Expedition to Europe

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The H-class destroyer is an improved version of the G-class destroyer. A total of 20 ships were built during World War I, all of which were used to equip the British Navy.

The World War was going on, and the British also needed warships to replenish. Gary appeared in front of Qin Zhiyuan at this time. It was probably because Qin Zhiyuan's identity as the Grand Master began to show its power. Otherwise, the British would never sell the ship to Qin Zhiyuan.

Yes, it was sold.

Even if Qin Zhiyuan was the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, the British would not be half a penny cheaper, and they would still ask for the money they should ask for.

This is already very difficult. For Qin Zhiyuan, the identity of the Grand Master is a stepping stone. With this identity, Qin Zhiyuan at least has the qualifications to obtain certain scarce materials, which is the most important thing.

It's like a small business man doing business with a big business man in another time and space. Sometimes he has to do it even if he loses money. Why? He wants to be a supplier.

This is even more true in international affairs. Although trade barriers have not yet developed to the peak of the Cold War, there are already signs of trade barriers. Just like Huang Bohan, as the 14th richest man in the world, Huang Bohan has a lot of money, but he can't buy anything. People don't care about you at all.

"Okay, I want these four ships, and I want to continue to order, okay?" Qin Zhiyuan was eager, as if these four warships were parked in front of Qin Zhiyuan.

Qin Zhiyuan knew the law of historical development. The navy is an indispensable part of a country. In the future, the status of the navy will be as important as the air force, while the status of the army will be greatly reduced. If you want to build a strong country, you must pay attention to naval construction from now on.

"Of course! Portsmouth people never refuse their customers." Gary promised.

This is very true. If Qin Zhiyuan was not the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, he would not have become a customer of Portsmouth, at least not at this stage, so it doesn't matter whether he refuses or not.

"Then, I want a destroyer with a larger tonnage, preferably equipped with a 120mm caliber naval gun, a quadruple torpedo tube, a submarine detector and a radio, and a speed of 30 knots." Qin Zhiyuan made a request.

A destroyer is actually an enlarged torpedo boat, so Qin Zhiyuan asked to be equipped with more torpedo tubes.

Submarine detectors are active sonars. Canadians began to study them last year, and the real thing just appeared this year. Before that, if you want to detect submarines, you can only use passive sonar, which is called "hydrophone".

The requirements proposed by Qin Zhiyuan are close to the performance standards of future destroyers. Destroyers built according to this standard are still not backward even in the Second World War 20 years later. At least they can undertake certain logistical work.

"In this case, the tonnage will indeed increase a lot, probably reaching more than 1,000 tons, and the speed will hardly reach 30 knots, and it needs to be redesigned, which is a troublesome matter." Gary finally showed a sad face.

Of course, this may also be Gary's pretense to increase the quotation. The British are very cunning, especially when they face soldiers who are always known for their honesty and simplicity.

"It doesn't matter, I'll draw a picture for you later, and then you can fill in the details." Qin Zhiyuan is confident.

Even if he was an agent in his previous life, Qin Zhiyuan also has his own hobbies. Fortunately, various ship models and aircraft models are Qin Zhiyuan's hobbies. It can be said that as long as there are sufficient manpower and resources, Qin Zhiyuan can move the Liaoning ship to this era. Of course, that must be based on the premise of ignoring combat effectiveness.

Before World War I, airplanes had already appeared and were used in wars. The emergence of airplanes changed the form of war, and together with submarines, made war more three-dimensional and more complicated.

Before World War I, the British converted three ferries into warships that could carry seaplanes, which were called "seaplane carriers", the earliest prototype of aircraft carriers.

Although the prototype of aircraft carriers has appeared, it has not attracted the attention of various countries because of the limited combat capability of aircraft. "Big ships and big guns" is still the dominant idea of ​​building the navy.

Qin Zhiyuan has no obligation to correct the world's naval construction route that has gone astray. Qin Zhiyuan only regrets that it has not gone further.

Even if Qin Zhiyuan takes out the design drawings, he will not take out a good one. As long as it is convenient to use, he will not even change the nearly vertical bow shape of the current warship.

It's ugly, so Qin Zhiyuan wants to wait until the motherland has the ability to build ships before taking out the design drawings of new warships. Because of his joining, Qin Zhiyuan believes that China will not have to wait until the 21st century to have an aircraft carrier. For this ideal, Qin Zhiyuan will do everything possible.

"General Qin, can you design warships?" Gary's face was full of disbelief.

"A little bit, you know the meaning of my name." Qin Zhiyuan said meaningfully.

"Yes, I do know a little, but it was produced in Hamburg." As a ship salesman, Gary is familiar with warships all over the world.

"Yes, those two warships were produced in Hamburg, so they left me with unpleasant memories. I wonder what kind of memories the warships produced in Portsmouth will leave me." Qin Zhiyuan looked forward to it.

"It must be wonderful, please rest assured." Gary gave a reassurance.

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Qin Zhiyuan raised his glass to indicate that although he was drinking coffee, it did not prevent him from conveying friendship.

"Do you produce submarines?" Qin Zhiyuan looked far ahead.

As I said, there must be a war between China and Japan. Because of Qin Zhiyuan's existence, the navy may not be powerless to fight back at that time.

The current Japanese navy has already possessed considerable strength, which can be said to have surpassed the Republic of China Navy with only a few warships countless times. Qin Zhiyuan wants to build a navy from nothing, and the role of submarines cannot be ignored.

The Germans' way of launching unrestricted submarine warfare is right in some ways. If there is no big bug in the United States, the British may not be able to hold on. Since there is a successful example in front, Qin Zhiyuan must of course learn from the successful experience and develop submarine forces. For Qin Zhiyuan, it is actually more important than developing surface ship forces, and it is also a more cost-effective approach.

"If you need it, we can produce it at any time. We can produce the same submarines as the Germans. The performance is not inferior to theirs, and even better in terms of power. We can definitely meet your requirements." Gary was very enthusiastic, and his enthusiasm seemed to be higher than when he was promoting destroyers.

This is understandable. Although the British have the technology to manufacture submarines, the Royal Navy does not have much demand for submarines, so the Portsmouth shipyard is more willing to receive some submarine orders to maintain this production capacity.

The Germans made submarines because they could not beat the British in surface ships. If the Germans could compete with the British in the field of surface ships, the Germans would not attach so much importance to submarines.

If you can be a decent person, no one wants to hide under the sea and pretend to be a rat.