"Brother Xiang Xin, the situation is not good, Zhang Boxuan came to ...... this time, it seems that Chairman Chang is really angry. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" is equivalent to Yan Ji taking Zhang Dingfan out of the office, Chen Jiliang changed positions in the chair and spoke to Central Park.

"What about real anger? It's a big deal to announce the Tatsuda Maru at the shipyard in the United States. Lin Xianxi's tone was still disdainful, but his brows were tightly locked, he naturally knew what trouble would arise after announcing the Longtian Pill in the American shipyard.

"Does Hansheng know about this?" Chen Jiliang asked. "What does he think?"

"He called a few days ago to ask about it, and it was not easy to say on the telegram, so I asked him to come over and talk about it." Lin Xianxi said, "He doesn't want to hand over the cruise ship, and if we hand it over, we will have one less aircraft carrier." ”

"What then?" Chen Jiliang looked at Lin Xianxi, he knew that he was an archway, with more symbolic meanings, and most of the specific affairs of the navy reconstruction were discussed by Lin Xianxi and Li Kongrong. But even so, he didn't want the first aircraft carrier of the Navy to have an accident, and he had already thought of a name for this aircraft carrier: Ninghai.

"The worst plan is to go to court with the Japanese." Lin Xianxin consulted with the outside lawyer team of Xinzhong Company and knew what the consequences would be if the Japanese discovered the cruise ship. "We can't win, but we can delay."

"Drag?" Chen Jiliang smiled, "Will you drag it until the Longtian Pill is modified and launched?" Won't the court find someone to seal the dock? ”

"It depends on who the Americans' arms are crutched towards." Lin Xianxin was not sure. He then shook his arm vigorously, as if to wipe out all his troubles. "Let's wait for Hansheng to come, he has arrived in the past two days, and there are many things to discuss with him."

Lin Xianxin said that Li Kongrong arrived in the past two days, but in fact, the U-38 was already located off the coast of Bath City, Maine, but this sea area was full of islands and reefs, and the submarine had to wait for the pilot ship to enter the port.

The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean was not easy, and the U-38 encountered two storms on the way, one of which was due to the insistence on sailing against the wind, and the boat only used a cable to tie a fixed battery and fell to pieces, and the battery liquid touched the seawater to produce hydrogen, and the cabin suddenly burst into flames. Fortunately, ship fire prevention has always been something that Li Kongrong has been talking about, and the foam fire extinguisher carried on the U-38 has played a role, so it has not caused more serious accidents.

From the periscope, the brightly lit city of Bath is peaceful, and the submarine is constantly passing by merchant ships, the sound of their propellers that can be heard without hydrophones. Li Kongrong turned his periscope and looked at the city on the bank of the Kennebek River, while Lin Zhungao Guangyou and others around him were laughing, finally going ashore, the last fresh water in the boat was distributed, so that the crew could take care of the appearance, most of them shaved their beards, put on the neatest clothes, I don't know whose perfume was requisitioned, and the bow to the stern was basically used up after a circle. Everyone waited to go ashore, and they spent fifty-eight days in the noisy and foul-smelling submarine from April 21.

"It's coming!" Li Kongrong looked at the light signal emitted by a ship in the periscope, and immediately stretched out his hand to greet him. "The course is three-five-five, and the two are advancing three. Pay attention to the horizontal rudder, and pay attention to the sound wave to check for risk avoidance. ”

The order "sail three-five-five, two-way forward three ......" was repeated. There was silence in the control cabin, which had been talking and laughing, but laughter bloomed on everyone's faces, and they knew that it was a pilot boat.

"Hahahaha......" may be too excited, and suddenly someone made an old man push the cart pose, and the control cabin burst into laughter.

"Sprinkle on you!" Li Kongrong didn't see what the crew behind him was doing, he turned around and cursed, his face full of anger. Being scolded by him like this, everyone became much more serious, and Lin Zhun also twisted the ears of the students who did the nasty movements just now, and he could only swallow the pain.

"Move forward and float." Seeing that the pilot boat was in front of him, Li Kongrong closed the handle of the periscope and ordered to float. With his command, high-pressure gas was injected into the main tank from the air pump, and while the sea water was discharged, the submarine slowly floated up.

For the crew on the U-38, such an ascent is too common, but for Ma Deji, Zhou Maobai and others who have been watching the sea on the pilot boat, this is simply unforgettable - the calm water suddenly made waves without warning, and a steel monster suddenly rose from the bottom of the sea with a splash, in addition to the frightening steel conning tower, there was also the 105mm deck gun, its muzzle was just towards the pilot ship.

"Oh God!" Robert, the pilot, was so frightened that he almost bit his tongue, but when he thought of the boss's instructions and the lovely stack of green dollars, he immediately covered his mouth with his hands.

"It's coming, it's finally here." Ma Deji in the crowd muttered to himself, he insisted on getting on the pilot boat and going out to sea to meet Li Kongrong and the others. He was like this, but Zhou Maobai, who was standing beside him, was very quiet, and he ordered the pilot: "Mr. Robert, please take it to my shipyard immediately." ”

"Yes, boss." Robert looked at Zhou Maobai with a flattering look in his eyes, not only him, but most of the people in Bath City had a similar expression - the arrival of the boss brought the Bath shipyard back to life, and from the first day he arrived, the city known as the 'ship city' regained some prosperity, and the mayor awarded him the Honorary Citizen Medal.

After the submarine surfaced, Li Kongrong was the first to appear on the bridge, followed by Lin Zhun, Gao Guangyou, Lin Xiangguang and ....... Although they are separated by a distance, they can already talk to each other very well.

"Please follow us!" Ma Deji snatched Zhou Maobai's words, and Li Kongrong, who didn't know why, could only nod his head.

The pilot ship slowly moved forward, and the U-38 descended back to periscope depth, slowly following behind the pilot boat, which was moving at normal speed. The Maine Iron Works was not too far from the open sea, and in less than half an hour, the U-38 turned into the dock that the shipyard had already prepared.

From the dockyard of the shipyard in Lübeck, Germany, to the dockyard of the Maine Iron Works in Maine, USA, it was not an easy journey. After dropping anchor, Li Kongrong's face was not happy, and he did not order the crew on the deck to go ashore immediately, but first looked at them on the deck with eager eyes, and then said in a hoarse voice: "Stand-up, take a break!"

Our voyage is over. As a matter of fact, we did not sink a single Japanese warship or merchant ship, but we successfully drove the U-38 out of Germany, out of the Baltic Sea, and brought her to the United States. Never before in the history of the world's navies has there been such a bold, inspiring, and blood-boiling action at the thought of it!

Each and every one of you is a hero, but remember that you do not act heroically because you plan it well, not entirely because of God's blessing, but because of your innate blood and bravery. Gentlemen, do not slack off, do not be confused, and please cherish your bravery as you love the sword. I can assure you that there is a more difficult and torturous voyage ahead, and that we will soon be back in that familiar stretch of water on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean to take our glory and exploits from the Japanese. ”

At this point, Li Kongrong suddenly raised his right hand and asked in Hokkien dialect: "Do you have eggs?" ”

"Yes!" Such questioning is not unfamiliar to everyone, at least several times on Hope Island in Svalbard.

"Do you dare to the Japanese?" This was followed by the second question.

"Dare to ——!" This time the answer was louder and neater than the last time.

After the questioning, Li Kongrong put down his hand, and Ma Deji, Zhou Maobai and others, who felt their blood gushing, thought that when the lecture was over, Li Kongrong raised his throat and shouted: "The dragon roars and the tiger roars, prepare - sing!" ”

"The dragon roars and the tiger roars, the hot and murderous spirit is high, and I swear to get rid of the owl this time, and I swear to get rid of the owl this time. He is unrighteous and unkind. Look where he's absconding, and he's going to be running! If I spare him, I will be worse in the future.

Thunder cracked cannon, and the murderer is willing to focus together, if you want to live, you are not a hero, and if you want to live, you are not a hero. Q: Who can escape when the deadline comes? The big husband is lying on the waves, and the big husband is lying on the waves, and he has won the world's top ......"

The violent and vulgar military song was shouted by the thirty-three people, and Ma Deji's hairs immediately stood up when he heard it, and it was only after the last sentence of 'Don't destroy Tokyo, everyone hates it' that they returned to normal under Li Kongrong's dismissal order.

"Brother Hansheng ......" Although it was night, Ma Deji still wiped his sweat unconsciously. It's just that when he heard the military song just now, he had forgotten the welcome message he had prepared.

"Brother Hansheng has traveled thousands of miles to the dust, it must have been very hard. Do you want to go and rest first, or ......" Zhou Maobai saw that Ma Deji was speechless, so he no longer came up politely to speak.

"Let's work first and then rest. As long as you don't dislike me, it stinks. Li Kongrong is indeed very tired, but he still wants to know the situation on the shipyard side as soon as possible, especially the situation of the aircraft carrier.

"Where." Ma Deji glanced at Zhou Maobai, and then continued to speak.

"Tatsuda Maru is here, right?" Li Kongrong asked. "Take me to see it."

"Good. This side please. This time it was Ma Deji who spoke in front of Zhou Maobai, who has been living in the shipyard since the Longtian Maru was docked. He was familiar with the situation in the shipyard.

Ma Deji walked in front, and Zhou Maobai naturally let Li Kongrong go first, and then walked behind him himself. Li Kongrong smiled at him before walking in front of him, walking, he always felt uncomfortable at the beginning of the road, thinking that he had stayed on the ship for a long time, and no matter how flat the ground was, he felt that it was shaking. Fortunately, it was not far from the No. 1 dock, and he soon saw Tatsuda Maru.

"This is ......" It was not long after the Tatsuda Maru was docked, but the upper half of the entire cruise ship had been partially demolished, and through those breaches, Li Kongrong could see the luxurious cabins and steel pipelines inside.

"It's already partially dismantled." Ma Deji grabbed in front of Zhou Maobai and said. "It can be dismantled very slowly, it will probably be dismantled by the end of this year, and the two ends will be lengthened, some cabins will be adjusted, and the water compartment and lightning protection cabin will also be increased, and it is estimated that it will not be completed until the end of 41."

"At the end of '41?" Li Kongrong was a little surprised, it was really the end of 41, and it was three years. "The end of '41 was too slow."

"The design department wants to be faster, but it's just ......," Ma Deji said, but he didn't finish.

"The shipyard used to only build ships, and had no experience in ship breakdown. Then General Lin wanted to recycle as many decorations on the cruise ship as possible during the dismantling process, and the shipyard had to dismantle it little by little. Zhou Maobai didn't look at Ma Deji, but just said the current difficulties.

"Recycle decorations?" Li Kongrong muttered, he remembered that Lin Xianxin seemed to have said such a sentence during the discussion last year, saying that it was possible to recover some things by dismantling the ship.

"Yes. The floor and interior decoration on the cruise ship still cost some money, and these things can be sold when they are removed, and they can also be bought for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Zhou Maobai said carefully. The difficulty of the conversion of the Tatsuda Maru was that it took time to dismantle the original structure, and it took a lot of time to adjust the cabins and increase the captain. ”

"Has the cost been made?" Li Kongrong wanted to say that it was extremely unwise to delay the construction period for hundreds of thousands of dollars, but this involved Lin Xianxi, so he could only bear to go back and discuss this matter with Lin Xianxi before adjusting the shipyard strategy. He is concerned about the cost of the aircraft carrier, the second is the construction period, and the third is the performance. In terms of construction period, the end of 41 is obviously not possible.

"The cost is roughly made." Ma Deji said. He is the nominal chief designer of the aircraft carrier, and there are a group of foreign designers who have been poached from him. "The cost of the whole ship is expected to be 8.35 million US dollars, and the adjustment part is just offset by the income from ship dismantling."

"Eight million three hundred and fifty thousand, not cheap." Li Kongrong's gaze finally withdrew from Longtian Maru.

"It's not too cheap." Ma Deji knew that Li Kongrong was too expensive, "But the hull of the ship has to be lengthened by nearly 40 meters, and it costs a lot of money here." The design tonnage of the whole ship is 21,300 tons, the horsepower is 105,000 horses, and the speed is 31 knots. The whole ship is 212 meters long, the flight deck is 232 meters long, and there are 72 aircraft designed to carry it, and there are ...... on board"

Ma Deji said that Li Kongrong has long known about the performance, especially the boiler, he originally wanted to use a high-pressure boiler, but after investigation, he still used a normal ship boiler, such a choice is the best in terms of price and quality, but the speed is only 31 knots, no more than 32 knots, and the aircraft carrier's maneuverability and power redundancy have made some sacrifices.

"The British aircraft carrier Ark Royal is slightly larger in tonnage than this one, but the cost is ......," Li Kongrong interrupted Ma Deji's explanation, talking about the Royal Ark of the Royal Navy: "I remember that at that time, the British shipyard calculated that the cost of the hull was 1.49 million pounds, the main engine was 500,000 pounds, and in the end, the whole ship was built at a cost of 3 million pounds[Note 65], that is, less than 15 million dollars. But our ship is a cruise ship modification, and it is not like others have an armored flight deck, and there are thousands of tons of additional armored steel, which is 8.35 million US dollars, which is more expensive to be honest. ”

Li Kongrong said that his eyes swept over Zhou Maobai and Ma Deji, and he was a little embarrassed to see the two, but in the end he still said: "Let's do it first, I hope that the next few aircraft carriers can be cheaper, at least not in price." (To be continued.) )