Liu Hai looked at the incredulous expressions of all three soldiers, and felt relieved for a while.
How did these ancient people know how far modern technology had developed? Although the equipment owned by Liu Hai's Shanghai Shipyard was only a product of the modern 1990s.
But in this Qing Dynasty plane, it was also a black technology, and its speed of building ships was simply not what those shipyards in the modern Qing Dynasty plane could match.
Not only building ordinary gunboats of four to five thousand tons, but also building battleships of more than 10,000 tons, the manufacturing speed is several times faster than that of other countries today.
Of course, this is talking about manufacturing ships from the Qing Dynasty plane. If we are building modern ships, then the construction time will be very long.
Next, Liu Hai announced that after the meeting was over, he left San Honbei alone, and then asked Xu Chuanlong, the commander of the Nanyang Navy's Hefei armored cruiser, to take San Honbei to the Shanghai Shipyard to see
Seeing the speed of building new warships also reassured him.
As an old man of the Nanyang Navy, Xu Chuanlong was the first to get closer to Liu Hai. Now he can be said to be Liu Hai's confidant in the Nanyang Navy. Otherwise, Liu Hai would not have let him serve as the steward of the Hefei that was converted from the Olympia that captured the United States.
bring.
Another one is the several new warships built at the Shanghai Shipyard this time, all of which are copied from the Olympia.
Xu Chuanlong and three Ben Quanbingwei left Nanjing on the warship they came in and arrived at Wusongtou Pier in Shanghai.
After disembarking here, Sanbon Gonbei looked at the behemoth ships on the dock, with envy rising in his eyes.
Especially the four Iowa-class battleships, which he has long been famous for, and now he has finally seen them in real form.
Standing on the pier and looking at these four warships now is like standing at the foot of a mountain and looking at the mountains. The shock is incomparable.
Xu Chuanlong stood next to Yamasan Honbei, looking at him staring at the Iowa-class battleship with his mouth agape, and couldn't help but sneer on his face, these little devils have never seen the world.
However, he quickly put away his sarcasm, and instead showed an honest smile on his face, "Your Excellency, you haven't seen these four battleships in person, right?"
Sanbon Gonbei was awakened by Xu Chuanlong's words, and then he said with emotion: "I never thought that there are such huge battleships in the world. The Nanyang Navy with these 4 battleships will definitely become the world's largest warship."
The most powerful fleet in the world."
Xu Chuanlong was a little unhappy after hearing this. He said in a calm voice: "Our Nanyang Navy has become the most powerful fleet in the world since it defeated the Geely Kingdom Expedition Fleet. In my opinion, no fleet in the world today can compete with
Our Nanyang Navy rivals us."
After listening to Xu Chuanlong's words, Sanbon Gonbei realized that he had made a mistake, so he quickly apologized: "Sorry, I made a mistake. The Nanyang Navy is indeed the most powerful maritime force in the world."
After hearing the other party's apology, Xu Chuanlong let Sanbon Gonbei go, and then said to him: "Mr. Navy Minister, do you want to take a rest first, or do you and I go to the Shanghai Shipyard to visit now?"
Sanhon Gonbei is not in the mood to rest now. What he cares about is to see if the places where the cruisers are manufactured can meet the requirements for building warships.
"I'm not tired yet, Mr. Xu, let's go visit the shipyard now."
"Okay, then I'll arrange a vehicle now and we can go together."
Xu Chuanlong said a few words to his guard, and the guard left in a hurry. After a while, he drove a carriage to the vicinity of Xu Chuanlong and three Benquan guards at Wusongkou Pier.
Xu Chuanlong saw the carriage coming, so he took Qianben Quanbingwei and rode the carriage all the way to the Shanghai Shipyard.
After the two of them got off the carriage, the first thing that caught their eyes was billowing black smoke.
If a company that emits heavy emissions like this in modern times would definitely be banned, but in the Qing Dynasty, this was a symbol of strength and an interpretation of beauty.
Xu Chuanlong took a deep breath in the dirty air, and then he felt good and said to Sanhon Gonbei on the side: "Mr. Navy Minister, what you have in front of you is the largest shipyard in the Far East, which can build today's
The Shanghai shipyard of any warship in the world.”
And Sanhon Gonbei stood outside the shipyard, looking at the thick smoke billowing from the distance and the people coming and going, and he was also surprised.
Originally, Sanhon Gonbei thought that the largest shipyard in the Far East should be in their country, because even the Beiyang Navy received maintenance from their shipyard back then.
But when he looked at the shipyard in front of him, he realized that he was a frog in the well. He saw that the shipyard stretched out over thousands of acres of land, with several kilometers of coastline, and the longest dock was more than 400 meters.
Looking at such a dock, Sanbon Chunbei felt that any warship could be built and repaired here.
Xu Chuanlong looked at the surprised expression of the other party, smiled on his face, and then said confidently: "The Shanghai Shipyard is the hard work of our commander-in-chief. If necessary, this shipyard can build four battleships at the same time."
When Xu Chuanlong said this, he pointed to another industrial area next to the shipyard, "Look over there."
Yamamoto Gonbei looked to the left following Xu Chuanlong's finger and saw an industrial area several times larger than the shipyard. The thick smoke rising from there showed the busy production of the factory.
"There are dozens of factories supporting the Shanghai Shipyard. Now, whether it is armor steel, boilers, cannons, etc., we in Shanghai can build it ourselves. It can be said that any warship built by the Shanghai Shipyard is
The parts are entirely produced by us.”
When Sanbenquanbing heard this, his eyes showed envy. Even before the war, when the country's shipyards were at their peak, many parts could not be produced in-house and had to be imported from abroad. Unexpectedly, after several years of
With the development, Nanyang actually has such a shipbuilding base. From now on, Nanyang may not have to look at the faces of the great powers.
But then he thought, a force that could build such a battleship would definitely have a way to provide Liu Hai with various equipment.
Now in Sanbon Gonbei's mind, Liu Hai may have hooked up with a super power, or he may be the official spokesperson of that power.
However, seeing that that force can build battleships of more than 50,000 tons, it should be very powerful, even surpassing the technological strength of the Western European powers.
While he was thinking wildly here, Xu Chuanlong patted him, and then walked to the Shanghai Shipyard with Sanben Gonbei.
Before entering the Shanghai Shipyard, they went through strict interrogation, and even entered a room where Sanbon Gonbei didn't know what he was doing. There were only two fences in the room, and then Senbon Gonbei guarded them.
After walking through the middle of the fence, I saw a green light flashing on the fence door.
It turns out that this is the security inspection equipment that Liu Hai specially purchased from Hyundai. In this era, if you want to enter or exit the Shanghai Shipyard, you have to go through this room.
Since the installation of this security inspection equipment, there have been no espionage incidents at the Shanghai Shipyard.
Because all the equipment and drawings in the Shanghai Shipyard are magnetized, an alarm will sound once passing through this room.
Xu Chuanlong and Sanbon Gonbei passed the security check and entered the Shanghai Shipyard. When they arrived, Sanbon Gonbei realized how huge the Shanghai Shipyard was.
If he had to leave, I'm afraid he would have to walk for a long time to enter the workshop, but this naturally did not trouble Xu Chuanlong. He said a few words to the security guard next to him, and soon the security guard drove a car and arrived.
Beside Sanbon Gonbei and Xu Chuanlong.
Yamamoto Gonbei was stunned when he saw this car that did not require horses. Although he had heard that the West had already built cars that did not require horses to pull, this was the first time he had seen it.
And looking at this car, the whole body is made of glass, and the body is also very smooth and bright. It seems that it has been painted with a special paint. It is not at the same level as those Western cars that look old-fashioned at first glance.
In the end, after Xu Chuanlong urged him several times, Sanbenquanbingwei put aside his curiosity and sat uprightly in the car with Xu Chuanlong.
After that, the car driven by Xu Chuanlong's guards drove all the way to a shipbuilding workshop in the Shanghai Shipyard. It seemed that they came here often, so they were familiar with the road.
When they came to a huge workshop, Xu Chuanlong and Sanhon Gonbei got out of the car, and then entered the workshop.
After the three soldiers entered the workshop, they raised their eyes and looked at it. This was a fully enclosed workshop. The height of the workshop was probably tens of meters and the length was hundreds of meters. Such a huge thing made Yamamoto Gonbei feel a sense of technology.
Shocking.
And in the center of this workshop, parked is a battleship that is about to be completed.
Xu Chuanlong came to the side of the battleship with three military guards. At this time, a very polite middle-aged man wearing glasses saw them coming, and hurried over, "Xu Guandai, come to see the battleship again."
Already."
"Haha, this battleship is the treasure of our cruise fleet. Of course, we should come here often to take a look at it to prevent you from cutting corners."
After Xu Chuanlong finished joking with everyone, he said to Yamamoto Gonbei next to him: "This is Liu Guoan, the designer of the new cruiser. He is a talent specially invited by our commander-in-chief."
After hearing this, Sanbon Gonbei immediately bowed deeply to Liu Guoan.
When Liu Guoan saw the other party bowing, he did not return the bow, but nodded reservedly.
Xu Chuanlong hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "Designer Liu, please introduce to us the performance of this battleship."
Liu Guoan did not speak immediately. Instead, he looked at Sanben Quanbingwei, and then smiled.
When Xu Chuanlong saw Liu Guoan's appearance, he knew that he still didn't know the origin of Sanbon Gonbei, so he hurriedly introduced her to her.
"This is the Japanese Navy Minister. This time, he is following the Commander-in-Chief's order to visit the Shanghai Shipyard and take a look at the armored cruiser we are about to build soon."
After listening to Xu Chuanlong's words, Liu Guoan finally understood. No wonder Xu Chuanlong dared to take the risk and bring in a stranger. It turned out to be the navy minister of a subordinate country. It's no wonder.
The current navy of their country is basically a squadron of the Nanyang Navy, so naturally there are some unimportant secrets that can be disclosed to them.