Chapter VI

"Marshal Fang Jianxiong, Chairman of the Republican Committee, inspected the Shanghai Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group."

The next day's newspaper was full of headlines about this, accompanied by a huge photo. Fang Jianxiong stood in front of the huge slipway, and behind him was a huge battleship. The words show that this is a 19,000-ton battlecruiser built by China with the introduction of American technology, and it is called the Qingdao class in China.

I didn't see a word about the submarine in the newspapers. The only battleship that received a lot of hype was the battleship, although there was only one, but the meaning was different, because it was a giant battleship made in China and cost 24 million yuan.

The navy has always been a big money-spender, and the Qingdao class battlecruisers, the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group built two at one time, and the United States provided the vast majority of technical support, plus the transfer of various patents, the two warships cost a total of nearly 50 million yuan.

According to the Shanghai newspaper "Declaration", the two battleships took four years and were expected to be launched in the spring of 1922. At that time, with the addition of the two warships of the same class ordered by the United States and the two battlecruisers with a displacement of 32,000 tons under construction by the United States, the number of battlecruisers of the Chinese Navy will reach six, making it a decisive maritime force in the Pacific region.

Compared with the sea power advertised in the newspapers, Fang Jianxiong, who was inspecting, was more concerned about the technology brought by the two warships. The battleship is definitely a huge system project, involving more than a thousand technologies and projects, and the two battleships brought about by domestic production are the rise of peripheral industries.

Unfortunately, the power system, China's current level of technology, even if the Americans are willing to give technology, China does not have the ability to digest these technologies. Fortunately, at the end of last year, the first batch of students studying in Europe and the United States returned to China in a big way, all of them science and engineering students. Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group dug more than 300 people in one breath and flooded various projects.

Yun Qinghe is one of these returning students, who set off from Wuhan to the United States in 12 years, and then studied at MIT. With a pure heart to serve the country with science and technology, Yun Qinghe devoted himself to learning with great enthusiasm during his five years in the United States. In June 17, he got a master's degree in metallurgical engineering from MIT, and when he returned to China, he received a letter of appointment from Jiangnan Military Industry Group before he got on the ship. After returning home. Yun Qinghe, together with two engineers who had returned from studying in Europe, participated in the production of 11-inch (283) cannons produced in China with technology provided by the French.

More than a year later, the 282 and 210 howitzers that Yun Qinghe participated in manufacturing appeared on the battlefield, giving the Japanese army a painful lesson. But that's not something to be proud of. In terms of artillery technology, Japan is definitely ahead of China by a lot. In terms of the technology of warship manufacturing, Japan has thrown China several streets.

These young people, represented by Yun Qinghe, have a full understanding of the cutting-edge fields of technology in the world today. If Japan had not been occupied by the navy with a large amount of resources, its land forces would not have been much worse equipped than the Wehrmacht.

There is still a lot of distance compared with Japan, and there is a huge gap between it and the world's cutting-edge shipbuilding technology.

Wake up early in the morning. Yun Qinghe seized the time to freshen up, and there was an important practical thing to do today. The treatment of the returned engineer is good, two people live in a two-story western-style building, and downstairs is the living room and the nanny's place. Upstairs is a bedroom for two.

After freshening up, it was seven o'clock in the morning, and it was already full of light. Hurriedly downstairs, breakfast had been prepared by the forty-year-old nanny Wu Ma and placed on the table in the living room. Say hello to the busy Wu Ma. Yun Qinghe read the technical information in his hand while eating breakfast. At this time, another one came down from upstairs. Cohabiting master's degree in metallurgical engineering in France, Zhou Leng.

Also saying hello to Wu's mother, Zhou Leng sat down and picked up the newspaper on the table and read it, while stuffing bread and milk into his mouth. After a few whining sounds, and hurriedly swallowing it, Zhou Leng trembled the newspaper and said: "Lao Yun, do you see it, the newspaper is crazy, what is the Qingdao-class battle cruiser is a symbol of China's naval power, and the whole country should cheer." ”

Yun Qinghe raised his head and smiled: "Do you dare to take the cheers in the newspaper seriously?" Others don't know, but you and I know? On the side of the steam turbine group, the drawings and numbers provided by the Americans were not fully understood, saying that they did not dare to build their own products without a year. How many technical difficulties have we not overcome in this group? I don't dare to think too much, I will be content to be able to build a qualified 11-inch main gun for the Navy by the end of 19. That's it, the technology of the United States 20 years ago, at least 50 years behind Europe. Do you still remember the bold ambitions made by us international students on the passenger ferry on the Yangtze River on the way abroad? ”

When Zhou Leng heard this, his expression suddenly became solemn, and he nodded and said, "You are right, there is nothing to be happy about." I still remember what the commander said when he sent us off, the Chinese nation needs to chase too much if it wants to stand on the top of the world's nations again. Hope is pinned on our generation. By the way, Fushuai came to Shanghai, have you seen it? ”

Yun Qinghe shook his head, and the nanny Wu Ma came in with a letter and said, "Mr. Yun, there is a letter from your family." ”

"Thank you, Mama Wu!" Yun Qinghe took the letter, tore open the seal, read it quickly, put it in his pocket and continued to eat breakfast.

Zhou Leng said: "What did the letters from the family say?" It's been almost two years since I returned to China, so you're going back, right? ”

Yun Qinghe nodded: "Well, I went on a trip when I just returned to China, and then I have been busy." Supporting the commander to send troops to Europe, the blood and sacrifice of 100,000 soldiers, in exchange for so much technology that has not been digested, what qualifications do we have to enjoy life at home comfortably? When I remembered that when I was in the United States, the Americans reported that the equipment of the expeditionary force was inadequate, and my heart was sour. Those of us who take the scholarship provided by the state to study abroad and enjoy such a high treatment after your country are really ashamed. ”

Zhou Leng stretched out his hand, snatched the letter, smiled and took out a small photo of a woman and said: "I said that I saw a photo, and I honestly explained when I hooked up." ”

Yun Qinghe rolled his eyes and said, ", this is a family book, a primary school teacher, let me go home and get married in the near future." Now that the 11-inch main gun and the many technical difficulties of the turret have not been overcome, how can I have time to go back and get married? Let's wait two years, don't talk about me, you should also start a family, right? Looks like you're a year older than me. ”

"I'm only a month older than you, how can I be so exaggerated as a year old? If you want to talk about marriage, it's not that I didn't think about it, when I almost brought a Yanma daughter-in-law back in France, I wrote to my family and said that my father didn't go to Paris from Changsha. Not to mention, I wrote from home last month, saying that I had to go back to get married in May. The two of us are sick and sick, and we really don't have the time to make a fuss about this. By the way, I'm going to go to Jiao Tong University for classes later, so let's go first. ”

There are two cars parked in the yard, both of which are domestically produced Shanghai brands. The car was funded and built by some businessmen from Jiangsu and Zhejiang in Shanghai, and the introduction of American technology was built in 14 years and put into production in 15 years. So far, the main components of the engine, tires, and gearbox of modified cars have to be imported from the United States.

When Zhou Leng was standing on the steps, he saw Chen Zhaokeng and a young man walking in, looking around very casually. When Zhou Leng was about to say hello, the young man looked up and smiled at him, Zhou Leng immediately stayed on the spot, and after a little frozen, he pinched his cheeks vigorously, and finally understood that he was not dreaming, and turned his head to Yun Qinghe and shouted: "Old Yun, Fushuai is here." ”

Yun Qinghe finished breakfast, got up and wiped his mouth with a napkin, and walked out very calmly: "Brother Miaoran, this joke is not funny at all. When he came out and saw the two of them standing there in the courtyard, he was also stunned.

Ordinary people don't know Fang Jianxiong, how can these two Fang Dashuai personally send out the first batch of international students not to recognize? Fang Jianxiong's appearance is engraved in his mind, and he is always thinking about returning to the country after completing his studies and serving the commander and the country. Almost every international student who goes abroad after Xinhai has a similar mentality. Who doesn't want the country to be strong? In parallel history, thousands of students studying in Europe and the United States returned to China despite all difficulties, which was really a patriotic heart.

Fang Jianxiong just walked around casually, and bought people's hearts by the way. After returning to China, these students mainly go to large enterprises represented by the Eurasia Group or teach in universities, and there are also Zhou Leng who are professors in the school, and they also accept the employment of Jiangnan Group, which is similar to working two jobs. Every international student who enters the Eurasia Group has a corresponding standard of living treatment. Especially in the field of military industry, Fang Jianxiong personally formulated the standards.

Yun Qinghe and Zhou Leng, such technical toppers, enjoy the highest treatment, go home to live in a bungalow, go out to drive a car (if you can't drive, ask for a driver), a salary of 1,500 yuan per month, the treatment is definitely the top in China.

Fang Jianxiong actually lived in this big courtyard last night, but he was quietly stationed, and the guards were all plainclothes and did not alarm the others. When I got up in the morning, I called Chen Zhaokeng and walked around. This large living area is the senior life of Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group, the internal environment of the yard is full of green trees, a two-storey small western-style building with a garden, and all domestic and foreign senior technical personnel live. This generation is still a little far from the city, and not far from the Jiaotong University is nearby, and many experts and scholars who live here are also part-time professors in the university.

Yun Qinghe and Zhou Leng are of this level, and when they go out, they have to register at the gate post and bring a guard. The reason is simple, there are some relevant technical secrets involved. Zhou Leng is an expert in the study of armor steel, and Yun Qinghe is an expert in building large-caliber artillery. Similar specialists, more than three hundred people lived in this compound, and there was a regimental garrison nearby.

The reason why it is so strict is because there are too few domestic talents. Experts like Yun and Zhou, although they are young, but they are the most advanced technology representatives in China, and in twenty or thirty years, these people will be able to bring out a large number of rising stars. The magnitude of the role of these people for the country cannot be overstated.