Chapter 230: Lively October
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2 January 255 (1914).
Before today, there are two things that attract the world's attention the most, the first is the fourth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China held on November 1, although according to Chinese tradition, this is not a whole number every five and ten, but it is the first ceremony after the official Hanjing was completed, so its scale is not inferior to the founding ceremony at that time, and even in terms of quality.
The most eye-catching is the Chinese armored forces and air force participating in the parade, in addition to several tanks and armored vehicles that participated in the Sino-Japanese war, there are also two new combat vehicles, although China has not announced the performance parameters, but just look at their larger bodies and thicker tubes, you know that these two combat vehicles must be more powerful.
One is the Type 1914 "Raccoon" tank, which is an enlarged and improved version of the Type 2 Type 192 "Wolverine" tank, with an increased weight of 2 tons, armed with a 55-mm cannon, this tank has no prototype in history and is completely original. The other is a self-propelled gun on the same turf, the pLL1 1914 "Snake Haze" 75 mm self-propelled howitzer.
In addition, two new aircraft appeared in the parade, one is the J-type "Shrike" fighter that flew away, which is the world's first all-metal monoplane fighter, which looks somewhat like the "later generation" P2 "toy gun", the difference is that its cockpit is airtight.
The other is also a biplane, but it is the world's first specialized attack aircraft, or rather a dive bomber. It is the Qiang-1 "Bailing" attack aircraft produced by Efei, which is very similar to the German H2-dive bomber in the 3s, but it also uses a closed cockpit.
This kind of thing is actually a by-product, it was originally prepared to compete with the J-Flying for the position of the next main fighter, but in the test, its air combat performance was significantly inferior to the J-"Shrike", and after being hanged, it finally failed shamefully. However, it is clear that although the air combat performance of this aircraft is not good, it has been ignored by the Air Force, but it has shown strong dive performance and stability, so it was favored by the 6th Aviation and Hainan Airlines at the same time.
The Air Force doesn't want it, we want it
Although China's Air Force, Sixth Air Force, and Navy are all air forces, the nature of their missions still has its own emphasis. For example, in the same ground strike, the Air Force is strategic bombing and large-scale bombing, mainly in area strikes, so all they need are large and medium-sized bombers, and attack planes are not to their liking. The task of the 6th Air and Navy is to directly support the 6 Navy in combat, which is very much needed for attack aircraft.
The two aircraft also only showed their faces at the parade, and did not announce the performance figures. However, China, as recognized as the number one air power, has produced two new aircraft equipped with troops, and its performance is naturally not too bad. Especially in the heat of Europe, it is strange not to attract everyone's attention.
After the National Day parade, China then held the first naval parade of the new China in the waters off Qingdao on January 6.
This parade is the same as the military parade, it is also showing its muscles to the world, the Chinese Navy is not as good as the 6th Army and the Air Force, and there are still fewer things in their hands, so they basically show most of their family background.
Participating in the parade were: Fuxi-class dreadnoughts, Qinling-class large cruisers, Qingcheng-class heavy cruisers, Minjiang-class light cruisers, 1O Fuchunjiang-class light cruisers, 2 Zhuhai-class destroyers, and 33 Wuchang-class frigates. There is also an aircraft carrier, three seaplane carriers and two airship carriers. The second-hand ships and warships above the cruiser level also participated in this parade from the previous batch of second-hand ships bought from Europe and the United States, including a former dreadnought, a heavy cruiser and a light cruiser
However, the most striking thing is the trophy captured from Japan (including surrender and salvage repair), including battleships (Kawachi, Satsuma, Kashima, Shuhobo, Sagami, Hizen, Iwami), heavy cruisers Kawasu, Kurama, Ikoma, and Iwate), a light cruiser (Hirado) and ships. These ships deliberately did not change their names, but removed the chrysanthemum pattern bow emblem of the former Japanese Navy and changed it to the bow emblem of the Chinese Navy's "Golden Dragon Hugging the Earth" ship, and replaced the military flag with that of China.
A total of 48 boats with a total tonnage of more than 60,000 tons participated in the parade, and although torpedo boats and gunboats accounted for most of these ships, there were also quite a few large warships. According to European and American calculations, this includes 19 battleships, 14 armored cruisers, 6 protective cruisers...... That's what a lot of Western media writes anyway.
After the news came out, the naval generals and military experts of Western countries shattered their glasses and said that they were in a groan, because they were shocked to find that China had quietly become a naval power in a few years, and it was already the sixth in the world in terms of the number of battleships alone. It is second only to the United Kingdom (ships), Germany, the United States (, France, Russia, and one more than Italy.
You must know that six years ago, the Chinese Navy was only the largest warship was a protective cruiser, and the total tonnage was less than 10,000 tons.
Isn't everyone talking about a "hundred-year-old navy"? As a result, now in the blink of an eye, the old hen has turned into a duck, and this Nima has only been five years, and there is inexplicably more naval power on the earth. Many people find this unacceptable.
Well, although most of these Chinese ships are second-hand ships that have been bought, surrendered, and fished, there are not no new ships, and with the Fuxi-class dreadnought, you can kneel ⊥ many countries. They have already proven their combat effectiveness in the naval battles between China and Japan in the East China Sea.
Because the parade can be seen as a continuation of the National Day parade, this seems to be two things, but it is actually one. In fact, after this year, this has also become a common practice for the Chinese Navy, and after every National Day parade, there will be a ship parade.
The second event began on January 2, when Germany carried out strategic bombing of London, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and other large cities in the United Kingdom. Among them, the protagonist is the product produced by Germany after the H-2 "Egret" heavy bomber related technology imported from China, and after some improvements, Germany calls it the "Gotha 11" heavy bomber.
In the early days of the war, all the bombing tasks of the German army were undertaken by airships, and as the war unfolded, the weaknesses of the airships themselves such as bloated size, slow movement, and susceptibility to weather were gradually exposed. Most importantly, the white phosphorus incendiary bomb was made clear by the British, and fighters equipped with such bullets became a nightmare for airships, and of course for the Entente. A large number of airships on both sides were destroyed by white phosphorus incendiary bombs, making it difficult to carry out the bombing mission of the airships, and the losses were increasing day by day.
So Germany began to set its sights on specialized long-range bombers, preparing to use this kind of thing instead of airships for long-range bombing missions. In the past, due to the dazzling aura of the "airship winning theory" concocted by President Wen, and the huge carrying capacity of the airship itself, which blinded everyone's eyes, except for China, all countries did not develop special long-range bombers, everyone was tasked with, and it was enough to bomb airships.
Germany was no exception, they did not fly long-range bombers either, not even planned. However, they have a very "in-depth cooperation" with China, and they also know more about China's two types of bombers, so they approached China and asked to buy planes and introduce technology. However, there are not many Chinese H-2s, only 2O were sold to Germany (with the replacement of tube radios and lower power motives), and the drawings and production authorization were sold to them.
As soon as the Germans got their hands on the drawings, they began mass production, and at the same time they made some improvements to the drawings, adding self-defense weapons, and making some changes to their appearance and the original, which was the "Gotha 11" heavy bomber. This aircraft has better performance than the original space-time cargo of the same name, with a bomb load of up to one ton. The maximum weight is 2o km, the cruising range is 6o km, the cruising range is 11oo km, and the practical ceiling is 756 meters. The "Gotha 11" in the original time and space has a bomb load of only 6o kilograms, a maximum of 14o kilometers, a ceiling of 66 meters, and a range of 836 kilometers.
In the past half a month, the "Gotha 11" heavy bomber has become a nightmare for the British, causing a large number of casualties to several large British cities, and at the same time, the city has been destroyed, a large number of factories have been destroyed, and industrial production has been reduced. It was called a "Gotha disaster" by the British.
Hankyung, presidential palace.
The above two things are indeed very eye-catching, but today there is another major event that has attracted the attention of the world.
“...... At 6 o'clock local time, the Entente's troop carrier fleet was attacked by a large number of German submarines near the junction of the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean, and suffered heavy losses. The Entente lost cruisers, destroyers, 6 troop carriers, and 33 cargo ships......" Gu Xiaoyuan, the military secretary, read aloud a piece of information she had just received.
Xia Xiao, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, added: "Mr. Wen, according to our intelligence, these troop carriers are all colonial troops recruited from Australia, India and French Indochina, as well as the first batch of Japanese troops to participate in the war, with a total of more than B10,000 4o6 people, transported by three troop carriers. In this attack, at least half of the troops were lost
"The British are also careless, Germany announced a submarine war against the Allied ships in B, are they not prepared?" Xin Jie frowned.
Xia Xiao said: "Mr. Xin, it's not that they are unprepared, but they are not well prepared, and there are fewer escort ships. And Germany dispatched 3 submarines this time. ”
Wen Desi was about to speak, when suddenly Gu Xiaolan ran in with another piece of information.
"The British troop convoy was attacked in the waters off Iceland in the Atlantic, destroying 37 troop carriers and 2 cargo ships, and losing 2 Canadian divisions...... It was a German submarine. ”
"What, the Atlantic was also attacked?"
Xin Jie smiled: "Hehe, the Germans are really good, at least 6 divisions of the Entente have been lost at this time......"
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