Chapter 219 On the day when Song Biao returned to China, he specially chose a blue fine wool military coat and wore a gilt saber presented by the Tsarist Russian royal family. Accompanied by all the senior officers of the navy present, he wore a scarlet red military coat.
Waiting for the speech in the welcome tent.
Although the total tonnage of the Imperial Navy is still small, in the future, not only the total tonnage will be huge, but every battleship will make the enemy feel fear and horror.
Song Biao, who was filled with excitement, stood here, watching the Cathay sailing away into the distance, as if his body, mind and soul were also traveling with it, wishing he could transform into a heavenly spirit to follow it and protect its life and glory.
Song Biao couldn't suppress his inner excitement. He also saluted the warship and the Chinese Navy's horn, and followed him. Other naval officers and even non-military shipyard employees also saluted. They looked out with eager eyes.
The battleship where the soul belongs.
At this time, Song Biao could roughly understand Li Hongzhang's mood when he saw the Zhenyuan ship. Yes, it was just like his own child, worthy of care and cherishment.
The battleship Cathay was finally put into service. Although it went through many hardships during the construction process, there were countless problems and troubles. Even the people at Vickers Company gave up hope many times, and the Chinese people were both excited and doubtful.
But he still served after all.
Really, the construction process of this battleship was too difficult for China at this time. It was as difficult as climbing to the sky, from the manufacturing of ship steel to the assembly. From the hoisting of the boiler to the debugging of the main gun, everything
Everything is a difficult test for China's shipbuilding industry. Fortunately, it has finally passed this hurdle. Just like Japan's construction of the battleship Satsuma in 1905, everyone needs to pass this hurdle.
How much effort did Japan put in to embark on the road of building battleships on its own? Only they themselves understand the hard work involved. On the basis of a weak industrial foundation, it will always take more effort than other countries to embark on this road.
, we must have a stronger will and a hard-working spirit that is not afraid of all difficulties. We must have the whole country to go all out.
The Japanese want to become stronger, and so do the Chinese.
Under the call of the Liberation Revolution, the Chinese people are changing faster and faster. They have changed from the numbness and indifference of the Manchu rule, and have changed from the decadence and rigidity of the Manchu rule. There are more and more new young people.
The emergence of the empire calls for freedom, progress, and new knowledge. It calls for a new national spirit, calls for the prosperity of the country and the nation, and calls for the heroes of the empire to appear on the world stage.
Compared with the Japanese Navy's eagerness for quick success and instant gains, the Chinese Navy is also luckier and has taken a more prudent path. The manufacturing of naval ships has been handled by private shipyards from the beginning, using commercial shipbuilding to share the total investment and suppressing inner desires.
Resisting the pressure of being bullied by the Japanese Navy, with limited funds, we first started by adding light armored cruisers and destroyers.
Gradually increase the number of ships, naval officers and troops and the training level of the troops, enhance the popularization of naval education, expand the shipping industry and education base, and wait for the development of the steel and metallurgical industry, electrical and other military industries, and heavy industry. It was not until 1915 that we utilized and maintained
The company has a long-term partnership with the company to design and build new ships directly based on the Queen Elizabeth battleship.
Compared with the less mature battleships such as Satsuma, Tsukuba, Kurama, and Hanoi built by the Japanese Navy, the Chinese Navy's military expenditure is less, but its efficiency is higher. During this period, it gradually owned the three major shipbuilding companies of Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and Jiangnan.
The main factory will have the manufacturing capacity of battleships within three to four years.
Even though there is still a big gap compared to Japan's warship manufacturing level at this moment, Song Biao firmly believes that the empire's shipbuilding industry will definitely surpass Japan, and the empire's navy can also surpass Japan.
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After presiding over the handover ceremony of the battleship Sinian and continuing to hold the Imperial Shipbuilding Industry Ten-Year Planning Conference in Jinzhou, Song Biao took a special train from Sinian Mansion back to the capital.
Daughter Song Yuanyuan is eight years old.
Her Royal Highness Princess Yuanyuan!
As soon as he returned to Xuanzheng Garden, the princess and prince, who had been waiting for him, ran over happily. Song Biao, holding one in each hand, chatted and laughed with Queen Shu Xuan and returned to the West Garden.
He hadn't seen her for a whole year, but he wanted to hold his wife in his arms and talk about his war events in Europe, the interesting things, the tragic things, the painful things, and the happy things.
When we returned to the capital, it was already very late. After having dinner, playing with the two children for a while, and putting them to bed, Song Biaocai and Shu Xuan prepared to rest in the palace.
While he was soaking his feet, Shu Xuan asked him with great interest: "Your Majesty's return this time must be about the war in Europe. The rest can be left to the ministers to deal with, and there is no need to go again?"
Song Biao sighed: "What you said is half right. I don't have to go to Europe when I come back this time. But the war in Europe is not over yet, and the major events are not over yet. The rest of the things can only be left to Chen Qicai and the others. In fact, I may not
Just really let it go
Heart. The way to use troops is to win by surprise. Chen Qicai's ability lies in fine-tuning and agility, but he does not have the courage to command thousands of troops on the battlefield. Martos is good at strategizing and calculation, but he is not a commander in using troops. Duan Qirui is not a handsome man.
I am just a smart and capable person, and Fu Liangzuo is a good candidate. Unfortunately, I still lack experience. Otherwise, there is no need for me to go to Europe in person to command the expeditionary force. But for now, the main force of the Imperial Expeditionary Force will be gradually withdrawn from Europe. In the South
The use of troops on the front line battlefield only needs to advance in a regular manner, use defense as offense, and attract 20 German infantry divisions to achieve the effect. The actual charge and kill the enemy can be left to the British, French and American forces."
Shu Xuan smiled and said: "The emperor is a delicate man and is reluctant to part with his own capital."
Song Biao said: "You are wrong. It's not that I don't want to part with my own capital. It's that the empire actually has another real big battle to fight, and the scale of this battle is far greater than what we have in Europe.
, and what is my status as an emperor in this life, and whether I can be compared with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. I am afraid it will only depend on this battle."
"Is that so...?"
The queen was inevitably a little disappointed, and even more worried. She was a truly refined person, and she was unwilling to ask any more questions. Whether it was military matters or political matters, she had never asked too many questions, lest there be any misunderstandings.
Suspected of political interference in the harem.
It is said that a short separation is better than a newlywed. This separation lasted more than a year, so the two of them naturally took a rest early.
That night, Song Biao had a dream. He dreamed that the queen gave birth again, but she gave birth to a meat dumpling. After cutting it open with a saber, a big fat boy jumped out of it.
When returning to Beijing from a long journey, Song Biao's practice has always been to rest for a few days before dealing with various official duties, but this time it was not possible because the Soviet Union and the German Empire had signed the "Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty" and he was about to concentrate on dealing with
There are remaining White Army forces in various parts of the country. For the empire, the European war is actually over, and now it must concentrate all its energy on dealing with the newly established Soviet Empire.
Chapter 219 The memorial caught the General Administration of Internal Affairs off guard. Everyone was extremely surprised and seemed to have a premonition that things had taken a different turn.
Director Chen Qimei of the Secretariat had been accompanying the emperor on the European expeditions and knew the most. Naturally, he understood that the emperor was so anxious to start working to deal with Soviet Russia. He returned to China one month before Song Biao, and by this time he had already completed a lot of work.
Be prepared.
When Song Biao arrived at the imperial study, Chen Qimei compiled various intelligence materials related to Soviet Russia collected by intelligence agencies such as the Bureau of Secrecy and the State Intelligence Bureau into a volume and submitted it to Song Biao for review.
Song Biao was naturally very familiar with Emperor Su. For him, Emperor Su's history was basically as clear as a stream of knowledge.
On the whole, the Russian February Revolution was just a joint revolution between the left and right wings of the Social Democratic Party, which was unanimously praised by the entire Russian society at that time. However, the right wing was not armed, and most of the Russian troops were on the front line, while the Bolsheviks on the left wing of the Social Democratic Party were
The Red Army was used to overthrow the provisional coalition government and implement left-wing dictatorship.
This is the October Revolution.
After the outbreak of the October Revolution, the opposition forces within Russia began to increase sharply. Although he was in Europe at that time, Song Biao contacted the familiar Russian senior officers in the White Army through the Central Military Department and transferred the Mosin Nagant previously equipped to them.
Rifles, and even old guns of various miscellaneous models in stock, including Japanese Murata Type 22 rifles, were sent together, giving the White Army nearly 1.2 million rifles.
The problem of the White Army is that it lacks a truly unified command system and commander. They are all scattered in various places, and were eventually defeated one by one by the Soviet Red Army. The so-called joint foreign troop dispatch is also a false issue. Chapter 219 Full Strength, Three Months has just ended.
The Russian railway can be connected within 10 kilometers, allowing the Imperial Army to advance from the west all the way to Novosibirsk.
But the empire's main offensive route is in the Tangnu Ulianghai. In the Kizil area of Tangnu Ulianghai, the empire has spent two years secretly hoarding a large amount of military supplies and ammunition. There is an integrated division and more than 40 troops.
A new regiment is stationed here.
Although the empire is not in a hurry to build the railway from Kyzyl to Abakan in Russia, the imperial railway engineering brigade has intensively explored this 120-kilometer line countless times. As long as the war begins, the two railway engineering brigades will
With the cooperation of the Central Railway Corporation, it will only take about 40 days to urgently lay a temporary railway, and the relevant materials have already been transported to the local area and are just waiting for the official start of construction.
In addition to the local mobilization of supplies in Novosibirsk and Kazakhstan, the empire must be able to afford it. After the European war, the imperial expeditionary force did not immediately evacuate Europe. Instead, it sought the support of Britain, France, the United States and other countries as much as possible. Using the agreement of the Allied Powers
From Romania, they moved north to attack Ukraine, making reasonable use of the remaining supplies from various countries in the European war, and advancing on Russia on two fronts, forcing the Soviet Union to finally make major concessions.
If you include the Empire's European Expeditionary Force, Song Biao estimates that he will use more than 3.5 million land troops, combined with about one million to two million White troops. The main force will be about 2 million in size, which will greatly increase the Imperial Army's existing and the next six months.
Production, and more than 14,000 cars purchased from the United States, and three million horses recruited from China and Central Asia were carried out in one go.
Of course, he has no plan to completely eliminate Soviet Russia, which would not be conducive to him signing an armistice treaty that is truly beneficial to the empire, and it is also not conducive to the empire in the international environment.
It is still necessary to retain Soviet Russia and use the threat of Soviet Russia to slow down the repressive measures of Britain and the United States against the expansion of the Chinese Empire. At the same time, we must severely exploit Soviet Russia economically, slow down the development speed of Soviet Russia, and force Soviet Russia to pay long-term oil tribute to the empire.
Maintain the development of the empire until the empire builds a large navy that is enough to protect its huge interests in the Middle East.
It is suicidal to exploit oil on a large scale in the Middle East too early. Even now, countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States have actually realized that the Middle East may be rich in oil, but they lack a clear estimate of the specific reserves. Of course, they do not.
It is expected that it will be such a crazy amount, otherwise we will discuss it in Chapter 219,
We must unify our internal thinking. This war must be fought. Without fighting Soviet Russia, we will not be able to take back Vladivostok or Hailanpao. Don’t think that these are not the territories of the empire. These are the territories of the empire. They are all Russia’s inheritance from the Chinese nation.
We must not lose even an inch of the precious property and territory we have snatched from our hands, otherwise our generation will be the sinners of history."
Jiang Fangzhen and Cai E both understood at this time that the emperor was determined and would leave no room at all, and that this battle was indeed unavoidable. Fortunately, the emperor had solved the military expenditure problem that had been the most troublesome for everyone.
The Ministry of War currently has Jiang Tingzi, who has been newly promoted to first-class staff officer, as the director of the Armored Vehicle Research Bureau. The chief engineer is an engineer named Wang Yubao from the Automobile Corporation. The former is a native of Xuzhou, a graduate of the third class of Japanese Army Corps, and a gunnery background.
During the Northeast Army period, he served in the Military Supplies Department and the Far East Arsenal.
After that, he was arranged to study briefly in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Northeastern University for one year. The latter was a science student who graduated from Shanghai St. John's University. During the Northeast New Deal period, he went to the Columbia College of Mines in the United States for further study. After graduation, he worked as a technician at General Motors for three years and two years.
I just returned to China and worked at Far East Automobile Company.
Not long after Jiang Fangzhen and Cai E left, Jiang Tingzi hurriedly came to report to Song Biao with a stack of information.
Although he had met Jiang Tingzi several times before, Song Biao had never been deeply impressed by him. He only heard that he was very good in machinery and chemical engineering. He had always served as a military representative at the Far East Arsenal.
Song Biao did not attach much importance to tank technology, because the characteristics of the Northeastern Army and the Central Army were fast and mobile, and their advantage lay in speed. The speed of tanks before and after World War I was like a turtle crawling, even a light tank like the Renault FT17
The speed also does not meet the basic requirements of CSKA.
Jiang Tingzi brought over the data of several types of tanks recently designed by the Armored Vehicle Research Bureau and submitted them to Song Biao for review, fully expecting that his work would be recognized by the emperor.
Since the beginning of World War I, tanks have been identified as heavy, medium, and light. The representatives are the British mk.4 tank, the Whippet A tank, and the Renault ft17 tank. During World War I, the Empire was also named Renault.
More than 400 Renault FT17 tanks were produced, equipped with a 37mm infantry cannon and a Browning 12.7mm caliber heavy machine gun, and some were also supplied to the United States, which newly entered the war.
After importing part of the Whippet A-type tanks from the United Kingdom, the Armored Vehicle Research Bureau began to develop a medium tank. The design number was
It is close to the former, with a speed of about 14 kilometers per hour.
In addition to the sy5, the bureau is also working on the heavy tank sy2 and the light tank sy5. The experimental project sy3 was originally designed as a medium tank. After the introduction of the Whippet tank, this project was temporarily banned.
Song Biao roughly looked at all three types of new tanks. In terms of technical data, there was no breakthrough at all compared to British and French tanks, and the plagiarism was also very obvious.
After reading the information, Song Biao lit a cigarette and thought for a moment, then picked up a pencil and made some simple adjustments on the design drawing, and told Jiang Tingzi: "The plan for the Type 2 tank can be slowed down for the time being, and the medium tanks and
Light tanks were developed first. What I mean is that the basic design method of the Renault tank is still feasible.
Medium tanks should consider 47mm infantry guns as much as possible. The diameter can be lengthened appropriately. It doesn't matter if the speed is a little slower. It is slow enough anyway. Pay attention to safety performance and reliability. The gasoline tank should be placed at the back of the body, not in the front.
The armor on the front and sides can be appropriately strengthened, and the turret must be able to rotate. There is no need for that.
There are so many machine guns, four machine guns are too many. Our experience in the war is that the machine guns are either not mounted on the tank, or if they are mounted, the caliber must be larger. Two machine guns are enough, two Browning heavy machine guns, the calibers are 7.62.
and 12.7, the artillery strives to develop to 55mm, 47mm is too small. Light tanks will be used as auxiliary
There are two types of tanks in one vehicle. Like Renault's ft17, one is equipped with a 37mm gun and two Browning 7.62mm heavy machine guns, and the other is equipped with two Browning 12.7mm and one 7.62mm heavy machine guns. In addition,
Try to choose air-cooled machine guns, and heat pipes and machine gun tubes can be added as appropriate."
Jiang Tingzi repeatedly claimed that it was, and kept recording it in his notebook impatiently.
Song Biao simply wrote down his opinions directly, and then handed all the design information to Jiang Tingzi, saying: "There is another thing. Based on the Renault ft17, the No. 5 tank should increase the speed as much as possible to reach the same speed as the No. 4 tank.
In order to meet the requirements of coordinated operations, we can consider developing it as a tracked off-road armored vehicle with strong maneuverability. If it does not use a turret, it can be used to transport supplies, which is equivalent to one vehicle and three types."
Jiang Tingzi continued to agree repeatedly.
Song Biao had nothing else to give him. It was indeed not the era of tanks yet. The key problem was that the engine power was too small and speed, defense and firepower could not be balanced.
Considering the Renault FT17's speed of 7 kilometers per hour, this speed really cannot keep up with the requirements of CSKA, and its off-road capabilities are limited, so it often falls behind on the battlefield.
The difference in speed between Renault and Whippet is that the former uses only one engine, while the latter uses two.
At this stage, two engines are still needed to maintain the balance of the tank's speed, defense and firepower. However, the design of the Whippet has many problems and hidden dangers. What Song Biao needs now is a Renault-style medium tank.
At a speed of more than 12 kilometers per hour, two trucks are specially used to ensure the supply of a medium tank, expanding the numerical advantage in the shortest time and equipping at least one medium tank brigade as the main force.
After Jiang Tingzi left, Song Biao continued to look through some information and reports related to tank research in the imperial study. He suddenly felt a little emotional in his heart. Since he returned to China this time, the empire has either built battleships or tanks.
I never dared to think about it before.
When the Navy Ministry reported the plan to build the battleship Cathay, not to mention foreigners and domestic people who doubted that China could not build it. In fact, even Song Biao, who finally approved the plan, felt that the possibility was very low, and it was estimated that it would be halfway through.
He had even thought of hiring an American company to continue the work if the remedial plan could not be built, so as not to waste so much money.
In the end, it was actually built. Although it took nearly two years and suffered many accidents, it was not smooth at all, but it was finally built.
At this moment, Song Biao thought about it carefully and felt that he really needed to look at China from a different perspective. Times had changed, he had changed, and the empire had changed. In any case, the First World War had a profound impact on China's industrial development.
The driving force is indeed very amazing.
In war, people seem to be able to unleash all their potential and accomplish anything.
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