Fang Lang's attitude was obviously beyond Adams Titch's expectations, and he looked at Fang Lang with some puzzlement for a while, after confirming that the other party was indeed not joking.

Only then did he say with a puzzled and somewhat worried face:

"Brother, this is a brand-new warship, the quality is produced by your own shipyard, and I personally supervise it to ensure that there are no problems, why aren't you interested?"

Obviously, Adams Tiqi would not believe that Fang Lang would really be modest and polite, he was a little worried that there would be something inside that he didn't know, so he was a little worried in an instant.

Seeing the worried expression on the other party's face, Fang Lang couldn't help but smile dumbly, reached out and patted the other party's arm and said:

"Haha..... Don't worry, brother, I won't cheat you. Although I did not get to know the specifics of this warship, I will not joke with the reputation of our shipyard.

There will be no problems with the warships produced by our shipyard, you can participate in the whole production process, and I am sure you should see the actual situation. ”

Fang Lang's explanation obviously couldn't dispel Adams Titch's concerns, he still looked at Fang Lang with a worried face, and the wine glass he picked up was raised and put down, obviously still very worried.

"Alright! I'll just tell you the truth! However, this matter must be kept secret by my brother! ”

Hearing Fang Lang's words, Adams Teach's eyes lit up, and he looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, he approached Fang Lang sideways:

"Don't worry, brother, I will keep it strictly confidential!"

Seeing the other party's nervous appearance, Fang Lang shrugged his shoulders and said:

"Actually, it's not a particularly confidential thing. When I first communicated with General Crook to build warships on my own, my opinion was to directly build the latest missile destroyers.

Unfortunately, the current missile technology is not mature enough, so in the end, General Crook asked us to start by imitating the Fletcher-class destroyers.

The Keeling-class destroyer that the U.S. military is building now definitely surpasses him in terms of performance, so I don't have much interest in him.

What I want is a more powerful and up-to-date missile destroyer, you know what I mean? ”

Fang Lang's words obviously hit Adams Titch a little, and after thinking for a while, he slowly spoke:

"Do you mean that this warship of ours has lagged behind from the start?"

Seeing the other party's appearance, Fang Lang stepped forward with a smile, patted him on the shoulder and comforted:

"It can only be said that it is slightly behind the United States, but there is no obvious generation difference. As you said yourself, our warship has also reserved room for upgrading and modification from the beginning.

As long as our missile technology matures, we can convert these warships into a new generation of guided missile destroyers.

And the Kieling-class, the main destroyer produced by the United States, is actually not much different from ours.

So, we're not far behind. ”

Hearing Fang Lang's obviously comforting words, Adams Titch's heart still couldn't let go, but he also understood the reason why Fang Lang was unwilling to accept this new warship.

Since there was nothing he was worried about, he was relieved.

After pondering for a while, Adams Titch raised his head and looked at Fang Lang with a straight face:

"Are the missile destroyers you are talking about really so powerful? I know that Brother Fang, you often communicate with American generals and have your own understanding of the new equipment in the world.

I don't know if you can help me popularize it today, about the future warships of our Navy should develop in that direction. ”

Seeing the other party's serious expression, Fang Lang glanced at him seriously with some surprise, and then looked at the wine glass in his hand, and found that there was no more wine.

Adams Tichy noticed Fang Lang's movements, got up without hesitation, opened the balcony door behind him, beckoned to the waiter in the banquet hall, took two glasses of champagne and put them on the small table, turned around and closed the balcony door, and then returned to his seat and sat down.

looked at Fang Lang expectantly.

Fang Lang was stunned by the other party's series of actions, and finally saw the other party looking at him expectantly, Fang Lang couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"Alright! Everyone is our own person, and since you want to hear my opinion, then I will also share my personal opinion. But first of all, this is just my own judgment based on the development of some science and technology.

Whether it is accurate or not remains to be tested by time, and it is up to you whether you agree with it or not. ”

Hearing this, Adams Titch said without hesitation:

"I believe in you!"

Fang Lang smiled and picked up a glass of champagne that the other party had just brought over, took a sip, moistened his throat and said slowly:

"The development direction of warships, in my opinion, mainly revolves around scientific and technological progress in three aspects, first of all, the hull material, from the wooden hull to the steel armor, the development route of this material is very clear.

The second is the advancement of power plants, from the most primitive oars to sail power, to coal-fired steam power, and then to the current steam turbine that burns heavy oil.

Again, it is the change of weaponry, from the initial cold weapons, to artillery, to torpedoes.

Each of these advances has brought about fundamental changes in the way warships fight, from the initial ramming and white-knuckle combat to naval artillery and torpedo attacks.

This knowledge, as an old navy, I believe you should be very clear. ”

Hearing Fang Lang's old talk, Adams Titch did not show any impatience, but still looked at Fang Lang with a serious face, waiting for his next words.

"So what progress has been made in these three areas after World War II?

Let's count them one by one, first of all, in terms of hull materials, the changes are not very obvious, and they are still developing along the alloy steel.

But the changes in power plant and armament will be predictably upside down.

First of all, in terms of power plant, as far as the current situation can be seen, the power of high-speed warships in the future will develop from the current steam turbine that burns heavy oil to the direction of gas turbine and heavy diesel power.

Of course, this does not mean that steam turbines are directly eliminated, but compared with steam turbines, gas turbines have the characteristics of small size, light weight, high power and high thermal efficiency.

Even when it comes to start-up time, gas turbines have a clear advantage. Therefore, the power of future ships will definitely be dominated by gas turbines.

However, the consumption of gas turbines is large, and it is not suitable for long-term use, so I think it is a very good development direction to combine with other power.

And that's not the end of the power plant that I can see, what really makes me look up to nuclear power is nuclear power.

It's a pity that our neighbors to the north will never allow us to have such a thing. ”

Fang Lang couldn't help but feel a little depressed, after all, Brazil's biggest advantage is that it is too far away from God, and its disadvantage is that it is too close to the United States.

If Fang Lang had traveled more than a hundred years earlier, he might have really not taken the United States in his eyes, but it is obviously impossible for Brazil to escape the control of the United States now, and if he wants to develop now, he can only stay in the corner and quietly look for opportunities.

After listening to Fang Lang's introduction, Adams Titch said with some doubts:

"By nuclear power, do you mean something like the Americans' atomic bomb? Isn't this a bomb? Can it still be a motivator? ”

Seeing that Adams Titch was puzzled, Fang Lang smiled and explained:

"The principle of nuclear power and the atomic bomb is similar, except that the atomic bomb uses the huge energy released by the uncontrolled nuclear fission reaction to cause great damage.

But nuclear power is to prevent the nuclear fission reaction from getting out of control, and use the huge heat generated by the nuclear fission reaction to drive the steam engine to power the ship.

As for the benefits of this motivation, I don't think I need to say more. ”

Hearing Fang Lang's explanation, Adams Titch looked at Fang Lang with a look of surprise on his face.

"Can this really be done?"

Regarding the other party's question, Fang Lang didn't want to explain too much, just shrugged his shoulders and said:

"The Japanese have already told you the exact answer to all this with their own experience."

After taking a deep breath, Adams Tiqi lost his voice for a while, not knowing what to say, only feeling a deep shock.

Seeing this, Fang Lang didn't explain too much, but continued to speak:

"And then we're going to talk about how advances in weaponry, that is, the advent of missiles, will change our future naval warfare.

What is a missile, you should have heard of it! ”

Adams Tichy nodded when he heard this:

"I've heard that at the end of the war, Germany had a missile called the V2, but I don't know exactly what it looked like and how it worked."

Fang Lang was not surprised by this answer, after all, in this era, information is far less developed than in later generations, and in Brazil, a region where even news control has just been liberalized, I have never heard of missiles as the norm.

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As for what I've seen, it's even rarer.

It is Adams Titch who belongs to the top of the Brazilian Navy and has access to the latest information.

Fang Lang nodded and said:

"You can understand it as a weapon that has a control system on the rocket, which can control its flight and direct it to the target.

It is like a suicide plane filled with explosives, a weapon that can be controlled by humans to fly directly to his target at a long distance, and then detonate directly.

Do you understand? ”

Such an explanation can be regarded as very vivid, and Adams Titch immediately understood what kind of weapon it was. At the same time, I can't help but feel a grunt.

Born as a naval officer, the first thing that came to his mind was that a suicide plane full of bombs, directly controlled by the pilot, crashed into his battleship, and this situation could not be avoided at all.

Coupled with the fact that he was not controlling an airplane, but a rocket, this meant that his flight speed was so fast that he didn't even have a chance to intercept it, and he was directly scared into a cold sweat when he thought of this.

No wonder Fang Lang said that missile destroyers are the future, and after having missiles, artillery battles will directly withdraw from the stage of history.

The point is, the missiles can't be dodged at all! It's scary to think about.

His face was ugly, and he swallowed his saliva with difficulty:

"I understand!"

Seeing this, Fang Lang nodded with a smile and said:

"Missiles can be divided into many types, so I won't give you a detailed account here.

We just need to know that a missile is a weapon that can be guided precisely at long ranges beyond visual range.

Capable of launching out-of-sight attacks on land, air and sea targets and ensuring accurate hits.

Can you imagine what changes the appearance of this weapon will bring to the way naval warfare is conducted in the future? ”

Adams Tichy smiled bitterly with a somewhat pale face:

"I finally understand why you don't want this destroyer now.

In the face of this kind of weapon, this old destroyer is simply a live target! ”

Then he said with a worried face:

"Is there a way to defend against a missile attack, other than having the same missile destroyers?"

Fang Lang smiled and reached out to pat the other party's shoulder and said:

"Don't worry too much, the development of missiles also needs a process, and we still have time to work hard. As for the defense against missile attacks, I think we can only rely on missile interception! ”