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Volume 1 104 The Arrogant British

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    An important condition for agreeing to sell the Shangri-La to China was China's participation in the Red Flag military exercises and the Rim-Pacific military exercises led by the US imperialists.  However, Ping Taizong and other senior officials were afraid that this would send a strong malicious signal to the Soviet Union, so they canceled the Red Flag military exercise at the beginning of the year and decided to participate in the Rim of the Pacific military exercise starting in May.

    Before the fall of the Mao Xiong family, the Ring-Taiwan military exercise was held once a year. To put it bluntly, it was a kind of beautiful demon showing off his power.  The Rim of the Pacific military exercise is actually a way for U.S. imperialism to show its dominance in the Pacific region. With so many countries participating in it every year, it is basically a manifestation of standing in line, and it also reflects support or acquiescence in the rules of the game and world order established by the United States.  .

    If we compare it with history, especially the hegemonic Congress Alliance during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, we can see that the United States is a hegemonic country. There is no controversy at all.

    Even before the Rim-Pacific military exercise has begun, American media, both large and small, are already promoting the United States' great diplomatic victory and China's joining the Western camp.  Although China's attitude is still relatively ambiguous, some of the signals it has released are relatively positive. It seems that China is abandoning some of the policies formulated during the Mao era and beginning to actively participate in international affairs.

    Liu Huaqing did not personally attend this military exercise, but the deputy commander did.  After weighing the dispatch of troops, a 052A destroyer Shenzhen (hull number 167), a 054A frigate Jiaxing (521), and a 039A diesel-electric submarine (333) were selected. In addition, Hainan Airlines also dispatched four additional  J-8V Skua fighter jets headed to Hawaii.  Compared with the super-large military exercises that were held once every two years in later generations, often involving forty or fifty ships and involving twenty or thirty countries, the scale of the Rim-Pacific military exercises in the 1970s and 1980s was still limited.

    In addition to the American hosts and newcomers China, the main participants include the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.  Among all the training subjects, the Chinese Navy selected four subjects: anti-submarine warfare, amphibious landing, anti-ship warfare and maritime transportation and supplies.

    The Chinese fleet has attracted much attention from the day it entered the port. Firstly, the military exercises of a communist country participating in the "free world" are incompatible with the style of the Cold War. Secondly, the condition and level of Chinese warships are unexpectedly high.  good.

    Lippett, the captain of the British frigate Amazon, and Melville, the captain of the Kootenay destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy, stood at the mooring, looking at the huge and elegant warship with a hint of envy.

    "It is undeniable that the Chinese warships are so beautiful." Melville exclaimed.

    Lippett said sourly: "Even if it is beautiful, China has almost never defeated anyone at sea. The navy is not a military branch that can win by relying on mud and human lives."

    Canadians understand the pride of the naval lieutenant commander of this mother country. Even though the afterglow of the empire on which the sun never sets is almost gone, this gentleman still despises all opponents on the sea who fly the naval flag, as if  The British Empire was still in the same era as it was when it defeated the Armada.

    ¡°Haha, if we fight another Opium War with them, maybe we will see the difference.¡± Melville teased and sarcastically said in a special way.

    At this time, a U.S. Navy Captain Feore came over not far away. Because Lippett was the captain of the frigate and had the rank of lieutenant colonel, he had to salute Feore in accordance with international etiquette.  Fiore had long heard the conversation between the two guys and continued with a smile: "Don't be careless, man. I heard that the Chinese installed sixteen anti-ship missiles with a range of 400 kilometers on this beauty.  If such one hits a four- to five-thousand-ton destroyer, tsk tsk, it will definitely be more effective than a flying fish."

    Everyone present showed a knowing smile. Only the Englishman Lippett's face turned red. He wanted to refute but could not say anything.  Fiore was just insinuating the British's incompetence in the Falklands War. Although the British won the victory and sank the Argentine cruiser and recaptured the Falkland Islands, their core battleship Sheffield was penetrated.  The Super Etendard was sunk with Exocet missiles, and two frigates were also sunk. They were also Type 21 frigates of the same class as the Amazon under Lippett.

    It has only been four years since the Falklands War, and the British Royal Navy still remembers the lessons of that war freshly, but there are people who enjoy uncovering other people's scars by refusing to lift them.

    Canadian Captain Melville marveled: "An anti-ship missile with a range of 400 kilometers, my God, is it Soviet technology? How did the United States know about it?"

    Fiore smiled and said: "It should not be a Soviet technology, it should be developed by the Chinese themselves. They have come up with a lot of things recently. In fact, this thing is more like a carrier-based version of the Tomahawk, but it is smaller.  Some are really impressive. As for the source of the information, it was found in their domestic public publications, and our military attache at the embassy translated it and sent it back to the Naval Association. "

    Australian shipBentley said: "Information from public channels? Our Australian diplomats are really derelict in their duties!"

    Fiore added: "Did you see that from China's destroyers to frigates, stealth factors are taken into consideration, which shows that the Chinese have begun to pay attention to grasping the trend of world naval development. At least in this regard, they are much smarter than the Soviets.  , The boats built by those Slavic drunkards are still stupid, big, dark, and lacking in beauty.¡±

    Melville said: "A beautiful battleship is a good battleship. This sentence is not wrong at all."

    British Lippett immediately said: "As far as I know, four 052A destroyers with different hull numbers have appeared, with a full load displacement of 6,800 tons, and their designs are also very advanced. They have Thorn-1 air defense similar to standard missiles.  Missile, the combat power of this ship is almost as good as the American Spruance class. Colonel Fiore, don¡¯t you have any sense of threat?¡±

    Fiore replied: ¡°Indeed, many people are very worried that China has quietly developed so many weapons, so we need to have more military-level exchanges with the Chinese to enhance understanding and military mutual trust.  At least now China is on the same side as the United States. The desire to contain the Soviet Union is shared by both parties. I don¡¯t know if you have noticed that since the second half of last year until now, basically all China¡¯s statements on U.S-related policies have only been positive.  and neutral, without a single word of criticism or condemnation, which shows that we are indeed on the right track.¡±

    Melville smoothed things over by saying: "Peace is always more palatable than war. The Chinese people are willing to get along well with each other. That is the best thing."

    Fiore joked with Australian Captain Bentley again: "The Chinese Navy still needs to write a few letters of thanks to you. Without your Melbourne, they would not have a core to build a fleet. Haha, but this time it is 80%  "To avoid disturbing your emotions, we didn't send the amphibious assault ship."

    Bentley waved his hands and said, "It's better not to send her here. Who knows which ship she will cut in half."

    Everyone laughed after hearing this, and Bentley added: "The Chinese violated the contract. The Melbourne cannot be used for military purposes, but they still modified the ship. I don't know if our government will treat them  Investigate."

    Melville said: ¡°This shows that the Chinese have their own ambitions and they hope to build a powerful maritime force.¡±

    Lippett was still full of negative energy and said: "Farmers cannot become sailors."

    Fiore said: "It's a pity that I come from rural Texas. Facts have proved that when engaging in naval construction projects, you don't have to worry about any difficulties. The most important thing is investment and determination. It is obvious that the Chinese have these two things  They have it all, so they get results.¡±

    Lippett snorted and said, "I doubt that in a country that is so poor that ordinary people cannot afford to eat, and the Communist Party squeezes its people to the point where they starve to death, it is still possible to squeeze out money to build such a large-scale fleet. In terms of humanity,  From a human rights perspective, it¡¯s really sad.¡±

    No one refuted his words. After all, no one is Chinese, and it was politically correct to insult the red party of any country during the Cold War.  It¡¯s just that a few people couldn¡¯t help but criticize, this is not the era when you went to war to sell drugs. Why didn¡¯t you understand humanity and human rights at that time?

    When Lippett saw that the crowd was cold because of his words, he took off the navy hat on his head and said with a cold face: "Gentlemen, I hope everyone can abide by their own morals and professionalism. During the exercise, we should give China  Let me teach them a lesson, let them know that the humble mud-legged ones should just stay in the ground. The sea has no tolerance for cowards." After that, he turned around and left.

    Looking at the man¡¯s swaggering back, Fiore smacked his lips and said, ¡°If he were an American, he would be accused of racial discrimination for saying such things.¡±

    Bentley also had no good impression of this arrogant British man. He complained: "It is even more ridiculous for people who only talk and lose when they go to the battlefield. By the way, the Chinese navy is involved in projects similar to those of the British."  There¡¯s no confrontation, it¡¯s a good show.¡±

    Fiore also said with great interest: "There is a Chinese submarine participating in the anti-submarine subject. By then, his Amazon should be directly competing with the Chinese AIP submarine. This is interesting. Speaking of ship-to-ship  The exercise was originally not in the plan, but because of China's participation, it was listed again. However, according to the parameters given by the Chinese, their destroyers are too powerful, and it is difficult for our country's Adams class to confront them head-on, so Commander Haye.  General Si is considering whether to let her have one against many."

    "No, how powerful must one be to think of one-to-many? It's not like the Chinese are falsifying parameters." What about Melville?Tongue.

    "There should be no fraud, because fraud will lead to failure, but it will be ridiculed even more. Chinese people are too proud to put themselves in such a dangerous situation."
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