In May, when the earth is full of flowers, the city of Shanghai is boiling. It may not be a big day for the Chinese Navy, but it is definitely an exciting morning.

The Hunan-class battleship, which was regarded by Japan as a target for its two warships, Nagato and Mutsu, and the first of the sister ships, the Hunan, was officially launched. The huge body is like a small mountain, and when the behemoth with a standard displacement of 41,800 tons and a full displacement of 45,000 tons appears in front of the world, it causes a crowd of onlookers.

Because the ship's artillery technology is not up to par, the Hunan uses a 365 caliber main gun with three triple turrets. In terms of main guns, this battleship is not the strongest battleship in the world today, but in terms of air defense and speed, it is the most perverted battleship in the world today. According to the number announced by the Chinese Navy, the maximum speed is 28 knots, but the actual maximum speed is 31 knots.

This is also a battleship equipped with the latest radar, China began to invest in radar research as early as the mid-twenties, and under the guidance of someone's correct thinking, Chinese radar technology is temporarily ahead of the world, especially in the miniaturization of shipborne radar, the Chinese are ahead.

When the huge warship slowly sailed towards the sea, the crowd of onlookers erupted in enthusiastic cheers: "Long live China!" President Fang Da is outside the age of the year! Long live the Navy! The slogans came and went, and the shouts shook the sky. Battleships were something that Chinese could not think of before, but with the reunification of the Republic of China and the long-term rule of the Republican Party, the national strength developed rapidly. The technology tree climbed rapidly, and finally started with the original 18,000-ton small battleship, and now the current 40,000-ton battleship has also been built. Not to mention that more than 60,000 tons have already been announced.

The pride of the Chinese reached a peak at this moment, and excited young people ran along the seawall, cheering as they ran. This is the Chinese's own battleship, and every part is made by itself. That's what the newspapers say, and in fact it is, if it weren't for the lack of technology accumulation, the modified battleship should be equipped with the 406 main gun.

The naval task force waiting on the surface of the sea fired their cannons one after another. Welcome the Hunan to join the task force for the first sea trial. Two hours later, the entire formation began to move south. After going to the Keelung port in Taiwan for renovation, turn to the Pacific Ocean in the east.

The formation consisted of a 20,000-ton aircraft carrier of the Second Fleet, a battleship Hunan, and 16 warships of various types. Four supply ships. The destination was the South Pacific, where a live-fire exercise was conducted. In two months, the Hunan's sister ship, the Hubei, will be delivered to the navy, and the Chinese navy will be able to at least "tie" with the Japanese navy. According to the newspaper, when facing the two big guys of Nagato and Mutsu, they will not be passively beaten.

In fact, in two months, the Hunan will return to the slipway for improvements. The 406 barrels imported from the United States will be mounted on the turret. From the point of view of the Chinese Navy, this is a must. It's also helpless. The introduction of these barrels alone cost more than 20 million yuan.

In a three-story building on the shore, President Fang Da, who was holding a telescope, did not go to have fun with the people, but sighed helplessly. Chen Zhaokeng, who was standing on the side, could understand President Fangda's mood at the moment, and immediately assured: "Commander, please rest assured, the Germans have almost exhausted the technology, and when the super battleship is launched, we will be able to use the main guns we have built." ”

Fang Jianxiong turned his head to look at Chen Zhaokeng, this one didn't understand Fang Jianxiong's true thoughts. President Fang Da was distressed that so much money was used to build battleships, but in fact, the super battleship plan, Fang Jianxiong consciously slowed down the implementation speed. Originally, it was planned to build two ships together, but now one is built first, and it can be dragged if it can be towed. The biggest role of the super battleship in Fang Jianxiong's mind is not naval battle, but deterrence!

However, the navy does not think so, Chen Shaokuan and others all feel that the super battleship is a big killer for the guardian of the house, and the aircraft carrier is a new thing after all, although judging from the results of many exercises, the current fighters can penetrate and launch attacks in front of the fleet's firepower network, but the speed of the torpedo machine still has not been solved, and the torpedo plane without speed dies ugly every time in the face of the perverted anti-aircraft fire deliberately strengthened by the Chinese Navy. Having said that, in today's world, only the Chinese Navy attaches great importance to anti-aircraft firepower. For example, the battleship Hunan had 12 triple 105 anti-aircraft guns, 60 triple 37 mm turrets, and 20 20 12 and 7 mm machine guns.

In order to accommodate these anti-aircraft firepower, Chen Zhaokeng, the boss of Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group, turned his beard white, and he didn't know what kind of thinking lines Fang Dashuai had in his head, anyway, the warships produced by Jiangnan Factory, each of them was quite perverted in anti-aircraft firepower, on the contrary, there were only two 155 caliber secondary guns, and they were still double.

All in all, the battleship is too expensive, and one Hunan can top two aircraft carriers of the same tonnage. Fang Jianxiong always felt a little distressed every time he thought of this. Money! This year's military budget has already been overspent by a lot, and Congress is going to quarrel again.

"A Hunan ship is enough for me to equip a mechanized army, and the navy is really a game that only rich people can play." Fang Jianxiong laughed at himself, and Chen Zhaokeng on the side twitched violently, holding back his laughter. Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group has always been a wholly-owned enterprise of the Eurasia Group, but last year this changed when the state acquired 49 percent of the shares of Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group, and then used the money from the acquisition of shares to become two Hunan-class ships. In other words, these two sister ships were actually built by Fang Jianxiong at his expense. However, outsiders don't know, but the cabinet knows it. President Fang Da does good deeds without leaving his name, and even if the opposition parties know about it, they will not publicize it for Fang someone.

In order to reduce the war of words in the Congress, President Fang Da, who did not have much time to prepare, had to adopt this method to speed up the armament, and it was less than two years before the world war. No one can understand Fang Jianxiong's urgent mood, this is Fang Jianxiong's most helpless place. Fortunately, the people at home don't know how many belongings the Eurasia Group has, and the women in the backyard are engaged in other industries. For example, the North Pharmaceutical Factory, China Airlines, etc., Shanghai Jiangnan Food Factory, etc., basically do not involve the national defense industry.

This is an era of steel!

Fang Jianxiong was destined to be busy. The trip to Shanghai was very short, but after three days, he left after seeing the Hunan disappear and took a special train west to Wuhan. The train passed through Nanjing, Wuhu, Anqing, Jiujiang, and the final destination was Wuhan, and the purpose of coming to Wuhan this time was to see the new fighter planes.

There is a lot of technical information exchanged from Germany, and the ingenuity of the Chinese is quite flexible at this time. Select some technical information that you can use right away, and start digesting and absorbing it as soon as possible. First of all, the problem of the supercharger was solved, which provided a more powerful heart for the fighter. With a supercharger. The fourth-generation Swift carrier-based fighter quickly came up with a finished product.

The same 1500 horsepower engine, with the help of more advanced superchargers, the performance of the fighter has been comprehensively improved. If the previous swift was on par with the Japanese Zero in terms of climbing, the fourth-generation swift easily reached 600 kilometers when climbing. And without any reduction in protection. 4 machine guns of 12, 7 mm. You can tear apart the protection of the zero type lightly and turn the zero type into a lighter.

With a better supercharger, even with enhanced firepower and protection, it is still not inferior to the Japanese Zero in terms of performance.

The prototype was performed in the sky, and Fang Jianxiong on the ground was more concerned about the number of jù, and the silver-haired Feng Hua stood beside Fang Jianxiong, looking up at the war eagle in the sky. Air Force Commander Feng Hua is more concerned about the new high-altitude fighter, and the Air Force has always hoped to get an invincible fighter with an altitude of more than 6,000 meters. For the escort of the B-17 for the start of equipping next year. This fighter is not only required to be able to fight at high altitudes, but also to have a longer range. This requires a more horsepower engine.

"What is the design of the new fighter?" Fang Jianxiong finally withdrew his eyes, and Feng Hua, who was scratching his ears and cheeks, immediately calmed down and pricked up his ears to listen. Feng Ru coughed a few times, Feng Hua hurriedly relieved himself, and after relieving himself, Feng Rucai said slowly: "Reginald, an engineer who worked at Messerschmidt in Germany? Reece and Edgar? Schmidt, now serves at the Wuhan Institute of Aeronautics. The design of the new aircraft was jointly completed by the two of them. This type of fighter adopts an advanced laminar flow airfoil, a highly concise fuselage design, and a reasonable layout of equipment in the aircraft, which greatly reduces its aerodynamic resistance, and increases the fuel load by 3 times when the size and weight are comparable to similar aircraft. This gives it a range of 1,370 km, which is enough to cover the B-17 bombers for the longest range of attacks. However, there is one problem that needs to be solved urgently, and this problem is the supercharger. The current turbocharger only has a one-stage supercharger, and the British Merlin engine has a two-stage two-speed supercharging technology. If we can get this technology, we can confirm the fact that this is an all-round fighter in the sky of the future, and it is the best, and it will not be caught up in a short time. If you rely on your own technology to overcome it, it will take at least five to eight years to solve the two-stage pressurization technology. Feng Hua said this, and strengthened his tone: "Superchargers have always been our weak point, and we have lagged too far behind in related technologies, although we have been trying to catch up, it is a pity that the www.biquge.info of Biquge is too low." ”

If Fang Jianxiong were a little more fierce in history, he would be surprised how the two German engineers were in China. This is thanks to the world economic crisis, at that time only China had good jobs, and the pay was not low, and the Sino-German relations were not bad, so these two engineers appeared in China. This distortion directly led to the future P-51 Mustang fighter disappeared in the United States and became Chinese-made.

Hearing that if he could hit the Merlin engine to ensure his combat effectiveness, Fang Jianxiong's cheeks twitched violently. The relationship between China and Britain is very average, and there are even a lot of dirty ones. How can you get the technology of the Merlin engine? Fang Jianxiong racked his brains, and he didn't come up with any good ideas for a while.

"The British guy of a dog day is not a good thing." The hatred of the Chinese in this time and space for the temporary world number one Britain really means that no one dares to recognize the second first, and the old Mao Zi is not enough to class. However, although the British power is no longer strong, its aviation technology advantage is still very strong.

"If there's something the British want to get, it's easy to do, let's trade it with them!" Feng Ru proposed a proposal, Fang Jianxiong was even more distressed when he heard it, gritted his teeth and said to the adjutant next to Fei: "Send a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, let them contact the UK, and exchange penicillin, streptomycin, and sonar technology for the British's Merlin engine, what model?" ”

“v-1710！” Feng Rudao, Fang Jianxiong gritted his teeth: "V-1710." Sue the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, don't take out all the hole cards at once, slowly grind with the British, don't worry. It's too late to talk before the end of the year. That sonar technology, if you can't take it out, it's better not to take it out and talk about it, and I'm still selling it for a good price. Fang Jianxiong's words in his heart were actually "I still expect the Germans to kill the British with submarines." ”

Hearing the sonar technology, Feng Hua was taken aback, this is really China's technology at the bottom of the box in the navy. Other countries do not attach importance to anti-submarine warfare, but China attaches great importance to it, and in the scientific research institute in Qingdao that secretly researches sonar technology, it is all scientists trained by China itself. Since the end of World War I, the research institute has been developing sonar technology through exploration and learning, and now China's anti-submarine capability boasts that it is the second in the world, and no one dares to admit that it is the first.

Although he was reluctant, Fang Jianxiong could only do this, and now there is no technology for mass production of penicillin in European and American countries. All countries are negotiating with Northern Pharmaceutical, and China has been playing Tai Chi, dragging on one day at a time. According to Fang Jianxiong's idea, it has to be delayed until the end of 40. I never thought that because of the technology of an engine, I could only transfer the technology to the UK in advance. This is all the chips in Fang Jianxiong's hand, it depends on the mentality of the British.

After a brief meeting between the Chinese and Soviet foreign ministers, the final agreement on the Central Asian dispute was to maintain the status quo. Wang Chonghui ushered in the intensive bombing of the German minister Todman, and mentioned the Sino-German alliance if he had nothing to do. After receiving a call from Wuhan, Wang Chonghui hurriedly contacted Northern Pharmaceutical, and the UK's technical coveting of penicillin determined how much bargaining chips were in this negotiation.

Putting aside the matter of Sino-British negotiations, Fang Jianxiong, who was far away in Wuhan, made up his mind and continued to inspect Wuhan. As the base camp of someone Fang back then, Wuhan today can be said to be one of the most prosperous cities in the country, except for Shanghai, which is Wuhan, Beijing and Tianjin cannot be compared with Wuhan. (To be continued......)