At 3 p.m., the group returned to Haiphong Port.
They boarded a landing craft and, accompanied by Navy Commander-in-Chief Yang Wenhai, Political Commissar Wang Shoucheng, and Chief of Staff Zheng Guorong, went to a Richelieu-class battleship in the near sea.
Facing the sea breeze and gazing at the clear blue sky in the distance, Lin Feng couldn't help but exclaim, "Standing on my own ship is just awesome!"
"Wenhai, introduce this main battleship, which is not a main force, to them."
"Yes, Chairman."
Yang Wenhai took two steps forward, came to the edge of the bridge, and looked into the distance with his hands on the railing, saying: "The Richelieu-class battleship has a standard displacement of tons and a full load displacement of tons. It is equipped with eight 380mm main guns on the foredeck and nine 152mm dual-purpose guns on the aft deck."
"The ship has 12 100mm anti-aircraft guns on both sides, making it very powerful."
After hearing his introduction, everyone nodded slightly, especially Victor Hope and Archibald Wavell from the Allied observer group, who had the privilege of boarding the ship when they were in France.
After all, this battleship is the most advanced and largest battleship of the French!
If I remember correctly, four ships of this class were originally planned to be built, but only two were actually completed. The first ship was Richelieu, and the second ship was Jean Bart.
"This class of ship is powered by six pressurized boiler steam engines, with a total power of 157,000 horsepower, and the warship can reach a speed of 32 knots."
Yang Wenhai continued, "It can't be considered the most advanced battleship in the world. Compared with Hans' Bismarck-class battleships, it's definitely far inferior."
Upon hearing the mention of the Bismarck-class battleships, Mas Schulz, an Axis observer, immediately broke into a smile.
Let you show off.
I'll make you cry later.
Seeing the smile on Mas Schulz's lips, Yang Wenhai snorted inwardly and continued, "Although the Richelieu-class battleship is not as strong as the Bismarck-class battleship, it will definitely be at a disadvantage in a one-on-one fight, but it has advantages."
Yang Wenhai paused for a moment at this point.
Seeing everyone staring intently at him, Yang Wenhai smiled slightly and said, "We have a numerical advantage! Everyone, please look at the sea!"
Everyone looked up and saw that under the azure sky, the turbulent sea was quiet.
Suddenly, the seawater churned.
A battleship formation was approaching from the northwest, led by fifty Richelieu-class battleships, followed by sixty Brittany-class battleships, seventy Dunkerque-class battlecruisers, eighty Algeria-class heavy cruisers, as well as Suffren-class heavy cruisers, Duquesna-class heavy cruisers, Pluto-class ultralight cruisers, and so on.
The two observation teams were dumbfounded.
The total tonnage of just fifty Richelieu-class battleships alone exceeds 2 million tons!
Keep in mind that the United States at that time had not yet joined World War II, and its total tonnage was only 1.43 million tons!
Even at its peak, Japan's cherry blossom production only reached 1.19 million tons.
With all these battleships and battlecruisers on display, exceeding ten million tons, you're definitely the world's number one navy!
"So many battleships..."
"So many cruisers..."
"So many light cruisers..."
The group was so surprised they couldn't close their mouths. Even Mas Schulz, who had just been showing off, was speechless with his mouth agape.
Seeing his expression, Yang Wenhai laughed and said, "Everyone, it seems you haven't gotten used to it yet? It's okay, you'll get used to it soon."
The communications officer next to him took out a radio to call the aircraft carrier group.
Ten minutes later, a joint aircraft carrier fleet consisting of the Vietnamese Democratic Alliance Coastal Fleet, Da Nang Fleet, Saigon Fleet, and Cambodia Democratic Alliance Phnom Penh Fleet slowly sailed in from the sea.
Eighty Bayern-class aircraft carriers, 3,600 D.790 carrier-based fighters, 2,400 V-156F carrier-based dive bombers, and 3,200 V-156F carrier-based dive bombers—enough to scare their grandfathers back to life.
Of course, this was all a smokescreen played by Lin Feng. Apart from the coastal defense fleet, the other three fleets had not even trained one-fifth of their carrier-based pilots.
He wanted to intimidate the representatives of the observation group so that he could gain the upper hand at the negotiating table.
They were clearly terrified.
Eighty aircraft carriers... The world's top three navies combined don't have that many, right?
You little brat, North Vietnam, it's only been a country for a few months.
The army is number one in Asia, the air force is number one in Asia, and the navy is even number one in the world!
Soon, eighty aircraft carriers began launching their carrier-based aircraft and showing off their skills.
"Whoosh whoo ...
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh-!"
"Waaaaah~!"
With a piercing whistle, the carrier-based aircraft descended from the sky and saluted Lin Feng, the top leader of the China Democratic League.
Lin Feng returned the salute, then turned to the observers and said seriously, "Gentlemen, you have all seen our Democratic League's army, navy, and air force."
"I want to reiterate that our National League will not join any camp, but we can sell you our weapons. As long as the price is right, we will give you as many weapons as you want."
“If anyone dares to offend our National League for Democracy, oppose us in the international community, or smear us, I don’t mind declaring war on them and waging a full-scale war.”
"You know I have the ability."
"Yes, yes, yes, yes... There definitely is... I'll send a secret telegram to the Prime Minister right away to inquire about the details of the cooperation."
Viktor Hope, the representative of the Allied observer mission, hurriedly expressed his opinion.
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