() From the end of 1896, the whole of East Asia returned to its previous state: the Qing Dynasty continued to linger, Japan continued to be militaristic, Taiwan continued to keep silent, and Britain, France, the United States, and Russia continued to fight privately for various interests in their eyes.
Since Liu Fu piloted the cooperative in Yilan, most of the local people have benefited, and food production and wasteland reclamation have gradually increased. The effect is still significant. Although there are some objections from the landlord class, with the previous paragraph The lessons learned during the purge did not cause any major incidents.
Since the effect was remarkable, Liu Fu then included Keelung and Taipei counties in the pilot program. He plans to add one or two counties every year and gradually implement this policy throughout Taiwan, although doing so will definitely harm the income of some wealthy people. However, since Taiwan will be in a state of war for a long time in the future, and food and population are important pillars of the war, we can only give up the minority and take the majority.
In addition to continuing to promote cooperatives, in terms of finance, Liu Fu also adopted the advice of Ms. Helena, the president of the Bank of Taiwan, and prepared to establish branches across Taiwan to mainly issue short-term loans to small farmers and small businesses, and began to prepare Taiwan's own financial system. system and monetary system.
Since the railway from Hualien to Keelung to Citong was opened to traffic in 1895, the construction of the railway from Hualien to Citong has also begun. Because this section is quite mountainous, the construction period will not be completed until 1997. By that time, the entire railway around Taiwan will The whole line will be connected, and the economy, agriculture and military will all be the beneficiaries of this railway. After the Central Taiwan Railway is completed, Liu Fu also plans to build a trans-Taiwan railway in central Taiwan, but this idea has not yet passed the railway Engineers have verified that, after all, in this era, it is not easy to build a large mountain tunnel. If it is too difficult, there is no need to fill it with the bones of hundreds of railway builders.
Although Britain, France, Germany and other countries have imposed an arms embargo on Taiwan, it is still not prohibited commercially. Taiwan's rich sucrose and camphor, as a specialty, are still very popular in European and American countries. However, because Taiwan is in wartime, all exports and imports All gathered in Citong Port.
By the end of 1896, the total strength of Taiwan's New Army reached 35,000, most of which were equipped with new AK-01 semi-automatic rifles, and hundreds of Dongfeng pickup trucks and Yangtze motorcycles were used as transportation tools for rapid support of the troops. Taiwan The total strength of the Navy is also close to 10,000. In addition to the crews of submarines and torpedo boats, many ground crews are also stationed at the naval bases in Keelung, Xiangshan, Citong and Hualien. The total number of submarines of the Navy has exceeded one hundred, divided into Two submarine brigades are stationed in four bases and are responsible for patrolling their respective sea areas. However, the main defense direction is the east and north of Taiwan. The other is to search for Japanese ships near the Taiwan Strait and Ryukyu Islands, and at the appropriate time, The appropriate time to strike is when there are no ships passing by. In addition, the submarine force also has a small task, which is to follow the "Helena" shipping ship between Hainan Island and Taiwan to transport iron ore. Freighter escort.
Over the years, the institute has successively perfected the improved designs of the "Big Yellow Fish" submarine, the "Petrel" class torpedo speedboat and the "1" type torpedo, and used electromagnetic principles to transform the original "sea urchin" anchor mine into a new Mines: electromagnetic mines.
This kind of electromagnetic mine, named "Starfish", is usually suspended in the seawater at a fixed depth. When a ship passes by, the magnetic influence of the ship's hull will trigger an explosion. Since this kind of mine is suspended below the sea level, in addition to laying mines according to the
Searching for blueprints is basically impossible to clear, so it poses a higher threat to ships than anchor mines.
In addition to improving the design of the "Big Yellow Fish-class" submarine, the institute also trial-produced a new submarine with a larger hull, longer range, and higher attack power. This submarine is named the "Tuna-class" and has a hull length of 5547 meters.
meters, width 5.54.5 meters, draft 4.5 meters, double-layer pressure-resistant shell, displacement 752833 tons; 1000 horsepower provided by two 8-cylinder diesel engines on the water
, traveling speed is 13 knots, endurance is 7,000 nautical miles; underwater, it is provided by 2 sets of electric motor batteries with 800 horsepower, traveling speed is 17 knots, and endurance is 400 nautical miles; the designed diving depth is 100 meters; the front 4 and the rear 2 are equipped with 450mm torpedo tubes, ready for ammunition
14 pieces; equipped with 2 12mm machine guns on the forecastle, equipped with underwater snorkel, periscope, long-wave radio, active sonar and hydrophone.
After the "Tuna-class" submarine is successfully trial-produced, it will replace the current "Big Yellow Fish-class" submarine and gradually equip the Taiwan Navy's submarine force. This new type of submarine has a longer range, faster underwater speed, and more ammunition.
, the Taiwan Navy’s defense circle and strike circle can be expanded a lot.
With a new submarine, there must be a new torpedo. Indeed, as a pair of weapons that work closely together, the effectiveness of each one will be greatly affected. The newly developed torpedo is not much different from the previous "1" torpedo, and the combat
The engine and the fuze are basically the same. The only difference is that the efficiency of the thermal engine is improved, making it faster, and the range is slightly longer.
The "2" type torpedo still has a caliber of 450mm, a length of 3600mm, a speed of 37 knots, a maximum range of 2000 meters, a total weight of 415 kilograms, and a warhead charge of 35 kilograms.
In addition to naval equipment, according to Liu Fu's general description, after several years of experiments, the research institute has studied the mortar, an army support firepower. Currently, there is only one model, a 60 mm caliber. This small gun weighs only
17 kilograms, with a maximum range of 800 meters, a firing speed of about 30 rounds per minute, and a killing radius of more than 6 meters. Although the range is not far enough, the firing speed and killing radius far exceed any artillery of this era.
In addition to mortars, light machine guns imitated from automatic rifles are also partially equipped with the new army. Together with semi-automatic rifles and grenades, they can basically carry out limited defensive operations. Due to the opening of the Taiwan Railway, the army was divided into four brigades.
, stationed in Keelung and Hualien,
When Citon and Xiangshan encounter combat missions, they are deployed across Taiwan by railway lines; a mobile regiment has also been established and stationed at Keelung Port, equipped with 30 Dongfeng pickup trucks and more than 100 Yangtze motorcycles, as a mobile force
, under the direct command of the Staff Headquarters.
In addition to the construction on Taiwan itself, the Navy has also built long-wave radio stations on small islands surrounding Taiwan such as Penghu, Diaoyu Island, Yonaguni Island, and Orchid Island to serve as liaisons with ships at sea and surveillance posts.
Since the last negotiation broke down, more and more Japanese ships have been attacked in the waters off Taiwan and in the straits. Several ships disappear near Taiwan every month. Not only are the ships missing, but no one has survived.
Since many of Japan's supplies are imported from overseas, and Taiwan is stuck on the routes between Japan and West Asia and Europe, it has seriously affected Japan's import and export of supplies. Now many Japanese ships no longer dare to go to Taiwan.
route, but instead detours to the Philippines route, which is farther away and has more complicated sea conditions, increasing transportation costs and risks.
Ribenzhengfu had been enduring this unspeakable discomfort for a long time, and it finally broke out in June 1897. Ribenzhengfu gathered most of the available warships in his hands and formed a large fleet.
Carrying a reorganized division, Army troops gathered in the Ryukyu Islands for the third time.
