The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

This time, Zhu Bin hardly intervened in the design of the warship. The team led by Ye Zaifu made use of his years of accumulated experience, combined with various weapons and equipment that can be developed at present, and based on the most advanced construction technology. A high-level product. {.

With reference to the current most advanced "Brooklyn" class light cruiser in the United States and part of the design of Japan's "Kaohsiung class", the design is completed on the basis of the "Capital class" heavy cruiser that has already been in service.

This "Qingdao-class" light cruiser is 186 meters long, 21 meters wide, and has a draft of 7.5 meters. Make the upper deck building as simple as possible, so that you can't see the forest of masts and chimneys on similar warships from various countries.

在标准11500吨排水量的平台上，安装了4座3连装52倍径152mm主炮，另有6座双联装127mm高平两用炮，10座4连装电驱自动装填40mm博福斯高炮，并有4座6管25mm近防炮系统，以及相应的火控雷达体系。

In addition, a set of "Iron Curtain" four multi-barrel rocket interception system has been specially installed. Each 36-tube 122mm rocket tower is guided by active air search radar and special fire control radar. , The surface target initiates pre-interception.Air-launched multi-warhead rockets can combine multiple shots according to the calculation results to form a multi-layer barrage, forming a dense blocking net composed of tens of thousands of killing fragments and high-speed projectiles in an instant.Form a fatal blow to the fighter plane that dives at high speed.

Another rocket interception system for small targets such as frogmen and mines has also been tested on the ship. It is said that the experimental results are quite good.

In order to give full play to the design concept of one specialty and multiple functions, this light cruiser is also equipped with four 4mm torpedo launching tubes in four connections, and a separate platform is set up in the stern for a "Sea Tiger" multi-purpose helicopter to dock. .

The entire battleship adopts a large number of ultra-light high-strength alloys, glass fiber reinforced plastics, and Kevlar fiber composite armor. The armor thickness of key parts such as side panels, main guns, and bridges are all above 203mm, ensuring that heavy cruisers and light cruisers facing the enemy It has sufficient anti-strike capability when patrolling artillery fire.

Using two Tesla high-temperature steam turbines and four diesel engines with a total of 12 horsepower to drive two 5-blade propellers allows the slender warship to run at a maximum speed of 37 knots and obtain a cruising capability of 14500 nautical miles and 18 knots. , Enough to keep up with a large force composed of aircraft carriers and battleships.It can even share a lot of work of heavy cruisers.

Zhu Bin was very satisfied with this, and approved 12 construction plans at one go, ensuring that within 18 months, the four major fleets will have at least two commissioned to supplement the shortage of heavy cruisers.

The high-speed construction of the navy has an immediate effect on the economy. The country’s shipbuilding and shipbuilding capabilities, which are doubling almost every year, are like wild beasts. They swallow the growth of steel and special metallurgy without limit, and the economic growth that is forcibly fattened for every penny of profit.They were all thrown into this bottomless pit.

When Zhu Bin finally came up with a huge shipbuilding plan that was almost "arbitrary", even Chen Shaokuan was terrified!The total displacement of each fleet exceeds 40!

What is the concept of a warship with a total of more than 160 million tons?That is more than Japan, and it is close to the two major countries of Britain and the United States---according to the naval treaty, the total number of their capital ships is only 52.5 tons, and their combat effectiveness must far exceed... It is really no problem to build such a large fleet ?

Zhu Bin didn't take this question seriously.He said lightly: "This is far from enough. At least we can completely suppress the enemy in front of us --- Japan, not only defeating it at sea, but also have to completely disintegrate its island chain blockade and sea lifeline, and finally land on the island in an all-round way." The ability to destroy. In addition to battleships, auxiliary ships and transport ships. Why do you need thousands? It is safe to transport 20 amphibious infantry ashore at a time. Well, speaking of it, our number of amphibious landing ships is far from enough. ...!"

Chen Shaokuan was completely speechless, calculating with his fingers, it would take at least 200 million tons of warships, plus 1000 million tons of other ships to be enough.The amount of steel alone is scary enough, not to mention the various equipment ten times that amount, and the funds required may be astronomical.

Such a militaristic development of sea power is absolutely overkill just to deal with Japan. Even with the current naval power, Japan can be dragged down to death.So big, what are you going to do?

Chen Shaokuan had a very bad idea that Zhu Bin's goal might not be as simple as dealing with Japan.The real intention is to mix in a world-class war that may happen at any time.When I contact this guy again, he has no intention of reaching out to take care of the national unification and the economy and the people's livelihood. If it's not good, the so-called "revitalizing China" and "maintaining world peace" slogans he said are just used to cover up his madness It's just a cover for the belligerent's true colors!

He himself, all the sailors, and even the tens of thousands of scientists and tens of millions of technicians in the City of Light are all accomplices in realizing this ambition!

But this idea cannot be proven at all, and Zhu Bin will not admit it even if he is killed.What's more, he, Minister Chen, single-handedly promoted Zhu Bin to his current position, and wholeheartedly helped him achieve the key goals of integrating the navy and stabilizing his position. When all the conditions are met, as long as Zhu Bin says Shouting the slogan of "Fighting the Japanese bandits" and striving for the independence of the nation, there will be countless people willing to follow him forward!

I can't stop it!

Chen Shaokuan was worried about this, but he had no choice but to look at the young men who almost regarded Zhu Bin as their savior.Recalling the work he said a few days ago, he couldn't help feeling like he was in a cocoon.

After all, the general situation cannot be changed by his own thoughts.The worldwide sexual storm that Zhu Bin deliberately set off was out of control once it blew up.

All the warships damaged in the last naval battle were repaired and returned. At the end of the year, two more "Taishan-class" battleships were completed and entered service, and two 2-ton aircraft carriers entered service.The first four 3-ton "hero-class" aircraft carriers were all rebuilt on the berth. At that time, the flight deck will be widened to 2 meters, the standard displacement will also increase to 51 tons, and the full load will exceed 2.6 tons. will be greatly increased.

By February 1939, the last two "Taishan-class" battleships and four "Capital-class" heavy cruisers were commissioned.So far, the entire Chinese navy has eight aircraft carriers, eight battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, nearly fifty destroyers, forty conventional submarines and several large attack submarines!The four major fleets have basically formed combat effectiveness!

So many ships almost occupied several major military ports such as Weihai, Yantai, Qingdao, Guzhenkou, Shanghai, Zhoushan, Mawei, Guangzhou, and Hainan. There were training guns rumbling day and night in areas tens of thousands of miles along the coast of China. It made the Japanese on the opposite side even more nervous!

The beaten Japanese navy was not idle either. After hastily finding a few 2-ton tankers and refitting their upper decks, they disguised themselves as the sunk "Flying Dragon" and several other aircraft carriers to fool the public.Worked overtime to complete all the construction work of the two "Kii-class" battleships, and they will officially enter service in January, and the other two ships on the berth are expected to be completed by the end of the year. The behemoth with a displacement of 1 tons will also be launched into the water, even if it cannot immediately form combat effectiveness, at least it will have a deterrent effect.still have? !

In addition, the work of replenishing aircraft carriers and fighter jets is also going on crazily. The Japanese industry, which has received almost endless orders, has been spinning continuously, giving full play to the excellent quality of Yamato workers who are "shameful to be idle, and glorious to be exhausted". of farmers were pulled into factories.A new round of economic growth driven by military competition kicked off.

It is already foreseeable that the two countries will expand their armaments like crazy, and a war that will completely consume the power of the two countries will break out.

The United States, which puts on a complete isolationism and sells all kinds of resources in private to make a fortune in war, just says "please the two countries must exercise restraint."The British Empire hopes to continue to balance the force, but it is better to have a slightly stronger one, so as to hold back the increasingly stronger polar bears in the north and ease the pressure on Europe.The Germans are still hedging their bets, but they are still optimistic that Japan, which has a longer industrialization period and has proved itself by war, will win the final victory, and secretly concluded an agreement.It even began to withdraw its advisory groups and skilled workers in China.

In China, Lao Jiang has just transferred more than 20 powerful central troops to the northwest, preparing to deal a fatal blow to the "red bandits" who are deeply troubled by his confidantes, and completely wipe out these troublesome guys. He was caught off guard by the flood of appeals for "fighting in the same room, why not confront each other".

The self-confident citizens continued to shout "take the initiative to regain the country".One wave after another, the "China-Japan Peace" faction headed by President Wang Zhaoming was easily suppressed.

Lao Jiang had no choice but to order Hu Zongnan to keep a low profile and continue to preside over the relevant strategies, pretending to drive the teaching corps to Peiping, and mobilized the troops of several other divisions to enter one by one, and called on Zhu Bin, Song Zheyuan, Yan Xishan, Fu Zuoyi, etc. to work hard Advance and launch a powerful attack on the Japanese bandits occupying the northeast.

In Japan, under the planning of Ishihara Waner, who has been determined to return to the base camp in the second half of the year to serve as the deputy staff officer, the Kwantung Army stationed in the Northeast has increased to more than 20 divisions, and the North Korean garrison has a total of nearly 40 people. There are also nearly 30 "security forces" and puppet troops, and along the Great Wall, they have built a solid defense system. Almost all the elites of the Japanese army are gathered here, ready to deal with possible wars at any time!

At the beginning of March 1939, in the western suburbs of Beiping, a military exercise aimed at demonstrating armed forces and cooperating with various ministries kicked off. The explosion made it so lively that the domestic and foreign celebrities and representatives in China who came to watch were dazzled. The media who were specially invited to report were even more joyful, and the passionate words spread all over the country. The posture, as if with a wave of hand, the Japanese army on the opposite side can be slapped to death with a single slap.

Unfortunately, drills are drills.Lao Jiang, Yan Xishan, and even Song Zheyuan had no intention of actually taking over the land. Even Zhu Bin was not interested in throwing his little army power into the bottomless pit. No one wanted to be a fool.

On March 3th, a big drama came to an end with great vigor and vigor, and the troops went back to their homes.All the big bosses got together to discuss how to continue fooling around, and an unexpected situation happened --- a fierce military conflict broke out between Japan and the old Maozi in the north!