Shandong Electric Railway, also Zhan Tianyou's achievement, has a total of more than 5,000 kilometers of branch railway network, making Shandong the most densely populated province in China, but the operating efficiency of most electric railways is not high. The only thing that really makes money www.biquge.info is the railway between a few big cities, such as the branch lines from Dongying to Yantai, Yantai to Qingdao, and Dongying to Weixian.

Originally, it was to stimulate Siemens to develop new technologies, so it invested a lot, and the technology was developed, but it was also a problem that it could not be profitable at all.

Zhan Tianyou thought for a while and said: "Shandong's power branch line is no longer inferior to diesel locomotives in terms of performance. In a place like Shandong, where electricity is cheap, operating costs are also lower. But in most places where there is no power grid, it will not work at all. Here in Shanghai, you can try it. ”

Yang Chao nodded: "It's okay, open an intercity passenger tram, I believe the people of Shanghai will be very welcome." ”

Shanghai is the city with the best power development except for Shandong, all ten cities are electrified, and a total of more than 10 power plants have been built, but unfortunately most of them are small power plants.

Yang Chao continued: "In addition, Shanghai's power development is still lagging behind. I propose to build two new power plants of 200,000 yuan in Shanghai, and Siemens has recently developed 100,000 million units, two units in one power plant, which not only has a relatively low investment, but also consumes less coal. ”

If Shanghai wants to develop intercity trams, the current power supply will not be enough, and the new two power plants can not only alleviate the shortage of electricity, but also eliminate some outdated production capacity.

And now is a good time, although Siemens failed to develop Yang Chao's 100,000 units during the war, but they have always insisted on research and development, after the war they immediately hired an experienced team of experts from the economic depression of Germany, and finally overcame one by one difficulties, completed the assembly of the first 100,000 million generator and steam turbine, and the test results were very ideal.

Of course, there is still a Siemens brand, but in fact, in the composition of the shares of Siemens China, China's shares have accounted for ninety percent, and the Siemens family only accounts for one percent.

"The power industry is our future direction. Today, we have the second largest power generation capacity in the world, but the gap with the United States is still quite large. Not even half of the United States. One of the most important purposes of this meeting is to catch up with the United States! ”

There is a slogan called surpassing Britain to catch up with the United States, now China has surpassed Britain, but the gap with the United States is still relatively large, the industrial output value fell to 10 billion last year because of the crisis, this year it is obviously impossible to be much higher than this number, but the United States even in the economic crisis still maintains a scale of 30 billion, to catch up with the United States is indeed a difficult task.

However, in a few key industries to catch up with or even surpass the United States, there is still a lot of hope, especially those future-oriented industries, Yang Chao is to vigorously advocate, he wants to stimulate the economy, to let better, more efficient, more future industries flourish.

"So I propose that our electricity production quadruple in three years and catch up with the United States!"

After Yang Chao finished speaking, everyone was in an uproar, quadruple, that is four times, four times in three years, how is this possible!

"I'm afraid that there is no place to use the electricity that comes out?"

A lot of people talk about it.

Yang Chao smiled: "I'm not afraid that there is no place to make it." Didn't Brother Zhan just say that in places where the power supply is sufficient and the price of electricity is low, the cost of electric locomotives is lower than that of fuel locomotives, and the cost of fuel locomotives is lower than that of steam locomotives. Therefore, the railway is the best electricity market, so I suggest that in the future, we should electrify the railway along the railway line with the best economic efficiency! For example, the four railway lines of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Han and Guangdong, with a total of 4,000 kilometers, can be electrified? ”

The electrification of 4,000 kilometers of railways has caused an uproar among the public, and what a cost it will have to make.

Yang Chao smiled: "Don't worry. These four routes are the most prosperous because they pass through the most large cities, so there is always plenty of freight. I didn't plan to build a power plant on the railway, but in the cities along the way, first, to give the many cities enough electricity, and second, to make the railroad profitable. ”

Everyone thinks that this is reliable, and it is much cheaper to calculate, it is nothing more than the expansion of power plants in various cities, and with these cities as the foundation, even if the investment is not profitable, it will not be able to lose money.

"I asked Siemens experts that it was perfectly feasible to build a transmission grid along the railway. Once completed, not only can the railway be electrified, but also dozens of large and medium-sized cities, hundreds of small cities, and even thousands of towns along the entire line will be able to enjoy electricity. To put it mildly, it will be possible to achieve electricity coverage along our eastern coast! ”

The masculine plan made many people can't help but be excited, and Li Fuan is even more excited, this is the Yang Chao he admires, and there is no big deal worthy of his worship.

Moreover, the feasibility of this plan is very strong, the eastern coast is already an economically developed zone, let this area complete the electrification first, the economic benefits are also considerable, and the investment will definitely be recovered.

And once the electrification is completed, with Li Fuan's understanding of industry in recent years, he knows that it is a huge boost to the industry in these areas, not to mention that the use of electric motors is more economical and lower cost than diesel engines and steam engines, and the lighting function alone can allow thousands of enterprises to start work day and night, which is equivalent to doubling the production capacity.

"So now let's talk about the construction of the Navy. Commander Cheng, let's introduce the situation first. ”

Cheng Biguang has always been very low-key and did not participate in the discussion, he is low-key because he feels that he is not Yang Chao's descendant, he is Brother Pao's person.

Cheng Biguang's younger brother is a loyal fan of Brother Pao, and Cheng Biguang also joined Brother Pao's Xingzhong Association because of this relationship, but he didn't get together with Brother Pao in this time and space, at least he didn't respond to Brother Pao's uprising.

During the Xinhai Revolution, Cheng Biguang led the Haiqi, the most advanced of the Beiyang Fleet at that time, to escort the Manchu magnates to attend the coronation ceremony of the British king, and then was ordered to go to Cuba and Mexico to demonstrate against the anti-Chinese armed forces, so he did not have time to catch up with this good time, and when he returned, Yuan Shikai appointed Liu Guanxiong as the Minister of the Admiralty, which made Cheng Biguang very depressed.

Later, when Yuan Shikai was ousted from power by various forces, and when Li Yuanhong came to power, he once again did not catch up with the good time, Li Yuanhong had an old friendship with him, Li Yuanhong served in the navy and was the Guangjia pipe ship, Cheng Biguang was the captain, and Li Yuanhong was his subordinate.

Now that Li Yuanhong is flying and Huang Tengda, it is logical to promote Cheng Biguang, but at that time, Liu Guanxiong had already secured his position, and Yang Chao focused on stabilizing the overall situation at that time, and reached an agreement with Li Yuanhong, and the cabinet was basically retained. So they still failed to become the top brass of the navy, and fortunately resigned to live in Shanghai at that time.

Cheng Biguang thought that Yang Chao refused to use him because of Brother Pao's incident, and he once wrote to a friend to feel that his future was bleak and he hated to die.

Who knows that Liu Guanxiong and Sa Zhenbing were both killed in the Battle of Tokyo Bay, the death of these two shocked Cheng Biguang, but at the same time gave him a chance, Li Yuanhong strongly recommended him, Yang Chao, who was the Minister of National Defense at the time, did not oppose because of his identity, so that Cheng Biguang got what he wanted and finally became the commander-in-chief of the navy.

Cheng Biguang is actually just an official fan, an opportunist, of course, he has been abroad and still has a little more in his heart towards the new faction, so between Yuan Shikai and Brother Pao, he chose Brother Pao, but between the forces represented by Brother Pao and Yang Chao, he actually has no special tendency, he thinks that the two of them are doing the right thing, but it is a pity that Brother Pao has never been able to reconcile with Yang Chao, so it is very difficult for him to be caught in the middle.

Therefore, after he became the commander of the navy, he has always pursued the principle of doing more things and talking less, and his performance has been very low-key.

"We already have 30 super-dreadnought-class battleships, more than 120 cruisers, as well as 300 destroyers and torpedo boats with a total tonnage of 2 million tons. At present, China's naval tonnage ranks third in the world, second only to Britain and the United States. The British Royal Navy has a total tonnage of 3 million tons, and the United States, after acquiring most of the warships of the German Navy fleet, now has a total tonnage of 2.2 million tons. However, China's warships are all new-type warships, and among the main battleships, there are 10 super-dreadnought-class battleships built by Britain and the Japanese Navy, 10 super-dreadnought-class battleships built by France-built Russian Navy, and 10 self-built battleships built by China after the Battle of Tokyo Bay, all of which are no more than ten years old. ”

Before the First World War, the British had built more than 3.5 million tons of German arms race, but during the war, they were replaced by many old destroyers and cruisers by the German submarine ministers, and the tonnage was reduced, but some new ships were added, and the combat effectiveness increased unabated.

The Americans used German warships for military expenses, for which they gave up asking Germany for military expenses, of course, in the end the German Navy still scuttled their ships, and they also had this courage, they did not dare to fight to the death with the British, launched an uprising to oust the Kaiser, and then scuttled the warship to show courage, but in the end it was salvaged by the Americans, and the German shipyards without business were happy to help the Americans repair it and let the Americans drive back.

In this way, the United States has the second largest naval fleet in the world.

"So we also have to build 1 million ton warships, especially capital ships, to bridge the gap with the British Royal Navy!"

Yang Chao said in a deep voice.

Cheng Biguang nodded, as the commander of the navy, how could he not want to become the commander of the world's largest navy.

"But where does the money come from?"

Finally, an inappropriate voice appeared, Zhang Jiaao frowned and asked, it takes courage to make such a voice at such a time. (To be continued.) )