Chapter 33: Windfall
The pickup and the Kazumaru ran for three hours, and it was not until dawn that they slowed down slightly. If the speed is not reduced, there is already a problem with the boiler of the pill, and if it cannot be cooled down in time, it is likely to be scrapped. It was already only possible to run ten knots, but at the speed of twelve or thirteen knots, it had already run all night, and it was seriously overloaded. And the pickup number is now not high-speed, but it is also overloaded. The previous bombshell exploded, causing damage to the hull and flooding the cabin, and now it must be dealt with.
It was at this time that the fighters in charge of observation in the command cabin exclaimed: "Planes. ”
This cry lifted Zheng Xuechang's heart at that time, and in an instant, Zheng Xuechang put down his heart again. It turned out to be an airplane, parked on the water.
The telescope saw very clearly that it was the army's water reconnaissance plane.
Zheng Xuechang was overjoyed and ordered the pickup number to lean on.
When the pickup truck approached the seaplane, it was discovered that the two military pilots on board had already died.
It should be said that in last night's battle, the pickup number had good luck. This kind of water reconnaissance plane has a limited range of just over 900 kilometers. By the time we fly to the battlefield, there is no gas. Therefore, after the pilot fighter dropped the bomb in a panic, it could only glide and make a forced landing.
There was an accident during the forced landing, and the two devils were bumped like rotten eggplants, and they burped.
The reason why the other two fighters were still able to drop bombs and fight was because there was only one pilot on them, which reduced a lot of weight and fuel.
When the devil has no fuel, he is very panicked in dropping bombs, and there is no accuracy to speak of. If this is not the case, unless the gunners break out again, I am afraid it will be difficult to hit the fighters.
The garbage fighter is also a fighter, Zheng Xuechang took advantage of the time of the pickup number maintenance, took a lot of effort, and dozens of people tossed for more than half an hour to finally get the fighter on the pickup.
After a short break, the pickup began to make its way to Uruguay. One is that it seems that it is difficult to transport the goods to China, and the other is that the pickup truck must go back to the shipyard for repairs. It's too unsafe to drag your sick body for thousands of miles.
As long as the personnel on the pickup truck run a hundred and ten nautical miles, they are basically out of safety. Without reconnaissance satellites, it would be a dream for the devils in the vast ocean to find these two ships.
After the loss of eight merchant ships in a row, one can imagine what kind of reaction it will cause in the country. However, at this time, Li Guangguo was anxious.
I haven't received the pickup number for more than ten hours, what happened?
Thousands of miles away, there is no communication contact, so how can Li Guang not be in a hurry. And on the overseas desert island, Su Zizi was also anxiously restless. You must know that Su Qing is also on the pickup number.
It's not that the pickup number doesn't want to call back, but there is no way to call back. The radio station of the pickup itself was damaged and was being repaired, while the radio station on the Ho Yue Maru was killed on the spot due to the sneaking of information from the crew of the devils, and at the same time, the telegraph was also punched by bullets and completely scrapped. As a result, electronic silence was forced.
After Li Guang waited anxiously for two days, Su Zizi received an unfamiliar message. The call sign channel is not bad at all, and it is also in Chinese, but it is definitely not a pickup number.
The content of the telegram was simple: "It is said that the Navy has a fleet to escort the Pacific Ocean west of Panama. Please be careful, a Chinese. ”
The code Li Guang used here was actually a clear code telegram, and he didn't have time to get a set of passwords because of the tight time. It's too easy to say that cracking is easy, but the radio station has only been in operation for a few months before it was discovered.
Li Guang realized that he was sloppy, not to mention the Chinese pinyin password, even those methods on movies and television, and he would not be targeted so quickly if he found any one. Li Guang was shocked into a cold sweat at this time, if this code was known by the devil, the entire army might be destroyed.
And this person who took the initiative to give information is likely to be an overseas Chinese, who may have been observing himself for a long time, and now he has taken the initiative to remind him of the crisis.
But in any case, you can't use clear code anymore. As for whether to call back this mysterious figure, Li Guang decided to remain silent for the time being. Wait until you have the exact information on the pickup number.
It was also this erroneous radio silence that caused the naval fleet to search for a long time, but found nothing. Li Guang didn't know that the army not only had some means in the code, but also had a new Dongdong that was experimenting with --- radar on this fleet.
At this time, the radar technology of this book is primitive, and the distance to search for the battleship is limited, but it is very simple to trace the direction of the radio waves. As long as the general location of the target is established, the warship and the seaplane will face contingencies.
Good luck will not accompany you forever, and Li Guang knows that war cannot be just a fluke. Immediately asked Su Zizi to teach the pinyin code of the two to a few students. Su Zizi was very dissatisfied with this, as if she had let her baby out, Su Zizi and Li Guang didn't meet often these days, but they chatted hotly. The little girl has now touched the net.
As compensation for Su Zizi, Li Guang gave the principle of the five passwords. It's actually faster to send telegrams with five. After learning about Wubi, which was more interesting, Su Zizi immediately threw the watermelon and picked up the corn cob of Wubi. Li Guang is so proud, coaxing girls, his level seems to be a lot higher?
The pride was only a matter of time, and for the next half a month, Li Guang was in a state of anxiety.
It wasn't until the pickup returned to Uruguay with the He Yue Pill that Li Guang's heart was put down. Immediately, the pickup truck entered the dock and began to overhaul, and the He Yue Maru was also transformed into a playjp number, which means to play the book.
This pickup attack did not bring much monetary replenishment to Li Guang. But the materials on the ship called Li Guang not satisfied, but too satisfied.
Nichrome steel plate, this thing is actually a stainless steel plate. It's just that the grades are not the common ones in later generations, and the nickel and chromium content are actually not high. It's not a good thing in the future, but in this era, this thing is already a high-end raw material.
After Li Guang checked the list of goods, he immediately made a decision. The Pixiu submarine's pressure-resistant shell and the outer tank shell are all made of nickel-chromium alloy steel plates.
This thing has high strength and does not rust, which is simply the best choice for submarines at the moment. The poor little devil spent a lot of money on these alloy steel plates, which were originally used to make tanks, but now they have turned into Li Guang's submarines.
There are mainly two thicknesses in this batch of alloy steel plates, one is 25mm thick and the other is 12mm thick. The 25-mm one was supposed to make the main armor of the 97 command tank, and the 12-mm one was used for the flank and back armor. The result was just right, and the shell of the Pixiu was originally intended to be made of twelve .seven, or half an inch of marine steel plates. And the pressure-resistant shell was originally intended to be made of thirty mm marine steel plates. Don't look at the alloy steel plates, they are thinner than the design, but the strength is definitely more than twice as high.
At that time, when designing the pressure-resistant shell, several designers thought that the final data set by Li Guang was too high, and it could almost be used as armor, but now it really uses armor materials, and it is not a low-grade carburized steel homogeneous armor.
As for the alloy steel welding technology that Xiao Yueben still has a headache, it is simply a street commodity in the later generations. Readers, please take a look at the stainless steel anti-theft nets welded around the community, all of which are argon arc welding. Inadvertently, the welding technology adopted by Li Guang is actually ahead of this era.
Therefore, after the start of Pixiu, although the material funds were less and the expenditure was much more, the welding cost rose sharply. The purchase of argon gas from the United States alone cost Li Guang more than $30,000. There is no way, argon is also a high-tech product in these years, and it is expensive to death.
After Li Guang carefully inspected several machine tools, he came to a conclusion. It's all good stuff, but for the time being, he can only use a limited number of one or two. For example, the flange with a diameter of several meters on the Pixiu is turned, and the hatch of the isolation cabin.
But this is far from being what it should be.
When Li Guang was short of money, he invested in a machinery processing factory again. To put it bluntly, this factory installed an incomplete set of machine tools for tank production and a broken production line of 75mm guns. Although Li Guang did not have the ability to start, he was able to mortgage the installed equipment to the bank to borrow a large amount of money.
These things are both advanced and huge, and their value is even more terrifying. More than a dozen machine tools, large and small, are worth two million dollars. Li Guang used this to obtain a loan of $1.5 million from the bank. This loan made Li Guang the largest lender in Uruguay that year, and of course, Li Guang's enterprises also became one of the top industrial enterprises in Uruguay.
In April of the 38th year, not only did two 4,000-ton dry bulk carriers start construction at the same time, but the Pixiu also began to be paved with keels.
At this time, the guano business group partnered by Li Guang and Alfred now owned seven large and small freighters.
In the predictable three or eight years, the Guano Business Group could easily break twenty freighters, and this number does not include the number of possible loots. In Uruguay, where commerce is not very developed, this is definitely the largest shipping company.
The guano has now begun to establish a sales company in Uruguay, but Li Guang asked for delivery to China first, and there is no large amount of transportation to Uruguay for the time being.
The PlayJP is a ro-ro freighter, which is far more valuable than a dry bulk carrier, estimated to be around $200,000. Li Guang was not willing to use it to transport guano, but after a simple makeover, he commissioned the Jew Rapanga Marel to register a shipping company on the East Coast, which was registered in the United States. We only accept business for transportation to the company. All but one of the first mates on board were Americans. The captain is a licensed, but drunken Yankee who drinks every day. Almost everything on board is handled by the first mate. And this first mate is Huang Zhonghua.
Huang Zhonghua made three trips from Nauru to Guangxi, and it took him half a year, and now he is basically a qualified captain.
Li Guang thought of this method after learning that the Devil's fleet in the Pacific Ocean west of Panama had been escorting the ship, and the Pickup had no chance to sneak attack. Let Huang Zhonghua work for the devil and find a chance to be ruthless.
The pickup is now being sent to Germany and Spain, one to send some batteries to the torpedo factory in Rameau, and the other to buy two 2,500 hp diesel engines from Germany. The third ordered some parts for diesel engines from Germany. At the same time, orders have been placed on the US side. Only wait for the parts of the two companies to arrive to assemble the prototype, and only when the prototype is successfully trial-produced, Li Guang dares to order a large number of orders.
These parts are all prepared for Li Guang's diesel engine plan. After making a machine tool mortgage, Li Guang had a loose hand, and finally had some money to make some really promising investments.
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