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September 20, 1913, 2754 AD, Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard.
At this moment, in the No. 8 dock of Jiangnan Factory, a large group of technicians and workers are busy.
However, they are not building new ships now, but renovating several old ships.
These old ships are not large in tonnage.
They are all small warships of about five to six hundred tons.
The four ships do not occupy the entire dock.
Judging from the style, they are all old-fashioned warships from decades ago, and there is even a wooden-hulled sailboat.
At this time, the renovation work was coming to an end.
However, this renovation did not change the original layout of several old ships.
It only replaced the original obsolete parts and main engines.
Even the wooden-hulled sailboat was replaced with a new one.
The wooden hull was not replaced with steel or anything.
Although these are old ships, since they were sent to Jiangnan Factory, many elderly people have come from all over the country to watch them.
It's the same now.
Dozens of old people stood next to the dock.
They all looked at these small old ships with excited eyes, and some of them kept wiping their tears.
Because these old ships are all ships of the former Beiyang Navy.
The wooden-hulled motor sailing ship is the Caojiang, and the other several are Zhenxi, Zhennan and Zhenbian among the Zhendong-class gunboats.
These four old ships are all It was Wen Desi who asked for it from Japan.
The old people who came to watch were all former Beiyang sailors who had participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.
They were moved by the scene and inevitably became a little emotional.
Speaking of which, this ship Caojiang is also a product of Jiangnan Factory.
It is the second ship built by Shanghai Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.
It was designed and supervised by Xu Shou, a famous engineer in the late Qing Dynasty and others.
Construction started in February 2018 and was completed in July 2018.
It is the first propeller ship manufactured in China.
The ship is made of wooden shell, wooden ribs and iron nail caulking process, with a displacement of 640 tons.
It was just that the fate of the Caojiang was bad.
On July 25, 1894, the Sino-Japanese naval battle of Toshima broke out.
The Caojiang ship on a transportation mission and the accompanying troop transport Gaosheng unfortunately broke into the battlefield.
As a result, the Gaosheng was sunk, and the Caojiang ship was sunk.
At 1:50 in the afternoon, she was chased by the Japanese ship Akijinsu and was forced to fly the white flag and surrender.
She became the first warship of the Beiyang Fleet to be captured in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.
After being incorporated into the Japanese fleet, the Caojiang ship was classified as a guard ship and performed patrol and warning missions.
After 1898, the ship's class was changed to a second-class gunboat, which also served as a survey ship.
Probably due to the resentment of the Beiyang Navy, on May 22, 1903, the ship ran aground and sank while performing a survey mission in Nemuro Bay, and all the crew members did not survive.
The Japanese Navy felt that it was very unlucky, so in October of that year, the ship was removed from the Navy and transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to serve as a quarantine ship for Kobe Port and Hyogo Prefecture.
In the original time and space, it was registered as a sailing ship, the Emaru, in 1924, and was not deregistered until 1965.
At that time, the Beiyang Navy had a total of six Zhendong-class gunboats.
They were mosquito gunboats and were built by the British Armstrong Shipyard.
They had a displacement of 440 tons and a wooden hull covered with steel plates without armor.
All participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.
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After the defeat of Beiyang, these ships, together with Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, Pingyuan and other ships, surrendered to the Japanese army at Weihaiwei and all became prisoners of the Japanese army.
After March 1895, these original Beiyang ships were incorporated into the Japanese Combined Fleet and served.
The six Zhendong-class ships were reclassified as second-class gunboats in March 1898.
In August 1903, the six ships were deregistered and became handy ships.
After 1906, they were gradually decommissioned and resold or dismantled.
So far, only the west, south and edge of the town have not been demolished.
As for the other captured warships of the Beiyang Navy, they are all gone.
For example, Jiyuan and Pingyuan were mined and sunk during the Russo-Japanese War, and Zhenyuan, Guangbing and other ships were also sunk in accidents or scrapped and dismantled.
After Japan's defeat this time, the Chinese government demanded the return of its captured Beiyang warships, requiring that all Japanese ships that were still alive must be returned, and the wreckage of the missing ships must also be exchanged for the wreckage.
In this matter, the British also pretended not to know, and even pressured Japan to meet China's requirements.
The boss didn't support it, so the Japanese who were crippled naturally didn't dare to stab it.
Although they also felt very embarrassed, they had no choice but to return it honestly.
After the Sino-Japanese Shanghai Contract was signed, Japan searched the country, collected the original Beiyang ships and wreckage that they had captured and now scattered among the people, and handed them over to China in May.
Of course, China does not ask for these ships for its own use.
After all, they are decades old ships, and the navy will not want them.
This is a matter of face and must not be omitted.
Before traveling through time, Wen Desi was very resentful about this matter.
Now of course I have to take it all back if I have the chance.
After renovation, these ships will be sent to the newly built Weihaiwei Naval History Museum together with the relics from Dingyuan and Zhenyuan as witnesses of history.
The dead cannot be traced.
The old history is gone, but the new history is still moving forward.
While the old Beiyang ships are being renovated, a large warship is being built in the newly built No. 18 Dockyard at Shanghai Jiangnan Plant.
The No. 18 Dockyard on Changxing Island is a 50,000-ton shipyard and is currently the largest shipyard in the world. , the supporting shipbuilding equipment is also the most advanced.
At this time, the shipyard is laying the keel.
An experienced person can estimate the approximate tonnage of the ship from the size of the keel.
However, Wen Desi obviously did not have this ability, so he directly asked Liang Ji, the chief engineer next to him.
"How big is she" Chief Engineer Liang Ji replied: "Mr.
Wen, her standard displacement is 45,000 tons, and her main gun is three quadruple 390 mm 45-caliber naval guns."
Wen Desi continued to ask: "Her main gun is all forward.
What are the benefits of doing so?"
Liang Ji said with excitement: "Compared with the traditional dreadnought main gun layout, this front-mounted main gun layout has many benefits.
First, the armor box is greatly shortened in length and the armor thickness is increased.
This way, the same main gun can be used under the same conditions.
The displacement can be greatly reduced and the defense power can be increased.
At the same time, the main gun position can be concentrated.
It is more convenient for fire control management and improves the hit rate.
At the same time, her main cabin is located behind, and the relatively fragile transmission system can be made more compact to increase defense.
Moreover, without the main gun on her rear deck, the usable area is larger.
In order to ascend, more seaplanes can be deployed to increase reconnaissance capabilities, and more anti-aircraft weapons can be deployed."
Wen Desi raised his eyebrows and continued to ask: "What are the disadvantages?
Compared with the traditional layout, what are the disadvantages?"
"Well, what's this shortcoming?"
Liang Ji paused and said, "Because all her main guns are in the front, so her rear hemisphere is a fire blind spot.
If she is pursued by a large enemy warship, she will not be able to fight back.
It can only speed up to escape or turn around to meet the enemy.
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It is not an attack ship, but the main force of the offensive battle line.
It does not need to use its tail to face the enemy, so this shortcoming is not a big deal. " Deputy Chief Engineer Wang Tengpeng also said beside him: "Mr.
Wen, although her main gun cannot be used when retreating, she can exert 100 firepower when attacking.
The navy is an offensive branch."
"You are right, the navy is indeed an offensive branch."
Wen Desi nodded in approval.
At this time, Liang Ji took out a rendering of the finished product and introduced: "Look, her front and middle deck is on a slope, and the three main guns are arranged in sequence, so there is no need to raise the base of the second and third turrets. method to obtain forward firing.
There is no need to waste the forward firepower of the No. 3 turret like the pyramid layout.
Our slope layout lowers the center of gravity.
At the same time, it also makes the structure around the turret stronger.
The three main guns have a circumferential firing angle of 270 degrees, and can exert 100 firepower within 240 degrees of the front hemisphere, so if the retreat state is not considered, it will be different from the traditional layout.
It’s not a disadvantage, and it even has a slight advantage.
For example, our Fuxi class only has a full firepower angle of 240 degrees.”
"Okay, let's build two ships first and see how effective they are.
If they work well, we will continue to build battleships with this layout," Wen Desi finally said.
Since 1911, China has started construction of two battleships and two heavy cruisers every year.
The outfitting work of the battleships Houyi and Chiyou, and the heavy cruisers Yandang and Tianshan, which started in April 1911, has been completed and is currently at sea. trial stage.
The Yandang and Tianshan are progressing faster and will be ready for service next month.
The Houyi and Chiyou are expected to be ready for service in December at the latest.
The super-dreadnoughts Xuanyuan and Shennong, and the heavy cruisers Qixia and Daxing'an, which were started in February 1912, have been launched and are currently in the outfitting stage.
In March this year, construction started on three battleships, Dayu, Kuafu, and Suleiman the Magnificent, and two heavy cruisers, Huangshan and Lushan.
Among them, the battleship Suleiman the Magnificent was built for the Ottoman Empire.
Although these battleships still use the Fuxi-class and Qingcheng-class hulls, there are improvements in details in each batch.
For example, starting from the 1911 batch, welding technology has been fully used to replace the traditional riveting technology.
In addition, the performance of the warship's armor steel, power system, electronic system and other subsystems has been greatly improved, and details such as cabin layout and underwater mine protection structure have also been gradually improved.
The biggest change has been in the Qingcheng class.
Starting from the Yandang and Tianshan, the main gun has been replaced from four triple-mounted 240mm main guns to four twin-mounted 280mm main guns.
The power of the main engine has been increased, and the actual maximum speed has been increased to 30.5 knots turned out to be 28.7 knots.
In the recent sea trial, they even reached a high speed of 32 knots.
The Qingcheng class changed its main gun because it was found in actual tests that the 240mm main gun is an embarrassing caliber.
Its power is too small to threaten battleships, and it is too powerful for cruisers.
Its rate of fire does not have much advantage over the 280mm gun. .
However, after such an upgrade, it can hardly be regarded as a heavy cruiser.
With her speed of 30.5 knots, according to European standards, this is a proper battlecruiser.
However, there is no battlecruiser level in the Chinese Navy, so it is still called a heavy cruiser, which of course is more embarrassing.
It would be fun if someone really thought she was a heavy cruiser.
In September last year, the Navy proposed to the central government that after being stimulated by the Fuxi class, various countries are now launching battleships equipped with 14-inch main guns, 15-inch class or even larger main guns, at least in terms of main gun caliber.
The Fuxi class no longer has the upper hand.
So they asked for more powerful battleships to be built.
The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense also reported that the development of the 390mm main gun is close to success.
So Wen Desi approved the plan.
After more than half a year of preparation work, before the war between China and Japan, the preliminary design of the new first-class battleship was basically completed.
However, after the Sino-Japanese East China Sea War, the navy, which had actual combat experience, put forward new requirements and suggestions.
At the same time, battleship intelligence from other powers was also collected one after another, so the design department made further modifications to the original design of the new battleship.
At this time, the smell of gunpowder in Europe was getting stronger and stronger.
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Considering that World War I was about to break out, Wen Desi ordered to advance the construction period of the new battleship from March next year to September this year in order to meet this great opportunity.
In other words, the current new battleship has not yet been officially finalized.
Only the main body and most of the design have been completed, and some detailed designs are still unfinished.
It is currently being designed while construction is underway.
In addition to new battleships, emerging warships such as aircraft carriers have also begun to be mass-produced.
Two Xia Dynasty-class aircraft carriers designed by the Guangzhou Shipbuilding Design Institute have also started construction this year.
This Xia Dynasty class is an improvement on the aircraft carrier designed by Osman.
There is also a Changbai-class heavy cruiser equipped with four triple-mounted 210mm main guns and a displacement of 13,000 tons.
Construction will also start next month.
This is a real heavy cruiser, different from the "pocket battleship" like the Qingcheng class.
In addition, the construction of two new types of submarines is also on the schedule.
One is an enlarged version of the Type 902 "Seal-class" and the Type 903 "Seal-class" ocean-going attack submarine with a displacement of 1,800 tons.
The other is used for transportation. and supply large submarines, the Type 904 "Manatee-class" transport submarine with a displacement of 5,000 tons.
This kind of submarine was of great concern to Wen Desi, and he decided to use a large number of such submarines in the future when transporting humanitarian relief supplies to the oppressed people of various imperialist colonies.
The equipment of the Army and Air Force is not idle either.
In addition to upgrading the domestic military, some equipment has also been specially developed for export.
For example, Chengdu Aircraft Co., Ltd. has launched a fighter jet specifically for export based on the J-2.
It is now stocking up and will be able to count the money when European countries open it.
Now in China, not only the military industry is trying its best to increase production capacity, but also various industries and agriculture are trying their best to increase production.
Everyone is trying to get a good deal from the feast of World War I.
Now China is ready to eat this Western feast.
China has now tied its napkin, placed its plate, prepared its condiments, held its knife and fork high, and is eagerly waiting for the European War to break out and the feast to be served
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