Chapter 491 Wang Hengyue's Nanjing Jinling Shipyard
Nanjing Jinling Shipyard.
The machines were rumbling, and the shipyard was a busy scene.
As the navy's strength could not be rapidly improved in a short period of time, Wang Hengyue focused more on aircraft carriers and submarines.[]
The Nanjing Shipyard is undoubtedly a very important submarine production base.
Here, a large number of Chinese and foreign engineers, designers, and technical workers gather here.
Before the European War, because the traditional "big ships and big guns" doctrine dominated the naval world, many naval generals despised the role of underwater submarines in naval battles. They believed that the victory or defeat of naval battles mainly depended on the "thickness" of large warships.
Face-to-face competition between "deck" and "large-caliber artillery", and submarines have no place in the naval battle arena. At best, they are only used to defend against the attack of enemy warships. However, after the European War began, submarines appeared on the naval battle arena.
, it showed an impressive advantage. Its flexible and maneuverable combat capabilities allowed huge surface combat ships to sink into the deep sea carrying the bodies of many sailors.
War has taught people that submarines are an elusive weapon and that submarines are an effective naval warfare weapon. The dazzling brilliance of submarines lasts for a long time, and its combat power is not as fleeting as some military experts predicted.
The Chinese Navy under the leadership of President Wang Hengyue is undoubtedly the country that attaches the most importance to submarine production and development!
The director of Nanjing Jinling Shipyard is named Chen. This man is undoubtedly an outstanding genius in the history of Chinese submarines.
〖China〗 The earliest submarine in China was built in 1880. This submarine was proposed to be built by a "Taoist" named Chen. He first made the drawing design and called on the Qing government officials to support it. He also expressed his willingness to
It is guaranteed by the contract that if it is proved to be unsuitable by testing after completion, no money will be paid for the labor time and the materials used will be compensated according to the price.
Chen Daoyuan's suggestion was supported by the Qing government. In the summer of 1880, construction began at the Tianjin Machinery Bureau.
This project was carried out under conditions of absolute confidentiality. Chen Daoyuan personally led more than ten craftsmen to build a wall in the Machinery Bureau. The inside and outside of the wall were heavily guarded. Then he purchased wood and iron sheets and started construction. After a whole summer of work,
Construction, this "underwater machine ship" was completed.
It is "shaped like an olive, with a water mark and a water suction machine on it. The water mark retracts one foot into the ship, and the ship plunges into the water and plummets a thousand feet. It is necessary to secretly send mines under the water and place them under enemy ships." On the 18th of August 1880,
On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, this "underwater machine ship" conducted a trial voyage in Haihe River. According to records: the ship sailed on the water surface half-floating, and was extremely agile and very practical: when it sank underwater, the water mark still surfaced about a few feet above the water.
Nothing can be seen on the surface of the water, and nothing is unsatisfactory in laying mines...
But the strange thing is that this successfully tested submarine was not officially used or continued to be studied. It has disappeared since then. It has neither a name nor more records. Even people don’t know about this first Chinese-made submarine.
What does the power propulsion system of a submarine look like, how it ascends or dives, what the hull structure is, etc...
But Wang Hengyue remembers this man, the builder of China's first submarine, who can even be said to be the "father of China's submarines"!
Wang Hengyue asked Yang Fangyun to find ways to invite this Taoist priest named Chen out and let him serve as the director of Jinling Shipyard.
When Wang Hengyue invited him out of the mountain and asked his true name, he smiled slightly: "I just want to do something practical for the Chinese submarines, and I don't want to leave any famous name for the ages. Everyone likes to call me Chen."
Taoist: "From now on, I will call you Taoist Chen."
This can be considered a good talk.
The chief engineer of Jinling Shipyard was also a Manchu official.
This man's name was Wei Han, who was the director of shipbuilding at the Navy Department of the Qing Dynasty. In the first year of the Republic of China, he was the director of the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau. After Wang Hengyue gained national power, the first thing he did was to transfer Wei Han from Fujian to Nanjing Jinling Shipyard as the general manager.
engineer.
This Wei Han is an amazing person!
He organized the development of China's first cruiser, the "Kaiji" ship; manufactured China's first armored ship, the "Longwei" ship; participated in the manufacture of China's first steel armored ship
Torpedo ship - "Guangyi" ship: [China] China's first torpedo hunter ship - "Jianwei" ship: presided over and participated in the construction of "Kaiji", "Henghai", "Jingqing", "Huan"
"Tai", "Guangjia", "Guangyi", "Guangbing", "Guanggeng", "Longwei", "Fujing", "Tongji", "Fu'an" and other ten-er hot boats: 〖中〗
It has made an indelible contribution to the development of China's shipbuilding industry.
And his family is also one of the most famous naval families in modern China. Wei Han's nine brothers and cousins are all naval masters, and six of them graduated from a series of shipbuilding schools!
Wei Han graduated first among the first batch of students from the Shipbuilding Academy and stayed in Fuzhou Shipbuilding to do technical work. Later, he became one of the first batch of Chinese naval officers to go overseas for inspection and study. While studying in France,
While learning shipbuilding skills, he also studied law. He worked as an assistant at the French Royal Bar Association and gained a reputation, and later received the title of Doctor of Laws.
After Wei Han returned to China...he served as Fuzhou Shipping Administration...General Manufacturing...that is, Chief Engineer. He organized the development of China's first cruiser "Kaiji". This ship was called "the giant ship that has never been seen in China"
During this period of Ming Dynasty, Fuzhou Shipping Administration, under the auspices of Wei Han and others, also built three clippers.
After the Sino-French Battle of Majiang, Wei Han and his colleagues learned the lesson from the destruction of the Fujian Navy in the Battle of Majiang and felt that they must build ironclad ships as soon as possible in order to enhance the navy's combat effectiveness. They suggested developing ironclad ships as soon as possible. After the Sino-French Battle of Majiang
, Wei Han and his colleagues learned the lesson from the destruction of the Fujian Navy in the Battle of Majiang, and felt that it was necessary to build ironclad ships as soon as possible in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the navy. They suggested developing ironclad ships as soon as possible. At the end of 1887, under the auspices of Wei Han and others,
〖China〗The first iron-clad ship built by China, the "Longwei" ship, was officially launched.
In 1904, Wei Han was transferred to Guangdong and was in charge of the Guangdong Mine Bureau, the Torpedo Bureau, and the Huangpu Shipping Bureau. He also served as the general office of the Huangpu Naval School, the Huangpu Naval Torpedo School, and the Huangpu Naval Industrial School.
In the first year of the Republic of China, Wei Han returned to the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau and served as director. Although he was over sixty at this time, Wei Han was ambitious and focused on reviving the shipping administration. In the spring of 1915, Wei Han also took outstanding students from the Naval School to the United States to study aircraft.
Submarine manufacturing.
When Wang Hengyue formally hired him as the chief engineer of the "Nanjing Jinling Shipyard", Wei Han was already in his seventies, but without considering his age, he happily accepted the appointment and worked on it the next day.
Depart for Nanjing.
Wang Yuyue's army was mostly composed of young officers, who were full of enthusiasm and vitality.
At the Nanjing Jinling Shipyard, the two leaders are already elderly. Although they are older, they are full of experience. This kind of experience cannot be gained overnight or by risking one's life on the battlefield!
The foreign experts assigned to Chen Daoyuan and Wei Han are Americans Holland and Simeng Lake, who built Wang Hengyue's first submarine and have long served as submarine advisers to the National Revolutionary Army Navy!
Two outstanding Chinese ship and submarine manufacturing experts, together with two equally outstanding American submarine manufacturing and invention experts, form the main leadership of Nanjing Jinling Shipyard!
"This is the "Jinling 2" we are developing." Wei Han pointed to a half-manufactured submarine nearby and said, "We have applied to purchase ten small aircraft, which we plan to carry on submarines. We previously built the "Jinling 2"
No. 1, the submarine, installed a steel cylinder behind its command platform enclosure, containing a seaplane. In the first test, we assembled the loose aircraft on the narrow submarine deck and it took four
It took more than an hour, but the test flight was not successful. This "Jinling 2" is the sister boat of "Jinling 1". We plan to take the submarine out of the cylindrical hangar after it surfaces in the new test.
The aircraft is assembled, and then the submarine dives. The aircraft breaks away from the submarine and floats on the water before taking off." "Okay, don't be afraid of failure." Wang Hengyue nodded and encouraged: "In this technology, we are ahead of European and American countries again, and we are even better on battleships.
We are not as good as them, but on submarines we not only cannot lag behind, but also lead them. Britain is a maritime power, what do they fear? What they fear most is not battleships and cruisers, what they fear most is submarines!"
Speaking of this, he glanced at the people on the side: "During the European War, the Germans used a large number of submarine forces to attack the United Kingdom. The British did not draw a reassuring conclusion from their disaster and rescue.
.Although they never succumbed to German submarine warfare, they were almost killed by it. The dire warnings about the threat posed by submarines to Britain were correct. Britain's greatest concern was that their islands should never suffer this kind of attack again.
Form of harm, they are afraid of submarines in their hearts!" "Absolutely correct." Holland, an American who can barely speak Chinese, said: "To achieve this, the most important step is to remove the entire German submarine
The fleet was eliminated as quickly as possible. According to the terms of the naval armistice, 176 German submarines in service were handed over to the Allies. With a few exceptions, all of them were sunk to the bottom of the sea. More than 200 submarines were not in service and had not yet been built.
The German submarine was destroyed on the spot.
To completely resolve the problem, the Treaty of Versailles stipulated that Germany could not possess, build or purchase submarines. This gave Britain the largest submarine fleet in the world."
Wang Hengyue sneered: "Britain has the largest submarine fleet in the world?"
No, the largest submarine fleet is not in the UK, but here!
In the [China] country that I lead!
I can't beat you in a head-to-head confrontation at sea, but I can use the submarine, the undersea ghost, to give you the heaviest blow!
I won’t fight with you on battleships and cruisers, I will focus on developing aircraft carriers and submarines!
In the possible future naval battle, this will be the most advantageous weapon for the Chinese Navy!