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Long Hao waited for Inzaghi to finish talking about Nianyong, and then asked: "It's been so many years, have you received any orders to build submarines?"

"Building a submarine?" Inzaghi, who was a little drunk, raised his head and showed his white teeth: "Who has nothing to waste money on building that thing? Wait, it seems that there is, there is..."

Long Hao asked eagerly: "What?"

'Paji', Inzaghi, who was so drunk, turned his body and passed out drunk!

Why did Long Hao ask about the submarine?Because he bought the shipyard, he didn't intend to build technology to build bb ships (battleships) or cv ships (aircraft carriers), but put his idea on submarines!

Insert it strongly, and give you children's boots science knowledge about submarines: In 1620 (early?), the Dutch physicist Cornelius Dreyer successfully created the first diving boat in human history. The reason why it is called' The boat' is not called a boat, because this diving boat is more like a round water polo, which can dive 3 to 5 meters into the water.

However, in the next few hundred years, submarines did not make great progress. The reason may be that they could not be used in warfare. Too petty.

The first submarine 'Ocean Turtle' used in war appeared in the American Du Li War in 1776. Although it did not achieve results, it aroused the widespread interest of many scientists.

I have to add that the pioneering spirit of the Americans is really amazing, so it is not unreasonable for it to become the world's largest country in the future. Like the Irish-American Fulton, he improved the "Turtle" afterwards, In 1801, the construction of the submarine 'Nautilus' was completed.When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, the Southern Army first developed the submarine "Henley" and sank the light cruiser "Houston" of the Northern Army. However, due to the inherent flaws in the design of the "Henley", the longitudinal stability Poor, so after the explosion, they were sucked by the water flow in the big hole in the side of the 'Houston', and finally died together.

Nevertheless, the example of a submarine defeating a warship for the first time shocked the Northern Army, so there was the 'Wisdom Whale' submarine research project that Inzaghi participated in.However, after eight years of preparation and the investment of a research and construction fund of US$5, which was by no means small at that time, the Wisdom Whale still failed!

Long Hao only has a general understanding of the history of these submarines above. The deepest impression is probably the "unrestricted" submarine warfare declared by Germany during World War I. The "wolf pack tactics" of German submarines caused Britain, the ocean overlord at that time, to be attacked. Heavy losses, of course, also drew the United States into the war.

But now, after visiting the Kunpeng Shipyard, Long Hao was surprised to find that there was no sign of a submarine, so he asked an old boatman like Inzaghi for questioning.

In fact, how did Long Hao know that although the submarine is born now, it is still a long way from being formed during World War I.

reason?That's because a key person was missing!And this character, Long Hao just couldn't remember it for a while!

The next day, after Inzaghi sobered up, Long Hao came immediately.

Long Hao asked pleasantly: "Inzaghi, last night you said that someone built a submarine in our shipyard, who is that person?"

In the dark, Long Hao felt that the person who placed the order was the key to what he was looking for.

After hearing this, Inzaghi had a look of embarrassment on his face, as if he regretted his slip of the tongue after drinking, he hesitated to answer.

Long Hao was very good at dealing with foreigners. With a cold snort, he took out the Winchester revolver. Inzaghi immediately woke up from the wine, and the things in his stomach were poured out like beans in a bamboo tube. He answered fifty to ten.

Hey, you have to toast and don't eat fine wine!

Inzaghi said: "That person is an Irishman. I heard that he has been interested in submarine research since he was a child. About 6 years ago, he came to our shipyard to order some special submarine parts, because I happened to be free at that time. So I did it for him privately, the amount was not big, only less than eight hundred or eight hundred dollars..."

Long Hao laughed, no wonder this handsome old Italian guy refused to confess. It turned out that he was involved in the old case of using public service for personal gain six years ago.

Long Hao waved his hands generously: "That's a thing of the past, and it's also the fault of the Trapattoni family. I don't blame you, just keep talking!"

Inzaghi heaved a sigh of relief and said, "It's been a long time since I had forgotten about it, but until three months ago, this Irishman came here again and entrusted me to make a propulsion device for a submarine. Not much, only more than 2000 US dollars. In view of the previous cooperation, I took the time to manufacture it for him. You know, if this propulsion device is placed in a shipyard on the east coast, it will definitely not be able to get it without 5000 US dollars. Yes! The Irishman is very thrifty!"

Long Hao's eyes lit up, and he asked, "That Irishman, what's his name?"

Inzaghi said: "His name is John Holland, a very gentle and thin old man, I heard he is from Savannah, Georgia!"

That's him!Long Hao was excited: John Holland, this great man known as the originator of modern submarines!

John Holland was born in the town of Liskena in Ireland in 1841. In 1873, Holland brought some design drawings of submarines and came to the United States alone to seek development. In 1875, Holland dedicated his submarine plan to the U.S. Navy, preparing to use it against the British army. However, because the shadow of the failure of the Wisdom Whale Project, which lasted eight years, had not yet dissipated, Holland was dismissed. Refused.

Just at this time, Holland received the support of the Irish revolutionaries 'Fenian Society' in exile in the United States. After three years of hard work, in 1878, the 'Holand-1' submarine was successfully launched.

In 1881, Holland, who made persistent efforts, produced the improved submarine "Holand-2". Xing problem, he creatively invented an elevator. When the submarine dives, it does not rely on increasing weight, but uses the submersible rudder to maintain depth, and when floating, it uses a small amount of reserve buoyancy to float.

This design is considered an important milestone in the history of submarine development, but it is a pity that Holland is a pure researcher and has no idea of ​​using submarines for combat. One night, the personnel of the Fenian Society sent Holland No. 2 and Holland No. 3, which was about to be built, were smuggled away. Poor Holland was abandoned like a puppy.

However, Holland's love for submarines is crazy, and soon he found an artillery captain named Zalinsky to cooperate to create a fourth submarine, named 'Zarinsky', but the bad luck came again It came to Holland. In 1886, the Zalinsky was launched into the water for the first time for experiments. As a result, the slide collapsed and the whole boat was destroyed.

Now that Holland has parted ways with Zalinsky, he lives alone in Savannah, looking for generous people willing to invest in submarine research all over the United States. No, he just got a sum of money and immediately found Inzaghi. Build this newly designed propulsion unit.

The reason is just like what Inzaghi said, the manufacturing charges of Kunpeng Shipyard are indeed much cheaper than those of the shipyards on the east coast of the United States, and Holland chose this place because of his simplicity and economy.After all, the shipbuilding industry on the east coast is much more developed, and the manufacturing process is far better than that on the west coast. If he had extra money, Holland would not have traveled thousands of miles to San Francisco to order it.

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