Born In England

"With a displacement of 25,000 tons, the speed must reach 23 knots?" Li Lin touched his chin and thought about it. During this period of time, he browsed the contents of the [Weapon Design Drawings of World War I and World War II].

This displacement needs to reach a speed of 23 knots. Steam power is indeed difficult, but diesel engines are not impossible!

"Yes, is it difficult?" Hoffman asked.

The battleship has rough skin and thick flesh, and its firepower is super fierce!

But its only drawback is that it is slow.

But in an engagement, if your speed is faster than the enemy battleship, then the situation is different.

That means you have a certain amount of initiative!

"Yes, but I need to give me half a month. I want my team to sort it out. In fact, our team designed a battleship with a displacement of 23,000 tons before, and the speed reached more than 24 knots. So the difference is not big. Yes." Li Lin said blindly.

"What? 23,000 tons of displacement can reach a speed of 24 knots? In this way, even if 25,000 tons of displacement cannot be produced, we can accept 23,000 tons of displacement. Of course, the tonnage should preferably reach 25,000 tons of displacement." Hoffman thought thought about it.

The heavier the tonnage, the larger the caliber of the artillery that can be installed, and the larger the caliber, the stronger the attack power must be!

"Okay, I can definitely let my people wait for you here for half a month. Anyway, they are professional in this matter, and I am not professional. If it is really feasible at that time, I can make a decision in England. The price is not a problem. But the quality must be good, and it’s okay to build slowly, anyway, it can be finished within 3 years.” Hoffman said.

A powerful battleship is very important for a fleet!

"Okay!" Li Lin nodded.

Then the two sides discussed the thickness of the armor.

What Hoffman requires is that the comprehensive armor must be a quarter thicker than the current conventional armor!

In this regard, Li Lin said that there is no problem.

As long as the power is strong, everything is not a problem.

So, the most important thing is for him to go back and pick out the blueprints for a suitable large diesel engine block.

Take out the data and calculate it for a group of designers to see if the approximate speed can be achieved.

half a month later,

The design drawings and estimated data that Li Lin produced met Hoffman's requirements.

Hoffman decided to order one!

But the price is not cheap, 3 million pounds a piece!

Why is the price so expensive? Because the thicker the armor, the higher the cost must be, because the technology in various aspects is different. In addition, the powerful diesel engine set must be more expensive.

Generally speaking, like this tonnage, 2.3 million pounds is almost the same.

In a flash, more than half a year has passed.

In the blink of an eye, the end of 1898 arrived.

In the past half a year, Li Lin has also successfully fooled France into placing an order for 3 cruisers, and Deguo also placed an order for 2 cruisers.

Such an excellent cruiser makes it impossible for these two forces to refuse!

On the other hand, Goose Country didn't have a big cold, and they were still obsessed with the construction of the army.

On the contrary, it is the country. In the previous life, it still focused on the army, but after tasting the sweetness in Angola, it invested more money in the navy!

...

this day.

Li Lin met an old friend whom he hadn't seen for several years.

In a box in a teahouse.

"Sun Longxing, why did you come here?" Li Lin asked with a smile looking at Sun Longxing, who was already a bit vicissitudes in front of him.

The other party's face was a bit vicissitudes, but his eyes were very firm and bright.

Perhaps, he has found the way he wants to go!

Someone once said that there are no roads in the world, but when people travel more, roads become roads.

"Mr. Li, I have been wandering here in Nanyang for the past year, so I simply came to Singapore, mainly because I also wanted to visit you. I didn't expect that Mr. is really here." Sun Longxing respectfully said .

He still respects Li Lin very much.

Because in his heart, the few words Li Lin gave him back then made him use for life!

Even, what he has done these years is more or less related to those few words.

"Well, that's how it is. I heard in the past two years that you have a good reputation in your hometown." Li Lin said with a smile.

"Ahem...not a good reputation." Sun Longxing was slightly embarrassed.

"There is no bad reputation. I think you have done a good job. As the saying goes, how bold a person is and how productive the land is, I still say the same thing, I am very optimistic about you." Li Lin encouraged.

"Really?" Hearing this, Sun Longxing seemed to have a feeling that only Mr. Li Lin knew me.

"Mr. Li, what do you think of the current situation in your hometown?" Sun Longxing asked when he saw that Li Lin was interested in this aspect.

He felt that Li Lin's overall view was definitely much better than his.

This time I finally saw Li Lin again, so I must ask for advice.

"I'm not going back to my hometown. I don't care much about the situation there. Anyway, it's still the same sentence. You can just do what you want, and you don't need to ask me." Li Lin said ambiguously.

"this……"

"Well, we're friends now. It's vulgar to give you money after you've come here. I'm going to give you a batch of weapons. It just so happens that I recently squeezed a lot of weapons from the weapon company and couldn't sell them. I will give you a batch for free." Li Lin said calmly.

It's like giving you some baskets of fruit.

"Ah? Well, that's really embarrassing." Sun Longxing was surprised and dazed.

He knew that weapons were expensive.

I just don't know how much Li Lin gave him.

But as long as there are hundreds of guns, he is very satisfied.

"It's okay, these weapons are nothing. I plan to give you 5,000 KAR98K rifles, 100 mortars, 50 60mm mountain guns, 24 LeFH18 105mm howitzers, 200 M2 machine guns, and 1,000 pistols! The ammunition is enough to support you to fight 5 tough battles!" Li Lin said.

After listening to Li Lin's words, Sun Longxing suddenly gasped!

This, this, so many weapons, he can definitely pull up a strong army!

You know, the above weapons all look very powerful.

It's not that the weapons of the great powers are weak, or even stronger!

"This, this, Mr. Li, accept my worship!" Sun Longxing knelt down facing Li Lin.

Li Lin quickly helped Sun Longxing up: "It doesn't have to be like this, you are very suitable for me, you just accept it if I give you something. By the way, when the time comes, you can get the weapon from Yangcheng. Contact the branch in Yangcheng to find you."

"Thank you for your kindness!" Sun Longxing's face was touched, and he was not the kind of twitchy person.

"Come on, let's go eat!" Li Lin smiled.

The reason why he supports Sun Longxing with so many weapons is, first, to help Sun Longxing. Second, after more than a year, it will not be a good day, and it would be good to let Sun Longxing disrupt the situation, so it won't be so miserable.

Maybe Sun Longxing can still take off? Wouldn't it be better!