Expedition to Europe

In George Legg's imagination, when he exposed Qin Zhiyuan, Qin Zhiyuan might be embarrassed, angry, or even sad.

In any case, George Legg could not imagine that Qin Zhiyuan would protest righteously, and threatened to "terminate cooperation" as a condition.

"Calm down, calm down, Qin, no one else knows about it except me." George Legg tried to stabilize Qin Zhiyuan.

While persuading, George Legg's brain was working fast. He wanted to figure out what aspects Qin Zhiyuan's "termination of cooperation" involved.

First of all, it must be penicillin and United Oil Company. Once the cooperation is terminated, Qin Zhiyuan will no longer give most of the profits to the French government, which is equivalent to adding insult to injury for the French government, which is already in financial trouble.

Secondly, the Foreign Legion. If Qin Zhiyuan chooses extreme measures out of anger, it is likely to lead to a large-scale retirement of Chinese troops in the Foreign Legion, which is even more unacceptable to the French government. If Qin Zhiyuan really does this, no matter what the consequences are, George Leger will become a sinner of France.

Thirdly, the workers in the factory...

There is no need to repeat it again. The first two alone will cause the French government to be trapped both internally and externally. Not to mention that George Leger is only the Minister of the Navy, even French President Raymond Poincaré cannot bear such consequences.

Well, George Leger knows the relationship between Qin Zhiyuan and Raymond Poincaré. If Qin Zhiyuan goes to Raymond to seek justice for the Navy's infiltration of Corsica, it seems that the Navy will be unlucky...

"I can't calm down. After this happened, do you still want me to calm down? If the French government builds a factory in Paris or Marseille to produce penicillin tomorrow, will I be forced to accept that result?" Qin Zhiyuan was very angry.

Qin Zhiyuan has a very deep understanding of intellectual property rights.

Today the Navy Department will infiltrate the Power Research Institute, and tomorrow the French government may infiltrate the penicillin factory. If the technology for making penicillin is leaked, Qin Zhiyuan will suffer a great loss.

Regarding penicillin, Qin Zhiyuan has indeed applied for a large number of patents, and they are enough to form a patent barrier.

But in this matter, don't believe that the French government will abide by the law. Once it involves national interests, no patent will work.

"Well, Qin, it's not what you think. In fact, no one has infiltrated your institute." George Leger confessed honestly.

"Then how did you know?" Qin Zhiyuan insisted.

"It was just an accident. In your institute, a researcher corresponded with his friend to discuss this issue together. His friend happened to be German, so the letters were checked..." George Leger told the truth.

"You actually checked the letters?" Qin Zhiyuan was very dissatisfied, but at the same time, he was greatly relieved.

Qin Zhiyuan has many German researchers under his command, and many of them have received education in Germany. For example, the two Xuanyuan brothers once studied at Aachen University. These people are well-educated, but they are inevitably a bit bookish.

Qin Zhiyuan respects these researchers very much. Even German prisoners of war have a high degree of freedom, and their letters will not be checked.

The French government is different. Because it is now a war period, the civil exchanges between France and Germany are almost cut off. Letters sent from France to Germany will naturally be checked, which is understandable.

Qin Zhiyuan is deliberately making a fuss to express his dissatisfaction with the French government.

As long as it is not a deliberate leak, it seems that ideological education should be strengthened after returning.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that someone deliberately used this method to leak secrets. After all, there are not only French and Chinese in the power research room, but also some Germans selected from German prisoners of war. They are both soldiers, sensitive enough, and knowledgeable, and can recognize the value of new torpedoes.

There is indeed such a possibility.

"It's actually very simple. Just a small change in the appearance can greatly increase the speed of the torpedo." Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to hide this issue. The more secrets there were between Qin Zhiyuan and the French government, the better. Only in this way would the French government be more willing to help Qin Zhiyuan take the blame.

"Appearance? Tell me about it." George Leger breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Qin Zhiyuan was willing to talk, there would be room for maneuver.

"Drag, the main problem is resistance. When a torpedo moves in the water, it will be subject to water resistance. If you can find a way to reduce the water resistance, you can increase the speed of the torpedo. My researchers are currently studying changes in the appearance. If you can achieve the goal, then it is indeed possible to greatly increase the speed of the torpedo, even higher than 50 knots." Qin Zhiyuan's tone was full of pride.

The Power Research Institute was built only half a year ago, and results have begun to appear, which is enough to make Qin Zhiyuan proud. Of course, Qin Zhiyuan's role in it cannot be ignored, including the idea of ​​this mine, which was actually proposed by Qin Zhiyuan, but it was only improved by researchers.

But obviously, George Leger didn't know this.

A speed of 50 knots is about twice as fast as the fastest warship currently available, which is basically the limit of torpedoes. You should know that the speed of the most advanced torpedoes currently available is only about 35 knots, which is only slightly faster than the fastest destroyer.

Of course, the research on the appearance is one aspect, and the research on the power is another. Qin Zhiyuan deliberately suppressed the desire to take out the oxygen torpedo and left this idea for the future.

"Very thoughtful, I think there will be more room for cooperation between us." George Leger was interested.

"As long as you stop using those tricks that are not up to standard, we do have more room for cooperation, but now..." Qin Zhiyuan's anger has not subsided.

Although George Leger is the Minister of the Navy, he really has no advantage in front of Qin Zhiyuan. The reason is the importance of the arms. The current French Navy basically has only one task, which is to ensure the smooth flow of routes. From the most basic destroyers (called torpedo ships by the French army) to the most advanced Normandy-class battleships, their role is similar to the anti-submarine ships converted from merchant ships in Qin Zhiyuan's hands.

The status of the Foreign Legion in Qin Zhiyuan's hands is much higher within the French army. Whether in terms of importance or actual combat effectiveness, the Foreign Legion is higher than the "escort fleet" of the French Navy.

"Qin, can you please not mention embarrassing things? Checking letters is an international practice. You can't blame me for it." George Legg cried out.

"If I don't blame you, then why blame me?" Qin Zhiyuan looked down on him.

"From my perspective, you should be blamed. At least your people leaked the information. If the letter was delivered to the Germans without any hindrance, did you think of the consequences?" George Legg frowned and suddenly thought of another possibility: "Damn, I almost forgot. I'm going to check the records. You'd better check it too, because now we can't be sure if this is the only time."

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

After George Legg finished speaking, he immediately stood up and said goodbye.

Qin Zhiyuan also thought of this possibility and immediately realized the seriousness. He picked up the phone to inform Mary and Portram to conduct a thorough investigation immediately.

It really needs to be thoroughly investigated. If this is the first letter talking about torpedoes, it's okay. If not, there will be big trouble. Qin Zhiyuan will undoubtedly bear the main responsibility for this.

Qin Zhiyuan really didn't want the French to know about the torpedo, but at the same time, Qin Zhiyuan didn't want the Germans to know.

The improvement of the appearance is not complicated. As long as an air hole is set at the front of the torpedo, the resistance of the water to the torpedo will be effectively reduced when the torpedo moves in the water.

This technology may not be of much significance to the Allies, but it is of great significance to the German Navy, which focuses on the development of submarine forces. You must know that although the submarines at this time are equipped with artillery, torpedoes are the main attack weapons. The improvement of torpedo performance will undoubtedly greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the German submarine force, which will cause greater losses to the Allies.

It may also affect the naval forces under Qin Zhiyuan's command. After all, the current Mediterranean escort business is basically handled by Qin Zhiyuan's naval forces.

Understanding the importance of the matter, Qin Zhiyuan must investigate it to the end.

Fortunately, Qin Zhiyuan has always attached great importance to security construction. In Thunder City and Trident City, or the entire Thunder Cliff, there is a strict and fully covered security agency led by Gao Hongshi, which also guarantees the various research institutes and military secrets of Corsica to the greatest extent.

Gao Hongshi focused on monitoring various outsiders and the actual contact between researchers and outsiders, but ignored the most ordinary letters, which led to such a big mistake.

Soon, the investigation had a result, which was the best case.

The letter was sent by Long Chengyuan, and the recipient was a professor at Aachen University with racist tendencies.

According to Long Chengyuan, this professor named Hanks was once the teacher of the two Long brothers, and his attainments in power were still very good.

But compared with his academic excellence, Hanks's character was despised. He was not only a supporter of the German Emperor's "Yellow·Peril Theory", but also once asserted that Chinese people had no possibility of any progress in power.

This caused strong disgust from the two Long brothers, so that when Long Chengyuan made progress in torpedoes, he couldn't help but let Hanks see his results.

Long Chengyuan did not explain in the letter why the torpedo could reach a speed of 50 knots. This was not strictly a leak. Any statement without theoretical support could be bragging. Hanks might believe it or not, but it was meaningless.

Even if it was an unintentional mistake, Long Chengyuan had to take the main responsibility, so that night, Qin Zhiyuan called Long Chengyuan over and gave him a good beating.

Qin Zhiyuan did not return to Corsica, but Long Chengyuan was in Paris, because at Qin Zhiyuan's wedding, the two Long brothers would serve as best men, which was also a clear proof that Qin Zhiyuan valued scientific researchers.