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naval news:

The Bohai Shipbuilding in Tianjin is festively decorated for today, because today is a special day. On one hand, the two tenders "HICMS Danjiang" and "HICMS Baofeng"
will be launched, on the other hand, two ships of the Yingkou-class are laid down. Thus, these shipyard could still show that she is one of the leading shipbuilding
companies in the chinese empire.

Contrary to the initial plan, to rebuild the old cruisers of the Thrasius class, they now will be scrapped.

The first four ships of the Yiyang-class are laid down. These destroyer leaders will serve each as a "flagships" of the destroyer flotillas.

The last four ships of the first batch of Maoke-class is put into service.


government news:
The SMR reached a new record in passenger transport. In the past fiscal year were carried over 30 million passengers by the trains of the SMR.

The chinese research ship HICMS Zhuhai is leaving Shanghai towards Antarctis. On board among other things are 25 scientist, they will build a small research station
in the japanese area of the antarctis.

army news:
The High Command of the chinese army published an international announcement for a light Armoured Personel Carrier and a medium Armored Personel Carrier:

Light APC:
Armour: 8 - 12mm
Weight: 5 tons
payload: 0,5 - 1 ton
Speed: > 60 km/h (road)
Range: up to 400km (road or 200km cross-country)
Armament: 1 MG
Crew: max. 6 men

medium APC:
Armour: 8 - 12mm
Weight: 8 tons
payload: 1 ton
Speed: 50 km/h (road)
Range: up to 400km (road or 200km cross-country)
Armament: 2 MG
Crew: max. 10 men



airforce news:
After an intensive testing phase the carrier-based torpedo bomber ST203 and the carrier-based attacker SDB-3 are released for mass production.

army news:
The international announcement for the armoured personnel carriers is extended.All companies worldwide are invited to present a draft.