Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info these days, Zhang Lin is dedicated to taking care of the things in the harbor, there is an accident in the Reims Empire, Zhang Lin is not good to continue to let Avril Lavigne's little girl continue to work, recently the girl is absent-minded, doing things are lost, Zhang Lin is a little worried, so let Avril rest for a few days, although Zhang Lin hates dealing with these documents very much, but this is also a necessary job, otherwise there is too much backlog, and it is easy to make mistakes!

Just when Zhang Lin had a headache with the documents, the guards at the door came: "Sir, Mr. Smith is here!" ”

Zhang Lin put down the document in his hand, a little strange, what is Smith doing? "Let him in!"

After a while, Zhang Lin heard Smith's hearty laughter: "Mr. Zhang Lin, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Smith said politely!

However, Zhang Lin didn't have so much spare time to accompany him: "I haven't seen him for two months, Mr. Smith has something to do with me!" ”

"Zhang Lin, I have something to discuss with you!" Smith got straight to the point: "The situation has not been very peaceful recently, and it is difficult for the Lance Empire to parry under the joint attack of the two empires, what are your plans?" And since you brought the USS Liberty to war with the Pirate Alliance, several countries have come to me to buy ships like the USS Liberty, and now there are spies everywhere, which is a real headache for me! ”

Zhang Lin looked at Smith for a long time: "Isn't this what you are looking forward to the most?" You've just made a windfall! ”

"Let's get down to business!" Smith haha: "The Reims Empire has negotiated with me and is ready to buy a battleship from me, it seems that the main battleship of the Reims Empire has almost lost it!" ”

Speaking of the Reims Empire, Zhang Lin immediately became interested: "How is the Reims Empire now?" Zhang Lin asked!

"The situation is not good, you should have received the information, the Third Fleet and the Sixth Fleet have all been destroyed, and the Second Fleet has been disabled! The First Fleet barely maintains a complete structure, and the Fourth Fleet guards the southern seas and cannot participate in the war, and this is the current situation! ”

The Third Fleet was wiped out, Zhang Lin was not surprised at all, the Third Fleet had been hit hard before, although a certain number of warships were replenished, but it was a fact that the Third Fleet was not strong in combat, but the Second Fleet was disabled so that Zhang Lin couldn't figure it out, the Second Fleet was brought out by Zhang Lin, and Zhang Lin knew that the combat effectiveness was strong, and then Zhang Lin asked Smith: "How was the Second Fleet disabled?" ”

"It's a command error, after you disappeared, the Second Fleet changed its commander, due to strategic and tactical mistakes, the Second Fleet was besieged by heavy troops, but fortunately, the Second Fleet fought desperately, and only then broke through, but the formation was disabled at least fifty percent, and the battleships sank three, including the Edward, which had just been repaired!" After Smith finished saying this in a heavy tone, he looked at Zhang Lin, he wanted to see if this young man could keep his face unchanged!

Zhang Lin did not disappoint Smith, he did not have any expression, but the shock in Zhang Lin's heart was not revealed, the Edward actually sank, there is no unsinkable battleship in the world, but suddenly the battleship that accompanied Zhang Lin day and night sank, which made Zhang Lin difficult to accept for a while: "How did the Edward sink?" ”

"She was unlucky, she was hit by the enemy in the boiler, which led to a drop in power, and then she was hit with at least fifteen torpedoes, which sank in the water, and the sailors suffered heavy casualties, and only a hundred people survived!"

When Zhang Lin heard this, the grief in his heart was indescribable, the Edward was the first battleship commanded by Zhang Lin, although there were many flaws in the design, but it had to be said that it was also a relatively successful design, and he had accompanied Zhang Lin for so long, and he had made great contributions to the east and west, and Zhang Lin's feelings for the Edward could not be explained clearly in one or two sentences! "Smith, I want you to do me a favor!"

"Okay, do you still need to say that about your relationship now?" Smith said!

Also, Smith's help to Zhang Lin surpassed that of his partners these times: "Then I won't be hypocritical, you can help me pay more attention to the situation in the Reims Empire, and once the situation is critical, notify me immediately, and I hope that I will bring me six destroyers, and I also need heavy cruisers and light cruisers!" ”

"You don't seem to have that many men!" Smith asked strangely!

"People can be cultivated at any time, but now I lack a battleship!" Zhang Lin said helplessly: "The shipyard you promised me has not been built yet, and now I can only open my mouth to ask for it!" Zhang Lin spread his hands, "I have to take care of the affairs of the Lance Empire!" ”

Smith nodded, indicating that he understood: "But you don't like my heavy cruisers and light cruisers!" ”

Zhang Lin glared at Smith, and knew that this guy would definitely rip off the bamboo: "This is the design I just drew recently, a heavy cruiser, a light cruiser, the heavy cruiser is called the Prinz Eugen class, and the light cruiser is called the Cleveland class!" ”

Smith rubbed his hands excitedly: "Then you're welcome, how many do you need?" ”

"Of course, the more the merrier, how many can you build now?" Zhang Lin asked!

"Oh yes, tell you, I'm building Tirpitz, so this cruiser can't start construction for the time being, and when the construction of Tirpitz is completed, I can start six factories together, and it will take five months for heavy cruisers and three months for light cruisers!" Smith told Zhang Lin the news of Tirpitz's construction, after all, the first ship was still to be delivered to Zhang Lin!

"You've started building Tirpitz?" Hearing this, Zhang Lin had a headache, a battleship has already made the economy of the harbor a little stretched, and another one must not go bankrupt, it seems that the economic development of the harbor and the reform of the currency must be accelerated, time waits for no one!

"Yes, I have exhausted all my resources and abilities to build, it is much faster than Montana, I believe it will be sea trials in a few months, and I will be able to deliver it to you by then!" Smith is confident about this!

"Don't you have a dozen dockyards? Can't construction start at the same time? Zhang Lin asked!

"Those docks are building other warships, the time is at least more than a year, not counting the time required for commissioning work, for your needs, I give priority to satisfying, it won't be long before you can have two battleships!"

Listening to Smith talking endlessly, Zhang Lin instantly felt a headache, two battleships, just rely on a seaport to feed, and the seaport is still under construction, doesn't this force Zhang Lin to go bankrupt? The more than 10 million gold coins can't withstand the cost at all, it's over, no wonder an arms race can drag down a country, this money is faster than running water, who can afford it?

"Okay Smith, since that's the case, I won't say anything, what battleship do you ask me to use to escort these two battleships, then what battleship to scout, you don't think you use battleships to do such a thing, right?" Zhang Lin said helplessly!

Smith was a little dazed: "I didn't think about this, but it doesn't matter, I still have a spot on the Hope-class destroyer here, let's give you a few to solve your urgent needs first!" ”

Zhang Lin looked at the unreliable Smith, and his heart was desperate! It's hard to express your feelings......