The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

() "Quick, quick! No matter what you think, you must get that damn tanker out of the channel, or else..."

Needless to say, if the firefighting is not timely and the tanker catches fire and explodes in the lock, the consequences will be catastrophic!

Anyone who is involved in shipping knows that in order to increase the profit of a single shipping, the bigger the tanker, the better!Nowadays, it is said that they are designing 10-ton behemoths, and 5-ton oil tankers have already been running all over the world, but most of them are made by Chinese. In other words, when did the Chinese have such amazing shipbuilding technology?No wonder so many battleships and aircraft carriers were built!

But this is not what Mr. Governor should be concerned about. He is keenly aware that this matter may not be that simple!Since the opening of the Panama Canal for decades, it is not the first time that accidents have occurred in the locks, but the coincidence that both channels were blocked at once is very thought-provoking!Thinking of the order he had just received not long ago, he suddenly realized that maybe this would be an unprecedented war, and he was sadly involved in it!

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He ran back anxiously, how could he rest assured if he didn't personally watch over such a big matter?Before I got to the place, I heard a loud "bang" and a huge column of fireworks rushed to the sky from the direction of the lock. The scale and intensity were comparable to forest fires!

The governor's face suddenly turned purple, it's because the tanker exploded!

He guessed right!That tanker really exploded! The 3-ton oil tanker with the Panamanian flag was stuck in the channel lock. First, a small explosion caused power loss, and then a large amount of oil leaked, making the closed lock thicker. After all the people on it ran away It started to catch fire, and then ten minutes later.explode!

It's just that the scale of the explosion was too brutal!The whole ship seemed to be loaded with tens of tons of explosives, a huge fireball with a diameter of hundreds of meters exploded with a loud noise, most of the hull was blown to pieces, and then the raging fire ignited into the sky, shocking the surrounding people After countless death shocks and injuries, the survivors crawled and crawled out for at least a mile before they could stay still!

A whole ship has tens of thousands of tons of crude oil.When will this burn!Don't say it is difficult to extinguish, even if it is extinguished, the lock is basically useless!No one knows how big the loss is!

No matter how strong the building structure is, or the explosion is not enough to destroy it, but the long-term intense combustion will cause the stone to crisp and the steel to melt, basically.This lock can be rebuilt....

After the governor arrived, he watched the fire that almost swallowed up half of the canal channel, Yu Yu cried without tears!His good days are coming to an end, it's no wonder those American tycoons don't kill him!What a loss!

"Who!? Who did it?!" His eyes were bloodshot and he ordered his men to find the crew and the captain, but no one had the experience to deal with this unprecedented chaos, and the crew had already disappeared!

Ran!

The governor screamed angrily, and yelled repeatedly: "This is conspiracy! Despicable! Shameful conspiracy! It is deliberate sabotage!"

Is it hard to say, but he has to say so.Otherwise, he will have to bear the blame, and the consequences will be unimaginable!

Finally, he is someone who has seen the world.Mr. Governor quickly calmed down, and hurriedly ordered his men to look at another cargo ship blocking the channel. It was a [-]-ton cargo ship. If there was another big explosion with dangerous goods or something, then the Panama Canal could be declared completely closed. up!

Fortunately, that freighter was just an ordinary container ship.Because the goods are delivered to Germany, there are many kinds of things pulled from it, but there are not too dangerous goods.One thing, though, was that the bottom of the ship looked as if it had been torpedoed, according to those who dived to check the problem.The breach cannot be blocked at all, and it is almost impossible to pump water to float, so the only way is to slowly drag it out with a boat.

However, the ship has bottomed out, and if it is dragged violently, it will cause great damage, and it will also be a big test for the lock!There was a big fire burning next to it, and no one dared to lean too far to avoid the disaster of the fish pond. This matter...he is not easy to handle!

The governor had no choice but to report the incident to the United States in person. The specific handling method was beyond his management ability.

This unprecedented accident made the American authorities surprised and angry. Without even thinking about it, they judged that it must be a good thing done by some people!And the greatest possibility is Zhu Bin!

At the same time, Roosevelt was also very nervous!What if this is a sign that the enemy is ready to do something?Block the Panama Canal first, so that the Atlantic Fleet cannot pass through quickly, and it will take a long time to circle South America. This time is enough for them to clean up the navy in the Pacific region!Both Zhu Bin and Ri himself have this ability!

The problem is, the situation is too coincidental.The decision to sanction is made here, and the news is only spread out, so can they act immediately?It is impossible for Zhu Bin's fleet to block the Panama Canal at any time?That's too ridiculous!

But there was no better reason. Although the two ships were flying the Panamanian flag, Zhu Bin could be found on his head after a random search. After all, there are only a few people in the world who own such a large tonnage ship.

Moreover, it is such a large-scale sabotage, at the cost of two giant ships and goods, and the investment of millions or even tens of millions of dollars, just to add congestion to the United States, isn't this a bit too much?

"No! This level of action is just right! We should see that it was only one oil tanker that exploded, not two, or a freighter with a load of explosives!"

There is no shortage of people in the think tank who understand the mystery and remind Mr. President very positively: "No matter who our enemy is, at least he has left a certain amount of leeway in order to maintain the opportunity to negotiate with us, otherwise, He can completely destroy all six locks directly! After all, with their strength, this is simply too easy!"

Over the past few days, the think tanks have quickly sorted out the collected information, but they were all terrified!They finally discovered that they had seriously underestimated Zhu Bin's strength and destructive ability before, so that they were very biased in their policy suggestions to the president!

Zhu Bin is not a small role. It is a trivial matter for him to have hundreds of thousands of troops. His three fleets with eight aircraft carriers and six powerful battleships are a major event!

For the United States, with a GDP of hundreds of billions of dollars per year.If you want to pile up so many new warships in six years, it’s okay to say that China’s poor overall economy was less than 1932 billion U.S. dollars in 100. In just six years, although there is no very exact figure (mainly China is too chaotic, the state government has a piece of central yang, Zhu Bin has a piece, the northern heroes have a piece, Yan Xishan himself has a piece, the northern Shaanxi government has a piece, the northwest, southwest, etc., the total economic volume is seriously opaque).It is already a very, very remarkable thing to go all out, that is, to catch up with Italy's level and reach 300 billion U.S. dollars.

But even that.From the original industrial level that can only assemble [-]-ton freighters, to almost all production parts and components to manufacture a battleship, the number and types of parts and components in units of [-] are required!What is this concept?Just like blowing up a balloon!

Then there are several mysterious big explosions made by Zhu Bin, a terrifying force that wiped out half of the city at one time. If it is used to destroy the canal, work will basically have to be restarted.

Such a dangerous guy with terrible potential and unable to estimate his specific strength, they had been despising him as an ordinary oriental beforehand, it shouldn't be!

After a heated debate.The think tanks finally reached a consensus: "In any case, the other party does not intend to completely break up. Otherwise, the Panama Canal can be completely unnavigable! And the destruction time can be unlimited! In addition, this is just the beginning. If the United States does not respond in time Or it is not ideal, and it is not ruled out that the same thing will continue to happen, or the Mississippi River waterway, or the Atlantic Ocean. Who can say clearly?"

Another point is.The United States will never be the only victim. If nothing else, the British will also pay a heavy price for it!

Roosevelt fell into deep thought, and asked in disbelief after a long time: "The Chinese, are they really so courageous? Isn't he afraid of causing a collective siege from the Western world?"

The aides replied with regret: "40 years ago, their Empress Dowager Cixi declared war on the whole world! Although the facts proved that they were vulnerable, the times are different. Now the Western world is on the eve of a war. And China is not as weak as it was back then! Our opponents seem to have never compromised with anyone's threats! And they have won every counterattack! This is a terrible ability!"

"Huh? There is such a thing?"

Roosevelt really stared. Since he took office, he hasn't had much contact with Zhu Bin. He has discussed back and forth through agents. To be honest, Zhu Bin has played a huge role in the economic recovery of the United States, at least bringing billions of dollars a year. output value growth.It's just that Mr. President has no one to look up to, and the contempt in his bones has not changed at all.

Today, I finally looked at the other party because my cheeks hurt from the beating, but it seemed a bit late!

The staff also suggested: "Actually, we think that Mr. President can consider going to the world's best hospital in the 'City of Light' in the east to try to treat your leg! It is said that they have many successful precedents in similar situations! "

This is obviously a clever suggestion. On the surface, it is true that Mr. President suffered from polio at the age of 39 (some write it as polio), and now he is half paralyzed, can only use a wheelchair, and his temper is getting worse, according to reports from China The doctor who came back from the advanced training judged that there seemed to be a problem with the cerebral blood vessels.He is young and vigorous, and his second term is very successful. He may even try an unprecedented third term in next year's general election. A very healthy body is very important to him!

Of course, when we arrived in the City of Light, we met Zhu Bin and had a chat. Everyone talked about it, and it was logical to re-establish the following cooperation relationship. It didn't seem too cheap, killing two birds with one stone!

The staff undoubtedly chose the best proposal.Because it is impossible to go to war with China, the neutrality bill just passed is already the maximum openness policy that Roosevelt won from Congress, otherwise, according to the meaning of those short-sighted guys, the United States will be closed to the border without hearing it. Live your own good life outside the window, how naive they are to turn the world upside down!

It is not easy to reach a neutral bill that allows countries to buy cash and transport it by themselves.war?They won't say yes without seeing the enemy's troops marching to the continental United States and being bombed overhead.

But only after becoming the president did he know how dangerous the world really is!In Roosevelt's words, "Wars will spread. Wars can sweep countries and peoples far from the original battlefield. We are determined to stay out of wars, but we cannot guarantee that we will not be affected by the disasters of wars and avoid the dangers of being involved in wars."

As a politician with a long-term vision, he has long known.No matter what the outside world is like, if the United States really doesn't care, the final winner will definitely take the United States!At that time, the Americans, who have been at ease for a long time, will face a powerful opponent that almost sweeps the world.Tens of millions of veterans, countless weapons, the fate... unimaginable!

But Roosevelt was furious again at the advice of his aides. He patted the armrest of his wheelchair and shouted, "What!? You asked me to negotiate with that damned Chinese?! That's impossible! The United States will never bow to terrorists! He If he wants war, we will give him war!"

He can't wait for someone to really do something to the United States!At that time, not only did he have sufficient reasons to persuade members of Congress and the people of the whole country to seriously expand arms and prepare for war, but also to actively participate in the reorganization of the new world order.The other is that he can be re-elected as a wartime president justifiably.As long as there is a lot!

The aides were in a dilemma. Even if there was evidence that Zhu Bin did something good, it couldn't be used as an excuse for war!It's just blocking the Panama Canal, which is far from harming the American people in large numbers!

Roosevelt waved his hands angrily: "I don't care! Anyway, I won't go to China! You should find a way to defeat that guy as soon as possible! Also, look at what's going on with the British?!"

If the same method is adopted, it will not work for the Suez Canal.There is a wide canal without locks, even if one or two cargo ships sink in it, the channel cannot be completely blocked.

No one can persuade the stubborn Roosevelt.The staff had no choice but to spread their hands regretfully, and pondered a new way with a sad face.And they were expecting the British, who had also gone wrong, and sure enough, something went wrong!

Less than 6 hours after the Panama Canal was blocked, countless sea mines emerged overnight in the wide Suez Canal!Seven or eight freighters from various countries and a British destroyer, who were completely unprepared for this, were unfortunately triggered, and they were blown up and congested in the channel!

Hundreds of mines of various kinds floated outside the port at the head of the canal, some of which were semi-submerged.There are full-submerged ones, those induced by constant depth magnetic properties, those induced by pure collision and explosion, and even those induced by radio... There are all kinds of them.After paying the price of a minesweeper, the salvage was stopped decisively.Stop the normal work of the canal in a hurry!

One day ago, the UK unilaterally announced that it would ban Chinese ships from passing through the canal. In less than 24 hours, such a thing happened. If there is no ghost, who will believe it!

The British are really in a hurry. As an island country, almost all their resources are transported in from outside. The Americas and Africa are fine. The key is that their colonies in Southeast Asia, Australia and India are all transported by sea or through the Suez Canal. to ensure supply.Once this place is blocked, the damage caused will be immeasurable!

It's not over yet!Almost at the same time, a vicious pirate attack happened strangely in the waters of Malacca. It is said that a large group of pirates with dozens of armed speedboats attacked a fleet composed of more than a dozen freighters, ransacked the valuable cargo, and kidnapped A luxury cruise ship that passed by here unfortunately has thousands of VIPs from various countries on it.

The regional security defense force, which originally belonged to Global Defense Corporation and now belongs to Zhu Bin's ocean-going fleet, immediately set off from the Riau Islands where it was stationed, and formed a team consisting of two destroyers, three amphibious landing ships, several gunboats, and six The rescue and suppression team with an airplane as the main force rushed to the scene of the incident aggressively. The reason was that the hijacked fleet mainly came from China, and among the hijacked VIPs, there were hundreds of Chinese celebrities and gentry!One of them is Wang Pingnan, the chief barrister and legal advisor of the Zhu Bin Group!

They were the vanguard. Following the South China Sea Fleet's move upon hearing the news, dozens of warships evacuated from the front line of Taiwan in an emergency, rushed to the strait day and night, and dispatched hundreds of long-range patrol planes and bombers to act first.If it weren't for the strong opposition from the UK, it is estimated that their airborne troops have already boarded the plane and landed in Singapore directly!

If you still can't figure out what's going on, Britain won't be the world's most powerful country for hundreds of years!Needless to say, it must be Zhu Bin playing tricks!He is telling Britain in a very strong way, if you want to play hard with me, I will do it for you!In the end, let's see who is the one who is desperate!

England is in chaos!It is normal for the Congress to be in a mess. Minister of the Navy Churchill gave an unusually brutal and tough order that the Far East Fleet should strengthen its guard, and the mainland should send a powerful fleet of at least five to seven capital ships to "teach the arrogant China a lesson. People", "let them understand that the world is still in the hands of the British Empire"!

I have to admit that Churchill has a very keen sense of politics. He has already discovered that the cowardice of the British government is the main culprit of successive political passivity, so he is not polite to Prime Minister Chamberlain at all.

Chamberlain's appeasement has been a complete failure so far. Not only did it fail to appease Germany, but it caused chaos in the East. All British interests in China were about to be lost, and the British-Japanese alliance was also in jeopardy. British deterrence and rule in the Far East The positive sun is gradually shrinking. If it is not done well this time, even Singapore may be lost!

Churchill is nothing more than shouting!In the UK now, only thirteen capital ships are available, and the rest are either under maintenance or unusable.At least six ships are needed for local defense, and only seven ships can be mobilized to the Far East, and the Suez Canal is blocked, bypassing Africa, and the cucumbers are cold!

Not to mention, Hitler's two "Bismarck-class battleships" and one "Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier" have been built and are ready to enter service at any time. According to intelligence, the combat effectiveness of these three large ships is unprecedentedly strong, and Britain must be careful to deal with them. OK!

On the other hand, in the Far East, Zhu Bin's South China Sea Fleet has two battleships, two German-class pocket battleships, and two small and one large aircraft carriers. Without the battleships, it is not enough to fight!

Churchill yelled: "The Chinese don't have the guts to declare war on the British Empire! They don't have the ability!"

Seriously? (To be continued.)