Forty-eighty-three peace is over

On the turquoise sea, a small peninsula embraces Ishigaki Island's only harbor like an emerald, and the low but lush mangrove forests on the island add to the vitality of the island. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

But when the destroyer had rounded the peninsula, a tragic scene made everyone who saw it worry about it, and they saw that it was about two kilometers away from the pier, as if it had been washed by a battleship with a cannon, and there were ruins everywhere, and a huge charred black mass was impressive.

What is it that makes such a big explosion?

When the destroyer docked, Li Mo rushed ashore one by one and walked towards the place of the explosion, but when he walked in, he found that a familiar figure in front of him was wrapped in a thick bandage on his left hand, and hurriedly ran over.

"Old Tan, what's the matter with you?"

Tan Xiaozeng was directing everyone to clean up the scene and dig out important things, and when he heard the call, he hurriedly turned around, and found that the emperor had come in person, and hurriedly prepared to salute, but he didn't expect this action to involve a wound, and he couldn't help baring his teeth.

"Alright." Li Mo hurriedly interrupted him and asked, "Why are you here?" What's the deal with the hands? ”

"Xiaozeng, thank you for your concern." Tan Xiaozeng smiled: "Hehe, didn't it happen that I was bombed that day." ”

"You're there too?"

"Yes, I originally wanted to come to see the progress, but I didn't expect to encounter this incident, hey" Speaking of this, Tan Xiaozeng couldn't help but sigh, looked at the rubble all over the ground, and said sadly: "The machines and equipment are all destroyed, and more than a dozen technicians have died, and even hundreds of workers have died and more than eighty have been injured." ”

'It's so serious,' Li Mo said, walking forward, and when he reached the center of the explosion, he knew why it was so powerful, and so many people were killed and wounded

It turned out that not only did this laboratory explode, but also the small oxygen plant next to it exploded, which was probably caused by detonation, and the explosion should have been very sudden, so there would be so many casualties.

Looking at the wreckage all over the ground, Li Mo couldn't help but sigh, he wasn't too worried about the American ship sea before, one of them was because of one of the killer features being developed here, but he didn't expect that when he was ruthless, there would be another disaster.

It is not surprising that there will be an explosion here, because it is too dangerous to get things here, and there have been accidents such as fires before, but I didn't expect the explosion to be so strong this time, and it also ignited the supporting oxygen plant next door, destroying all the hard work of several years, and almost catching a vice admiral.

When will your own oxygen torpedo be completed?

Li Mo shook his head and found a broken big rock and sat down, in fact, he had always wanted to make oxygen torpedoes, so it also named the torpedo spear back then.

The power and effect of the oxygen torpedo do not need to be repeated, in the previous life of World War II, Japan's 93 oxygen torpedo was almost a human block to kill the Buddha and kill the Buddha, how can such a good thing be given up as a traverser, and compared with the thermodynamic torpedo that is currently used by all countries, because oxygen can be dissolved into the seawater, it is almost impossible to see the track, it is simply a necessary product for sneak attacks and going out to rob.

In his previous life, Li Mo had consulted the information on this torpedo in the navy's database, and had also seen the surviving imaginary design sketches and a damaged physical photo, so when the Lance 2 thermodynamic torpedo gradually touched the barrier a few years ago, he immediately started to look for it and quietly established a special torpedo research institute here, just to be able to make this kind of mass killing weapon.

But now five years of hard work have been completely destroyed by an explosion, and the key is the loss of those front-line technicians and workers, which is really heart-wrenching.

"The emperor can rest assured, we have a backup of all the materials and design drafts, and several chief designers were not present at the time, so we can start again." Seeing Li Mo's distressed face, Tan Xiaozeng had no choice but to come up and comfort him.

Li Mo nodded, built a piece of metal from under his feet, and sighed in his heart, although the information was retained, and the main designers were fine, but after all, all the front-line technicians and workers were almost dead, and the explosion was too big, and it would take a lot of time to rebuild the research institute, find the cause of the explosion, redesign the scheme, etc.

But how?

"Let's start over." Li Mo threw away the fragments, got up and looked at Tan Xiaozeng, who was holding a thick bandage, and said, "Old Tan, you are not young, just let the following do this kind of thing, go back to rest and recuperate." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I'm idle all day in the Admiralty and waiting for death, it's not a solution, it's better to go out for a walk." Tan Xiaozeng smiled and said, "When I came out, I felt a lot more relaxed." ”

"You" Li Mo smiled bitterly, and suddenly asked, "By the way, I heard that Tan Wang personally went to the sea to test the landing ship?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ※※※※※I'm going to ※※※ net ※ (5) ※ (1) ※ Ο※ ΝΕΤ ※ " Hearing Li Mo talk about Da'er, Tan Xiaozeng became angry, and scolded and said: "That's rebellious, he can't let him fight, and if he can't lead troops, he can only do this kind of thing, hey, the old man's face has been disgraced to him."

"Hehe, Lao Tan, don't scold me." Li Mo smiled, his mood was finally better, and said with a smile: "I have already told Chen Ping, it just so happens that we have decided to gather all the transport ships and support ships of the Navy to set up a special transport fleet, let Tan Wang try it, he has also studied with Lin Yongxiang for many years, and he should be able to manage it." ”

"That's great, it's just that my family is a little bastard, I'm afraid he can't do it" Tan Xiaozeng was excited, Tan Wang has always shot in the east and the west over the years, and has not been fixed, if he can really become a full-time logistics fleet commander, it can be regarded as inheriting his father's business.

"It's not up to you and me to decide whether it's okay or not, it's up to him" Li Mo said as he walked deeper into the explosion site: "After cleaning up, we must hurry up the reconstruction, this project is very important to us." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I'll take care of this matter personally."

"Well, it's reassuring to have you staring at me. By the way, I'm going to Shanghai in a while, and you can go with me too, and go to the hospital to rest for a few days. Seeing that Tan Xiaozeng was about to speak, Li Mo waved his hand: "It's so decided"

"Yes."

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Jiangnan Shipyard, Zhu Shunyi put down the mask-like face protection armor in his hand, got up and wiped his sweat, so that his waist bones that had been squatting for a long time relaxed.

The Huangpu River in the distance can be vaguely seen, and the row of Western-style houses with different characteristics left by foreigners on the Bund has now a few more, but it is not built by foreigners, it is built by real Chinese, and all of them are more than ten stories of large high-rise buildings built with ash and steel bars.

It's a pity that this scenery won't be seen in another two years, because the factory has already started to build a factory on Changxing Island, and everyone will have to move there in the future, and in order to keep it secret, their military industry department will take the lead in withdrawing from the Huangpu River.

On the Bund, today is a colorful flag display, and you can guess without looking at him that everyone will definitely wear all kinds of clothes, take their children and wives out of the house, and enjoy this rare holiday.

Today's National Day has become the second big year.

Zhu Shunyi scratched his head, it stands to reason that today is the National Day, and he could have taken a holiday to rest, but because of the strict requirements and tight time for this batch of military products, he had to work overtime.

The colleagues around were sitting or squatting, and under the long welding torch in their hands, a ball of sparks exploded and flickered, and with this spark, the steel plates were tightly bridged to form a whole.

This is only the first process, after the welding is completed, it is necessary to carry out grinding and other processes, and then it will be strictly inspected, and the eyes of the navy supervisors can be sharp, and the slightest sand hole will require rework.

However, everyone has nothing to complain about, and they are also very conscious of working overtime, because after entering the Ministry of Military Industry, their monthly salary of ten yuan of blue coins has risen sharply to the current twenty, all of which are brought by these warships in front of them.

Since the emperor ascended the throne of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau changed to the Jiangnan Shipyard, it has been adding equipment, training workers, and building some civilian ships.

This time, it was gratifying to everyone, but I didn't expect that before the start of work, the emperor and the government sent special old workers and a large number of technicians, which was enough for them to train for a year of heavy work.

Although they are all old workers in the factory, they have been here since they wore braids, and they have also built warships and cannons for the Qing Dynasty, but they are all old yellow calendars, and compared with those rising stars in the north who can build tens of thousands of tons of large warships, this place has long lost its advantages.

This kind of day is not easy to be robbed of the scenery, so I heard that after the re-construction of the warship, everyone is very happy, just in order to practice a good welding skill, how many people put their hot arms full of blisters, but everyone did not complain, not for anything else, just after practicing can be more than ten yuan per month than other workers, it is enough to make everyone play with their lives.

Even if this is, those backward workers are not red-eyed, looking for relationships, asking friends, quietly practicing welding behind people's backs, and even sheet metal technology, all in order to squeeze into the military construction department.

Zhu Shunyi sniffed, felt that his mouth was a little thirsty, so he walked to the pergola 100 meters away to drink water, and also took the opportunity to smoke a cigarette to moisten his throat.

After taking out the crumpled cigarette and taking two puffs, Zhu Shunyi felt a lot more comfortable, poured a bowl of water and finished it, grabbed the protective gear and prepared to do it again, and suddenly saw a large number of soldiers and big men walking into the dock and walking here.

Zhu Shunyi, who had never seen so many guns, was startled, something happened?

Before he could react, he saw the big leaders of the factory, the designer and several naval supervisors walking in with a man in his thirties, and when he saw the other party's face clearly, he was stunned.

emperor

When I saw the emperor, I saw the emperor myself

Not to mention Zhu Shunyi, those workers who were being disturbed at work couldn't believe their eyes, and some even fell to their knees directly, shouting Long live the emperor.

"Get up, get up." Li Mo smiled and picked up a nearby welder, and said with a smile: "It's a big holiday, you are working overtime for the country, I thank you." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Being able to see the emperor is a big deal at any time, so when the workers gathered around heard the emperor thank them, they couldn't even speak, but they didn't dare to say anything.

"Huh. It's a big holiday, everyone has worked overtime, I brought some small gifts, and I will go to the door to receive them for a while, which is my thanks. After Li Mo finished speaking, he led several engineers to get into a destroyer that was about to be completed and launched, leaving behind dumbfounded workers all over the ground.

The emperor gave himself a gift?

"Brothers, work hard, the emperor treats us like this, what are you waiting for" Zhu Shunyi shouted excitedly, the first one rolled up his sleeves and grabbed the welding torch, this sentence also attracted everyone's applause, which Li Mo didn't expect.

The main reason why he came today is to see what this old factory, which is known as the cradle of China's skilled workers, looks like now, from the perspective of equipment and the technical ability of workers, it is not weaker than the two major shipyards in the north, but the scale is slightly smaller, mainly because it is not facing the sea, the place is narrow and some can not be used, and it will be much better to wait two years to move to Changxing Island Factory.

At the foot is the third generation of Weiqing-class destroyers that have just begun to be built on a large scale, with a standard displacement of 2,000 tons and a full load of 2,450 tons, using an outwardly floating shear bow and square stern, and using a five-bladed propeller, with a design width of 12 meters, a large speed of 40 knots, a cruising range of 15 knots, and a cruising capacity of 10 knots / 7,000 nautical miles.

For the first time, the central bridge building ship type was adopted, which was simply the front and rear bottom, and the middle was high, and it seemed that the layout of the whole ship was very compact, similar to that of later ships.

This is a well-built destroyer, in addition to speed and endurance, the whole ship is equipped with three twin L47/130 mm naval guns, two in the front and one in the back, six 4 37 mm machine guns, eight twin Mi Da Viper machine guns, two zigzag five-pack 550 mm torpedo launchers arranged between the two chimneys, wrapped in 203 mm armor plates, in addition to two mine-laying rails, and four depth charge launchers.

What Li Mo didn't expect was that under such a compact layout and tonnage, the young designers originally dug out their minds to place a seaplane and a five-person crew between the No. 3 turret and the No. 2 torpedo launcher, but the destroyers of this era belonged to assault warships, and once they entered the torpedo attack, they basically belonged to the moment of luck when they either sealed their throats with a knife or were sunk.

This class of destroyers is the crystallization of many years of technical preparation and Li Mo's thoughts, and a large number of mature equipment has been used, which has well controlled the construction price, so Li Mo dared to approve the construction of forty ships, but in order to be safe, ten batches were still used to build in order, and the next batch could be built after each batch of sea trials was completed, so as to avoid design problems and a lot of waste.

After Li Mo finished inspecting the shipyard, a triangular formation of fifteen biplanes had already appeared in the sky, skimming at a low altitude over the Huangpu River, this scene aroused the curiosity and shouts of countless people, and Li Mo was happy, because they were not military pilots, but local flying enthusiasts.

With the opening of the civil aircraft market by Li Mo, many private flying schools and enthusiasts have appeared all over China, the largest of which is his own Royal Flying Club, with a total membership of more than 10,000 people, so these big guys in the sky are no strangers, newspapers and magazines have been introduced, and even in the north and other places, there are also aircraft service companies that specialize in spraying fertilizers and pesticides.

When the fifteen planes crossed the Bund complex, the four balls under the wings suddenly opened, and the fairies threw countless colorful ribbons like flowers, and dots of paper covered the sky, instantly pushing the atmosphere of celebration and joy to **.

The National Day of 1910 was relaxed and joyful, and like the situation in the world, it was an unforgettable period of peace, and the gradual affluence of life gave the people time to enjoy.

Just like those pilots who soar in the blue sky, this is the season of dreams, inventing, creating, learning, farming, as long as you put in it and you will be rewarded

But under this cheer and jubilation, Li Mo knew better than anyone that crisis and cruelty were coming.

On the first day of 19, Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi swore in to Li Mo in the Hanyuan Hall of the Garden, and he basically retained the team left by Li Enfu.

In addition to adding the three ministers of northern Xinjiang, southwest and Nanyang affairs to assist him in managing the country, the original position of foreign minister was handed over to Feng Qi without accident, and after Yan Fu resigned from the post of defense minister and became the minister of northern Xinjiang, the only military post of defense minister in the country was succeeded by the deputy chief of staff of the army, Duan Qirui, commander of the Sixth Infantry Division, and his successor was the rising star Wu Peifu.

A large number of original policies and the actions of officials have been retained, and the people who had previously feared turmoil after the election have been reassured, and the country has once again rushed forward under the leadership of the prime minister, Kazu.

On October 8, 1910, Long Guozhang, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Imperial Navy, visited Europe, accompanied by 50 civilian pilots who dreamed of flying planes to challenge the desert.

On 8 November, after escorting the pilots to Kuwait, Long arrived at the first stop, the Ottoman Empire, where he met with Mohammed V and actively pitched two improved Duke-class battleships to him and the Turkish Al-Shabaab-controlled parliament.

However, at this time, Turkey obviously didn't expect anything, and was still pursuing a large super battleship, so it rejected Long Guozhang's kindness.

After that, he also visited Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria and other countries, not only visited the battleships under construction in various countries, but also visited some Nordic countries for the first time, and also went to Spain, the Netherlands and even Russia, the former enemy, expressing China's desire to establish comprehensive state-to-state relations with Europe.

Later, Long Guozhang also crossed the Atlantic, visited Canada, the United States, Mexico and Colombia, and went to the top three in South America.

Since Brazil and Argentina have ordered their own super battleships, Chile finally can't sit still, and is also preparing to build two battleships, originally the country was inclined to the United Kingdom, but the previous seizure of two speed class made the Chilean Navy very dissatisfied, it happened that Long Guozhang arrived at this time, and Hua's design style was tested in actual combat, so Chile immediately fell to the Far East.

On the one hand, he was in a hurry, and on the other hand, he was trying to find a way to make money, and he hit it off.

At the beginning, the Naval Design Department, which got the news, only came up with the export version of the Jilin class, but the L50/305 mm naval gun obviously could not satisfy the South Americans' enthusiasm for large-caliber guns.

However, the problem is that it is impossible for foreign battleships to use pressurized boilers and steam turbines, which are still secret, and if the power is not strengthened, if large-caliber naval guns are used, it will inevitably lead to a serious lag in speed and armor, and the endurance will not be guaranteed.

What is surprising is that these three problems are nothing at all in the eyes of the Chilean Navy, speed? 18 knots at the duke level, I only need 17 knots. No matter how strong the armor is, it can't stop the attack of the naval guns, so as long as it is not less than 200 mm, as for the horizontal armor that Hua began to strengthen on the capital ships at all levels, the Chileans didn't even mention it, and then Long Guozhang kindly reminded him and gave an indicator of not less than 100 mm

In terms of endurance, Chile means that as long as it can drive two laps along the domestic coastline

The customer is God, not to mention the big business of two super battleships

Ignoring the armor and speed issues, McKinson and the design department worked almost at full capacity, and only three days later faxed the draft plan to Long Guozhang, who was anxiously waiting in the embassy.

Almost similar to the design of the historical Chilean Admiral Torare-class battleship, standard ton, full load 32,000 tons, powered by German reciprocating steam engine technology, high speed 18 knots, endurance 10 knots.

The main armor belt is 220 mm, the horizontal armor is 100 mm, the turret is 254 mm, the command tower is 280 mm, and the design of five twin L45/14-inch naval guns with the layout of the Jilin Type 1, plus four twin 152 mm naval guns, and eight single-mounted 76 mm naval guns, immediately made the Chilean Navy drool.

Fortunately, the Chilean Navy learned from China and eliminated the torpedo tubes of the capital ships, otherwise these two thin-skinned battleships would simply be the biggest powder keg in history.

Of course, the power is also expensive, although Simmons continued to use the friendship between the two countries, and personal relations to shamelessly bargain, but only 100,000 pounds later, still reached a sky-high price of 2.4 million pounds each

and the cost budget of 19.6 million blue coins is about 2.8 million pounds (the data in the previous chapter here is wrong, it has been modified, it is the hippo that calculated the wrong exchange number, sorry) but the data has not yet been released, but it is certain that compared with the Hebei class, which is definitely armed to the teeth, these two battleships with thin skin and big stuffing, and even the optical rangefinder did not require it, so that Li Mo was blackmailed by Chile earlier, and all the money was returned, and interest was added.

However, this deal did not make Li Mo feel very happy, as Long Guozhang began to embark on a long journey home with the contract, the calendar was torn off page by page.

Because for him, every time one is torn off, it is a sign that the first domino that causes the havoc will fall

The day of peace has come to an end

In the early morning of June 30, 1911, Li Mo in the bedroom was holding a cigarette, and in Fang Xianqi's surprised and puzzled eyes, he tore off the expired calendar paper and walked onto the balcony.