Chapter 596: Regret Came Late
Yang Yuanzhao took the train quietly to Qingdao, Zhengtai line has been connected with the Jiaozhou railway, just a few hundred kilometers, but Qingdao can be connected to the major railway networks in the northwest, many military orders issued by Germany, can also be smoothly through the Guò railway, transported to Qingdao for foreign transportation. √∟ Top Novel,
Qingdao is a famous tourist city, Yang Yuanzhao once came to Qingdao in later generations, the scenery of Qingdao left a deep impression on him, how to say, Qingdao's beaches may not be as beautiful as Sanya, but Qingdao has a unique beauty, complex history and past, so that Qingdao softens a part of the German atmosphere, even a hundred years ago buildings are everywhere, Qingdao in later generations, is modern at the same time, with a hint of German breath, and even the drainage system is still used for more than 100 years during the German occupation, I haven't had many problems with it for more than a hundred years.
This era came to Qingdao, this feeling is more obvious, after seeing Mu Mo, he took the initiative to ask, but he knew that Mu Mo and Spee could not decide this problem, and had already sent the telegram to the German government, it took time, Yang Yuanzhao did not waste this time, he stayed in Qingdao, by the way, to see if there was anything to do in Qingdao.
For Yang Yuanzhao's proposed visit, Mu Mo is not surprised, since the rise of Yang Yuanzhao, countless diplomats began to study Yang Yuanzhao, Yang Yuanzhao mysteriously appeared in the northwest, the previous one qiē is basically unexaminable, but one thing is worth affirming, Yang Yuanzhao has a very high scientific level, in the study of engines and materials, he is definitely the world's top scientist, such a person came to Qingdao, how could he not investigate Qingdao's machine qì processing.
Out of German pride, Mulmer readily agreed. And personally took Yang Yuanzhao to visit important factories in Qingdao, after walking a few factories. After Yang Yuanzhao saw today's Qingdao, he regretted it slightly. Because he should have come to Qingdao earlier, Qingdao Port as a German military port, not only the Germans built Qingdao into a fortress, Qingdao Port also has a lot of advanced equipment.
Take the hydraulic press as an example, Qingdao Port has a 1,200-ton hydraulic press, although it is only a maintenance equipment and produces a small part of things, but it can repair the propellers of large warships, which is a large manufacturing equipment, in terms of its own tonnage. But on the basis of the northwest, it has risen more than 6 times, and as the equipment of a civilian shipyard, it is enough. It is not a warship, and it does not have to take into account the anti-sinking ability of direct artillery fire and the strength of the main shaft and girder, in this case, 1200 tons is barely enough for the main shaft of an ordinary civilian ship.
Just this one harvest is enough for Yang Yuanzhao to make a trip in person. In addition, a variety of advanced processing machines, boring machines, drilling machines. There are even a number of relatively advanced arms production equipment, which can be said to be different from other concessions. Germany was not only based on plunder, but also had the ambition to build Qingdao into a truly modern military port. It is a pity that the future generations of China have worked hard to build here. It didn't get here, it was either destroyed in the war, or it was taken away by Japan, and what China left behind was just ruins.
kept touching, as if touching a beautiful woman with a graceful figure, listening to the all-in-one machine, the sound of ding dong again and again, Mu Mo was also a little dumbfounded and looked at this qiē, is it really as said in the report, Yang Yuanzhao has a special hobby for machining and industry.
It took almost a day to turn around most of the precision manufacturing enterprises in Qingdao, and obtained a lot, updating at least hundreds of various machinery, many of which are vital to heavy industry and munitions production.
After turning the major machinery factories in Qingdao, it was natural to turn to the port area, just as the fleet entered the port, the whistle sounded, and the huge warships were slowly entering the port, which made Yang Yuanzhao's eyes green, compared with these warships, the ones that he got before were all small heads, just a icing on the cake, the German East Asian fleet was all in Qingdao Port,
The German East Asian Fleet, second only to the British Far East Fleet, was the East Asian Squadron led by Vice Admiral Spee, consisting of 4 warships: the armored cruisers "Scharnhorst" and "Gneissenor", and the light cruisers "Emden" and "Nuremberg". Among them, the cruiser Gneisenor is only a battleship one level higher than the Haiqi, a few hundred tons more, but the Scharnhorst and Gneisenno are two of the Scharnhorst-class armored cruisers in the sequence, and they are standard 10,000-ton giant ships.
The Scharnhorst-class armored cruiser, the propulsion system is a three-expansion steam unit, three-shaft propulsion, the design rated output power is increased to 26,000 horsepower, and the design speed of 22.5 knots After the completion of service, the actual speed of the armored cruiser of this class is not less than 23.5 knots, as the enlargement of the "Rune" class, the weapons of the "Scharnhorst" have been strengthened, equipped with 8 210 mm 40 times the caliber main gun, Four of them were installed in the main turret of the bow and stern centerline in the form of a twin installation, although the barrel length of the German 210 mm gun was not as long as that of the British 203 mm 45 times caliber gun, but the maximum elevation angle of these four main guns could reach 30 degrees (10 degrees more than the latter)! - It was the largest elevation angle of the battleship's guns at that time, and thus obtained the maximum range of 14,900 meters; The other 4 guns were installed in the gun cages on both sides (which happened to be the position of the highest secondary gun of the "Rune" class), and the number of 88mm rapid-fire guns increased to 16, of which 8 were installed in the gun holes in the bow and stern, and these details are important marks to distinguish the "Scharnhorst" class from the "Lune" class!
The 10,000-ton giant ship, looking at the two armored cruisers slowly entering the port, Yang Yuanzhao's eyes were going to be straight, from the 1895 Sino-Japanese War, China did not have more than a capital ship, the largest Haiqi was only 4000 tons, it can only be regarded as an ordinary cruiser, since it was decided to develop the navy, such a giant ship, of course, should not be missed, at least, the Tongguò all-in-one machine left drawings for future researchers to study.
In terms of Baotou's military industry before, the biggest gain was to board the Haiqi in Shanghai, a 4,000-ton cutting-edge cruiser, which provided a large number of steam engines, marine steel and some equipment to the northwest, and the 203, which shined in the northern war situation, was actually the main gun of the Haiqi.
But 4,000 tons, and 10,000 tons, these are completely different concepts, the placement of the power unit, the thickness of the deck, the laying of the keel, etc., if you get these, how much benefit will it be to the shipbuilding industry that is advancing in the northwest, Yang Yuanzhao is very clear about this, and he immediately asked Mu Mo if he could board the battleship to visit.
Seeing Yang Yuanzhao's expression, Mu Mo knew what Yang Yuanzhao might ask, with a little wry smile on his face, he reluctantly agreed to introduce, East Asian Fleet, Mu Mo's control power is almost equal to zero, but a certain connection with Tong Guò made Yang Yuanzhao meet Commander Spee.
Spee had a good impression of Yang Yuanzhao, Yang Yuanzhao proposed to build a shipyard in Qingdao, so that he saw the opportunity to expand the East Asian fleet, in addition, in order to be able to board the battleship, Yang Yuanzhao also proposed the acquisition plan of scrap gun barrels, these gun barrels can be repaired through guò integrated machining, not as naval guns, but can become a fixed firepower of batteries on the road, in the future on the Mongolian border, even after the end of the war, the friction between the two sides, it is conceivable that it will not be reduced or reduced, there must be a number of fortress groups.
The original replacement barrel was used as scrap iron in Germany, but it found a buyer, and the price was not high, but it was more than four times the price of scrap iron, which was also a great wealth for the East Asian fleet, and it was also a small supplement to improve the lives of soldiers.
In any case, money is a good choice, Yang Yuanzhao finally boarded all the battleships of the East Asian Fleet, of course, he didn't look left and look, just as a tourist, he visited the deck of the ship and the captain's room and the like, and casually turned around and came down, which made Vice Admiral Spee, who was originally worried, slightly relieved, he didn't know that after a simple turn, there were already a few warships of several levels, all of which had been copied into his hands, The most rewarding thing was the drawings of the Gneisenau-class armored cruisers, which included the power crew and the entire arrangement.
These can definitely be called powerful, but only armored cruisers, and in the entire First World War, they were only auxiliary ships, but they were always giant ships of 10,000 tons, you must know that before China, I am afraid that even 3,000-ton warships could not be built.
After looking at the four battleships, the number of rubbings is almost tens of thousands, as long as they are handed over to professional personnel for review, you can absorb a lot of the essence of German shipbuilding and warship design from the middle, but unfortunately, these are not capital ships, even if they are two Scharnhorst-class, they are only second-line warships.
Asked Spee vaguely, is it possible for the East Asian Fleet to be equipped with Germany's latest cutting-edge battle cruisers, Spee's negative answer made Yang Yuanzhao slightly disappointed, but next, a cutting-edge destroyer, he was very satisfied, this is once a German test ship, a test ship with a steam turbine, the northwest has solved the key technology of the steam turbine, with the help of Truss, the generator of the steam turbine has reached the world's leading level, but with the ship, there is still a certain difference, at least, It cannot be used directly.
In Qingdao, Yang Yuanzhao has harvested countless vital technologies in the shipbuilding industry, which were previously entrusted to outsourcing, and now, can be produced directly in the all-in-one machine, during the rest at night, the consciousness enters the all-in-one machine, and several times are woken up by the harvest smile, this is still the harvest of these two days, in the next few days, Yang Yuanzhao's itinerary will be all over the entire Qingdao port, in some private factories, there are still some good things, which is just Mu Mo introduced, a large boring machine, A large boring machine specially designed for the machining of 210 barrels. (To be continued......)