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Chapter 251 US Fleet Visits (Part 2)

The People's Army Navy did not prepare a dance for the US Navy, but instead used traditional Chinese banquet methods to entertain the US Navy. The advantage of this is that it can allow more people to participate and make the People's Army Navy more generous. On the other hand, it also stated that the People's Army Navy does not need to respect the so-called "British Navy tradition" and develop a set of service methods that suit their national conditions and customs.

Of course, the US Navy has no objection. After all, it is natural to follow the local customs. On the territory of the People's Army Navy, it is natural to follow the arrangements of the People's Army Navy. As long as it does not include insults and discrimination, it is acceptable. Moreover, the US Navy had more than 500 people attending this banquet, and more than 20 people could be sent on each warship, which is enough to satisfy the US Navy. Of course, there is another reason, that is, the taste of Chinese food is so good.

During the visit to Japan, many US Navy officers and soldiers paid for the delicious Chinese food during the conference meal. At that time, they were just the chefs on the warships and the dishes were not complete, and at most they were only 50%. However, this also made many US Navy officers and soldiers feel that it was supreme delicacy. At that time, many US Navy officers and soldiers were looking forward to their trip to Qingdao. Now they are finally here, and they are waiting to have a meal. If they are having a dance party, who cares!

After the banquet started, I finally had the most authentic Chinese food. The People's Army Navy also arranged the best cook for this banquet, frying, fried, and boiling, which was extremely rich, which made the US Navy officers feel worthwhile. In addition, during the banquet, a large number of dramas and vaudevilles were arranged. After all, although the wine and food were delicious, they didn't have much meaning to eat or drink. Some performances were performed at the banquet to help liven up the atmosphere. Moreover, the dramas arranged were all such songs that fought and had a lively atmosphere. If Bi Jingzhen sang, few people would understand it, and there would be more juggling, dragon and lion dance, magic wood acrobatics, etc., which made the US Navy officers very interested. The laughter continued throughout the banquet, and they all felt that it was much more interesting than the trip to Japan.

From the second day, it was the time for the official visit. This time, the People's Army Navy did not arrange activities such as joint maritime exercises. These projects have just been performed in Japan, and they are just a matter of the situation. The relationship between the East China Government, the United States and Japan is not close enough to jointly hold military exercises that are close to actual combat. Therefore, joint maritime exercises are actually not very practical. Even if you have played them once in Japan, the People's Army Navy does not want to repeat them, but arranges more exchange activities between the two sides, which is actually eating, drinking, playing, and having some small competitions.

In fact, the US fleet does not want to conduct any joint sea exercises, because circumnavigation is hard and dangerous, and it has been floating on the sea for a long time. Therefore, after stopping on the shore, it only wants to go ashore to rest and relax, and does not want to sail again. The arrangements of the People's Army Navy are just in line with their wishes. Moreover, the activities on the shore naturally cannot avoid eating and drinking, and can eat Chinese food. Isn't it fun?

However, since it is a visit, although it is not going to sea to perform together, it also has to go through the motions symbolically. Therefore, on the first day of the official visit, the first item was to review each other's warships. Of course, the warships were all parked at the sea, and the commanders of both sides took a special review ship.

When inspecting the US fleet, the United States can only introduce the basic performance parameters, construction date, service time, etc. of each warship to the People's Army Navy, which can only be considered better than nothing. When inspecting the People's Army Navy fleet, the introduction is much richer, because most of the warships in the People's Army Navy fleet are captured, so naturally we must first explain that the warship was captured in that battle, what was its original name, and after serving in the People's Army Navy fleet, they participated in those battles, what were its performances in the battle, which parts were damaged, and pointed out traces of repairs, etc., but in the words, the pride of the people's army's navy was beyond words. These are glorious and proud experiences. The officers of the US Navy all looked envious.

After reviewing each other's fleet, we next visited the [Far East War Memorial Hall] under preparation. In fact, this plan has a long history. Someone proposed a resolution that was recently passed when the Far East War ended. Although the memorial hall is mainly based on the Far East War, it also includes all the wars that the veterans experienced since the landing. It is a comprehensive summary of the end of the Far East War. The East China Government intends to build this memorial hall into an educational base.

The land has been laid off for construction now, but the corresponding information has been prepared long ago and it has been collected and opened to the internal visit. The officers and soldiers of the US fleet were the first foreigners to visit these information. Of course, they are not allowed to record on site, nor are they allowed to take photos, and they can only visit.

The officers and soldiers of the American fleet were naturally interested in this activity. First, they were all soldiers, and naturally they were all interested in wars; second, the Far East War was a war that had a significant impact on the world pattern and had sufficient research value.

In the temporary exhibition hall, the officers and soldiers of the US fleet looked very carefully, and they introduced each battle, sand table map, etc., and kept interrogating the details of the war to the tour guide. Of course, the introduction of the war was also detailed and brief. For important wars and wars that had a significant impact on the direction of the Far East War, some even regarded this battle with the Battle of Gravolinne of the British Navy to defeat the Spanish Invincible Fleet, the Battle of Trafalgar of the Spanish Joint Fleet, and the Battle of Trafalgar of the Spanish Joint Fleet, so naturally, a detailed introduction was made. Among them, the Battle of Taiwan Strait is one of the most detailed wars, and it is also the most detailed content for the officers and soldiers of the US fleet to visit.

The Battle of the Taiwan Strait is the largest naval battle in the Far East War, and it is also the Battle of Guan Jian, which completely locked the victory of the East China Government. It is also full of mystery. On the one hand, the strength of the two sides is too different. The main warships of the People's Army Navy are only 8 battleships and 9 armored cruisers. Even if the five warships when the East China Government landed as battleships, there are only 13. The main warships of the Expeditionary Fleet have 22 battleships and 15 armored cruisers. The strength of the two sides is not a little different. However, the People's Army Navy not only defeats the strong with weak, but also almost wipes out the Expeditionary Fleet. The extremely small loss of its own, which naturally makes this battle full of legend.

On the other hand, Qi Jin has not announced the specific details of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait. Neither the winner nor the loser have published the battle process and details of this battle. People can only find out some contents of the scale claws from a few officers and soldiers who participated in the battle, and have also derived a variety of statements, including absurd legends. Of course, some people have collected a large number of related resources, sorted and summarized, and deleted the absurd statements so that the process and basic tactics of this naval battle can be roughly calculated, but the details cannot be verified, which also puts a layer of mystery on this naval battle.

But in the commemoration exhibition, the East China Government truly announced the details of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, which also made the officers and soldiers of the visiting American fleet excited. The gains from this trip to China were too great.

In fact, after the end of the Far East War, the East China Government was considering how to fill in the pit of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait. After all, it will not be concealed for a lifetime. Even if the East China Government does not publish the details of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, Britain and France will announce it sooner or later. Instead of waiting for Britain and France to announce the doubts in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, it would be better to publish the doubts first and try to cover up these doubts. First, it is to take the lead in the preconceptions; second, the winner is the king, and the information released by the victorious side will naturally be more credible. Even if Britain and France announce the doubts of this battle again, it will only be considered to make excuses for their own defeat.

So the Navy Staff organized personnel to conduct repeated considerations based on the actual war process, counting all missile attacks as shelling, striving to match every detail, and then conducted many drills to make it perfect. Then, the navigation logs of each warship were revised, completely breaking it into a deadly case. The details of the battle of the Taiwan Strait were officially announced when the US fleet was visiting.

The main reasons for the victory of this naval battle are to emphasize three points: First, the expeditionary warship fleet came from a distance, with people trapped in a shortage of ships, and the People's Army Navy was waiting for work, and set up ambush in advance and attacked from front and back; Second, the sea area of ​​the Taiwan Strait was narrow, and although the number of expeditionary warship fleets was large, the queue could not be deployed, and the advantage of being too large was not enough to be used, and it was blocked by the People's Army Navy, resulting in chaos in the formation and eventually defeated; Third, the People's Army Navy had a high training level and a high hit rate.

In fact, the first two factors do exist objectively, and some folk reasoning basically recognizes these two factors. However, in actual combat, these two factors are not the main reason why the People's Army Navy won the victory of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait. However, in the official statement of the People's Army Navy, the role of these two factors was consciously exaggerated, and the main reason was that the victory of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait was actually caused by missile attacks carried by modern warships. The high hit rate of the People's Army Navy was also guided by modern warships to provide shooting parameters. However, people of this era certainly did not know the radar, so they could only recognize this statement. Moreover, in the Natuna Islands naval battle in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, the People's Army Navy also showed an extremely high hit rate, and the view that the People's Army Navy's training level was also recognized.
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