The changes in the Chinese race are so rapid that it is dizzying to see.

Some people's minds cannot keep up with this change and are destined to fall behind.

It is impossible for the entire Chinese nation to stop and wait for these people.

All that awaits them is elimination.

Before the Spring Festival, the Chinese usually hold a general meeting.

But before the meeting, Dong Liang had to visit various places.

This kind of visit is random, no one knows where the head of state and his party will arrive first.

Maybe it was because I talked about Nanyang issues with Yang Yingying.

Dong Liang felt a little guilty. In fact, he had lost confidence in defeating the foreigners.

Napoleon III worked hard to govern in France and vowed to restore his uncle's former glory.

Prussia's industrialization was advancing rapidly, and the Junker nobles planned to unify the entire North Germany and establish a Junker Empire.

The British Empire is still the empire on which the sun never sets. They control Canada, India, Australia, and Cape Town, and their sphere of influence covers the entire world.

There are hundreds of main battleships alone, and the Chinese main battleships cannot even keep up with others.

With an order from the Prime Minister, the warships of the British Empire can instantly appear anywhere in the world.

Although Queen Victoria was a woman, she had an iron fist and controlled the British Empire to its peak, the Victorian era.

Nicholas I of Tsarist Russia was sharpening his sword against the Ottoman Empire. On the Black Sea, a violent storm was about to come.

The Western powers spent hundreds of years sharpening their fangs and claws, while China fell into a deep sleep under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Dong Liang has only been here for two years, and the guard army he created seems immature no matter how you look at it.

This victory seems brilliant, but in fact it is full of luck.

The enemy had not paid enough attention to Dongfang because of the performance of the Manchus before the Qing Dynasty.

Use the refueling tactic to make the escorts stronger as they fight.

But this situation cannot continue.

In order to regain his confidence, Dong Liang came to Mawei Fort.

This fort is a key fort built by the Chinese, and the weapons on it are also the most advanced among the entire Chinese.

Mawei Fort is no longer a fort in the traditional sense, it is a group of forts.

So it should be said that it is a fortress.

Part of the entire fortress has been built, but there are still some areas surrounded by scaffolding made of thick bamboo.

The construction workers are as busy as worker ants, climbing up and down. Even though the New Year is approaching, no one is slacking off.

A huge pulley crane is raised high on the top of the fort, and a small steam engine drives the pulley group to continuously operate, lifting various building materials to the fortress.

Looking at the huge fortress, Dong Liang suddenly felt confident. Even if the British fleet filled the Min River with such a fortress, it would not be able to reach Fuzhou City.

"Führer, this Horsetail Fort is a miracle. Such a large building was built in such a short time, with only a few thousand people." Guan Yan followed Dong Liang and couldn't help but sigh.

The construction of large-scale projects in the past dynasties has always wasted people and money.

Only the Chinese have turned the construction of large-scale projects into projects that benefit the people.

Most of the workers on the construction site are employed in Fuzhou City and surrounding areas.

Each worker's wages can basically support a family.

"Fucheng, you only see the surface. You have to know that in order to feed these workers, the Chinese need to send a large amount of materials to Fuzhou. The reason why we, the Chinese, can solve the material problem is because we have implemented household responsibility for production.

The intermediate exploitation links are reduced. Except for the food produced by the people themselves, all the food produced on the land enters the circulation field. In addition, most of our foreign trade surplus is replaced by food, which can ensure that these workers can carry out their work normally.

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Guan Yan became more and more familiar with the operation mode of the Chinese. To put it bluntly, the Chinese could concentrate more resources into the hands of the government.

This concentration is achieved by changing distribution methods, rather than relying on oppression and exploitation.

He knew why Dong Liang insisted on implementing land reform.

This actually shortens the circulation link of food from output to people's mouths.

The shorter the circulation link, the more efficient it will be.

There used to be so much land, and the same people farmed it. But at that time, most people were tenant farmers.

Most of the grain produced went into the hands of landowners, who liked to store the grain in their own warehouses.

In addition, according to the Qing Dynasty's policy, food from the south had to fill the food vacancy in the north.

This resulted in a large amount of southern food being transported to the north.

Long-distance transportation will consume a lot of food.

The end result is widespread food shortage.

Now the Chinese have saved all this food.

After Dong Liang arrived at the fort, he naturally had to inform the person in charge of the fort.

The garrison commander in charge of the Mawei Fort is named Li Dezhong, who used to be the ace blaster of the training team.

When I was on Iriomote Island, I learned gunnery from Dong Liang.

Later Zhou Chengguo established an artillery academy on Zhongzhou Island in Fuzhou City, and Li Dezhong served as an instructor for a period of time.

Although he now serves as the garrison commander of Mawei Fort, he still goes to the artillery academy to teach students.

"Oh, head of state, you came to the fort and didn't even say a word." Li Dezhong stayed with Dong Liang for a long time. He knew that Dong Liang was not so particular. After seeing Dong Liang, he was laughing and joking, and there was no formality.

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But not everyone dares to do this in front of Dong Liang. The more casual you are in front of a superior person, it means that you have a high status in his mind.

Li Dezhong was actually doing this for his subordinates to see.

He was preparing to show his men how familiar he was with the Führer.

How could Dong Liang not know Li Dezhong's little thoughts?

He smiled and patted Li Dezhong on the shoulder and said: "I just want to see if you are lazy. Mawei Fort is the gateway to Fuzhou and the last gateway to our Chinese political center. I have to come and see if it is.

It’s not something you entrust to others.”

Li Dezhong hurriedly patted his chest and said: "Führer, don't worry, the training of our fort garrison has not stopped for a moment. You have got us a new guy, and I am leading the people to do some trouble."

"Let's go, I'm just here to see your new guy, lead the way."

The Chinese cannon-casting technology made rapid progress under Dong Liang's guidance.

With the current performance of steel, it is naturally impossible to make the rifled breech steel cannon of later generations.

But Dong Liang thought of starting with casting technology.

Krupp also first started improving artillery from the art of casting artillery.

During a visit to a captured British battleship.

Dong Liang suddenly remembered a wine bottle-shaped artillery piece.

This kind of gun was very famous during the American Civil War.

There are still prototypes of this artillery in many fort attractions.

Because this kind of cannon is large and heavy, most of them are used as fortress cannons.

Therefore, many of them have been preserved, while most of those light field guns have been refurbished and thus disappeared in the long river of history.

The kind of fortress gun we often see is the Rodman gun or the Dahlgren gun.

Its principle is actually very simple. The focus is on the casting process rather than the appearance. Rodman and Dahlgren were both American artillery officers in the 19th century.

The design principles of the two guns are the same. Dahlgren's idea is to distribute the thickness of the barrel according to the actual chamber pressure when designing the cannon. Rodman's improvement is in the casting process. To put it clearly in one sentence, the casting is cooled from the inside, which will make the metal

The crystal structure is more uniform and has no internal stress. It will not explode after being fired a thousand times.

Bore explosion has always been an important problem that has plagued artillery casting.

A huge artillery costs a lot of money just to install it. If it is useless after being fired a few times, how can it defend against the enemy?

It is not easy for coastal defense artillery to hit the enemy, and a fleet attack on a fortress usually takes several days.

During this period, the artillery on the fort must be fired continuously, and it is impossible to replace the artillery midway.

Dong Liang has always wanted to build a durable coastal defense gun with a far enough range, powerful enough, and durability.

The construction of the navy does not happen overnight. For a long time, the Chinese will need to use coastal defense artillery to deal with the foreign fleets.

The last fortress defense battle on Xiamen Island was summarized by all the Chinese people.

The military unanimously believes that the current coastal defense artillery is not powerful enough.

These guns were cast by Dong Liang in imitation of American naval guns.
To be continued...