百余年来,中国屡遭帝国主义列强来自海上的侵略和威胁,而建立一支强大的海军以保卫祖国海防,就成为中国人民心中的强烈愿望……然而,这一民族夙愿,在旧中国显然无法实现。中华民国时期,北洋政府和南京政府曾先后制定过加强海军建设的庞大计划,但皆遭流产。这一历史事实告诉人们:一个政治上四分五裂、经济上贫穷积弱的中国,将无力完成巩固祖国海防的历史使命。 Over the past hundred years, China has repeatedly suffered from the aggression and threats posed by the imperialist powers at sea. Establishing a strong navy to defend the motherland’s coast defense has become a strong desire of the Chinese people ... However, Obviously can not be achieved. During the Republic of China, the Beiyang government and the Nanking government successively set forth a huge plan to strengthen naval construction, but all were aborted. This historical fact tells people that a China politically fragmented and economically poor and weak will be unable to complete the historic mission of consolidating the coastal defense of the motherland.