The ceremony at the military port in Qing Dao was known to the world, and Dingyuan was crowned the world's number one warship.
Xiao Shenglin had also begun to step onto the stage of China's history. He was no longer hiding behind his sister.
Chen Shaobuan led the Republic of China Squadron to the Shandong Squadron, which made many people look at him. For a time, the name Xiao Shenglin resounded throughout China.
At this time, Xiao Shenglin had already returned to Jinan City. He was building an arsenal. The production of this arsenal meant that he could completely produce warships on his own. Not only could he build warships, but he could also build cannons.
This was a top priority. As expected of the sister-control system. It was generous enough to upgrade his arsenal on account of how much he was trying to please his sister.
According to the calculations given by the system, the upgraded arsenal could produce large-scale naval cannons, mountain cannons, and mountain cannons with a maximum caliber of 18 inches. However, the number might be very small.
If he had enough steel and skilled workers, he could produce 30,000 rifles and 100 heavy machine guns every month. He could also produce light machine guns and submachine guns. It wasn't a lot. In order to arm his sister's army, Xiao Shenglin wanted to ask the system to give him the blueprint of AK. Then, he would let the Chinese army with AK beat up the Japanese soldiers who were still using the 38th shield.
Of course, it was impossible. The Japanese navy was too powerful, so they could only guarantee quality.
The Munitions Factory was built in Zhengxia Village, so Xiao Shenglin felt that it should be called Zhengxia Munitions Factory.
The Munitions Factory was Xiao Shengnan's favorite. He came here every day and recruited a large number of workers and technicians. Fortunately, the system had prepared some advanced technicians for him. Otherwise, those people would not be able to play.
Mass production was definitely not possible now. Xiao Shenglin said to his sister," Sister, we can try production first and sell all the weapons we produce to other warlords. When the workers are familiar with it in the future, we can mass produce the weapons and equip our troops.”
Xiao Shenglin was right. They had bought a lot of firearms from the German arms dealers, so they did not lack bullets.
Xiao Shengnan didn't expand his army. He had been dealing with political affairs and managing the whole of Shandong. After half a year, Shandong's economy and people's livelihood had begun to recover.
The vicinity of the arsenal was an important military area and was surrounded.
Xiao Shenglin and his sister took the car home. Xiao Shenglin was ready to go abroad after the new year.
Seeing that Xiao Shenglin's face was a little red from the cold, her sister touched it with her hand and said," Look at you. You've been blown by the wind."”
"If you don't go through some hardships, how can you call yourself a man?”Xiao Shenglin grabbed his sister's hand and put it under his cloak to warm it.
The two of them were showing off their love all the way, but the driver was observant and indifferent to their behavior.
Just as he returned home, the Xiao Manor was already in chaos. It turned out that Liang Tongrong had left a letter behind and ran away.
Liang Zhen saw Xiao Shengnan, and he finally had a backbone. He said to Xiao Shengnan," Handsome Nan, my precious daughter ran away. Call the police station and ask them to stop Tongrong."”
"Forget it. What should come will come. Can you still watch her for the rest of her life?”Xiao Shengnan took the letter and read it, then asked again,"Where did she get the money to stay overseas? She can't even afford a ticket."”
Because Liang Zhen had been controlling Liang Tongrong's pocket money, Xiao Shengnan asked this question.
"Um, she borrowed a lot of money from me yesterday. I didn't think much about it and gave it to her.”Xiao Shenglin smiled innocently and awkwardly faced Liang Zhen's confused gaze.
"A grown woman can't be kept. Old Liang, your daughter has grown up.”Zhang Mei'e chimed in.
"It's all because of you. Forget it.”Liang Zhen saw that no one was supporting him and did not say anything else.
In the evening, Buttface and Yun Kaiyi came back. Buttface was working very hard to learn Japanese. He was going to study in Japan at his own expense, which was requested by Xiao Shenglin.
He had even instructed him to interact more with the future Japanese military officers in the military academy and to collect some information about the Japanese army.
"It's almost the new year, but she left.”Buttface was very happy that his nemesis had finally left.
When everyone met again, it was already several years later.
Xiao Shenglin was very busy. He was busy getting to know his sister and designing new ship blueprints for the shipyard.
He had already exchanged for many abilities, including German, French, Japanese, English, fashion design master, advanced warship designer, Bajiquan master, and special forces king.
His points were also decreasing, and now he was only left with 300 points.
It was late at night. Xiao Shenglin finally finished drawing the blueprint of the warship. It was a light cruiser that he had designed based on all the information from his factories.
Base displacement: 3500 tons, public trial displacement: 4800 tons
Weapons: Triple-mounted 152mm dual-purpose main guns, located at the bow of the ship.
88mm Anti-Air Cannon X8
Four-pack Bofors Anti-Air Cannon X4
Four-pack Oricon Anti-Air Cannon X6
Dual Oricon Air Defense Cannon X10
This cruiser should be called a light anti-air cruiser. It did not have torpedoes or radars, which greatly enhanced its anti-air firepower.
The maximum speed was 32 knots, and the armor was out of the question. After all, it was a light cruiser.
Xiao Shenglin knew that this warship could be further modified in the future. There was no need for torpedoes, so it was better to strengthen the anti-air firepower.
The cost of a warship was about 500,000 silver dollars. One silver dollar was equivalent to 200 to 300RMB in modern times. 500,000 silver dollars was more than 100 million. This was made for himself. There was no profit at all. It was mainly the first time it was built, so the cost was definitely high.
Moreover, the productivity of the two eras was different. At that time, 500,000 yuan was already a huge sum of money.
A dreadnought ship from 20 years ago was only worth about 1 million.
There were sailors and officers on the ships. The warships also needed to be maintained frequently and trained. The ammunition also needed money. The real money was burned after that.
He knew how long it would take for the warship to be launched. It would take at least two years. Because the workers were not good enough, Xiao Shenglin wanted to rob the Jiangnan Shipyard and bring all the people and equipment back to Qing Dao.
After entering the water, they still had to outfit the cannons, anti-air cannons, and ship islands. It would take at least a year.
This was under the condition that they rushed the project. If they did not rush it, it would probably take four to five years.
They had no money, so they could only build one for now. At the same time, they could renovate some of the old ships in the fleet and install new cannons, new furnaces, and power systems. In addition, they could also install some anti-aircraft cannons.
It could be said that what Xiao Shenglin lacked the most now was money. This was also the reason why he planned to go to the United States.
He couldn't get involved in the army, as everyone was his sister's trusted aide.
The navy was different. He was the boss of the navy. His sister had said that he would raise his own children. With the financial resources of Shandong Province, it would not be a problem to support the 29th Army, but it would not be able to support such a warship.
He had returned most of the gold to him, otherwise…You want to build a new ship? He couldn't even afford it.
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