Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 121 Restoration Plan
On the afternoon of the day when he received the compensation, Zhao Xin decided to raise anchor and set sail after discussing with Liu Sheng and others.

You can't stay in Nagasaki anymore. If you stay any longer, the armies of Kyushu and Shikoku will come.At that time, tens of thousands of people will rush forward, and with their lives alone, they will be able to consume all of them.

As for Di Fan, Zhao Xin decided not to go this time.Without him, the Di Fan in this era, like the Satsuma Fan, owed a lot of bad debts; even if they were to find fault and blackmail, they would not get much money.

(Historically, until 1836, Di Fan’s foreign debts totaled 1000 taels of silver. It has always been 60 taels of silver, and [-] taels of silver is exchanged for one tael of gold.)
So after a long siren sound, Thor turned around and headed towards the sea in the southeast direction.Ye Mu took the long-term view of the observation post until the Thunder God disappeared at sea level, and then she took a long breath.The "devil ship" that turned Nagasaki upside down has finally left!
On the way back to Sendai Fan, Zhao Xin and others held a small meeting.The main content is to review the trip to Nagasaki and sum up the lessons.

First of all, there is a serious shortage of manpower traveling with the ship.The main reason is that there is a shortage of qualified sailors, and the ability of the currently trained sailors from island countries cannot keep up.

Now every time we set sail, Zhao Xin, Liu Sheng and Deng Fei are responsible for both the management level and the operation level on the ship, with other people assisting.From driving, docking, cargo loading and unloading, turbine maintenance, to the use and maintenance of main propulsion equipment and various auxiliary equipment systems, modern public participation is required.

Speaking of being on duty in the cockpit of the Thor, it is a very hard job.

There is no satellite navigation in this era, so the person in charge of duty needs to keep radar observation at all times, conduct visual observation, be responsible for positioning, correct course, and deal with emergency when encountering an alarm.The most troublesome thing is that you often have to manually steer the steering wheel.

There is no chair to sit in the cockpit, and the person in charge of duty can only stand or stroll back and forth.Each duty time is four hours, and there are six shifts a day.A logbook shall also be recorded during each watch.

Even Zhao Xin, the second knife, would not be able to doze off because of fatigue when on duty, because there is an "anti-drowsiness system" (bridge navigation duty alarm system) in the cockpit.This thing will sound a harsh buzzer every 12 minutes. If you don't press the "RESET" button at this time, it will activate the cockpit alarm; if you don't press it again, the buzzer in the captain's cabin will go off. If you don't press it in the captain's cabin, the whole ship will call the police.

Although the alarm sound is very harsh, but for the safety of the voyage, no one will completely turn off the alarm system.

As for the maintenance and maintenance of the general facilities in the deck and ship building, several modern people have to guide the sailors of those island countries to operate.

The above is not counted, once there is a battle, you still have to participate.

You can make do once or twice in a short period of time, but no one can stand it for a long time.This long voyage exhausted Liu Sheng and Deng Fei, because Zhao Xin, Ding Guofeng and Zhao Liang couldn't help with some highly technical tasks.

The efficiency of modern equipment depends on the people who can operate the equipment skillfully.Without a personnel system that has a complete grasp of modern knowledge, it is useless to get aircraft and tanks.

So Zhao Xin decided that after returning to Beihai this time, the first thing is to increase the number of sailors and focus on training for three to four weeks.After that, regular long-term training is required.

If this problem is not solved, modern equipment will become a drag. In the end, we still have to go back to using wooden sailboats that meet the conditions of the current era, and then recruit a group of sailors from this era.What are you drawing?

The second problem is the serious shortage of soldiers.

This time, the Saga Clan almost succeeded in a sneak attack because of insufficient guards on the deck.If Liu Sheng and Zhao Liang hadn't controlled the main deck with machine guns, Zhao Xin would have retreated to the ship building with Pingtai and others.

Faced with this problem, it is unrealistic to expect to wait until next year to recruit a group of Shandong people.So everyone decided to continue to expand their military force after returning to Beihai this time, and began to equip these soldiers with SKS semi-automatic rifles.

This batch of SKS rifles was the first batch Zhao Xin bought from Andrew.

Considering that the 7.62x39mm bullets are produced in another time and space by many countries and manufacturers, the output and inventory are huge, and the price is low, Zhao Xincai purchased [-] bullets at a time.

However, the SKS semi-automatic rifle also has many shortcomings.Large vertical recoil and fast recoil recovery; depends on accessories; difficult to control when shooting in rapid succession.

The most fatal shortcoming is that it is easy to escape.Zhao Xin asked Andrew to add a firing pin spring to each rifle.Otherwise, even if it is cheap and good, he would not dare to ask for it.

Considering the physical conditions of the islanders in the [-]th century, Zhao Xin has always been hesitant to use it.

However, in the battle with the Saga clan this time, the problem of insufficient firepower on the deck was very prominent.After Pingtai and the others quickly fired the nine rounds of the lever rifle at the beginning, it took a lot of time to reload one round at a time.There were even several people who were so nervous that they couldn't even put the bullets in, and they fell all over the ground.

It seems that SKS must be taken out.

After discussing the crew and weapons, Liu Sheng asked Zhao Xin a question that everyone was very concerned about: "How much can we exchange for the 15 taels of island gold coins we got this time?"

Zhao Xin took a calculator and made a rough estimate, and replied: "It is definitely not possible to sell gold coins directly. The island country gold coins we got this time are all Yuanwen small judgment gold, and the gold content is about 65%. We When we go back, we have to melt these gold coins to refine pure gold. According to the current spot price of gold, it is about 8000 million U.S. dollars."

Deng Fei asked curiously: "What is the other 35%?"

"Silver, and lead and tin."

"8000 million dollars can buy a lot of weapons, right?"

"Brother, if you buy it, someone will know how to use it. If I buy a tank, who will use the cannon? We can't always let us charge forward, right? We are teaching people how to fish, not going fishing by ourselves every day. "

When they heard what Zhao Xin said, they thought it was the same reason.

"And when Lao Chen's wasteland is developed, the follow-up large-scale agricultural machinery will follow."

At this point in the conversation, Zhao Xin smiled and asked Liu Sheng and the others: "Have you ever driven a 400 million luxury car?"

Everyone shook their heads blankly.

"I haven't driven it either. But the three tractors ordered for Lao Chen this time are 430 million each."

Several people couldn't help exclaiming: "My dear! A tractor is so expensive!"

Zhao Xindao: "Old Chen is an expert in agriculture, so there is a reason why it is expensive. I have seen the real thing with my own eyes, and the domestic products are really incomparable."

The three expensive tractors that Chen Qingsong asked Zhao Xin to purchase were the famous "John Deer" 9620RX crawler tractors.Its maximum engine power reaches 620 horsepower, and it is equipped with a Cummins QSX 15L diesel engine with a rated PTO power of 249 kilowatts.The width of its crawler tires can be nearly one meter, which is enough to deal with the muddy swampy plains in the outer northeast.

However, what Zhao Xin values ​​most about "John Deer" is not how many advanced technologies it uses, but that they have made the user experience to the extreme. A large number of one-key operations on the operation can greatly reduce the learning cost of the driver. big reduction.The manufacturer's slogan is to make the operation of the tractor as easy as that of an automatic transmission car.Even the seats and steering wheel in the cab are wrapped in leather.

A few people talked about the crooked building all the way to the tractor, and then they would think of oil.

Deng Fei said at this time: "Mr. Zhao, we have to refuel the ship. I checked in the morning, and the heavy fuel in the oil tank is only enough for us to run again."

Zhao Xin had previously told Deng Fei and the others not to call himself "Boss" all the time, we were all brothers who fought together, and just called them by their first names.But Deng Fei and the others all said that "Mr. Zhao and Mr. Zhao" were fluent, and they couldn't change it for a while.

"Then how much heavy oil do you want to buy this time?"

"Fifty tons is definitely needed."

It is said that the main reason why large ocean-going ships use heavy oil is that it is cheap.If all diesel is used, the cost will be frighteningly high, even a local tyrant like Zhao Xin can't play it.Of course, the speed change performance of the engine burning heavy oil is poor, so the Raytheon has to use a diesel engine when it enters the port, so as to cope with frequent acceleration and deceleration.

Another ice-free port in time and space is the end of a famous oil pipeline, so the purchase of heavy oil is relatively convenient.

The refueling of modern large ships usually anchors at the anchorage, and then the oil supply ship is berthed, and then connected through the oil pipeline or land tanker, and the fuel is injected into the oil tank of the sailing ship.

It is said that refueling a ship is not refueling a car, just drive away when it is full.No one will fill up the oil tank at one time. After calculating the fuel consumption of the transportation distance, they will add that much, and then add oil for the return journey at the destination.

Every time before refueling, it is necessary to barge the original fuel storage, and then put the refilled fuel into the empty tank to avoid incompatibility of fuel from different fuel companies, and it is also convenient for measurement and calculation, reducing the risk of oil spills.

Before refueling, all oil tanks need to be measured, and the empty height, molded depth and temperature should be recorded.Consider the trim and heel, use the tank capacity table to calculate the fuel volume, and use the density and temperature tables to convert the fuel oil in this volume unit into the volume and weight at standard temperature.

Finally, check the type and quantity of fuel to see if the viscosity, density and sulfur content meet the requirements.

Buying heavy oil is a big move that requires a lot of preparation in the early stage, and a small oil storage depot needs to be built on the North Sea side.

Several people discussed for a long time, and finally decided to build an underground oil depot similar to a gas station, which mainly stores oil and diesel for ships.

The advantages of buried tanks are strong concealment, high safety, small loss of oil and gas, and greatly reduced risk of fire and explosion.Moreover, the oil depot is not easy to be found underground, which can reduce the chance of damage caused by man-made and natural factors, and is beneficial to fire prevention, explosion prevention and earthquake prevention.

Before occupying the oil-producing area of ​​Bitter Leaf Island in the north, Zhao Xin could only be tossed back and forth.However, the purchase of oil should not be too frequent, at least half a year's usage must be met once purchased; and the local relationship in another time and space must be established to complete this matter.

Zhao Xin recorded in his notebook while thinking, and finally wrote seven or eight pages of purchase content.Seeing that he had so many things to do, Zhao Xin felt like he was going crazy.

At this time, Deng Fei said: "Mr. Zhao, shall we go to Yezo this time?"

"Go. It is necessary. Except for the Ezo land, we need to rest for a while when we go back this time. Lay a good foundation and make economic and military preparations for our large-scale farmland reclamation next year and our southward trip to Shandong."

(End of this chapter)