() Liu Fu didn't take these Zheng Fu's words to heart at all. He had seen the intrigues in various countries in the world in later generations, and these official words now could not fool him at all. However, Liu Fu still had some feelings about these remarks.
, these feelings are not about this war, but about the form of a newspaper. Thanks to the fact that I came from a time when the media exploded, I have been operating in Taiwan for almost 20 years, and I have never thought of running a newspaper.
What a failure.
There is no greater good than correcting one's mistakes. Liu Fu immediately called on several familiar professors from Ming Chuan University and invited them to set up a newspaper of his own in Taiwan. All the funds were borne by Liu Fu himself, and the operation of the newspaper was all in accordance with European and American standards.
The model was carried out. Most of these university professors came from European and American countries, and they were all interested in Liu Fu's ability to fund the establishment of the newspaper.
David agreed and heard that after the newspaper is published, it only needs to abide by Taiwan's laws and Liu Fu himself will not interfere with the newspaper. The professors decided on the spot to set up a joint-stock company to run the newspaper, and Liu Fu
The initial investment only accounts for 10% of the newspaper's shares, and the rest will be returned in installments after the newspaper makes profits.
After a heated discussion, several professors finally agreed to name the newspaper "**" for the sake of Liu Fu being the investor. Originally, Liu Fu planned to call the newspaper "People's Daily", but the professors said
When the newspaper was first released, it was impossible to reach the scale of a daily newspaper. It could only be a weekly newspaper, and then slowly transformed into a daily newspaper, so it became a daily newspaper.
With newspapers, relevant laws are needed to restrict them. However, Liu Fu does not need to worry about this law. There are a group of people in the law department of Ming Chuan University who are responsible for formulating various laws and regulations in Taiwan. Since Liu Fu still has
I haven’t thought about what kind of political system is suitable, so Taiwan will remain one for the time being.
fu, so we did not formulate a constitution, but first formulated various practical laws, such as criminal law, marriage law, etc. As long as a new thing appears, a new law will come out. Whether it is appropriate or not, it will be implemented and revised at the same time.
.
In May 1906, good news came from the research institute and shipyard. Taiwan's first self-built 10,000-ton warship had been outfitted and was ready to be delivered to the Taiwan Navy to enter combat order. On May 11th, Liu Fu attended Keelung
During the ship delivery ceremony at the shipyard, he personally lit the eyes of the dragon heads in the dragon dance team.
This heavy cruiser named "Asia Class" has a displacement of 14,000 tons, a full load of 17,500 tons, a total length of 217 meters, a width of 22 meters, and a draft of 6.3 meters deep. Since Taiwan's diesel engine technology is much higher than steam turbine technology, so
, this heavy cruiser uses 6 large low-speed diesel engines as power,
The fuel is heavy oil, with a maximum output of 150,000 horsepower. It uses 3-axis propulsion. Each two diesel engines drive a propeller, and can perform reverse, deceleration and other actions without a gearbox. It has a fuel reserve of 5,000 tons, a maximum speed of 35 knots, and an endurance of 15 knots.
In this state, it can reach more than 10,000 nautical miles.
Compared with its tonnage, the main gun of the Asia-class heavy cruiser is a bit small, only 200mm. The three triple turrets are arranged two in front and one in the back. In addition to these nine 200mm main guns, the secondary guns are also small and pitifully small. They are only installed
10 twin-mounted 75mm high-level and flat dual-purpose guns,
There are still 20 19mm quadruple cannons left. They are not equipped with torpedo tubes. Their sea attack power is somewhat weak, but their air attack power is very strong. If necessary, there are still some guns that are designed but not installed.
position, more secondary guns can be installed.
The appearance of this heavy cruiser is also very awkward. Compared with the battleships and cruisers of other countries in this era, the superstructure of the Asia-class heavy cruiser is much lower, and the only chimney has become the symbol of this ship.
, standing low in the center of the ship. If the navies of Britain, France, Germany and other countries saw this heavy patrol, they would definitely wonder how such a low mast could be the first to observe enemy ships on the rough sea.
Since most battleships of this era burned coal, black or yellow smoke columns would emit from the chimney when sailing. The specific color depended on the quality of the coal. This smoke column was used to remotely observe the enemy.
The best indicator of a ship is that the faster the ship speeds, the thicker and higher the smoke column will be. If a large fleet approaches, the first thing you will see is the thick black smoke on the horizon.
In order to detect the enemy in advance, warships of this era built the command towers and masts very high. Standing high can see far. In World War II, the Japanese raised this technology to a new level. Readers can go
Looking through Japanese battleships in World War II, I found that the control towers of several ships were comparable to those of space battleships. They were so tall and straight that people were afraid that the ship would flip over when turning.
The Asia-class heavy cruiser designed by Taiwan has designed the mast and conning tower very low. Although this can lower the center of gravity of the ship and gain some stability in navigation and shooting, if the enemy cannot be discovered first, then
Aren't you just being beaten passively?
Liu Fu and the designers at the Taiwan Research Institute would not be so stupid as to deliberately make the warship look like an honest child who takes a beating before fighting back. This design is because Taiwan's heavy cruisers do not need observers to go to the top of the mast to use telescopes to spot the enemy.
It has a new way of observation: aircraft.
Since Liu Fu built the airport and aircraft research institute near Keelung in 1899, aircraft research in Taiwan has developed rapidly due to Liu Fu's strong support, plus the model aircraft in Liu Fu's fishing boat.
For reference, although Taiwan's aircraft research cannot be said to be standing on the shoulders of giants, it is still standing on the beer belly of giants.
At the beginning, the researchers at the institute were too obsessed with imitating the appearance of the model aircraft. As a result, due to the gap in materials and power, although the prototype aircraft could fly into the sky and achieved good speed, its stability was very poor.
During the test flight, several heroic pilots were killed or injured due to various accidents.
Seeing that there were no fatal accidents, Liu Fu quickly stopped these researchers from running and hurdling before they learned to walk. Using his experience in movies and television, he worked with the researchers to trial-produce a wooden
A cloth-covered biplane, this kind of biplane that made a big splash in World War I, although it was slow and ugly,
However, the technology is simple and the stability is very good. Although it is still far from Liu Fu's requirements, it is still very successful as an experimental aircraft. Using this biplane as a prototype, researchers from the Aircraft Research Institute used several
Over the past year, three new models have been developed that are more stable and have much improved performance.
