According to a report on the website of defense news weekly on October 6, the US Secretary of the Navy will publish a strategic guidance document this week, outlining how the US Navy and Marine Corps will maintain global maritime superiority, strengthen strategic partnership and empower soldiers, in an attempt to "win" in the confrontation with China. On the evening of the 5th, Carlos del Toro, who has led the US Navy Department for two months, disclosed this strategic guidance to the students of the US Naval Academy in advance in a speech at the US Naval Academy. "Frankly speaking, the ideal goal is not to fight China. No one wants to enter a conflict... It is our ultimate responsibility to prevent them from achieving the goal they are trying to achieve," he said. Del Toro claimed that with this primary goal in mind, the first priority of his strategic guidance is to make difficult decisions at present, So as to use the limited defense funds in a way that can deter China. "Artificial intelligence, network security, unmanned platforms, directed energy, hypersonic weapons and distributed forces will determine your advantage over the people's Republic of China, and it will be very important for us to put them into the battlefield quickly," he told the students Del Toro confirmed that while waiting for Congress's military expenditure plan for fiscal year 2022, the US Navy has submitted its expenditure plan for fiscal year 2023 for review by the Pentagon and the White House, and has started the early planning of the expenditure plan for fiscal year 2024. He called the plan to deal with three fiscal years at the same time a "complex show", and hoped that lawmakers would approve the spending plan to increase defense funds by $25 billion, so as to support the increase of U.S. Navy capacity and modernization. He hopes that the US Navy will eventually have 355 manned ships, which is in line with the previous objectives of the US Navy and the legislation passed by the US Congress in December 2017. The Navy minister pointed out that he was more concerned about the lethality of the navy in war than the specific number of ships in the navy fleet. Del Toro said that the second priority of the strategic guidance document is to consolidate alliances and partnerships around the world. It is reported that Del Toro said that the Navy's "vital" approach is to strengthen partnership with "Australia, India, the Philippines, Indonesia and many other threatened countries in the Indian Pacific region" and "provide Taiwan with necessary weapons and technology so that it can also defend itself". Del Toro told reporters that the US Navy needs to maintain its presence not only in the South China Sea, but also around the world. What Chinese people are everywhere one belt, one road, is that they have been on the west coast of Africa and the west coast of the continent. So it is very important for us to continue to keep in touch with our marine partners around the world so that we can better understand why their countries are going to invest with China in the "one belt and one way initiative". Deltoro said that the third priority is to focus on the empowerment of soldiers. He talked many times about the need for good leadership and embracing diversity. Young commanders should be concerned about the following three things: the object they lead, which advantages of soldiers are based on their unique background, and how to unite the team in the most powerful way. (Xinhua News Agency)