In a short period of time, it is almost impossible for Nyasaland to surpass the maritime powers such as Britain and Germany in terms of battleships. However, destroyers, submarines, and aircraft have not yet shown their value and have not attracted the attention of maritime powers such as Britain and Germany.
Note that there is still a slight possibility for projects with unlimited future potential.
The research on aircraft is proof that perhaps Nyasaland does not have outstanding geniuses like the Wright brothers, but there is strength in numbers. With strong capital, Rock can easily form a team composed of more ordinary R&D personnel. This is
This largely formed an advantage over the Wright brothers.
The outstanding role of genius is actually more in the project design. Edison created so many inventions in his life, many of which were developed in the Edison laboratory. Strictly speaking, more honors should belong to those unknown R&D personnel, but patent rights
But they were all in the hands of Edison. Even geniuses like Nikola Tesla had to live in the shadow of Edison all their lives. This is the power of capital.
Rock's strength is only as strong as Edison's, so although the Wright brothers' aircraft may be very high-profile, its performance now lags behind that of Nyasaland's aircraft.
At least the Wright brothers' current aircraft is still stuck on how to use more wings to resist air resistance, while Nyasaland has begun research on biplanes.
The reason why Nyasaland can quickly surpass the Wright brothers in aircraft research has a lot to do with Nyasaland having better resources.
For a very simple reason, the Wright brothers only increased the wing area to provide a more stable flight attitude for the aircraft. However, the Wright brothers had all kinds of fantastic ideas, but no corresponding materials to support their research.
Nyasaland is different. Engineers in Nyasaland hope to get steel with lighter weight and higher strength, so the Fawalt Steel Works quickly sent samples, although the weight and strength of the samples still cannot be exceeded.
The engineers in Nyasaland were satisfied, but the Favart Steel Plant immediately promised to make improvements in this area and fully cooperate with Nyasaland's research.
Could the Wright brothers get Carnegie Steel to cooperate with their research?
No need to think about it!
This is also the power of capital.
"The research and development of submarines is not enough. We don't have enough engineers. Now we have to focus more on destroyers. We can only demonstrate the submarines and have not yet entered the verification stage." Jimmy Hodgson was slightly embarrassed. This is
Nyasaland’s biggest dilemma now is that Roque has money and strength, but he still cannot bring enough talents to Nyasaland.
The allure of money is pretty good for ordinary people, but for real top talents, the allure of money is negligible. After all, real top talents are valued by all countries around the world, and they can enjoy as much as Nyasa in their own country.
Therefore, for such a long time, the only top talent that Nyasaland has received is Abu.
This one is still an omission. If Professor Abu becomes famous, Nyasaland will also have no chance.
Rock also knew this situation, so he did not force it. If Nyasaland wanted to truly rise, it still had to wait for the talents it had cultivated to appear on a large scale, or it would have to wait for the start of World War I, by which time all European countries would fall into
During the war, many people will flee Europe, and only then will Nyasaland have a real chance.
Rock visited the first "North Sea" destroyer under construction at the Ulysses shipyard. According to international practice, this class of destroyers is the North Sea class. The first ship "North Sea" will be the "North Sea" in the future.
The construction of the Saran Marine Police's flagship in Beihai and her sister ship "Donghu" has not yet started. Only after the "Beihai" is completed will these workers go to East Lake to participate in the construction of the "Donghu".
From this we can also see that Nyasaland is short of talent reserves, not even enough skilled workers.
This cannot be blamed on the shipyards' incompetence. Nyasaland's shipbuilding industry also started from scratch. From the beginning, it could only build fishing boats, and then began to build merchant ships, immigration ships, and marine police ships. Only then did it accumulate so many hundreds of people.
As for skilled workers, Rock wants to cultivate more skilled workers through the construction of destroyers, but this also takes time.
In terms of ship construction, Rock can actually come up with many improvement plans, such as the segmented manufacturing method or the module manufacturing method. These are absolutely advanced technologies now, and they are not impossible to achieve. These methods
It is more of an improvement in the production process, which is not impossible to achieve technically.
However, it doesn't make much sense to use those advanced technologies now. The main problem of Nyasaland Shipyard is not that the technology is not advanced enough, but that there are not enough skilled workers. This is the key to the problem, so Rock can only wait now.
Fortunately, Rock still has time.
In the evening, Rock's dinner was served at the Ulysses Shipyard, which is close to the North Sea. The dinner at the Ulysses Shipyard was pretty good, with a variety of fresh fish in ample portions.
"Although the North Sea is half the size of us and Tanganyika, the Germans prefer to be farmers on land rather than fishermen in the North Sea. Therefore, the Germans have seriously underdeveloped the fishery resources of the North Sea. In the entire North Sea, most fishing boats
They are all from Nyasaland, and German fishing boats are rare to see." Jimmy Hodgson was quite satisfied with this point.
The reason for this situation is of course related to some unexplained reasons.
Most of the maritime police ships in the North Sea are from Nyasaland. When patrolling the North Sea, Nyasaland's maritime police ships encountered fishing boats from Tanganyika. They often greeted them in a way that even Jimmy Hodgson said.
Embarrassed to say.
There are still many accidents in this era. Fishing boats will certainly not have the luxury of installing radios, so there is no way to call for help when they encounter an accident. However, the marine police boat is large and fast. When it passes by the fishing boat at high speed, it stirs up
A wave can overturn a fishing boat.
After repeated visits, the originally small number of Tanganyika fishing boats has become even smaller. The remaining fishing boats now rarely go out to sea for fishing. Even if they do go to sea, they only dare to appear in the waters near Usumbula.
So although the North Sea is half owned by Nyasaland and Tanganyika, it is actually Nyasaland that now monopolizes the fishery resources of the entire North Sea.
In fact, the North Sea is a huge treasure house. If Nyasaland had not been rich in fishery resources, the population of Nyasaland would not have increased so fast.
Abundant aquatic products provide sufficient nutrition for Nyasaland and also create more economic income. Xiaosi has canning factories in Lake Nyasa, Beihai and East Lake, and cans of various fish and meat are produced in Nyasaland.
Europe is very popular. Although most of the money earned was taken away by Stoudemire, the workers in Stoudemire's cannery also received a salary that was enough to support their families.
This is enough, Roark can't make all the money in the world, he still has to leave a way for others to survive.
"Fishery resources must be used rationally." Rock originally wanted to remind Jimmy Hodgson to develop fishery resources in a planned way, but he quickly came back to his senses.
As for the fishery resources of Lake Nyasa, North Sea and East Lake, it will not be too late to talk about rational utilization after Nyasaland has been developed for decades. Before the Chinese came to Nyasaland, the entire population in Nyasaland increased.
The total number is less than 100,000. The local Africans almost never eat fish, perhaps because there are too many fish bones in the fish meat, so the fish stocks in Lake Nyasa, the North Sea, and the East Lake tend to overflow.
As a result, the Chinese went crazy with joy after coming to Nyasaland. When it comes to eating fish, the Chinese are very experienced. They can steam, braise, chop peppers, and stew. You can think of everything you can't imagine. Nyasaland Agricultural Company originally
It is with the help of such an inconspicuous subordinate department as the Aquatic Products Company that we can help many Chinese people get through the most difficult stage of immigration.
For the current Nyasaland, the fishery resources of Lake Nyasa, North Sea, and East Lake are also almost unlimited. Before the population exceeds one million people, Roque does not need to consider the issue of rational development of resources, even if all Chinese are released
Eat, it would take decades to eat up all the fish in Lake Niassa, the North Sea, and the East Lake.
Rock originally planned to stay in Ulysses for a week, but the next day Rock had to return to Little Rock.
The Germans' reaction was greater than Rock imagined. The conflict between the Waterhound and the Weissmann sounded the alarm for the Germans, who finally began to face the increasingly powerful threat of Nyasaland.
Of course, for the Germans, the options available are extremely limited. Originally, if the Germans could successfully complete the formation of the Graf Gotzen, they could also deal with the threat of Nyasaland to a certain extent.
It's a pity that the Graf Gotzen was forced to stop work halfway through its construction, and there was almost no possibility of resuming work. It was impossible for the Germans to send another Graf Gotzen over, so the Germans could only think of other ways.
It’s not that the Germans don’t have the ability, but they don’t dare to send it. What if they send another Graf Gotzen and it’s halfway assembled and forced to stop work?
Not only wasting people and money, it was also a heavy blow to Tanganyika's morale.
Therefore, the German government is now taking another approach and preparing to send its foreign minister to visit Nyasaland.
The foreign minister's visit is not a good thing for Nyasaland. William II's last trip to Morocco resulted in a "Moroccan crisis" that spread to most of Europe.
Now that the German Foreign Minister wants to visit Nyasaland, this poses a difficult problem for Roque. If Nyasaland refuses to come, it would be both disrespectful and unconfident.
If it were left, the consequences would be more serious. What do the British government think? What do the Belgian governments think? There is also Noda, a Portuguese East Africa, and now only Lourenço Marquez’s small piece of Portugal is left. What do you think?
