The military attache opposite him quickly stopped after hearing Zhang Tao's words, and then looked at him with sharp eyes.
"The barrels of these artillery pieces are strategic materials. I hope Mr. Zhang can be mentally prepared."
Zhang Tao was so angry after hearing this that he returned strategic supplies? Do you think this was 100 years ago? Now, no one wants these artillery pieces even if you throw them on the street. That is to say, that fool Liu Hai insists on buying them, so you are allowed to
There is an opportunity to rip off.
"Say it, I'm here to listen, but you'd better think carefully. If your price is too high, we will have to develop it ourselves."
After hearing this, the military attache trembled in his heart. It seemed that the price could not be exorbitant. With the technical level of the Xia people and the development of material technology over the years, it would be really difficult for them to really make up their mind to develop these artillery pieces.
Can't stop them.
So our gentleman thought about it and came up with a price that he thought was very reasonable.
"$500,000 per barrel."
Zhang Tao was furious when he heard this, so he stood up, turned around and left. There was no way to continue the business discussion.
As soon as the military attache saw Zhang Tao, he immediately turned around and left. He quickly stood up and grabbed Zhang Tao's hand.
"Mr. Zhang, if you don't agree, we can negotiate the price slowly. There is no need to be angry."
"Mr. Attaché, I am sincerely here to discuss the sale, but your asking price is too outrageous. At this price, we can develop it ourselves, and it will not cost us US$100 million in the end."
The military attaché felt a little embarrassed when he touched his nose. Indeed, Zhang Tao was right. With Xia Guo's poor technology and ability, as long as he made up his mind, he could develop it very quickly.
Finally, the two sides sat down again and started negotiating. Zhang Tao insisted that these equipment were from decades ago and were worthless. However, the military attaché of the other side believed that although this equipment was from decades ago, its technical level was still very high in today's society.
A great reference.
Both sides had their own reasons. In the end, they finally took a step back and lowered the price of the artillery barrel to US$200,000.
Now, both parties finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, Zhang Tao said: "I hope you can deliver the goods immediately, because several battleships will return soon, and I don't want to have no artillery after the connection is repaired."
This military attache once again looked at Zhang Tao like he was a fool.
But when I think about it, it is really possible. Although these war thunder arrays are old, the caliber of their artillery fire is too large after all.
If it is used to cover landing operations, it is really a weapon.
The military attache's heart trembled when he thought of this.
So the military attache hurriedly said goodbye to Zhang Tao, and immediately communicated confidentially after returning to the embassy.
After the Rakshasa Kingdom's intelligence department received the information, they immediately started research and analysis. The final analysis showed that it was really possible to use these four battleships in this way.
As long as they have absolute defense and control advantages, these four battleships can really play a huge role in landing operations.
So he immediately issued an order to the military industry department, asking them to work day and night immediately to deliver the barrels of these two hundred 406mm artillery pieces in advance.
After receiving the order, the Rakshasa Kingdom's arsenal immediately got busy.
First of all, we need to find out among the piles of data the specific manufacturing process and alloy formula of the artillery decades ago, and then organize the production.
Fortunately, the information is still complete, and he can start production as soon as he finds it.
Under the strict urging of the Rakshasa Kingdom, this batch of gun barrels was produced in only 15 days. Finally, they were used directly from western Russia to the Far East by railway, and finally delivered to Xia Fang.
In the past few days, the old battleships, also pulled by tugboats, have crossed the entire Pacific and arrived at the Magic City Shipyard, where they will undergo final modification and maintenance.
When these four battleships arrived in the Magic City, they immediately attracted a crowd of onlookers.
After all, although netizens on the Internet are not eager to see these four battleships, no one has ever seen such a majestic battleship. Since these four battleships have been bought and returned to China, they naturally want to take a look.
As the person in charge of this matter, Zhang Tao saw so many people gathered around the pier, all vying to see the four battleships. He thought for a moment that the common people had never seen what a battleship looked like, so he
The order was given to open the gap and allow the people to board the ship at close range to observe what a real battleship looked like.
With such a noisy situation, it took more than ten days for the number of people visiting the battleships to decrease a lot. At this time, the four battleships were able to enter the dock one after another and start their maintenance and renovation.
The engineers at Xia Guo Shipyard are also very interested in this battleship. Although it has lagged behind the times and is of little use, its armor steel is still very thick. Even ordinary light anti-ship missiles cannot penetrate it.
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Next it was time for the engineers. These engineers first started surveying and mapping to study the front and back of the battleship. However, this time, the project was immediately slowed down.
Zhang Tao watched from the side and realized that this was not an option, so he quickly discussed it with the person in charge of the shipyard, and finally decided to separate one of the battleships for the engineers to study, and the other battleships were immediately modified.
So the three battleships immediately went on the slipway and began to replace gun barrels and various radar facilities.
The engineers at the Shanghai Shipyard also opened their minds and replaced all the original small anti-aircraft guns with Phalanx.
With these dense fire formations, by the time of World War II, no aircraft would be able to get close to this battleship.
The steel screens fired by these Phalanx artillery can hit 10,000 rounds per minute. If there is sufficient ammunition, World War II-era aircraft will have to pay a heavy price if they want to get close to the battleship to drop bombs or release torpedoes.
Therefore, although this battleship is not equipped with any missiles, its survivability has increased rapidly.
In addition, at this time, the battleship was modified by people from the Shanghai Shipyard with the gun-sighting radar used in China in the 1980s and 1990s.
This greatly improved the range and accuracy of the battleship's main guns.
Generally, in decisive battles at sea, the hit rate of artillery is less than 5%. After installing gun sighting radar, the hit rate of the main guns of these Iowa-class battleships can reach 20%.
This is already a very scary number. If you think about it, the hit rate is 4 times that of the enemy, and the caliber of the artillery is much larger than that of the enemy. Coupled with its very thick armor, this Iowa battleship
When he arrived at the Qing Dynasty, he was simply an invincible warrior.
While Zhang Tao was supervising the modification of the Iowa-class battleship, the Russian military attaché called Zhang Tao.
"Mr. Zhang, I heard that your battleship is being refitted."
"Your information is quite good. Yes, Zhao Shushang in Shanghai is carrying out technical transformation on him."
"It's like this, Mr. Zhang Tao, don't you think just having battleships is a bit monotonous? We in Russia also have a few old-fashioned large-tonnage cruisers. Their artillery caliber is not low, and they can fully cooperate with battleships in combat. I don't know if you have any
not interested?"
After hearing this, Zhang Tao thought about it. Although the Chinese army does not need it, it seems that Liu Hai is in urgent need of warships.
Moreover, the transformation of warships does not take a while. After they are finished, it will take at least a year or two. There should be some warships to escort the battleships.
"Mr. Attaché, can you introduce it to me?"
"Okay, okay."
The military attache coughed and then said: "Currently, Russia still has several Soviet-era heavy cruisers in storage. Among them, the Maxim Gorky-class cruisers have the best-preserved equipment, and there are two more that have not been dismantled.
And it is very well preserved. If Mr. Zhang Tao is interested, I can send the photos to you for a look."
"Okay, send the photo."
Within a few minutes, Zhang Tao received several photos and a series of data on his mobile phone.
Looking at the photos carefully, I can only say that the preservation of these cruisers is unsatisfactory. If you want to restore their combat effectiveness, it will take a lot of effort and a lot of money, but this
What does it have to do with myself, Liu Hai is the one who pays in the end. What Liu Hai cares about should be data.
You, Zhang Tao, opened the data link below and took a look at the specific combat capabilities of this class of battleship.