In the following days, Tang Jian stayed in Fuzhou, and the East China Sea Fleet in Keelung, Taiwan, all gathered on the outer sea of ​​Fuzhou. Tang Jian also drew a monarch-class battleship Storm and three cruisers from the South China Sea Fleet to Fuzhou to participate in the training of the Fearless Operations.

In addition, Tang Jian set up many small ships on the South China Sea to closely monitor the British Far East Fleet's every move after entering the South China Sea. This is also the first time that the Fearless has participated in the joint maritime military exercise between the Yellow Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet. The purpose is to enable the Fearless to pass the transition period of launching and serving as soon as possible and adapt to the new naval warfare requirements.

In the past ten days, the British Far East Fleet has not been moved, but Tang Jian is not in a hurry at all. What should be come will always come. This encounter was the first collision between the two sea fleets of China and Britain.

During the Qing Dynasty, in order to reverse the trade deficit, Britain secretly smuggled opium from Guangzhou and other places, poisoning countless ordinary Chinese people. Since the First Opium War, the Chinese have never gained any advantage in the naval battle with Britain. Relying on the strength of ships and cannons, Britain took the lead in opening the Qing Dynasty's door, and also signed the first unequal treaty in history - the Treaty of Nanjing.

After the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing, the great powers saw that the Qing Dynasty was weak and could be bullied, and extended their claws to the Far East. From that time on, the Qing Dynasty entered a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country, and the Chinese people should have been oppressed by the great powers for nearly half a century.

It can be said that the reason why China became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country was first thanks to Britain, and that Britain took the lead in opening its doors to China. After Britain, other powerful powers invaded China one after another and signed unequal treaties with the Qing Dynasty. In the end, even Japan, which was a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, dared to invade China.

Although China has developed significantly in terms of military power and economy after its founding, there is still a big gap compared to Britain. China is not able to fight a full-scale war with Britain, but it will be only time for China and Britain to have a war in the future.

On this day, Tang Jianzheng and Tian Arden were inspecting the construction of new submarines and Fearless Class battleships at the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau. Suddenly, Chen Chusheng hurriedly ran up, saluted and said, "President, the CIA call!"

"Remember!" Finally, he came! Tang Jian smiled slightly.

"Yes, President, CIA call: Yesterday at dusk, this British Far East fleet set sail from Singapore in Malacca. It should have entered the South China Sea. The South China Sea fleet has sent small reconnaissance supporters to always pay attention to the movements of this British fleet!" Chen Chusheng thought.

"Very good, I'll send my orders to stop practicing in the past few days, and all anchored in the sea outside Fuzhou to wait for my orders. At the same time, I'll send destroyers to guard the naval forces in Fuzhou. Once the traces of this British fleet are found, I'll notify me immediately." Tang Jian ordered.

"Yes, President!" Chen Chusheng quickly wrote down Tang Jian's order.

After giving the latest order, Tang Jian asked again: "Adden, how are Ouyang Yanqing's planes and tanks now?"

Tian Aden replied: "After countless improvements, the final model has been determined and now it has been put into mass production. Under the leadership of Liu Wenqing and Jiang Junyi, the Air Force has now used 30 qualified Air Force pilots. In addition, the construction plan of the tank has temporarily stagnated. Captain, you also know that China's industrial foundation is weak, and it is good to be able to produce one in a month. Now there are only eight vehicles after the warehouse. These eight vehicles are all used as training vehicles. In fact, it will take some time for real combat vehicles to enter the army to serve, so if you send troops to the Northeast, you can only rely on the previous armored vehicles for the time being."

Tang Jian frowned. The progress of the air force aircraft was still expected, but the progress of the armored tank was really unsatisfactory and had not been put into use by the army yet.

However, Tang Jian felt relieved after thinking about it. Now China has just emerged from the war. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tang Jian actively expanded his army. Now the entire Chinese Army has a standing force of 400,000, and the Chinese Navy has nearly 30,000 (the Air Force is temporarily planned to be in the navy and has not yet formed an army.), and the demand for new weapons is very huge for such an army.

Railway factories are being actively built across the country. Recently, Fuzhou has launched construction projects such as automobiles, tanks, aircrafts, battleships, etc., and the demand for steel is very huge. Although the Qing Dynasty left some industrial foundation during the Westernization Movement, overall, the country's heavy industry foundation is still very weak, so the mass production plan of tanks has lagged behind, which is inevitable.

Alas, heavy industry! Tang Jian sighed that the most lacking thing in China now is steel.

"Captain, captain!" Tian Aden shouted from the side.

"Oh, what's wrong?" Tang Jian woke up from his thoughts.

"Looking at you've been stunned, what are you thinking?" Tian Aden asked curiously.

Tang Jian sighed and said, "I am thinking about the steel business. Now that the domestic demand for steel is soaring, the steel demand gap is too large, which has affected the economic and national defense development. I am worried about the steel business."

Tian Aden said helplessly: "There is no way. The domestic heavy industry foundation is too weak. Even if you vigorously support heavy industry enterprises, the supply volume is far from enough. Developing heavy industry is not a matter of overnight."

Listening to Tian Aden's helpless words, Tang Jian's mind was filled with inspiration. Since the domestic supply was not enough, then I should find a way abroad! Taking advantage of the situation and picking up ready-made cheap things is Tang Jian's favorite thing to do.

"Haha." Tang Jian laughed out loud, and his plan was clear.

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Above the South China Sea.

A huge fleet rides the wind and waves under the blue sky, and the cross naval flags roar in the sea breeze. This fleet has entered the British Far East Fleet in the South China Sea.

The flagship of this fleet is a monarch-class battleship named Empress Elizabeth. Under the command of Empress Elizabeth's bridge, a man nearly two meters tall was holding a telescope and carefully observing a small black dot on the sea surface at four o'clock.

The man was named Michelle, who was the British Royal Rear Admiral and the commander of this huge fleet. Major General Michelle put down his telescope and cursed: "I really want to knock out this tail. Since entering the South China Sea, this destroyer has been hanging far behind the fleet like a ghost. It is really annoying."

"General Michelle, never, have you not seen the destroyer hanging from the Huanglong sword naval flag of the Chinese Navy? And we have entered the sea border of China. If you fire a rashly, it will probably cause unnecessary disputes." A middle-aged man in his thirties next to him said, with a cigar between his fingers from beginning to end, and the strong smell of cigars filled the bridge room.

"His Excellency Churchill, what's wrong with it? Is the Far East Fleet of the British Empire still afraid of a small destroyer in China?" Michel said angrily. If Churchill had not been present, he would have sent a destroyer to sink the destroyer of the Chinese Navy.

"Calm down, I hope General Michel will not forget the purpose of our trip to China." Churchill said sternly.

Hearing Churchill's scolding, Michelle relaxed his fists helplessly. Although he was the commander of this fleet, Churchill had an appointment signed by the king. Any action of this fleet must cooperate with Churchill. In other words, the actual commander of this fleet was Churchill.

In Singapore in Malacca, Michelle has been waiting for Churchill for more than half a month. She originally thought that after entering the Far East, her fleet would use her big fist to beat the Chinese Navy. After all, not long ago, the Chinese Army massacred thousands of British soldiers in the top 1000s. China did this to declare war with the British Empire, so the Navy Department would send him to the Far East to teach the arrogant China a lesson.

Unexpectedly, after the fleet entered the South China Sea, Churchill restricted his military operations everywhere, and even sank the tail of a Chinese navy, which made Michelle a little indignant. It seemed that the Far East Fleet entered China this time not to attack them, but to negotiate with them.

The British Empire was actually negotiating with a weak China? Michelle didn't find it a little funny.

More than 60 years ago, the navy of the former Qing Dynasty was vulnerable. Otherwise, how could the British and French coalition forces attacked Beijing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty so easily?

During the last Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Michel once watched the naval battle between the Beiyang Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet in a not far away waters. The Beiyang Fleet with an advantageous tonnage was actually severely damaged by the weak Japanese Fleet and paid the price of sinking four main warships to drive away the Japanese Combined Fleet. At that time, the command and tactics of the Beiyang Fleet were simply messy, and they were not even a little different from the excellent British Navy.

Therefore, the image of the Chinese Navy in Michelle's eyes is simply vulnerable. Although China founded the country and created a new navy, the yellow-skinned monkeys were always yellow-skinned monkeys. Even if they invented the triple-mounted main gun and the airship, so what?

Isn’t gunpowder, compass, and papermaking still invented by yellow-skinned monkeys? But what happened in the end? Didn’t these inventions all become weapons that the British Empire invaded them?

In the future, if the triple-unit main gun is transferred, the airship will also become a weapon for the British Empire to conquer the world! China still cannot escape the fate of gradually becoming a colony in the British Empire, and China's so-called Pacific Fleet will eventually end up being wiped out like the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

Churchill noticed the contemptuous smile on the corner of Michelle's mouth, and solemnly reminded: "General Michelle, please be vigilant. Remember, the Chinese Pacific Fleet is no longer the navy of the Qing Dynasty. It is much stronger than we imagined."

ps: Make up for yesterday's owed updates.
Chapter completed!