Yes, but how many ships of what class? China has lots of patrol size craft. Good for coastal waters. But their ability to send the Navy across the ocean to attack anyone is severely limited. Not enough support/logistics. Of course that will change.
We will have one advantage. We won’t have a slave Army.
And are they built by the Chinese? Ten days after the warranty expires, they’ll stop working and sink.
Admiral Cunningham talking about his fleet going into Crete to evacuate soldiers in the face of German air superiority.
“It takes 3 years to build a ship. It takes 300 years to build a tradition.”
What is a slave army?