The First Industrial Revolution was represented by the development of the steam engine, and the Second Industrial Revolution was represented by the development of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor.
In 1880, Uncle Ma was interviewed by The Times in his duplex flat opposite the British Library in London. The reporter asked the famous European scholar why China could achieve such a great development in the Second Industrial Revolution. Did the socialist system really have such a great advantage over the capitalist system?
Uncle Ma said with a very subtle sarcastic smile, "I haven't studied much about the superiority of the socialist system, so I can't evaluate how great the advantage is. If you really want to ask about the outcome of the war between China and England, I can evaluate it a little. When the ruler of China, Vézé, took the initiative to use dialectical materialism as the ideological foundation of the ruling class, and consistently implemented and promoted it, the defeat of England became inevitable. "
Dialectical materialism was the theory founded by Uncle Ma, and at this time in Europe, there was a saying that Vézé completely accepted Uncle Ma's theory. Therefore, Uncle Ma's boastful attitude made the reporter of The Times laugh out loud. It was a kind of sarcastic laughter. Uncle Ma also smiled. His smile was the kind of pitying smile one would have when looking at a fellow who was still playing carefreely under the clear sky before the thunderclouds arrived.
Materialist dialectics believed that there were two basic characteristics of the existence of the world: one was that the world was universally connected, and the other was that the world was everlasting.
Uncle Ma's close friend, Uncle En, said that the ultimate cause of all social changes and political changes should not be found in people's minds, in people's increasing awareness of eternal truth and justice, but in the changes in the mode of production and exchange. It should not be found in the philosophy of the relevant era, but in the economics of the relevant era. The growing awareness of the unreasonableness and unfairness of the existing system, and the growing awareness of "reason turning into nonsense and happiness turning into pain" were just a symbol of the quiet changes in the mode of production and exchange.
Uncle Ma, who founded materialist dialectics, could certainly see through Vézé. The great emperor of China, who lived at the eastern end of the Island of the World, undoubtedly believed in this. He not only proposed to make materialist dialectics more operable in theory, but also came up with a road map to solve the problem. In 1880, Uncle Ma summed up Vézé's road map in four China words: "Conquer the world".
Vézé didn't know Uncle Ma's evaluation of him in 1880, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care. From the end of 1869, Vézé's main task was to lead the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology to push forward China's second industrial revolution. The future had long been determined. Apart from China, England was the only power in the Western Pacific. In order to seize the raw materials of the entire Western Pacific and turn the entire Western Pacific into China's territory, Vézé, with the support of a group of reliable comrades, began to strengthen the national power of China.
Vézé communicated with this group of core members about the future of China. "There are two ways to solve internal problems. One is to solve internal problems internally, and the other is to solve internal problems externally. The only way to solve internal problems is to solve internal problems internally, but that will take too long. When there is an opportunity to solve external problems, I decided to solve it externally first. "
It was March 1870 when Vézé said this. The Northern Command had already ordered a thousand tractors from the Nanjing Tractor Factory and five hundred Liberation trucks from the Nanjing Automobile Factory. The trucks had already arrived at Yingkou Port with an oil tanker. As the nationwide demand for oil skyrocketed, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and the military were well aware of what Vézé meant by "external solutions".
There were those who opposed external solutions. The Ministry of Commerce was not very supportive of external solutions. China's tea and silk exports were doing well. As China's economy stabilized, the internal demand for tea and silk continued to rise. No matter how much the production of silk and tea in the South increased, the products were well digested. If China and England went to war, foreign trade would undoubtedly be greatly affected.
Vézé completely agreed with the position of the Ministry of Commerce. Therefore, he didn't criticize the Ministry of Commerce, but excluded it from the core members.
"Commander-in-chief, the investment in the hydraulic press project is too large. Is it really necessary to continue? Right now, many units are saying that the hydraulic press project has taken up too many outstanding personnel. "Pang Congcong had already found her position. She was a liaison. She was responsible for the effective allocation of manpower and resources.
"The hydraulic press projects cannot be reduced. Whether it is the crankshaft or the cannon steel, there will be problems without the large tonnage hydraulic press. It's not like you haven't seen a diesel engine's crankshaft break, "Wei Ze replied with a cold expression. China's material science had always been inferior to foreign countries. Vézé was involved in propeller processing, so he understood the importance of material science. With the current steelmaking ability, cannon steel that could withstand high temperatures and high pressures still needed to be invested in. The new rifling and the corresponding grain on the conical shell had been improved, greatly increasing the accuracy of the cannon fire. However, the precision rifling faced a new problem. It was too much wear and tear.
Currently, the level of cannon steel in the world was only slightly better than boiler steel. Many countries' cannon steel was even worse than boiler steel. The vast number of engineers and technicians in China's steelmaking industry had finally completed the steelmaking theory exam with great difficulty last year. As long as the iron ore and the auxiliary materials described in the manual were thrown into the ironmaking furnace to be burned, the concept of smelting iron and steel was finally reversed. The senior technicians barely had the concept of metal crystallization. In the short term, if they wanted to improve the cannon steel level, they would need to improve the internal structure of the alloy in addition to the developed chromium-nickel-manganese alloy medium carbon steel.
After completing the 1,500 ton hydraulic press, the 3O5 cannon's barrel withdrawal device finally passed inspection. Vézé didn't dare to hope for a 10,000 ton hydraulic press. In any case, he had to get the 3,000 ton hydraulic press out first. Even if the 3,000 ton hydraulic press couldn't significantly increase the mass of the 3O5 cannon, it could still solve the problem of the crankshaft and other important components of the diesel and gasoline engines.
Seeing Vézé's firm attitude, Pang Congcong wisely didn't raise any more requests. Things developed beyond Pang Congcong's expectations. She originally thought that after the industry had a breakthrough, the return on investment would be even faster. But in reality, the rapid increase in return was the huge investment.
Because of the crazy extraction of oil from the Dutch East Indies, the kerosene produced by the refinery sold quite well as lamp oil in the countryside. However, this kind of income was only a small amount. The scale of the refinery expanded again and again. At this stage, the amount of lamp oil was only a drop in the ocean compared to the investment of the refinery. It was simply not enough to make up for the investment. The only thing they could count on was the order for the tractors from the Northern Military. The military had started a large scale of troops stationed in the area south of Shenyang. If the tractors could play a role, the Northern Military could guarantee a profit that year. Pang Congcong could only "tentatively" believe it.
The commander of the Northern Military, Ruan Xihao, was very confident in his guarantee. Liaoning Province was basically cleaned up. The vast black land was waiting for the Han people to come and cultivate after hundreds of years of separation. In January 1870, Ruan Xihao and the transport troops rode a truck from Beijing to Shenyang in the heavy snow. On the way, the vehicles broke down, the engine stalled, and the water tanks were frozen. At least 30% of the trucks simply could not be repaired and were dragged to Shenyang by other trucks and horses.
Sitting in the driver's seat and almost freezing to death, while commanding the transport troops, these experiences did not lower Ruan Xihao's evaluation of the trucks. In Ruan Xihao's view, the trucks and tractors were really gifts that fell from the sky. With the cooperation of more than two hundred people and horses, they could cross thousands of miles in less than ten days and transport hundreds of tons of goods in a world of ice and snow. At least he had never seen such a reliable transport vehicle in his life. Therefore, Ruan Xihao did not hesitate to believe the technical staff's evaluation of the tractors.
But in March, Ruan Xihao was not more worried about the spring plowing that was about to start, but whether the Northern Fleet could take Vladivostok and control the entire Sakhalin Island. At this time, the Sixth Army had just settled in Changchun. In terms of transportation, it would be smoother to go to Vladivostok by sea.
At this time, the two warships of the same class as the Tsingtao, the Ningbo and the Wuzhou, had already joined the Northern Sea Fleet. With these three elite warships leading the way, Ruan Xihao was both relieved and worried.
"Report to the Tsingtao and ask where they are now," Ruan Xihao said to the communications staff officer.
"Commander, there are still two hours before the agreed communication time," the communications staff officer reminded him. The stable working life of the vacuum tube was not long ago. 100 hours sounded like a bluff, but it was not enough to support the radio station for a long time. It disappeared 24 hours a day, so 100 hours was only slightly more than four days. If the radio station did not work continuously for more than 100 hours, the Liberation Army would not be able to accept such a consumption during peaceful times. At least until now, the radio station had not been on duty 24 hours a day.
Of course, Ruan Xihao knew that the staff officer was also tactfully advising him not to be so impatient. He did not force it, but said to the staff officer, "Give me the news immediately after the communication is over."
The three Chinese cruisers, the Tsingtao, the Ningbo, and the Wuzhou, were anchored outside the eastern end of the Tsugaru Strait, which was controlled by the Republic of Prawn. The captain of the Tsingtao finally understood why the cabin with the best location was left empty and not allowed to be occupied for any reason. It was the telegraph room.
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