In the dock of Storm Harbor, Zhang Lin specially recruited tens of thousands of workers to be busy with work, three docks have already started, and three large air defense cruisers are under construction!

After many considerations, Zhang Lin finally adopted the design of the Des Moines-class, which can be described as the best heavy cruiser design of the United States at the end of World War II, with extremely powerful artillery and air defense capabilities, and its protection capabilities are also very good among cruisers!

In Zhang Lin's battle plan, this class of cruisers is mainly used to escort aircraft carrier formations, and artillery support, in the three large docks, three Des Moines and heavy cruisers have been started, there are three large lifting machinery on each side of the dock, the first keel of this class at the bottom of the dock has been laid, and in the next few months, the Storm Strait will fully cooperate with the construction of these three heavy cruisers!

Smith accompanied Zhang Lin to watch around the dock, there are a total of six large docks in the Storm Strait, three of which are building new ships, and the remaining three large docks are repairing the battleships damaged in the last battle, which looks very lively!

Smith said to Zhang Lin, "Why don't you build all the docks?" ”

Zhang Lin stared at Smith and said, "I'm seriously short of manpower, these people are still yours, why don't you help me find some more people, and all my dockyards can be started!" ”

Smith was a little dumbfounded, and then said: "Okay, these are not problems, I came to discuss an important matter with you this time, I don't know if you are interested!" ”

"What do you have to come to me to discuss?" Zhang Lin asked!

Smith calmed down and said: "I want to take over your shipbuilding industry, you are relatively weak in this regard, if I fully cooperate with you, I can build all kinds of large warships in the shortest possible time, and expand the strength of your fleet in a short time!" ”

Zhang Lin thought for a while, Smith was right, this could indeed make great progress in the heavy industry of the Strait, but this didn't seem to be beneficial to Smith at all, except for getting some battleship blueprints, there was no benefit, businessmen were profit-seeking, and they wouldn't do anything that didn't benefit them!

Zhang Lin asked Smith: "Why are you doing this, it doesn't seem to do you any good, right?" ”

Smith said: "It seems that there is no benefit, I haven't finished speaking, I mean, merge my dock into the Storm Strait, and in the future you will become a department, and allocate funds to me, and all the funds will be out of the channel, and I will only be responsible for the construction, of course, I will take over this department!" ”

Smith continued: "So you can concentrate on fighting on the front lines, and we can sell some ships to supplement our revenue, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Lin thought about it for a while, and understood why Smith said this, kidnapping his factory in the Storm Strait, and in the future, all the warships purchased in the Storm Strait will pass through Smith, just like the United Kingdom and the United States that were once on the earth, once the country proposes to need warships, there will be arms companies to bid, but there is only one company in the Storm Strait, Smith, and no one competes!

Zhang Lin believes in Smith's strength, otherwise he would not have developed so big, but Zhang Lin is still not at ease to hand over the foundation of the country to others, but then he thought about it, this can also be done, first with the help of Smith's strength, and after his heavy industry base develops in the future, he can rely on himself, thinking of this, Zhang Lin said to Smith: "Let's go, let's go to my office to discuss this matter in detail!" ”

Walking on the street of the harbor by car, Smith looked at the gradually prosperous harbor, and sighed in his heart, three years ago, the harbor was still a barren, and now it has developed to such a large strength, and it also has its own great strength, and Smith said to Zhang Lin with emotion in his heart: "Everything here is very beautiful!" ”

Zhang Lin didn't know what Smith was talking about, it was true that Zhang Lin couldn't turn this place into a paradise, that didn't exist, but he was trying his best to make this place a better place, no violence, no oppression, only lazy people can't survive in the harbor, and those who are willing to work and pay are living a good life!

"Why do you say that!" Zhang Lin asked. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Smith said: "You have set a precedent, outside, everywhere is full of violence, people must be more cunning and ruthless than others to survive, the problems left over from the war have always existed, the big countries have received enough benefits in the last world war, a prosperous and peaceful song, while the small countries have been ruined because of this, the people are not living, these have seen a lot, maybe your change will have an incredible impact on the world!" ”

After listening to Smith's words, Zhang Lin pondered, was this his original intention? I used to be weak and couldn't protect some of the things I wanted, so I thought of building my own power, and now all of them have been realized, where to go next Zhang Lin hasn't thought about it, do you really want to go to the world to fight for hegemony and build a huge country?

Although there is no such idea for the time being, but everything is not up to me, with the continuous growth of the strength of the strait, there will always be forces that regard the strait as a thorn in the side, and want to get rid of it quickly, in order to protect these, Zhang Lin has to continue to fight, thinking of this, it seems that he has fallen into a huge quagmire and can't extricate himself, it seems that it is time to plan what the Storm Strait really wants to achieve.

So far, Zhang Lin has never thought of invading others, but in order to develop and protect himself, in the last meeting, the military department agreed that it should start to annex small countries and forces around it in order to develop its own strength.

In the early days of the establishment of Storm Harbor, Zhang Lin thought that this was a free and equal city, and fairness and justice were the main themes here, but how could there be justice and fairness in the war of aggression, which seemed to deviate from the original intention of the establishment of the Storm Strait.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lin sighed slightly, this is really a problem, since this is the case, act according to your own heart, as long as you don't violate your conscience, the merits and demerits are up to the world, you can't control these people's mouths!

"What are you thinking?" Smith saw that Zhang Lin had been pondering, and couldn't help but ask!

Zhang Lin came back to his senses and said to Smith: "I am thinking about what is justice, what is fairness and freedom, and when can equality be achieved?" ”

Hearing Zhang Lin say this, Smith smiled and said, "Haven't you done all of this?" Look at the Storm Strait, and then look at other places, you will know, there is no absolute equality and freedom, these are all fought for by individuals, you can't help them, all you can do is to provide them with conditions, and the rest of the wine depends on personal ability! ”