() The current Keelung Port is different from when Liu Fu left. The original port has been expanded by half and is all used by the Taiwan Navy. The newly built port is to the northwest of Keelung Military Port and is a brand new civilian terminal.
Keelung Shipyard was also placed within the scope of the military dock and became a confidential unit.
As soon as Liu Fu got off the boat, he returned to the Presidential Palace in Taipei and found Helena, asking her to take Joseph and David to visit Sandro. He stayed at the Presidential Palace to listen to Liu Gui's explanation of his absence.
A general report on Taiwan's development over the past year or so.
During the more than six months since Liu Fu left Taiwan to travel around the world, Liu Gui, as the caretaker president, performed his duties conscientiously and carried out the policies set by Liu Fu thoroughly and unchanged.
The industrial base in Dagougang, Tainan, is still under construction, and the thermal power plant and supporting facilities have begun operation; in Taichung, the Bank of Taiwan continues to issue small and medium-sized loans to support the purchase of equipment by small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in sugar industry and camphor processing.
Expand the scale; the cooperative production model has basically spread throughout Taiwan, and in a few years
In the process of exploration and development, although there have been some opposing voices and actions, as the vast number of middle and lower class farmers have benefited, there are more and more supporters, who already account for the vast majority, while there are fewer and fewer opponents, and those who
Landowners and wealthy people who do not have much advantage in the land are facing opposition and politics from the majority of people.
The high-pressure measures of the government no longer compete with farmers for land, and they have invested their funds in more profitable industries and processing industries.
With the gradual improvement of the new Taiwan government, various departments have trained a group of officials at all levels in their daily operations. Some of them were selected from former Qing Dynasty officials who voluntarily stayed in Taiwan through study, and some were selected from Taiwan's New Army.
Those who were transferred, plus some European and American hired talents who voluntarily stayed in Taiwan, can basically run a government.
All the functions of fu are working well. However, where there is sunshine, there must be darkness. This is inevitable, even though Liu Fu and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have used very drastic measures to try to turn the new system into a new one.
Corruption in fu is strangled in the cradle, but there are still people who are risking losing their heads to reach out. From ancient times to the present, no one can stop this, and Liu Fu has no choice but to use various means to reduce these negative effects.
To minimize it, in less than a year from when Liu Fu left Taiwan to when he came back, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has investigated and dealt with three corruption cases involving abuse of power. The people involved were mainly middle- and lower-level officials.
Fu officials, most of whom were former old bureaucrats colluding with local landlords and wealthy businessmen, have been arrested by the Ministry of Internal Affairs after being discovered, but they have not been dealt with yet. They have to wait for Liu Fu to come back and make the final decision. Liu Fu did not act immediately after reading the file
decided, but planned to listen more to various departments
Opinion, review whether the case is as investigated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs before handling it. Although combating crime is an important task, Liu Fu does not want to cause the Ministry of Internal Affairs to cover the sky because of his subjective judgment. This will affect the future.
Development is very poor.
Get rid of these
In addition to fu and people's livelihood issues, the airport has been basically completed after three years of construction. The aircraft laboratory located underground has also been in operation for a period of time. Based on Liu Fu's model aircraft, the laboratory has successfully copied and enlarged it.
He made a proportioned wooden airplane and carried a pig while gliding hundreds of meters from a high place. However, he fell down in the end, destroying the airplane and injuring the pig. It seems that the airplane was not just a copycat.
The performance and parameters of various components require a lot of experiments to determine, and they cannot be expected in a short period of time. The only thing Liu Fu can give them guidance is some vague concepts, such as the cross-sectional shape of the wing, the single
If one-layer wings are not enough, you can try double-layer wings. The engine should not be installed behind the fuselage like a ship. It should be installed on the nose. What is the approximate layout of the landing gear? The specifics need to be determined by researchers themselves.
Explore.
In addition, the design and construction of the 10,000-ton large cruiser was not smooth. Due to the relatively large tonnage, the complex shape of the hull, the processing and welding speed of steel plates was very slow, and the development speed of large-caliber naval guns has also been relatively slow.
Slow down, it will take another year for this cruiser to be launched.
.Hindered by this cruiser, the construction of destroyers has not accelerated. Currently, Taiwan only has 5 destroyers in service, and 2 more are being outfitted. However, Liu Fu is not in a hurry to build surface ships, as long as he can explode n
When warships come, I don’t have that many well-trained naval officers to use them.
The rest is good news. First of all, the research institute took the Dongfeng pickup truck as the basis, followed Liu Fu's description and the armored vehicles in those military magazines, and created two armored vehicles. First.
This is a small armored reconnaissance vehicle. It looks very much like the special armored vehicle in the movie.
, a low body, four thick wheels and a 12mm machine gun on the roof. This car uses four-wheel drive and a more advanced diesel engine. The engine and radiator are rear-mounted. The maximum road speed is 70 kilometers per hour. It can wade through water.
1 meter deep, climbing height 40 degrees; armor thickness 8mm, the entire vehicle
It weighs more than 4 tons, has a crew of 8, and has good off-road performance. It can reach speeds of more than 35 kilometers per hour on various dirt roads and hilly areas in Taichung. It is also very durable and has very simple maintenance. The second armored vehicle is the same as the first armored vehicle.
The second armored vehicle is completely different. In appearance, the second armored vehicle is more similar to
It is a cash transport truck with a front engine and a compartment behind it, which can accommodate 22 combatants. The armor of the entire vehicle is 10mm, which can defend against medium and long-range fire from the 12mm machine guns equipped in Taiwan at the time. However, the weight of more than 8 tons makes the vehicle speed
It is reduced to 50 kilometers on the road and more than 20 kilometers off-road.
Liu Fu was quite satisfied with both of these armored vehicles. Although they looked a bit ugly, they were still very practical. The first armored vehicle was named "Mountain Rat", and the second armored personnel carrier was named by Liu Fu
"Badger", and began mass production to equip Taiwan's new army.
In addition to armored vehicles, the institute also developed and produced the first real cannon for the Taiwan Army, the 75mm field gun. This cannon was modified from a naval gun. The barrel is 75mm with a caliber of 30 times, and the gun mount is
It has two wheels and one foot. It weighs less than a pound and can be pulled by a truck. It is extremely mobile.
Convenient; in addition, due to the adoption of a fully hydraulic retraction system, the firing accuracy and speed of this gun have been greatly improved, and its range has reached 7,000 meters. Now this kind of artillery is mainly manufactured by Keelung's machinery factory
, when the industrial base in Tainan is completed, the Tainan Machinery Factory will be responsible for manufacturing.
In addition to artillery and armored vehicles, the institute also provided the army with a new equipment that is not new equipment, and that is landmines.
According to the "Fire Dragon Book", landmines existed in the Ming Dynasty. However, with the development of explosive gunpowder in the 19th century, landmines truly entered the stage of infantry weapons.
What the Taiwan Research Institute developed this time is an anti-infantry landmine, which adopts two forms: step-fired and trip-fired. The overall weight of this landmine is 2 kilograms, which contains half a kilogram of high explosives and 1.5 kilograms of a total of 300 glass beads.
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The main killing radius of this kind of landmine is 15 meters, but the longest range of the glass beads can reach 150 meters. It is mainly used to kill the target, not to kill it.
Liu Fu is quite familiar with this kind of vicious weapon, because in later generations, there are still various landmines buried in many places around the world. Some of them were buried decades ago, and they have not been cleared yet, and they are still being mined.
causing injuries and killings. This cheap gadget has been fully utilized in defense and blockade operations, and the effect is outstanding.
Since Taiwan's current army is still relatively weak, Liu Fu is not very confident about land defense. Now that this defensive weapon is available, Liu Fu immediately ordered mass production in case the enemy lands in Taiwan, and they will be greeted by full
Small glass beads flying on the ground.
Although the progress of the large cruiser project is not satisfactory, other research of the Navy has not been interrupted. The "Tuna-class" submarine has been updated to the third generation, with a displacement increased by nearly 50%, a range and a speed that have been improved, making it a veritable submarine
An ocean-going submarine. In order to distinguish it from the first two generations of "Tuna-class" submarines, Liu Fu named the third-generation submarine "Shark-class".
The "Shark Class" ocean-going submarine has a displacement of 10,221,291 tons, a length of 7,062 meters, a width of 6.55.4 meters, a draft of 5 meters, and a double-layer pressure-resistant shell. It is powered by a new diesel unit and an electric unit, with a maximum speed of 18 knots on the water.
, endurance of 11,000 nautical miles, maximum underwater speed of 22
knot, with an endurance of 700 nautical miles and a designed diving depth of 150 meters; the weapon system was changed to a 533mm torpedo, with 4 in the front and 2 in the rear, with 15 rounds of ammunition. The forecastle is equipped with 2 19mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns with 5,000 rounds of ammunition.
; Others such as snorkels, long-wave radios, active sonar and hydrophones have been partially improved.
With this kind of submarine capable of long-distance navigation, Taiwan can not only conduct coastal defense operations, but also have certain capabilities for medium and long-distance sneak attacks and break-up of engagements.
In addition to the "Shark-class" submarines, the institute has also made great progress in the improvement of torpedoes. Not only is the 450mm "Type 2" torpedo technology more mature, but it has also developed the more powerful "Type 3" 533mm heavy torpedo.
To deal with larger and stronger surface vessels.
This 533mm heavy-duty torpedo weighs more than 190 kilograms with its warhead alone and is nearly 8 meters long. It is driven by an improved thermal engine, with a maximum speed of 36 knots and a range of 2,000 meters. In addition, the institute has also developed a
electric propulsion
450 mm torpedo, but due to the insufficient power of the battery and electric motor, the speed is only 21 knots and the range is less than 1,000 meters. If you want to achieve higher speed and longer range, you have to wait for the research on electric motors and batteries.
breakthrough.
In addition to the research and development of weapons, the institute has also made considerable progress in electronics and sonar. The new generation of electronic tubes has improved the problems of heating and instability, thereby shortening the boot time of long-wave radio and sonar equipment.
It is greatly lengthened and can basically meet the needs of combat. And according to Liu Fu's plan, the institute is developing equipment such as radar.
Although the small maritime radar on the fishing boat integrates a lot of functions such as sonar, navigation, surveying and mapping, and most of them are integrated circuit modules and small antennas, it is not very helpful for a simple copycat radar, but after all, the principle
The theory and research ideas are still similar, and the research on a radar suitable for contemporary use still has a lot of guidance.
Since there are many things on fishing boats that are not available in this era, a few years ago, in the submarine base, there was a special cave dock specially designed for fishing boats. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was fully vigilant, and the research in the research institute was
Personnel must also be authorized or accompanied by Liu Fu before they can enter the dock for a limited time and use the necessities on the ship to make research prototypes for scientific research projects. Today's fishing boats can no longer operate
The shipyard has basically been disassembled from the hull to the power cabin, from the radar antenna to the equipment on the bridge, and stored in the shipyard for research purposes. Although it is just an ordinary ocean-going squid fishing boat, from steel plates to
Welding methods, from ship shape to cabin segmentation, from diesel engines to transmission gearboxes, from generator sets to radio equipment, can all be successfully transformed into scientific achievements that surpass this era for one generation or even many generations.
