It will take more than a month to complete..."

Zheng Zixi, who once participated in the design of coastal defense artillery in the UK, also participated in the design of British coastal defense fortresses. His words are naturally very authoritative. In fact, for the current Liandao Fortress, he fully drew on the design of the Zhenbrotuo Fortress.

Design, and because of this, he completed the design of the entire fortress within ten days.

"It will take fourteen months..."

As he pondered, standing on Yingyou Mountain and looking at the East China Sea, Li Zicheng felt hesitant.

Whether it is expensive to spend 14 million to build a coastal defense fortress is another matter. Although the purchase price of a Water Attack Type 1 is only 20,000 yuan, 14 million is enough to purchase 700 aircraft, but money is not an issue. After all, there are now huge "Japanese aircraft"

It doesn’t matter if he gave himself a blood transfusion, not to mention 14 million, but 140 million. After using fake pounds to obtain funds and supplies from the British colonies, this money was not a problem, otherwise, it would not be

To issue so many equipment orders to American companies at once, money is not an issue, but time is! It takes fourteen months to complete the fortress, but it is completely beyond expectations. After fourteen months, when the fortress is completed, I am afraid that even day lilies will be lost.

It's all cold.

At the beginning, the reason why Lianyungang, the largest port in China, did not build a coastal defense fortress was entirely due to political reasons. After all, Lianyungang was a "railway commercial port" built on land affiliated with the railway. Even the railway police were

It was based on precedent, and there were various restrictions. If I had launched the coastal defense fortress at that time, I don't know what kind of trouble it would have caused me.

Later, as its own strength increased, the coastal defense of Lianyungang was not on the agenda. The Jiangsu Army also applied to the central government in a tentative way, but the Navy Ministry, instructed by Yuan Shikai, decided not to do so.

He mentioned the contract he signed with the government. The reason was that Lianyungang could not station troops due to the contract restrictions, and coastal defense was so important that it was not suitable for the company to take care of it. Then he said that coastal defense is a major plan for the country, and it has its own navy.

After all, the fortress was not completed, and he gave up trying as he was bent on rushing to the plane.

But now, the situation has changed. If there was no fortress, Lianyun would have no idea how many people would have trouble sleeping and eating, especially those "land users" who had agreed to support him on the surface, but were worried privately.

"For me, this coastal defense fortress is just in case, but for those "land users", this fortress can give them peace of mind.

But this reassurance is not something that can be taken easily. If they are left to worry about it for fourteen months, they may cause trouble to themselves. Maybe his radio speech has already inspired many people.

However, there are some things that it is better to consider carefully.

"Lu Xiang, can we build coastal defense guns now? How many coastal defense guns can we build in a month?"

After thinking for a moment, Li Zicheng asked two questions one after another. The coastal defense guns manufactured in Lianyungang were not designed at all. They were designed and manufactured based on the drawings of SKC naval guns. In terms of performance and range in this era, they are all good.

It is said to be a first-class artillery piece.

"After careful analysis, although the workshops of Lianyun Iron and Steel Company have not yet been fully completed, the equipment of the mining machinery company, heavy machinery company and locomotive manufacturing company can meet the needs of manufacturing large artillery!"

While speaking, Zheng Zixi glanced at the manager in front of him. If there was anything that shocked him the most about Lian Yun, it was probably that he owned the only heavy machinery equipment in China, and the casting equipment of the three major factories.

The workshops, without exception, all have open-hearth furnaces and Siemens refining electric furnaces, all with the ability to produce hundreds of tons of high-grade alloy steel ingots. In its forging workshop, the 100-ton free forging hydraulic press is the most basic equipment, and the 400-ton free-forging hydraulic press is an accessory to the annealing furnace.

Ton and hydraulic forging machines are also basic equipment. 1,000-ton and 2,000-ton hydraulic forging presses, 650 mm edge crushing machines, and 450 mm rolling mills are all the main equipment for the production of heavy artillery. And these equipment exclude 2,000 tons

Except for the first-class hydraulic forging press, which is still in trial production, most other machinery has been domestically produced, that is, heavy machinery companies are responsible for the production.

As early as a year ago, due to the needs of the Army, Zheng Zixi was responsible for guiding the construction of various large-scale equipment such as steel heating tanks for gun barrels, gun barrel inlay towers, and gun barrel stress adjustment towers. All equipment was of this era.

The most advanced equipment, there is no problem with the equipment at all, and the production of a large-caliber artillery barrel requires very complex technology, but the company has all the technical information, equipment and technology of hundreds of processes starting from steel casting.

No problem either.

When manufacturing artillery for the army, he also trained a group of skilled technical workers. Because of this, when faced with the question of the manager, Zheng Ziqi, who was confident, thought for a moment before answering.

"Without affecting normal production, 10 280mm naval guns can be produced every month. Of course, if..."

Although he knew that those factories belonged to the managers in front of him, Zheng Zixi still didn't have much confidence. After all, those factories were all producing at full capacity to complete the internal orders placed by the company. Those internal orders were for machinery from companies along Longhai.

Equipment orders are mostly from company-owned enterprises.

Producing 10 280mm naval guns per month is already the maximum production capacity squeezed out by the three major factories. If they want to squeeze out more production capacity, I am afraid it will affect the company's normal production.

"If it expands any further, it will affect the company's normal production, right?"

After asking the question, Li Zicheng fell silent, and then shrugged helplessly.

"Lianyungang seems to have made great achievements, but the production capacity is still limited. Now it is just a shelf. However, it will be fine by next year. The company has issued huge equipment orders to American companies, and the newly produced equipment will be sufficient.

Factory, next year, our production capacity will change dramatically, and if we can seize the opportunity, the factory's production scale can even double in half a year!"

Of course, this is just an idea. If you want to achieve this goal, you must solve the external threats, or at least solve the hidden dangers of development, and this hidden danger is Jiao'ao, which is Japan!

If Japan cannot be prevented from occupying Jiao'ao, in the next few years, facing competition from China, especially competition from Lianyun, Japan, which controls Jiao'ao, will only need a little interference to interfere with the normal development of Lianyun.

It was precisely based on this fear that he made up his mind to fight the Japanese in Jiao'ao.

In a war now, everything is cheap. The military needs of Britain, France and Russia have not changed qualitatively. Just as the export of goods from the three countries to China has only dropped by a few million, perhaps the special wartime needs will become apparent by the end of the year.

Its courage will mean that all materials will increase in price by then. Now Lianyun's companies are fully producing military supplies, on the one hand, to meet the needs of Jiao'ao, but most importantly, to meet the needs of Jiao'ao on a large scale by the end of the year.

Europe is preparing to export military supplies. To this end, Liuhe Company and China Trading Company even issued huge orders to domestic companies. Of course, the two companies only paid a "deposit" and the delivery of those supplies was basically at the end of the year. By the end of the year, those

The materials do not need to be transported to Lianyun at all. They only need to be shipped to Europe. If it is just a flip, the company may be able to obtain a net profit of hundreds of millions of yuan. However, all this must have a prerequisite, which is to arrive in Jiao'ao.

The battle must be fought quickly, and at the same time, the battle of Jiao'ao cannot reach Lianyungang.

"Is there any way to build this fortress within three months? At least give me these six cannons!"

Thinking that the fortress was directly related to the stability of Lianyun and whether the factories and companies here could produce with peace of mind, Li Zicheng asked Zheng Zixi with a smile, while Zheng Zixi shook his head.
Chapter completed!