In the northern part of Xi'an, a low plain has now become a huge construction site, with tens of thousands of people working here nervously, hundreds of machines of different sizes, busy here, and the landform characteristics are changing every time and every second.

This is a transportation hub, where three railways pass by, at a point in front of it, this is the intersection of the Longhai Railway and the Xibao Railway, and it is also one of the intersections of the railways from Xi'an to Chengdu, Xi'an to Lanzhou in the future. It is the most important railway hub besides Baotou.

With the advantages and disadvantages, especially in the Baotou Special Zone, its industrial density has risen to an extremely high level, and industrial land has become scarce, and every inch of land is valuable, so it must be transferred outward. The industrial land required by a heavy industrial base is another astronomical figure, which is not suitable for being placed in the Baotou Special Zone. At this time, Shaanxi, which is a relatively far away from Baotou, is an important province in China, has entered Yang Yuanzhao's vision.

Shaanxi has always been an important part of China. It is one of the two major birthplaces of the Yanhuang civilization. It has a better place and one of the three cores of China in later generations. Compared with Baotou, its natural conditions are better, sufficient water volume and good climate are the best development direction.

The ancient capitals of the 13 dynasties in history have 1,100 years of capital construction in the long history of China. These indirectly prove the strength of Xi'an. Now, as the most important heavy industrial base in the northwest in the future, heavy machinery manufacturing plants, large thermal power units and steam turbines, etc., are all placed here.

Long before heading to Germany, Yang Yuanzhao made a series of preparations for this place. In this area of ​​Xi'an, a city belt covering an area of ​​more than 1,000 square kilometers was demarcated. Some railway lines were even specially modified to allow three railways to meet here. In the future, it will increase to 6. This place will rely on railways and it will travel a huge railway marshal station. On the contrary, Xi'an itself, while retaining the passenger station, has stripped the freight station, which only has the basic functions of the city.

The Longhai Railway has been completely built, and a large railway belt has been added in central China. It has driven Lianyungang on the seaside and various cities on the route, Xi'an, Zhengzhou and Xuzhou, have all achieved great development. Some products from Shanxi can go to sea from Beijing and Tianjin without choosing to go through the north. They are from the central part to Lianyungang, but the construction of Lianyungang is only under the approval of Germany. The current construction speed is not fast.

Of course, this is just a concealment. Located in Lianyungang is also an important development place in the northwest. The construction of fortresses and forts has begun. The railway is only temporarily connected, and after Xuzhou, there is a straight line, heading to Qingdao, which is a secret development.

Qingdao's work has come to an end. Next, we will focus on the development of Xi'an. Ten thousand-ton water presses and free forging presses will be officially settled in Xi'an and will revolve around them in the future. Now, these things have arrived half a month ago through the water transport of the Yangtze River and railway relay transportation and are being installed with the help of engineers.

There are no 10,000-ton hydraulic presses and free forging presses in the northwest, but the long-term use of 10,000 tons has allowed the Northwest to train a group of relevant engineers. 10,000 tons is just an improvement in the magnitude. The main principles and control aspects are similar to those of 10,000 tons. Yang Yuanzhao not only provided the physical objects of the 10,000 tons hydraulic press, but also provided a large number of drawings, which helped them. After Yang Yuanzhao arrived, the two machines had been installed.

Before Yang Yuanzhao went to Europe, the Northwest was considering how to use these two huge machines. In fact, in the field of heavy industry, many of these machines are mainly large forgings, the most of which are future fantasy-level keels. Only keels treated by 10,000 tons of water press can withstand the huge weight of fantasy-level, with more than 45,000 tons in terms of metal properties in all aspects.

With a huge roar, this hydraulic press is powered by electric energy, and the electricity consumed for each startup is astronomical. At present, the operators and engineers are not proficient and have low efficiency. They can only exert about 20,000 tons of hydraulic press, and they cannot even process the main keel. They only process some secondary support. Even so, it took only 7 days to complete the processing of these things. After the staff accumulated a lot of experience, the speed was constantly accelerating. They have basically completed the keels of warships, including not only two fantasy-class ships, but also those to be built in the future, and even started processing of naval guns.

The materials obtained by Yang Yuanzhao through the all-in-one machine are directly synthesized. If these materials are beaten by a 10,000-ton hydraulic press, their performance will be even better. Although they are only slightly improved, for these top-level materials, the slight improvement is already quite considerable. Especially for naval guns, a little improvement may increase the life and performance of naval guns to a certain extent.

Two large-scale machinery have settled, and next, there are 5, 4 hydraulic presses and 3 free forging presses. By the way, some heavy industrial machines obtained from Ruhr and the UK include 12 categories and 783 machines of various functions, with a total weight of more than 300,000 tons. Some of these were brought to the ship before, but more were placed in the all-in-one machine. These days, Yang Yuanzhao was busy during the day and the all-in-one machine was not idle. He was constantly producing these equipment. The production was packed and put into this area. The factory buildings and other things have been built, and even workers have been mobilized in advance. As long as the machines are in place, they can be produced at any time.

However, when Yang Yuanzhao arrived, he took a quick look at the progress and began to make a major adjustment to the entire industrial area, and even demolished some of the already built buildings and industrial areas.

According to the experience gained from Ruhr, Yang Yuanzhao had an idea about the layout of heavy industry. Heavy chemicals, mainly coal, will be placed in Shanxi, which is the largest and most abundant coal reserves in China. Machinery processing and heavy machinery factories are placed here, especially artillery. The Northwest has the ability to produce 155 heavy artillery, but the efficiency is not high. The key is the shortcomings of large drilling machines and boring machines used for artillery production. He obtained a full set of drawings from Germany, especially the giant drilling machines and boring machines used for naval guns. This thing can definitely be called a national heavy weapon. Germany also spent a lot of time and cost, and the final result was earned by Yang Yuanzhao.

Because of the materials in the 21st century, Yang Yuanzhao applied powder smelting materials to these machine tools, replacing the previous German cutter heads, and made a huge leap in performance. It can be said without hesitation that before the era of CNC machine tools, the performance and processing effect of this machine tool are definitely the strongest. It can be said without hesitation that unless in the future, the Northwest catches up with the 21st century's level in materials science and makes a big breakthrough, or turn to CNC machine tools, there will be no significant improvement in the large-scale machine tools in the Northwest. At most, it will be optimized with the increase in usage experience.

At present, the artillery factory is temporarily divided into 4 parts. The artillery factory specializes in the production of artillery above 155 mm, and can even produce 15-inch artillery at the limit; heavy machinery factory, with the help of large machinery and supporting industrial mother machines, can produce almost all the large machinery in the world; the third one is of course the heavy engine factory, the construction of Qingdao Shipyard, and the expansion of Jiangnan Shipyard. The requirements for large marine engines have been improved. It is not one or two, but a large-scale production. Just a 600,000-ton shipbuilding plan requires each

This type of marine engine is just listed separately from the engine factory and is specially produced; the last one is a power generation equipment manufacturing plant. Although power plants and large units have been popularized for the northwest with the help of Trass, the steam turbine has been continuously studied in-depth, especially the power of the generator is getting bigger and bigger. The factory has been a little uncomfortable, so it has been set up specifically for the production of generator sets, which can be regarded as a significant balance of the demand for electricity in the entire China. There are more and more factories and more power equipment. Electricity represents productivity and is becoming more and more important.

Even if the construction of these four major enterprises and the construction of Xi'an's industrial zones came to an end, in just half a year, the total amount of capital investment was more than 200 million yuan, and the cost of those equipment was not included. If it were included, it would probably be 1 billion. A total of 120,000 technicians above level 3, various managers, engineers, scientists, and even some related research institutes of Baotou Research Institute were transferred to Xi'an, and a new Heavy Industry Research Institute was established in Xi'an.

Xi'an has become an important industrial center in the Northwest and began to grow in heavy industry. A large number of machines, especially those countries' heavy weapons, have surprisingly improved the foundation of the Northwest, from ordinary artillery and light weapons to all weapons that can produce all types of weapons, especially the development of naval guns. With a complete set of data from Germany and Britain, and after Linas absorbed and digested, it proposed a 14.5-inch naval gun plan. After obtaining a large amount of machinery, the Northwest tried to produce it. At present, there are only 4 units and are under intense testing to accumulate experience for the future.

These naval guns will be improved after experiments and strive to gradually produce 15-inch cannons. They will have a year, which is relatively sufficient. The appearance of 14.5-inch cannons gives them great confidence.

The implementation of heavy industry has changed the environment in Xi'an. Although Yang Yuanzhao tried to reduce it as much as possible, a large number of heavy industries were concentrated together and thick smoke was rolling. Yang Yuanzhao was also helpless. This may be the pain that must be accepted in the process of industrialization. After almost half a month in Xi'an, he finally returned to Baotou in early January 1913. He left it, and it was 7 months. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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