Expedition to Europe

Came Ranh Bay Shipyard is now the largest shipyard in Lan Fang.

The overall conditions of Cam Ranh Bay are very good. The inner harbor of Cam Ranh Bay is 17 kilometers inland, covering an area of ​​60 square kilometers. The width of the bay mouth is only 1,300 meters. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend. It is one of the best natural deep-water ports in the world.

Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard is located in the inner harbor of Cam Ranh Bay. There are now five 3,000-ton docks, and there are two 20,000-ton docks and a 50,000-ton dock under construction.

The battleship "Nagato" has been launched, but it does not need to occupy the dock. There is no dock big enough in Cam Ranh Bay to accommodate the battleship "Nagato", so the outfitting of "Nagato" is carried out on the dock of Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard.

At the current Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard, there are nearly 30,000 workers working here, of which the number of Chinese is about 5,000, the rest are about 15,000 Japanese and about 10,000 Annan people.

The director of Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard is Huang Yinrong, a "young man" who is less than 40 years old, but has a family-inherited shipbuilding skill and two and a half years of experience in the Marseille shipyard in France. Before returning to Lan Fang from Marseille, Huang Yinrong had become the deputy director of the technical department of the Marseille shipyard and was considered a leader in technology among the Chinese. Therefore, after returning to Lan Fang, Huang Yinrong became the director of Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard.

At the age of only over 30, he is indeed a "young man" to serve as the director of Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard. If it is in Japan, those who want to be the director - the position of "president" in Japan are basically old men in their 60s and 70s, so Huang Yinrong is indeed a "young man".

But in Lan Fang, Huang Yinrong, who is in his 30s, is already an out-and-out "old man". Look at other senior officials of Lan Fang, almost all of them are less than 30 years old.

Being in a high position at a young age will inevitably make people look down on him, especially when the Japanese technical personnel headed by Ito Tomoji arrived at Cam Ranh Bay. Ito Tomoji's first reaction after seeing Huang Yinrong was that this was another flatterer, otherwise how could he be in a high position at such a young age?

When he couldn't wait to see the "Nagato" docked at the pier, Ito Tomoji's contempt for Huang Yinrong reached its peak.

By the way, the "Nagato" battleship has now changed its name. The new name is "Vladivostok". This is the regulation of Lan Fang and also the tradition in the future. The battleships are named after the port. The name of the "Nagato" is "Vladivostok", the name of the "Mutsu" that has not yet been launched is "Ningbei", and the first corps-class destroyer being built in France is called "Lelang".

The design drawings of the "Lelang" have gone through many twists and turns. Initially, it was designed based on the French "Courbet" class battleship with some performance enhancements. After Lan Fang obtained the drawings of the "Nagato" battleship, the design standards of the "Legion" class battleship were improved again. The main changes were in the power and main guns. Although the improved Legion battleship could not catch up with the 26.5 knots of the "Nagato" class battleship due to armor reasons, the speed could reach 25 knots. At the same time, the caliber of the main gun of the "Legion" class battleship was also increased from 340 mm to 410 mm, greatly improving the power.

Of course, if these new technologies are to be applied to the "Legion" class battleships, it is equivalent to the French also having these technologies at the same time. Lan Fang is not without gain. Lan Fang will obtain a battleship with strong combat power, and the purchase cost will also drop again, about half of the previous one. With only 25 million francs, Lan Fang can own the "Le Lang", which is equivalent to the "Vladivostok" with a cost of 43.9 million yen. The price of the "Le Lang" is a fire sale.

When Ito Tomoji and his team arrived at Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard, the "Vladivostok" had arrived at Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard for nearly ten days, but in Ito Tomoji's view, the "Vladivostok" did not seem to have made any progress except for routine maintenance and changing the hull number.

In other words, Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard has done nothing in the past ten days.

"The Chinese will never be able to complete the Nagato. It's a waste to hand over such a good warship to them." Chiba Taro, former head of the first design team of the technical department of the Wu Naval Shipyard, looked gloomy.

"It's just right that it can't be completed. If the Nagato flies the tricolor flag in Tokyo Bay, it will be a shame for our Great Japanese Empire." Inoue Haruto, former consultant of the technical department of the Wu Naval Shipyard, took over.

"Without our participation, the Chinese will never be able to complete the Nagato. Even if they do, they can't bring out the full power of the Nagato based on the quality of the Chinese navy." Chiba Taro was unwilling, like the fox who could never eat grapes.

"Pay attention to your words. Lan Fang people are different from Chinese people. If you treat Lan Fang people with the attitude you treat Chinese people while you are here, then you'd better return to Japan now to avoid dying here." Ito Tomoji looked serious.

The word "China" originated from Buddhist works. It was originally used to replace Chinese people. The original meaning was not only not derogatory, but also had a positive component. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Japanese government decreed that Japan must use the word "China" to refer to the Republic of China. This word gradually changed from a positive to a negative word, becoming an insulting word.

Although the majority of Lan Fang's citizens were Chinese, Lan Fang and the Republic of China were two completely different countries, so it was inappropriate to use the word "China" to refer to Lan Fang.

What's more, in the war between Lan Fang and Japan, Lan Fang was the victorious country. If the Japanese in Lan Fang did not change their habitual contempt for the Chinese in recent decades, it can be predicted that those Japanese who had no vision would die miserably.

"Hai..." Hearing Ito Tomoji's warning, Chiba Taro and Inoue Haruto bowed at the same time.

Among the Japanese who came to Lan Fang, Ito Tomoji had the highest position before, so he naturally became the leader of all Japanese. Chiba Taro and Inoue Haruto did not dare to ignore Ito Tomoji's warning.

At this time, the passenger ship that Ito Tomoji and his companions were on continued to move forward and came to the side of the "Vladivostok". Ito Tomoji and his companions finally saw the hull number of the "Vladivostok".

"Vladivostok..." Ito Tomoji murmured to himself, with pain and reluctance in his eyes.

"Vladivostok..." Inoue Haruto's eyes were already filled with tears.

"This is Nagato, this is Nagato..." Chiba Taro knelt on the ground and burst into tears, and the whole cabin was suddenly filled with tears.

"Don't cry, you must be strong, look at these words carefully, remember what you feel in your heart now, remember the shame you feel now, and never forget it." Ito Tomoji shouted.

So Inoue Haruto wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and Chiba Taro also got up from the ground. A group of Japanese lined up to salute the "Vladivostok", watching this former pride of the Great Japanese Empire.

Soon, the passenger ship bypassed the "Vladivostok" and docked at the pier next to the "Vladivostok".

"This port is quite good. It can actually dock battleships. It is probably not much different from our Yokosuka." Ito Tomoji was very envious of the hydrological conditions of Cam Ranh Bay.

Wu Naval Shipyard can also dock battleships, but it is built on an artificial dock deep into the port. The dock of Cam Ranh Bay does not have many traces of man-made things. It is clear that the hydrological conditions are so good. This is very rare.

What is even more rare is that the area of ​​Cam Ranh Bay is large enough. The inner harbor alone is similar to that of Yokosuka, and the geographical location is much more important than Yokosuka Naval Port.

However, from the perspective of Ito Tomoji, he would definitely not admit that Yokosuka Naval Port is not as good as Cam Ranh Bay.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

By the way, Lan Fang has signed a contract with the Japanese government. The Lan Fang Navy has leased Yokosuka Naval Port for 99 years at a price of 100 Lan Fang yen per year. After the expiration, if the Lan Fang Navy wants to continue to use it, the contract will be automatically extended.

In other words, as long as the Lan Fang Navy is satisfied, Yokosuka Naval Port will always be Lan Fang’s naval port in the future.

When the passenger ship that Tomoji Ito and his crew were on docked, several Japanese were waiting on the shore, led by Fumio Kato, who had arrived at Cam Ranh Bay earlier with the Vladivostok.

"Asshole, what have you been doing these days? Are you just letting the 'Nagato' stay in the harbor and doing nothing? Did the Lanfang people not allow you to work, or are you deliberately being lazy? Don't you want to complete this battleship as soon as possible?" When Tomoji Ito first met Fumio Kato, he cursed him.

Facing Tomoji Ito's criticism, Fumio Kato did not dare to talk back, and even did not dare to wipe the saliva on his face. He just said a series of "Hi Hi Hi", which, if translated into Chinese, probably means "Well scolded, right scolded, and scolded comfortably".

"Tell me, what's going on?" After venting his anger, Tomoji Ito was ready to listen to Fumio Kato's explanation.

"It's not that the factory doesn't allow us to work, nor that we are deliberately lazy, but that the factory has adopted a newer construction method. We...we have no ability to question." Kato Fumio's tone was helpless.

"No ability to question? Kato-kun, what have you learned in the decades you have worked at the Wu Naval Shipyard? Can't you beat the Lan Fang people in war? Are you not as good as the Lan Fang people in shipbuilding? Compared with our Wu Naval Shipyard, the level of the Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard is only at the level of elementary school students!" Ito Tomoji couldn't believe it.

"Not really, as long as you go and take a look, you will understand." Kato Fumio didn't dare to refute, so he could only let Ito Tomoji see it with his own eyes.

"Take me to see it." Ito Tomoji stared at Kato Fumio with a suspicious look for a full five minutes. There was no trace of evasion in Kato Fumio's eyes, so he agreed to go and see it.

As Kato Fumio walked forward, in the huge factory next to the "Vladivostok", countless workers were working hard. A twin-mounted main gun had been assembled, and two tall steel-structured buildings could already be seen in their prototypes.

Ito Tomoji knew all the data of the "Nagato" and was also very familiar with its structure, but it was strange that he could not tell what the two tall steel structures were used for. No matter how he looked at it, it did not look like the parts of the Nagato. Ito Tomoji was sure that the "Nagato" did not have such a design.

"This is the radio system that Lan Fang installed on the "Vladivostok". With it, the "Nagato" will have a stronger combat capability." Kato Fumio explained beside him.

Ito Tomoji finally shut up.