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Above the blue sea, the eye-catching sun flag flutters in the wind.

Twenty nautical miles outside Keelung Harbor, the battlecruiser Kongo, which rushed from Sasebo, bowed south with its sister ship Haruna, and six destroyers next to it formed an attack formation. The well-trained Japanese naval sailors on the deck had cold eyes, because since the great naval battle, they had firmly believed that they were the only masters of this sea, even if the army made a 510 incident and killed many old naval officers, they did not doubt this idea, but today they thought that they were their defeated opponents, but they appeared here uncharacteristically and proudly.

Above them, two navy-type sparrow reconnaissance planes swaggered over the flag, and even the sunlight could not hide the dazzling flashing lights. It is rare to have this opportunity, and the naval pilots naturally want to take a thorough picture of the big enemy below. For these little mosquitoes, the Japanese fleet came out in a hurry and did not bring planes, so they could only watch them scurry. However, no one cared about these "flies", and the eyes of the Japanese sailors were all focused on the gray shadows 15,000 meters away. There, the three large cruisers of the Anhai class also raised their guns without showing weakness, although the caliber of the millimeter naval guns was smaller than that of the other side, but they had a clear advantage in numbers. What's more, the cruiser Tsukuba, which was salvaged and repaired from Qingdao and installed with American naval guns of the same type, was also very powerful. It's just that the appearance of the Tsukuba obviously stimulated the Japanese officers in the bridge opposite, and their eyes bobbed back and forth between their opponents and Chief of Staff Kantaro Suzuki, who was holding a telescope in front of him.

Captain Tsunechi Tsunekota even tightened the handrails, and the green tendons on the back of his hands bulged. Breaking the silence: "General." ”

Kantaro Suzuki, who participated in the Russo-Japanese War, as the chief of staff of the Japanese Second Fleet and has a reputation as an expert in torpedo warfare, moved his body slightly. He was second only to the genius staff officer of the Japanese Navy, Mayuki Akiyama, and after the latter's death at the beginning of the year, there were rumors within the navy that he should be appointed chief of the general staff, but he did not make the trip because he was still lacking in the overall operation of the fleet. But this does not mean that he does not know how to advance and retreat, compared with the reckless army. The Japanese Navy has always considered itself to be level-headed since Heihachiro Togo.

A multi-million worth battleship is hung with the enemy's flag, and this enemy is still defeated and humiliated! Kantaro Suzuki doesn't shy away from his inner thoughts. But he also knew that his side was not too dominant at the moment, and asked, "Your Excellency Dazuo, what do you think is the chance after the war?" ”

"We have 10 35mm naval guns. More advantage in firepower! Tsunetasaku Shimauchi is confident: "I think we have a chance to finish the leap in five rounds. When he said this, the officers behind him all showed confident expressions. To be honest, Kantaro Suzuki really wanted to go to war, although there were 2 fewer ships, but the experience of the Japanese Navy was not comparable to that of the Shina Navy, which had a large warship for the first time after 23 years! When the gap is not large, it must be people and not weapons that determine the outcome of the war, so he believes that as long as the cannon is fired, it will definitely be himself who will win in the end.

But he turned his head and asked, "Is there any news from the base camp?" ”

The communications officer shook his head: "Report to the general, not yet." ”

The clear answer disappointed everyone, and Kantaro Suzuki knew better that the country did not want to conflict for the time being. Because Germany failed! The end of the European war, the distribution of interests, the new world order, and so on are the most important issues at present, especially the distribution of interests, which is more related to how much war dividends Japan can get, and if it fights with China at this time. Even if we rush to Europe as quickly as possible, I am afraid that there will not be any residue left.

What a pity.

On the Yasuhai, the signal flag bearer waved his flag and ordered the Japanese Navy to leave China's territorial waters. Cheng Biguang, who personally led the team, also held a thick cigar in his mouth, standing side by side with Wang Guangxiong in the command tower, with a slight hot flush on his forehead. Repeatedly calculating the strength of both sides in his heart, he said, "The Tsukuba can't be counted. Our three 27 305 naval guns, opposite 20 356 naval guns, should be offset by their number and power. Japan is still using the old British armor-piercing shells, the fuses are sensitive and easy to explode early, and we use American armor-piercing shells. ”

"The training intensity is comparable, but they have a lot of experience in naval warfare, and we have a little experience and we all went to the Atlantic to escort ships, which is really incomparable." Wang Guangxiung smiled self-deprecatingly, but he was not afraid of the King Kong level: "Our numbers and naval guns are not weak, if you want to say that they can retreat from Lao Tzu intact, I don't believe it!" ”

Compared with Wang Guangxiong, Cheng Biguang is much more experienced, and said with a smile: "Wang Huzi, I don't really see it, you have really been a lot bolder in the past few years." ”

"That's also the commander-in-chief's support for us to have a home, if I continued to fire gunboats, I would have been far away."

"Haha." Cheng Biguang was amused by him, and pointed to the Japanese Navy opposite: "In my opinion, there is no chance to exercise this time." They are not fools, after the news of the defeat of Germany came, everyone was thinking about how to divide the benefits, and it would not be interesting to fight with us at this time. ”

Wang Guangxiong smiled, how could he really hope to fight now. This time, if it were not for the limitation of the time for the handover of Taiwan in the "Eight-Article Entente" and the early dismantling of Keelung's shore artillery defense facilities according to the agreement, and the fact that the Japanese Navy had only stationed two destroyers and a few gunboats here after the contraction, and in the name of humanitarian inspection, the navy would not have dared to let Yang Qiu venture into the port area.

Report. The Taiwan has left Keelung Port, and the commander-in-chief and deputy chief of general staff have confirmed that they will leave with the ship and are heading towards Sanduao. The communications officer's voice made the two of them quietly breathe a sigh of relief. As long as Yang Qiu leaves safely, they will be able to have no worries if they really want to fight. So Cheng Biguang looked at his watch, turned around and ordered: "Notify all ships to evacuate in three hours." After speaking, he turned his head and glared at the two King Kongs, and muttered: "It's almost there!" When the European side stops, our side will eventually have to separate the ugly ones, and neither we nor Japan will be able to escape this battle. ”

Wang Guangxiong nodded vigorously.

Yang Qiu didn't know that the navy had already had the intention of challenging the Japanese navy, and at this moment he was watching the take-off of the carrier-based aircraft with Cai Yi. Since the last delivery was just a fog. So I was still a little excited to step on the aircraft carrier in person, after all, the aircraft carrier dream was made out by him early, and these two are also the world's second only to the British Fury in service with all-deck aircraft carriers.

From the outside, the Taiwan-class aircraft carrier looks very much like the Japanese Fengxiang in later generations, but the displacement is larger than the latter, and the flat prototype deck structure of the first generation aircraft carrier is adopted. It wasn't that he was deliberately hiding, but because at the time he only brought up the all-access deck and didn't say anything else. As a result, the designers could only refer to the plan proposed by the British Fury at that time. However, even if he participated, he didn't want to come up with the classic layout so early, after all, it was still in the embryonic stage of aircraft carriers at this time, and the identification of this new type of warship by various countries was still "small ships such as reconnaissance and counterattack submarines". Engaging in specialization is easy to be used as a target for research. Like all first-generation carriers, the deck is very narrow due to the use of a retrofit of an old Atlantic cruise ship with a slender body in pursuit of speed. The barrage is a simple patchwork of pulleys, sandbags and hemp rope, while the lower semi-open hangar is difficult to withstand high winds and waves, but the two lifts along the side of the hull are the only highlight. Due to the delay in the finalization of the desired star-type air-cooled engine, the navy-type Haidongqing fighter, which is still using water-cooled engines on the aircraft carrier, cannot fold its wings, resulting in a displacement of 15,000 tons but can only carry 19 aircraft.

"Vice President." Kuang Xukun interrupted his admiration for the demeanor of the first generation of naval aviation, and came over and said: "It's a telegram from the prime minister, he asked you to return to Nanjing as soon as possible." Wang Zhengting said that Wang Zhengting had sent a telegram that Britain and France had decided to hold a post-war conference in Paris early next month, and hoped that you would return as soon as possible to discuss countermeasures. ”

"Oh? Is this going to divide the spoils? Cai Ye walked over. This general in the parallel world, who was in poor health, was getting better and better day by day after Yang Qiu deliberately arranged to go abroad for treatment and recuperation many times. smiled at Yang Qiu: "Prime Minister Shaochuan is afraid that he will pick his eyes, so he wants you to go back to the staff officer." ”

"Pick flowers? What a dream? Yang Qiu glared angrily: "If Britain and France are really willing to give up their interests, do you think there will be such a gagged conference?" ”

Cai Yi smiled and agreed: "Bingwen, they don't know what they can get, and it's a big trouble to come back, so they still have to take what they should take." Look at me. Disarming the Alliance is for sure! The German Navy will definitely be surrounded by Britain and France, and the Austro-Hungarian Navy is estimated to be intercepted by Italy and France, and it would be good if we could get a few cruisers. Britain and France have hated the Makqin machine gun to death, and the aircraft will also be confiscated, but whether it is Germany or Austria-Hungary, the weapons and equipment do not conform to the British legal system and can only be sold for scrap metal. Italy can match but they don't have much army, so we can ask for a batch of long-range cannons and machine guns to be used as the three northern fortifications and coastal defenses. Tanks and planes are not of much value, they are not as advanced as ours, so they simply want a batch of engines. Germany will definitely have to pay the price on the land, the Ottomans and Austria-Hungary themselves are nationally complex, and Britain and France must be divided. Africa must be divided between Britain, France and Italy, and even if we give it a piece to occupy it, it is not appropriate, but it is easy to clash with Britain and France. The Pacific Ocean has already been occupied by Japan, so I think we can use our brains on the Ottomans, aren't we going to explore oil over there? Don't cede land to colonize or anything, just have a seaport jurisdiction, and it's okay to be remote or farther away.

We have already given up the reparations, so it is not appropriate to ask Germany directly for industrial equipment, it is better to buy it through Britain and France in batches. Anyway, in addition to those that are particularly critical, the German industry does not conform to the same standards as Britain and France, and for them it will cost a lot of money to modify, and they must be willing to exchange it for cash. The best thing is to get another batch of trains back, my country adopts German regulations, and you can use it yourself without modification, this thing is urgently needed.

And also. ”

Seeing Cai Yi's eyes shining when he talked about the upcoming Paris Peace Conference, except for the rainbow action that no one could have imagined, even Yang Qiu admired his gaze and said with a smile: "Brother Songpo, if there is anything else, Germany will be emptied by you." ”

Cai Yi babbled about how much benefit he could get, and was stunned when he was interrupted like this, and only reacted when he saw Kuang Xukun covering his mouth and snickering, and laughed: "Actually, I think it's okay if you can't get a dollar, but don't let them get it!" ”

He pointed to the east with his hand, and his gaze froze...... ()