I Revitalize China with a Technology Tree

In this era, the navy was a money pit. Leaving aside the personnel and port facilities needed, the fuel costs alone were a major headache. Before it could even develop, it was already facing relentless attacks from the Japanese Combined Fleet. A submarine raid was barely a viable option.

I don't understand why so many authors like German weaponry, while China's industrial level is actually better suited to the bulky and heavy Soviet weaponry. Take heavy machine guns, for example: the Maxim gun with its shielded trailer, the Mosin gun which is simple to manufacture and powerful, and the PPSh-45 (which can be converted from one Mosin barrel to two PPSh-45 barrels)—aren't these…

What a foolish idea it was to try and develop military technology in Shanghai during that period! I suggest you leave Shanghai as soon as possible! Even if you really want to build a navy, wouldn't it be better to go to Jiangsu or Zhejiang? Or even Fujian would be better.

Honestly, if you're in Shanghai at this age, trying to advance technology, you might as well treat the Japanese spies like decorations!

What does it mean to have 12 75mm field guns with 30 tons of shells? Each 75mm field gun shell weighs 10 jin (5 catties), so 6,000 shells would be enough. If all 12 guns fired simultaneously, they could fire 500 rounds. This was an excessive amount of firepower. I think that kind of firepower could take down a Japanese brigade, even for a reinforced regiment of 2,000 men.

My question is, during the War of Resistance against Japan, with most of China's coastal areas occupied and no ports in hand, how did your navy operate?

This writing is disjointed and lacks focus. If you have a system, develop your ideas around that system's tasks first. Writing haphazardly will likely result in a 95% failure rate.

Developing heavy industry and technology in Shanghai in 1931 without first securing the ability to defend itself was tantamount to suicide! It's important to understand that while Shanghai was Chinese territory in 1931, it was controlled by powers like Japan, the US, Britain, France, Germany, and Russia.

No matter how amazing your factory is or how well it's developing, without your own army, you'll just be easy prey for some people.

Your book makes absolutely no sense.