Zhao Yu did not break his promise, and came to the hotel at almost noon. probably knew that Bai Zhizhan didn't have breakfast, so he went to the restaurant to buy a set of meals first.

In addition, on the way to the hotel, he went to buy some toiletries.

The empire has begun to mobilize, but it has not yet reached the rationing stage, the domestic market is relatively stable, the supplies are abundant, and there is no problem that money cannot be bought.

"You haven't been blessed in the past two years, have you?"

"What?" Bai Zhizhan was still squatting in the toilet and didn't hear what Zhao Yu said clearly.

"Your sister-in-law went to the tailor to make a few sets of military uniforms, which are your measurements in the past."

"That'll do."

"After I went back yesterday, I received a call from Li Yunxiang. He said that you have a girlfriend in the imperial capital, and the other party will come to Puzhou to work in a few days, so let me help rent an apartment. The price or something, he said that you don't need to think about it, you are not the one who lacks that money. ”

"What are you starting to say?"

Bai Zhizhan was in a hurry, if it wasn't for the fact that his butt hadn't been wiped yet, he would have rushed out directly.

"Didn't you hear clearly? In the evening, call yourself and ask. I told your sister-in-law that she was looking for an apartment, and said that when the woman came, she must come to our house for dinner. ”

"Brother—"

Taking advantage of this effort, Bai Zhizhan had already wiped his buttocks, put on his pants and came to the living room.

"I heard that you have a girlfriend, and your sister-in-law is very happy."

"Can you believe Lao Li's words?"

Zhao Yu blinked, looking incomprehensible.

"Where are you going to take me?" Bai Zhizhan didn't want to discuss the topic of "girlfriend" in depth, because he and Zhang Xiaoqing were not even friends.

"Let's eat first."

"It's the same with eating on the road, it's already noon, don't delay."

Zhao Yu didn't ramble anymore, he is the chief engineer of the Jiangnan Ship Design Institute, it is simply an inch of time and an inch of gold, and it is already very good to be able to spare half a day to accompany Bai to stop the war.

Actually, it's nothing.

In the afternoon, Zhao Yu accompanied Bai Zhizhan around the shipyard and the ship design institute, and introduced Bai Zhizhan to the heads of various major departments.

Although Bai Zhizhan has come to the Puzhou Shipyard several times a year in the past ten years, since the "Longjiang" was completed and put into service, Bai Zhizhan has not gone down to the grassroots level again, and the grassroots workers of the shipyard have changed several times, and many of those who know Bai Zhizhan have retired.

In addition, in the past, there was no need to go down to the base layer of the shipyard.

Most of the time, I came to research, that is, to attend meetings held by the shipyard to get some relevant data from the shipyard executives, such as how many warships could be built at the same time during the war, how long it would take to complete the mobilization, and what preparations should be made to reach the wartime construction speed.

This kind of work does not require a visit to the grassroots level.

Besides, similar research is mainly based on the fleet, and Bai Zhizhan has already been transferred to the naval command, so there is no need for him to come forward to deal with the people in the shipyard.

followed Zhao Yu around the shipyard, and Bai Zhizhan was really an eye-opener.

The change in the shipyard is simply earth-shaking!

There are only four 50,000-ton slipways, that is, four capital ships of less than 50,000 tons can be built at the same time, or eight large warships of 10,000 tons can be built at the same time. If it is all used to build aircraft carriers, it can build four at the same time, and it is a large aircraft carrier that is much better than the "Imperial Capital" class.

The point is, this is just the Puzhou Shipyard.

According to Zhao Yu, the scale of the shipyard in Zhuzhou is comparable to this, and the other three large shipyards are a little slower, but the gap is not obvious.

In fact, just counting the Thorn State Shipyard, eight large aircraft carriers can be built at the same time.

This shipbuilding ability can crush almost all enemy countries!

If anything, the Empire's shipbuilding capacity is greater than that of all the other powers except the Nuland Federation combined. Even if the Nuland Federation is counted, it will only be able to surpass the empire after completing the mobilization and joining forces with other powers, and there is no order of magnitude advantage.

Only now, on the slipway of the Puzhou shipyard are two large aircraft carriers and two fast battleships.

If you count the Thorn State Shipyard, then by the end of the 100th year of the new calendar, the Imperial Navy will be able to obtain four large aircraft carriers and four fast battleships at the same time. By mid-101 years at the latest, the Imperial Navy will be able to use these eight capital ships to form two standard-sized task forces.

Unless there are aircraft carriers sinking during this period, by that time, the Imperial Navy will have nine aircraft carriers.

Which navy will be able to resist nine aircraft carriers!?

Critically, there are also ten fast battleships and at least four old battleships.

Even if the Nuland Federation mobilizes now, it will never be able to gain the sea power to challenge the empire before 101 or even 102 in the new calendar. In the first half of the 101st year of the new calendar, when the strength of the Imperial Navy reached its peak, even if the aircraft carriers that the Royal Navy of Bran could send were counted, the Alliance Group might not be able to gain an advantage in the Guia, let alone defeat the Liangxia Empire.

If I want to say, this is actually a "front-running" advantage.

Even if this advantage is difficult to maintain forever, after all, after the mobilization of the Nuland Federation, the war potential that breaks out is not much worse than that of the Empire.

It's just that in the early stage of the war, such an advantage was enough in exchange for a decisive victory.

In the Ship Design Institute, Bai Zhizhan also gained greatly.

In fact, it can be regarded as a feast for the eyes.

If before the outbreak of the war, because the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers and aviation units has not been tested in actual combat, designers like Zhao Yu are still a little timid, and in many ways they are not mature enough, and there is a taste of assumptions, then after the test of war, designers have become more bold and have a clearer purpose, that is, around aviation operations.

At the Nanjiang Ship Design Institute, there are more than a dozen new warships in the design stage.

Some of them were something that no designer could have thought of before, and even if they did, they would never dare to say it.

According to Zhao Yu, several design works are almost completed and will be handed over to the Navy Command for review.

Among them are large air defense ships and integrated supply ships that Bai Zhizhan has always been concerned about.

Because the Great War has broken out, even if these strange warships do not meet the criteria of the past, most of them will be approved.

Whether it's useful or not, build a few ships and send them to the battlefield to run a few laps.

As for the things that need to be considered in peacetime, such as funding, they do not exist at all in wartime, and now the question is whether they can build a good enough warship.

If you can build a powerful warship, then even if you take a little detour, you can accept it.

According to the usual practice of the Imperial Navy, I am not afraid that the shipyard will not be able to build it, but I am afraid that the designers will not be able to think of it.

It's just that there are the same problems.

It is still the beginning of the war, and there is only one enemy, and the weakest one, so there is no problem with being big-handed.

Waiting for the strongest enemy to participate in the war, can you still be so extravagant?

Besides, the army hasn't launched it yet.

When the army is launched, it will inevitably compete with the navy for resources.

At that time, it was not whether the funds were enough, but whether the high-quality armor steel produced by the empire's steel mills could satisfy the appetite of the army and navy.

To this end, Bai Zhizhan proposed to the designers to take a long-term view and design a warship with outstanding performance and easy to build.

It's called the guidance work, but whether the designer listened to it or not, then it is unknown.