After the ceremony was completed to present the portrait of Yuan Shikai, Xu Shuzheng awarded the golden seal and the certificate of appointment of the "Jebu Zundanba Hutuketu Khan" issued by the Chinese Imperial Government to Zhebu Zundamba, and then held a ceremony for the princes of the Outer Méng Ancient League and the former autonomous government officials to salute Yuan Shikai's portrait. After the ceremony, all the offices of the ancient government offices were closed, and a Chinese armed guard was set up in front of the mén. Xu Shuzheng then issued an order to disband and demobilize all the ancient armies of Méng in his capacity as an envoy to the northwest. The ancient authorities then sent more than 9,000 rifles, 5 mén cannons, 10 tǐng machine guns, and a large number of shells and bullets to Xu Shuzheng. Xu Shuzheng left only 60 guards for Jebtsundamba to serve as shì guards. At this point, the supreme sovereignty and all the political power of the Outer Méng Ancient were transferred to the Northwest Frontier Embassy.

Yang Shuoming, on the other hand, was in the southbound airship when he saw the news of the abolition of independence and autonomy in the newspaper.

"Méng Gu has returned to my Chinese territory, and I really should celebrate it."

Ding Wenjiang, chief industrial and mining consultant of the National Industrial Supervision Office, who was sitting opposite Yang Shuoming, put down the newspaper with a smile, "If you have a chance in the future, you must go over to investigate." ”

Ding Wenjiang went to Japan to study at the age of 15, and went to England from Japan in 1904 to study geology and zoology.

"Yes! If I have the opportunity, I also want to see what this ancient desert is like. Yang Shuoming's eyes looked out the window, "I don't know if I can walk through the splendid mountains and rivers of China in my lifetime." ”

Hearing that the young general in front of him had an old-fashioned tone, Ding Wenjiang, who was already middle-aged, couldn't help laughing.

"With this airship, it shouldn't be a problem to go there, didn't the newspaper say that the reason why General Xu Youzheng has achieved great success is that this airship has contributed a lot, and Hanzhi has created this flying boat, which is really convenient!" Ding Wenjiang looked out the window and sighed, "I never thought that I would be able to sit on our Chinese airship now." ”

"The design and manufacture of this airship is actually nothing." Yang Shuoming smiled slightly and said.

"Han Zhi's words are wrong, this kind of airship, even people in the aviation circles of the Western Kingdom look at it, and they all praise its xìng can be advanced," Ding Wenjiang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Yang Shuoming's words, "Ding Mou has been amazed at the complexity of its components since he boarded the boat. With our country's current technology, it can be said that it is a miracle that such an airship can be made. ”

Of course, Ding Wenjiang didn't know that the reason why this advanced hard airship was able to be born in China was entirely because of the "ghost eyes" of the young man in front of him.

"Brother Ding, do you know what is the biggest gap between China and Europe and the United States now?" Yang Shuoming knew that Ding Wenjiang didn't understand what he meant, so he asked with a smile.

"Hanzhi's problem has often been in the newspapers recently, and the debate in the domestic academic circles is also very strong, Ding stayed abroad to study at the age of fifteen, and then decided to save the country through industry." Ding Wenjiang replied, "According to Ding's view, the biggest gap between China and the Taixi countries and even the largest is industrial technology. ”

"Brother Ding is actually only half right." Yang Shuoming sighed and said.

What does Hanzhi mean by the other half? I would like to hear about it. Ding Wenjiang lifted the round glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his face showed concern.

"The so-called gap in science and technology is actually just a façade." Yang Shuoming said, "Because the carrier of technology is people. Nowadays, the gap between China and Europe and the United States is talent. ”

Listening to Yang Shuoming's words, Ding Wenjiang couldn't help but nod again and again.

Ding Wenjiang didn't know that what Yang Shuoming was most worried about now was that he would not be able to pass on the high-tech knowledge stored in his "supercomputer eye" to more Chinese people as soon as possible.

Technology is not a problem at all for his eyes, the problem is that no one but him is able to really master them now.

"What Hanzhi said is that if you lack a certain technology, you can find a way to introduce it from abroad, but if it is a talent, it is impossible to always rely on the introduction." Ding Wenjiang said, "I was taught." ”

Gong Zizhen has a poem: I advise the heavenly prince to be vigorous and reduce talents without sticking to one pattern. But talent never falls from the sky," Yang Shuoming said, "so I hope that in addition to exploring the mines, I hope that Brother Ding can pass on all the knowledge he has learned to my talented children in China." ”

"Hanzhi rest assured, the newly built China University of Geosciences, xiǎoxiǎo faculty members, should have a certain Ding." Ding Wenjiang understood Yang Shuoming's painstaking remarks, and immediately agreed. ,

"Then I'm here, thank you Brother Ding in advance." Yang Shuoming said solemnly.

"However, looking at these treasure maps given to me by Hanzhi without finding out these good things, my heart is really ......" Ding Wenjiang pointed to a thick document bag not far away, and his eyes flashed with excitement again.

Inside this heavy package of documents is a map of China's petroleum distribution drawn by Yang Shuoming based on the data of the "supercomputer eye".

"You know, our country has more coal and less oil, if we can really find a big oil field, it will be a golden doll!" Ding Wenjiang looked at Yang Shuoming and said, "I really can't think of where Hanzhi got these valuable information. ”

"The source of the information, Brother Ding doesn't need to dig deeper, just find the oil." Yang Shuoming was really too lazy to explain the origin of his drawings to these well-known domestic experts, and he deliberately said vaguely.

He has done things like turning what he sees into drawings and sending them to professionals in the relevant fields in China many times.

From now on, it is neither the first time nor the last time that Ding Wenjiang has obtained such valuable information.

Fuzhou, Mawei Port.

"This guy really knows no limits to his creativity!"

Shi Xuanhou opened a drawing with an auxiliary cruiser and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

This so-called "sketch", which is very well drawn, depicts an auxiliary cruiser converted from a freighter, and there are three models depending on the purpose, and the biggest difference between this auxiliary cruiser and similar foreign ships is that in the middle of the hull, one model carries two xiǎo torpedo boats, and the other carries two seaplanes.

The description under the diagram is "for your reference only".

"I sometimes wonder if he were in charge of this shipyard, wouldn't we be able to see more of these strange things?" Shi Xuanhou's right-hand man, Mao Lei, the designer of the Mawei Shipyard, said on the side.

"What? Are you saying I can't even design something like this? Shi Xuanhou glared at Mao Lei as if he was angry, and said conceitedly.

"Brother Mao, have you forgotten? The 'Hai Rui' that has been on trial voyage for the past two days is with an airplane. A young man beside Shi Xuanhou said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, the design of the 'Hai Rui' to place the aircraft on the ship is the first of its kind in the history of China's shipbuilding, and it is really in the hands of Shi Gong." Mao Lei smiled, xiǎoxiǎo praised Shi Xuanhou.

"In our country, there is still a lack of relevant talents." Shi Xuanhou looked at the young man next to him, Ba Yùzao, director of the aircraft engineering office of "Renhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industry", and sighed, "If it weren't for Yunhua's return to China to help me, I really don't know how to complete Yang Hanzhi's idea." ”

After listening to Shi Xuanhou's words, Ba Yùzao smiled slightly and said: "General Hanzhi wants Ba to return to China to serve, and Ba Mou, as a descendant of Yan and Huang, dares to disobey his orders. ”

Born in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, the 26-year-old was admitted to the Nanjing Sailor School at the age of 13 and was selected to study mechanical engineering in the UK at the age of 17. In 1909, he was sent to England to study and learn how to make ship cannons. The following year, he was admitted to Armstrong College to study mechanical engineering, and then to work at Vickers Shipyard. After the outbreak of the European War, he moved from England to the United States, where he was admitted to the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to continue his studies. He studied hard and obtained a master's degree in aeronautical engineering in only six months, and was hired as a design engineer at the Curtis Aircraft Factory in the United Kingdom and the Chief Engineer of the General Aircraft Factory in the United States. Although he is abroad, he has always been concerned about his motherland. When he learned that the aircraft played a huge role in the resistance of the ancestral ** team against the Japanese invasion, he was very excited, and he had the idea of returning to China to serve him. After receiving Yang Shuoming's invitation, in the autumn of 1917, Ba yùzao resolutely resigned from his senior position and preferential treatment in two foreign aircraft factories, returned to the motherland, and started China's own aircraft manufacturing industry.

After returning to China, under the arrangement of Yang Shuoming, he entered the "Renhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industry" and established an aircraft factory in Mawei Shipyard, where he was appointed as the director, responsible for the manufacture of aircraft and the training of aircraft manufacturing talents. Thanks to the efforts of Bayù algae, the aircraft factory soon began to take shape. Using what he had learned, he improved the first-generation aircraft produced by Jiangxi Renhe and the company, further improved the xìng performance of this type of aircraft, and together with Shi Xuanhou, created the Xìng combination of aircraft and warships. ,

"Now that our factory has finally taken shape, it's time to think about making a big difference, and we can't always work these xiǎo ships." Shi Xuanhou thought of the news about the construction of a new type of battleship from the United States a few days ago, and his heart was filled for a while.

After Shi Xuanhou first came to the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau on the orders of Yang Shuoming, the desolate and dilapidated scene here once made him saddened. He was determined to make the former "No. 1 shipyard in East Asia" a leader in China's shipbuilding industry again. In order to complete the construction of the shipyard in the shortest possible time, Shi Xuanhou and his colleagues went through unimaginable hard work, relying on the hands of local workers, they dug out millions of bricks and dozens of tons of scrap steel from the ground, and removed the unexploded shells that were left on the barren grass of the original dock. An old worker of the shipyard once proudly said to a visiting reporter of the "Asia Daily": "The bricks we picked out alone have built four buildings with a total of 70 staff dormitories and 3 rows of 36 offices. With the concerted efforts of the whole family, the Mawei shipyard miraculously got back on its feet.

Due to the huge losses caused by the "unrestricted submarine warfare" carried out by Germany to the sea routes of the Allied countries, Shi Xuanhou keenly seized the opportunity to obtain valuable orders for the Mawei shipyard as an opportunity for the Entente to replenish merchant ships. After unremitting efforts, the Mawei shipyard quickly stood up from the ruins of the past, and the launch of the first cargo ships won the praise of the British for its excellent quality.

The income from the first sale not only freed the Mawei shipyard from its predicament, but also made a lot of money, so that the poor shipbuilders no longer had to worry about food and clothing.

It is this creativity, born from raising a family, that gives new hope to the people at the shipyard. Today, the factory has received a lot of orders, and most of the shipowners are from the United Kingdom, France and the United States. Although this is just a job card for someone else, from this moment on, the factory that has been lonely for many years has begun to shine again. Many senior engineers and technicians who had studied in Europe and the United States also saw hope and returned to China one after another to come to Mawei to run China's shipbuilding business.

"Yes! I heard that General Hanzhi also took the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. It is said that the country's largest shipbuilding industrial base will be established there, and we can't let people compare it. Mao Lei said.

"The successful construction of a 4,000-ton cruiser this time is a good start," Shi Xuanhou said with confidence, "as long as you run fast and complete the technological transformation and upgrading, a 10,000-ton ship is not a dream!" ”

The successful trial voyage of the newly completed cruiser "Hai Rui" means the beginning of the re-emergence of China's shipbuilding industry after many years of silence.

The cruiser "Hai Jui" had a standard displacement of 4,200 tons, a three-expansion reciprocating steam engine, a two-shaft and twin propellers, a maximum speed of 30 knots, and a cruising range of 4,000 nautical miles at 15 knots. The armament of the "Hai Jui" consisted of two twin "Skoda" 150-mm main guns, four "Skoda" single-mounted 100-mm secondary guns, three twin 37-mm machine guns and two twin 533-mm torpedo barrels, and carried one reconnaissance aircraft (no hangar).

The ship designers of the Mawei Shipyard fully considered China's current national conditions when designing the "Hai Rui", because China is short of oil and has a lot of coal, so the ship's power compartment is designed to be very long, and there are as many as four chimneys, in order to use a less efficient coal-fired boiler with three expansion reciprocating engines to make the ship's speed reach 30 knots. As for why the three-expansion reciprocator is insisted on instead of the new turbine steam engine, it is because the three-expansion reciprocator is much simpler to maintain than the turbine, which can reduce the pressure on the Chinese navy. Since the Chinese navy itself lacks enough ships, and a large number of major ships are going to Europe to participate in the war, this difficulty is exacerbated, and in order to guard the long coastline, some people in the Chinese navy's top brass plan to allow the newly launched warships to undertake high-intensity service tasks from the north to the south, that is, "being a donkey" as the saying goes. Under the influence of this line of thinking, it is not surprising that the "Hai Rui" adopted such a design scheme.

At this time, the "Hai Rui" had completed a new round of sea trials and was slowly sailing into the Majiang River.

"Our Chinese Navy has never conducted ocean-going training since the first year of the Republic of China. I haven't been to sea since I became the commander of this Rausch's fleet! ”

Lan Jianshu stood on the bridge of the cruiser "Hai Rui", looked at the Luo Xing Pagoda in the distance, and said with some emotion.

"Yes, after so many years, our Chinese Navy finally has its own cruiser again." Li and Mō, who were standing beside him, stroked the barricade of the bridge and were filled with emotion for a while. ,

Lan Jianshu looked at Li He, knowing that he remembered the past again, and sighed along.

Although Li He has now reached the rank of vice admiral, almost everyone who is familiar with the history of the Chinese Navy knows that in the war that had a bearing on China's future national fortunes in the First Sino-Japanese War, Li He was the captain of the "Pingyuan," the first armored cruiser made by China.

In Dadonggou, Li He commanded this domestically built cruiser and fought fiercely with the cruiser "Matsushima," the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy ships.

The "Pingyuan" ship, which made meritorious contributions in the Battle of Dadonggou in the First Sino-Japanese War, was made by the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau.

Now, Li He is standing on the new generation of domestically produced cruiser "Hai Rui" built by the revitalized Mawei Shipyard, thinking of the past and can't help but burst into tears.

"Today is actually a good day, we have a new warship, and it is a 4,000-ton cruiser, you should be happy." Lan Jianshu's eyes were also a little moist, and he patted Li He's shoulder and comforted him.

"Yes! In terms of tonnage, this is the second largest ship of our Chinese Navy. Li He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said in a choked voice.

Listening to Li He's bitter words, Lan Jianshu nodded with a wry smile.

After the construction of this new ship began, the officers and men of the Chinese Navy waited with great anticipation for this 4,000-ton cruiser, because since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Navy has not built a new warship of this size for seven years.

Even the most well-equipped First Fleet in all of China was only four old cruisers.

After China joined the Entente camp to participate in the war, after the Battle of Jutland, at the request of Britain, France and the United States, the Chinese Navy also sent ships to Europe to participate in the war, and four old cruisers immediately went to England.

Among the four "capital ships" of the Chinese Navy, the "Haiqi" with the largest tonnage was completed in 1898, and the age of the ship is close to 20 years!

20 years! Exactly 20 years have passed! The Chinese Navy is almost still standing still!

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