Chapter VIII Cooperation
If you want to lure the United States and Britain into the urn, you must show your ability, Zhuo Fei did not refuse Bruce Hagen's proposal, and with the approval of Sir James, he immediately began the live fire test of high-speed torpedoes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The results of the info test were naturally satisfactory to Zhuo Fei, because before Zhuo Fei revealed the high-speed torpedo to Sir James and Bruce Hagen, the weapons laboratory had already conducted many live-fire tests of high-speed torpedoes, and the results were quite good.
Seeing the super performance of the high-speed torpedo with their own eyes, Sir James and Bruce Hagen were ecstatic, and immediately sent a telegram back to the mainland, expressing to Zhuo Fei that they wanted to obtain all the data and technology of the high-speed torpedo. "Of course, there is no problem, but before I can do so, I must explain it to you. The manufacturing process of this high-speed torpedo is about the same as that of an ordinary torpedo, and the biggest difference is in the torpedo engine, at present, I think that only the armament base of our umbrella can produce the engine and internal electronics used in this high-speed torpedo. ”
Sir James and Bruce Hagen have seen this kind of high-speed torpedo at close range, and naturally they know that what Zhuo Fei said is not bad, and this high-speed torpedo developed by Umbrella is different from ordinary torpedoes in appearance in the first place. Ordinary torpedoes are mostly cylindrical, and in order to avoid too much drag when the torpedo is sailing, the head of the torpedo equipped with explosives and fuses is designed to be semicircular. The head of the torpedo torpedo developed by the umbrella is equipped with a cavitation generator at the head of the torpedo, which is circular or oval flat disc as a whole, and tilts forward to form an "angle of attack" to generate lift to support the front of the mine.
Moreover, a large number of sophisticated electronic devices inside the high-speed torpedo of the umbrella made Sir James and Bruce Hagen who they saw with their own eyes confused, so the two of them did not express any objection to Zhuo Fei's words just now. "So, my opinion is that there is no problem in providing you with this high-speed torpedo. If you ask for technical data, there is no problem, the key problem is that even if you take the technical data back, your arsenal may not be able to produce a good torpedo, because they do not have the ability to produce the internal electronics of the torpedo. ”
Zhuo Fei's words made Sir James anxious, and the originally ecstatic mood instantly fell to the bottom, but the thoughtful Bruce Hagen heard other meanings from Zhuo Fei's words. "Zhuo, do you mean that your umbrella wants to fully undertake the production and supply of such high-speed torpedoes in the same way that you provide super bombs?" Bruthhagen didn't say much, but as long as he opened his mouth, he hit the nail on the head, and Zhuo Fei was very satisfied with Bruthhagen's reaction at this time, but he still shook his head at Bruthhagen.
"No, I don't want to take over this errand completely, and besides, our umbrella base in Australia doesn't have that much production capacity." As he spoke, Zhuo Fei took an electronic device handed by Zhuo Yan and handed it to Bruce Hagen, "My opinion is that our umbrella will only be responsible for providing you with the electronic devices inside the torpedo in the future, and as for the production of other parts of the torpedo, you will complete it yourself. ,”
Patent law has been prevalent in Western countries as early as the eighteenth century, and this high-speed torpedo developed by Umbrella can be applied for an international patent. But now is wartime, and Zhuo Fei wants to use such new weapons and equipment to attract the attention and help of Britain and the United States, so he has to use this as a bargaining chip, and proposes to jointly produce high-speed torpedoes with Britain and the United States. Sir James and Bruce Hagen once again occupied the telecommunications room, and immediately sent Zhuo Fei's proposal back to China, in their opinion, Zhuo Fei's proposal was indeed extremely affordable.
Facing Angela and the others, who were very puzzled, Zhuo Fei smiled very easily, "You all think that I am doing a loss-making business this time, but in fact, if Britain and the United States agree to this cooperation, we will make a lot of money in the end." Shaking the electronic device in his hand, Zhuo Fei smiled very happily. This thing is our biggest bargaining chip, thinking that only we can produce it, even if Britain and the United States can produce torpedo bodies and engines according to the data we provide, but if they don't have the electronic devices we produce, those torpedoes will only be a bunch of useless bombs. ”
Zhuo Fei had already said it so thoroughly, how could Angela not understand Zhuo Fei's actual intentions, and immediately smiled coquettishly, "Aren't you afraid that Britain and the United States will not agree to cooperate with us?" Or will the British ask us to produce high-speed torpedoes directly in Australia, and then fly them to the war zone? ”
"Impossible, this little problem, I have already thought of it, not to mention that such high-speed torpedoes are not suitable for aircraft transportation, even if they are suitable, our engineers will make them unsuitable. If it is transported back to Britain and the United States by sea, it may not be able to catch up at that time, and those politicians in Britain and the United States are not stupid, they should be able to see the pros and cons. Zhuo Fei said that he didn't care about Angela's doubts, because he had already thought of a way to deal with these things.
After receiving a telegram from Sir James and Bruce Hagen back to their homeland, the British and American governments convened an emergency meeting, and like Angela feared, the first decision made by the two governments was to find a way to obtain the production data and full technology of high-speed torpedoes from the umbrella, and then implement production on the mainland. But after Zhuo Fei happily handed over the technical data of the high-speed torpedo to Sir James and Bruce Hagen to the United Kingdom and the United States in the new form of telegram, the ordnance experts summoned by Britain and the United States carefully analyzed the data, but they had to admit that they could not produce the internal electronic devices of this new torpedo.
"Mr. President, I'm very sorry for this, it's not that our engineers don't do their best, but this electronic device is very complex, at least we don't have the capacity to produce it at the moment." The assembled electronics experts looked at Roosevelt, who was also very poor-faced, with some dismay, and admitted to the president that he was inferior to others, which was a great blow to them. Roosevelt, whose face was calm, was also a little disappointed, he originally thought that Zhuo Fei's words were just a manifestation of arrogance, but he didn't think that Zhuo Fei's words had now become a fact.
In Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was similarly furious, and just now, the people in charge of the arsenal, which is tightly controlled by the government, have admitted in unison that they cannot produce the internal electronics needed to produce the new torpedo. Churchill was very angry about this, he didn't want to continue to be led by the nose by that hateful Zhuo Fei, but the fact at the moment was that without the internal electronics of the torpedo provided by the umbrella, even if their arsenal produced high-speed torpedoes, it would be just a pile of scrap metal.
The United States and Britain finally had to pinch their noses and agree to Zhuo Fei's proposal and decided to cooperate with the umbrella to produce high-speed torpedoes. It is only responsible for the production of electronic devices inside high-speed torpedoes, which is a relatively easy task for the Umbrella's arsenal base in Western Australia, and the use of aircraft to transport these electronic devices is not bound by danger and quantity.
The United States and Britain, which have always been arrogant, bow their heads again, and while taking the opportunity to earn large profits, they will continue to receive the support of the United States and Britain. "Zhuo, I don't care what you do, before the end of the month, I want to see at least a thousand electronic devices loaded onto transport planes to the British mainland." Knowing that the production of this kind of electronic device for high-speed torpedoes was very cumbersome, Sir James did not give Zhuo Fei a chance to refuse, because he once again allocated 50 fighters to the umbrella, most of which were carrier-based aircraft urgently needed by the umbrella.
In the face of Sir James's overtures, Zhuo Fei naturally behaved very generously, not only promising to complete the production of 1,000 electronic devices by the end of the month, but also generously saying that he could give priority to providing 6 super bombs to the United Kingdom. The super bomb that Zhuo Fei said was a large cloudburst bomb that had been tested in actual combat on the battlefield, and when Brushhagen was one step late, Zhuo Fei gave all the 6 large cloudburst bombs just produced by the arsenal to Sir James.
"We must not use an egalitarian attitude towards them, only by making them think that they have a better relationship with us than the other party, can we get benefits and opportunities from them, otherwise, we will become two fools who miss opportunities." Zhuo Fei showed disdain for Angela and the others' kind reminders. "Of course, we are not at the point where we can compete with the United States and Britain, but as long as we let them have a gap with each other rather than a deep alliance, our umbrella life will be better and there will be more opportunities."
The old people of the umbrella have long been accustomed to Zhuo Fei's one-word style, coupled with Zhuo Fei's cognition of being decades ahead of this era, and the assistance of the staff group, the umbrella has not had any major crises and mistakes at all since its establishment, so Angela and others, who have failed to persuade him, have also chosen to give up and continue to persuade Zhuo Fei, and instead chose the attitude of blind listening and blind obedience.
The signing of a contract with the United States and Britain for the supply of large cloudburst bombs and electronic devices for high-speed torpedoes means that the umbrella has relied on arms exports and can obtain a large amount of wealth and benefits from the United States and Britain. But at this time, Zhuo Fei did not express excitement and relief, with the shift of the direction of the war, the current international situation seems to have deviated, Zhuo Fei has also been thinking about whether it is because of his little butterfly flapping its wings, the current situation is difficult for Zhuo Fei to accurately grasp the direction.
As Japan continued to deploy troops to the Americas, Zhuo Fei was already doubting whether the Americans would be able to hold on to their homeland, and the Germans had not forgotten to try to land on the British mainland. Although the country drove out the Japanese earlier than in history, the clouds of civil war did not dissipate, and in the past week, Zhuo Fei had received a number of telegrams from the domestic intelligence station from Chongqing, all of which were about friction between the armies of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.