There is little rainy weather in winter, which brings a touch of cold to Jiangyin by the Yangtze River, and Jiangyin at this moment is different from the small town in Jiangnan a few years ago, and he has become a city full of modernity.

After the Northwest became the ruler of China, after the unification of China, it was like a magician, constantly lit on the blank blueprint of China, as if by magic, so that China built cities one after another, and with the influence of industry all over the country, the efficiency of this magic became faster and faster.

In the past, poor, busy peasants all year round, they couldn't even eat all year round, but in China now, as long as they are diligent and willing to work, they can get a lot of income, at least to feed a family is no problem, not only life is much better, the meat that was only eaten during the New Year's festival has also become a delicacy on the table of the common people, some senior technicians, and can even enjoy the seafood delicacy once in a while, which in the past, it was enjoyed by officials and old men.

Ordinary farmers don't understand, in fact, most people in China can't understand, they don't know, why it suddenly became like this, such days are not short-lived around them, with the passage of time, such treatment not only did not decline, but according to the improvement of everyone's technology is getting better and better, this is not one or two people, but all, with the effect of this, so that everyone has worked hard, they may understand why, there will be such a change, But all this was brought by the Northwest, and they knew it very well, so those who were grateful to the Northwest even with Yang Yuanzhao had become a great man.

Jiangyin is such a city, a border city along the river, because of the emergence of submarines, it has become China's largest submarine R&D and production base, until now. The largest military base for submarines is not here, but an experimental unit is preserved here.

Each of the military's ships needs sea trials, for the simple reason of finding out the problems and improving the performance of these warships at any time. This is very normal in the history of the development of warships, at least before World War II, that is, during World War II, the United States relied on its strong industrial strength and standardization work to standardize warships, whether it is aircraft or warships, they are dozens. The production of hundreds, or even thousands, can greatly reduce costs, but make warships truly industrial supplies and consumables.

With a slight rain, a young man with the rank of major on his shoulders slowly walked towards the Jiangyin submarine dock, with a trace of hesitation on his young and resolute face. But it was quickly and firmly represented.

Although, at present, Jiangyin. It is not the largest base for submarines, but as a research and development center, there are even daily tasks, and the dock is also modified, a semi-submersible dock, which is specially built for submarines. Inside is a submarine dock, which can sink to the bottom of the water in a semi-submersible dock, and then enter the Yangtze River channel.

His name is Deng Jieqian, and he is only 21 years old this year. A native of Panyu, Guangdong, he is currently the chief officer of the Jiangyin Submarine Test Unit, responsible for the experimental work of 4 groups and 12 types of submarines.

Although young officers abound in the Chinese army, and even after the large-scale expansion of the army, there are many regiment commanders, brigade commanders, division commanders and the like around 20 years old, but the 21-year-old naval major is really rare, after all, the navy is a technical branch, which not only requires qualifications, but also requires long-term study.

In fact, this is also the fundamental reason why the Chinese Navy is not able to expand on a large scale, before, after inheriting the foundation of the Beiyang, China has obtained a number of outstanding naval officers, and these officers have also become qualified warship officers by strengthening their study and operation of warships, which can be regarded as putting up China's naval shelf, but compared with China's production capacity, it is really insufficient.

At present, the number of China's capital ship class, including the aircraft carriers being produced, is only about 20, but how much production capacity does China have, before a Qingdao, can produce 9 warships, and the time to occupy the slipway is less than a year, now, from south to north, large shipyards, in more than 15, really burst the production capacity of warships, any country in the world, including the United States, will not be China's opponent, but there are only 20 plans under construction, and the number of destroyers and light cruisers has increased a lot.

The reason is very simple, experience, a qualified naval captain, is not 2-3 years of naval school study can be achieved, after coming out, you must go through a series of training, and even personally participate in actual combat, in order to be able to increase experience with iron and fire.

In the Chinese Navy, the rank of the officer is not proportional to the level of the warship, it is a grade lower than that of other countries, in foreign countries, the major may only be the captain of a destroyer, but in China, the major is at least the captain of a 5000-ton cruiser, which is more than a grade higher.

Deng Jieqian was able to rise to the position of lieutenant at the age of 21, which has little to do with his background, although it is also one of the special requirements, but it is not the most important element, everything about him is the result of step-by-step down-to-earth.

Deng Jieqian entered the Guangdong Navy Division at the age of 14, starting as a torpedo boat crew, spent 3 years rolling, in 1911, he was already the deputy captain of the frigate, and then when the naval school was established in Qingdao, he was the first batch to be selected, 2 years of professional study, graduated with full honors, when choosing the direction, he did not choose the battleship and the North and South Sea Fleet, which were the most chosen by his classmates, but chose the submarine force.

At that time, the submarine force had just been established, and no one could see the quality of the submarine force, Deng Jieqian came over, almost counted as the first batch of professional officers of the submarine force, and spent more than 2 years, from lieutenant officer to major position, and made a lot of military achievements, especially in the recent Shandong naval battle, he sank at least 7 Japanese warships, of which 4 were transport ships, at least more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers, he directly sank to the bottom of the sea, and for this reason, he won the Chinese Medal.

Deng Jieqian is too young, only 21 years old, if he is replaced by someone else, maybe he will just be promoted to the military rank, put it in the naval headquarters, or the Southern Fleet Command to hone and hone it, and wait until he is 25 years old, or even 30 years old and then reuse, at such an age, in the navy, he is still a new cutting-edge.

Deng Jieqian is different, he not only has excellent business ability, but also has an identity, he was in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, driving the Zhiyuan ship to rush to the third son of Deng Shichang on the Yoshino pipe belt, and he is also the posthumous son, you know, Deng Shichang back then, not only was he brave, but he also handled the aftermath well, and he was crowned the prince Shaobao, and the eldest son also went to Guangdong to attack the knight.

Whether before the reunification of China, or after the reunification of China, the influence of the Beiyang system on the Chinese Navy is very large, especially after the establishment of China, when there is no professional sailor talent, even if Yang Yuanzhao is as balanced as possible, but the Beiyang system still occupies more than half of the country, Deng Jieqian is a descendant of Beiyang, especially the descendant of the hero Deng Shichang, such a person will be suppressed, and immediately according to his wishes, he arranged the post he wanted to go to.

Deng Jieqian, who was born in 1894, has never seen his father since he was born, but he listened to his father's story since he was a child, so that he has volunteered to become a naval soldier since he was a child.

As one of the first submarine officers, he spent a year training in German submarines to grow into an excellent submarine commander, and gradually became the chief officer of the submarine test force. To tell the truth, the biggest reason why Deng Jieqian went to the submarine force was that the submarine used torpedoes as the most important combat weapon, and his father's Zhiyuan ship was killed and sunk because it was shelled with a torpedo tube.

When he was in the Guangzhou Naval Division, he stayed in the torpedo boat for almost 2 years, and then he got on the frigate, in fact, it was a frigate, but it was a wooden ironclad ship, such a ship, the main European countries, as early as 20 years ago, or even earlier, were eliminated, but in China, it is still used, and the deputy captain of the frigate is more of a promotion.

Later, knowing that it was possible to command a cutting-edge warship, at least at the level of Sanhai, in the Chinese Navy, torpedo boats could only play the role of coastal defense at most, plus he was the deputy captain of the frigate back then, and among the several choices of the destroyer captain, the cruiser first officer and the submarine captain, he chose the submarine.

At first, it was just because the submarine was torpedoes as the main weapon, but after a year of lifting, Deng Jieqian suddenly found that he seemed to fall in love with this submarine, which was different from the small ship he felt before, but a killer hidden under the surface.

In a sense, if the battleship is a knight facing head-to-head, then the submarine is an assassin hidden in the dark, a hit misses, thousands of miles away, for his nemesis destroyer, except for the depth charge can threaten him, other difficult, such abandonment of all means of defense, all the power, all the power to attack the underwater weapons, so that Deng Jieqian is fascinated, and even concentrate on the study of tactics, and in the experiment, experiment with new tactics, tell the effect to the researchers.

In actual combat, finding out the shortcomings and making revisions has always been advocated by the Northwest, even China, and the same is true for submarines, which is also the root cause of the rapid development of Chinese submarines in just a few years. (To be continued.) )