super god warlord

Chapter 463 The Bet Wins

Hearing Tang Tingguang's description of this banner, both Li Dingxin and Tang Xiangming's expressions changed drastically.Seeing their expressions, Cheng Biguang knew that they must know the origin of this flag, and immediately asked: "Do you know whose fleet this fleet belongs to?"

Tang Xiangming nodded and said: "According to the banner, it seems to be owned by Zhao Shouhong's Dashu Military Government, but I have never heard that the Dashu Army still has a thousand-ton ship." Tang Xiangming is right. After the destruction of the dynasty, all the large ships of more than [-] tons imported by China have now gathered in this sea area.They had never seen the four warships sent by the Dashu People's Army.

To everyone's dismay, the four destroyers approached at a high speed of more than 27 knots, and soon came to the front.It's no wonder that these people have changed their faces. This new type of destroyer, which was born out of the Teutonic destroyer Grasshopper, is currently the largest and most advanced destroyer in the world.In order to increase the speed, the designers of Jiangnan Shipyard replaced the original coal-fired three-expansion steam engine with a Parsons direct-acting steam turbine using a heavy oil boiler.Now these four Huxing-class destroyers not only have smaller power cabins, but also increased their maximum speed from 32 knots to [-] knots.In this day and age, that kind of speed is a myth.

The four Huxing-class destroyers made a small turn in front of several cruisers, and soon came to a steady stop.A small boat was lowered, several people jumped on board, and also paddled towards the Haiqi.

"It seems that there is one more force, and the Haiqi is really messed up." Cheng Biguang laughed.

"If you come, you are a guest. Anyway, you are the old man of our navy, so you don't need to be restrained." Tang Tingguang smiled, and said to the sailor next to him: "Go and let the kitchen prepare tea for the guests."

Soon, the representative of the Dashu Military Government also boarded the ship. Just entering the bridge, this person laughed and said: "I never thought that a group of old brothers came so complete. If Master Shen Shoukun and Master Sa Zhenbing also come, Enough for a Navy party."

"Cai Tinggan, what are you doing here?" Li Dingxin frowned and said.The relationship between him and Cai Tingqian is very ordinary, and now they belong to two hostile parties, so naturally they are less polite when speaking.

It was Cai Tinggan who came from the Dashu Military Government. He waved his hand and said, "Brother Li knew why he asked, what are you here for, of course I am also here. It's just that you came here in a training cruiser, it's a bit embarrassing."

"It's bigger than your boat. What's the use of a thousand-ton boat?" Li Dingxin couldn't help but counterattacked.

Tang Xiangming straightened his shoulders: "Speaking of which, the Jiangnan Shipyard can build a 2000-ton boat is already very impressive. Do you want them to build a [-]-ton cruiser?"

"Cruiser? Is it amazing? It's not like we don't have one." Cai Tingqian put his hands on his hips and said, "It's a bit embarrassing to show off your old-fashioned things." This time he included Tang Xiangming in it.

"Oh? So that's it, I don't know Taishan anymore." Tang Xiangming suppressed his anger and said, "Everyone has seen what happened today, and no one can achieve their goals here. Everyone is a revolutionary army. In order to avoid injuries." Be kind, how about we bet on a game?"

"What kind of bet?" Cai Tingqian asked.

"As long as you can come up with a warship with a tonnage greater than these cruisers, our Central Plains Navy will retreat immediately when we consider ourselves invincible, and we will never bother with the Haiqi again." Tang Xiangming said immediately.What he meant was obvious. Li Dingxin's side had the least power, and it was difficult for him to fight against him.As long as the Shu army is out of the game by means of a bet, he is sure to take control of the Haiqi.

"The Haiqi is not something you can control, we always have to ask Commander Cheng's opinion." Cai Tingqian said slowly.He was giving Cheng Biguang due courtesy, but Tang Xiangming heard these words in his ears, but he was talking about him from left to right.

"You don't need to worry about me. Now I have a family and can't go home. If anyone has the ability to beat the crowd, I don't mind joining." Cheng Biguang actually watched the show from the side.

"Okay, if that's the case, what about you, Brother Li?" Cai Tinggan looked at Li Dingxin.

Li Dingxin thought to himself, seeing that although the tonnage of the four destroyers was not large, their speed was astonishing, and the triple torpedo launchers gleaming on the side of the opponent's ship made people feel guilty.If these destroyers could be forced to withdraw by gambling, Li Dingxin would naturally be willing.He also immediately said: "I am the same as Brother Tang, as long as you can come up with a cruiser of more than [-] tons, I will leave immediately."

"Okay." Cai Tingqian waved his hand: "Send me the signal flare."

The accompanying adjutant quickly walked out of the cabin and fired three red flares with a flare gun on the deck.A few minutes later, white waves rolled in the distance again, and several warships approached at high speed.Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted to the past, and when they saw clearly that all the ships were coming, their expressions changed.

This is a large cruiser that looks very similar to the Haiqi. It has a displacement of about [-] tons. The entire hull is slender and beautiful, and the superstructure is very compact.The most noticeable thing is the four piggyback main turrets, which are obviously designed according to the most popular style in the Western Continent, full of mechanical beauty.

When everyone saw the five-star red flag flying on the warship, they all looked at each other in blank dismay. They never thought that the Dashu military government would build such a large ship without making any noise, which really subverted everyone's common sense.

Looking at the people in a daze, Cai Tingqian smiled and said, "How? Do you have any objections?"

"No, the Dashu military government has strong financial resources, and I admire it very much." Tang Xiangming cupped his hands, and he and Huang Zhongying left quickly.

"Hmph." Although Li Dingxin was reluctant, but he could do nothing by staying here, it would be better to leave.

"Okay, the idlers are gone, now Commander Cheng can talk." Cai Tingqian said with a smile.

Cheng Biguang frowned slightly: "What? Your Dashu Navy intends to overwhelm people with power?"

Cai Tingqian shook his head: "Of course I don't dare, I just don't want to watch my old brothers cast their bets secretly and go to a small force that can't even do warship maintenance, and lose such a big ship for nothing."

"Maybe it's the same when I go to Tianfeng City." Cheng Biguang shook his head.

"Did Commander Cheng forget that the Dagu Shipyard in Tianfeng City has been moved to our Jiangnan Shipyard." Cai Tingqian said seriously: "Actually, I am here this time to represent my family's governor, and I sincerely invite Commander Cheng to join. Now it is not Brothers young and old have all joined the Great Shu Navy, and they pay more attention to Commander Cheng’s great talent, Commander Zhao, and the Great Shu Navy is waiting for it.”

Chapter 464 The Temptation of Drawings

"Oh? Shouhong values ​​me?" Cheng Biguang was taken aback.

Cai Tingqian said: "That's right. Commander Zhao often said that warships are easy to make and talents are hard to come by. If there are enough naval talents, it is not difficult to build a strong navy. Commander Cheng is what Commander Zhao wants to find." talent."

Cheng Biguang nodded at him, a little moved in his heart.Although Li Dingxin and Tang Xiangming tried their best to win them over just now, he knew very well that what these people wanted most was the warship Haiqi.Now that Cai Tingqian said something like this, he made it clear that he was only interested in him as a talent and not in wanting a warship.

"Okay, I'll go to Guanghai City with you, and I, Cheng Biguang, will join the Great Shu Army in the future." Cheng Biguang immediately said: "But I have something to say first, it doesn't matter where I am in the future, but this cruiser must Be my ship."

Cheng Biguang had already taken a fancy to this cutting-edge cruiser of the Dashu Navy for a long time, and his heart was very itchy.Now that he has decided to join the Dashu Navy, he naturally wants to raise conditions.

Cai Tinggan laughed loudly and said: "Commander Cheng, you have some pursuits, okay, so this warship will send you away? In fact, this warship has just been launched and is still in sea trials. I forced it here today to strengthen my reputation. But on our berth, several similar cruisers have already started construction, I believe you can command such a whole cruiser fleet in the future."

"Really?" Cheng Biguang was taken aback, and he couldn't help sighing: "Captain Zhao is really generous."

It was definitely a wise move for Cheng Biguang to join the Dashu Navy, but his wishes were too conservative.Therefore, in Berlin, the Teutonic State, a negotiation related to the future of the Hualan Navy is ongoing, and Zhao Shouhong is represented by Chen Cairui, the dean of the Jiangnan Maritime Academy, and Teutonic, who was hired as a metallurgical engineer at the Panzhihua Iron and Steel Plant. Countryman Lakeman.On the side representing the Teutonic State was Lieutenant Admiral Scheer of the Teutonic Navy, and Gustav Krupp, the representative of the Krupp factory.

"Hello, both of you. As a soldier, I am not good at negotiating. But this time the negotiation involves naval military industry materials, so the Imperial Navy will send me here." Lieutenant General Scheer looked at the two people on the opposite side and said: " I don't like going around in circles, so I'd like to ask you two to speak straight."

For the straightforward Lieutenant General Scheer, there is no need for too many diplomatic rhetoric. Chen Cairui and Lakeman glanced at each other, and Lakeman said: "Your Excellency, in fact, we are here this time to seek the Teutonic State." Help, mainly about KC armor steel and large-caliber naval gun technology."

Because Chen Cairui could understand Teutonic but could not speak it well, so the main force in the negotiations became the Teutonic Lederman.Gustav was taken aback when he heard the words. Originally, he thought that his main task was to receive the shipment of nickel-chromium ore, but he didn't think that the other party needed two key technologies from Krupp.

Lieutenant General Scheer was not wary that the other party would raise such a condition. After exchanging a few words with Gustav, he said to Lakeman: "Whether these two technologies can be provided to you is not up to the two of us to decide. We must report it. But I can tell you very clearly that even if the empire agrees to transfer these two technologies, the price required will be very high, and a ship of ore alone is definitely not enough."

"Of course we know this. This ship of ore is just a meeting gift. Here is what we want to exchange." Chen Cairui spoke in his unproficient Teutonic language, and at the same time smiled and took out two blueprints from his pocket.These two drawings are just sketches without a detailed technical structure, but technical performance and specifications are written on them.

As a result, when he saw the drawings, Lieutenant General Scheer narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't feel much about one of the submachine gun drawings because it was an army weapon.But what was drawn on the other drawing was a very advanced steam turbine, which was one of the technologies that the Teutonic State lacked.

"Please wait patiently for two days, I will give you an answer as soon as possible." Lieutenant General Scheer nodded and got up to leave.The first contact was just a temptation by the Teutonic government, and Chen Cairui knew this well.He and Lederman lived in the Imperial Hotel with peace of mind, waiting for news from the Teutonic military. At this time, William II's court had turned into a heated discussion.

"According to the inspection of professionals, this sketch of the steam turbine should be a Parsons steam turbine of the Saar Kingdom." Minister of the Navy Tirpitz said without much embarrassment.His words drew whispers from many naval officers.The Teutonic state's backwardness in power led to a disadvantage in the construction of dreadnoughts. Until 1912, the Nassau-class and Helgoland-class dreadnoughts built before could only use the optimized three-expansion type The steam engine is fine.

Although the machinery made by the Teutonic Kingdom is very exquisite, the three-expansion steam engine is inherently deficient, causing the Teutonic dreadnoughts to suffer a great disadvantage in terms of speed.Later, after the research of many scientific and technological personnel, the Teutonic Kingdom finally managed to have a steam turbine, but due to the short research time, the stability was not good.

If there are design drawings of this new type of steam turbine, the technical personnel of the Teutonic country can verify each other with their own technology, so that the performance of their own steam turbine can be stabilized, so as to make up for the last shortcoming of the Teutonic navy.

Everyone was talking to each other, mainly the admirals who introduced the importance of steam turbines to the army.General Hindenburg frowned slightly, looked at the people who were discussing, then looked at Tirpitz who was full of excitement, and said: "How do we know that the technology of steam turbines is real? The Hualan people can’t get it. If they are deceiving us with fake blueprints, the Teutonic country will suffer a lot.”

"I don't think this will happen. Hualan has a lot of economic and trade cooperation with our country. If they deceive us with fake drawings, their economic and trade losses will be even greater." Crown Prince William defended his friend.He is right, Zhao Shouhong has a lot of cooperation with the Teutonic state now, including the aircraft manufacturing plant and the soda ash factory jointly built in the Teutonic state, the machinery processing plant and the optical equipment company established by the Teutonic company investing in Zhongchuan, and Zhongchuan secretly sends thousands of overseas students to the Teutonic country every year, as well as a large number of medical transactions. The cooperation between the two parties is very close.

"I have asked a technician to look at it, and now I can confirm that the drawing is real, but some key data are missing." Tirpitz also proved the authenticity of the drawing.

Chapter 465 Adding Conditions

William II nodded. Zhongchuan and the Teutonic Kingdom cooperated very closely, and he knew Zhao Shouhong's behavior very well. He was not a person who gave up long-term interests for the sake of immediate interests.What's more, the scientific and technological personnel of the Teutonic country have already made guarantees, so he is even more at ease.

"In this case, I think we should agree to their proposal and exchange for Parsons steam turbine technology. In this way, the Emperor-class battleship we are preparing to start construction can use stable steam turbines." Lieutenant General Scheer suggested .

"However, there is only steam turbine technology, and it is impossible to exchange for our two important technologies." Hindenburg blocked again. In fact, the reason for his blocking was more because of cooperation with people of the yellow race.As early as when Zhao Shouhong visited the Teutonic country and was famous in the upper class of the Teutonic country, he was not very interested in this person, or he was not interested in people of color other than whites.

For such an army general who always intervenes in naval affairs, Tirpitz frowned slightly, but he did not speak out to reprimand him.After all, the Army and the Navy are not under the same jurisdiction, and to suppress Hindenburg by speaking out on his own is tantamount to disrespecting the Chief of Staff Xiao Maoqi.

"I think General Hindenburg should take a look at this. Among the blueprints Hanxing wants to exchange with us, one belongs to the army." Lieutenant General Friedrich, Prince of Bavaria, who served in the army, raised the blueprint and shook it. Akira said.