Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Chapter 517 Fang Lang talks about ships

Author: Durian Shield

Chapter 517 Fang Lang talks about ships

Fang Lang's attitude was obviously beyond Adams' expectations. He looked at Fang Lang with some confusion for a while, and then confirmed that the other party was indeed not joking.

Then he said with a puzzled and worried look on his 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 Teach did not believe that Fang Lang would really be humble and courteous. He was a little worried that there might be some inside story that he didn't know about, so he instantly became worried.

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

"Haha. Don't worry, brother, I won't cheat you. Although I don't know the specific situation of this warship, I will not joke about the reputation of our shipyard.

There will be no problems with the warships produced by our shipyard. You can participate in the entire production process. I believe you will see the actual situation."

Fang Lang's explanation obviously failed to dispel Adams Teach's concerns. He still looked at Fang Lang with a worried look on his face. He raised and put down the wine glass he was holding, obviously still very worried.

"Okay! I'll tell the truth! However, I must keep this matter a secret for me!"

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

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

Seeing the other party's nervous look, Fang Lang shrugged and said:

"Actually, it's not a particularly secret matter. When I first communicated with General Crook about building independent warships, my opinion was to directly build the latest guided missile destroyers.

Unfortunately, the current missile technology is not mature enough, so in the end, General Crook asked us to start with imitation of the Fletcher-class destroyer.

The Keeling-class destroyer currently being built by the US military must surpass it in performance, so I don't have much interest in it.

What I want is a more powerful and latest guided missile destroyer, do you understand what I mean?"

Fang Lang's words obviously hit Adams Teach a little. After thinking for a while, he slowly said:

"Are you saying that our warship has lagged behind from the beginning?"

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

"It can only be said that it is slightly behind the United States, but there is no obvious generation gap. You yourself said that our warship has also reserved room for upgrades and modifications from the beginning.

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

The Keeling-class main destroyers currently produced by the United States are actually not much different from ours.

So, we are not behind."

Hearing Fang Lang's obviously comforting words, Adams Teach 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 felt relieved.

After pondering for a while, Adams Teach raised his head and looked at Fang Lang with a serious expression:

"Is the guided missile destroyer you mentioned really so powerful? I know Brother Fang that you often communicate with American generals and have your own knowledge of new equipment around the world.

I wonder if you can help me spread the word today about the direction in which future warships of our navy should develop."

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

Adams Teach noticed Fang Lang's movements, stood up without hesitation, opened the balcony door behind him, waved to the waiter in the banquet hall, took two glasses of champagne and put them on the small table, then turned around and closed the balcony.

After opening the door, he returned to his seat and sat down.

He looked at Fang Lang expectantly.

Fang Lang was stunned by the other party's series of actions. Finally, when he saw the other party looking at him expectantly, Fang Lang couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Okay! Everyone is their own person. Since you want to hear my opinion, then I will tell you my personal opinion. But first of all, let me declare that this is just my personal opinion based on the development of some technologies.

judge.

Whether it is accurate or not remains to be tested by time. Whether you agree with it or not depends on you."

Hearing this, Adams Teach said without hesitation:

"I trust you!"

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

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

The second is the progress of power devices, from the most primitive paddle to sail power, to coal-burning steam power, and now to the heavy oil-burning steam turbine.

Thirdly, there are changes in weapons and equipment, from the initial cold weapons, to artillery, and then to torpedoes.

Progress in every aspect has brought fundamental changes to the way warships fight, from the initial collision and hand-to-hand combat to naval gun and torpedo attacks.

As a veteran navy, I believe you should be very clear about this knowledge."

Hearing Fang Lang's long talk, Adams Teach did not show any impatience, but still looked at Fang Lang seriously, waiting for his next words.

"So what progress has been made in these three aspects 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. They are still developing along the lines of alloy steel.

However, the changes in power units and weapons and equipment will be foreseeable and earth-shaking.

First of all, let’s talk about the power plant. Judging from the current situation, future high-speed warship power will develop from the current heavy oil-burning steam turbine to gas turbine and heavy-duty diesel power.

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

Even in terms of start-up time, gas turbines have obvious advantages. Therefore, the power of future ships will definitely be gas turbines.

However, the gas turbine consumes a lot of money and is not suitable for long-term use. I think combining it with other power sources is a very good development direction.

And this is not the end of the power devices that I can see. What really makes me look up to 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 feeling a little depressed as he spoke. After all, Brazil's biggest advantage is that it is too far away from God, while its disadvantage is that it is too close to the United States.

If Fang Lang had traveled a hundred years earlier, he might not have paid much attention to the United States, but it is obviously impossible for Brazil to escape the control of the United States. If it wants to develop now, it can only stay in a corner and quietly

Look for opportunities.

After listening to Fang Lang's introduction, Adams Teach said with some confusion:

"When you talk about nuclear power, do you mean something like the American atomic bomb? Isn't this a bomb? Can it also be used as a power source?"

Seeing Adams Teach's confusion, Fang Lang smiled and explained:

"The principles of nuclear power and atomic bombs are similar, except that atomic bombs use the huge energy released by the uncontrolled nuclear fission reaction to cause huge damage.

But nuclear power prevents the nuclear fission reaction from getting out of control and uses the huge heat generated by the nuclear fission reaction to drive the steam engine to provide power for the ship.

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

Hearing Fang Lang's explanation, Adams Teach was surprised and looked at Fang Lang in disbelief.

"Can this really be done?"

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

"The Japanese have told you the accurate answers to all this through personal experience."

After taking a deep breath, Adams Teach lost his voice for a moment. He didn't know what to say. He only felt deeply shocked.

Seeing this, Fang Lang did not explain too much, but continued:

"What we are going to talk about next is about the progress in weapons and equipment, that is, the changes that the emergence of missiles will bring to our future naval warfare.

What is a missile? You should have heard of it!"

Adams Teach nodded when he heard this and said:

"I heard that late in the war, Germany had a missile called V2, but I didn't know exactly what it looked like or how it worked."

Fang Lang was not surprised by this answer. After all, in this era, information was far less developed than in later generations. In Brazil, a region where even news control had just been relaxed, it was normal to have never heard of missiles.

As for those I have seen, they are even rarer.

That is to say, Adams Teach belongs to the top brass of the Brazilian Navy and has the opportunity to access this latest information.

Fang Lang nodded and said:

"You can understand a missile as a weapon with a control system installed on the rocket to control its flight and guide it to the target.

Just like a suicide plane filled with explosives, it is a weapon that can be controlled by humans to fly directly to its target remotely and then detonate directly.

Can you understand?"

This explanation was already very vivid. Adams Teach immediately understood what kind of weapon it was. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart.

As a naval officer, the first thing he thought of was that a suicide plane loaded with bombs would be directly controlled by the pilot and crash into his warship. There was no way to avoid this situation.

In addition, he was not controlling a plane, but a rocket, which meant that he was flying so fast that he had no chance of interception. Thinking of this, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

No wonder Fang Lang said that guided missile destroyers are the future. With missiles, artillery warfare will disappear from the stage of history.

The point is, there is no way to dodge the missiles! It’s scary just thinking about it.

With an ugly face, he swallowed hard and said:

"I understand!"

Seeing this, Fang Lang smiled and nodded:

"Missiles can be divided into many types, so I won't go into detail here.

We only need to know that the missile is a weapon that can be accurately guided remotely beyond visual range.

It can launch out-of-sight attacks on land targets, air targets and sea targets and ensure accurate hits.

Can you imagine the changes that the emergence of this kind of weapon will bring to the way of naval warfare in the future?"

Adams Teach looked a little pale and said with a wry smile:

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

When faced with this kind of weapon, this old-fashioned destroyer is simply a living target!"

Then he said with a worried look:

"In addition to having the same guided missile destroyer, is there any way to defend against missile attacks?"

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. It's still too late for us to work hard now. As for your defense against missile attacks, I think we can only rely on missile interception!"

(End of chapter)