Fengxian Jiangshan

"Dear guests, you are the first batch of foreigners to board China's main battleship. This battleship is called Changbaishan. Its predecessor was the Japanese battleship Kirishima. During the Sino-Japanese War, this warship was sunk by a mine. It was later repaired and entered the Chinese Navy sequence."

Sa Shijun brought representatives from various countries aboard the Changbai Mountain. After boarding this huge battleship, they also felt small from the bottom of their hearts.Among these countries, Egypt, Iran, and Abyssinia do not have any decent navies, let alone ships of tens of thousands of tons, not even thousands of tons.Moreover, they can't afford this kind of warship, and letting them board the ship is just to feel the strength of the Chinese navy.

As for Argentina and Chile, they are traditional naval powers. Although the two countries do not have the ability to build ships, because the countries are relatively rich and have the same language and race as Europeans, they have built quite powerful warships by purchasing them.

Among them, the Chilean navy has also had contact with China. At the beginning, Li Hongzhang planned to buy second-hand warships from Chile.But time passed and things changed.

The navy has made rapid progress. Countries without industrial manufacturing capabilities like Chile and Argentina have gradually been left behind. However, they still ordered large warships from the United Kingdom and the United States. The naval tradition is even longer than that of China.

The representatives of these two countries are all knowledgeable people, so after they boarded the Changbaishan, they did not marvel at how thick the muzzle was and how big the warship was like bumpkins.Their eyes fell on places that others did not pay attention to. They wiped the back of the door with white gloves and looked under the railing.

Not a trace of dust!Seeing this, they all nodded secretly. From this at least it shows that the Chinese navy has a good mental outlook and the maintenance of the ships is quite good.The combat effectiveness of the navy is reflected in it, and the Chinese navy should not be underestimated.

"Captain Sa. This warship was captured by you. I want to know if China has the ability to build battleships?" Chilean representative Bachelet couldn't help asking.

Sa Shijun smiled slightly: "Mr. Bachelet, are you interested in battleships?"

"Of course, the Chilean navy is old and needs updating, and I would like to have a battleship myself."

Sa Shijun smiled slightly: "I believe that our shipbuilding industry can meet the requirements of any customer."

Bachelet also smiled and said: "Mr. Captain, it's great that you have confidence. We will launch a global bidding, and all countries will participate. I hope that representatives of China will also participate in it. As long as it is of good quality and price Lian will surely win."

The rear admiral of the Chilean Navy is not an idiot either. If he wants to get a big order, he has to show his real skills.Sa Shijun also hurriedly wrote down the matter.Be prepared to contact the shipyard immediately after the visit.After the representatives of various countries left Lushun.We went to Fengtian Arsenal again.I have seen China's weapons production line.

In the Fengtian Arsenal, they saw a scene that left them dumbfounded. The production line in China was producing all kinds of weapon parts at a speed beyond their imagination. They dared to swear to God that they were even in the European powers.This efficiency has not been seen either.

Pointing to a cylinder that had just been completed, Bachelet couldn't help but ask, "How long does it take to process one?"

The responsible Xiong Mengyuan and Han Linchun glanced at each other, then Xiong Mengyuan smiled proudly: "4 minutes!"

"What?" Mailer, the representative of Argentina, almost fell to the ground.You must know that it takes 22 minutes to process a cylinder in an American automobile company, but the Chinese can finish it in 4 minutes. This is no joke!

Seeing their astonishment, Xiong Mengyuan and the others showed a full expression of pride on their faces. This is the power of the automated production line, and the efficiency can be doubled!

The world's earliest automated production line started with a car, which was developed by the Morris Motor Company located in Coventry, England.The company began using an engine block machining line in automobile production in 1924.This large special-purpose processing line is 55 meters long and consists of 53 machine tools. It is produced continuously according to the process. As a result, the entire processing work of a cylinder can be completed every 4 minutes on average.

Relying on this kind of production line, Morris Company grew rapidly, and once became the third largest automobile giant in the world.The Morris Company kept this secret until American engineers visited it, and it was widely promoted in the United States, triggering a revolution in the field of automobile production.

Zhang Tinglan is not clear about such delicate matters, but China is also developing rapidly in the field of automobile industry, especially many new models with novel and beautiful shapes, which are not only popular in China, but even sold in Europe and the United States.

China launched a fully enclosed car in 24 years, which changed the style of classic cars in the past, and was very popular.American auto giants still look down on Chinese manufacturers, but Morris has taken the initiative to find China, hoping to cooperate.

When the two sides sent engineers to each other to learn, the Chinese engineers saw the automated production line for the first time.And realized the value of it, so after returning to China, I immediately started the corresponding research.

Of course, Zhang Tinglan paid the greatest attention to this cross-age technology, so he organized dozens of engineers in the mechanical field at the first time, and everyone jointly tackled key problems, and quickly created the first automatic cylinder production line belonging to China. .

Compared with Morris' self-preservation, the Chinese side will not do this, and the military industry has also quickly participated in it, upgrading the production line.

Among them, Fengtian Armory with the highest technical level took the lead in establishing two automated production lines. In the past two years, automated production lines have blossomed everywhere in China, from automobile production, to machine tools, to aircraft, to home appliances, and other fields. Automated production lines have begun to appear .

Of course, due to defects in Chinese materials and craftsmanship, some high-end engines have to rely on skilled workers. Otherwise, China's Snow Leopard tanks and dive bombers would have been able to mass violently.

But it's not too late now, Zhang Tinglan is planning to take advantage of the big crisis that is not far away, to buy the bottom in the West, and make up for the last shortcoming. At that time, China's industry will soar into the sky.

Large-scale industrial production itself is shocking and magical. When these representatives see it, it is like magic.They quickly admired the production of various weapons, and expressed their willingness to purchase.

Zhang Tingshu, Tao Jiping, Han Linchun, Xiong Mengyuan, Wu Yulin and others gathered at the presidential palace to discuss the sales plan.

"President, these countries can be roughly divided into three categories. The first category is Siam and Iran. They are neighboring countries to us and have a certain amount of capital. Therefore, if they want to purchase a full set of arms, including the navy, army and air force, the demand is great. The second category is Chile and Argentina. Although these two countries also have money, they have traditionally purchased Western weapons. They only want to buy something that the West does not have. In addition, they want to use us to lower prices. The third category is Abyss Nigeria and Egypt, neither of these two countries has much money, so they can only exchange some junk, which I think is dispensable.”

Zhang Tinglan waved his hand: "Minister Tao, economic benefits are calculated in this way, but there is also a human account. Although Egypt and Abyssinia are poor, we must treat them equally, especially when providing weapons, as much as possible. The quality and cheapness of these products give them a respect that Europe does not get.”

Everything has to be looked at in the long run.Egypt guards the Suez Canal and is currently one of the few independent countries in the Middle East. During World War II, the famous Battle of Alamein took place in Egypt.In addition, Italy also invaded Abyssinia in 35 years. If it can reach out to these two countries, it will be tantamount to advancing the cloth for World War II.It can even be said that Egypt will also be one of the main forces in future Middle East wars. This traditional friendship may play an inestimable role in the future.

Of course, Zhang Tinglan will not tell others about these considerations, and Tao Jiping and the others can only implement them. Since the president wants to treat the two countries preferentially, let them pick something cheaper.

Zhang Tingshu said with a smile: "Brother, the Siamese side has almost finished talking, they are going to purchase 200 Type 50 light tanks, 150 biplane trainers, 10 fighter jets, two light cruisers, 20 destroyers, 76 The frigate, half of which is new and half old, will also be purchased with 500 122-gun guns, 200 20-gun guns, and 8000 rifles. The total price is [-] million, which will be paid off in ten years and mortgaged with taxes and rice exports."

Listening to Zhang Tingshu's introduction, several people present swallowed secretly. This Young Master Zhang is really good at it. The Type [-] light tank was originally designed for the Jiangnan water network area, but due to the process of national unification It was so fast that this kind of tank was not manufactured in large quantities and became a waste product. Unexpectedly, Zhang Tingshu sold it.And it has become the first large-scale export tank in China's history, which is really dumbfounding.

As for those biplanes that are about to be phased out, China has already equipped a large number of monoplanes, and the other 122 howitzers were originally purchased by Zhang Tinglan from Russia's military purchases. They are treasures.However, in recent years, the 122 cannons have been too high or too low. China has mass-produced 105 and 152 caliber artillery. A batch of old-fashioned 122 guns are about to be retired, and now they are all dumped to Siam.

Others, such as Maxim machine guns and 82 mortars, were not considered good things. Now that Zhang Tingshu sold them for a good price, everyone was ecstatic.

Only Zhang Tinglan looked serious: "Wei Jiu, the business is doing well, but selling things like you makes it easy for people to label Chinese weapons as cheap. This is not a good thing. We want everyone to know that Chinese weapons It is high-end and high-end. In this way, you can discuss it with Song Khan. China is preparing to produce a batch of escort aircraft carriers. If they are interested, they can participate in the investment. Within three years, Siam will have an aircraft carrier battle group. "

"I have no objection to selling the aircraft carrier, but I am worried that Siam will not pay for it." Zhang Tingshu said worriedly.

"Hahaha, I'm not afraid that they owe money, I still hope they owe money." Zhang Tinglan laughed and said, "If you don't pay the money, you can use the land to pay off the debt, and you can use the grain to pay off the debt. At worst, send the princess here, and the debt will be repaid." Can it turn yellow?"

In fact, Zhang Tinglan had already expected that when the Great Depression came in 29 years, Siam would definitely not be able to repay the money as scheduled. This was just an opportunity for China to intervene in Siam. An aircraft carrier is Zhang Tinglan's bargaining chip for Siam!

Zhang Tingshu also nodded hurriedly. He didn't really care about other things, but he heard that Zhang Tinglan planned to let the princess pay off the debt, and he had some small calculations in his heart. This big brother is still dishonest!

After talking about Siam, everyone mentioned Iran again. At this time, the Shah of Iran was the old Pahlavi, the father of the Pahlavi King who is officially known to later generations, and the founder of the dynasty.In 1925, the elder Pahlavi, with the support of Britain, staged a coup and seized power.

Iran has always been caught between the two great empires of Britain and Russia, and its internal and external troubles are quite serious.After Pahlavi came to power, he took two major measures to promote internal secularization, weaken religious control, and severely limit the power of religious courts.

Externally, Pahlavi tried his best to get rid of British control and strive for the freedom of the country. For this reason, Pahlavi and Germany are quite close.During World War II, it almost fell into the arms of the Axis powers.

However, there is also a big problem with being close to Germany, that is, because of the defeat of World War I, Germany can provide limited help to Iran, and Pahlavi feels that it is not strong enough.And with China's victory in Central Asia, it took over the land in southern Central Asia and became another big country bordering Iran.

Therefore, when Iran became aware of this situation, it sent people to China as soon as possible, hoping to learn about the dynamics of this new neighbor. If it is easy to get along with, it is best to introduce Chinese power to balance the United Kingdom. If not, it must be carefully planned. up.

After listening to everyone's introduction, Zhang Tinglan said, "Iran is very important. It is the best springboard for us to intervene in the Middle East. I can tell you that the Middle East, especially the Persian Gulf, has a lot of oil."

As soon as oil was mentioned, everyone cheered up, and Wu Yulin couldn't help asking: "How much will there be?"

"Accounting for at least half of the world, the Middle East will become a new oil center after the United States."

Hearing this, all the people present were overwhelmed. Oil is the blood of industry. Although the amount of oil used in China is not large now, in the future, oil will definitely grow explosively. However, China itself does not produce much oil. If the Middle East really has so much oil, it will be worth the price!

"President, why don't we directly send troops to the Middle East and grab this place, wouldn't the oil be solved?"

"Don't dream, do we have the ability to fight thousands of kilometers away? In the Middle East, we can only boil frogs in warm water. Pahlavi is the best entry point. We must cooperate fully with him and provide arms support. , making Iran a pawn in our intervention in the Middle East."

"President, Chile has proposed to purchase a battleship, but it needs to be tendered globally. They hope that China can participate in it. I am worried that it will not be able to compete with Western companies, and I don't know whether I should go."

"Of course I'm going. It's a good thing to advertise. It doesn't matter if you lose. Let's fight hard. The cost of a battleship is at least 6000 to [-] million Chinese yuan, so we have to fight no matter what!" To be continued..)