Wade's report was quickly sent back to the Enclave, but the Enclave's intelligence department did not report it immediately. Instead, it asked its spies to find out more about the matter.
After all, steam battleships have not appeared in this world for more than a hundred years, so there seems to be no need to make a fuss about it. So Mr. Wade '007' could only bite the bullet and go to the dock where the battleship was renovated to see what happened.
"Why would anyone want to build a steam battleship? There's no point in building this thing!" Wade used his break time to go to the dock. He originally thought that this would be a dangerous and exciting secret.
activity, but who knew there would be so many people watching the battleships.
Nowadays, the 'Aurora Corps' is still in its infancy, the police department has just been established, and the counter-intelligence department is still there. There are small bulk carriers waiting to be refitted in the dock of the ship repair yard, and many people are looking at them beside the dock.
An armored warship with a newly installed turret pointed at it.
Off the coast of Florida, the 'Aurora Corps' plundered many large yachts worth tens of millions of dollars. In order to adapt to coal-burning power, the shell and main engine of a yacht were removed, and a large hole was dug in the front and rear decks.
From what Wade saw, the yacht had been covered with a 100mm armor plate, and a 200mm thick riveted turret had been installed. A thick gun tube protruded from the turret. In addition, the yacht was also equipped with
Four small turrets with 20mm cannons as defensive weapons.
"If this thing is really put into the sea, it seems to have some combat effectiveness!" Seeing the real thing, Wade had an intuitive understanding of this modified warship. The only thing that needs to be determined now is its power and specific launch date.
"Can our battleship be used?" Since there were many people at the scene to watch the excitement, Wade looked for people in the crowd who knew the situation and asked.
A worker at a ship repair yard loudly shouted: "Not to mention compared with today's battleships, even compared with regular battleships a hundred years ago, our modified ship is still far behind. But its advantage is that it solves the problem
There is a question of whether there is a navy!
However, we lack welding equipment, the armor plates use riveting technology, and the yacht's keel is weak, so this battleship will definitely not be able to withstand a powerful bombardment.
But our opponents are now equipped with armed speedboats. The weapons they are equipped with are .50-caliber machine guns and 20-mm-caliber cannons. The power of these two weapons cannot penetrate 100 mm-thick armor. I think
We can still fight."
As soon as he heard "We can fight," Wade had to pick up his energy and continue to ask, "What kind of power does this battleship use? Did we decide to open the fuel inventory to support this small gunboat?"
When asked about power, the workers at the ship repair yard immediately shouted with excitement: "Our fuel inventory cannot support the large-scale use of internal combustion engines, but we have made great achievements in transforming steam power!"
We are now using a lot of 20-horsepower steam engines to generate electricity and low-pressure boilers for heating. Although the technology is a bit low-tech, it is very practical. Even if there is no coal, it can be used to burn firewood. Fortunately, Nassau is quite rich in forestry resources.
Recently, tens of thousands of people have been cutting down trees to ensure that we don’t freeze to death in nuclear winter.
Recently, we are manufacturing high-pressure boilers to provide steam, and we no longer simply use steam engines. It is said that the power on this battleship is a steam turbine with better performance, which was originally used by the Nassau government to generate electricity.
This new system directly increases the power we currently have from 100 horsepower to 1,500 horsepower. As long as the technology is stabilized, our small steamer can follow the progress, and the ship speed can be increased from the current seven or eight knots to
Around the 15th, it will be faster and more convenient to transport supplies."
The end of the world is approaching, and mankind is facing a huge survival crisis, and it is even more urgent to achieve technological progress. The ship repair yard is now the core factory of the 'Aurora Legion', and many people come here to visit. Everyone heard that the speed of the ship can be doubled.
I immediately felt a great sense of joy in my heart.
"We are taking the path of the industrial revolution all over again."
"Thank God, we don't have oil but we still have coal, and we don't have coal but still have wood. We don't have to be trapped in one place for the rest of our lives like our ancestors, unable to go anywhere else."
"We will be able to rule the entire Caribbean, it will not be hit by too many nuclear bombs, and this will be our home."
Listening to the cheers from the crowd, Wade disagreed in his heart. He is a white supremacist, and he is very unhappy with a Chinese ruling a group of white people. Seeing so many white people in front of him actually betraying their own race, it is simply heartbreaking.
Hate.
"Steam power, then it must be a rigid connection, what a low-level technology! We, the Enclave, are the future rulers of the Americas. We still have a large number of oil wells and refineries. As long as we recover, this kind of small battleship
Not even a toy."
Wade was disdainful in his heart, but continued to ask with concern on his face: "When will this battleship be launched into the water?"
The question of the launching time obviously confused the workers at the ship repair yard. The other party hesitated a few times before saying: "It has been a bit difficult to launch recently. We had some problems when manufacturing the high-pressure boiler, and the warship cannot be used for the time being. But I believe all this is possible."
It can be solved."
Wade felt even more contempt at this time, "You can't even build a boiler, but you still want to fight the great 'Enclave'. It's really arrogant. I will report this situation to my superiors immediately and let them know you are here."
It's all in vain to make a fool of yourself."
After receiving the confirmed information, Wade once again used an encrypted radio to send a message to the Enclave. When they learned that the Aurora Legion had actually built a steam battleship, the intelligence personnel of the Enclave were extremely surprised.
But when they learned that the 'Aurora Legion' encountered difficulties in manufacturing high-pressure boilers due to the lack of suitable welding equipment and skilled workers, the 'Enclave' intelligence officers suddenly laughed, "These idiots don't want to use riveting."
Let's make high-pressure boilers?
Modern industry is a strict system, and if any link is missing, it will be a serious shortcoming. High-pressure boilers must be welded, welded, welded! Riveting will definitely cause air leakage. Hahaha...!"
However, even though he despised his opponent, this information was still forwarded to Mr. George of the Assistance Military Advisory Group who was performing a raid mission in Havana.
The fleet commander of the armed speedboat was still hungover. After receiving the information, he thought about it for a long time and laughed loudly: "The idiots in Matanzas want to build a steam battleship? Is there something wrong with them? Use multiple turrets, riveting technology, steam
With power and rigid connection, you want to compete with us at this level? You are simply a pig!
Since they are so stupid, then I will educate them further and simply get rid of their ridiculous delusions. I will set off to Nassau immediately and completely destroy their ship repair yards to let them understand that warships cannot be destroyed casually.