With the official start of sea trials of the Fujian ship, China is about to enter the era of three aircraft carriers soon after, but the pace of China's aircraft carrier construction has not stopped.
According to media reports, when the Fujian began sea trials, the construction of China's 004 and 005 aircraft carriers had already begun, and China will build two aircraft carriers at once, and after these aircraft carriers are put into service, China will enter the 5 aircraft carrier countries!
While some people are cheering for the vigorous development of China's navy, there must be others who are singing the opposite tone here, and these people stand on the moral high ground and ask themselves righteous soul torture: It takes a lot of money to maintain an aircraft carrier, why does China spend so much military spending to maintain such a large navy?
What kind of geopolitics is China facing?
When these self-proclaimed defenders issue soul torture questions, they may not know what kind of geopolitics China is facing now, and China is now facing a comprehensive encirclement by the Asia-Pacific alliance organized by the United States in the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and even the Bohai Sea!
At a time when the United States, the only superpower in the world, regards China as a competitor, they do not hesitate to put down everything to target and contain China in all aspects of economic, military, science and technology, and trade!
The geopolitics that China is facing today can be described as very bad. No, the word bad is no longer enough to describe the situation China is facing, or worse is more accurate!
In our northeast direction, there is the loyal little brother of the United States, South Korea, although there is a gap between North Korea, South Korea and China are not adjacent, but they are also across the Bohai Sea, in recent years, South Korea has vigorously developed its navy, in addition to dealing with North Korea, there is also an important strategic purpose is to help the United States complete the naval blockade of China!
In the eastern part of South Korea, there are also countless US military bases stationed in Japan, and in recent years, Japan has been intensively deploying military forces to the southeastern islands in order to implement the US policy of the first island chain and to contain China's navy in the coastal waters!
In addition, there is a disobedient son Taiwan in the southeast of China, this rebellious child not only eyebrows with the United States every day, but also often provokes his family, and even becomes an important part of the United States to contain China's first island chain!
Further south, the Philippines is also a little brother who does not know whether to live or die, and under the instigation of the United States, it provokes China every day. Isn't all this because we don't have a strong navy?
The geopolitical situation facing China today is unprecedented, even when the United States and the Soviet Union were competing for hegemony, the Soviet Union has never been so targeted by the United States, and now the United States has deployed 60% of its military strength in the Asia-Pacific region, which is naturally aimed at the rising China!
Although the Chinese navy is booming now, we can only say that we can barely have the ability to protect itself, but in the face of bandits and hegemonists like the United States, it is impossible to scare off such jackals if we barely protect ourselves, and only when the Chinese navy has the ability to fight in the ocean and can threaten the security of the United States, can the world's bandits be afraid of China!
Why does China need such a large number of aircraft carriers?
Geopolitically being surrounded by the United States is just one reason why China needs a strong navy, and there are many other reasons why China will build aircraft carriers at a dumpling pace!
Today, China is the world's largest trading country, and China's goods have now been sold to all countries and corners of the world, but the pace of the Chinese Navy cannot go so far!
Without the support of a strong military force behind strong trade, then what awaits China is bound to be the plundering of wealth. In addition, at a time when the world situation is so turbulent, China also needs a strong navy and even an aircraft carrier formation to maintain the safety of China's sea transportation routes!
In addition, in the face of the increasingly complex world situation, although China loves peace and does not advocate the use of force to solve problems, this does not mean that China does not need force, in this world of the jungle, strong force is the basis for reasoning with others, and it is also a guarantee that others are willing to reason with you!
Moreover, when the United States gradually loses its competitiveness in the world, if China does not compete for this right to speak, it will fall into the hands of others, so as an influential power, China must have weapons to ensure its influence!
What is the naval strength of another country, in fact, it is a disguised embodiment of the country's shipbuilding industry, China is the most developed country in the shipbuilding industry today, so whether it is to manufacture warships or aircraft carriers, it is very easy and very simple for China!
China's total shipbuilding tonnage can reach 40 million tons a year, which is a drop in the bucket for both the Chinese Navy and the US Navy.
Therefore, the construction of China's aircraft carriers does not need to cost the people and money at all, just like the Chinese smokers say, we only need to smoke a few more cigarettes! Isn't this money spent as war reparations?
Therefore, for the majority of the Chinese people, they do not think that China will build more warships, but they are afraid that the navy will spend less! This seems to be the most unforgettable lesson that the Chinese have summed up after a century of humiliation!