"Bang, bang......." Early in the morning in the Hawaii shipyard, the large steam engine began to roar rhythmically, and a smile appeared on the corner of Fang Boqian's mouth as he walked quickly on the spacious road of the factory.

As a Beiyang general who once studied in the United Kingdom, he once envied the busy scene on the British coastline, and when the Westernization Movement began, he also fantasized that the Qing Dynasty would one day have such a spectacular scene.

For a period of time, he was indeed like everyone else, as if he saw hope, from the Fujian Shipbuilding Bureau, to the Guangzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau to the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau, the Qing Dynasty coastal area was indeed vibrant, but with the deepening of the Westernization Movement, those machine bureaus, manufacturing bureaus and shipyards, but did not advance but retreated, and entered a strange circle, becoming a place of officialdom battles and games, and the clanging sound became weaker and weaker.

Now, he saw a new world in distant Hawaii, a manufacturing base that was not inferior to any British shipyard, and with the development of the Ryukyus, a larger manufacturing bureau was taking shape. What made his heart palpitate even more was that, according to Fauber's vague words, his son-in-law actually had a shipyard in Italy, in addition to personally controlling two slightly smaller shipyards that didn't know where!

This is something he would never believe before, one person and a start-up team, the total number and scale of shipyards and machine manufacturing bureaus built and rebuilt are not much inferior to those of the Qing Dynasty, and even more surpass in technology!

What a lot of money and courage it takes!

Although he lost his beloved pipe belt identity and had no chance to command warships across the seas, it was already a gift from God to be able to continue to be with his beloved ships, so he cherished this opportunity very much.

Originally, if there was any regret, it was that the shipyard had not officially started building its own warships except for a number of torpedo boats, but this regret will soon dissipate with the launch of the Jinghai plan.

Today, the shipyard has been emptied of all four docks, and the workers are either cleaning and maintaining the machines, or learning the latest technology under the leadership of the technical department. The ironmaking and foundry that took the lead in launching were already in full swing.

How riveting and steaming!

Fang Boqian's mind suddenly popped up this new word that inadvertently popped up when his son-in-law explained the future naval development plan to everyone, and the smile on the corner of his mouth suddenly expanded a lot! Indeed, this is a world of rivets and steel, and all you have to do is supervise it and equip your beloved navy with more and better equipment!

As soon as he thought of this, his pace couldn't help but speed up a little.

When he arrived at the central office area, a familiar figure came out of the central office area with unkempt and tired eyes. The security guard standing at the door saw him and hurriedly saluted.

"Young master, early."

"Boss morning."

…… Li Mo stared at the dark circles under his eyes and sighed, and under the greetings of the security guards and engineers, he got out of the shipyard comprehensive office area, and before he could take a few steps, the figure in front of him made him stop suddenly.

"Li ......." Suddenly bumped into Li Mo, Fang Boqian also bowed slightly, fortunately, Master Li was clever, and hurriedly walked a few steps forward to take the lead in greeting: "Li Mo has seen my father-in-law." ”

A father-in-law dispelled the last trace of gloom in Fang Boqian's heart, and said with concern: "Why did you stay up late again?" You're still young, don't spoil your body, now you have the whole of Honolulu on your shoulders. ”

To tell the truth, after Li Guotai's death at the beginning of reincarnation, in addition to a few family members, only this cheap father-in-law was left as his real relative, although there was still a little awkward in his heart, but these casual words of concern made Li Mo's heart warm at that time, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, the son-in-law will pay attention, and the father-in-law, you should also pay attention to your body." ”

"Huh." Seeing that Young Master Li was so well-behaved, Fang Boqian was very relieved, and said with a smile: "Go back and rest early, otherwise Qi'er will be distressed again when she sees you like this in a while." ”

"Yes."

After Li Mo finished worshipping, he hurriedly walked towards Du Dazhuang, who had been waiting in the distance, he had indeed been busy in the past two months, first of all, the Curie couple and other scientists who had settled down, and in the separate laboratory opened for them on Niihau Island, they would also build a special test site in other places in the future, after all, the things that people play are very dangerous.

In addition, the Jinghai plan has also reached the most critical time, especially in terms of power, which is what Young Master Li is best at, the second-generation boiler, the process improvement of steam turbines, etc., everything is waiting for him.

Fortunately, after this period of time, the night and night axis are almost solved, and the rest is to hurry up and progress, and he can't interfere in this regard, but with the full launch of the Jinghai plan, he will return to the pace of continuing to enclose.

According to the current intelligence, Wenxiu and the others have bitten the tails of the pirates, and all that remains is when to send the fleet to suppress the bandits!

Bass Strait, Balintang Strait!

As long as he thought of these two names, Young Master Li trembled, if he could use this time to blockade these two places, then the passage from the South China Sea to the Pacific Ocean would be completely blocked by himself! Whether it is the current Zoben and Russia, and in the future, any country that wants to enter the Pacific Ocean from the South Seas will face the danger of being stuck by the neck of the Pacific Fleet!

As Du Dazhuang learned to drive, Young Master Li finally didn't have to use the knife himself, leaned back in the back seat, thinking about messy things, and his eyelids drooped together in less than a moment.

"Huhuhu......."

The gentle snoring continued to rise and fall with the soft sound of the engine.

Washington.

Du Qiao moved his body to avoid the bright light of the distant window, so that he could hide himself in the dark as much as possible, and only after adjusting it did he put his eyes on the scope again.

Beside him, the observer and assistant also immediately picked up the telescope.

On the other side of the scope, there is a two-story Western-style house, the sound of light music is heard from time to time in the large living room, and the floor-to-ceiling windows are not large, but for him, the shooting angle is enough.

As one of the few snipers in Nighthawk, Du Qiao's goal is very simple, that is, to compete with Wenxiu, who is now temporarily ranked first, for the title of the first person, but it has been almost three months since he came to Washington on this mission, and he has not yet solved the target, which really makes him a little discouraged.

Although the target is an energetic guy, in the absence of an inside line around him, unable to accurately predict the target's whereabouts, it is too difficult to solve the target with a bullet, and he caught this guy twice in three months, but he was lucky to dodge!

Fortunately, this time he got the news that the target will appear in this villa, and he will stay for a while, giving him the best chance.

Aiming at the inside of the house, the lights were bright, and countless figures were shuttling back and forth with wine glasses, and Du Qiao slowly moved the muzzle of the gun, from one window to another, searching.

Suddenly, a familiar target suddenly jumped into the camera, his movements froze all at once, and his fingers slowly put on the trigger, but at this moment, another figure suddenly blocked the design angle.

By the window, looking at the center of the red-carpeted dance floor, a couple of indulgent men and women twirling to the rhythm, Roosevelt frowned, he didn't like the atmosphere, and he simply didn't want to attend the reception if it wasn't necessary.

Next to him, Mahan, who was also holding a wine glass, stepped forward, blocking between him and the window.

Like Roosevelt, the Navy instructor didn't seem to be used to such an atmosphere. "Honestly, I'd rather go to a workers' bar." Roosevelt glanced at his old friend, took a sip of wine, and frowned.

"That's not going to work." Mahan smiled and pointed to the pair who were writhing the most in the middle of the dance floor, and said with a smile: "There are two more years to go until the election year, and don't forget, you are now William's running mate." ”

The corners of Roosevelt's mouth twitched, and he said: "That's a political need, if I have a choice, I'd rather go to the Admiralty." ”

Hearing Roosevelt's words, Mahan immediately understood, and the good friend surnamed Straightforward in front of him seemed to still be obsessed with Hawaii, and hurriedly said: "Teddy, don't worry too much, the Admiralty has ordered the mobilization of two warships to support George Dewey." ”

"Two? Did it work? Do you think those old warships can deal with the Hawaiians? Why not send the USS Indiana and USS Massachusetts to the Pacific Ocean! Roosevelt glanced at Mahan dissatisfied, apparently very dissatisfied with the Admiralty's approach.

Mahan spread his hands helplessly: "Teddy, you must know that the current interests of the United States are still in the Atlantic, the Indiana has just been commissioned, and the Massachusetts is still being tested, this is our best battleship at present, and it must stay in the Atlantic." ”

Seeing Roosevelt's frown, Mahan continued: "Don't worry too much, although the Hawaiians are strong, they have forgotten who is behind them. The defeat of Yue himself means that the arms of the British in the Far East have been cut off, and the British have become angry and have not only suspended their aid to Hawaii, but also stopped helping them build warships, so as long as they wait for Yue himself to rearm, the situation in the Far East will return to the situation in which he is dominant. ”

Roosevelt frowned, shook his head, and said: "Mahan, you underestimate the Hawaiians too much, don't forget that they often get 30 million pounds from themselves, and if they go to Germany, they can still get warships." ”

"Yes, but the problem is that the warships of the Germans are completely different from the warships currently used in Hawaii, and if Hawaii chooses Germany, then even if they can win the battle again, the messy logistics will bankrupt them!" Mahan said immediately.

"No, Mahan, it seems to me that we and everyone else underestimate that Mr. Li Mo too much, you know? Yesterday I got the information that they had purchased all the manufacturing technology of the Italians' eight- to twelve-inch guns through Chile, and even ordered eight twin main guns and a complete production line of naval guns. Roosevelt frowned: "I think they are ready to build their own warships." ”

"Build your own warship?" Mahan frowned and shook his head: "As far as I know, the maximum caliber of artillery that Hawaii can produce at present is only six inches, even if eight twelve-inch main guns are purchased, it will be prioritized for upgrading the existing battleships in order to compete with his new warships, and even if they can fully absorb the Italian naval gun technology, it will take at least three years!" This means that when all the warships ordered by me return to China, I am afraid that their battleships have not yet completed their design! ”

"And I also heard that they have only recently launched the first 4,000-ton experimental cruiser, according to the development process of China's warship manufacturing, from 4,000 tons to 10,000 tons, it will take at least two years, so I think they bought the Italian twelve-inch naval guns this time, as they said, to replace the existing battleships." Mahan continued: "As for the war in three years, I don't think even if the Hawaiians start to act now, they will not be able to compare with the people themselves, who are all composed of new warships, and they still can't find a country that is suitable and willing to build warships for them!" ”

"No, Mahan, you're wrong with everyone!" Roosevelt smiled bitterly, paused for a moment and continued: "Yes, everyone is not optimistic about the decisive battle between myself and the Hawaiians in three years, but if I had to choose, I would still bet on Hawaii to win, you know?" When I heard that they had wiped out all of their fleets without releasing a single prisoner, I knew that they had far surpassed them. ”

Mahan nodded in agreement, in fact, he also knew that he had lost all the naval officers and men, and at this moment he could not find even a few people who had experience in naval warfare, even if he could rearm a large fleet in three years, but because of the lack of skilled soldiers, the combat effectiveness could not be fully exerted.

"There's one more thing that worries me more."

"What's the matter?" Mahan's heart was mentioned, he knew that Roosevelt would never be tricky, and hurriedly asked.

Roosevelt put down his wine glass, looked at the deep night sky outside the window, his two sharp eyes seemed to have lifted the clouds, and he said slowly with a little heaviness: "Mahan, you said that if the Russians suddenly announced that they were involved in the war in the Far East at this moment, would the British be willing to take action in person or support an agent!" ”

Mahan's hand shook, and his wine glass was almost overturned by himself, and he finally knew why Roosevelt had been sullen. Hurriedly moved half of his body, looked out the window and took a deep breath, what the old friend said was right, once the Russians entered the Far East at this time, I am afraid that the attitude of the British would change immediately!

In the dark, Du Qiaozhi frowned, although the two people in front of the scope belonged to the target, but there was an important and a secondary difference! If he shoots now, he can guarantee that the second target will be cleared, but then the first target will definitely be alert, and obviously this is not worth the loss!

Unexpectedly, as soon as his fingers relaxed, the second target deviated half of his body, and looking at the face in the unmistakable photo, he quickly pulled the trigger again.

But!

When he was on target again, and when he saw that he was about to succeed, another figure slammed into the middle of the two.

Inside the window, the naval officer who was walking quickly ran to Roosevelt's ear and muttered a few words, the latter's face suddenly became solemn, and after thinking about it, he quickly grabbed Mahan and put down the wine glass and walked out.

"The Argentine Navy has just announced the resale of two battleships that it bought back from Britain last year to the Hawaiian Pacific Fleet." Roosevelt turned his head and told Mahan, who was still puzzled, with a shocking piece of news.

Outside the window, Du Qiao sighed deeply, and his heart was even more frustrated, he didn't understand, could it be that this guy on the other side was really shrouded by their goddess of luck? I dodged it three times in a row!

Damn it!

After taking a hard sip, he quickly packed up his things and disappeared into the darkness with his assistant, who also looked frustrated.

(To be continued)