Looking at the armored ship in front of him, Dong Shuheng's eyes were filled with pride.
This warship has put so much of his energy and expectations into it.
Even though it only has a small displacement of 1,200 tons, it is much more advanced than the ironclads being built by Britain and France.
First of all, he is no longer limited to adding armor to wooden warships. Instead, he has a completely new all-steel structure, in which the keels, ribs, frames, compartments, etc. are all all-metal structures.
The steel used is all carbon steel produced by Xuzhou Steel Plant, although it is incomparable to later generations of marine steel.
At least Huai Haijun has considered the strength, toughness, low temperature resistance, corrosion resistance and other characteristics of steel when selecting marine steel. Finding the right direction means there will be fewer detours.
Such a battleship actually goes beyond the category of an ironclad ship. It can be said to be a steel battleship in the true sense.
Secondly, a semi-enclosed turret structure is used on the deck. A breech-loading gun developed by Huaihai Navy is used.
And it is a direct and pioneering use of the double-mounted structure. You must know that the double-mounted turret is not just a superposition of numbers. The deck's bearing capacity must be fully considered, because although the double-mounted artillery saves space, it increases the hit rate.
, but its impact on the deck is not just twice as simple.
The deck of this Jianghe-class ship has been reinforced. Through a series of reinforcements, the stress-bearing surface of the deck and turret is increased, and the recoil force of the naval gun is guided to the main load-bearing parts of the warship.
Of course, this does not mean that this warship can only carry 120mm naval guns. It’s just that the Huaihai Navy’s gun manufacturing level is stuck here.
However, now that Krupp's technology has been introduced, this technical bottleneck will soon be broken. Therefore, it is not ruled out that the Jianghe class will be replaced with a larger caliber main gun.
Finally, although this warship is small, it has a watertight cabin structure, which greatly improves the warship's survivability.
Dong Shuheng originally positioned the Jianghe class as an offshore defensive frigate. If a fully steam-powered warship wants to sail long distances, it must have a series of supply points to cooperate with it.
Otherwise, the supply of coal cannot keep up, especially for warships with such small tonnage. The coal-carrying space on the ship is limited. Coal needs to be replenished every once in a while, otherwise it will be stranded at sea.
The Huai Navy obviously does not have this ability now. Dong Shuheng went to Japan before, managed Ryukyu, and fought with the imperial court to obtain a coastal naval base, just to welcome the arrival of the Jianghe class.
In the future, the Jianghe class can rely on these supply port chains to quickly shuttle back and forth in the East China Sea and South China Sea.
Become an important force in protecting China's maritime borders.
At this time, the warship was facing the lake, quietly waiting for the master's call.
Under the arrangement of the host, Dong Shuheng solemnly walked to the temporary high platform at the bow of the ship, holding a jar of Ner Hong in his hand.
Then, under the attention of everyone, Dong Shuheng raised his hands and threw the jar of aged Ner Hong towards the first Jianghe-class experimental ship named "Yangtze River".
With a "bang" sound, the jar shattered, and the rich aroma of wine spread out.
There were also some foreigners in the shipyard who had joined the Qing Dynasty. They originally suggested using champagne. But Dong Shuheng said that the Chinese Poseidon was not used to drinking foreign wine, so he changed it to daughter's red.
Ner'er's Red is a household name in China, and Chinese folk are accustomed to saving Ner'er's Red to drink when their daughters get married.
Therefore, the use of daughter's red means that Huaihai Navy treats these warships as its own children and gives them deep blessings.
At the same time, it also means that these warships will definitely get a good start in the future and win the first battle.
After Dong Shuheng explained this, everyone agreed to change the champagne used in the "bottle throwing ceremony" to daughter's red.
This meaning is so good that from then on, using daughter red in the "bottle throwing ceremony" became a common practice in the Chinese shipbuilding industry.
After the "bottle throwing ceremony", it is officially launched. The Jianghe class is built on a fixed slipway.
As workers removed the obstructions, the "Yangtze River" slowly slid into the water along the paved slide.
This "reverse" way of entering the water is the safest. This can generate greater buoyancy and avoid damaging equipment such as the rudder and propeller during the descent.
After the "Yangtze River" entered the water, it floated very smoothly on the water. At this time, engineers still have to conduct a series of measurements and inspections on it. It will still be some time before it actually goes on a trial voyage.
However, since he was able to float smoothly on the water, he had taken the first step in his warship career.
After launching into the water, important outfitting work is carried out. After the outfitting is completed, it is necessary to conduct trial sea trials.
If everything goes well, this warship is expected to be handed over and put into service before the end of this year. And after this warship is launched, if all the data pass the test, the construction of the next seven warships of the same class can also be accelerated. In this regard, Dong Shuheng
Full of expectations.
Now that he has arrived in Gaoyou, Dong Shuheng naturally wants to visit. This is where he really rose to prominence.
Although Huaihai Navy has now moved its political focus to Yangzhou, Gaoyou's status as a light industry and cultural center remains unchanged.
From the shipyard pier, you can take a boat to the south directly to the academy pier. When you arrived at the academy, there were not many people on campus. When I asked, it turned out that everyone was going to watch the debate.
Dong Shuheng suddenly became interested. When he was studying in law school in his previous life, he often participated in debate competitions. He did not expect that there was such a trendy way of playing in the academy.
This is an ancient academy that Dong Shuheng didn’t understand about China. This form of debate has been passed down since the pre-Qin period when a hundred schools of thought contended.
Dong Shuheng, dressed as a student, was surrounded by inner guards and arrived at the academy's auditorium. This building was in Chinese style and its name was "Zhengming Building".
It has a large auditorium, two small auditoriums, and six small conference centers.
The entire auditorium is a double-layer structure with a hollow center and a half-circle of auditoriums on the upper floor. It can accommodate nearly two thousand people. It also adopts a special structural design to allow the sound of the people on the podium to speak through the structure of the building.
Dong Shuheng took a look and saw that there were at least a thousand students sitting here. Although there were many people, the auditorium was completely silent. Everyone was listening carefully to the debate of the students on the stage.
Dong Shuheng slipped in through the back door. He saw a line of big characters written behind the rostrum - "Why save China, learn from the Han and Tang Dynasties, or ****?"
It turns out that this is today's debate topic, but the topic is too extreme. Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that there are problems with both arguments.
However, this is mostly the case in the debate arena. The greater the contradiction between two propositions, the easier it is for sparks to collide. Propositions that are ambiguously expressed are not suitable for debate in the debate arena.
Because the pursuit of debate is not who is right or wrong, but the hope that new ideas will be generated through the debate between the two parties. Of course, the exception is the kind of debate that is purely for falsification.
"I would like to ask the other party, you actually support the Communist Party, so will China after the Communist Party still be Huaxia? Can China at that time maintain the independent identity of its own nation? People have personalities, and races have ethnic identities. No
How can China, an independent nation, rise and stand among the nations of the world?"
Dong Shuheng nodded slightly. These students had adopted many later generations' terms when debating.
Of course, these were not created by students, but what they saw in "Fuxing Weekly". Most of these newly invented words came from Dong Shuheng's articles.
After discussing the theory of the Renaissance with Wei Yuan last time, Wei Yuan started publishing this publication, mainly distributing it within the Huaihai Navy.
The scope of this publication is very large, and it has never been shy about discussing Manchu issues. It even publishes some articles on social systems.
Under the pressure of Lao Wei, Dong Shuheng also wrote many articles. Some of them were his own ideas, and some were copied from his own memory. Of course, Dong Shuheng used several different pen names.
Most of what Dong Shuheng wrote was an introduction to the current shortcomings of the Qing Dynasty, as well as some in-depth analysis. It was inevitable that some words from later generations would be used, and these words were passed down like this.
In addition, Dong Shuheng also analyzed and criticized the political systems of some major countries in the world.
For example, the political system controlled by big capitalists in the United States, and the political system in Britain and France where the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie made peace. These contents are very attractive to young people in the academy.
Dong Shuheng even directly pointed out that the political system of the Qing Dynasty, which was based on mutual compromise between the feudal gentry, landlord class and ethnic minorities, was completely out of date. It was not even as good as the Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties, and it was completely reversing the course of history.
As a result, these students were introduced to the word class for the first time. As soon as everyone comes into contact with the concept of class, the first thing they consider is to identify themselves.
Of course, most of these students were relegated to the class of landlords and gentry. This was not the result that Dong Shuheng and Wei Yuan wanted.
Therefore, an article immediately pointed out that no matter what class there are, there are advanced and conservative classes. The advanced class puts the interests of the country and the nation above the interests of individuals and families.
The conservative class puts the personal interests of the family before the interests of the country and the nation. They will even sacrifice the interests of the country and the nation for the sake of family and personal interests.
For example, the Manchu and Qing court placed the ruling interests of their own family above the nation. Therefore, they were conservative and backward.
For the sake of their family's ruling interests, they did not hesitate to sell their national interests to foreigners - sign unequal treaties and cede territory.
Dong Shuheng also wrote an article pointing out that no matter who leads the country and the nation, they must put the interests of the country and the nation above themselves. If they cannot do this, they will live up to the expectations of the country and the nation.
Under such circumstances, the people of the country and nation have legal reasons to overthrow him and change him. This is the fundamental power granted by national justice to the entire nation.
These articles are actually very inflammatory, or they are blatantly anti-articles.
Just like strong medicine is used to treat serious illness, these articles, which only Dong Shuheng dared to write, were like a strong medicine, putting the entire academy in a state of excitement.
For a time, various trends of thought emerged in the academy, and students even formed clubs. Sometimes they had opposing ideas, so they started debates. This fully responded to the fine tradition of "fighting with literature rather than fighting with force."
Of course, in this process, Wei Yuan, the dean with real power, also played a role in "fueling the flames."
The initial enlightenment of ideas is always accompanied by fierce collisions.
Instead of suppressing them and letting them grow stronger before more violent conflicts break out, it is better to let them fight together in the budding stage. Just like raising poisonous insects, lock them up and let them fight, and they will eventually appear.
A Gu King.
Dong Shuheng turned around and left without disturbing the students' debate. Now these students all knew him, and if they saw him, it would probably cause another sensation.