Chapter 116: Hope on Haiphong

March 15, 1927, this is a memorable day!
Guangxi, Fangchenggang. m Horseshoe Bay is a very special place. The whole bay is surrounded by two mountains like a person with open arms, and a bay is wrapped in the form of a gourd mouth.
A few years ago, Horseshoe Bay was a place that made fishermen frightened. It is said that there are sea monsters nearby. Whenever a ship passes, it will somehow be stranded or sunken. Finally, one day, a military barracks was built behind Horseshoe Bay, and then a large-scale engineering construction began.
Every strange car has a big bucket in front of it. A big bucket can dig a large bucket of dirt into the mountain wall. Some cars are not in front of the engine box, but push a large wheel, lapping on the ground, flattening the original uneven ground. Then trucks of cement were towed from a nearby cement plant day and night, and the high-grade cement soon became two concrete roads that were several kilometers long and dozens of meters wide.
This is a scene seen by mountain people who occasionally walk into Dashan to collect medicine, but will soon be invited by several polite soldiers who are told that the area has been designated as a military restricted area.
Actually, this is a Linhai Airport. Not far ahead of it is a larger project.
Horseshoe Bay project is divided into two parts, one is a large shipyard located in Horseshoe Bay, and the other is the reef reconstruction outside Horseshoe Bay.
The discovery of Horseshoe Bay was actually directly designated by Zhang Shusheng.
This unique bay was actually a resort in later generations. After scientific investigations, people found that there was a horizontal reef zone outside Horseshoe Bay. It is this unique reef zone that has prevented the arrival of outer ships and fishermen. At that time, some people even felt that if it could be fully utilized here in the twentieth century, it would definitely be a hidden naval base. Unfortunately, in the 21st century, the country no longer needs such a base. Instead, it has been awarded to a local company to build a resort bay.
After Zhang Shusheng sent someone to inspect here, the result of the return made him very satisfied, and it really was. The reef zone outside Horseshoe Bay can be removed by blasting in about half a year. After retaining a safe waterway, Horseshoe Bay will become an excellent haven for small and medium fleets.
After receiving this great good news, Zhang Shusheng started a series of plans as soon as possible.
Behind Horseshoe Bay is a first-class Haiphong airport with two high-level runways. The fact that Fangchenggang was wantonly occupied by the British and Japanese during the Sino-British-French War in the previous two years made him even more aware of the fact that there is no defence against the sea. shame. As a latecomer, he was very clear that the coastline in Guangxi was not long. Having a large seaside airport would have a devastating impact on enemy navies who wanted to land on ordinary warships or a small number of aircraft carriers in this era. In order to ensure his own peace of mind, Zhang Shusheng signed a total of three orders to build the Linhai Airport, while the Horseshoe Bay Haiphong Airport was chosen to take care of this strategic location.
The original shipyard along the coast will move into this natural defense bay and expand into a large shipyard. This will also be the only shipyard in the southwest that is fully built in a few years. It determines whether Southwest can have the ability to build ships nearby in the next few years. Although Shanghai Shipyard is a ready-made shipyard, it is not a long-term solution at present. It is not a problem to build a few ships secretly, but many problems will arise over time.
In the early morning of March 15th, the Horseshoe Bay garrison suddenly sounded the alarm for emergency assembly, and the trained soldiers rushed out of the barracks at the fastest speed, and the formation was completed, waiting for the commander of the garrison.
"Comrades, I would like to announce good news to you. The head of the government of the three southwestern provinces, Zhang Shusheng, the head of the government, will arrive at the base today. Our three regiments have been widely commended for participating in the war against France. Today I am not ordering you. I am trusting you. You will surely welcome President Zhang's presence with the best military appearance, defend the chief's safety, and fulfill the glorious mission !!! "
"Yes!" More than 3,000 people in the regiment roared in unison. Although the soldiers had long known that senior leaders would come down to inspect the base, it was unexpectedly that it was President Zhang who came in person, excited and honorary education. Loyal education, mission-educated soldiers, base soldiers with the lowest junior high school, are no longer those who joined the army just to eat enough food. They know what a soldier is, what a mission is, and what is honor . Today, they will welcome their biggest honor after enlisting in the army: the highest head of Wei Wei.
Many people think of the naval base that they guard day and night, and they immediately think of something. A naval shipbuilding and fleet base that has nothing but a shipyard, perhaps today, will usher in something different that belongs to a military port.
After half an hour, a series of armored vehicles drove from a distance. After inspections at various levels, the head of the base personally saluted: salute. All officers and men of the 3rd Regiment of the 4th Division of the Weiyang Division welcome President Zhang to inspect the base! !!
Zhang Shusheng stepped out of the armored car and joined Navy Commander Deng Haogan. The descendant of Deng Shichang, after a lapse of nearly three years, finally had the opportunity to realize his dream, that is, to allow this disaster-stricken nation to have a navy force to defend her children and grandchildren. He has been striving for this goal for several years, and will even die until he just pays for his father ’s last will.
After visiting the base, Zhang Shusheng left with satisfaction and went to the Horseshoe Bay Naval Base.
Too many things happened in the past two years, so much that he didn't want to remember so much chaos. There is chaos at home and abroad. Politicians stand up to their ugly faces and jump around in politics, regardless of the people's lives.
The march from the south to the north was defeated, and did not produce brilliant results as in history. The defeated southern army retreated to Jiangxi, and the south's forces were trapped in several major towns in Jiangxi to prevent the northern army from moving south. For a time, the Jiangxi generation became the front line. Everyone is in danger, and many people are even far away from this area for fear of being hit.
Chiang Kai-shek 269324170655 Shi also officially came to power and began to reveal his political ambitions that he had been hiding for years without any concealment. While expanding one's sectarian power, at the same time ruling out colleagues in the Kuomintang Party, it is incumbent on power to the southeast.
The British finally agreed to the terms of the negotiation, and the two parties signed an express agreement and a secret memorandum of understanding. Overall, after two years, the British finally returned their last prisoner of war to the country. The price they paid was a declaration of diplomatic recognition of the Southwest Government as the legitimate autonomous government of the Southwest, and symbolic compensation for the wrong war because the Southwest properly handled prisoners of war. Of course, the amount of compensation seems to be very small, hundreds of thousands of pounds, which is insignificant compared with tens of thousands of returning prisoners of war. However, in private, the British paid a price of 23 million pounds of secret war reparations, which were paid in the form of secret payments by the Far East military + transfer of colonial supplies + large amounts of advanced machinery and equipment. Of course, in nominal terms, these things are only the covert military expenses of the Far East Command, strategic reserves, and scrap iron-grade machinery purchased by Chinese merchants because of scrapping.
The first time he got the war compensation, Zhang Shusheng ordered the expansion of the production of J-2 fighters and H-2 bombers. In more than two years, the air force was deployed to the China-Myanmar border and Guangxi in the form of actual deployment. Coastal, Guangdong and Guangxi, Sichuan-Yunnan border zone. In two years, except for civilian, transportation, teaching, and Air Force Institute aircraft, the number of fighter planes in the Southwest increased from more than 120 aircraft carriers, including experimental ones, to 335. Among them, a total of 245 land-based fighters and bombers, and a total of 90 naval carrier aircraft.
For maintaining an air force of this size, Zhang Shusheng felt appropriate. At present, the Southwest Navy will focus on defensive operations, and fighters deployed in several directions can already meet the needs. On the contrary, the situation on the China-Myanmar border is stable. The tense Sino-French border, and several broken aircraft, the French themselves dare not drive too close to the Sino-Vietnamese border line.
"Hogan, this is really a natural port."
When overlooking Horseshoe Bay, Zhang Shusheng found that this place is indeed like the picture, almost perfect naval base.
After coming down the Panshan Highway, seeing the nearby Horseshoe Bay base, Zhang Shusheng was so impressed that he found a treasure. The later holiday bay, I did not expect but cheap myself.
Deng Haogan also couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart. Although he stayed in the base every day, he always felt bored. Apart from the base building and the keel laid in the shipyard, he had nothing to do today.
"Yes, Chief, look at it, our 301 destroyer is here!"
The greeting ceremony was simple but not lacking. After the ceremony, Zhang Shusheng boarded the 301 destroyer sailing from Horseshoe Bay. This series of destroyers was named the Ruili class. The 2280-ton, fully-loaded destroyer was built by the Shanghai Shipyard and returned to Fangchenggang Shipyard for outfitting. The total length of the ship is 104.29 meters, the total width is 04 meters, and the draft is 3.15 meters. The design of the entire warship abandoned the traditional design thinking, did not use heavy armor protection, and did not have the super-caliber naval guns favored by the navies of various countries, but adopted a new 150mm naval gun.
The 301 destroyer features torpedoes and air defense.
Four quadruple mounts totaled 16 torpedo tubes. Scientists at the Southwest Naval Weapon Research Institute developed a kind of non-track electric torpedo after digging through ordinary torpedo technology and relying on technical information provided by higher authorities. It is this advanced torpedo on the destroyer that solves the shortcomings of thermal torpedoes that are easy to find due to the formation of tracks during exhaustion. The range of the torpedo has also reached a satisfactory range of more than 8,300 meters.
The air defense aspect is also the highlight of the destroyer Ruili. The entire warship looks like a slender barrel. There are a total of 17 anti-aircraft guns and three anti-aircraft machine guns. The destroyer's air defense strength reached a leading level among ships of the same class.
Compared with the warships of the same period, the overall firing of the warships is much more reasonable in design and the overall appearance is much better. Zhang Shusheng and Deng Haogan boarded the bridge of the 301 destroyer and sailed out of Horseshoe Bay facing the sea breeze.
"Is it okay to prepare?" Although Shu Shusheng has received relevant reports, Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but ask Deng Haogan aside. This naval mission is really important because the navies in the southwest will welcome themselves back. The best gift belongs to 1927 ~ EbookFREE.me ~ No problem, the submarine troops have already come out to the nearby waters, always ready to deal with possible emergencies. Carrier aircraft units at Horseshoe Bay Airport are also ready. Deng Haogan answered with an excited voice.
"That's good! This day is too important for us."
"Reporting Chief, Kunming calls report that it will enter the scheduled area in 20 minutes, and ship 301 will reach the viewing position in 10 minutes." Captain Gao Xiaochuan reported.
"Well, plan to start as planned." Zhang Shusheng waved and ordered, then facing the sea breeze, staring intently into the distance, he wanted to see at first glance the "new transport" that was secretly produced by the Shanghai shipyard. ferry".
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