Alchemy Greater China

When Lei Long saw Long Hao coming in, he turned from the helmsman and walked quickly, his every move was swift and resolute, showing his meticulous military style.

Lei Long said: "Master, we have fully mastered this dragon ship, and we have also checked the charts and sailing diary. If everything goes well, we will arrive at St. Matthew Island in 16 days. According to the plan, we will be there Replenish coal, food and fresh water!"

Lei Long and the others originally called Long Hao 'uncle', but Long Hao felt that this name was not as prestigious as 'young master', so he asked them to change it.

Long Hao gave a thumbs up and praised: "Good job, it seems that you have learned a lot in the Beiyang Navy!"

Thunder Dragon and others are not the official establishment of the Beiyang Navy, but in terms of sailing level, they are already a bit higher than most of the Beiyang Navy. What they lack is practical experience and actual combat drills! [

This dragon ship just gave them this opportunity!

Lei Long nodded and said: "Yes, although Beiyang is corrupt now, there are still many talents! And everything is just like what Master said, the real navy is to operate the ship by oneself, and go to the sea to gain experience! Only in this way , to grow!"

Thunder Dragon felt it. Don't look at them taking over the Russian sailors and taking charge of the dragon ship in less than an afternoon. However, many problems were exposed during the process. For example, just now, the There was a dangerous situation: due to a brother's improper operation, the boat almost hit a piece of ice floe. Fortunately, Thunder Dragon discovered it early and ordered the rudder to be turned in time to resolve the dangerous situation.

Fortunately, Long Hao didn't know about this, otherwise he might not be as old as he is now, but would be covered in white hair and cold sweat.

Long Hao got to the point and said, "Lei Long, Zhou Bodang said that you have made a major discovery and you want to report it to me?"

Long Hao has already counted Lei Long and his gang as his subordinates, so now he has to make them get used to obeying him subtly.It is very necessary to ask a few imperative questions frequently!

Thunder Dragon nodded, waved his finger to a corner of the room, and said, "Master, come and have a look!"

In this corner, there was a thick wall painted with the usual whitewash, but there was nothing unusual about it.

Long Hao looked at it carefully for a while, then sighed: "Lei Long, don't be a fool, what's so special about this wall?"

Lei Long nodded, took out a piece of cardboard from his pocket, and handed it to Long Hao: "Master, this is the original design drawing of this ship. Take a look, do you find anything wrong?"

Long Hao took the design drawings and looked down, only to see a line of German written on his head, and the small characters marked on the drawings were also written in German!

Long Hao had also seen this blueprint when cleaning up the loot before, but since he didn't care much about the ship design of this era, he skipped it on his own initiative.

After looking at it again, I was surprised to find that this dragon ship was actually a freighter built in Germany!

Lei Long didn't know that Long Hao could speak German, so he explained from the side: "This is a freighter made by the Germans..."

Long Hao continued and read out a string of fluent German: "Howltswerke shipyard is as famous as Stettnervulng, which produced the Dingyuan. It turns out that this cargo ship It was made by the Germans, no wonder the power seems to be insufficient, and the speed cannot be improved!"

Nowadays, the speed of a freighter with a load capacity like Dragon Ship is generally 8~12 knots, but after Long Hao took over Dragon Ship, he found that its speed is only a pitiful 6 knots, which is really a bit of a cheat!

Cherov is free to go to Germany to buy a ship, why not just go a little further and order a freighter for the empire on which the sun never sets?After all, today, Britain's shipbuilding technology and production capacity are still the top in the world, not one of them!

Seeing that Long Hao can speak German, Lei Long and Zhou Bodang were very surprised. Zhou Bodang was amazed: "Master, how many languages ​​do you know? Why don't you tell me together, don't surprise me from time to time !"

Long Hao glared at Zhou Bodang and didn't bother to pay attention to him. [

Compared with Zhou Bodang, Thunder Dragon was more calm, he put away his surprise, and said in a deep voice: "Master, although the engines of German ships are a little worse than those of British ones, what really affects their speed is their thick armor! You see, this ship was custom-made by Cherov alone..."

Thunder Dragon's callused fingers pointed at the blueprint, pointing out that the designed armor of this dragon ship is 20 mm thicker than that of ordinary freighters. More armor will naturally slow down the speed of the dragon ship!

20mm more?Long Hao frowned: What kind of tricks did Cherov play?He was just a coolie for shipping and building railways. Why did he go to Germany to order such a freighter with thicker armor?

Lei Long continued to point and draw on the blueprint, the red lines and small Chinese characters should have been added by him later: "Look, young master, the rated speed of this ship is 65~7 knots, but it just passed through the According to the measurement, the actual speed is only 58~61 knots, which is far lower than the design standard on the drawings! Very unusual!"

Long Hao was slightly surprised, looked carefully at the drawing, and found that it was indeed as Lei Long said, so he nodded and said: "It is indeed unusual, with the natural rigor of the Germans, the error in speed will never be so large!"

Zhou Bodang interjected: "That's true, this doesn't seem like a mistake that a German would make!"

Lei Long nodded in praise and said, "I see clearly, young master, please read this purchase list and maintenance documents again! This happened in a ship repair yard in Stockholm..."

After receiving the receipt, Long Hao looked at it for a while before reacting, raised his head, and his eyes were bright and bright: "What the hell, Cherov handed over the ship to the Swedes for refitting, and these purchase lists, He should have also bought a batch of arms! Damn, what does this Russian fat pig want to do in the United States? Launch an armed riot? Start a war?"

The black and white evidence in Long Hao's hand was filled with two words: Conspiracy!

Thunder Dragon shook his head and said: "What exactly Cherov wants to do, we don't know, but he should have added more than 10mm of armor to the dragon ship, otherwise the speed of this ship would not be able to drop to such a low level !"

Long Hao returned the paper in his hand to Lei Long, and said bitterly: "Not only that, the batch of ammunition he bought secretly should still be on this ship, I don't know where he hid them? Ah...Could it be!"

Long Hao's eyes immediately returned to the ordinary white gray wall, and he asked Lei Long excitedly: "Could it be that here..."

Lei Long gave Long Hao a very positive look, took out the design drawings of the dragon ship again, and pointed it to Long Hao: "Master, according to our simple survey and mapping in one afternoon, we found that the area and structure of this observation room are the same as the original design. There are obvious differences in the drawings! Look here, the area marked with the red line is a total of 6 square meters, and it has disappeared magically! And the disappeared 6 square meters are behind this wall!"

"Smash it open!"

"This subordinate also thinks the same way, so I have to invite the young master to make a decision!"

"Go ahead, what are you thinking... Wait, how many people know about these things?" Long Hao asked suddenly.

"For the time being, it's just me, Lao Zhou, and you, young master!"

Long Hao thought for a while, and then ordered Uncle Zhou: "Go and find Uncle Long, don't let too many people know about this for now!"

Then he ordered Lei Long: "Lei Long, find a few reliable brothers and smash this wall with your hands. Remember, don't make too much noise!"

Lei Long and Zhou Bodang took orders and went quickly, but after a while, Long Hao, Zhou Bodang, Long Ganruo and other Long Hao's confidants came over, everyone with guns in their hands.

And Thunder Dragon, after sending away the helmsman and others in the lookout room, just brought in two brothers, holding a shovel and a hammer in their hands.

Long Hao took a deep breath, waved his hands and ordered: "Do it, smash it!" [

Half an hour later, the original wall no longer exists, and a deep hole is revealed in front of everyone. Behind the wall, it is obviously hollow!

Long Hao said: "Lei Long, Zhou Bodang, follow me in and have a look!"

Long Bo persuaded: "Master, why don't I go, I don't know if there will be a mechanism inside!"

Long Hao shook his head, and said to Long Bo in a low voice: "There will be no tricks, foreigners are not so thoughtful, you stay here and help me check it out!"

After Long Hao arranged everything, he, Lei Long and Zhou Bodang got into the cave that only allowed one person to enter.

Lei Long walked in front, holding a kerosene lamp in his hand, to illuminate the scene of the secret room, Long Hao and Zhou Bodang came in afterward, and after seeing clearly the things placed in the secret room, the three of them were all dumbfounded!

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