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What is popular sentiment?

Invisible and intangible, but extremely important.

Rizhiyi's face was very dark, and as the first post-war minister to China, he knew that he had a great responsibility. With the Japanese forces almost completely wiped out in this battle, his task was to redeploy his eyes and look for every opportunity to listen to information. Therefore, when I learned about the groundbreaking ceremony of the monument, even if I knew that I would be humiliated, I quietly came to watch the ceremony.

The figure under the obelisk made him frown, and after the victory in the war and the conclusion of the Sino-British Shanghai Tariff Agreement, the famous Wall Street Times in the United States even called it the "Washington of the East" in praise of his efforts to become the nation's greatest democracy in the world. However, behind the eye-catching boasting of the newspapers, there is a heart that worships ultra-nationalism, Chapter 3** Navy Spring is dirty!

He stood on the top of the mountain, his arms held high, and he was not strong on the paper. In the speech, which was full of fanatical nationalist ideas, he directly rejected the basic national policy of co-prosperity of the five ethnic groups proposed by the Kuomintang and replaced it with the general title of the Chinese nation. When you think that the Nanjing Congress, where he controls the vast majority of seats, is discussing the matter of the new national flag and national emblem, you can understand what this act of using all means and opportunities to stimulate the people's morale has brought to himself and the country!

Originally, this kind of impassioned speech should have been in Japan, and after the Great Britain War, people from all walks of life in Japan used various ways to inspire the people through victory. In particular, after the victory of the First Sino-Japanese War, the morale of the people in China reached its peak. The people were deeply affected by eating, talking, and even walking, and in that boiling era, the Treaty of Shimonoseki caused the whole country to quickly reverse its worldview.

Young students began to go to Europe and the United States to learn technology and broaden their horizons, workers spontaneously worked overtime to create better weapons, businessmen went abroad to compete in the world, and the army changed its decadence to attract countless outstanding talents. This was the first time that Russia had been defeated again ten years later.

This is the role of popular sentiment.

Now, the same young man who has brought deep hurt to Japan is doing the same. Chapter 3 Navy Spring is even more simple and straightforward than what Japan did at the beginning! Time and again, he will have his own nationalist ideas, blood and military and national ideas. Convey it to others with victory, passionate speeches and flamboyant movements. If he is just an ordinary person, then no matter how outstanding he is, he can only affect a very small number of people. But he has ruthless and clever political skills, tough military ability, and is in the center of the national political arena and even controls the entire country. Countless eyes are on it every day, and even the distant United States has repeatedly put it on the front page.

Look at the young people around you who are excited and cheering. Just look at the soldiers whose gaze is becoming more and more determined, and you can see how many people he has influenced! It's only been three years, if you give him ten or even twenty years, how many people will he affect? How far will he and his National Socialist Party go?! How much turning time will a war in Europe with no end in sight bring him?

When a huge country with a population of more than 400 million. If all not! As long as a third of the young people follow him. It is terrible to heed his call and arm himself with his ideas to build the country, it is really terrible!

Under the obelisk, which is like a sharp sword, is the heroic spirit of more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers, who are pressed by a thousand pounds of boulders, can they be reincarnated back to their hometown across the sea? Five years later, when the two countries face the Taiwan issue again, will Japan be able to re-emerge with Europe's superior navy? Thinking of the strange and unpredictable undercurrent in the country before departure, his gaze was a little frozen.

"Your Excellency. It's time for us to go. In the guard's reminder, Hi Zhiyi saw Sen Leng's gaze, which had been following him since he set off. Nodding his head, he quickly disappeared into the torrent.

"Hehe, Chenhua said it so well today! Soldiers don't die, mountains and rivers will be forever! All right. Soon after Rizhiyi left, Yang Qiu and the others also returned to the former Japanese Lushun Governor's Mansion, which had been positioned as the headquarters of the Second Fleet, and everyone was still immersed in those passionate words along the way.

"It's not just well said, it's really well done." As they chatted, a familiar voice sounded behind them, and Hangel, dressed in jeans and wearing a snow cap, appeared at the door, he himself didn't seem to realize how weird it was to wear classic jeans.

Hangel is now a celebrity, from the president to the officials, almost no one does not know him, and Sa Zhenbing seems to realize something after seeing it.

Because they are familiar, everyone will get straight to the point after a few polite words. To the delight of Sa Zhenbing and other naval personnel, Hanger hurriedly chased here from Shanghai, indeed for the order of those two large cruisers. After receiving the inquiry and the main technical parameters, a battle for orders was set off in the United States. Although some members of Congress believe that the sale of large capital ships will affect the balance of power in the Far East, more people feel that when Japan has a large number of battleships, the United States should instead maintain the balance in the Far East by selling warships, so that the two countries can contain each other and reduce the pressure on the West Coast of the United States.

Of course, this is just a high-sounding word, the real reason is that the profit from selling two capital ships of nearly 30,000 tons is too high, especially China, a country that lacks the ability to fight against the enemy, not to mention that American shipbuilders have been hoping to open the Chinese ** ship market since the first afternoon, but unfortunately the Manchu Qing government is really angry, only staring at Britain and Germany and not giving face to the first economic power! It wasn't until a few years ago that he reluctantly got off a training cruiser, the Philharmonic training cruiser, and the revolution almost caused the business to fail.

Hanger was not a technical expert, so he brought two engineers. One was a ship engineer sent by the Washington Navy Yard to the New Mawei Shipyard, because the New Mawei Shipyard was a pre-war contract, and the United States would pay a great commercial price if it broke the contract, so the Washington Shipyard that contracted the project after the start of the European war persuaded Congress to continue to deliver the required machines, and did not take away the more than 20 engineers stationed to help build it. The other is the technical representative of GE in Shanghai, with the rise of China's vigorous industrial construction**, electrification equipment is in great demand, so GE pays great attention to this profit, and has business contacts with Jiangnan, Chongqing, Hanyang, etc. Among other things, the large hydroelectric generators and transformers of several hydropower stations before the war alone were enough to attract GE to China for a permanent residence.

The reason why Hanger came to him in a hurry is simple, motivation!

Since Yang Qiu made it clear that the speed should meet or even exceed the standard of the King Kong class, that is to say, the two large cruisers must reach a speed of at least 27.5 knots. Speaking of shipbuilding technology and design level, it began with the first use of a centrally protected cassette armor layout for Pennsylvania-class battleships. The United States is already no weaker than any country in Europe, but it has big problems with dynamics. When battle cruisers appeared in Europe and broke through from 25 to 30 knots in a row. The poor U.S. Navy could only drive a bunch of thick-armored turtle shells of about 22 knots to act as harbor guards.

The United States is not without a solution. For example, the all-electric propulsion concept used by New Mexico, which is more than 100 years old in the world, really triggered a small ** of electric propulsion in the world, but when the Mexican speed was set at 22 knots again after the test, people only thought that it was the whimsy of the nouveau riche. But in fact, on boiler technology. Babcock-Wilcox's kerosene boilers have been exported to include the British Tiger-class battlecruisers and Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, but the damned steam turbines are seriously dragging their feet.

The biggest reason for this is that GE is clinging to the recoil steam turbine. But it ignores the tremendous power of the impulse steam turbines of the British company Curtis. Although the US Navy complains, the government is not in a hurry at all, anyway, the United States has no external threat, and it is enough to have a turtle shell. As for speed, does the United States need to fly across the Atlantic to fight? However, the conservative strategic thinking of the United States does not mean that foreign businessmen are also conservative. So Hanger simply brought in a GE representative. Talk directly to Yang Qiu.

"Your Excellency the Vice President." The naval engineer is of British descent from Pennsylvania and served in the Canadian Navy when he was younger, and he spoke slowly: "We have studied in detail the main indicators of armor and naval guns that you proposed, and if you want to achieve a range of more than 10,000 nautical miles at 11 knots, then 23,000 tons of hull is not enough, so I recommend that you scale it up to 25,000 tons." This ensures stability in the event of a salvo of 9 naval guns, as well as comfortable seaworthiness. It also ensures that there is enough fuel to be loaded. ”

"And what if it is raised to the standard displacement of 27,000 tons?" Yang Qiu doesn't understand ships, and all ship knowledge comes from data machines, so there is no frame at all in the face of experts humbly asking for advice. The engineer obviously didn't expect this young strongman to be so modest, and hurriedly said: "The larger the tonnage, the higher the stability of the shooting platform, the greater the redundancy and room for modification, and of course the cost will be much more." And. He glanced at the GE representative and said with some disdain: "If you want to reach the speed of the Japanese Kongo-class, you need at least a similar 65,000 horsepower." ”

The meaning of the eyes is obvious, no matter how big the tonnage is, it's no problem, but the speed is not something I can solve.

GE representatives were probably ridiculed by the engineers, and immediately said that the company had enough strength, and produced a large stack of documents to confirm the benefits and stability of the recoil steam turbine. Of course, he also politely suggested that Yang Qiu build a slow battleship instead of a battlecruiser, so that even if the speed was slightly reduced, there would be better protection. To put it bluntly, his own steam turbine really can't get the demon of 27 knots.

Although steam turbines are high-tech in China at present, Sa Zhenbing, a navy man who still understands something, suddenly froze when he heard that GE's steam turbines could not meet the requirements. The cannon is smaller than the King Kong class, and the speed is weaker than it, isn't it a target when it is made? That's not going to work! Hurriedly looked at Hanger and asked nervously: "Your Excellency Counselor, can't you purchase turbines from Britain (they were all called turbines in China at that time, and hippos were lazy)?" ”

Hanger shook his head helplessly: "I'm very sorry, although the British government acquiesces in the sale of warships of no more than 12 inches, they are really unable to provide large steam turbines to foreign users at present. He didn't lie, if it was a destroyer or a cruiser of less than 3,000 tons, Britain might be able to get some, but the large steam turbine process is complex and the manufacturing requirements are very high, so even the British production is not high. Now they are still competing with Germany in speed and quantity, how can they sell more than they want. As for the French naval factories, half of them are suspended, and it is impossible to provide them.

Yang Qiu was also a little nervous, and finally waited until today, it would be a pity if he finally got stuck in the power and delayed the navy plan, so he immediately picked up GE's information and looked at it in detail, but the more he looked at it, the more strange he felt.

There were no problems with the boilers, and the 1913 rotary small-tube kerosene boiler supplied by Babcock-Wilcox was the core power of the British Tiger, and the power of a single unit was 33% higher than that of the British boilers used in the King Kong class. Neither a battlecruiser nor a large cruiser was a real battleship, and there were not so many protective compartments and steel plates pasted with layers upon layer, so they could accommodate more boilers. In terms of 27,000 tons. With 36 boilers, the peak output can reach 85,000 horsepower of the Tiger Cruiser, and with a displacement of 1,000 tons, it can reach 28 knots.

But the problem is the steam turbine.

GE clings to the recoil steam turbine and does not let go. Britain and France could not provide impulsive situations. All of a sudden, it fell into a dead end. What puzzled him the most was that the more advanced steam turbines in the data machine were almost all recoil type, so why couldn't they convert steam pressure into power here in the United States? He looked at the information carefully and always felt that something was wrong. If it weren't for the presence of someone, I wouldn't have been able to take out the data machine immediately for comparison. But no matter what, after three years of thinking about the data machine almost every night, he still saw a clue.

Devise! It is clear that GE has not yet solved the problem of the stability of the rotor after high-speed rotation. Resulting in a serious loss of boiler pressure when converted to horsepower!

His conjecture was correct, and this is why the power of American ships during World War I was inferior to that of Europe, a problem that was not solved until a British engineer joined GE in 1924! Come to think of it. He suddenly felt the urge to laugh. The United States didn't solve it, but it could! The drawings of the military steam turbine in the data machine are detailed. As long as you get GE's recoil production line and material process formula, you can create a stronger core power.

He immediately had an idea, and put down the information with a nervous face: "Your Excellency Hangel, Britain and France can't provide it, so can you purchase it from Italy?" ”

"That's right!" Sa Zhenbing slapped his thigh, and the power technology of Italian ships has always been no weaker than that of Britain and France.

Hangel doesn't understand technology. He looked at the two engineers. The ship engineer said: "Your Excellency, Italy's steam turbine technology is indeed comparable to that of Britain and France. But there is one thing I must make it clear to you that it requires more fuel! ”

Consuming more fuel means shorter endurance, but it's not a big deal for China, which only needs to maintain a safe coastline at the moment, so Sa Zhenbing immediately looked at Yang Qiu, and the burning eyes couldn't wait to agree for him.

"With the use of Italian steam turbines, it is acceptable to reduce the endurance, but it must be ensured that the speed cannot be lower than that of the King Kong class." With Yang Qiu's final decision, the face of the GE representative fell, and it was obvious that in this shipbuilding contract, GE estimated that it would be good to get a few generators. But before he could sigh, Yang Qiu suddenly picked up the information again and asked, "Your Excellency Hangel, if I build four, can you sell me all the technology and production line of the boiler and this recoil steam turbine?" ”

Flutter!

Xie Baozhang, who had just picked up the teacup, squirted out directly, Cheng Biguang also kept digging his ears with straight eyes, and Sa Zhenbing looked at him directly, even Tang Shaoyi's eyes widened yes, right? Four! Doesn't that mean doubling the money?

In this era, it is normal to sell capital ships with purchase technology, and there are even gifts, so Hanger is not surprised by Yang Qiu's words, but is a little surprised that he added two ships. As for the sale of rotary small water tube kerosene co-fired boiler technology, he did not dare to make the decision, after all, this is the current core product of Babcock-Wilcox, but the representative of GE jumped directly: "You say, you want a full set of production lines and technology? ”

"Yes, I need 30 technicians to help me train workers for at least three years." Yang Qiu nodded very seriously.

"No problem at all!" The GE representative patted his chest directly and boldly. There are people in this world who don't want to be better, but they have to spend a lot of money to buy recoil, but they have to pay a lot of money! It's pie in the sky! In recent years, GE has had a headache for this set of technology, and has spent astronomical scientific research funds to solve the problem of power loss, so except for the U.S. Navy, which is guarding the house, Atlantic cruise ships do not use GE products, and merchant ships will not install expensive and fuel-consuming steam turbines in order to save fuel, and even the capital ships built for South America are impulsive.

If it weren't for the large investment in the production line, GE would have wanted to give up. Nowadays, some people want to buy complete sets of technology and production lines, which is not to help recoup funds! The equipment is moved directly from the factory, and the technician has no problem, and after the funds are returned, they can also switch to impulse technology! As for the United States not to sell complete sets of machinery to the outside world under the GE brand, it is not a trivial matter to convince the government.

Soon. Yang Qiu and GE representatives decided that Hubei Industrial Group would purchase a complete set of technology and production lines for recoil steam turbines at a price of US$6 million. As for the boiler, Yang Qiu believes that it can also be obtained, and Babcock-Wilcox has strong technical strength. Surely there is already a newer model. Moreover, the drawings I handed over to the Jiangnan plant are also this boiler, which is nothing more than the delay in breaking through the materials and processes, resulting in the power can only reach 50% of the design.

After the power was set, the technical specifications of the large armored cruiser were basically determined.

Standard displacement 27000 tons. With a full load of 33,500 tons, large ships and small cannons are also more suitable for future modifications. 36 Babcock-Wilcox kerosene boilers and Italian steam turbines were used. The two chimneys were ventilated under strong pressure at a tentative speed of 27.5 knots. It adopts the shape of the New Mexico-class flying clipper ship with an extended bow and an outward floating ship, and adopts the explosion-proof design of the German small watertight cabin partition. In terms of firepower, there are 3 triple American-made 305 mm/L50 naval guns. Modify the elevation angle so that it can increase the firing range to at least 30000 meters. The secondary gun was changed to 16 single-mounted 120 mm/L50 rapid-fire cannons that are being developed domestically. American engineers have no problem with this, because after the sale of the 105 and 150 long-range cannons to Europe, the whole world knew that China had made a breakthrough in medium-caliber long-range artillery technology, as well as 12 76-mm deck guns and 6 twin-mounted 37-mm rapid-fire guns that could carry two homegrown seaplanes.

The protection adopts a New Mexico-class cartridge centralized protection design, which can save armor in many secondary places. So the designers said that the main armor could be increased to 250 mm and arranged according to Yang Qiu's improved inclination of 17 °. The horizontal deck was increased to 76 mm. The turret frontal 305 mm is also inclined 20 °, the turret is 305 mm, the conning tower is 350 mm, the two-layer hull, the anti-torpedo compartment adopts the German-style small compartment layout, and the twin-rudder 4-axle design is more flexible in handling. The ugly American-style cage mast naturally can't be wanted, and the front and rear triangular mast drawings (imitating the Japanese-style triangular mast developed by the Jiangnan factory) are used to increase the mast tower. Three steam-propelled hydraulic pumps were used to drive the main turret, six GE 750 kW DC generators were installed, and fresh water was supplied by six evaporators and two distillation coolers, producing 480 tons of fresh water per day. Underwater torpedo tubes were eliminated and a set of deck tubes was reserved.

Sailors and officers were selected by the Admiralty to be trained in the United States, while 60 technicians were dispatched from domestic shipyards to supervise and learn manufacturing techniques. In terms of the most critical cost, the United States saw that Yang Qiu was anxious, so it bit down to a minimum of 17 million US dollars, which was the same as robbing money! But it's worth it compared to getting. Therefore, after discussing with Tang Shaoyi, Yang Qiu gritted his teeth and agreed after Hanger promised to give a set of gun barrels and gun chambers, as well as 12 boilers and 4 Italian steam turbines for replacement.

A month later, Babcock-Wilcox also agreed to sell a complete set of boiler technology and production lines to the Jiangnan plant for $5 million.

After the final details were almost decided, everyone's eyes returned to Yang Qiu again.

It seems like you were talking about four ships?!

Looking at the pairs of cast eyes, Yang Qiu took a deep breath. In fact, the latter two are not completely deliberately thrown chips for technology, and the manufacture of large warships is very complicated, the most important of which is the lack of large-scale machine tools and large-scale heat treatment furnaces up to 100 meters in China. But these things are too difficult to think of, so it is simply impossible to build a 10,000-ton warship under the current circumstances. But if you don't build it, you can't do it, and no matter how many merchant ships build it, it can't replace the capital ships with complex structures!

What's more, whether it is a battleship or a battle cruiser, it is the highest crystallization of science and technology in this era, and building a battleship can be completely comparable to the promotion and pull of domestic technology by the Apollo Plan in later generations, even if it is not so big, it will involve hundreds of enterprises, tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of technologies, and promote the corresponding technology and economic development. That's why he decided to add two more ships, which will be built in Jiangnan and Mawei with technical support from the United States and components that cannot be produced domestically, so as to help the domestic shipbuilding industry become familiar with the internal structure, manufacturing process and process of large warships as soon as possible, so that in the future, when the conditions are ripe, they will be able to build the large warships they need.

It's too late to change from two to four, how can he refuse. However, due to the poor technology in Jiangnan, the new Mawei shipyard will not be fully built until at least 16 years, so the United States will start construction of two ships first, and one will start construction in Jiangnan half a year later, and Mawei needs to wait until March 16 to lay the keel, so that the first two ships can be obtained by the end of 17 years, and the latest Mawei one will need to wait until 19 years to complete.

The time happened to be stuck before the handover of Taiwan, and it can be seen that the United States also knew what Yang Qiu did not hesitate to build four large cruisers for.

When Yang Qiu personally named "Anhai Class" and signed the agreement of intent, uncontrollable laughter came from the office.

The Chinese Navy has finally ushered in spring after returning to Arthur! ……！！！