On November 20, Puzhou Naval Shipyard was subordinate to Nanjiang Naval Ship Design Institute.

After He Peng flew in, Bai Zhizhan got out of the car.

Yesterday, Gui Boyong completed his research and left Puzhou.

Before leaving, he left a bag of materials for Bai Zhizhan, saying that he had obtained it from the archives of the Navy Command, and He Yongxing asked him to take a good look at it.

After Gui Boyong left, Bai Zhizhan found out that it was some information related to the development of the navy.

It's not a secret, it's a matter of researching, designing, and building motherships for the navies of enemy nations such as the Bran Kingdom, the Narrowish Empire, and the Newland Federation.

Specifically, the Bran Kingdom is in the process of converting several large cruisers into motherships, the Newland Federation is preparing to convert a coal carrier into a mothership, and the Sakuyi Empire intends to build a mothership dedicated to carrying conventional take-off and landing aircraft because it does not have a ship suitable for modification.

He Yongxing asked Gui Boyong to bring these materials over and let Bai Zhizhan see it, just because he studied aviation reconnaissance.

According to the intelligence, even the Royal Navy, which is the most active in developing its motherships, only believes that conventional take-off and landing aircraft can fly faster, higher and farther, carry out reconnaissance missions more efficiently, and can more effectively assist the main fleet in completing the task of seizing sea supremacy.

The Nuland Federation and the Narrow-Sized Imperial States are only following suit, and have not figured out the value of motherships in naval warfare.

What does He Yongxing want Bai to stop fighting?

Gui Boyong didn't say it, but Bai Zhizhan could think of it.

In the current situation, it is difficult for the Imperial Navy to keep up with the trend of development, but it must not abandon its martial arts and must pay close attention to the development trend of the navies of the great powers.

Only by finding the right direction of development can we catch up after the vitality is restored.

If you go in the wrong direction, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

In fact, there have been lessons from the past for a long time.

More than 20 years ago, when the engineers of the Royal Navy of Bran were still figuring out, the engineers of the Imperial Navy proposed to abolish the secondary main guns on the battleships, use only one caliber of main guns, and use steam turbines to drive, and even proposed that the main gun turrets should be arranged along the center line of the battleship.

It is a pity that the Imperial Navy, on the grounds that it is too risky and expensive, pressed this design scheme that surpassed the "dreadnought" for a full decade. By the time the Imperial Navy came to its senses and decided to adopt it, the Royal Navy had already begun to build the epoch-making Dreadnought.

If the Imperial Navy hadn't delayed this decade, even if it couldn't be achieved overnight, it would have been able to lead the trend of the times.

In the longer term, starting to build new capital ships first would make the Imperial Navy more comfortable in the arms race that ensued. If the Imperial Navy had been able to gain a landslide in the race, there might not have been any risk of a major war.

However, Bai Zhizhan only studied aviation reconnaissance, and after arriving at the 21st Squadron, he did not engage in essential work, nor did he get such an opportunity. It is obviously difficult to make a judgment on the direction of the development of the navy on the basis of a few words of intelligence.

Fortunately, Bai Zhizhan has a know-it-all by his side.

It was also in the past few days that Bai Zhizhan knew that He Pengfei was a local snake, and he knew everything about Puzhou and shipyards, so there was nothing he didn't know.

As a result, the two of them came here.

In He Pengfei's words, there is a person here who can answer Bai Zhizhan's questions.

In order to reassure Bai Zhizhan, He Pengfei revealed that this person is one of the eight pillars of the empire, and the descendant of Zhao Chengxun, who established the Imperial Academy of Sciences and Science Award.

He is also surnamed Zhao, called Zhao Yu, and is now a senior engineer at the Nanjiang Naval Ship Design Institute.

Seeing He Pengfei coming out of the building, Bai Zhizhan greeted him.

He Pengfei didn't say much, and took Bai Zhizhan into the building.

When he went up to the fifth floor and came to an office with an open door, He Pengfei stopped.

"Chief Engineer Zhao, Staff Officer Bai is here."

With a shout, He Pengfei nodded at Bai Zhizhan.

In the past few days, in order to better introduce himself, Bai Zhizhan called himself a staff officer, and still used the title of 21st Squadron.

Bai Zhizhan was a little apprehensive, but when he arrived at the door, he couldn't help but go in.

On the way over, He Pengfei had been giving Bai Zhizhan a vaccination, telling Bai Zhizhan that the senior engineer named Zhao Yu had a problem with his brain, at least others thought so. Not good at communicating with people, very short-tempered, and slapping the stool when provoked.

Affection is for menopausal women.

To be more precise, this guy is actually a paranoid.

It's just that he was a genius, he had many inventions that were adopted by the Navy, and his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were great inventors.

By the way, he is indeed a descendant of Zhao Chengxun's great country, but he is not related by blood, that is, his great-grandfather is the adopted son of Zhao Chengxun. Because Zhao Chengxun had no biological children, a hundred years later, Yizi inherited the family and title, and it has continued to this day.

Strictly speaking, Zhao Yu is also the hereditary count of the empire. According to the etiquette of the empire, even if it is to meet the emperor, Zhao Yu does not have to kneel.

It's a pity that when it comes to Zhao Yu, there is only a title.

As for the family property, it was lost in the hands of previous generations.

It is precisely because of this that no one dares to provoke him, and few people are willing to deal with him.

In any case, no matter how difficult the empire is, it is no problem to raise a senior engineer with a hereditary title, or a descendant of the national pillar.

The room is not big and very messy inside.

On the desk in the middle, there are piles of books and papers.

The Zhao family is best known as scientists, but Zhao Yu is an exception.

He is known for his engineering design, but his research on scientific theories is not very good.

In addition, he is a true ship designer.

Part of the construction drawings of the battle cruisers of the "North Rivers" class were drawn by him, and he also solved several big problems.

Walking around to the side of the desk, Bai Zhizhan saw the man hiding behind a pile of books and smirking at him.

If He Pengfei hadn't said hello, Bai Zhizhan might have turned around and fled in fright.

It's not because of the weird dress, and it's not because of the sloppy dress, but because of the stupid expression, which makes people think that this guy is a patient who slipped out of a mental hospital.

If you look closely, in fact, this person is still a talent, and he is very young.

Just looking at his appearance, he is in his early thirties, maybe less than thirty years old, not handsome, but dignified, and his skin is so white that he seems to have albinism.

Maybe it's just because I don't get much sun.

"You...... Hello, I'm Bai Zhizhan, I'm ......"

"White stop war? Yes, it's this face, I know it, and I will never be mistaken. ”

"We've met?"

"You forgot? On the last day of the previous month. ”

Bai Zhizhan immediately frowned, thinking that this guy should take medicine, because on October 31, he was fighting on the Axu Sea and the Guia Ocean.

"Haha...... Scared, frightened? ”

"I'm sorry, maybe I went to the wrong room."

"You're not wrong, right here, I'm Zhao Yu, the person you're looking for. He Pengfei has already told me, if you don't want to regret it, just talk to me. ”

Bai Zhizhan was speechless, but he had already discovered that Zhao Yu had returned to normal, and perhaps he was joking with him at first.