plan, there are no cruisers of more than 10,000 tons, the tonnage of light cruisers is relatively low, and the large ones are more than 7,000 tons, The small ones are more than 5,000 tons, and the larger class is more than 20,000 tons of large cruisers, and there are not many of them, only three, these large cruisers are used as escort forces, and they cannot be easily refitted.

Not to mention the future, but in the period from the end of 1940 to 1943, the Chinese Navy's main ships included fleet aircraft carriers, escort high-speed battleships and large cruisers, plus heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers among auxiliary ships, so that the Chinese Navy was able to form a high-speed mobile combat formation of six twin aircraft carriers.

And this is the full strength of the Chinese Navy, far exceeding the aircraft carrier strength of the British and American navies.

However, even though the Navy does not yet have a fully complete construction plan

The eighth phase of the naval plan has not been completed, which does not mean that China has done nothing, in fact, China's actions in the past year have been very large and frequent, in addition to a small battle with Soviet Russia, it has also vigorously supported the national reading force armed forces in Southeast Asia, and after the fall of France, the national reading force armed activities in French Indochina are very frequent, and several of them have carried out large-scale military operations with the secret support of China. The Vietnamese forces in North Vietnam had even taken control of an area bordering China and launched an attack on Hanoi, bringing the French rule in Vietnam to the brink of collapse.

And all this almost shows that the day of China's formal entry into the war is getting closer and closer!