"...Wait a minute..." Boss Dai was obviously interested, but interrupted Lin Mo and asked: "Are you sure that setting up a boat force can also exclude warships? What I'm talking about is the Japanese."
Regular Navy.”
"...Yes..." Lin Mo nodded firmly and explained: "It's impossible on the sea, but it's no problem on inland rivers and lakes. There is an essential difference between inland rivers and the sea.
The sea is boundless, but the inland waterway is only so wide. As long as mines can be placed in the water and torpedoes can be fired, it will be enough to threaten and deter those warships from sailing in.
The most feasible thing is mines. A small boat of about ten tons can carry a few mines. No need to lay them. Just throw dozens of mines into the river and let them float down with the current. Those warships will have to run out of there obediently.
A river.
Moreover, the technology of ordinary mines is not complicated, and the repair shop can find a way to produce it on its own. If a few dozen are not enough, just throw in a few hundred. If one of those big warships is sunk, we can make a profit by just a few hundred.
Of course, torpedoes can also be used, and they don’t need to be advanced. Small boats loaded with torpedoes can be hidden in places such as river forks. When enemy warships come, they can quickly rush out. After the attack, they can immediately escape into the river that the enemy cannot enter.
small lake.
With these, we can basically have the ability to deny the enemy in places such as rivers, lakes and so on. Of course, this refers to large warships. The opponent may also use small boats and small ships to fight against us, but small boats and small ships
The threat to us is much smaller."
"What about the cost? Is the cost high? At what amount?" Boss Dai thinks that the plan is somewhat feasible, but the cost is an unavoidable hurdle.
"It should be within an acceptable range. There is no need to purchase ships from abroad. Because the Lin family chose to invest in the rear, there was a huge transportation demand in the early stage, and the market capacity was difficult to meet, so they chose to invest in many shipyards in advance.
Due to some unforeseen circumstances, some shipyards have experienced deviations in their development, but they just meet this demand. At least they can solve the hull problem. As for power, another company in which the Lin family has a stake has the ability to modify the engine.
It can be imported and modified for use..."
Lin Mo explained to Boss Dai in detail the shipyard where the Lin family built yachts and Lu Jingde's engine company.
"Boss, although this is suspected of bringing business to my own family, I really don't recommend purchasing from overseas. One is on a small boat. Although the foreign ones are also advanced, they are not as advanced as imagined.
Because their attention is basically focused on large warships and battleships, small boats are not much welcomed, not to mention it is difficult for them to sell the most advanced ones to us.
As for my yacht-making shipyard, it can also purchase related technologies and designs from foreign private shipyards as a private company, because many foreign military boats evolved from these, and even the most advanced technologies and designs are mostly private.
Use first.
The most important point is that the delivery of overseas purchases is generally very slow. Even if you want to purchase, there are a lot of problems. Future changes in the situation may also affect the delivery or even make it impossible to deliver.
First, if the boats pose a threat to the Japanese, they will most likely negotiate to stop our supply. Even if their navy is powerful, they will most likely block the coastline and we will not be able to accept the delivery.
In this case, they might as well do it themselves! Although these two companies are still relatively weak at the moment, they can still meet the requirements with hard work. With the support of these orders, they will be able to solve their own problems in the future after increasing their experience and technology.
Problem ability.”
After Lin Mo finished explaining and got Boss Dai's approval, he continued: "As for the cost, it is indeed not small, but we can think of ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
Just like the suppression of bandits and the fight against smuggling, the benefits of strangulating the water bandits in Shanghai this time are not small, and these people are nothing more than local chickens to a boat force.
In addition, if the power and support are strong enough, the behavior of privately setting up checkpoints on waterways in various places can also be punished and punished to make a fortune, and then retain part of the considerable profits as financial resources.
Of course, this should be done in a moderate manner. You should not do it randomly and mess around on the waterways. You should not be too harsh on the ships passing by. This is just taking someone else's bowl and eating alone. If you cause more complaints, it will be easy for all parties to make trouble and make you feel embarrassed.
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In addition, some businesses on the waterway can also be mixed in, such as building some rice milling ships. While grinding rice for people, they can also buy rice and sell it to various places. If necessary, they can also solve the government's military supply problem along the way.
But it’s also not advisable to go through it. Try not to get involved in those ways that make money quickly. There are too many involved in those places and it’s easy to get embarrassed. It’s best to open up some new ways. I can help think more about this, but let’s do it! Then the benefits will be paid.
Share it with our intelligence department."
Boss Dai nodded and thought about it. Xu Guyu on the side interjected and asked: "How to solve the problem of weapons? It is not easy to purchase ship weapons from abroad! Others may not even sell them individually."
Lin Mo nodded and said: "This matter can be solved by a repair shop. We can rely on a repair shop for mines. We can also produce torpedoes by ourselves. We can get the technology or authorization of backward models and modify the production ourselves. Take some time to solve the problem."
Not big.
As for the other guns, they are heavy machine guns and the like. After taking over that batch of military equipment and recruiting a lot of military personnel from the Northeast, there will definitely be no problem. As for cannons, just get some mortars."
"Is it reliable and feasible to install mortars on ships? I've never heard of it?" After Lin Mo finished speaking, Lin Wenhua couldn't help but ask,
Lin Mo heard this and said with a smile: "Brother, how big a caliber can a serious cannon on a small boat be able to carry? Even a serious cannon cannot threaten enemy warships, so there is no need.
The main purpose of equipping boats with cannon is actually to support army operations, that is, to blow up people and have a killing effect on personnel. Among artillery of the same caliber, mortars are significantly larger, and even the caliber of mortars loaded on boats can be larger.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Of course, there are other considerations, such as the reasons mentioned by the section chief, and we will not be able to deal with serious naval guns for a while, and other considerations such as cost are also mortars.
The cannon has the advantage, so I can only equip this one first."
"Mortar? Can the repair shop handle it in a short time?" Lin Wenhua still had doubts and continued to ask.
"The problem is not big. There is a big difference between ship guns and land guns. The design and production of land guns focuses on weight control. Even if land guns are carried or towed by vehicles, road conditions and other issues still have to be considered.
Ship guns are different. No matter how big or small a ship is, it is still a vehicle. As long as it can be carried and the hull can withstand the recoil, there should be no problem in theory.
Of course, for a serious naval gun, you also have to consider issues such as ammunition supply, explosion protection, and occupied space. It is very troublesome, but you don’t have to think so much about small boats. Anyway, with the enemy’s strength, it will basically sink after one shot.
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Well! In order to take into account maneuverability and so on, there are a lot of things to consider, but what I want to point out is that ship guns can be more liberal in terms of weight.
As for the reduced weight requirements, it will be reflected in the technology and production, and the difficulty will be greatly reduced. Based on the situation of the repair shop, it is no problem to get a marine mortar.
Even in other large and small arsenals in the country, there is basically no problem, it is just a tube that does not even need to be rifled, and a high-bottom steering device is added, so there is no difficulty at all."
After Lin Mo's description, Lin Wenhua roughly had an outline of this. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that he was indeed overthinking it.
After listening to Lin Mo's answers to these questions, Boss Dai asked some more detailed questions and finally made a decision, saying that he could try it out.
Lin Mo was not surprised by this. Boss Dai's thinking was basically based on protecting Chiang Kai-shek. As long as it was feasible and simply by preventing others from sending warships outside Nanjing, he would most likely give it a try, even if it didn't work.
, is also enough to show loyalty.
Next, everyone can't do without getting down to business, mainly to partially supplement some of the things mentioned earlier, such as arranging some preliminary preparations.
There are also some people who are specifically responsible for the work. For example, after a lot of things have been arranged, Lin Mo has a lot of work. So in the early stage of investigating the water bandits, Boss Dai took the initiative to offload Lin Mo.
After soaking, steaming, and fumigating in the medicated bath, everyone went downstairs to take a quick shower, ate something light together in the reception area, and then went their separate ways.
Lin Mo drove, carrying Xu Guyu, and Lin Wenhua returned to the station. Of course, there was no way to fall asleep. There were many things that had been arranged, and they still needed to discuss them.
Fortunately, they only assigned specific tasks and assigned work, and there was not much discussion. After discussing the business, the few of them started chatting.
"Tell me honestly how much the money I gave you has become?" After chatting for a while, Xu Guyu finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked Lin Mo in a low voice.
"Section Chief, the money is all lumped together and invested. There is no separate calculation. The amount of the money in the office is the same as yours." Lin Mo quickly explained.
"It's not that I don't think it's too little, but... oh... you're such a fool, you made me so much money all of a sudden. I don't even know what to do. Do you understand? I never thought I would have so much money."
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"...Uh..." Lin Mo was dumbfounded. He didn't know what to say. He thought for a while and said: "Put some of it out, and invest the funds in the same place into those plans, not only to provide support, but also to make a profit."
Chance.
I will open some accounts for you and deposit the rest from time to time. You can spend it on your own as usual, and just squeak if there is anything missing. Keep the rest with me!
I will arrange investment and financial management for you. As your good subordinate, you must trust me, right? My vision, of course, goes without saying. Just relax, I guarantee you won’t suffer any losses, and I guess you can’t spend as fast as you can earn!
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"Why don't you worry? Who knows how you will mess around? You never know when you will do this to me again. If someone finds out in the future, maybe I will become a famous corrupt person in the history books.
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Xu Guyu rolled his eyes at Lin Mo, looking like he was still frightened. When he looked at Lin Mo, the corners of his mouth twitched, unable to complain.