Chapter 199: Middle East Sub-Base
"Do you think this is possible?" Nagano Shusei handed a beautiful leaflet in his hand to Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto took the leaflet, and on it was a huge ship like a small hill, driving through the wind and waves. This giant ship is slightly flattened, and seeing the schematic diagram next to it, it is at least **100 meters long.
"This is the 1 million ton giant ship advertised by the lottery company, and they even drew the renderings, and it looks very good." Nagano Shushen smiled slightly and clicked on the leaflet in Yamamoto's hand.
"It's hard to achieve!" Yamamoto Fifty-six said bluntly.
He sank and said, "It's too expensive. Even if it is a floating island, this floating island needs at least more than 1.5 billion yuan of investment, and without more than 200,000 tons of high-quality shipbuilding steel, I am afraid it will not be easy to do. A million-ton ship has too deep a draft, and it is difficult to go offshore! ”
He did not say that he did not have enough resources to build such a huge ship. But the message revealed is clear.
Nagano Xiu closed his eyes and thought for a moment, opened his eyes and said:
"The Emperor is interested. It's a crazy idea that really makes people feel excited. ”
He took the leaflet, looked at it again and said with a smile: "The problem of expenses, will not embezzle the military funds of the navy, all rely on the reading power of this lottery company, the emperor has promised them, no tax will be charged on their lottery behavior, and all the proceeds will be accumulated into the special fund of the emperor." Helping to run the fund is Yanagi Chuan. ”
"The steel thing is a lot of trouble, but the lottery company has contacted several companies, including several foreign companies, to have cheap supplies of marine steel plates. The impact on the shipbuilding program of our Navy will not be too great, but once this ship is built, it will definitely belong to our Navy. Even if it doesn't reach the near sea, the whole Pacific Ocean is ours! "Nagano Shusei was a war maniac who actively advocated the expansion of the Shomoto's naval strength and foreign aggression, and he was fascinated by the supership's dominance of the Pacific.
Yamamoto Fifty-six was silent, and he was vaguely excited about this.
"If this ship is built, the Imperial Navy will become the first in the world. Such a hull can house naval guns of more than 500 mm caliber, can dock hundreds of aircraft, and will not sink even if it is hit by the largest bomb in the world. He is the king of the sea! As he thought of the description on the beautiful leaflet, he couldn't help but think of the Yamato and Musashi.
Compared to this super battleship, the Yamato Musashi is also a little bleak.
"The power consumption will be very large after completion, but this super battleship does not pursue speed, but can use coal. Centralized power generation and electric propulsion are also possible. There is a lot of coal in China, and it is enough to use it. Yamamoto was also sketching according to his vision.
"Twenty-seven designers are already involved in the evaluation of the ship, and if feasible, a floating dock will be built off the coast." Nagano Shushen directly pointed out the result of the emperor's attention to this matter.
"Where is the owner of that lottery ticket?" Yamamoto Fifty-six asked with a move in his heart.
"He was originally a cameraman with the army, and when he saw the Imperial battleship Izumo last month, he came up with this idea by chance, and his family background is also very innocent." Nagano nodded and smiled. That person has been targeted by all forces in the empire, and the lottery company called Tianzhao has successfully raised more than one million yuan of pure profits under the promotion of people from all sides in the first phase. The first placer, who received a reward of 100,000 yuan, also secretly donated all the rewards to the Emperor's special fund.
"Little devils are crazy, I guess they'll be tempted." Meng Xiang also smiled proudly. He came up with this plan all by himself from start to finish. Affected by the devil's troublemaking on the turf, his energy was indeed more concerned about the base area. Meng Xiang was unwilling to come up with this trick to fight back, which was also an obvious trick used to consume his own resources, but he just couldn't jump out.
"Five years. At least five years of construction time is enough for me to make it to Tokyo. At that time, the world's first ship was in my pocket! ”
Meng Xiang felt proud for a while, and then instructed Rat Erdao: "Tell Jian Eleven, without my order, don't contact others casually and expose yourself." He's just going to be the boss now. He doesn't expect the lottery company to send money, as long as the domestic funds are sucked away.
However, Meng Xiang still underestimated himself. Close to Huaxia, their blood-sucking ability is stronger. In 39, Hongji Shantang, an institution specializing in drug trafficking, was established to have full jurisdiction over the opium business in the area under the jurisdiction of the Wang puppet regime. After operating in China for 5 years, the profit exceeded 1 billion yuan.
The gold, coal, and ore resources that were directly plundered were innumerable, and they still couldn't break their bones when they were used to build the Emperor.
At this time, Meng Xiang couldn't take care of these things, and recently happy events have come to the door one after another.
The Germans first sent a telegram asking for a deal for another Scott destroyer. After careful inspection, they have confirmed the quality and power of this destroyer, and ten million marks are really worth the money.
When the Germans boarded another Scott at another trading place, the gold and silver converted into the two ships were directly placed in front of the 51.
Looking at the other Scott at the foot of Room 51, William couldn't help but ask, "Are you still selling?" ”
"Sell! Trade for real money! 51 pointed to the gold and silver next to him and said.
William, after making contact with the country, gave an order for two more ships. The Scott ship was in good condition and only needed minor modifications to join the main fleet.
There were already two domestic cargo ships at that supply point in the Pacific, and the instruments on them could transform the two Scotts beyond recognition. This is enough to fool other people's eyes and sail back to Germany for a complete refit.
The gold and silver payments for the two ships were not put into the base, but were directly transported back to the site by plane.
Unless it is a large investment in the production of battleships, the base can now maintain normal operation by relying on mineral supplies. Five oil wells have been erected in Nanyang, and the income is nearly 40,000 yuan a day.
At this time, the No. 6 base car was already driving in the desert of the Middle East.
When the Goddess of Victory arrived in the Middle East, it parted from the German ships under the pretext that the Germans did not bother. News of the new ship deal had reached Karn's ears, and they didn't want to make a fuss.
When choosing the first base, Meng Xiang had some hesitation. In the end, after thinking about it for a long time, I finally chose the Gehwal oil field. As for the large oil fields of Burgan in Kuwait, they are too close to the coast. As for there, Meng Xiang has other plans, which will be used as his own land in the future.
After driving for a short time in the desert, the base car came across the Arab-like Ma-61, Ma-62, Ma-63, and the English-looking Ma-23 waiting there.
Unfortunately, the clones at this time did not have the ability to take on the form of aliens. The security problem can only be guarded by 12 members of the special team who are very tightly wrapped and cannot see their faces to protect the safety of the base.
The Persian Gulf has almost all of the oil underground. Meng Xiang also didn't know the specific location of the Gehwal oil field, but he had seen the map of the world's largest oil field, and estimated that he had drawn a location on the map.
The Ghaiwar oil field is not very far from the coast, in the Dehna desert. Although they could not enter the base car without the guidance of the commander, the sixteen people sat directly on the roof of the base car, and the weapons and supplies brought down from the ship were also placed on it. Although it is difficult to walk in the desert, the base car rarely does not slow down too much, and still maintains the normal walking speed of people.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, from getting off the boat to arriving in the depths of the desert to rest, and then waiting for it to get dark and continuing to walk, the base car arrived at the designated place in two days.
"I order, base 6 will be built on site." With Meng Xiang's command, the base car unfolded in a sand dune.
On March 27, 1938, the Middle East branch was completed.
"I order, build a mining plant!" In the immediate vicinity of the periphery, Mengxiang built its first mining plant.
"I ordered the construction of the power station!" Meng Xiang did not build the barracks first, he was afraid that after too many buildings, the power supply in the center of the base would be insufficient.
A day later, when the mining truck drove out, it indicated that it had encountered an oil field.
"There's black gold everywhere!" Meng Xiang lamented that the area of the Ghaiwar oil field is very large, and he was lucky to step on some of the oil fields.
"I ordered the construction of oil wells!" A little farther away from the center of the base, Meng Xiang built his first oil well.
With the construction robot connecting the oil well to the power station, the power station began to generate electricity.
"I ordered the barracks to be built!" Although the appearance of the clone is easy to arouse suspicion, after all, the safety is guaranteed, and the Arab robe is covered with only two eyes, which is not easy to be recognized. Moreover, there are also a large number of dogs. None of the dogs seem to be able to tell the nationality, right?
Logistics equipment centers and tank factories were built one after another.
Fresh water is scarce in the desert, and the clones can only count on the logistics center. The nutrient solution produced by the base's logistics equipment center can not only quench thirst, but also replenish the loss of trace elements.
Chariot factories are also necessary, and with the proximity of oil, this is the territory where chariots can gallop.
"I order, the No. 6 sub-base is upgraded!"
On the 30th, the base upgrade was completed.
"I order, build three more power stations and twenty oil wells!" Meng Xiang threw out two million in one breath to build twenty oil wells. With the subsequent upgrades, I'm afraid it's going to be four million. But it was worth it, and it didn't take more than a month to get it all back.
"Base 6 meets the requirements of the petroleum energy base, is the surname of the base corrected?" Xiaohua suddenly sent a prompt.
"What kind of requirements can be met to correct the base caste?" Meng Xiang asked immediately. He felt like he had caught another model of development.
"When the management star value of the same type of building exceeds half of the total management star value of the base's intelligent brain, it can be proposed to modify the common surname of the base and determine the base model based on the same kind of building." Xiaohua explained.
"Ah, I see. Of the 108 management stars in the secondary base, 60 of the 20 oil wells are accounted for, which is more than half, and it can be determined to be a base based on oil production, isn't it? ”
"Yes. It can be changed to an oil energy base. ”
"Then, what has changed when it is upgraded to an oil energy base?" Meng Xiang hurriedly asked the question he was most concerned about.
After Xiaohua's explanation, Meng Xiang couldn't help but shout long live.
After changing to an oil energy base, the first thing is that the management star value of each oil well has changed, because it is a cluster management, so it has been changed from three stars to two stars, so that more than a dozen oil wells can be built.
And after changing the surname, the surname of the oil well also changes, and it can be increased with the rank of the commander.
"Modify the surname and determine it as an oil energy base." After Meng Xiang made it clear that there were no other sequelae for the time being, he decisively changed the surname of the base.
The adjustment was quick and a day later, when Meng Xiang inspected the well, he found that it had been increased from 10 tons per hour to 20 tons.
"Rich! I can recover 480 tons of oil a day, and I can earn at least 15,000 yuan a day, and when the time comes, I will have more than 160 million yuan a year from 30 oil wells. I have money, I have money, I want two wrists of bean juice, I drink a bowl, pour a bowl of ......! Meng Xiang couldn't help humming an out-of-tune tune.
"I ordered the construction of 9 more oil wells!" After the upgrade, the missing number of wells must be made up. 30 seats is exactly 60 management stars.
"I ordered the construction of 8 vigilance guns!" Without the safety protection of manpower, the alert cannon controlled by the brain has become the best choice. Despite its high star cost, its air defense is excellent. At this time, so many oil wells were erected, and Meng Xiang was not worried about the ships and land forces of the British, but about the planes. Air defense must be safely in place, and anti-aircraft artillery will be constantly arranged in the future.
When the 20 soldiers in the barracks were produced, Room 61 walked up to them and looked at them silently.
All 20 soldiers wore Arab soldiers' robes from the Logistics Equipment Center, covering their entire bodies. But Ling Lie's light did not reduce the chill of their whole body weapons.
"Let's go!" There are no extra words, and 61 waved his hand directly.
Meng Xiang's task for the 61st is very simple, that is, to lead people to lay a piece of the world near the sub-base. With the support of the base and the help of the British, it was not a problem to co-opt the surrounding Arabs to create a small emirate.
Meng Xiang, who was far away, couldn't help but send a blessing to 61: "Aladdin, good luck!" ”