Chapter 135 "China and Japan must be friendly"

A test is being conducted at the Hanyang Military Industrial Group Experimental Site, in a valley far away from the city.

"Distance is three hundred meters, 100 mm armor steel plate." This is empty. Liu Qingen no longer needs to design semi-automatic rifles for the US military to prove himself. The current scale of Hanyang Military Industry Group, even if you look at the world, with a scale of 100,000 people, how can it be

Liu Qingen is always grateful to President Fang Da for giving him a chance to serve the country.

"Yes, the Germans' armor-piercing projectile technology is amazing!" Fang Jianxiong also sighed. He could see clearly through the telescope. After a bang, the soldier in front of the target test clearly had a clear signal and penetrated the 100mm steel plate. After obtaining the German technology

Previously, rockets produced in China had no problem hitting ordinary reinforced concrete bunkers, but if they wanted to achieve this effect at a distance of 300 meters, they couldn't do it.

"This kind of rocket launcher can be said to be the most sought-after equipment for various troops recently. It is easy to use and carry. As a support firepower at the platoon level, it can attack tanks and bunkers. The price/performance ratio is absolutely first-rate." Liu Qingen solved the problem of armor-piercing projectile technology.

The mood is also quite good. The rocket launcher is a type of infantry firepower developed by the Wuhu Military Industrial Group, but it failed to solve the problem of armor-piercing projectiles. Until the beginning of the exchange of military visits between China and the United States, the Chinese army took the lead with a series of radars, new aircraft, etc.

Weapons replaced the technologies that a large number of Chinese workers had lost in the process of climbing the technology tree, including the technology of tungsten steel armor-piercing projectiles.

"If the production can increase, I think we can put it at the squad level. Now there are 13 people in each squad, two submachine guns, one general-purpose machine gun and nine semi-automatic guns. It is better to remove the two semi-automatic guns and add a two-person firepower team," Fang Jianxiong said.

Looking at Liu Qingen with questioning eyes, Chief Engineer Liu frowned and said without calculating: "The quantity is still too large. The number of skilled workers in the Hanyang factory is relatively large and high-quality. The current output is only one thousand per month."

It’s not about insufficient equipment, it’s about the lack of available skilled workers.”

"Didn't the newspaper say that Wuhan Higher Vocational and Technical School is the largest technical school in the country, sending more than 5,000 technically qualified industrial workers to the society every year." Fang Jianxiong joked with a smile, and Liu Qingen chuckled: "That's what the newspaper said.

Do you also believe that even if there are 5,000 graduates every year, not all of them are qualified to enter the Hanyang Factory? Even if they enter the Hanyang Factory, what can they learn in three years of technical school? It is just to familiarize themselves with various types of work, such as automobile

It's okay for a few blanks to do some small work. If you really join the Hanyang factory, you have to serve as an apprentice behind the master for two years. Only after you can graduate can you be considered a qualified skilled worker."

Fang Jianxiong was quite surprised when he heard this and said: "What? After graduating from technical school, you still have to stay with the master for two years?"

Liu Qingen nodded and said with emotion: "This is the situation. Young people really don't learn much in technical schools. They are all rough jobs. Some people with good understanding can take action, but most of them have to be brought out by the master.

Formal workers. It takes five years to train a skilled worker very quickly. A true master takes more than ten years to work, and he still needs to have some understanding. The Hanyang factory was grateful to a craftsman king who brought out more than a hundred people.

apprentices. Now these people are all masters. Each of them is leading three or five apprentices. Otherwise, where would the Hanyang factory have so many good workers? Thanks to the welfare policy formulated by the Hanyang factory at that time, the salary of the masters is not even better than that of engineers.

The remuneration is poor, otherwise these masters will definitely be poached by private factories. Even so, in the past 20 years, more than a dozen masters have been poached by other companies with high salaries."

"It's not easy to start an industry. First of all, you have to have money to buy equipment. Secondly, you have to have talents to operate the equipment. Finally, you have to have skilled masters to produce good products. In the past twenty years, Brother Ziqing has really

Thank you for your hard work." Fang Jianxiong couldn't help but feel slightly emotional as he said it. The price this generation has paid to engage in military industry is simply beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

"President, I'm already old. I can't do anything for a long time. Now I just move my mouth. I'm afraid I won't be able to move my mouth in a few years." Liu Qingen, who is nearly 70 years old, although he is still in good spirits, he is really in this era.

He is already living a long life. At this age, he is still working hard at the Hanyang factory. Speaking of this generation, it is really admirable.

"Brother Ziqing, you can't obey your old age. Hanyang Factory still needs you to arrest the boss. With your giant Buddha here, my heart is as stable as Mount Tai." Fang Jianxiong said with a smile, while Liu Qingen waved his hands and said: "No, no.

It’s time to train a successor, I’ll be seventy in a few years.”

The renovated Yellow Crane Tower stands beside the Yangtze River Bridge. Standing on the Yellow Crane Tower and watching the bridge flying across the north and south, Fang Jianxiong sighed with emotion but what he thought of was a poem he had read before, and he subconsciously read: "One for

I moved to Changsha, but when I looked west to Chang'an I couldn't see my home. The jade flute was playing in the Yellow Crane Tower, and the plum blossoms fell in May in Jiangcheng."

"Why did Fu Shuai think of such a poem? Li Bai, this guy, clearly said that there is no question about the scenery in front of him." Fang Lang, the current mayor of Wuhan, asked with a smile. Fang Jianxiong rolled his eyes at him and thought: Besides,

In a time and space, can I tell you about my visit to the Yellow Crane Tower?

"It seems that you are very comfortable staying in Wuhan!" President Fang said something sinisterly. Fang Lang shuddered and said with a smile: "President, please don't take my chances. I just took it.

I have been mayor for less than two years, and this peaceful life has not been enough."

"Even if you want to go back to your old job, others may not welcome you. You should stay in Wuhan with peace of mind and keep an eye on this base camp for me. Forty percent of the equipment of the National Defense Force comes from Wuhan. Don't be careless." Fang Jianxiong said seriously.

"President, please rest assured. After staying here for more than a year, I have a clear understanding of the situation in Wuhan. Once a war breaks out, I will ensure that Wuhan's military production capacity is doubled." Fang Lang is quite confident, much more confident than Liu Qingen.

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"Oh? Where do you get the confidence? Let me tell you." Fang Jianxiong was curious. Liu Qingen didn't dare to say this for sure. It's not a problem of mechanical equipment, but a problem of people.

"Don't underestimate Wuhan now. After more than 20 years of development, the three towns of Wuhan are not what they used to be. Take shipyards as an example. There are 28 large and small. Each one is at least

There are more than 100 workers, and at least 30% of these workers have the skills to enter the Hanyang factory. There are even more people in the surrounding industries, and the potential that can be tapped is even greater. According to incomplete statistics, there are no less than 100 workers in Wuhan.

Ten thousand. I don’t even need 30%. As long as 10% of the people can use it, we can double the production capacity of the Hanyang factory. I only asked the statistics department to do a survey in the first half of the year. The entire three towns of Wuhan, not counting the Hanyang factory, and other

The number of running machine tools in our small business has reached 100,000..." Fang Lang really had a plan in mind. Data came to him as soon as he opened his mouth.

Fang Jianxiong listened very carefully. He listened to what he said for ten minutes before he said: "Don't wait for the wartime system. There are about 100,000 machine tools stored in the Eurasia Group's warehouse in Wuhan. I will give you 50,000."

I'll watch and use each machine tool, as long as it can create 5,000 processing small businesses for me."

Fang Lang was immediately dumbfounded. He didn't expect Fang Jianxiong to be so generous. Fang Lang had heard about the fact that Eurasia Group had been collecting machine tools from Europe and the United States. But he didn't expect the number to be so large. Wuhan alone had 100,000 machines in stock across the country.

All things considered, how big a number would that be? Fang Jianxiong actually didn’t have an accurate number in his mind, only a rough number. After the end of World War I, the French dismantled 40,000 to 50,000 machines from Germany, all of which were packaged and sold at a low price.

After the end of the First World War, all countries were reducing production and collected tens of thousands of machine tools. After the economic crisis, Fang Jianxiong directed Fisher to use less than half of the money he earned in the political market to purchase machines.

The Americans enacted the Silver Act, and Fang Jianxiong secretly made money along the way. The money he earned was slowly turned into the latest machines and shipped back to the country one after another.

Fang Jianxiong's approximate estimate of how many machines the Eurasia Group has purchased seems to be more than 200,000. Some relatively new machines are stored in a warehouse in Wuhan. Machine tools need to be stored for a few years, so it's better if they are not new.

How many machine tools are stored privately is another matter.

Fang Jianxiong came up with this strategy for one purpose: to increase industrial production capacity as much as possible before the war broke out. Because he knew very well that the world war was about industrial production capacity. He did not seek to be as perverted as the United States, and self-sufficiency was always the goal.

You must do your best. Now there is a question. Fang Jianxiong is still hesitant. How should you respond once Hitler agrees to attack the Soviet Union first?

China's military industry is now mainly concentrated in the Yangtze River Basin and Northeast China, with Wuhan being the top priority. Seeing that the war is approaching, Fang Jianxiong must put aside all these priorities before he can rest assured.

After Wuhan, Fang Jianxiong flew to Chongqing, and after the Yangtze River waterway was dredged, the railway from Chengdu to Xi'an was built in eight years. The land of abundance's convenient access to the outside world has greatly accelerated the development speed of the local economy. With the opening of air routes

, it has become more convenient to enter and exit Sichuan. Of course, in general, the economically developed area in Sichuan is still Chongqing. The root cause is the development of industrial industries, which benefits from the convenience of the Yangtze River waterway.

After only a week of his trip to Chongqing, Fang Jianxiong hurriedly flew back to Beijing, temporarily ending his inspection trip. The plane landed at Nanyuan Airport, and as soon as he got off the plane, he saw Gu Weijun waiting at the airport.

"Hirota Hongyi formally extended an invitation, hoping that you would visit Japan." Gu Weijun reported hurriedly. Fang Jianxiong got into the car while listening. After sitting down, he said calmly: "Japan and the Soviet Union were hooking up in private, and now they are inviting you again."

My visit to Japan was a clear-cut diplomatic smoke bomb. Seeing the United States withdrawing from the Philippines, Japan finally couldn't bear it anymore. It had already made up its mind to go south first and let the Soviet Union contain China. It was really wishful thinking."

"Do you mean to refuse Japan's invitation?" Gu Weijun hesitated before asking. Fang Jianxiong shook his head: "No, if you agree to Japan's invitation, you have to promote Sino-Japanese friendship in a big way."

"Why?" Gu Weijun asked with a smile, and Fang Jianxiong said calmly: "Once Japan goes south, the entire maritime transportation line will be exposed to the attack of the Chinese navy. The entire Japanese butt will be exposed to China. You can kick him whenever you want.

It's not that Japan has not seen this, but Japan is too short of resources and refuses to give up its dream of dominating the world. Therefore, as long as a war breaks out in Europe and Britain and France cannot take care of both, Japan will definitely go south to seize

The colonies of Western countries will be used for their own use. When the time comes, China will remain neutral and concentrate heavy troops in the northwest and Far East, forcing the Soviet Union not to dare to act rashly, so that it can advance and retreat with sufficient strength, and obtain maximum benefits from Chinese goods."

Fang Jianxiong had another thought that he did not tell Gu Weijun, that is, what would happen if Germany attacked the Soviet Union first? In fact, this idea was a bit redundant. Putting aside the hatred between Germany and France, the most important thing in parallel history was that Germany dared to attack the Soviet Union.

The reason is to obtain the industrial production capacity of France. Otherwise, even if Hitler has so many soldiers, he will not be able to produce so much equipment. But Fang Jianxiong really does not dare to think like this, just in case Hitler is impulsive and starts fighting with the Soviet Union first

, it’s not impossible for this to happen, it’s just less likely.

The history of this time and space is already in a state of chaos. All Fang Jianxiong can do is to work hard to do the best in domestic affairs.

In the face of national interests, personal moral integrity and so on, just throw it away. Well, China and Japan must be friendly. When Japan goes south and all its weaknesses are exposed in front of China, it will be really bad to fall out again.

It's a very exciting thing. The premise is that the Chinese navy and air force must have the strength to put one foot in Japan's waist.

"China and Japan are separated by a narrow strip of water and are adjacent to each other in the era. Sino-Japanese friendship originated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties..., China and Japan must be friendly..." A manuscript appeared on the headline of the Republic of China Times, singing the tune of Sino-Japanese friendship, and

Announcing the news that Japanese Prime Minister Hirota Koki invited President Fang to visit Japan.

The Japanese side was also very generous. Newspapers and radio stations responded one after another. Everyone set the tone of friendship and peace very high, and it seemed that if they didn't say so, they would be at a huge loss. President Fang Da's schedule was also quickly decided, and he will visit Japan in late August.

Prior to this, the secret negotiations between China and Britain first showed results. Since penicillin can treat many diseases that were previously incurable, British citizens who had been bearing the price of second-hand resale from China were very unhappy with the government's incompetence.

The Chamberlain government was under great pressure from the public and had to lower its conditions at the negotiation table. Finally, it reached a technology exchange condition with the British Merlin engine through the technology transfer of two drugs, penicillin and streptomycin.

The negotiation process was very short. There seemed to be no particular backlash between the two parties, and an agreement was reached in just one week. Britain became the first country in the West to obtain the mass production technology of penicillin, and the British Empire also gained face for this.

Great satisfaction. After the news was announced, the German side immediately made a request. The last time China and Germany negotiated, they only agreed to sell penicillin to Germany at ex-factory price. This time Germany wanted technology. The Chinese side followed the agreement with the UK and said that by the end of the year
Chapter completed!