It is obviously not possible to continue to increase troops in the Northeast. Emperor Yang and Nicholas are currently in the honeymoon period. It can be said that they have reached a strategic balance. The Russian army maintains an army of 100,000 in the Far East. In addition to the Shenyang Military Region, China also There is one division of the Cullen garrison under the Beijing Military Region, but the actual strength it maintains is six divisions, a little more than 100,000.
Of course, China still has three Kannai divisions stationed in the Beijing area, but the Russian army also has 100,000 troops in Hokkaido and Aomori. If a war breaks out, they can quickly provide support. Therefore, the strength of both sides is evenly matched. In view of the fact that the Chinese army's combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Russian army, Moreover, Nikolai's current situation is too big and he is unable to provoke China anymore. Therefore, the northeastern border between the two sides is basically in balance. For the time being, Emperor Yang has no interest in breaking the balance.
"Let's do this for now. In addition, you can distribute a large number of weapons to the Han immigrants in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces. Anyway, there are many old-style firearms that have been phased out. Every household will issue them with guns. If they have nothing to do, they will organize military training. The ammunition consumption will be considered. In your daily consumption, you might as well teach them how to use grenades, mortars, etc. If there is an emergency, just organize them directly." After thinking about it, Yang Feng said, armed immigrants are the best. Solution.
Chen Zhong nodded. In fact, they are already doing this.
Immediately afterwards, Emperor Yang reviewed the army, accompanied by him and a group of senior generals, and then set off south along the railway to see his secret base in the name of inspecting the Lushun Fortress area.
The first is Anshan Iron and Steel Plant. This steel plant was put into operation at the end of last year. It has a designed annual output of 300,000 tons. In addition, it also has the latest electric arc furnace special steel production line with an annual output of 50,000 tons, which is specially used to produce Shipbuilding steel and armor steel are still in the experimental stage. After all, even if Emperor Yang has the technology, enough people must be able to understand these technologies that are almost forty years advanced.
For this reason, there is also a special steel research institute here, which is composed of engineers transferred from steel plants such as Fuzhou, Bofors, and Hanyang. In addition, a group of highly talented metallurgical students from Hangzhou University have gathered together. They are both students and colleagues of each other. The teacher was there to study the technical information provided by Emperor Yang. For them, it was almost as good as Tianshu. Fortunately, they had sufficient research funds. They had been working on it for almost two years, and at least they had the ability to produce it if they had not fully understood it.
These people are real treasures. According to the current technical level, any one of them would be considered a national treasure if they were brought abroad. In fact, Emperor Yang's security at the Iron and Steel Research Institute was tighter than that of his palace. Fortunately, these people are all The locally trained Chinese, even those from Bofors, were all the overseas Chinese who came back from the United States with him in the first place. These people made him feel more at ease.
After encouraging these scientists, he went to the steel plant to visit the production. He even went to the family area to express condolences to the workers' families, and went to the attached school to amuse the children. Emperor Yang continued his journey south contentedly in the midst of praise for his virtues.
Starting from Jinzhou, the entire Luda area in later generations has now been classified as a military restricted area. All the people in this area have been moved out. Jinzhou, Dalian, and Lushun now have no residents except the military. Workers and their families, especially the area around Dalian Bay and the Dalian Port area, were even surrounded by walls. There was also a wall more than ten meters high in the shipyard. Even the side facing the sea was blocked by a high wall. The whole thing was a complete closed environment.
Not only that, with Dashan Island as the apex, steel beams were smashed down on the left and right sides of the sea and then directly connected to each other with iron cables, forming a sea blockade from Dashan Island to Laohutan and Dagushan respectively. There is a battalion of garrison on Dashan Island.
Like large searchlights, there are also electric lights on the sea cables. No one is allowed to enter this sea area. There are patrol boats of the Beiyang Fleet hanging around outside to ensure that no one can enter. It is claimed to the outside world that this is the submarine test base of the Navy Department.
Anyway, now all countries are building submarines.
In fact, Emperor Yang was also doing it, but it was not in Dalian, but in Fuzhou.
The emperor's special train stopped at Jinzhou Railway Station, and most of the entourage stayed here. Only the chief attendant and a group of the most trusted guards entered the blockade after being greeted by Zhang Zuolin, commander of the Lushun Fortress District.
"Thank you for your hard work these past two years." Emperor Yang said with satisfaction as he patted Zhang Zuolin, who had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.
"I should do my best to serve His Majesty." Zhang Zuolin said flattered.
"Well, I heard that you just had a son. When he grows up in a few years, he will be sent to the palace to study with the prince." Emperor Yang said casually.
Zhang Zuolin was so grateful that he even choked up when he spoke. This meant that his old Zhang family was guaranteed to be rich for at least three generations. He didn't know that his son was eventually educated by Emperor Yang to become a movie star.
Of course, he was not in charge of the shipyard, but Zheng Qinglian, a veteran engineer who was transferred from Mawei Shipyard. In addition, Yang Lianchen and Wei Han, who had just completed the construction of the Taihang and Wuyi ships, were also transferred. These three people should be regarded as Fuzhou's
He is a veteran of the Shipbuilding Bureau. Over the years, he has participated in the construction of almost all warships from destroyers to battleships at Mawei Shipyard. His technical level is completely different from what it was back then. He was even made a viscount by Emperor Yang because of his outstanding contributions.
"Your Majesty, this is a one-tenth scale model of the battleship you designed." In a large factory building in the shipyard, Zheng Qinglian pointed to a huge wooden model more than 20 meters long. This is actually a
A Bismarck-class battleship, except for the removal of those messy anti-aircraft guns and a slight reduction of the horizontal armor, there are almost no other changes. This is to meet the speed requirements of His Majesty the Emperor. The original Bismarck is extremely fast
Less than thirty-two knots, this was unacceptable to him, so he simply reduced the horizontal armor. Anyway, in this era, there is no need to make the horizontal armor too thick. It is estimated that reducing a few hundred tons will not be a problem.
Coupled with the reduced weight of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, artillery, reserve artillery shells and the like, it is estimated that it should be easy to exceed thirty-two knots.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with his drawings. These are the genuine drawings that Mustache sold him back then. He has provided all the main gun from design to manufacturing process. But the problem is that he has the drawings, materials, and even the machinery and equipment.
Yes, but he was not sure whether people of this era could create it for him.
"Can it be built?" He asked Zheng Qinglian and the others while looking at the model.
The three people looked at each other for a while, and then Zheng Qinglian frowned and said: "It's possible, but I'm afraid this time is not three or two years. There is absolutely no hope within five years. These two battleships are too big, and there are
Many technologies are unheard of, and we need to conduct research, which I estimate will take at least seven years."
"Seven years, let's do it! Anyway, we are not in a hurry to use it now. We just want to build a few more Kunlun-class ships. It is not a problem to ensure that we have no maritime threats for ten years. However, we must pay attention to the quality when building them.
You must not ignore this issue just to rush for time." Yang Feng said.
He is indeed not in a hurry. Even if the great powers come to war in five years, China cannot rush to join the war. It must at least make war profits for a few years first. Seven years is almost enough.
"What about another kind of battleship?" After seeing his super battleship, Emperor Yang thought of another good thing, that is, his aircraft carrier. At the Dalian Shipbuilding Base, there are also two aircraft carriers that are about to be built at the same time. This thing
The difficulty should be far less than that of Bismarck.
Zheng Qinglian and others quickly took him to another factory, where there was a one-tenth scale wooden model of an Essex-class aircraft carrier. In fact, Emperor Yang himself felt that building such an aircraft carrier was too much.
It's a waste, but since you want to play at a high starting point, just go higher. Anyway, no matter how difficult it is, it won't be more difficult than Bismarck.
"Your Majesty, I really don't understand the purpose of building such a giant ship. If it is used as a sea airport, there is really no need to be so big. Our planes only need less than half the length to fly up and land.
There is absolutely no need for the blocking cables you mentioned, not to mention their size, both the size of the hangar and the elevator are a bit too big." Wei Han said carefully as he looked at the model in front of him.
He was very familiar with airplanes. At this time, aircraft manufacturers in Fuzhou had built hundreds of airplanes, and they were very popular internationally. Especially for military reconnaissance, seaplanes were in short supply, and civilians bought them as toys. In addition, there were also
One of the most important purposes is to transport mail. Now the General Post and Telecommunications Administration has more than fifty aircraft, which are specially used to transport letters to and from major cities in China, especially those remote places with inconvenient transportation.
But when it comes to saying that this thing can be used for fighting, they really don't believe it. This kind of thing made of wood, canvas or plywood cannot be connected with a weapon no matter how you look at it.
"Wooden airplanes won't work, but what if they are made of metal?" Emperor Yang said with a smile.
"Metal, steel? Then it can't fly at all." Wei Han exclaimed.
"Who said it's made of steel? Why can't it be made of aluminum?" Emperor Yang said.
"Aluminum may not be strong enough, and if aluminum is processed to the level of aircraft parts, it may not be as strong as wood. In fact, you can use some good wood to make the aircraft bigger," Yang Lianchen said.
"Why should I use pure aluminum? Isn't this good?" Emperor Yang happened to see Zhang Zuolin next to him carrying a pocket watch with an aluminum alloy bracelet, so he pulled it out and said.
"Light silver? How much does it cost?" Zhang Zuolin's eyes almost popped out of his head.