Four-seven-seven The era of gasoline and super-battleships
"Yuting, the U.S. fleet hasn't left yet?"
"Your Majesty, I haven't left yet, I heard that they are very dissatisfied with Saigo Congdao's invitation to us to enter and sign several agreements, and are putting pressure on him. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Zhang Zuoshuang just walked in front of him, and when he heard it, he immediately put the news he had just received on the slightly messy small table.
Zunmo turned his head.
Outside the car window, an eagle hovered over the grassland for a moment, then suddenly retracted its wings and swooped down, like brown lightning, and before the afterimage in the net had dissipated, the sharp eagle talons had already grabbed a hare and soared towards the snow-covered mountain top in the distance.
This scene made him and Zhang Zuoshuang smile slightly, for the "Ri" at this moment, Hua is undoubtedly the eagle, hovering in the sky all the time, looking for a few years and finally finding an opportunity, a thunderous blow.
When Britain and Germany could not extricate themselves from the arms race, and when the United States was fledgling, Japan had no choice but to tremble under the talons of the eagle.
With China's support, the protests of the United States pale in comparison, and "even if the Great White Fleet has arrived at the doorstep of the Japanese Empire, it can only show off its might or waste a few shells to intimidate."
The special geographical environment makes "Hichimoto Tokyo Bay like a chick protected by a hen under the wings" "As long as Yokosuka is in the hands of China for a day, the throat of the entire Uraga waterway will be stuck by himself" No matter who enters the heart of Himoto, he must get his own permission.
Don't look at the fierce trouble that the United States is making now, if a ship of mines is dropped into the Uraga waterway at this time, then the entire Great White Fleet will become a fish struggling in a net waiting for death, and even not having to fight is enough for them to surrender automatically.
Moreover, starting from Japan to Cam Ranh Bay, which is controlled by the state, all the way is the sea area of the Chinese Empire, so it is impossible for the United States to force it too fiercely, because if it provokes China, then the roads of the Great White Fleet to the Suez Canal will be blocked, "even the coal to go home is not enough!"
In fact, many people don't understand why he wants to pick up the "day" book again at this time, "Only he knows that this is still preparing for the big war in a few years."
As the European race intensifies, regardless of whether there is a breakthrough in power, super-dreadnought is bound to emerge "Then the Navy will enter an era."
The experience of Jutland in later generations proved that the era of relying on one or two decisive naval battles to defeat the enemy was over: "The operational concept of the navy has undergone earth-shaking changes, and containment and counter-containment have become the key, but they have not yet realized it, and when all countries have made technological breakthroughs," if we cannot thoroughly grasp the "Japan" in the palm of our hands, then there will be a huge hole in the Pacific defense line, and we will not be able to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to it.
Judging from the experience of later generations, even if someone provides Japan with two or three submarines, it will be enough to contain his destroyers several times as many times and seriously threaten the safety of sea routes.
From the current point of view, the sudden completion of the "day" book "caught off guard, and the purpose of control has been achieved" is just the husband of the water mill in the later stage, and Wang Shizhen should be able to complete this aspect. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)
Now that the peasants have gradually obtained the land, they will definitely solve the problem of food and clothing first, and it will take at least seven or eight years for the landlords to hoe the grass and "want to find someone to get up", which means that there is no threat to the Japanese before World War I.
As far as the United States is concerned, without Japan, it lacks a means to interfere with China, and a dangerous nail in the long line of defense east of the Pacific Ocean has been completely pulled out!
As for the Imperial Family!
Li Mo stood in front of the car window and "looked at the sneer on the corner of his mouth in the glass reflection, and was also secretly frightened" Although he can't make an atomic bomb yet, he remembers very well the record of dirty bombs in the book "Unrestricted Warfare", after adding some special concentrated strong radiation material powder to the building materials, the Kyoto Imperial Palace "will be the tomb of the Imperial Family, and in the next twenty years, this family will gradually disappear in the ray bath."
At that time, whether to recreate an emperor or let the "Japanese" completely embark on the internal friction of partisan struggle was all up to one's own mood.
"Your Majesty, Commander Long asked, what to do with the American fleet."
"Welcome!" Li Mo waved his hand, and immediately smiled when he was in a good mood: "Open the door and set up a banquet" made it lively, reflecting the friendship between the two countries. ”
The corners of Zhang Zuoshuang's eyes jumped, Emperor Li was really friendly, "It's another collision with a ship, and it's a pit man" Recently, the United States has not been able to recover for at least a year through the financial crisis.
On October 1, after a month of grinding in Japan and not getting any benefits, the mighty Great White Fleet finally arrived at Port Arthur and began a friendly visit to China.
The huge White Fleet was indeed an eye-opener for many Chinese, and those American soldiers also saw a unique oriental charm for the first time, but Rear Admiral Evans was a little dissatisfied, because the previous plan to rely on the Great White Fleet to deter the Chinese Empire was completely destroyed with the "Japan" incident.
Li Mo didn't have time to care about the U.S. fleet" but quietly arrived at Jiayuguan with Zhang Zuoshuang by train, which is the far point that the current Northwest China railway network can reach, although the railway from Urumqi "Tangnu Wulianghai to here is under construction, but it will take at least two years to connect."
In order to pave the main railway roads in all the provinces of the great northwest as soon as possible, at least one million coolies of the Construction Corps have died here in the past eight years.
Li Mo ignored the big white fleet to come here for two reasons: "The first is the location of the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Plant in the previous life, the first steel plant under the Northwest China Heavy Industry Group, which took five years, has finally started, although the current actual daily output of 500 tons and the design million tons of annual output is still very different, and because of the serious delay in the construction period due to other reasons, it is still a great progress" means that the Northwest Region can finally produce its own steel to ensure local construction needs.
But this requires a process, and when the workers are skilled, and when the ore mining progress, it does not take a year or two to reach the design index, and in addition to here, in the next two years, Urumqi, Yinchuan, "Xining, Baotou and Lanzhou, these places to build steel plants will also be put into operation" by that time, not only the northwest construction will officially enter the lane, China's steel output is also expected to double.
Even if Li Mo is not a traverser, the pursuit of steel in this era is endless: "Whether it is a warship, or an MP-type tank that has begun to be produced in small batches and delivered to the troops for training, or a series of railroad tracks and factories, China's demand for steel is almost like a bottomless pit."
Although as of last year, the output of major steel mills exceeded 5 million tons for the first time, and the fourth largest steel-producing country after the United Kingdom not only won the hot forging technology of VH armor steel, possessed the electroslag furnace technology, but also broke through the two technologies of ferrosilicon alloy steel and manganese-silicon alloy steel for the first time, "but it is still difficult to meet the strong domestic demand."
Therefore, the start of operation of the Northwest Group and Jiayuguan Steel Plant has become extremely important.
Watching the fiery molten steel pouring out and turning into a fierce railroad track, watching the steel billet change shape under the hydraulic press, Li Mo carefully inquired about every detail like a child, "wearing thick coarse cloth overalls" and checking the progress of the furnace with the workers.
For him, refining an extra ton of steel every day means that Hua has grown stronger.
It wasn't until ten days after being in Jiayuguan that he was reluctant to embark on the return journey, although he really wanted to go to Tianshan and Urumqi now, but the northwest was about to usher in winter, and it was very difficult to have no railway traffic, so he could only give up for the time being.
After inspecting the steel mill, Li Mo came to the current large petroleum smelter in the northwest to extend the oil field.
After stepping into this small oil field, the first thing you see is the earthen wall that was once covered with human skin, although the wall has been cleaned, but the local workers did not push it, because it is a memorial, and everyone hopes to let future generations know that this large oil field was built from blood.
Compared with Jinzhou, and a number of state-owned and private refineries that were later started in Rizhao, Lianyungang, Changxing Island, Fujian, and other places, the scale of the Yanchang refinery is not large, but because it is deep in the inland center, it almost undertakes most of the processing and experimental base of special oil after completion, and it is also the only aviation gasoline supply base in China at present.
": Bu technology" has changed dramatically. ”
As a later generation, Li Mo knows the meaning of this sentence very well, because many small technologies seem inconspicuous, but the impact is great, especially on aviation gasoline.
Due to the limitations of current processing and smelting technology, there is not much difference between the aviation gasoline used in China and ordinary gasoline, except that some synthetic substances are added to "reduce volatility."
This factor was not a problem at the beginning, because the star engine had not yet been figured out, but with the emergence of the star engine, the engine horsepower was not broken through, which became his big heart disease.
No matter what kind of aircraft, a good engine is extremely important, and throughout the experience of later generations, the impact of the engine on the performance of the aircraft is great, so he has always dreamed of solving this problem as soon as possible.
However, after the technical department tried its best, it was never greatly improved, which in addition to processing and design factors, the designers also found that different batches of gasoline also had a great impact on engine performance.
After this news reached Li Mo's ears, he remembered an article he had read about the impact of the octane number in aviation gasoline on the engine, so he rushed here.
Aviation gasoline is less volatile than car gasoline, less easy to vaporize, and the octane number directly affects the performance of the engine, so after arriving at the extension, Li Mo immediately began to solve how to increase the octane number in gasoline together with the technical Yan.
In order to find the best formula, he learned from the United States to add different dyes to gasoline to distinguish categories, and then handed it over to the engine department to test.
When using a high-octane engine, "the fuel system of the engine also needs to be redesigned, otherwise it will pose a risk to the aircraft, so the change from gasoline to grass has caused an engine to die."
Limer's goal was to develop a good oil with an octane rating between 110 and 120 according to the standards of World War II, and to "improve the engine" with a good fuel system, so that the star engine could reach at least 00 horsepower required for monoplanes.
But this is a long process, in addition to the oil, the engine fuel system that matches the oil, etc., all need long-term testing, and later he understood that "why only the United States dared to use such a high-octane aviation gasoline during World War II, because when the gasoline is purified, added, and mixed over and over again in the pipeline, it is almost burning money."
As the US Great White Fleet went all the way to the west, successively visited Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Luzon, and crossed the Suez Canal to reach the Mediterranean, causing a sensation in Europe and returning to the United States, this proud record of sailing for more than a year, covering tens of thousands of nautical miles, and crossing three oceans has enabled all countries in the world to appreciate and recognize the comprehensive strength of the United States on the one hand, and proved the US fleet's transoceanic combat capability on the other hand.
But at the same time, he did not achieve the expected goal of deterring the Chinese Empire and Europe, because at this time the dreadnoughts that had arrived early by Li Mo had already been unable to stop, and in May 1909, in order to cope with the pressure of the naval shipbuilding competition with Germany, the British Parliament approved a huge additional budget for the construction of eight capital ships again" in response to the challenge of the German Navy!
This news also means that the sky over Europe is no longer a haze accumulation, but a complete explosion of Mars. On August 29, three months earlier than history, the British Royal Navy announced the data of the four Orion-class battleships on the day of construction, fully loaded with a displacement of 25,000 tuns, and the speed of 20 knots did not exceed the world's expectations, but the five twin-inch 45 times body barrel naval guns with the layout of the Jilin-class layout of the Chinese Empire "ignited the whole world almost as soon as it was announced."
In the past year, when Li Mo, who had traveled back and forth between various parts of the country and various laboratories, raised his head and saw the report sent back by fax from the Chinese Embassy in Britain, he immediately threw it into the trash.
"The young master is very busy!" Li Mo spat at the newspaper. "Because compared with the appearance of super dreadnought, an extremely important thing is imminent.
On October 1, 1909, Li Enfu, the prime minister of the Chinese Empire, announced in his personal name that he would be in the next year. Moonblade Day stepped down as scheduled.