Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Lin Yuan said: "Let's do some reconnaissance first, and then we can do it after we have a clear understanding of their ship's shape."

The next day, Lin Yuan and Chen Fei came to the port. Chen Fei took Lin Yuan to find the ship of Swire Pacific. Chen Fei pointed to a ship and said, "According to Zhou Sihua, the British plan to use it to transport minerals is the That kind of boat."

Lin Yuan looked at the ship, and his first impression was that it was big. The ship was obviously bigger than the surrounding ships. Lin Yuan asked, "Has Zhou Sihua ever been on a ship?"

Fade Chen shook his head and said, "No, the British never allow Chinese people to board."

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "That's not okay. If we don't board the ship, we won't be able to see many things just by looking at its appearance. We must find a way to know the performance parameters of this ship, and then we can do it."

Chen Fei asked: "Is there no information about this ship in the database on our Beijing ship?"

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "Few people will study this kind of cargo ship for transportation, and we don't have any information about it on board."

Lin Yuan thought for a while, and said, "I have a solution, you come with me, don't talk when you get to the place, and do everything according to my winks."

Fade Chen asked, "What are you going to do?"

Lin Yuan replied: "Let's go to Swire Pacific." As they spoke, the two of them came to Swire Pacific. After entering, they found a person in charge. Lin Yuan said in English: "We are looking for your person in charge of shipping, please ask him Are you there?"

The person in charge saw that Lin Yuan and Chen Fei were dressed in extraordinary clothes, so he brought them to a room. Lin Yuan went in and saw a middle-aged Chris sitting at the table. Seeing Lin Yuan coming in, he got up Greeted each other and said, "My name is Chris, what do you guys do?"

Lin Yuan switched to Japanese and said, "We are Japanese businessmen."

That Chris looked serious and said, "Are you Japanese? Then why do you dress up as Chinese?"

Lin Yuan said: "There is nothing we can do. Recently, we have been very unhappy with China."

Chris asked, "Did you come to see me for anything?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "We have a batch of goods in hand, and we want to rent a ship from Gui Yangxing to ship it back to China. I don't know what the ship and price are like here?"

Chris asked, "What do you have?"

Lin Yuan replied: "Tung oil." Tung oil is the main raw material for making paint, and it is also one of the necessary items for military industry in this era.

Chris nodded, took out a book from the cabinet, and said, "We have several models of ships here, and the performance parameters and price points of the ships are also marked on them. You can choose one at will."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I'm just waiting to see you." Lin Yuan took the book with a smile, only to realize that there were actually less than ten pages in it, all of which introduced the ship, from performance parameters to internal structure. However, Lin Yuan turned over from the beginning to the end, and did not find the shadow of the ship discovered today.

Lin Yuan asked: "I saw a ship named 'Blackbird' at the port today. I think it is very big. If I use it, my goods can be loaded in one ship. Can I rent that ship? a boat?"

Chris shook his head without thinking, and said, "No, you can't rent that model of boat."

Lin Yuan looked surprised and asked, "Why? It's not like I can't afford the money!"

Chris said: "It's not a question of money, you just can't rent that type of boat. As for the reason, I'm sorry, I have no comment for the time being."

Lin Yuan thought for a while, nodded, and came out of the room. Fade Chen said, "Why doesn't this foreign devil let us use that boat?"

Lin Yuan shook his head lightly, and said, "I can't figure it out either. Could it be that the ship has some secrets?"

Fade Chen said disdainfully: "Isn't it just a merchant ship? Can there be any secrets? It's not a warship!"

Lin Yuan said: "I thought of a way, let's try again tomorrow."

The next day, Lin Yuan took Fade Chen to find that Chris again. That Chris was surprised when he saw Lin Yuan, and asked, "Why are you here again?"

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I actually came here yesterday to see your management and service attitude. I am very satisfied with the results. Today, I can hand over my real goods to you for transportation!"

Chris looked at Lin Yuan in surprise, and said, "What did you say? The real goods?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "I have a batch of high-quality tungsten sand in my hand, and I want to transport them back to Japan, and I want to use your merchant ship Blackbird."

Chris stood up quickly when he heard it, and said, "You have tungsten sand in your hand? Is it true?"

Lin Yuan took out a stack of papers from the bag he was carrying, put it in front of Chris, and said, "We Japanese have always been meticulous. This is our technical analysis of this batch of tungsten sand."

Chris looked at the technical analysis for a while, and his hands trembled involuntarily. It turned out that Lin Yuan specially obtained an analysis report on tungsten mines from Liu Jinqiu. Lin Yuan put several key data on it, such as three The ratio of tungsten oxide, which is the most important indicator to determine whether tungsten ore has smelting value, has been adjusted up a bit, so Chris is very excited to see it.

After reading it for a while, Chris put down the technical analysis report, and then said, "Can you sell this batch of tungsten sand to me?"

Lin Yuan chuckled and said, "Unfortunately, someone has already placed an order for this batch of tungsten sand. We have to keep our integrity."

Chris said: "What is the liquidated damages, I will pay double."

Lin Yuan pretended to be thinking deeply, and Chris went on to say: "In today's Shanghai Port, the best merchant for transporting ore is our Swire Oceanic Company. Our captains and sailors are experienced, and our cargo arrival rate is as high as 90.00%. If you If you don’t choose to cooperate with us, and accidentally cooperate with other companies, if your goods have an accident, you will get nothing.”

Lin Yuan nodded hesitantly and said, "Then show me the data of your ship first."

Chris quickly took out a picture album from the cabinet, and said: "Here are all the performance data of our Blackbird. There are fifteen ships of our class, each with a load capacity of about [-] tons. And the speed is very fast, the economic speed is as high as [-] knots, even warships can't catch up with us."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "A [-]-ton merchant ship can sail as fast as [-] knots. It seems that the steam turbine technology must have been applied! After I demonstrated it to them in Ryukyu, they learned it really quickly. It is used in civil ships, and in our time the steam turbine did not appear until the beginning of the twentieth century."

Lin Yuan wrote down the parameters and structure of the boat one by one, then stood up and said, "Okay, I remember, but our family has been doing business for generations and is very honest, so I have to think about this matter carefully."

When Lin Yuan and Fade Chen returned to the station, Lin Yuan said, "It seems that our plan to attack enemy merchant ships at sea cannot be carried out."

Fade Chen asked, "Why?"

Lin Yuan said: "The reason is very simple, because their merchant ships are so fast, we can't catch up at all."

Fade Chen said with a helpless smile: "There is nothing we can't catch up with. Our aircraft carrier has a speed of [-] knots per hour."

Lin Yuan said: "At that time, they will definitely not open up their posture to compete with you. When we start to hijack the ship, they will definitely disperse and escape. At that time, we will definitely lose sight of the other. I will never allow a fish to slip by , so we deal with them at the port."