Rebirth of the Qing Empire

As World War I continued in 1917, Page, the U.S. ambassador to Britain, received a telegram stating that if Mexico declared war on the United States, Germany would assist Mexico in retaking the former Mexican territory occupied by the United States.

The content of this telegram seriously offended the interests of the United States, and it could not sit idly by regardless of whether it was true or false. Therefore, the United States immediately used this as an excuse to declare war on Germany and join the Allied Powers camp - which has developed into the most powerful camp of contemporary Western capitalism.

The entry of the United States, a powerful industrial country, into the war tilted the balance of power heavily toward the Allied camp.

It was also in this year that the "October Revolution" broke out in Russia. An armed uprising led by the domestic Bolshevik Party overthrew the decadent Tsarist Russian government and established the world's first socialist country - Soviet Russia.

Withdrew from World War I.

One year later, on November 9, 1918, the "November Revolution" broke out in Germany. German Emperor Wilhelm II was forced to abdicate, and the German Social Democratic Party formed a provisional government. On November 11, Germany announced its surrender.

At this point, the First World War, which lasted for 4 years and 3 months, ended with the defeat of the Allies and the victory of the Allies.

In this war, more than 30 countries were involved in the war, with unprecedented human and material losses! Four major empires, including the Russian Empire, the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, were destroyed one after another. The old empires of Britain and France, despite their national strength, were

Severely weakened, but they are still the victors and still dominate the order of this world.

For Britain and France, the rise of the Qing Empire was another German empire. Its economic and military strength were significantly enhanced. Its cheap and high-quality products sold well all over the world, eating away most of their inherent markets, and they have remained strong.

The growth momentum is having an increasingly good impact on the world's 1.7 billion people, leading the consumption orientation of the global people, which will pose a serious threat to their colonial interests all over the world! Various signs indicate that this sleeping bird has only a few

The lion of the century has woken up and is eating. When it is full, it will be terrible! Because he is so strong, Germany is only equivalent to one of his hooves at best, and just one such hoof can give

They have brought such a huge trouble, not to mention a whole male lion?! Therefore, the best way is to kill the male lion before it is full to avoid future troubles.

The First World War has not really ended yet. Britain and France have already demonstrated their ability to gather together Italy, the Netherlands, Spain in Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand in Asia, the United States, Canada and other countries in the Americas, as well as those numerous countries all over the world.

The colonial countries showed signs of jointly containing the Qing Empire, but the real war did not come because many countries and regions led by the United States firstly had no intention of participating, secondly were committed to post-war recovery, and thirdly because of the spread of the influenza epidemic.

During this period, Judy and Donovan had warned Kang Fan many times, asking him to make war preparations, but they were also very painful: if the United States decided to participate in the war, they would become enemies with Kang Fan! Who on either side would

They both understand what this means, so neither of them dares to think about how likely this is, but both sides have already felt that something disharmonious is slowly growing between them.

The style of the next war envisioned by Kang Fan is to never let the flames of war burn into mainland China - the holy body of my motherland has been desecrated too much, and this kind of thing will not be allowed to happen again! We must defend against the enemy.

Outside the country. To realize this idea, we must rely on powerful naval and aviation forces to annihilate the enemy at sea. Therefore, the focus of the construction of Bac Ninh’s armed forces in recent years has been on the above two services.

Bac Ninh's military industry has also lived up to its high expectations. With the support of the region's strong technological and industrial strength, it has provided a new generation of serialized, standardized and modern weapons and equipment for the two services, enabling the successful realization of Kang Fan's idea:

The Navy's ocean-going strike fleet with three "China" class aircraft carriers as the core has formed substantial combat effectiveness, has the strength to compete with contemporary naval powers on the global ocean, and continues to expand; the aviation units of the Army and Navy have begun

Equipped with the latest combat aircraft, the technological advantage over the contemporary world powers is even more obvious. In addition, the Beining Army and Internal Guards have completed nationwide deployment, and various types of equipment of the troops have been continuously updated. Together, the vast territory of the Qing Empire has been firmly secured.

It is firmly under control and a complete homeland defense system has been formed.

In other words, Kang Fan has already raised the shotgun. As for when to pull the trigger, it depends on the next move of the beast.

On Christmas Eve of 1918, Donovan, who was nearly 60 years old, took a long leave from Kang Fan on the grounds of taking care of his elderly mother, and returned to the United States with his three loyal American companions.

In early 1919, Judy resigned from the president because she could not bear the tremendous pressure. This caused the long-standing conflict between her and her husband to explode violently. Judy angrily divorced and took her children back to her parents' home. Captain Li subsequently resigned from Beining Ocean Shipping Company

As the president of the transportation company, he also returned to the United States on the grounds of taking care of Judy's family.

On February 2, 1919, British warships intercepted a merchant fleet of the Bac Ninh Ocean Shipping Company in the Atlantic Ocean and seized all three merchant ships and dozens of people on board on the grounds that the Qing Empire's help in restoring Germany's military industry posed a threat to it.

There are Chinese crew members, and these three merchant ships are all loaded with medicines to treat influenza and other humanitarian aid supplies, which are what the European people urgently need!

This incident had a very bad impact in Europe. People from various European countries who had received medical assistance from the Qing Empire launched massive demonstrations to protest against the inhumane behavior of the British government. A few days later, three cruisers of the Bac Ninh Navy stationed at the Massawa base

Intercepted 5 British merchant ships in the Indian Ocean and exchanged for 3 impounded own merchant ships and all crew members. At the same time, the Qing Empire announced that it would resume the operation of the Beining Ocean Shipping Company that had been canceled due to the end of World War I.

Merchant ships provide full armed escort and resolutely fight back against all acts that threaten the normal shipping of Bac Ninh Ocean Shipping Company!

However, it is not necessary to use the aircraft carrier fleet for escort missions. Therefore, the Bac Ninh Navy dispatched 8 "Daqing-Ding" class cruisers, 8 "Jiaolong-Ding" class submarines and 2 "Hu" class ocean-going integrated supply ships this time.

The escort sea and air formation composed of 2 "He" class submarine support ships, 2 "Jiang" class seaplane carriers and 8 "Seahawk-B" amphibious aircraft carried on them is also unprecedented in scale. In the formation

Ships of various types are combined into separate escort waves according to different escort missions and perform missions alternately.

The "Daqing-Ding" class cruiser and the "Jiaolong-Ding" class submarine are the two types of warships with the strongest single-ship combat capabilities in the Bac Ninh Navy except aircraft carriers. They can be used to perform ocean escort missions without the accompanying aircraft carriers.

It is the most suitable. The "He" class submarine support ship and the "Jiang" class seaplane carrier are both rebuilt on the basis of the "Lake" class supply ship and are specially designed to provide ocean-going docking, supply and maintenance for submarines and naval forces.

, a special ship for maintenance, rescue, medical and other services. The Type 3 ship uses the same hull, main engine and armament, and has good versatility.

The main mission of the "Qing-Ding" class cruiser is to form a combat formation with the "Zhonghua" class aircraft carrier to undertake the formation's anti-ship, anti-submarine, air defense and other tasks. This class of cruiser has concentrated on the application of the achievements made by the Bac Ninh industry over the years.

The latest technology, appearance, structure and shipboard systems have achieved leapfrog progress, and are being built in large quantities as a new generation of standard main surface combatants of the Bac Ninh Navy. The full load displacement of this class of cruisers reaches 5,000 tons, and its habitability and

The ocean navigation capability is better and the armor protection has been enhanced. However, due to the use of 4 new medium-speed diesel engines to propel the main engine, the power has been greatly improved, and the maximum speed can still exceed 33 knots.

The overall layout of the "Daqing-D" class cruiser is basically the same as that of the previous "Daqing", "Daqing-A", "Daqing-B", "Daqing-C" and other cruisers of the same series and different models.

The gun is still three 130mm double-barreled naval guns; the secondary battery is changed to three double-barreled 76mm high-level dual-purpose automatic naval guns. This gun is a brand-new medium-caliber naval gun with a single-barreled rate of fire of 60 rounds/

It has a maximum range of 16 kilometers. It mainly performs air-to-air shooting missions. It can also attack ships and land when necessary. This class of ships is also equipped with several 12.7mm double-barreled machine guns as supplementary firepower. The above-mentioned weapons are similar to the 37mm double-barreled ones.

The 130-76-37-12.7 mm caliber gun system composed of naval guns has become the standard shipborne gun system for Bac Ninh Navy surface ships. The application of a large number of new technologies has made the guns in this system better in range, rate of fire, and accuracy.

, power, reliability, automatic control and other aspects are extremely excellent, much ahead of contemporary weapons of the same caliber. In addition, the ship is also equipped with 2 4-tube torpedo launchers and 4 depth bomb launchers for anti-ship and anti-submarine use

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Judging from the caliber of the main guns equipped by this class of ships, compared with the 152, 203, 305 mm or even larger caliber naval guns equipped on the main battleships of the contemporary world's naval powers, the strike power is very different. However, the most important attack weapon equipped by this class of ships is

The system is not a naval gun but two 4-tube torpedo launchers installed in the middle of the ship. This launcher launches a new "Harpoon-Ding" type guided torpedo, with 16 mines prepared, and can carry out 2 torpedo salvoes.

The combat process of this mine is as follows: the ship-based combat command center launches the torpedo through the enemy situation information obtained by the ship's radar, sonar and other sensors. The torpedo runs underwater at a speed of more than 40 knots. In the initial stage, the ship uses

The metal wire connected to the torpedo transmits signals to control the torpedo's attitude and guide the torpedo to the general direction of the target. After the guidance sonar mounted on the torpedo captures the target, the torpedo can be controlled by the automatic control system under the control of the guidance sonar.

Attack targets and accurately strike enemy surface ships and submarines, with a maximum range of up to 20 nautical miles.

This torpedo is the latest development of the "harpoon" torpedo. The use of this epoch-making weapon system has changed the disadvantages of the "Qing" class cruiser in combat with the thick armor and heavy artillery surface warships equipped by the contemporary world's naval powers, becoming a

The "Qing-Ding" class cruiser is the most important and most effective anti-ship attack weapon.

The hull structure of the "Jiaolong-D" class submarine is a new design and constructed with newer high-performance alloy steel. It has an underwater displacement of nearly 3,000 tons and a maximum diving depth of more than 300 meters. Although the number of torpedo launch tubes

There are still 6 submarines, but the "Harpoon-D" type guided torpedo weapon system has been installed and the carrying capacity of torpedoes, mines and other weapons has been increased, greatly increasing the attack power of this class of submarines.

Especially after this class of boats is equipped with a revolutionary closed-cycle diesel engine auxiliary power system, the charging process of the onboard battery can be completed underwater, which increases the underwater diving time of this class of boats by more than five times. The

When the boat floats to the surface depends on the remaining amount of liquid oxygen carried by the boat, while the previous models of "Jiaolong" class submarines depend on how much power is left in the onboard battery. Since the storage capacity of liquid oxygen is much greater than the battery

Therefore, the "Jiaolong-D" class submarine greatly reduces the number of times it floats to the sea surface.

Furthermore, the application of advanced noise reduction technology and equipment enables this class of submarines to sail more quietly, thus greatly improving their concealment and becoming a truly powerful "ocean stealth killer."

With the rapid advancement of semiconductor technology, microelectronics technology and automatic control technology in Bac Ninh, as well as the development and growth of related industries, a new generation of electromechanical analog computers, radar, sonar, long-range radio navigation/communication equipment, and infrared search devices using integrated circuits,

Automatic control systems and other systems are fully used in various combat systems of the Bac Ninh Army, pushing the army into the preliminary information age and continuing to maintain world-leading technological advantages in command, control, communications, navigation, reconnaissance, intelligence and other aspects. The above-mentioned

The two-class warships are of course no exception. Like the "China" class aircraft carriers, they are equipped with an integrated combat command center controlled by an electromechanical analog computer, which can conduct enemy situation information obtained by the ship's shipboard radar, sonar, infrared search devices, etc.

Centralized processing and command of the ship's shipboard artillery, torpedoes, depth bombs and other weapons to attack enemy surface ships, submarines, aircraft and land targets, achieving true electronic centralized fire control, and possessing all-weather combat capabilities.

The large number of old models of "Qing" class cruisers and "Jiaolong" class submarines that have been equipped for use by the troops have also begun to use some new systems for partial modifications to improve combat performance, and were downgraded to second-line warships to perform offshore defense.

mission, continue to function.