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Chapter 680 Qingdao Shipyard

After the Sanlong fishing boat was finalized, the next work became natural. Some implementation work needed to be established. Pierre was familiar with the design of the ship, but he was not very familiar with many things used on this new fishing boat, such as cold storage, generator, diesel-powered unit, or some basic data given by Yang Yuanzhao. These will be adjusted in the next step and adjusted according to the actual object. ◇↓

By the way, in order to ensure the production of these ships, Yang Yuanzhao also selected difficult parts with parallel engineering engineers, ship designers and engineers, and listed some of them, one of which can be processed by the Jiangnan Shipyard, and the other one can be processed by the top parts processing factories in the northwest. Combining the two to form a factory for them to produce parts.

After all these supporting and system projects are completed, the rest are waiting for the volunteers to take the bait. The news of large-scale production of fishing boats, especially the leading of Northwest Bank, has given many people the opportunity to see the opportunity. The industry that Northwest devotes itself to is originally a sign of making money. In this case, there is no need for Northwest to promote it. Many people rushed to cooperate, which has eliminated many concerns. The main purpose has been decided. Next, it is to gradually implement it. This is done by the investment managers of Northwest Bank very well.

After staying in Shanghai for about a week and dealing with all the things to be handled, Yang Yuanzhao then took a steamboat to Qingdao. If the Jiangnan Shipyard held Yang Yuanzhao's ambitions in civil ships and shipping industries, then Qingdao held his ambitions in the navy. Although it was still a large construction site, even the basic shipyard had not been formed, the 1 billion US dollars of funds spent abroad, plus the replicating of a large number of machines through an all-in-one machine will fill it here.

Of course, national heavy equipment such as 10,000-ton hydraulic presses and free forging presses are all copied from Germany, and when the similarity is too high, it is basically unlikely to be placed here. Fortunately, for marine use, 10,000-ton hydraulic presses and free forging presses are really needed to produce, namely the small part of the main keel, armor, artillery, etc., which is a little safer to place in Baotou.

It may only take one or two days to get from Shanghai to Qingdao, but it represents the complete arrival of the end. Qingdao, Yang Yuanzhao spanned most of the earth, with a journey of more than 20,000 nautical miles. From China to Europe, and then back to China, the journey of nearly 5 months was almost the same. When he set off, it was the summer of 1912, but after his return, it was the end of 1912. It was about to enter 1913.

It was 1913, and it was only less than two years before the outbreak of World War I in 1914. In fact, it would not exceed 20 months. Yang Yuanzhao was able to do very little, but in the past. From 1908 to 1912, in less than four years, Yang Yuanzhao devoted all his efforts to the construction of Baotou. Now the basic production capacity is the world's largest. The huge machine tools in the northwest and the millions of industrial workers cultivated are enough to be completely and smoothly when the Northwest explodes its production capacity.

China's huge population has made it impossible to lack labor at all. The agricultural machinery produced in the northwest is increasingly liberating people from the land and becoming new labor. The scattered investments from all over the country and the high-end investments in the northwest have become large-scale workers who absorb labor.

Now, after walking to Europe and seeing Europe's powerful high-end industry, especially warships, when we walk to the warships, we will understand that this is the real power. Although the decisive role is still in the army, we will never be able to leave the mainland without the ocean. If China wants to rise and receive goods in the war two years later, it must start building warships.

At Qingdao Port, Yang Yuanzhao quietly disembarked. The large-scale fleet no longer exists at present. When he entered the Chinese field, it had begun to differentiate. The things transported from Germany could not account for 1.2 million tons. After coming to China, especially after experiencing pirates, most of them were full. Every time Yang Yuanzhao arrived at a port, he would get something from those empty ships, especially strictly controlling 30 10,000-ton, 5 10,000-ton hydraulic presses and 5 free forging presses. These are the most advanced models in Germany. Yang Yuanzhao did not choose either. He selected a maximum of 25,000-ton hydraulic presses and 17,000-ton free forging presses from the middle. This thing almost occupied most of the tonnage of these ships. This batch of things also went down from Shanghai Port, directly to Wuhan, and then went to the northwest through the railway.

Some of the machinery will be placed in Qingdao Shipyard, which of course includes two most important docks, a large 50,000-ton dock. This is not only one of the most advanced docks in China, but also in the world.

The fantasy-level completion made several designers eager to try it out. Regardless of whether it could be successful or not, such a huge, epoch-making giant ship was in their hands, from design to generation, which was a sense of accomplishment. Because Yang Yuanzhao was staying in Shanghai, they went directly to Qingdao. After getting off the ship, they took the initiative to ask about the completion of the 50,000-ton dock.

The same idea was the same as theirs. Yang Yuanzhao also paid great attention to the situation of the 50,000-ton dock. When he was in India, through telegrams, the designers and engineers who arrived in advance had already begun to install the dock. Logically, the docks are easy to start first and then difficult. Dozens of docks always start from the smallest, but fantasy level is always the most important. Yang Yuanzhao almost used orders to change the conventional practices, starting from the largest one, the 50,000-ton dock, designing to infrastructure construction, has been completed in the past few months. After the ready-made things were unloaded, they began to install them with the help of a large number of engineering and technical personnel.

In order to ensure time and efficiency, the Northwest not only mobilized a large number of lifting machinery and equipment, but also mobilized more than 8,000 workers to install it. The larger the project, the more things the manpower can do. When Yang Yuanzhao felt that Qingdao, he found that the large dock had already taken shape and the overall efficiency was very high. In just 15 days, most of it had been carried out. It is estimated that within a maximum of 20 days, not only can the overall construction and debugging be completed, but the initial construction of the warship can also be carried out.

In 20 days, it was not in vain to watch. The preliminary preparations needed to be carried out. Harvey obtained a marine diesel boiler produced in the Northwest. After being optimized by the Northwest, this boiler with more outstanding performance than the British boilers has made another breakthrough in power, which made Harvey, who had originally expected that it would be almost done. This not only met the previous fantasy design requirements, but also slightly improved.

Power is the most important part of a warship. The reason why the dreadnought was so powerful was because of Britain's breakthrough point in power, which put great pressure on Germany. It almost gave all its strength to catch up. If Germany had not followed up with the pressure at that time, there would have been no such thing as the battle in the future. Germany would have been completely overwhelmed by the British ship.

Linus also got a piece of material. This is not a product of Taiyuan Special Steel, but Yang Yuanzhao. There is no way. The formula and some metal materials he obtained from the UK have not been sent back too far. However, as soon as he arrived in China, he sent it through the fleet. For a long time in the future, especially if he had thoroughly understood the formula of the UK's 14-inch gun, and perfectly used technologies such as hydraulic presses and electroslag smelting to the manufacturing of gun steel, before the materials and other materials could only be relied on Yang Yuanzhao.

Fortunately, two ships have only started construction. Each of the Fantasy-class artillery has 10 guns. Even if it is a spare barrel and experiment, 500 tons is enough. At the current level of all-in-one aircraft, it only takes a few days to delay much. This is far from the weight of the entire ship.

If the entire ship was made by Yang Yuanzhao, it would be too abrupt if he had no time. Even if he copied all the warships of Britain and Germany, this is different from the army. The navy must learn to build ships. Otherwise, just like the Beiyang Navy, he bought the ninth largest navy in the world. However, once there is any damage, he will not be repaired at all, and the more he fights, he will even hide in the military port in the later stage and dare not come out. Such an existence fleet is something that Yang Yuanzhao must try his best to avoid.

Both Harvey and Linus have gained something, but Fabian has no direct gain, but it is not bad, because the fantasy level is really a ship that can be designed and made. A ship that is so epoch-making and powerful may be born in their hands in the future. This sense of accomplishment is something that all designers cannot refuse. They almost devoted themselves to the intense preparations on the first day they arrived in Qingdao.

With Yang Yuanzhao's support, Northwest has fully met their requirements, asking for money and goods. In the end, they integrated a team of about 20,000 people. While Qingdao Shipyard was still under intense construction, the fantasy-level preparations and construction work had already begun in full swing.
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