When Contini and his entourage were about to see the performance of Marqui's seaplane, information about the attack on Algeria's United Oil was deported.

"How big is the loss?"

"It's not too big, someone destroyed an oil extractor, and two improvised houses, four dead and 1......1 wounded," Enzo reported, "Our men fought back, killing at least 30 militants and taking another 17 prisoners." ”

Contini nodded: "The Algerian tribal armed forces and we have always had well water that does not interfere with river water, and we even went to check one or two, there must be a reason for this!" ”

"It's still investigating, and I believe there will be results soon."

The results came out in the evening of the same day: the captured tribal fighters confessed that they had received money, and that some people had paid money and sent old arms for them to sabotage, saying that as long as United Oil was prevented from extracting oil, there would be preferential conditions in the future. But who this person is and what kind of force he represents is not something that these little minions present can clearly say.

Contini pondered for a moment and said: "Say hello to the navy, the situation in North Africa is unstable, I will requisition the Dante first and take me to North Africa." ”

"You're still going?"

"To see, the oil production of Algerian oil fields is very important, which is not only related to the follow-up industrial construction, but also the capital operation on Wall Street is also involved in this line, do you think those consortiums and royal families who have invested in the shares will not be nervous?" Contini shook his head, "Maybe they will soon express their concern, fortunately the United Group itself is not a listed company, otherwise this news will fall by at least 5% tomorrow!" ”

Dante has agreed with the Navy in advance, and the United Group will pay 4 million US dollars to buy it, and it will be delivered in December, and then the Navy will consider using this money to add some other military expenses to build a second Caracciolo class, but now the president has a need, and it is not a big problem to deliver it 2 months in advance, so let's inspect it first - anyway, the 2 months' salary and daily maintenance costs will definitely be paid by the United Group.

The next day, Antonio also got the news and conveyed his concerns: "Several shareholders came to inquire about the loss, and they were suspicious when they heard my assurances that the loss was not large and that normal oil production would not be delayed......

"Do you need to communicate with the French government and the Algerian Governor's Office and ask them to strengthen the pressure of repression, otherwise there will be no peace." "Although the army has 4 divisions in Libya, we cannot ......"

"I know, so I'm going to make another trip to Tripoli to find out what the real situation is. But in any case, you have to stabilize the capital market, the mentality of investors, and tell them that we can deal with this problem, and it's not a big deal. ”

On October 24th, he boarded the Dante at Continy

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As for the old rifles that were withdrawn, Contini would not have used them to equip the oil guards, he sent them to the Far East in the name of army scrap steel and sold them at low prices. Zhang Dashuai's strength was greatly weakened after Guo Songling's rebellion, and the demand for arms was very urgent, and at the same time, the Great Revolution was in full swing, and a large number of army scrap steel returned to China with Li Xi and others. Wu Dashuai of Hunan and Sun Dashuai of Jiangxi were eager to see through these arms, and even Chang Dashuai of Huangpu bought several thousand.

There's no special reason for it, it's just cheap! Moreover, the Italians are righteous, in addition to the current ocean, they can also take grain, agricultural products, pig bristles, tung oil, tungsten ore, antimony ore, tin ore, copper ore to top money, they are responsible for package transportation, there is really no top, get some laborers to go to Libya can also exchange money, in this way, the name of Italian scrap steel in China is far away, there is a great sense of sweeping. A few years later, Italian scrap steel became a proper noun in the dictionary, and history classes were all to be examined.

And these merchant ships are not empty-handed, when they return to Italy, they usually go to Libya with a full load of personnel and materials to unload the goods first, and then return to Italy to load scrap steel, and so on, if you grasp it well, it can be recycled once every three months. From the moment the ship departs, the next shipment is ready and ready for delivery, and everyone is satisfied. Can this business make money? Of course you can't earn it! If you can make money, a bunch of people will definitely rush to get on it. But Contini's starting point is not to make money, he is to reduce losses, otherwise who will sell these 20 tens of thousands of scrap steel? However, the fact that the president is a good friend of the Chinese people is solid-really kind!

Copper, tin, and tungsten ore were turned into munitions and sent to the Italian army, and all the grain and agricultural products were digested locally in North Africa—it was said that Chinese rice could still be sold at a good price among laborers. The superficial loss of the United Group has been replaced by a deep increase in strength, which is what Contini believes is the most cost-effective, and it is also the place that future management professors will feel the most.

The new torpedo bomber had similarities with the American Martin T3M torpedo bomber in that it had a single-engine structure, but with a liquid-cooled engine; And unlike another torpedo bomber, the T2D (from the American company Douglas), which had two air-cooled engines.

On the question of whether to single or double engine, Contini's attitude is very clear, the carrier-based torpedo machine must use a single engine - although the double engine is reliable insurance, it is too much space.

Fortunately, at this time, United Power also introduced a 12-cylinder V-shaped liquid-cooled engine based on Rolls-Royce and Fiat, with a standard output of 435 hp, which is 35 hp more than the engine used in the T3M.

In terms of body design, this verification machine is much more generous than T3M, a full set of aluminum alloy body, this is not ordinary dura aluminum, not to mention the aluminum alloy used in United Real Estate, but the latest chromium-nickel-manganese superalumin alloy produced by the joint laboratory, this thing is slightly stronger than steel, but the unit weight is only one-third weaker than steel, which suddenly makes the aircraft much lighter, not only the surface tension and strength of the fuselage are strengthened, but also the performance of take-off and landing from the deck is better.

Of course, this alloy is not the same as the Igarashi aluminum alloy used in the later Japanese Zero War, which contains magnesium, zinc and other components, but the joint laboratory is also stepping up research, because the president said that not only aluminum alloy should be used to make airframes, but also use aluminum alloy to make aircraft, automobiles, and tank engines if necessary, and it is unimaginable to make a breakthrough in materials science.

Take this prototype codenamed T1 as an example, with an empty weight of 2.37 tons, three seats, can carry a simulated torpedo weighing 600 kg, exceeds the ability of T3M to carry 454 kg, has a practical ceiling of more than 3000 meters, and a maximum level flight speed of more than 200 km / h.

Goering and other veterans have even experimented with two 25-kilogram drop tanks on the wings on the premise of carrying a 600-kilogram simulated torpedo, but the running distance will be increased by 9-12 meters.

Watching the plane fly steadily from the deck, Contini and others gave warm applause, and at the same time explained: "The next step is to use this kind of simulated bomb for training, and you must do it step by step, not in a hurry, first find out the performance of the aircraft, feel it well, and strive to improve it better." ”

"But there are no such aviation torpedoes!" Goering scratched his scalp, "You can't practice every day, can you?" That feels too bad! ”

"I'll rush a batch out of the real one, but don't expect any performance, it's just usable." Contini shrugged, "Now the torpedoes commonly used in the Navy are more than 1 ton or even 1.5 tons, and they haven't considered 600 kilograms of torpedoes at all. Of course, this is also a good thing, and when we can make it, isn't this order firmly in our hands? ”

Everyone laughed......

Watching the plane fly steadily from the deck, Contini and others gave warm applause, and at the same time explained: "The next step is to use this kind of simulated bomb for training, and you must do it step by step, not in a hurry, first find out the performance of the aircraft, feel it well, and strive to improve it better." ”

"But there are no such aviation torpedoes!" Goering scratched his scalp, "You can't practice every day, can you?" That feels too bad! ”

"I'll rush a batch out of the real one, but don't expect any performance, it's just usable." Contini shrugged, "Now the torpedoes commonly used in the Navy are more than 1 ton or even 1.5 tons, and they haven't considered 600 kilograms of torpedoes at all. Of course, this is also a good thing, and when we can make it, isn't this order firmly in our hands? ”

Everyone laughed...... Seeing the plane fly off the deck steadily, Contini and the others gave warm applause, and at the same time explained: "The next step is to use this kind of simulated bomb for training, you must be step-by-step, not in a hurry.