Old Ford's answer to this was that the reason why he invested in the border areas was that he was optimistic about the future of the Red Party and China, and wanted to share the rich dividends of China's rise. Relatively speaking, although Germany and the Soviet Union had better foundations, their industrialization
The development potential of the Soviet Union and Germany that has been completed, at least initially, is far from that of China. In fact, the old Ford did make a lot of money later, although in the few years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, these joint venture heavy industry enterprises were successively taken over
Returned to the state, but the red party and the people's government of new China
fu will never treat these old friends of the Chinese people badly. As the first company to invest in the border area, Ford received the most generous compensation. Including the dividends received during the joint venture, the cumulative income exceeded US$1.5 billion (and the Bretton Woods System
Before the collapse of the U.S. dollar (the value of the U.S. dollar was very stable), the profit rate exceeded 400%, which was only a relatively minor direct benefit. The reason why the Ford family has been able to remain the world's richest man for more than 20 years after the war is the Chinese factor.
It cannot be ignored. Of course, these are all things for later.
Now that he has returned to Luoyang, Hu Weidong has also adjusted the scientific research plan of the Central Plains Border Region, mainly adding some naval equipment projects. Among them, the research of new equipment such as hovercraft is a new project from scratch, and special ship-borne radar is in
It is a branch and extension based on existing technical achievements, and the 240mm tail-stabilized sabot armor-piercing projectile has been finalized for a long time, and it is only now starting to be produced. But this is not surprising. After all, it is necessary to deal with land fortifications.
Cloud burst bombs are more effective than armor-piercing bombs, and are now used on captured warships. Hu Weidong ordered them to be put into production. The 240mm fin-stabilized discarding sabot ammunition produced by Gongxian Arsenal is divided into alloy steel cores, tungsten alloy cores and depleted uranium alloys.
There are three types of bullet cores, with the power gradually increasing and the cost gradually increasing significantly. In actual combat, naval officers and soldiers can choose the appropriate type of bullet according to different targets. If all depleted uranium bullets are used, even if it is economically feasible, there will be no place to get so much uranium ore.
Similar products include the 152mm cannon howitzer that Hu Weidong improved from the Type 83 152mm cannon. This artillery has a long range, low cost, and slow fire speed. However, because of its caliber and the 150mm cannon of the 15th Army Heavy Artillery Brigade,
The caliber is just a little bit different, but the ammunition cannot be used universally. Therefore, Hu Weidong has never made up his mind to let the arsenal produce it, but now anyway, the secondary gun on the "Dingyuan" has just been
Fortunately, this caliber prompted Hu Weidong to make a decision. In fact, even if this new type of artillery is used as a naval gun, its performance is very excellent. Using concave bullets, the range can reach more than 36 kilometers, and the firing speed is 4 rounds.
Minutes, it is obviously better than the 152mm naval gun equipped on the "Dingyuan", and the barrel length is not much different, so there is no problem in directly changing the gun. The shells are completely universal.\\..\\
As for the production line of 356mm artillery shells, Hu Weidong only asked the technicians to study it internally for the time being, but was not in a hurry to lay it out. After all, even Hu Weidong was not absolutely sure of saving Qingdao and those warships at this time. And this kind of weighing more than a thousand kilograms
For giant artillery shells, the investment required for a production line is not generally high. It would be a waste if it is laid but not used.
In addition, Hu Weidong also assigned some imitation tasks to the Gongxian Arsenal. For example, the Japanese Type 98 anti-aircraft guns with two calibers of 75mm and 120mm. However, some of these weapons are temporarily unable to be produced because the equipment conditions are not met, or they cannot be produced.
Produced in large quantities, such as the 203mm cannon howitzer designed by Hu Weidong as a prototype of the later-generation W90-type 203mm towed howitzer. The border area currently only has 3,000 tons of zi
There are two you-type hydraulic presses and two 8,000-ton die forging hydraulic presses. Even if they are barely produced, they will not be able to make a few. It will also affect the production of other weapons. Now that he knows that Mao Zemin has made a lot of money, Hu Weidong naturally wants to
Another big purchase from the Germans
But at this time, the telegraph personnel of the 15th Army Group learned by deciphering the Japanese telegrams that Japan was gathering a huge fleet to attack Qingdao. Su Yu, the deputy commander-in-chief of the 15th Army Group Army, hurriedly sent a telegram to notify Hu Weidong who was still in Luoyang.
After hearing the news, Hu Weidong had to put aside the business with the Germans. And he also realized that if he kept
If you don’t live in Qingdao, then the large-scale equipment you want to order cannot be shipped in at all. At the same time, once the Japs form an alliance with the Germans, China will no longer be able to buy things from Germany, and the reason why Germany formed an alliance with the Japs in history is
, what he is interested in is nothing more than the strength of the Japanese navy. If he can teach this Japanese fleet a lesson, Mustache may change his mind.
Although he had long expected the determination of the Japanese army to retake Qingdao, as the intelligence became more abundant and he learned that the Japanese had sent out almost all the battleships, Hu Weidong could not help but feel his scalp numb. At first, he relied on the prophecy of the time traveler.
I felt that I had gained a lot of advantages for China and the Red Party, but now I have to pay the price because of historical changes. "The old saying is still true, 'If you go out to mess around, you will always have to pay back!'"
Contrary to Hu Weidong's fear, the 15th Army and even the naval commanders who had never seen the power of battleships were confident in defeating the enemy, which somewhat relieved Hu Weidong's nervousness. After calming down and thinking about it, Hu Weidong also felt that
Although six battleships sound scary, they are not necessarily invincible.
"The Japanese aircraft carrier sank. Even if it was recovered, it would not be repaired so quickly. It is also impossible to repair the Luda airport in the past few days. In other words, the enemy does not have an air force to assist in the battle. In history, a British battleship, a battleship
The cruiser and four destroyers were easily killed by less than a hundred Japanese land-based bombers. We also have many bombers now, so it may not be impossible for us to fight."
But a series of miraculous victories during this period interfered with Hu Weidong's judgment. He forgot an obvious difference between the two. Different from the well-trained training of Japanese bomber pilots in the early days of the Pacific War, the bomber pilots of the North China Air Force
, especially torpedo bomber pilot experience
Very scarce. Since they only put them on the shelves after the aviation torpedoes were captured, and the total number of captured aviation torpedoes was only a few dozen, basically each of them only fired it twice, once in training and once in actual combat, and the remaining ones
Twenty or so aviation torpedoes are enough for their mission.)dd