Chapter 470: Type 1914 Field Artillery
readx; After Linna's mother and daughter came to China last year, they were invited by Chen Jingyun to live in Nanjing for a while, but they didn't stay for long. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Although Nanjing is also a city, there is always a lack of atmosphere for foreigners like Linna, so after living in Nanjing for a while, they left Nanjing and went to Shanghai, which is more like a western city than Nanqi, which is a Shanghai concession area, and foreigners living here are not much different from other Western cities.
At that time, although Chen Jingyun was reluctant, he also knew that he was not good at forcing Linna to stay in Nanjing.
For Linna, if she lives in Nanjing, there is only one reason left, and that is for Chen Jingyun. But Chen Jingyun is destined to not be able to give her anything other than emotional accidents, let alone divorce for her, and even Chen Jingyun can't be with this blonde woman openly, let alone marry her, so that Linna's position by Chen Jingyun's side is much more embarrassing than Dong Bai's, and she naturally becomes depressed after a long time.
In addition, the countess on the side nagged from time to time, reminding Linna Chen Jingyun that she was the president of a country, and it was impossible to divorce for her. Lina is not a traditional Chinese woman, what kind of polygamy will she accept, even if she occasionally thinks about being his mistress or something, but she is still a girl with a dream, and she can't accept this fact in her heart.
So I left Nanjing and went to Shanghai, and I originally returned to China after staying in Shanghai for a while, but the situation in Europe was tense, and there were rumors that there was going to be a war or something, and although I left Nanjing, Lina still wanted to stay in China, and at least I could see Chen Jingyun often when I stayed in China, so I also lived in Shanghai.
When Chen Jingyun arrived in Shanghai, he saw Linna, whom he hadn't seen for months. Linna, who was wearing a white evening dress, was just as beautiful as Chen Jingyun when she first saw her, well, but it seemed to be slightly taller, and her face looked more mature.
"You seem to have grown a little taller!" Chen Jingyun stretched out his hand and gestured slightly when he spoke.
Lina smiled: "Well, I've grown a little taller, and now I'm five feet five inches!" After that, he also stretched out his hand to compare Chen Jingyun's height, and then said, "Maybe I will be taller than you in a few years!" ”
Chen Jingyun said: "In a few years, if you continue to grow taller, you will have to surpass me next year when you wear high heels!" ”
Chen Jingyun's height is not too tall, only 1.75 meters, which is relatively tall in today's China, but Westerners have always been taller, even if she is only 18 years old, Linna is now 5 feet 5 inches, that is, 1.65 meters, if you grow a few centimeters taller next year, it is normal to look slightly taller than Chen Jingyun in high heels, and girls always look taller than ordinary men when they wear high heels.
The two of them stood by the window while talking while looking out the window at the night, the Bund outside the window was set up with countless street lamps, these electric lights that had just emerged in Shanghai for a few years have soon been popularized in Shanghai, especially the power plant built by Fule Electric has made Shanghai get sufficient power supply, and after the joint venture with the United States to build a light bulb factory and wire factory and other factories put into operation, the price of these power-related equipment has slowly decreased, so that the electric light has slowly entered the middle class.
"Actually, I don't like electric lights very much, I always think they are too bright!" Lina didn't have the same affection for things like electric lights like Chen Jingyun. For her, the ball hall should be lit with countless candles, and the street lamps outside the window should also be kerosene lamps, and she likes the dim night.
Chen Jingyun said: "Other people like it!" Don't you think that Shanghai, full of lights, is more like a metropolis? ”
"Maybe!" Lena is sometimes stubborn: "But I still don't like it!" ”
Lena does not stay interested in all new things because she is young, on the contrary, she is quite conservative from an aristocratic family, not only does she dislike electric lights, but she also has a considerable dislike of cars, and when she travels, she likes to ride in a horse-drawn carriage instead of a car. However, these conservatisms were confined to these industrial products, and she had the same great interest in innovations as other new female surnames, and her clothes were no longer as elaborate as her mother, the Countess, but a light and simple white dress, showing her calves, and a pair of small high heels on her feet.
The two chatted without a word, and most of what they said was some trivial things in life! Chen Jingyun likes this kind of conversation, this kind of conversation does not involve any practical affairs, even if it talks about military politics, it is only casually talked about, but these two people will not have too deep a conversation about these things.
Chen Jingyun has always liked getting along with Linna, and Chen Jingyun seems to feel a sense of equality in front of her!
Yes, this is a feeling of equality, Lina did not regard Chen Jingyun as the president of China, did not regard Chen Jingyun as a big warlord with countless surnames, she just regarded Chen Jingyun as an ordinary man, the man she liked. And this mentality allows Lina to say almost everything to Chen Jingyun, complaining to him that yesterday's breakfast was difficult to eat, some time ago the maid knocked over her favorite bottle of perfume brought from Paris, and even directly said that she didn't like the accompanying secretary Yan Jing Kuang who was like a fart next to Chen Jingyun, and even more disliked that Chen Jingyun was always wearing a military uniform when he met her.
Almost everything, she can say it to Chen Jingyun.
And this feeling is something that no one else can bring to Chen Jingyun, Lin Yun regards him as a husband, Dong Baishi treats him as a man who can be relied on, Cai Ning regards him as the president, and only Linna treats him as a man he likes.
After a short stay in Shanghai, Chen Jingyun returned to Nanjing!
Chen Jingyun has a lot of things to deal with, whether it is government affairs or military affairs, there are too many things that he needs to choose, just returned to Nanjing, Wuhu Heavy Weapons Arsenal has brought Chen Jingyun a good news, that is, after a long period of development, the first 75 mm long-barreled field gun has finally been officially finalized, Chen Jingyun was overjoyed when he heard the news, and directly ordered himself to watch the test firing of this artillery!
Among many things, Chen Jingyun is most concerned about the army, and the army is naturally concerned about the research and development and production of weapons, the Fuzhou Arsenal began the development of artillery very early, and the 75-millimeter 14-caliber artillery of the defense against Germany has been designed and finalized and mass-produced earlier, but for the long-barreled artillery, the Fuzhou Arsenal has not been able to produce it, and the fundamental reason is that the Southeast Iron and Steel Plant cannot provide qualified gun barrels, and this problem has been until the completion of the construction of the Shanghai Iron and Steel Plant invested by the Southeast Iron and Steel Plant, to solve the problem of the barrel.
However, because Chen Jingyun personally ordered the Fuzhou Arsenal to be relocated to Nanjing and Wuhu, and to set up the Nanjing Light Weapons Arsenal and the Wuhu Heavy Weapons Arsenal respectively, the finalization of the new artillery was delayed a lot.
It was not until late July, after the Fuzhou Arsenal completed its relocation, that although the Wuhu Heavy Weapons Arsenal had not yet fully exerted its design capacity, various works had also been put on the right track, and the finalization of the new artillery had only been formalized.
After conducting a large number of experiments on the 75-mm 31-caliber artillery provided by the Wuhu Heavy Weapons Arsenal, the Equipment Department under the State Military Commission immediately gave the official number of the Type 1914 75-mm gun, while the 14-fold 75-mm gun that had been mass-produced before was the Type 1912 75-mm gun. The reason why the Min X style is not adopted is because what Chen Jingyun established was not the Republic of China, but the Republic of China, which had only existed for two years before disappearing!
Hearing that Chen Jingyun wanted to personally watch the test firing of the new artillery, the personnel of the armament department quickly took action, not only preparing for the test firing of the 1914 75 mm gun, but also pulling out some other newly developed weapons, which was completely taking this opportunity to stage an exhibition of new weapons for Chen Jingyun, and many weapons had not yet been formally finalized, and there were only a few samples.
Chen Jingyun also acquiesced to these arrangements of the people below, after all, he didn't have time to watch the weapon experiment every day, and it was impossible for him to go to Wuhu to watch it in person, so let them get the new weapon this time and finish the story.
On 26 July, the test firing of the army's new weapons, jointly organized by the Armament Department, the General Staff Department, and the Logistics Department, was carried out at the garrison of the guard division on the outskirts of Nanjing.
"This is our latest finalized 1914 75 mm artillery, with reference to the German Krupp M19051908 field guns, and with reference to a large number of our army's equipped artillery and American-made artillery, considering our country's technical level and production capacity, after the night and night struggle of many military personnel, finally designed this artillery!"
The one in charge of the commentary is a colonel of the equipment department, it is obvious that this colonel with eyes and technical background is not as gangsteric as other officers of the national army, but slightly sven, and obviously a little nervous when he speaks, after all, not everyone can be like Linna, regard the power behind Chen Jingyun as nothing, in the hearts of the vast majority of people, Chen Jingyun is unattainable, and it is normal to be able to serve as Chen Jingyun's commentary in today's test launch, which makes this colonel officer of the equipment department seem nervous.
Chen Jingyun nodded after hearing this, and then cast an approving look at the colonel, motioning for him to continue.
This person secretly took a deep breath, and then continued to explain: "The caliber of this artillery is 75 millimeters, the length of the barrel is 31 times the caliber, the total weight of the column is 950 kilograms, the high and low firing boundaries are negative 8 degrees to positive 16.5 degrees, the left and right firing boundaries are 3.5 degrees each, the standard howitzer projectile weighs 6.41 kilograms, the muzzle velocity of the shell is 510 meters, and the maximum firing range can reach 8,200 meters. ”