Five days later, Yang Feng had already appeared in the Chinese Embassy in London. At any rate, he still had the title of embassy translator. Naturally, he had to report first when he returned to London. But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he came back, Xue Fucheng gave him
A surprise.
"I am about to send a telegram to the United States to ask when you will come back!" Xue Fucheng pointed to a white man in his thirties next to him and said: "This is Mr. Ma from the Naval Academy, who came all the way from China.
Come, he will be in charge of your ship from now on."
To put it bluntly, Li Er was worried about his twenty 152 rapid-fire cannons, so he sent someone here to keep an eye on them. However, he actually sent a foreigner to be his supervisor, which surprised Yang Feng. Mr. Ma taught Xi
, he immediately knew who it was.
"Mr. Ma Jifen is an American, right? I just came back from your country." Yang Feng shook hands with him casually and then sat down and said.
"Really? I haven't returned to China for almost ten years." Ma Jifen looked at the guy in front of him who was younger than himself and said with curiosity. Boss Yang has been a man of the hour this year, even in distant China.
What you heard.
"That's easy. I have a high-speed yacht of my own. I will frequently travel between the old and new continents in the future. I can just take you with me when I go to the United States next time." Yang Feng said. Ordinarily, this Ma Jifen is quite worthy of admiration.
A mercenary can actually fight for the Beiyang Navy to the end, which can be said to be very professional.
It was obvious that this guy had a short temper. After a few words between the two, he immediately changed the topic to the main topic: "Mr. Yang, now that the Beiyang Navy has fulfilled its responsibilities, Master Zhongtang hopes that you can put down the rapid-fire cannon as soon as possible.
Give us."
"Isn't it stipulated in the contract that when Armstrong Company delivers the warship to Yang's Shipyard, I will hand over the rapid-fire cannon to you?" Yang Feng said strangely.
"The Navy has accepted Japan's invitation and will visit Japan at the appropriate time, so Mr. Zhongtang hopes to replace it with new guns as soon as possible and then go there, so as to demonstrate the military power of our Navy." Xue Fucheng explained at the side.
Now Yang Feng understood that it didn't matter if he gave it to them now, but the problem was that the delivery date he and Woolf had set was to be with the ship. The ship was not half built yet, and Armstrong Company must not have built the rapid-fire cannon yet.
This thing is the best-selling weapon now, so orders have to be queued up.
"Can you contact them and move a few doors for us to deal with the emergency? Now the Japanese are eyeing North Korea. This naval visit is very important to deter them. If they can replace it with new guns, the effect will definitely be better." Xue
Fucheng said that he knew Yang Feng's power in the UK.
"Let me try!" Yang Feng said helplessly.
The Armstrong Company was very generous and agreed to transfer six of the British Navy's orders to Yang Feng first. However, they also offered to visit Yang Feng's Nautilus. This strange-looking yacht parked on the Thames River attracted a lot of attention.
People's attention, especially after knowing that it can actually run to the 28th Festival, now has a large number of people coming here every day, but they are not allowed to board the ship without Yang Feng's consent.
"Hey, I thought it was a big deal. Let's do this. My yacht hasn't been renovated yet. This work will be directly handed over to your company. However, it must be done quickly. It must be completed within a month, because after that, I
It will be of urgent use." Yang Feng said to Woolf.
"Mr. Yang, what is the maximum power of your diesel engine?" Woolf asked tentatively. This was his real purpose. He wanted a yacht of more than 1,000 tons to run 28 knots. So the total power
It must not be less than 10,000 horsepower. Even if a three-body design is used to reduce the draft, this is still necessary.
"Seven thousand, it's just a bit bigger, but its performance is already very stable." Yang Fengjiao said with a smile. The fish finally started to take the bait. The goal of this guy was to lead the British Navy to a wrong path. To this end, he even did
Fully prepared, his two diesel engines not only had a fake outer casing several times the size, but were also equipped with two sets of control systems. One set could run twenty-eight knots when fully charged, but the other set was locked.
It's a set that can output full power.
To be honest, if a Swedish factory is asked to imitate a 7,000-horsepower marine diesel engine now, it would be a fantasy. Even if it is enlarged and enlarged, if a beautiful woman is responsible for manufacturing the most critical combustion chamber part, then
I guess it's not a big problem, it's just that her production volume is a little too much.
In fact, seven thousand horsepower is enough to drive a battleship at this time. The two units combined are more powerful than the Sovereign-class power system that the British are building. Of course, the British will not be stupid enough to actually install a diesel engine on the Sovereign. Even if
There is no problem with the diesel engine, but they have to have a place to refuel. The steam engine can be refueled at any port. However, their own yacht can only order special fuel from Mobil, but an order for a test ship model is indispensable. Once the British Navy
Adopting diesel engines, even if it is only partially adopted, will definitely arouse the pursuit of other countries, and then you can just wait to collect the money!
At that time, I can still authorize them to produce them. Anyway, without the parts provided by myself, it is impossible for them to produce large-scale marine diesel engines in this era. This means that all the navies of various countries that use diesel engines are in their hands.
, in order to get rid of control, they will research desperately, spend countless funds, but in the end it will be in vain.
But what about the steam turbine in this case? Parsons and Laval have almost finished building their experimental boat. If the steam turbine is launched at this time, it may have a fatal impact on their diesel engine. You must know that this thing has nothing but
It requires a large number of boilers, but is not much worse than a diesel engine in other aspects. More importantly, the steam turbine can be completely out of its own control. Although it is also a product of Yang's company, and the patent rights are also in the hands of Yang's company, in this case
Regarding matters related to national security, restrictions on patent rights are just laughable.
Should we kill Parsons? An evil year suddenly appeared in Boss Yang's mind. It was said that Comrade Parsons's historical mission had been completed. He had given the reaction steam turbine patent to himself, and he could basically return to the world.
Now that we are in the arms of the Lord, we can leave the rest of the work to LaVar and let him study it slowly! At least we can push out steam turbines after diesel engines begin to be used on a large scale on warships.
If this is the case, what should we do with the dreadnoughts? Boss Yang is so worried that his head almost hurts. If he wants to see the battle of the dreadnoughts, he must have a steam turbine. But pushing a steam turbine is not conducive to controlling the world, so why not let them make do with it?
Diesel engines power the dreadnoughts? Four 7,000-horsepower diesel engines are enough, and there are still prospects for development.
Go back and kill Parsons! At this moment, Boss Yang immediately made up his mind.
Woolf opposite him didn't know that in such a short period of time, a series of conspiracies involving murder and world control were running through his mind. In fact, he also had a lot of things running through his mind. Armstrong Company can be said to be the leader in the world's shipbuilding industry.
Overlord, the emergence of any new technology must not be ignored. When Yang Feng's Black Arrow first appeared, it had already aroused a lot of interest in them, but the power of 520 horsepower and the current steam engine
Ten thousand horsepower seems a bit insignificant in comparison. At most, it is a small seedling that needs special attention, but now it is obvious that the growth rate of this seedling is already a bit appalling.
The two guys with their own ulterior motives faced each other in silence for almost a quarter of an hour before Woolf asked tentatively: "Mr. Yang, are you interested in cooperating?"
Yang Feng smiled reservedly and motioned for him to continue.
"Young's Power Systems will build two such marine diesel engines for Armstrong. We will lobby the Royal Navy to add an order for a high-speed destroyer, and then we will jointly install these two diesel engines on this destroyer. As long as the speed can exceed three
Ten knots, I think such warships will definitely be very popular. Although I know that you also have a shipyard, your factory does not have any experience in building warships, and it is impossible for the Royal Navy to outsource warships. Such cooperation can make
You have easy access to the UK market," Woolf said.
"Of course, but you should know that I have many partners, such as Germans, French, Italians, and even many in the UK, but you only have one choice, so I think in this case
"Excuse me, I have the right to ask for some extra things." Boss Yang said with a smile.
This was the first time that Woolf met a Chinese who talked about blackmail in such an explicit way, but he was indeed qualified to blackmail. Not to mention that no one else had such a machine except him, he had never even heard of it, and he had no experience with it.
His bargaining power.
"Mr. Yang, please speak!" he said carefully.
"It's very simple. Instead of building one ship like this, we will build three ships. I will provide the diesel engines for free. But after they are completed, two of the three ships will belong to the Swedish Young Shipping Company. I will let Sweden register this company immediately."
"Established." Yang Feng said, with just one armored cruiser, his fleet is too weak, but if he adds two destroyers, it will be almost the same. As long as it is not equipped with artillery, it is a merchant ship, and no one will list it in the name of a shipping company.
No matter what.
When building, reserve gun positions, or even install turrets. When it needs to be turned into a warship, find a dock, install a 130 cannon on the front and rear sides, install four double 37 anti-aircraft guns, and get steam.
Gas torpedoes, this kind of destroyer is absolutely powerful.