It was a quiet afternoon in mid-October of the 16th year of the Republic of China. There was another roar in the compound of the Military Commission on the edge of Wuhan's East Lake, and it was the newly appointed Minister of the Navy Chen Shaokuan, who was furious, in the small building of the Ministry of Armaments.

"What about Luo Yaoguo?"

A roar with a slight Fujian accent once again woke Song Meiling from her nap The former number one royal sister, the wife of the current chairman and secretary general of the Ministry of Armaments, reluctantly opened her somewhat hazy sleepy eyes and sat up straight from the big sofa in the office. Pretending to be dignified and graceful, he smiled faintly at the uninvited Chen Shaokuan: "Luo Fuwen and Mr. Ma Junwu went to Guangzhou to inspect the shipyard by plane this morning, please tell me if Minister Chen has anything." ”

"Tell you?" Chen Shaokuan's face was pale, his body trembled slightly, and he looked like he was about to die...... This armaments department is too out of tune, isn't it? got such a girl to be the secretary general, that is the number three person in the ministry, and it is not the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, but the ...... Can you figure out the matter of the armaments of the Ministry of Armaments?

"Or ...... Just wait for Luo Fuwen to come back and ......" Song Meiling frowned slightly, and a trace of unhappiness slipped across her face. It is estimated that he has decided in his heart to blow the wind on the pillow for Lao Jiang and say bad things about Chen Shaokuan

With a snap, a large stack of documents was thrown on the coffee table in front of Song Meiling. Song Meiling looked down, and the folder said "Guangzhou-class light cruiser design plan (final draft)". This is a new type of warship that will soon be built at the Guangzhou Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard, and it is also a new type of warship from Hamburg, Germany. FUCHS Shipyard designed according to Luo Yaoguo's requirements.

Before Song Meiling could ask, Chen Shaokuan's slightly softened roar rang out again: "Do you understand the Armaments Department?" If you don't understand, don't command blindly, do you know what a navy is and what a cruiser is? What is the purpose of an 8,000-ton ship, but there are only eight 127mm guns? ”

To be honest, Chen Shaokuan's anger today makes some sense. The 8,000-ton ship is larger than the ironclad ships like Zhenyuan and Dingyuan back then, and it is no problem to be equipped with 203mm heavy guns, if it is replaced by Chen Shaokuan, it will be equipped with 280mm main guns. Anyway, China did not sign the "Washington Naval Treaty", but the Ministry of Armaments actually ordered nine 127mm main guns this time, and only nine of them...... Isn't it just used to fill the façade? What's the use? Isn't it the fate of being abused by others when you go out and meet a Japanese heavy cruiser? Isn't the life of our navy worth anything?

Song Meiling blinked her beautiful eyes and thought hard for a moment: "Oh, this seems to be an anti-aircraft cruiser, and it will be like 18 twin-mounted 40mm anti-aircraft guns...... And it's fast, so if you can't beat someone, you can still run away. The main function is to escort aircraft carriers and battleships, provide anti-aircraft fire and anti-submarine ...... That's probably it, right? ”

Chen Shaokuan glanced at the innocent woman in front of him, and sighed in his heart. At the moment, I really shouldn't lose my temper with Mrs. Jiang, because this matter has nothing to do with her at all, it was all made up by Luo Yaoguo, who didn't know how to pretend to understand, no, it was completely the fault of the national government's weapons procurement system, and the Ministry of Armaments was only responsible for production. How is it that even what kind of weapons the army needs to equip with is determined by them? Moreover, not only the weapons of the army, but also the kind of warships used by the navy are completely controlled by the Ministry of Armaments, so can it not be a joke?

And such jokes have been made more than once, the last time was the design of the Zhonghua-class aircraft carrier, uh, the same aircraft carrier ordered from the United States. The Ministry of Armaments actually demanded that the aircraft carrier not be equipped with a single naval gun, and that a large number of anti-aircraft guns be installed. How can this aircraft carrier be without naval guns? What if you run into an enemy cruiser or destroyer? Waiting to die? Now all aircraft carriers all over the world have naval guns, and usually 20,000-ton aircraft carriers are equipped with about ten 203mm naval guns, and their firepower is definitely not weaker than that of ordinary heavy cruisers.

Looks...... It is absolutely impossible not to take back the right to purchase naval armaments Chen Shaokuan let out a long sigh, shook his head, and turned around and left helplessly.

……

October 12, 16th year of the Republic of China. In Guangzhou.

Luo Yaoguo sat in the car, holding his forehead, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Sitting next to him in the sedan was a white-faced scholar with clear eyebrows, about thirty-six or seventeen years old, wearing a well-made suit. This person's name is Yang Junsheng, a native of Huai'an County, Jiangsu. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1920 with a bachelor's degree in naval architecture. After that, he worked as an engineer at Mitsubishi Shipbuilding in Nagasaki, Japan, and as a teacher at Mitsubishi Industrial School. After returning to China in 1924, he served as an engineer at the Sino-Japanese joint venture Donghua Shipyard in Shanghai. After the collapse of Donghua Shipyard in 1926, it was acquired by Jiangnan Shipyard under the Ministry of Armaments of the Nationalist Government. He was recommended to Luo Yaoguo by Chen Guangfu, general manager of Commerce Bank, to replace Wei Han, the old and frail former director of the shipbuilding bureau, as the director of the shipbuilding bureau and chief engineer of the Ministry of Armaments.

Outside the car window, Guangzhou's market has become increasingly prosperous, and cars come and go. On both sides of the road, there are many new construction sites, and it is clear that many high-rise buildings are being built. It seems that after these years of stable development, Guangzhou City has become a hot land for investment and business. The same should be true in Shanghai and Nanjing, right? It seems that this history has really forked the road.

In Luo Yaoguo's memory, 1927 in history was a bloody storm. The two parties finally parted ways, and the Chinese and G launched an armed uprising in Nanchang, beginning the great process of coming out of power through the barrel of a gun. Kuomintang...... Because after Sun Yat-sen's death, the dragons were leaderless and began a new warlord melee, and China sank more and more in this melee, until the September 18 incident four years later

Four years from now, will there be another 9/18 incident? If anything, can the navy of the National ** Army play its due role?

This navy ...... It seems that it is much more difficult to get rid of than the army, and the training and training of naval officers is also more complicated than that of the army, and there is no way to replace those Hokkien Yankees at the moment. And what makes him even more troublesome is that the development of the world's navies is on the eve of great changes. But how many people in the Chinese Navy can recognize this now? Their thinking seems to be almost stuck in the period of the First Sino-Japanese War, just look at the names they gave the battleships, or Dingyuan and Zhenyuan estimated that Chen Shaokuan wanted to command these two battleships to fight a dignified fleet decisive battle with the Japanese fleet, right? Would he have believed it if he had told him that future naval battles would be fought with aircraft carriers and aircraft, and that battleships were only used to escort aircraft carriers and provide cover for the landing force?

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo sighed softly unconsciously, and his eyebrows gradually moved closer together.

"Junza, are you still worried about the design of those two battleships?" Probably hearing Luo Yaoguo's soft sigh, Yang Junsheng on the side mistakenly thought that he was worried about the design of the Zhenyuan-class battleship.

Luo Yaoguo shook his head and smiled faintly: "What's there to worry about this, the "Sino-German Secret Treaty" has been clearly stipulated. Half of the battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, and submarines we build were purchased by the Germans at parity when they saw it necessary. The second Dingyuan of our Zhenyuan-class battleship now has a German name, called 'German', and you can see how attentive those Germans are by looking at this name. The design plan has not come out for a long time, it is estimated that the Germans want a perfect battleship, right? They are such a character, striving for perfection in everything they do. So these two warships will definitely be the best battleships in the whole world, just ...... I wonder if there are any of the best naval officers in the world to pilot them? ”

Yang Junsheng nodded and smiled: "Junzuo is right, our Zhenyuan class will definitely be the best in the world, and then the world's number one battleship will not be Japan's Nagato, but our Zhenyuan...... Is it really only two such good battleships? ”

Luo Yaoguo nodded: "After the construction of the 50,000-ton slipway of Jiangnan Shipyard and Guangzhou Shipyard Bao'an Branch is completed, two ships will be built first, and after these two ships are launched, the third ship will be started." I estimate that after the completion of the Zhenjing and Dinger ships, the Germans will have to reinvigorate their armaments, and Dingyuan will be their German. After the third ship is completed, we can maintain the scale of two battleships, which should be enough. Later naval battles...... It won't be the battleship that sings the leading role, right, Mr. Yang, how is the construction plan of the Guangzhou-class cruiser arranged? When can I start work? There is also a need to pay attention to the design of Shaoguan-class destroyers. ”

Yang Junsheng thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Now the Jiangnan Factory and the Guangzhou Factory each have a 20,000-ton slipway, and each slipway can accommodate two Guangzhou-class cruisers, so the construction plan is to start construction of four Guangzhou-class cruisers at the same time, which is expected to be launched before the 18th year of the Republic of China and completed in the 19th year of the Republic of China." ”

"The nineteenth year of the Republic of China is 1930." Luo Yaoguo smiled faintly and didn't say anything more. In his heart, he was calculating the strength of the navy by 1931.

The two battleships looked out of reach, and the lead ship of the Zhonghua-class aircraft carrier, built in the United States, would certainly be able to enter service. The construction of the second ship of the Zhonghua-class Minguo was planned to begin in 1928 and was to be built by the British merchant Yesong Shipyard in Shanghai, and it should be completed in 1931. Then there would be two aircraft carriers, four air defense cruisers, and there should be several destroyers. It's not that such a fleet can't fight in World War II, it's just that it's ...... There is no way to compare the 1931 aircraft with the 1942 aircraft

It seems that the only way to rely on submarines is to build them in cooperation with the Ministry of Military Affairs, which is now built by the Germania Shipyard, a subsidiary of Krupp, which is also one of the four largest shipyards in Germany. Among the Sino-German cooperation projects is the Guangzhou Germania Shipyard, a joint venture between the Germania Shipyard and the Guangzhou Shipyard. The shipyard is currently mainly used to build light ships, and a submarine codenamed Type 1A is being secretly built in the shipyard's dock, with the first launching this year and two more early next year. However, these three submarines are mainly used for experiments and training, and it is their subsequent modifications that will really be put into real combat. It is estimated that by 1931, the navy of the Nationalist Government will have a submarine fleet capable of actual combat.

……

In Mobei Mongolia, the first snow of the year was a few days earlier than the normal solar term. It also fell extraordinarily big, just a night of heavy snow, and the sky and the earth were white. The cold wind swept across the grassland, bringing up patches of snowflakes that had not yet condensed into ice, and the vast expanse was like mist. Several rivers that cross the territory of Mongolia have formed a thin layer of ice floes. Occasionally, you can hear the sound of ice cracking at the bottom of the river, which is a sign that the ice is thickening.

The herdsmen on the steppe have already moved their cattle, sheep and livestock to the winter pastures a little further south, and have prepared a large amount of hay.

This year, due to the collapse of the Mongolian people's political power, trade between Mongolia and the interior has also become much more active. Most of the herdsmen took advantage of the heavy snow to sell some of their cattle and sheep to merchants from the south, and exchanged them for salt, spices, tea, cloth, iron and other daily necessities. This trade has existed for thousands of years, and their ancestors have been exchanging this type of goods with the Han people in the south. It was not until the Mongolian People's Party came to power that all this private trade was replaced by state cooperatives. Herders have to sell their hard-earned livestock to cooperatives at a low price, and then buy necessities from there at a high price.

However, fortunately, this regime, which was hostile to the Buddha and the whole Mongolian people, was finally eliminated by the great savior Commander Wang sent by the Buddha, and the life of the Mongolian people will definitely get better day by day, because this Commander Wang is actually the reincarnation of Genghis Khan. According to those who met him, he looked exactly like Genghis Khan in the painting, and was destined to lead Mongolia, and this is also the last decree of Jebtsundamba VIII, and this set of statements is now circulating throughout the steppe through the mouths of tens of thousands of lamas who survived the catastrophe.

Mongolian Kulen, the headquarters of the Mongolian Front of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

"Commander Wang, at present, the people of the entire Mobei Mongolia regard you as the savior sent by the Buddha, and the reincarnation of Genghis Khan is loved."

The person who said this was a big fat lama with a smile on his face, and he was the sixth Zhangjia Hutuktu. These days, he is patrolling the Mengqi in Mobei, and by the way, he helps the mythical king Zhongyi.

"This ...... Does anyone believe it? Wang Zhongyi glanced at the fat monk sitting opposite him, and muttered in his heart. What kind of cowhide like Genghis Khan's reincarnation can be blown, and these lamas are too capable of fooling, right?

The fat lama laughed and waved his hand: "Of course people don't believe it if they say it once or twice, but what if they say it a hundred times and thousands of times?" If the lamas on the steppe all say that you are sent by the Buddha to save them, that you are the reincarnation of Genghis Khan, do you say that anyone believes you? Besides...... In my opinion, you really resemble the Great Khan on the portrait."

"Well, it's all the same nose and two eyes." Wang Zhongyi smiled, reached out and picked up the wine jug on the table, and drank two sips of horse ** wine to his mouth.

At this time, the fat lama pointed to Wang Zhongyi, who was drinking, and laughed: "You are drinking now, you look exactly like the Great Khan, and you are as burly as the Great Khan, and you have the same beard as the Great Khan, all kinds of signs show that you are the reincarnation of the Great Khan, this will not be wrong."

Wang Zhongyi just smiled bitterly, and was about to say something more, when he heard the sound of footsteps outside the door. Then Lin Yurong's voice came: "Lin Yurong, chief of operations of the General Staff of the Front Army, was ordered to report for duty. ”

"The commander has official business, so the poor monk will retire first." Without waiting for Wang Zhongyi to open his mouth to "pick up people", the fat lama Zhang Jia VI stood up, folded his hands and made a Buddhist salute, and left the office.

Lin Yurong had just left Wuhan and returned to Kulen, Mongolia, on a plane from the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Nationalist Government. This trip to Wuhan, Lin Yurong can be said to have gained a lot. Luo Yaoguo basically agreed to all the requests of the Mongolian Front Army and the Youth Army, and gave whatever he wanted, looking nostalgic.

"Sit down."

Wang Zhongyi glanced at Lin Yurong, who was a little girlish with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and pointed to the chair where the fat lama had just sat and asked him to sit down and speak:

"The trip to Wuhan should have gone well, right? My third brother is very willing to spend money. At present, he relies on us to guard Mongolia for the Nationalist Government, so that they can develop heavy industry in the south with peace of mind, and there will be no shortage of weapons and ammunition supplies and military salaries. Am I right? ”

Lin Yurong smiled shyly and nodded: "Fu Gong did agree to all of our requests, and also agreed to instruct the Ministry of Armaments of the National Government to develop cavalry rifles, cavalry guns, cavalry machine guns, anti-tank guns, anti-tank grenades, anti-tank mines and other weapons for us, and also agreed to provide Wang Zizhi's youth army with special equipment necessary for mountain warfare." ”

Wang Zhongyi said lightly: "Hehe, the bigger his capital is, the more uneasy I am in my heart, which shows that our Mongolia is very likely to be invaded by the Soviet Union in the future." My brother's vision is very accurate, and most of the current Kuomintang can have the current situation is due to him. By the way, does he have any proposals for the military reform of our Mongol Front? ”

Lin Yurong shook his head and said: "Fu Gong doesn't have any suggestions, just let the humble official go and discuss with General Wang Zixing, Mongolia and Northwest Affairs, he is only responsible for providing logistics, everything has to be decided by ourselves." ”

Wang Zhongyi frowned slightly, and looked at the young man in front of him who was a little shy, but was very optimistic about Luo Yaoguo: "Yurong, then you can come and make suggestions on the reform of our Mongolian front." ”。

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