[Candor7]

I agree Zhang. I mean the Japanese went fromo horse calvery with bows and arrows and muskets in 1865 to a Navy capable of defeating the Russian Navy in 1912, the Russo Japanese war.What a shock to the world that was.

No, the Red Chinese Navy would be no push over in a prolonged naval engagement, which is what the Red Chinese would make sure it would be.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"I mean the Japanese went fromo horse calvery with bows and arrows and muskets in 1865 to a Navy capable of defeating the Russian Navy in 1912"

Not to be picky, but the battle of Tsushima straits happened in 1905. The Togo turn. Probably the most decisive Naval victory since Trafalgar. Incidentally, this is where Teddy Roosevelt won his nobel peace prize. For negotiating the peace between Japan and Russia.