Early the next morning, Gao Yang left for the U.S. Consulate. To Gao Yang's great surprise, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to China, Minister Ma Murui, had already arrived in the magic capital!

In the living room, Minister Ma Murui said to Gao Yang with a smile on his face, "Mr. Gao, I came to the Demon Capital with Sir Ma Ke, and I am preparing to visit you today. ”

"Oh? The Minister of the Maks class didn't talk about it. Gao Yang leaned back on the sofa and crossed his legs when he heard this, and asked with a smile. But in my heart, I thought, "It seems that they have already negotiated." ”

Minister Ma Murui, who was wearing a bow tie, raised his eyebrows and snorted lightly, "Sir Maks brought a huge contract of more than 20 million pounds to the British government, how can you remember to mention me!" There was a deep sense of dissatisfaction in the words.

Gao Yang lit a cigarette and said, "It seems that there are really no secrets in this world, just finished talking last night, and today the whole world knows the Tao." ”

Minister Ma Murui picked up a cigar and sat down opposite Gao Yang, and asked, "Mr. Gao, I don't understand, with the good relationship between our US government and you, why don't you buy warships from our United States?" You know, we in the United States have the most powerful manufacturing capacity in the world! ”

Gao Yang pinched his chin, nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "I know the great strength of your country, but what I need is a warship that can be used immediately!" And your country"

Speaking of this, Gao Yang took a puff of cigarette, adjusted his sitting posture, and said lightly: "The battleships of your navy, except for the existing eighteen ones, have been dismantled and decommissioned. Will your navy be able to sell me eight active battleships at once? The British are willing to sell! Of course I'm going to buy what I'm willing to sell. ”

Minister Ma Murray felt a faint feeling in his heart, the British are willing to sell you old-fashioned battleships, it is because they are short of money, and they want to get in touch with you! We in the United States can't do it, and according to the current situation, it is impossible for the parliament to agree to it. Even if you really agree to sell it to you, you won't approve a new shipbuilding plan, and in that case, the navy won't do it!

Minister Ma Murui shook his head helplessly and said, "Then the American shipyard can build a brand new warship for you." ”

Gao Yang laughed softly, this minister is not skilled in business. Shaking his head slightly, he smiled and said, "Mr. Minister, I have just said that what I need is an active warship that can immediately form combat effectiveness!" Instead of needing to spend years in the shipyard for a new ship! ”

Gao Yang waved his hand and said, "Okay, Mr. Minister, let's not dwell on this issue anymore. Let's talk about something practical. ”

Minister Ma Murui nodded lightly and said with a straight face: "Mr. Gao, how are you going to impress our government to agree to a substantial revision of the Washington Naval Treaty?" ”

Gao Yang smiled, picked up the teacup, and took a sip, "Huh? Longjing? Gao Yang asked in some surprise. Minister Ma Murui was slightly stunned, but immediately changed his smile and said, "Yes, this is the top Hangzhou Longjing presented by your government, I hope you can like it, Mr. Gao." ”

Gao Yang shook his head slightly, put down the teacup and said: "In the Hawaii dispute that year, the number of Japanese expatriates was obviously more than that of the United States, but in the end, they were forced back by your country by force. I think the Japanese have been keeping this in their minds for years. ”

Minister Ma Murui was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't understand what Gao Yang meant by suddenly mentioning the U.S.-Japan Hawaii dispute many years ago.

Gao Yang continued, "The Japanese have always wanted to expand their power, and the contradiction between your country and Japan is very great. I know that your government will definitely support me, because it will be very beneficial for your country to contain Japan if I have me. Now all your government wants is to see how much oil and water can be squeezed out of me, and now that the tone has been set, there is no need to say any more nonsense. I have a copy of the proposal here, and I would like to ask you, Mr. Minister, to pass it on to your Government to see if it is acceptable! ”

After Gao Yang finished speaking, he gestured to Gao Feng beside him. Gao Feng took out the ship purchase plan that had been formulated overnight last night from the document bag and handed it to Minister Ma Murui, who opened the document and read it carefully.

Gao Feng explained in a deep voice on the side: "We will provide technical information, and your country will undertake the construction of two treaty-type battleships with a standard displacement of 35,000 tons, one will be built in your country, and the other will be built in my country's Jiangnan Shipyard. In the same way, we will provide technical information by you to build 4 aircraft carriers, 2 in your country, and 2 in China's Jiangnan Shipyard. ”

Gao Feng stretched out his hand and pointed to the document and said, "The specific performance indicators are: the tentative Type A battleship has a standard displacement of 35,000 tons and a full load displacement of 44,800 tons. The length of the ship is 222 meters, the width of the ship is 32.98 meters, and the draft is 11.6 meters. 4 sets of double reduction gear transmission turbines, 8 sets of heavy oil boilers, 4 shaft propulsion with a total output of 121,000 horsepower, and a maximum design speed of 27 knots. It has a cruising range of 16,320 nautical miles at 15 knots and 5,740 nautical miles at 25 knots. The estimated crew is 1880 people with 3 seaplanes. The firepower configuration is designed with 3 triple 406 mm 45 x caliber main guns and 10 twin 127 mm 38 x caliber high-level dual-purpose guns. The armor protection configuration was designed with a thickness of 15 mm for the main armor belt with an angle of inclination of 305 degrees, 196 mm for the horizontal deck, 406 mm for the front armor of the main gun, and 406 mm for the bridge armor. ”

After a pause, Gao Feng continued, "All the boilers, steam turbines, armor, main guns and overall design are all provided by us, and the technical materials are built by you, and these materials can be shared with your country!" ”

Gao Yang looked at Minister Ma Murui, who looked skeptical and disbelieving, and chuckled and said, "Mr. Minister, please don't doubt the technical information provided by us. This information can be carefully identified by your country's naval experts. After speaking, he nodded to Gao Feng and motioned for him to continue.

Gao Feng nodded, waited for Mr. Minister to flip through the documents, and then said: "The tentative Type B aircraft carrier has a standard displacement of 19,900 tons and a full load displacement of 25,600 tons. The length of the ship is 246.7 meters, the length of the waterline is 232 meters, the width of the waterline is 25.4 meters, the draft is 7.9 meters, and the flight deck is 245 meters long and 33 meters wide. 4 sets of 1,000 kW compound reduction gear drive steam turbines, 2 sets of 200 kW diesel turbines, 9 sets of heavy oil boilers 4-axis propulsion with a total output of 120,000 horsepower and a maximum design speed of 33 knots. It has a cruising range of 12,500 nautical miles at 15 knots and 7,900 nautical miles at 20 knots. The crew is expected to be 2,200 people, and the number of standard carrier-based aircraft is expected to be 90 aircraft. The ship is equipped with eight 127 mm dual-purpose guns, four 4 28 mm anti-aircraft guns and 24 12.7 mm Browning machine guns. The design of the hull side armor belt was 102 mm thick, the compartment armor was 102 mm thick, and the bridge armor was 102 mm thick. As with the Type A battleship, all technical materials are provided by us and built by you. ”

Gao Yang picked up the teacup and said lightly, "Mr. Minister, I am willing to pay your country's shipyard 40 million US dollars for a single A battleship, and 13 million US dollars for a single B aircraft carrier, and all technical materials can be shared with your country!" ”

He took a sip of tea and continued, "Your country is responsible for upgrading the shipbuilding equipment of the Jiangnan Shipyard into a large shipyard that can build these two types of warships. Of course, I won't pay a penny less than how much it should cost. How is it, Mr. Minister, is this sincerity of mine sufficient? Gao Yang looked at Minister Ma Murui with a smile on his face and said.

Minister Ma Murui said with an embarrassed face: "Mr. Gao, this order will be very welcome by the shipyard owners of our country. Just the parliament there"

Gao Yang waved his hand to interrupt Mr. Minister's words, and said in a deep voice: "Wait a minute, let's talk about the affairs of your country's parliament!" These 2 Type A battleships have a total standard displacement of 70,000 tons, plus the 170,000 tons of standard displacement battleships I purchased from the Royal Navy. The total displacement of the capital ship is 240,000 tons, which is 60,000 tons less than the Japanese ceiling! These are 2 capital ships! And the ones bought from the Royal Navy are basically old ships, and the strength is worrying. ”

Shaking his head, he put down the teacup and said: "So, my personal opinion is that if our side joins the Washington Naval Treaty, the tonnage of our aircraft carriers should be 105,000 tons with 4 Type B aircraft carriers plus the Eagle aircraft carrier!" I hope that your Government will support my views. ”

Minister Marim nodded and said seriously, "Mr. Gao, I will truthfully convey your opinion to President Coolidge, but whether the parliament can approve it or not cannot give you an answer now." ”

Gao Yang nodded slightly and said, "Please say hello to President Coolidge on my behalf." I'll ask my friends for help with council matters. ”

On the way back to the garrison headquarters, Gao Yang said lightly: "President Coolidge believes in economic development and inaction. As long as I can make money, there will be no hindrance to my plans. The trouble is the US Capitol Hill! Now is the time for our American friends to help. Gao Feng, you go and convey my meaning to your friends in the United States. "Yes, sir."

Zeng Pinghai is an accountant in a French foreign company that does kerosene business in Modu. In order to support his family, he was in a hurry when he went to work every morning, and he didn't care about the things around him.

But this morning when he was on the tram, he saw the newsboys on the side of the road shouting something while flying leaflets.

In the car, he didn't hear clearly, only vaguely heard the navy, the pound, the warship or something. However, he saw that the people walking on the road had expressions of disbelief and ecstasy after receiving the leaflets.

Many people were yelling and screaming something, and many people actually sat on the ground and cried bitterly. "What's going on?" The people on the tram were all thinking the same as Zeng Pinghai.