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There is nothing more precious than peace, the war in Europe has shown that in an era of more and more advanced weapons, the damage caused by all-out warfare is no longer comparable to the wars of the past, under the blow of the enemy's long-range weapons, there is no longer a need to deliberately distinguish between the front line and the rear, in a sense, the scope of the battlefield has expanded beyond the field of vision, and it is no longer absolutely safe to stay outside the battlefield.

The so-called "be prepared for danger in times of peace." "The more in the shadow of this global war, the more a truly responsible government can not despise national defense construction, peace is precious, but compromise and concession can not be exchanged for peace, to let the enemy understand that your strength should not be insulted, the best way is to show strength, especially military strength, which requires the government to invest in the maintenance and upgrading of the military machine and the war machine.

The army, navy, and air force are the main components of the modern military machine and the war machine, and all of them are indispensable, especially for a large country with a vast territory and a long coastline at the same time, the construction of these three branches of the armed forces cannot be neglected, and military spending may be inclined to one of the services, but the other branches of the armed forces also need to be strengthened.

Therefore, in order to stop the war with war and stop the military with force, the current central government of China is strengthening the construction of various branches of the armed forces, and compared with previous years, the central government has obviously increased its investment in naval construction, which can also be regarded as a measure of the central government to alleviate the industrial depression and maintain the industrial exhibition with the military industry.

Qingdao, Xingang Wharf.

Now, a dock is being built at the Xingang Terminal in Qingdao, and if it is completed, China will have the capacity to build 20,000-ton ships, which is why it is the largest of all the docks currently under construction in China, more advanced than the docks in Lushun and Dalian.

With China's technical reserves, it is not possible to build such a large shipyard on its own, because of the lack of experience, therefore, foreign technical experts, mainly German specialists, are now providing technical support for the construction of this dock. Yesterday, however, a Japanese shipbuilding expert came over, which somewhat attracted the attention of the workers, after all, the central government had never hired a Japanese technical expert since China and Japan were at loggerheads.

However, this Japanese shipbuilding expert did not come to guide the construction of the dock, in fact, he was ordered by the Japanese government to visit the new shipyard in China. Through this action, the Chinese Government has also tried to make clear to the Japanese Government the basic position of the Chinese Government on naval construction, that is, it will focus on a defensive maritime strategy and will not threaten Japan's security.

In fact, at the same time that this Japanese shipbuilding expert, accompanied by Chinese technicians, visited the construction of the Qingdao Xingang-class dock, there was also a Chinese delegation visiting Japan's army construction, and the Japanese government also tried to show the Chinese government through this move that they had no intention of building a large army, and that Japan's army construction was only for the purpose of assisting the navy in attacking and safeguarding the interests of the colony. Without the aim of competing for hegemony on the East Asian continent, in fact, Japan's national strength cannot take into account both the large navy and the large army.

This Japanese shipbuilding expert named Sasaki Kazukiyo, who visited the construction of Qingdao Xingang Dock on behalf of the Japanese government, participated in the design of the latest type of battleships of the Japanese Navy, and has very rich experience in the design of warships, and the reason why the Japanese Government sent him to China is to let him roughly calculate how big a warship this Qingdao Xingang Dock can build and see if the Chinese have done anything with the data. Kazukiyo Sasaki came here yesterday, and after walking around the dock construction site for a few hours this morning, he quickly came to the conclusion that this dock is not comparable to the latest Japanese dock, so, theoretically, it is impossible for the Chinese to be here? The Japanese government can rest assured that it will build warships that are larger than Japan's latest battleships.

Sasaki Kazukiyo was also relieved, as a senior adviser to the Japanese Navy's Ship Administration Headquarters, he had always been worried that China would use German technical assistance to build larger and more advanced battleships than Japanese battleships, but now, seeing that the Chinese seem to have no intention of fully competing with Japan in the construction of battleships, then Sasaki Ichikiyo's hanging heart is also relaxed.

The nerves relaxed, and Sasaki Yiqing also had the leisure to travel the mountains and rivers, so he was invited by the escort sent by the Chinese government. Sasaki Ichikiyo took a few assistants and Tsuizawa to Nayama to soak in the hot springs, intending to leave for China the next day and report to the Japanese government and military headquarters.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Sasaki Ichikiyoshi took those assistants and Tuizawa to leave Nashan Mountain, rushed to Qingdao Railway Station, got on a special car, and then returned to Tianjin in a puff of smoke, preparing to return to Japan from Tianjin.

There are quite a few celebrities in the Chinese shipbuilding industry who went to the railway station to see off Sasaki Ichiki, the most famous of which is Mr. Wei Han, director of the Shipbuilding Department and shipbuilding director of the Admiralty, who did not go to Qingdao to accompany Sasaki Ichiqing to visit the Xingang dock, in fact, Wei Han had already lived in Qingdao for a period of time before the Japanese shipbuilding expert arrived in Qingdao, but he did not rush here for the construction of the dock, but for another matter, and now, standing on the railway station, Wei Han is still thinking about that thing.

"Alright, alright. The Japanese guy is finally out of here, let's hurry up and get about our business. Quickly shake the phone and tell the navy to hurry up and get the ship out, the weather is good today, and there is still some time before it gets dark, hurry up and test it

When Wei Han walked out of the railway station, the first thing he did was to ask his assistant to rush to the Qingdao garrison headquarters, while he himself got into a car, drove directly to Qingdao Commercial Port, took a small steamer at the port, and sailed to the sea off Qingdao under the sunset.

By the time Wei Han arrived at his destination, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and in another two hours, it would be dark.

Before Wei Han arrived, there was already a ship waiting there, not an ordinary civilian ship, but a warship, which was none other than the two seaplane carriers currently in service in the Chinese Navy; The core of the East China Sea, No., do not please compared with the previous few small months, now, the East China Sea "Diao" panic has this structural change, on the starboard side of the warship, some steel pillars are installed, used to support a section of additional welded steel plates, this steel plate is very long, located on the side of the island-shaped bridge, almost extending from the ship to the ship, the total length is more than 50 meters, because the weight is too large, affecting the stability of the warship, therefore, in order to counterweight, some additional butterfly cabins are installed on the port side of the warship, which is filled with coal, It is used to balance the center of gravity of the warship.

When Wei Han's small steamer arrived next to the "Little Donghai", the sailors on the warship were busy dragging a light plane from the deck of the Zhuo ship to the steel plate, and it was worth noting that the light plane had a strange hook in the tail of the plane, and it seemed that the pilot could control it to lift and fall.

Wei Han quickly boarded the warship, and the captain and the officers stepped forward, and after a few pleasantries, he rushed to the steel plate and urged the sailors to put the plane in the right position.

After that, the pilot got on the plane and checked the parachute.

"The warship has sailed against the wind. Can I start testing? The captain asked Wei Han.

Wei Han nodded, glanced at the time of the hanging watch, and then said, "Now at five and five in the afternoon, the first landing halter cable test has begun. ”

At the same time, an assistant standing beside Wei Han wrote down Wei Han's words in his notebook, and before he could stop writing, the roar of the plane's engine sounded, and it quickly reached a high turn, but the pilot was not in a hurry to take off. And the sailors who grabbed the tail of the plane were also waiting for the pilot's order.

After a while, when the motive turned to the highest, the pilot finally waved his left hand.

"Release the plane! Release the aircraft".

The pilot's shouts were completely drowned out by the roar of the motive, but the sailors still saw his movements. So the cube shouted a few times together according to the prior agreement, and then let go of its hand at the same time, and the light plane immediately jumped forward, taxiing on the steel plate for more than 20 meters, and then the nose of the plane was suddenly raised, and the wheels on the landing gear left the steel plate.

"Take-off was successful! Twenty-six meters away

Wei Han looked at the sky and said a word, but the assistant still wrote it down in his notebook.

After takeoff, everyone retreated to the port side of the deck, staring at the sky, following the plane that circled over the warship, while the sailors on the warship busied, crossing some thick ropes over the steel plates that had been attached to them, and attaching them to a set of mechanisms.

A few minutes later, the preparations on the deck were completed, the boatswain reported to the captain that the task had been completed, and the captain glanced at Wei Han, saw that the other party nodded, so he gave the order.

"Permission to land! The warship sails against the wind. Keep sailing! ”

The captain gave an order, and the signal lights on the bridge of the warship began to flash, and then, the plane began to descend in altitude, and soon entered the landing route, aiming at the steel plate in the sky hundreds of meters away from the warship, and at the same time, the signal lights on the bridge kept flashing, and suddenly the lights on the left turned on, and the lights on the right turned on, or they went up and down, and instructed the pilot to adjust the course and altitude in order to align the steel plate in the middle. Finally, with the sound of the wheels rubbing against the steel plate, the plane landed on the warship, because the pilot put down the hook at the tail of the plane, and accurately hooked one of the ropes that were across the steel plate, the plane continued to rush forward, quickly tightened the rope, and after following the plane for some distance, the rope finally pulled the plane, and made the plane completely stopped.

"Landing distance, fifteen meters. The test was successful

Wei Han suppressed the excitement in his heart and shouted in a deep voice, and the assistant standing beside him still wrote down this sentence in his notebook.

"Congratulations, Mr. Wei. The take-off and landing were very successful, and the arrest line you designed was very practical. ”

The captain was the first to step forward and congratulate Wei Han. However, Wei Han is also very humble.

"Where, where. Without your help, today's test wouldn't have gone so smoothly. However, in the final analysis, without the president's order, Japan would not have launched an aircraft warship take-off and landing experiment so quickly

Wei Han walked to the plane, squatted down to carefully check the tail hook, it was in good condition, the structure of the plane was not significantly damaged, and the blocking cable could continue to be used.

"I wonder when Mr. Wei will be able to come up with the design of an aircraft carrier?" The captain walked up to Wei Han's side, squatted down as well, and asked in a low voice.

Wei Han smiled and said, "No hurry, no hurry. Didn't the president specifically ask to come up with a design plan as soon as possible, after all, even the British "Hundred-Eyed Giant" is also a groping aircraft carrier, and we are not the first to eat this crab, the president is not in a hurry, what are you anxious about? .

"Why not rush? At present, the navy has only a few large warships that can get their hands on it, and the European war has further proved the actual combat value of aircraft, and now even the Japanese are studying aircraft carriers, so we cannot fall behind in the design and construction of this new type of warship

"Well, it depends on how the president arranges it. However, it seems to me that the president means that even if we build aircraft carriers, at most we will only build experimental small warships, and we will accumulate experience first. ”

Wei Han wiped his hands, stood up, looked at the sunset in the west, took the notebook handed over by his assistant, wrote a few lines on it, and then touched the wing of the plane in front of him.

"I will go to Beijing tomorrow, meet with the president, and ask him for funding for the construction of the ship. I estimate that the president may approve the construction of a small aircraft carrier, and I am also confident that we can rely on China's own technical strength to complete the construction of this warship, after all, after several years of exhibition, China's shipbuilding technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, even if it is not possible to build a new ship, but it seems to be a good idea to transform the old ship, the British "Hundred-Eyed Giant, is transformed with a merchant ship." ”