Campo never thought of buying battleships from China, which sounds ridiculous, and a decade ago China was a public colony, an amusement park for the great powers to adventure. Although China has gradually moved towards independence in recent years, and self-built aircraft carriers have also been launched, no one knows what the Chinese are about shipbuilding.

Being able to meet Chen Jing is just out of politeness, after all, this is a representative of a big country in the East, and he has bought some planes from China, and the performance is indeed good, so he can't help but give this face. Campo casually flipped through the document handed over by Chen Jing, but as soon as he looked at it twice, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

Seeing Campo's appearance, Chen Jing was also secretly proud, and it was obvious that he suddenly hit Campo's heart. Chile is a country that God has treated very well, although the country is long and narrow, but it is rich in resources, there are forests, there are fishing grounds, and more importantly, there are the most copper mines on Shijie, in addition, Chile's saltpeter reserves are also quite amazing, and the nitrate industry is also an important economic source.

Before Chen Jing came, he did his homework and knew where Chile's demand was, and their nitrate industry was completely dependent on American capital and jishu, and most of it was produced and sold to the United States. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that there is a huge risk involved, but the Chileans have no way, they don't have the strength and capital to get rid of the control of the United States.

China, on the other hand, has given them a completely new option, providing jishu and equipment to help Chile develop its nitrate industry. Unlike the Americans, China only requires a 40 percent stake, and it can be shared, and China can open up its market.

This gives Chileans a completely new option, much more favourable than American companies. This alone can bring Chile at least about $3 million in profits a year. For a small country. Definitely something exciting.

Campo originally said that he would only give Chen Jing 5 minutes, but he watched this cooperation for 10 minutes before asking: "Mr. Chen, is your China capable of providing the same nitrate equipment as the United States?" ”

"Of course it's fine, and maybe it's better than something American."

Campo suddenly looked disdainful, and said coldly: "I am a soldier, and what I hate most is to tell lies, if you think that by bragging and deception, you can make me believe." It's impossible. ”

"Of course I'm not going to lie, I'm sure you've heard of Red Triangle Soda Ash, right?"

When Campo heard this, he immediately showed a look of surprise, and couldn't help asking, "Is this your Chinese product?" ”

Of course, Mr. Hou Debang, a chemist in China, has explored a new joint alkali production method. It greatly reduces the production cost and improves the utilization efficiency of raw materials. Yongli plant is a microcosm of China's chemical industry. Speaking of the jishu level. Definitely not lagging behind their American counterparts. ”

When Chen Jing said this, he was full of confidence, and it is true that the chemical industry is an industry that is progressing relatively quickly in China. Initially, Zhang Tinglan invited Fan Xudong to the three eastern provinces to establish the initial chemical foundation.

After Hou Debang and others joined, Fan Xudong's industry expanded rapidly, and due to the rapid expansion of the military industry. The demand for acids and bases has also skyrocketed. At this time, a large number of chemical plants appeared in the three eastern provinces, and then in the 15th Jihua period, the chemical industry was also a key development project.

And during this time, there are several very favorable situations for China. First of all, a large number of overseas Chinese returned, bringing back a large number of talents and jishu; Second, after the defeat of Germany, the economy withered, a large number of professionals unemployed, you must know that Germany is the strongest country in the chemical industry, China immediately seized the opportunity, got a large number of talents, and at the same time updated all the equipment.

Then there is Russia, where the revolution of the majority party actually caused a new reshuffle in Russia, from which a large number of scientists and high-ranking mechanics have fled. Many of them are gathered in the Far Eastern Empire, and the Far Eastern Empire is in the hands of China, so it is very easy to recruit these talents.

With the talent injection of these three parties, China's chemical industry has grown by leaps and bounds, and basically the production capacity can fully meet the domestic needs, and it is also sold to foreign countries.

In particular, Hou Debang also improved the alkali production method, which was previously used by Shijie the ammonia-alkali method invented by the Belgian Solvay. In order to blockade Jishu, Western countries set up Solvay trade unions to prevent Jishu from leaking.

However, this method also has the problem of low salt utilization rate, waste residue and waste liquid are difficult to treat, Hou Debang carried out a large number of experiments, and finally successfully developed the joint alkali production method, the ammonia plant and the alkali plant are combined for joint production, so that the salt utilization rate is increased from 70% to 96%, and the waste produced can also be used to produce chemical fertilizer.

This initiative was a shock to Shijie's chemical industry, originally Westerners blocked China, but feng shui took turns, and the Chinese had newer and more haode methods, and they had to run to the Chinese and buy patent licenses.

This matter can be called a microcosm of China's chemical industry, ten years of hard work, China in the top chemical products, there may still be a gap, but the production of nitrate this basic equipment, China is by no means backward, and has the ability to export jishu.

Campo patiently listened to Chen Jing's introduction, and his face also showed a thoughtful look, at this time Chen Jing knew that he should continue to add some code to him, so he said: "Mr. President, in the production process of warships, your country's Jishu workers can participate in the whole process, and even we can assist your country in establishing its own shipbuilding industry." You must know that Argentina and Brazil have this plan, but they have not succeeded, once Chile can take the lead, Chile's navy will definitely be able to dominate South America in the future. ”

"Are you really willing to provide jishu?" Campo was also completely impressed, and he asked in surprise.

Chen Jing nodded without hesitation: "There is no problem, the shipbuilding industry is a big industry, which can solve the employment problem of thousands of people." Your country has abundant resources and huge potential for ocean freight, and I believe that if the President can do that, your standing in the hearts of the electorate will skyrocket. ”

Campo was indeed moved by what he said, he lowered his head and thought for a long time, but Zuihou still shook his head: "Mr. Chen, the conditions provided by your country are very generous, and people can't help but be tempted. But what we need this time is a warship, a super dreadnought, IMHO, if your country had mature experience in building ships, I would not hesitate to choose your country, but so far your country has not launched a single battleship, and I can't risk it with tens of millions of huge sums of money. ”

Chen Jing wanted to say something, but Campo waved his hand: "Mr. Chen, our two countries may be able to explore the possibility of other economic cooperation, but don't be tied to warships." ”

After saying that, Campo turned around and left, leaving Chen Jing alone. The bones of his fist have turned white, and after all, China is still inexperienced, which has become the most fatal problem, even if the tongue is full of lotus, it is difficult to believe.

Chen Jing left the dance party dejectedly and returned directly to the hotel, at which time Yao Yimin was already waiting in the living room. Seeing that Chen Jing was a little lonely, Yao Yimin said, "Isn't the situation going well?" ”

"Well, the Chileans insist that we have no construction experience, in fact, if it were me, I don't want to be this guinea pig, I'm afraid we will have to run for nothing."

Yao Yimin also sighed, and couldn't help but say: "In fact, experience is not a problem at all, this time the plan we designed mainly refers to the German Baden-class battleships. I was involved in the dismantling of the Baden, and we got a full set of drawings from Germany. And the Germans are also ready to move, they are not willing to be limited forever in the navy, we can directly involve German engineers and practice with other people's warships, they must be very happy. ”

China and Germany are tied together, of course, there will be no problem of inexperience, and it is very interesting to say that China wants to use Chile to practice its hands, and at the same time China wants to let Germany use its own hands, this cooperation model is probably unique in Shijie.

Chen Jing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Our cooperation with Germany is carried out in secret, so we can't just shout out!" ”

The two of them looked at each other, and they had no idea, and sat for a long time, when suddenly an attaché ran in and brought an invitation. This invitation was sent by Beck, the head of the Italian delegation, and as soon as he saw the invitation, Chen Jing's eyes suddenly lit up, maybe the breakthrough was here.

He stood up suddenly, grabbed the invitation, and strode out of the hotel......

Among the bidding teams of various countries, the United States and Britain have the greatest hopes, and they have long been shouting at each other to snatch the cake. As an American who regards the Americas as their backyard, they are still quite repulsive to Britain and do not want them to get involved at all.

Chile has already handed over the first dreadnought to the British, so they can't get the second! In addition to these two countries, the representatives of other countries are not interested, and they also know that there is little hope, so they are only playing soy sauce.

Half a month after arriving in Chile, the first round of bidding began, and as expected, the United States and Britain successfully advanced, while Japan and France were excluded, which was expected.

But there was one country that surprised everyone, and that was China! The Chinese delegation's proposal was also successfully promoted, but by this time it had been changed and was jointly proposed by China and Italy, which had carried out an unprecedented integration between the two countries.

China's most criticized problem is the problem of experience, but by pulling Italy over, this shortcoming was immediately made up, and the joint plan of the two countries has a 20 percent discount in price, compared with the United States and Britain only using the existing warships with slight changes, the preferred plan is more attentive.

With a full load displacement of 32,000 tons, it is equipped with four twin 380 mm guns, has excellent seaworthiness and protection capabilities, and can reach a maximum speed of 28 knots and a maximum cruising range of more than 10,000 nautical miles.

After seeing these indicators, the Chilean military couldn't help but exclaim that this is the warship they need! (To be continued......)

PS: There is a problem with the network, the small borrowed wireless send, please forgive me if it is late......