readx; On July 3, 1915, China's first self-built Suiding-class destroyer was officially launched, and intensive outfitting work has been underway, and the destroyer with the Admiralty number DD14 was named 'Suiqing'. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The reason why info continues to use the word 'year' is because this domestically produced Suiding-class destroyer and the American-made destroyer have the same surname and parameters, and their internal structure is completely identical, the only difference is that the domestic version of the Suiding-class destroyer is inferior in quality.

In the process of sea trials, it was found that the power system developed by the Shanghai Power Company did not meet the expected goals, resulting in the maximum speed not reaching 33 knots, but directly 32.3 knots, a full 0.7 knots less. Moreover, the oil-fired boiler it is equipped with is not a big problem, but its steam turbine not only failed to achieve the predetermined power output, but also broke down frequently, and the main engine failed during the first sea trial, and finally had to be dragged back to Hong Kong by tugboat.

After such a major problem in its power system, the Admiralty ordered the power contractor, the Shanghai Dynamics Company, to troubleshoot the problem, and required the steam turbines provided by the Shanghai Dynamics Company to ensure the quality of the steam turbines provided by the Shanghai Dynamics, otherwise the Navy would rather import them than use the rags of the Shanghai Dynamics Company.

Although the steam turbine is designed and manufactured by the Shanghai Company, the Shanghai Power Company is actually responsible for system integration, responsible for design and assembly, and some important parts are provided by other industrial sectors. The most fundamental reason for the poor quality of parts is the lack of high-precision equipment of Wuhu Machinery Equipment Company.

Generally speaking, the reason for the problem of steam turbines is that the technology of China's basic industry is not yet sufficient, so that although they are barely built, there are still many problems.

And how long it will take to solve this problem, even Wuhu Machinery and Equipment Company itself can't say, only vaguely say that it takes time, they need time to carry out technical research!

Faced with problems with the power system, the Admiralty had to temporarily abandon the plan to adopt domestically produced power, and instead ordered several sets of steam turbines from the United States to be used in the next few Suiding-class destroyers that had already started construction. The first phase of the Navy's development program was in full swing, and the construction of six destroyers and two light cruisers had been arranged, including the Suiqing, with one in 1914, two in 1915, two in 1916, and one in 1917. In order to complete this plan in another three years. The two light cruisers were to be built at the end of this year, and another in the second half of next year, in order to be completed at the same time as the six destroyers, and finally in 1918 the two lightning fleets were formed.

Among these plans, the first one has been completed, and there is one currently under construction at the Jiangnan Shipyard, and another one is still under construction in August, and these two destroyers that started construction in 1915 need power systems in a short period of time, since Shanghai Power Company can not come up with qualified products in a short time, then the Admiralty has to order a part of the steam turbines for these two destroyers, as for the subsequent ones whether to use imported or domestic steam turbines, It depends on when Shanghai Power Company will be able to come up with qualified steam turbines.

Compared with the difficulties of the power system, the naval artillery is progressing smoothly, the four-inch naval gun of the Shanghai Arsenal began to be developed very early, and a large number of live-fire tests began before the construction of the Suiqing and passed the navy's inspection, and finally officially put into use, and followed the model of the American-made four-inch naval gun on the Suiding class, which was a four-inch and fifty-fold gun of the 1913 type. The secondary gun on the Suiqing also passed the navy's inspection and was finalized as a 1913 three-inch and fifty-fold gun.

In fact, not only the four-inch naval gun and the three-inch naval gun have been developed, but the Shanghai Arsenal has also completed the research and development of the five-inch naval gun before, and still successfully passed the test of the Admiralty, but at present, the new ships of the Nationalist Army do not use five-inch naval guns, and the two light cruisers in the first phase of the Navy's development plan plan plan use six-inch guns. For this reason, the Shanghai Arsenal also successfully completed the research and development of the six-inch naval gun in the first half of the year, and the six-inch naval gun was also spun according to the drawings, which was named the 1915 six-inch fifty-three times gun by the navy.

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The larger-caliber eight-inch coastal defense gun has also completed the imitation work, and several have been delivered to be installed on the Wusong Fort, this eight-inch coastal defense gun is an imitation of the German 210 mm forty times the naval gun, and the Shanghai Arsenal imitated the version of the eight inches, the caliber is also forty times, and it is set as the 1913 eight-inch forty-fold gun. Although the rate of fire of this gun is not bad, its armor-piercing surname is far inferior to the main gun of the 1913 Xingshang Heavy Cruiser, the 1913 type 8-inch 55-fold gun, the 1913 8-inch 40-fold gun has a muzzle velocity of 780mps and a shell weight of 108 kg, while the 1913 8-inch 55-fold gun has a muzzle velocity of 850mps and a bullet weight of 118 kg. The difference between the weight and muzzle velocity of the two shells is so large that the difference between the armor-piercing surnames of the two shells is also very large.

Based on these comparisons, the Navy never intended to use the 1913 8-inch 40-fold naval gun on the new ships that might be built in the future, but aimed at the 1913-inch 55-fold gun. As for the purpose of copying this eight-inch and 40-fold gun from the beginning, it was only to serve as a coastal defense artillery, so that not only is the technology simpler, but it can also effectively increase the experience and level of the Shanghai Naval Corps in building large-caliber naval guns, and of course, more importantly, the price is also cheaper, and the navy is reluctant to use the latest naval guns as coastal defense guns.

The research and development of this series of naval guns has made the Shanghai Arsenal the most technologically advanced military factory among domestic military enterprises, and there is no one!

The reason why the Shanghai Arsenal has such a technical level is inseparable from the fact that it is regarded as the main responsible enterprise in the two rounds of naval aid programs, and in recent years, the Shanghai Arsenal has not said that it has received too much support from military expenses like other domestic military enterprises, but this is not because the navy is unwilling to give, but because it does not need to give, as the main responsible enterprise for the two rounds of naval aid programs, the Shanghai Arsenal has received tens of millions of yuan in direct loans from the United States. These funds were originally earmarked for the development of naval support, which is why the Shanghai Arsenal has not received special support from military spending, but it has continued to develop rapidly and demonstrate its huge technical capabilities.

Of course, this has a great relationship with the support of the Americans, for example, those naval guns Americans have provided a full set of drawings and sent a lot of experts to come over, so that the Shanghai Arsenal has benefited a lot, and in the past few years, the Nationalist Navy sent a large number of students to study in the United States, in addition to a considerable part of the study of the navy, most of them are studying shipbuilding and engineering machinery, and these parts are arranged by the Navy and the United States, and they have also entered the Shanghai Arsenal after returning to China. It has provided a large number of technical talents for the Shanghai Arsenal.

When the Air Force began the research and development and equipment of a new generation of fighters after receiving 20 million yuan in funds, the Army, which received as much as 23 percent of the budget in the 1915 budget and a total military expenditure of 230 million yuan, naturally could not calm down in 1915.

In addition to the large-scale purge of bandits and the skirmishes of private armed forces in the country as always, the army has officially launched the 1915 army reorganization program, preparing to reorganize to 33 integrated divisions and 26 simplified formations, bringing the total size of infantry divisions to 59 divisions!

Of course, since the large-scale war in the country has ended, except for a few divisions that are still at full strength, the rest of the units only maintain a peaceful establishment, and the specific results are a large number of logistics and other auxiliary personnel, and even the number of infantry has been reduced to a certain extent, so that the number of integrated divisions is controlled at about 12,000 men, while the number of simple divisions is controlled at about 7,000, and the few divisions with full strength have maintained a full strength of 15,000 men.

With such a large-scale reorganization, the army also knew that it would not be possible to complete it in a while and a half, but it could first put the shelves up, so in the first half of the year, it successively restored the numbers previously occupied by the Dian Army, the Gui Army, and the Jin Sui Army, and slowly replenished personnel after designing the relevant division headquarters organization.

At the same time, the Fuzhou Military Academy and the Baoding Military Academy were merged and moved to Wuhan, renamed the Chinese Army Military Academy, and expanded the enrollment scale, extending the school period from six months to two years, and opening the registration to all secondary school graduates in China, with the intention of providing a large number of qualified grassroots officers for the Chinese Army. Its Nanjing Army School merged with the Army University, which originally belonged to Beiyang, and still runs in Nanjing, under the name of China Army University. In addition, Chen Jingyun strictly ordered all the original army primary schools, military academies, and other military academies in the provinces to be merged into these two military academies, except for these two army military academies, the air force school, and the navy's two military schools, all other military academies or institutions with similar military school surnames were abolished!

In addition to the above, Chen Jingyun also rebuilt the Fifth Army, the Sixth Army, the Seventh Army, and the Ninth Army, and promoted a number of generals who performed well in the civil war, the commander of the Fifth Army was Chen Yi and was promoted to lieutenant general, the commander of the Sixth Army was Zuo Yugang, who was promoted to lieutenant general, and the commander of the Seventh Army was Lieutenant General Huang Anyuan, the former First Cavalry Division. Lieutenant General Ma Cheng, who had been dismissed by Chen Jingyun in the Wuhu Campaign, was once again reinstated, and the deputy chief of operations of the General Staff Department was transferred to the Ninth Army as commander.

As a result, the 12 army numbers in the Chinese army sequence were all restored, and the 12 armies were under the jurisdiction of several divisions, which were deployed in the vast territory of China as China.

Among them, the area of heavy deployment is still the Yangtze River Delta region; Jiangsu, Shandong and Hebei's Jinpu Line area; three provinces and regions in Northeast China; In addition, the southern provinces, especially the Liangguang region, also have a lot of troops, and the remaining western provinces and northwestern provinces have some troops, but generally speaking, the main force of the Chinese army is still concentrated in the Yangtze River Delta, the Jinpu line, and the three northeastern provinces.

And the purpose of this deployment is very obvious, that is, to ensure the security of China's industrial and economic center of gravity, that is, the coastal provinces, and to guard against the Chinese army and the Russian army in the northeast.