The telegram passed through most of China and reached Baotou, Yang Yuanzhao had just completed his inspection of Darhan, and he was in a very comfortable mood, basically able to reach the T34 eight or nine percent of the strength of the T-12 formal finalization, as long as there was a year, with a strong ability in the northwest, the steps of production could be completed, and then, it was a small batch of entry into the army, improvement, real yàn, and even the final mass production, once the number of this tank exceeded 300, on the continent, the whole world, Not a single army could withstand the flood of armor from tanks.

Of course, Yang Yuanzhao does not plan to fight the world with one weapon, self-propelled artillery of more than 100 mm, light tanks of less than 15 tons, armored vehicles, including other motorized tank divisions than necessary things, all need to complete the test and installation in the next year, when the time comes, a real yàn armored corps, including three armored divisions, will take shape in Baotou, and then Baotou will really have the strength to sweep the world and confront the foreign powers head-on.

Yang Yuanzhao left a general idea, a variety of armored vehicles and light tanks drawing and ideas, all of these left in the Yinshan base, in the next year, most of the resources in the entire northwest, will be inclined to the Yinshan base, this importance is even above the northern war situation, and even he ordered the Yinshan base, under the existing situation, in the Yinshan base to assemble 30 tanks, and do a good job of training, really if the northern war situation is not smooth, even if these weapons are exposed, it is necessary to crush the Russian army.

At this time, after the news of someone asking to buy marine steel reached Baotou, Yang Yuanzhao asked the Investigation Bureau in surprise at the same time, did he investigate the situation of the middle-aged man, who was he, and why did he ask for enough marine steel.

The use of marine steel is somewhat narrow, except for marine, it is rarely used in other aspects, because of corrosion resistance and marine use, marine steel is used in non-marine fields, the price is high, and the weakness of poor performance will be shown.

The results of the investigation have not yet returned, but the strength of the current investigation bureau has been quite strong, just an afternoon, the most basic information has returned, although the situation of the middle-aged man has not been finally confirmed, but the purpose of his coming has been clear, Jiangnan Shipyard in 1911, was acquired by a group of wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, after a small amount of investment, Jiangnan Shipyard reborn, out of the Beiyang system, became an independent factory, And the first batch of ships with a real yàn of 1,500 tons is being designed and prepared.

Since the construction of Basra Port, Yang Yuanzhao is envious of Germany's navigation industry, but he can only give up, after all, the whole of China, it seems that there is no shipbuilding industry, and now the northwest has no access to the sea, and it is always inconvenient to put it on someone else's side, and there is no special attention.

But now, these tycoons in Jiangnan have put such an opportunity in front of Yang Yuanzhao, which is more or less difficult for him to decide, China, in this era, already has the ability to independently produce thousand-ton ships, this seems to be an opportunity, and it cannot be missed.

Pressing the bell, the secretary walked in, looked at Yang Yuanzhao and said with some respect: "President, you look for me!" ”

"I need information about Jiangnan Shipyard?" Yang Yuanzhao said calmly.

The secretary saluted out, and soon, a thick stack of materials was placed on Yang Yuanzhao's desk, turning over these things that were remade, and the information was still a little yellowed, Yang Yuanzhao looked at it quietly, in the Westernization Movement, the Qing government purchased the Qiji Iron Factory opened by foreigners in the Hongkou area of Shanghai in 1865, and merged the original two foreign artillery bureaus to form a new factory, named "Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau", manufacturing ship artillery munitions and various machines.

In 1867, the Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau moved to the current site of Gaochang Temple in the south of the city and established a translation hall. The Translation Hall not only created first-class engineering experts in modern China, such as Xu Shou, Hua Yufang, and Xu Jianyin, but also became a pioneer in comprehensively introducing and learning the world's advanced science and technology, which had a profound impact on China's early industry. At this time, Jiangnan Shipyard entered the first period of prosperous development: the birth of China's first lathe, the construction of China's first steam-propelled warship "Huiji" and the first ironclad warship "Jinou", the development of China's first rifle, the first steel cannon, the first pound of smokeless gunpowder, refining China's first furnace of steel, these achievements, far more than Japan in the same period, to the 90s of the 19th century, Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau has developed into China and even East Asia The most advanced technology and the most well-equipped machine factory.

In March 1905, when the dockyard, which had been abandoned for nearly 30 years, was "extremely poor and changing", the shipbuilding business was officially separated from the Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, which was called the "dock division". The Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau became an arsenal specializing in the manufacture of munitions, and the Jiangnan Shipyard specialized in the construction of ships. In the six years from 1905 to 1911 alone, 136 ships were shipped, with a total displacement of 21,000 tons, and the ships built were "beautiful in style and solid in engineering".

It stands to reason that such a large factory should be taken back by Beiyang, because in a sense, this is an industry in the Beiyang system, but now, starting from 1911 and 1912, the shipyard has basically stopped work and training, and it seems to be reorganized.

The reorganization of Jiangnan Shipyard was not carried out under the framework of Beiyang, it seems that it is normal, it is a commercial stock acquisition, but under the pervasive investigation of the Investigation Bureau, it is almost a sieve, and you can see the composition of shareholders to know that such a shipyard actually concentrates important figures in Beiyang and the ** Party, and even includes a large number of wealthy businessmen, with a total amount of 12 million taels, which is definitely a huge investment in the current China, except for the northwest region.

The middle-aged man may be one of the wealthy businessmen, or perhaps, he is simply the agent of the business stocks belonging to the Beiyang forces, and the others are not so easy to find the northwest directly in Tianjin. This should be a union of Beiyang and the first party, in Shanghai, which still has a concession, is a very strange thing, and now it is required to the northwest, obviously, it is found that the current shipping industry is strong, according to this, to integrate these things, import a batch of new machinery and equipment, Jiangnan Dock, and even have the ability to produce 10,000-ton freighters.

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Yuanzhao couldn't help but get excited, but he didn't know that in the real history, during the First World War, China also had the ability to produce 10,000-ton giant ships, in history, in 1918 (the 7th year of the Republic of China), in the late stage of World War I, the U.S. government lacked carriers, not enough to help the war, by the United States Shipping Department General Office Han Li and the Chinese government in the United States Minister Gu Weijun, signed a contract on behalf of both parties, agreeing that Jiangnan Shipyard on behalf of the United States to manufacture a deadweight of 10,000 tons, There are 4 transport ships with a displacement of 14,750 tons, all of which are fully covered deck steam cargo ships. It is driven by a three-cylinder steam engine manufactured by Jiangnan, with an indicated power of 3670 horsepower, and the first ship is required to be completed within six months.

When the war first began, it was over, so it was suspended. In 1920, the U.S. government demanded to continue to fulfill the contract, and on June 3, 1920 (the 9th year of the Republic of China), the first "Guanfu" (M Brusinov nd Brusinov) was launched. The vessel is 131 meters long, 16.7 meters wide, 14.3 meters high, with a draft of 8.3 meters and a speed of 10.5 knots. Liu Guanxiong, chief of the Beiyang Government's navy, and the US minister to China attended the launching ceremony. The second Celesti Brusinov was launched on August 3; The third Orient was launched on February 23 of the following year; The fourth Aurora (C Brusinov th Brusinov) was launched on May 26. This was a major project that had never been seen before in China's shipbuilding industry at that time, and it was also the first time that a foreign ship was ordered from a Chinese shipyard. Therefore, it has attracted the attention of all sectors of society, and Chinese and foreign newspapers and periodicals have reported it one after another, saying that it is "the largest ship ever built in the Far East, excluding Japan."

According to the trajectory of the development of the Republic of China, whether it is the trajectory of science and technology or shipbuilding, there should be no obvious difference between the second year of the Republic of China and the seventh year of the Republic of China, and there is no large-scale production equipment.

The investigation bureau analyzed quite deeply, and even asked some experts, who wrote that China already has the capacity of more than 5,000 tons, and even, after receiving the necessary support, can have the ability to produce more than 10,000 tons of cargo ships. When he saw this, Yang Yuanzhao seemed to look at the final evaluation above in disbelief, Jiangnan Shipyard already has the ability to manufacture 10,000-ton cargo ships, it seems that he underestimated China's industrial achievements too much before, and overlooked this Jiangnan Shipyard.

By the end of World War I and the fact that the great powers had regained their strength, the weak China could not keep this port that had cost a lot of money, and it only relied on the army, no supplies, no increase in personnel, and could not get anything except for the losses caused by the other side.

Basra in the German plan, is a huge seaport, or a military port, but the military port is useless without warships, originally, Yang Yuanzhao is still preparing for a few years, especially when the First World War broke out, through guò and Germany negotiations, with materials and money double method to get Qingdao, after inheriting the German dock in Qingdao, in the development of the navy, but a better opportunity in front of us, Jiangnan dock is a little complicated, but Yang Yuanzhao values not the dock itself, is the skilled workers, These skilled shipbuilders are, arguably, the greatest asset.

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