Red Alert 1895 Chapter 116

Wang Guorui came to Kaohsiung, Tainan, and was glad that there is a large-scale facility in Waihai, which most people don't even know about. Moreover, Wang Guorui mobilized some sailors from the red police system to keep an eye on this thing, so as to avoid being discovered. Anyone approaching will be warned by warships with naval guns, otherwise they will be sunk. And these warships are also those old ships that captured the Japanese army, and they will all be some iron-framed warships, which are very backward. But these ships for warning and training are also fine.

Even, without Wang Guorui's permission, he would be sunk and killed if he approached without Wang Guorui's permission. He took great pains to avoid this thing from being exposed. What reassures Wang Guorui is that there are no spy satellites in this era, otherwise other people's spy satellites can be seen at any time, and it would not be fun. But lagging behind also has its benefits. At least I don't have to worry about being exposed. As long as I guard the sea, I don't have to be afraid of any enemies coming to reconnaissance that day.

Wang Guorui took Tanya to this large facility by boat, which was obviously a very huge facility. All kinds of manipulators above are in operation, ready to start shipbuilding at any time. Wang Guorui also smiled when he looked at this shipyard. Because this is the dock in the red alarm system, something that can be used to make ships.

"Thanks to the two million taels of silver sent by the Japanese army this time, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to form a navy!" Wang Guorui said.

Although Japan did not pay compensation this time, it still had to pay for the meals of the Japanese soldiers. They were extorted by Wang Guorui for 2 million taels of silver, and the silver was prepared by Wang Guorui to build a fleet. And Wang Guorui has now reached an armistice agreement with Japan, and then the Japanese army has gradually begun to retreat, and the Japanese food money has also been gradually delivered. Wang Guorui would release as many prisoners as they sent for food, which was very fair. And the two million taels of silver will then be used as a reliance for their own shipbuilding. Only with these two million taels of silver can they truly form a fleet.

"It's so expensive! Shipbuilding is actually calculated according to weight. But the weight of this ship is so expensive!" Wang Guorui complained.

Of course, Wang Guorui knew that this shipbuilding was very expensive, but he didn't expect that the shipbuilding was actually calculated according to the weight of the ship. It felt like he was selling scrap iron. However, the price is not so cheap. The prices of different ships of different ages and different styles of ships are also different. Moreover, these ships must be owned by the world. If other countries have not developed them, Wang Guorui will not be able to manufacture them either.

Of course, according to Archimedes' displacement formula, the weight of ships is almost equal to their displacement in the water. This is the empty displacement. If once on the battlefield, the additional parts and supplies installed are counted separately, this is the full load displacement. However, at present, the dock is only used as the empty-load displacement, not the full-load displacement. So if one ton of steel is used to build a ship, the empty displacement of the ship will be one ton in the end.

Wang Guorui's current research and development ability is very poor, because there are not too many shipbuilding engineers, unable to design new ships, so he cannot develop his own unique ship model. Therefore, for the time being, Wang Guorui is just displaying his most powerful ability as a Chinese—copycat. As long as some ships from other countries can be imitated, it can be built. Moreover, its own cost is cheaper than foreign ships of the same model, after all, its own is relatively cheap. And once someone else has this kind of boat. Then he can completely win by numbers. And this is the so-called truth that a big boat is better than a small boat, more boats are better than a few boats, a big gun is better than a small gun, and more guns are better than a few guns. It is not true that China does not have famous naval battle generals. The famous saying of Yu Dayou, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, is still the core of this, but it does not pay attention to naval warfare.

"A Sovereign-class battleship costs 50 silver dollars per ton of steel according to the material cost, and a whole Sovereign-class battleship needs 700,000 silver dollars to get a Sovereign-class battleship, which is really too expensive. At this price, It is already more than five times the price of normal steel." Wang Guorui sighed.

Wang Guorui felt that this Sovereign-class battleship was too expensive. Because it takes 700,000 silver dollars to produce a Sovereign-class battleship with this dockyard, which is enough for Wang Guorui to form a division. The navy is a gold swallowing beast, this is really true. And the weapons that can form an army division are just getting a Sovereign-class battleship here. Didn't get much else. The Sovereign-class battleship is currently the most advanced battleship of the British, and the effect is very good. If it weren't for the food and board expenses that the Japanese are about to send, I'm afraid it really wouldn't be possible to build this warship. However, Wang Guorui only intends to build a Sovereign Class, because a fleet still needs many warships to form a fleet. Other money was used to build other ships, and to recruit sailors, and naval officers were recruited from outside.

It is not enough for a navy to have warships alone. There are also sailors and various supporting construction equipment, so warships alone cannot form a navy. A hundred-year-old navy, this is not just casual talk, the main thing is that many supporting things must be established. Soldiers training, officer selection, and even various industries at sea. The navy is actually the most advanced embodiment of a country's industry. Taiwan doesn't have much industry now, so it has to build its own industry. In the future, the personnel selection of the navy must also be established step by step, so that one can have a truly existing navy, rather than a fleet that has powerful warships but cannot exert combat effectiveness.

As for Wang Guorui's 700,000 silver dollars, he can also get a Sovereign-class battleship, and if the British find out, they will definitely faint in the toilet. Because the British spent 1.1 million pounds to build the Sovereign-class battleship, which is equivalent to about 7.7 million silver dollars at the current silver dollar exchange rate. If the British know that Wang Guorui can get a Sovereign-class battleship for only one-eleventh of their price, can they not cry? At that time, they will build one, and Wang Guorui will build more than a dozen, then they will be miserable.

But no matter how expensive the warship is, Wang Guorui still wants to form a navy. After all, Taiwan is also an isolated island. If it does not have a strong enough navy, it must be very disadvantaged. If there is no navy, then only others will attack you, but you will not be able to attack the enemy. In this way, if they can beat them, they will fight, and if they cannot beat them, they will leave. At that time, the battlefield will be on Taiwan, which will be very harmful to the local economy. To solve this difficulty, it is necessary to form a navy, and then strive to keep the enemy out of the country, or actively send the navy to cover the army to land in the enemy's country, and then strive for sufficient benefits for themselves. Therefore, no matter how expensive the navy is, it must be formed, otherwise, I am afraid that it will really not be able to solve the next crisis. The Japanese army can be rampant, isn't it because they have a navy? Because they had a navy, Wang Guorui couldn't do anything to them, so naturally he could only let them go, and Wang Guorui couldn't teach them a lesson.

Wang Guorui now also understands the feelings of the Japanese back then. On the one hand, he is an island country and must have a strong navy to have enough strength to protect itself. But on the other hand, there is a huge continental plan, so they must have a strong army. Under such circumstances, both land and sea will inevitably start fighting, so now Wang Guorui is also facing the same situation as Japan back then, whether to develop the navy or the army. If it weren't for the red alert system, Wang Guorui might have had a really hard time choosing. But with this red alert system, Wang Guorui can manufacture the best ships at the lowest price, which will naturally save a lot of money to invest in the army.

Wang Guorui's goal in the future is to grasp both land and sea~www.mtlnovel.com~ Both hands must be strong. After all, the Americans in the 21st century are also the navy and army, and then the sea, land and air are very powerful? There is only one navy of sufficient strength, that

"Build a small gunboat with a displacement of 600 tons!" Wang Guorui said.

Soon, the manipulators in those docks also started to operate, and the steel plates began to be built piece by piece. And with these automated machines that surpassed the times, a small gunboat with a displacement of 600 tons was also very well built. And this small gunboat only has a 100mm gun, which is simply not a good gunboat for this era. Wang Guorui didn't build this gunboat for the navy, but it was just a boat for Tanya to send to Quanzhou and her family back.

The style of this small gunboat is backward, and the artillery fire rate is slow, so there is not much blackmail in the system, that is, the cost price of steel is only charged, and the cost of more than 600 tons of steel is only more than 6,000 silver dollars. It is too expensive. This kind of small gunboat will not cause any sensation when it arrives in Quanzhou Port. After all, this kind of small gunboat is not too big. If large ships such as cruisers are directly ruled out, it will cause a great commotion, and Quanzhou will definitely be alerted, so that Tan Ya will not be able to rescue her family. (To be continued.) xh118

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