1novels #304 - The years of passion
#304 - The years of passion
Yanjing.
After the first anniversary of the National Day, the mainland had completed the final unification work and began to shift from wartime to normal construction and development.
Zhongnan, a certain place.
The meeting room was packed.
"Old Kong, how is the situation in your province? How many bandits have been剿灭 (jiaomiè - exterminated/suppressed)?" Ding Wei asked, watching Kong Jie hurrying in, waving and beckoning him to sit beside him.
"It's okay. The major forces have basically been eliminated. Now there are still some scattered in the mountains. The bandits are too cunning, much more slippery than the little devils (Japanese), scurrying around the mountains like rabbits, playing guerrilla warfare with us," Kong Jie replied with some headache.
"Fortunately, Comrade Ren's method worked. The special forces we trained played a big role, and they went deep into the mountains and old forests many times to find the bandits' nests, so that we could encircle and annihilate several large groups of bandits."
"Old Ding, how is your province?"
"What else can it be? Now the whole country is a chessboard, which of our columns doesn't have a special forces team? Only that kid Li Yunlong is eating well and drinking spicy outside, without having to brave the wind and rain to cross mountains and ridges. Fortunately, the current situation is under control, and our bandit suppression work will come to an end. I think there may be big moves later," Ding Wei said, leaning close to Kong Jie and lowering his voice.
"Are you talking about the reorganization?" Kong Jie's eyes shifted, thinking of a rumor that wasn't really a rumor.
"Yes, speaking of this, we have to say that Old Li is lucky. He met Comrade Ren early on, and he gets all the good things. Old Li will also be eating meat in the first wave of this reorganization." Ding Wei said, still feeling a little sour. Old Li's life is really hard, and he happened to meet Ren Zhong, such a great talent that is rare in a hundred years.
Even though Old Li and Ren Zhong didn't actually spend much time together, it couldn't stop Comrade Ren from being deeply affectionate and righteous, always thinking of Li Yunlong first for anything good.
So whether it's fighting or new weapons testing, Li Yunlong is always the first!
"The first-class field main force will be the Dragon-type Tank I. Tsk tsk, that dog Li Yunlong got the first batch," Kong Jie also felt a little sour.
"To promote our national prestige, of course, we can't use anything bad." Ding Wei suppressed the sourness in his heart, "I just don't know if we will be in the first batch of field main forces?"
They had worked hard for a year, sweeping the bandits wandering in the surrounding mountains.
The current situation can be described as excellent, and everyone is very happy, but the innate mission of soldiers makes commanders like Ding Wei and Kong Jie pay more attention to their own destiny, and what kind of position they will have in the future reorganization.
"Army - Division - Regiment or Army - Brigade - Battalion each has its own advantages," Ren Zhong said to Staff Officer Ye without much thought. "Army - Division - Regiment is suitable for large-scale operations. Under the premise of insufficient firepower, large formations are conducive to improving combat effectiveness."
Staff Officer Ye's mouth twitched, shook his head, is this still insufficient firepower? Now a division, 4 first-class regiments, 2 artillery regiments and 1 tank regiment, the artillery regiment can now be equipped with the main artillery, in addition to 105 mm howitzers, 107 mm rockets and 75 mm mountain guns, there are also 88 mm anti-aircraft guns and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, the army-level is equipped with a heavy artillery regiment, equipped with 12 newly developed 155 mm howitzers and 24 122 mm new rockets.
This configuration, in Ren Zhong's mouth, is still insufficient firepower, when will this firepower be the end?
Staff Officer Ye simply didn't know that without 300 mm long-range rockets, without air defense missiles, without a large number of infantry fighting vehicles, and without the drone squadrons and robot dog squadrons that were gradually becoming practical, it was simply a simple start now.
"Army - Brigade - Battalion is flexible and mobile, suitable for some local conflict handling and long-range raids. At this stage, it is also very useful if used well. According to my idea, this kind of formation can be quickly mobilized by rail and air, at least to be deployed thousands of miles a day! This can be called a rapid reaction formation."
Since it is regularization, of course, they must be given the best.
Although Ren Zhong is not yet able to provide them with so many advanced equipment, and operate according to the synthetic battalion, at least there must be some samples to start exploring in this area.
The next few decades will see a great explosion of new weapons, especially the sudden rise of air power, which will completely subvert the typical World War II model.
Therefore, in terms of tank production capacity, with the end of the war, Ren Zhong has shrunk back, and T-34 and M3 tanks have been discontinued.
Now only the production of the Dragon-type Tank I is retained, and the continuous research of the Dragon-type Tank II and the Dragon-type Tank III is maintained.
Composite armor, a new generation of observation and aiming systems, greater horsepower, thicker gun barrels, better communication systems...
This is simply an endless road.
"Comrade Ren, since you think so, then let's walk on two legs. I think both roads are pretty good. Let's do it, try it, and adjust it, and we will always find a road that suits us." Staff Officer Ye didn't realize Ren Zhong's thoughts.
This wealthy battle is already a day that I didn't dare to think about in the past, and I really don't know how to increase more firepower.
"Comrades, work hard! When our water conservancy project is completed, not only will every household be able to use electric lights, but also tens of thousands of acres of land that rely on the sky for food will be turned into fertile land that guarantees harvest regardless of drought or flood. In the future, Yunshan County will not go hungry, and there will be no more famine."
As the head of Yunshan County, Liu Chonghou placed his main work location at the construction headquarters of the Yunshan Reservoir, handling various matters while also dedicating at least half a day to participating in labor directly on the construction site!
Tens of thousands of people from all directions came here to build.
"That's great, County Chief Liu. To be honest, we've been dreaming of planting irrigated land that's resistant to both drought and flood. Now that we really have the opportunity, who wouldn't be happy? Who wouldn't work hard?" An old man with a sweat towel wrapped around his head said to Liu Chonghou with a grin while pushing a cart.
Overlooking from the air, tens of thousands of people were busy but not chaotic, each with their own assigned work area, and a dam was taking shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In a certain deep mountain, cannons roared, and a tunnel through the mountain was being dug deeper and deeper. This was a crucial point of an important railway connecting Sichuan and Shaanxi. The construction team was carrying out the work, racing against time, according to the pre-determined construction plan.
Every day, progress was being made at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This was a main line designed as a double track.
If completed, it would greatly change the difficult situation of the Shu Road.
However, breaking through these towering mountains and building this railway was not an easy task.
"Mr. Ren, our fourth Dawn-class ro-ro ship is ready for sea trials. From the current point of view, this transport ship is very mature. Next, we hope to develop a 6,000-ton ro-ro transport ship based on the Dawn-class. Now our own shipbuilding technical team is also well-coordinated, and we are confident that we can build a new ship."
"No, our own technical team will not build transport ships next, but destroyers," Ren Zhong shook his head, "Let those little devils continue to find ways to build the new transport ships. Our own people will build destroyers."
"Ah!" The person in charge was a little surprised. From transport ships to destroyers, this step was a bit big, and he was not mentally prepared.
"Your mission has never been to build transport ships. Of course, I'm not saying that building transport ships is not a proper job. It is also a very important learning stage for you to master the basic shipbuilding technology by building transport ships. But our navy cannot be without warships, so the next mission for everyone is to become pioneers in the construction of our navy's warships!"
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"Whether you are ready or not, the times will not wait. We need our own warships."
The shipyard and Liming's Ship Research Institute are now under unified management. Although the person in charge bears a heavy burden, he did not expect that the research institute, which was just established a year ago, would start the real warship research and development.
Now they have finally organized the team and fully participated in the design and construction of the Dawn-class ro-ro transport ship. The main responsibility is still the original group of engineers.
So for a time, I felt a lot of pressure.
"Professor Liu, you don't need to worry too much about this matter. We have obtained an original design of a destroyer, but we still need to modify and adapt it on that basis to confirm that it meets our current situation. The command system, radar detection fire control system, and weapon subsystems are all assigned to other departments. Our Ship Research Institute will focus on building the hull."
Ren Zhong saw the worries of the person in charge of the shipyard and comforted him.
"Let's go, let's take a look at the drawings I brought today."
Ren Zhong brought the Adams-class destroyer drawings over, and when he opened the atlas, the smooth lines immediately made Professor Liu's eyes light up.
To know how fierce a warship is, you can understand a little by looking at its appearance first. A comfortable-looking appearance generally means the performance won't be too bad.
Further improvements in special steel technology have eliminated the dependence on foreign countries for various special alloy steels. Alloy tool steel, spring steel, bearing steel, high-speed tool steel, heat-resistant steel and stainless steel, high-temperature alloys and precision alloy steel, for vehicles, railways, and ships have all achieved large-scale production.
In terms of materials, there are no longer any constraints on the development of naval vessels.
Not only destroyers, Ren Zhong also has the design of a submarine in his hand, but now, only preliminary research can be carried out. After all, Professor Liu's team has only so many people, and almost all of those who can design and build ships have been concentrated here. Mr. Chen is also continuing to recruit overseas.
In terms of steel, the consequence of the large-scale popularization of converter steelmaking technology is that our steel costs have been greatly reduced, giving us a strong cost advantage in the international market.
However, at this stage, the national construction demand is very large, and there is not much export share at all.
Instead, it was left to fully develop the Dragon Kingdom.
The upstream mining industry is also like this. The planned mine construction is being completed at an advanced pace. Industrial railways and roads leading directly to the mines are being built first. Under the traditional 007 work rhythm, the progress of the mine roads constructed in parallel sections has been rapid, providing effective resource support for steel smelting.
If it weren't for this, tens of millions of tons of steel would not have appeared out of thin air.
The power installed capacity for steel smelting every year must be at least one million kilowatts of power, and thousands of kilometers of mine roads and railways have all been built by the hard work of the working people throughout the year.
This is an era of passionate burning, and a new look every day is not just a simple saying.
First update, revised a bit.