The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

"If the whole country is like you, maybe in less than ten years, China will surpass the ages and enter the camp of great powers second only to Britain, the United States and Germany! But it's a pity, there is only one Zhu Hanchen! And you are not today The head of China."

Walking on the bustling mountainside avenue, overlooking the masts and chimneys lined up in the wide harbor below, listening to the loud and clear chant of the recruits running past every half minute, it is known as the number one in contemporary China. Mr. Jiang Baili, a military strategist, and Chen Shaokuan, Minister of the Navy, walked slowly with Zhu Bin.

Mr. Jiang gazed into the distance at the grand layout of the ultra-modern city that has been basically completed, and he was sincerely moved.

This is the second official visit to Guzhenkou Military Base.In addition to accompanying Sektor to check his body last time, he also recuperated his body according to Chapter 353 Taishan-class battleship ([-]), this time he came as a special representative of the government and a military observer, but he did not have much He dutifully followed Generalissimo Jiang's request and hints, but instead stayed there for more than two months, openly opened his own courses at the National University of Defense Technology, and served as a senior adviser to the task force, and became Zhu Bin's helper. <Feng, while admiring the progress of the rare and rare miracle in the world, every time, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Zhu Bin seized Shandong so quickly, not only did he not pay much sacrifice and price, but the smoothness and efficiency of the transition also surprised all concerned circles, and all outside speculation came to nothing.Those who watched the excitement even went blind.Now, no matter who they are, they have to correct their mentality and admit that Zhu Bin already possesses enormous and unstoppable power.

It was precisely after witnessing the whole incident with his own eyes that Jiang Baili felt admiration and surprise from his heart.And Zhu Bin generously gave up the post of Chairman of Shandong Province to Shen Honglie.And spent tens of millions of funds to properly arrange the original Han Fuju Army Chapter 353 Taishan-class battleship ([-]), which is even more eye-catching.With such a bold mind, other heros from all walks of life would never be able to achieve such an open and bright atmosphere.

Therefore, Jiang Baili simply stayed in peace and quiet, and wrote letters to the chairman of the chairman every now and then, talking about some knowledge in a bland manner, but did not make military and political analysis and suggestions, but on Zhu Bin's side at work.Especially in terms of strategic planning, more help is given.

Zhu Bin naturally welcomes this very much. It is his wish to recruit the world's best talents to help him do things.That's why Jiang Baili praised him so much.He was very humble, and said with a reserved smile: "Mr. Jiang has won the award. In fact, I took a lot of risks by doing this, and I was suspected of backfiring. I did it as a last resort in extraordinary times. If the whole country behaved like this, I'm afraid it would have been a long time ago. Messed up."

Not only will it be messed up, it will definitely cause big problems.In order to ensure the stability of such a nationwide mobilization, he not only ordered tens of millions of tons of grain, meat and other daily necessities from the United States, but also took the risk of vigorously promoting improved seeds and mechanized farming.For this reason, he offended a group of landlords very much, if he hadn't had a strong military.Moreover, the benefits of high-yield crops and downstream industries are too attractive to balance the huge gap.To know.In his series of actions, he has touched the most troublesome place in traditional Chinese concepts - the land.

Such a method of promotion is at the cost of mobilizing all forces and funds and crowding out all new markets and consumption capacity in the country. The products made by tens of millions of workers are combined with millions or tens of millions of migrant workers. The infrastructure projects that come out, forced allocation, hard apportionment, and forced promotion of industrial production are all very dangerous activities, although compared to Americans, in order to solve the economic crisis, they dig ditches in the east and fill them in the west, demolish buildings in the south and build them in the north. The absurd practice of increasing the employment rate and boosting the economy, at any rate, is a real benefit and brings about huge changes, but it must not be implemented in an all-round way, otherwise, within five years, there will be a lot of unused electricity, a lot of cement, Iron and steel, construction machinery are idle, a large number of industrial products cannot be sold due to extrusion, rapid inflation and other adverse consequences, that is the terrible trouble!

That is to say, Zhu Bin is supported by seabed gold mines, and has foreign export earnings to issue currency for basic gold. He has a strong foundation and a small stall, so he can do this.Nationwide, impossible.

Jiang Baili's view of the overall situation is nothing to say, and I admire him for being so clear-headed and self-aware. He stopped entangled with just a little question, and turned to Chen Shaokuan: "Mr. Chen should be more satisfied now? 20 years The dreamland has now come true, and the day when China's powerful navy will defend the sea is not far away."

Chen Shaokuan put his hands behind his back, looked at the four large ships that had been launched in the opposite bay and were putting on the sun, his face was full of joy, he nodded and said: "It is thanks to Hanchen that I can be comforted in my lifetime. .”

In the past six months, he has spent more time in Guzhenkou than in Nanjing and Shanghai. There are no other reasons. One is that he does not want to see the ugly faces of the politicians in the government, and he is too lazy to talk to them; the other is that he is here. There is something that is tied to a lifelong dream.Just like now, the four large ships that started construction the year before last will be officially in service in a few months. In addition to the two warships of the same level in the Jiangnan Shipyard, six battleships have been added at once!

The most gratifying thing is that among the six warships, four are heavy cruisers and two are light aircraft carriers. In this way, the Chinese large fleet he planned can be completely completed, and the power to guard the sea has begun to take shape!

The four heavy cruisers are quite different from most of the similar ships in the world today.In terms of tonnage, because it is not a country under the Washington Naval Treaty, it is not restricted by it. The standard displacement is directly 14000 tons, 210 meters long and 22.4 meters wide, which is larger than the treaty ships of the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The "Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser" is more similar, about the same size.

但武备上，主炮采用美式的前二后一背负式三联装炮塔，使用60倍口径的203mm主炮，采用自行研制的炮膛结构和发she药，能够达到每炮每分钟6-8发的高she速。副炮则采用6座德国造双联装105mm65倍径c33高平两用炮，8座双联装76.2mm高she炮。以及4座30mm6管近防炮。

In addition, two 3-connected 533mm torpedo launch tubes are installed, and two anti-submarine hedgehog guns are installed at the front and rear.And three seaplanes and catapults.

What's even more different is that the battleship has a secret intelligent processing unit and radar system instead of the complex and bloated command and sight system for shooting.Therefore, a smaller single bridge, integrated single chimney and single main mast structure is adopted, which greatly reduces the weight of the overall deck superstructure.

And the extra tonnage was added to the hull armor.Self-smelted 550mpa high-yield alloy steel plates are mainly used. The waterline armor is made of high-strength lightweight alloys picked out of space junk. With the comprehensive armor structure that the Germans like, a closed armor box is formed. The thickest part The full length is 203mm, and the rest of the armor belt is also... thick.The upper deck is made of 50mm basalt fiberboard plus 30mm alloy armor plate, and the turret, conning tower, ammunition depot and other places are made of basalt fiber and titanium alloy composite armor.The total thickness is more than 254mm. It can be said that, except for battleships, they will be difficult to be sunk by battleship guns of the same tonnage.

In terms of power, eight self-developed booster boilers and four high-temperature steam turbines were used.In addition, four diesel engines with Tesla turbochargers provide a total of... horsepower to ensure that the warship can start quickly, and can reach a speed of up to 36 knots and a range of up to 12000 nautical miles.

Such a powerful indicator.It is enough to make this kind of heavy cruiser stand out from the rest of the world. With these four ships as companions, even without battleships, they dare to fight head-to-head with the Japanese fleet.

not to mention.In addition, there are two aircraft carriers with a standard displacement of 2 tons.The hull made of high-yield alloy steel plate is also more stable.While ensuring a high speed of 33 knots, it can carry 50 of the latest high-speed fighters to participate in escort.The brand new fleet formed in this way is even stronger than what Chen Shaokuan imagined!

In a few months, this fleet will be formally organized. At that time, the opportunity for the Chinese navy to feel proud will come!

This is not all, what really made him more excited, and the main reason for traveling together today, is to realize the ultimate goal of a powerful fleet in his mind - a large battleship!Today, it was Zhu Bin who invited him and Jiang Baili to go to the steel factory to witness the first steel plate being smelted and cut for the large-scale battleship that the navy is about to start building!

Large-scale battleships represent the comprehensive level of a country's military and industrial strength, and are the dividing line between strong and weak countries. Up to now, they are all important indicators recognized by the world.

As for China, since the defeat by Japan in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the navy has been in a slump, and it has been so sluggish that it has completely lost its dignity and dignity today, which is simply deplorable.What Chen Shaokuan has been planning day and night for the past 20 years is to let the navy rise again, and the construction of his own large battleship is an important milestone!

He mentioned to Zhu Bin full of emotion: "I still remember that four years ago, you wanted me to boast that China would have the ability to build a 3-ton large battleship by itself within five years, and even provided a model. At that time, I didn't really believe it in my heart, but I didn't expect that after only four years, this day would come, it was like a dream!"

Zhu Bin said quite complacently: "I dare not go to Liangshan without three-thirds. If I am not sure, how dare I make a promise with you? Today, I invite you and Mr. Jiang to witness this moment in person! We, the Chinese Navy, will have The largest and most advanced battleship in the world!"

Jiang Baili didn't know that there was such a past event, and he became even more interested when he heard the words. He said happily, "This can be regarded as a good story in the history of the Chinese navy. Let's go and take a look." It seemed that he was even more anxious than Chen Shaokuan .

Quickly arrived at the gate of the military base, took a special car and drove along the mountain road into the Gulf Passage, after running for ten kilometers, passed through the towering giant wall, and walked another six to seven kilometers to arrive at the "Bright Iron and Steel Plant" that has just been officially put into production. factory".

After more than three years of construction, this largest steel plant in China has become the most advanced metallurgical industrial body in the world. It has not only several converters such as oxygen bottom blowing, natural gas mixed top blowing, high-temperature plasma induction, but also six large and small electric plants. Slag remelting furnace, a 1.4-ton hydraulic press, several die forging machines, hydraulic presses, Asia's largest 3500mm medium-thick plate rolling mill, and a large heat treatment furnace provide 100 million tons of steelmaking and 30 tons of steel rolling per year. production capacity.After the second phase of the project is completed, it will reach a steelmaking capacity of 300 million tons, of which 100 million tons will be steel for ships, 100 million tons will be steel for machinery and weaponry, and basically no crude steel for civilian use will be produced.

Today, in the presence of hundreds of professionals and dignitaries, the steelworks will make a new history. (to be continued) rq! ! !