"Ha, Jiaqi, you are still so young and beautiful!" Li Changzhou greeted Jiaqi, who had just come in.

"Look, look at what you said, I'm in my forties, and I haven't seen you for more than three years." Jiaqi replied.

"Are the kids alright?" Li Changzhou asked.

"Carey and Jingyi are both in college, Jingyuan and Hyatt are still in middle school, they live in the school, and they can only come back on Sundays." Jiaqi said, "Kaiyu has graduated, and he has been assigned to the Star City fleet. ”

"Oh, it's so hot! Hi Vincha! Li Changzhou stretched out his hand to shake Ling Wencha, and then continued to talk to An Jiaqi, "I often deal with Wencha until he went to South America, and I heard that he also went around Europe, is it fun there?" ”

"Not bad, the navies of the two Frankish kingdoms have a lot to learn from us." Ling Wencha said, and then took out a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet, "Okay, let's eat first, and talk while eating." ”

Li Changzhou's slightly fat face raised his eyebrows slightly, "Uh, the Great Wall is dry red, my God, where did you get this good wine?" ”

"Oh, it's been a couple of years, and it was given to me by an aviation base commander who was born in Shanbei. I know you're born and raised there, and of course your favorite red wine from Zhangyuan is the most. Ling Wencha said with a smile, he took out three goblets, poured a cup for Li Changzhou, and then poured another cup for himself, "Later, I learned that this thing costs 25 yuan a bottle." Usually I don't want to drink it at all. ”

Li Changzhou put two pieces of fried duck meat on his plate, then put a piece with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and said to Jiaqi, who was coming over with the dish, "Hey, Jiaqi, your skills are getting better and better." ”

"Thank you, and I hope you have a good meal." Jiaqi said and sat down beside Ling Wencha.

"Do you want a drink?" Ling Wencha asked.

"Okay, let's have a little bit." Jiaqi said, and then wrapped a napkin around her neck.

Ling Wencha poured half a glass of red wine and handed it to his wife, then said to Li Changzhou, "What do you mean by what you said on the phone?" I didn't hear it too clearly at the time. ”

"Well, it's about aviation torpedoes." Li Changzhou took a sip of wine, and then put down the glass.

After retiring from the Navy, he worked as an engineer at the Qinzhou Torpedo Arsenal.

The Qinzhou Navy Torpedo Factory was built more than seventy years ago as an enterprise under the Upper Southern Industrial Group. In order to increase the competitiveness and vitality of the state-owned military industrial enterprises, the empire merged and integrated its subordinate military industrial enterprises into four major military industrial groups: the North Industrial Group, the Eastern Industrial Group, the Southern Industrial Group, and the Southwest Industrial Group.

Among them, in addition to the Southwest Military Industrial Group, which mainly produces army equipment and ammunition, the other three major military industrial groups are all-conquering by land and sea, and all have their own torpedo factories.

"Oh, you mean the batch of torpedoes ordered by the Abysians?" Ling Wencha said that he had heard that the Abysia Navy had recently ordered a batch of torpedoes worth more than 20 million yuan from the Qinzhou Torpedo Company.

"It's not Abysia's business, the Admiralty is in charge of that order." Li Changzhou shook his head, and then leaned forward, "The electric torpedo we produced was not fast enough, and we lost to the Dengzhou Naval Arsenal in the bidding of the Admiralty, and now we can only find another way out and put the idea on the bidding for aviation torpedoes." I heard that you were transferred to the Ninth Fleet, so I made a special trip to inquire about it. ”

"Oh, I can give you some advice. You know, many of the world's ports have shallow water depths, many of them less than 20 meters. Ling Wencha smiled, "Do you understand what I mean?" Focus on diving torpedoes. Now the biggest headache for our aviation is to throw torpedoes into the mud. ”

"Oh......" Li Changzhou sat up straight, and then picked a few pieces of pork and cabbage dumplings and put them on his plate, "So we have found the right direction, and we will invite you back one day." I also heard that the Byzantine Navy is currently working on a 610 mm diameter torpedo. Li Changzhou said, picked up his wine glass, and gestured to Ling Wencha.

"That's ...... When I visited Europe, I was also suspicious at first sight that their torpedoes were indeed a bit large. It is possible that the Byzantines will default, but we will not be able to get close to their torpedoes, so we cannot be sure either. Ling Wencha said.

"Ah, I think the naval intelligence department already knows about this, and the Admiralty forwarded a report from the intelligence department, asking us to start developing a 24-inch torpedo." Li Changzhou said, "It was General Wei Shiheng who asked me to come to you to find out about the situation, saying that you have stayed in Europe for a period of time, and this does not violate the principle of secrecy. ”

"I didn't file any reports." Ling Wencha shook his head, "It's just a suspicion, I know that the Baizhantin people are working on a very powerful torpedo, but you know that there are always some deviations when observing from a distance of a few hundred meters, but I just feel that some of their torpedoes are bigger than the limit of the treaty, but there is no definite evidence." Of course, after all, we have been dealing with torpedoes for so many years, and we know the size of 19-inch torpedoes and 21-inch torpedoes very well, and this should not be wrong. ”

"Well, that information wasn't provided by you, but based on what you're saying, there shouldn't be anything wrong with that." Li Changzhou said, "I'm afraid we will have to learn from the Europeans as well." ”

"Inch, are there any other benefits besides the power increase?"

"Of course, bigger size means a more powerful engine, faster, longer range, more power, and most importantly, more reliable fuze performance. Our electronically triggered torpedoes currently require a larger volume to guarantee reliability. Li Changzhou leaned back, "I probably know what's going on." ”

"You're saying it's possible for us to be armed with 24-inch torpedoes?" Ling Wencha said.

"Possibly." Li Changzhou said, "I estimate that they will be equipped on submarines first, and it is impossible for the Admiralty to blatantly breach the contract and install this thing on destroyers." ”

"Needless to say, what is the maximum range?" Ling Wencha asked.

"It should be around 25,000 meters, at least not below 20,000 meters." Li Changzhou said, "If we had this kind of thing at that time, it would be as simple as damaging their battleship." But after the last war, I don't want to see another war. ”

"Aha, then why are you building so many torpedoes?" Ling Wencha said with a smile.

"To defend the Empire." Li Changzhou paused, "But aviation torpedoes, we can only achieve a diameter of 430 mm." He put his two arms on the armrests on either side of the chair and said to Ling Wencha with his fingers crossed.

After drinking a few glasses of red wine, the two old comrades-in-arms talked more, chatting about current affairs, the construction of the navy, the recent situation of some acquaintances, and of course, the most talked about was reminiscing about the life of the Dengzhou base when they were young. Although life in the torpedo boat unit was very boring and dangerous, everyone was young when they were older, and now when they look back, they are still full of joy and excitement.

And now, everyone is a little old......

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