Chapter 341 The Battleship Starts (2)
The "Dongfeng Warrior" chariot, covered in desert camouflage, ran at high speed on the simple road. The sandstorm and dust raised by many cars stretched for more than a kilometer behind. After all, I thought it was a battlefield in Iraq in the American blockbuster.~~~~
This is an armed force under Yang Hao's defense company, a convoy of six cars, and several elite mercenaries carried guns and live ammunition, firmly defending his big boss and James' fat man in the middle, running towards the beach.
Each car not only has gunmen, but also has heavy machine guns in the front lane and rear vehicle. In the back seat of the closed car, there are individual air defense missiles and anti-tank missiles. When necessary, they can be pulled out at any time to serve as an elite unit for all-round combat.
Yang Hao was frustrated in the low body. The fully enclosed body like a can makes people feel uncomfortable from the heart. The hot environment at the equatorial latitude is difficult to make people feel comfortable even with air conditioners. However, Yang Hao didn't like the Western habit of drinking cold drinks regardless of seasons. So when James was drinking cold beer comfortably, he could only make himself calm and try to have a "calm heart and naturally cool".
However, when the convoy passed through the southern slums, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and raised his hand to open the window for some breathing.
James's big furry hand suddenly reached over and held him down: "Don't! Your movements will bring fatal danger!"
Yang Hao retracted his arm and stared at him in confusion and asked, "Is it that exaggerated?"
"Very very!" James rarely answered seriously, "You don't live here often. You don't understand how dangerous it is! In these slums you see, AIDS is flooded, and weapons-owned thugs are rampant. There are tragedies happening almost every day. A bullet may fly from nowhere in any corner! So, when passing by, don't open the windows. Although our tank bulletproof glass is not enough to block the shooting of rifle bullets."
Yang Hao was shocked. He didn't expect Africa to be so messy! He glared at the window and saw shanty towns built with iron, wooden boards, even paper shells, asbestos tiles and other materials. He quickly passed by from a distance. Between the low houses, there were disgusting sewage flowing in the turbid ditches, garbage dumps were everywhere, and essential things like flies were flying in groups... This was simply a super big garbage dump!
But in such an environment, you can see a large number of black children running happily in the deadly garbage as if nothing had happened, as if they were not affected by the surrounding smells at all.
Between the houses, the adult men and women who were thin and wearing colorful green and colorful clothes glanced at the convoy from time to time.
Yang Hao had goose bumps all over his body, his little heart pounded, and he stared at James and asked, "Man. Is it really okay to open our factory so close to them? Especially with many employees employed by various countries. Is this too dangerous?"
AIDS, gun-free thugs, hungry poor people, any of them can become a deadly threat.
James' right index finger holding the beer bottle swayed slightly: "You don't have to worry about any trouble. Dear boss, don't forget that we are the largest investor in the country so far, and the defense company I led is the most professional protection force. No one can break through our blockade and bring threats, no. From last year's start of construction, there has been no trouble because of any of the problems you imagined."
Yang Hao was not sure if this guy was bragging. However, as he knew so far, there had not been any unsolvable troubles in the Kenguo Heavy Industry Base project, and everything was under control.
However, he secretly swore that he would never pass by this route by car in the future. This is not the concept of being separated from the grassroots masses. He simply did not dare to get involved in the deadly troubles here!
The convoy rumbled across the slums and drove out more than ten kilometers, and a towering building suddenly emerged on the distant horizon. The particularly prominent chimneys over 100 meters high, various tower buildings with more than ten stories high, giant industrial facilities, and thick pipes that are densely spread like forests, forming a spectacular steel jungle that stretches for more than ten square kilometers.
Here, after several layers of horse clips, it invested in a heavy industrial base in Kenya under the name of a multinational company. Tens of thousands of tons of outdated industrial facilities from China, crossing the ocean and crossing 10,000 kilometers, and reassembled here, creating pollution while rejuvenating its second youth.
When it was almost approaching, Yang Hao knew why James was so confident to guarantee it.
The entire industrial area was isolated by several barbed wire and guards, almost comparable to the military restricted area. The armed guards with live ammunition were cautious after the post and threatened with guns without hesitation to any targets approaching. Even the convoy with the flag of the defense company was still subject to strict inspections to ensure that no dangerous elements were infiltrated.
Previously, Yang Hao had been flying over to inspect the plane most of the time, but he really didn't know that the industrial area under his name, which was carrying the strange mission, had actually opened up a territory similar to a private territory in a foreign country.
After not seeing each other for many days, she became like this. Yang Hao asked James in surprise: "You are so blatant, but the Kenyan government doesn't protest? I remember that they seem to have learned all the problems of the British, and they are particularly greedy and shameless. They won't let go of their hands so easily, right?"
James rolled his eyes and shrugged, "Boss, you should know that as long as there are dollars and gold, we can do anything in Africa without any condemnation."
This is quite blunt. Yang Hao suddenly remembered many experiences, and even the blockbusters made by the Americans themselves, various oil tycoons, armed forces and even American intelligence agencies, who acted unscrupulously in Africa. All of that is true! In a world where capital power is rampant, all moral bottom lines and common sense cognition can be thrown into the gutter without paying attention to it.
Kenguo Heavy Industry Investment Project is said to be 5 billion US dollars, but it actually costs nothing. Except for a few of the land given by the government, the other rental fees are extremely low. It is almost comparable to China's investment promotion.
The largest amount of industrial equipment investment seems to be. Because almost all the eliminated equipment purchased from scrap iron, even if freight is added, the low cost is less than one-tenth of the quotation. Not to mention that there is still a considerable gap between the amount of external publicity and the actual start of construction.
But even so, the investment amount is calculated in billions of dollars, which is an amazing business for the poor Kenya country, and must be negotiated by the president or prime minister in person. In particular, a group of international scammers claimed that they would build the largest heavy industrial base in East Africa in Kenya and become the engine of the country's economic innovation and fiscal improvement.
This gimmick made the whole country excited and even once robbed the limelight of the two parties fighting for the ruling seats. As a specific executor, the American manager team received no less preferential treatment and privileges than foreign investors who were rampant in China in the 1990s.
For the sake of economy and money, any country's dignity and dignity can be thrown aside, step on it and step on it.
Yang Hao felt a slight discomfort in his heart. After all, two years ago, he was very unhappy about the "first-class foreigners and second-class officials" in China. His diplomacy was nothing small, and the highest problem of foreigners. Now, he has become one of the people he hated at the time.
James obviously couldn't understand his complex emotions, and said, "We have enough ways to ensure your investment safety. Of course, there are some annoying things, such as those people."
He pointed to a doorway in the distance, and a group of dozens of people blocked by the barbed wire. They held signs in their hands. Uri said something in a weird-toned English.
Yang Hao looked at it with a telescope for a while, but he didn't understand why.
James raised his eyebrows and showed a disdainful smile on his lips: "You know, there are always some guys in the world who are full and have nothing to do, hindering the process of human civilization under the banner of protecting the environment. Here, they are also very active."
Yang Hao suddenly realized that he was an environmentalist.
He read this in the report, but did not take it seriously. Many people in Kenya studied in the UK and came back to serve as government officials, and learned the political methods there. Of course, they came to protest the large number of heavy pollution backward equipment used by investors, or started heavy pollution industrial projects, not really to protect the earth, but to achieve their own political goals.
“Will they cause a lot of trouble?”
Yang Hao was a little interested. He wanted to know if there were other forces behind this. It was abnormal that there was no such thing.
James looked at him meaningfully and said, "Dear boss, the answer has actually been in your heart, isn't it? When will it be their turn to decide everything?"
Yang Hao nodded silently. It seemed that he had successfully entered the ranks of capitalists and became one of the forces that must be defeated and attacked. While leading hundreds of millions of people to siege and try to eliminate the existence here on their own land, he was moving towards a qualified bad guy in a foreign country in his own world... Why is this so complicated?
Today, after a long period of training, Yang Hao's face and dark heart have reached a new level. He no longer feels guilty about the reality of eliminating heavy pollution industries in China to harm people. Anyway, he doesn't expect that those factories will start to start construction. As long as they are built, they can run smoothly and then directly projected onto the B plane. As for how long it can harm the African people, it depends on the amount of environmentalist power they have. In short, don't expect Yang Hao to pay a penny for their seemingly justice and great demands.
The convoy finally stopped in the shipyard. The manager from the United States came to greet him very sensible. After a brief greeting, he led Yang Hao into the factory and inspected the hull that was working overtime to start construction.
American manager George once worked in China for many years as an executive of a multinational group. He was familiar with how to deal with Chinese people who wanted to save face. Therefore, on the way to the factory, he praised him: "I have to say that the workers hired from China are really too dedicated! They can work in a row with the inspiration of overtime pay. Everyone's work efficiency is even five times or ten times that of local black people! And the work they do is really great! The quality is no less than that of traditional European industrial countries."
Yang Hao smiled reservedly and nodded, complaining in his heart: "You still need to say this? Isn't it too far to spend a lot of money to poach people from China to work?"
Although the shipbuilding industry has not been very prosperous in recent years, high-end welders and professional engineers are still in demand. Moreover, their wages are generally relatively high. When they come to work in Africa, there is no one who has a monthly salary of less than 10,000 yuan. The average average of 20,000 yuan is not outrageous.
But there is no way. There is no way to find many qualified shipbuilders in Africa. Foreign devils have higher wages and are not willing to work overtime. They often look for labor unions to give you conditions. In today's world, there is no better quality, cheaper and more useful than Chinese workers.
Yang Hao was helpless to pay such a price. Who asked the things he produced here to cause a lot of trouble in the country?
On the two 50,000-ton ship platforms that have been built, two huge keels have been welded. The box-shaped frame made of high-strength ship steel plates outlines the outline of the double-layer bottom hull. From the bottom layer to the longitudinal support of the upper deck, the horizontal skeletons are stacked layer by layer, exuding an indescribable cold beauty.
With a huge body that is nearly two hundred meters long, people will feel their insignificance when standing below.
Manager George introduced: "Although I don't know what the end user is going to use him for, I'm sure it's really strong!"
So how can it not be strong? The entire keel is welded with high-strength steel in ships. It is the same material as the Chinese warships. It is military products that are purchased at one time after the construction of the "Oriental". Welding workers and equipment, etc. are also pulled over after practicing the "Oriental". If it is not strong, there will be ghosts.
Yang Hao was secretly excited, but he refused to reveal any inside story and made an excuse in an understatement: "We don't need to care about what ship the customer intends to use to create, just do our job well."
George shut up wisely, but the guy James stared at him inside and out, and looked at Yang Hao from behind with suspicion. He vaguely felt that there must be something wrong here!
These two dragon bones are the foundation of the first type of battleship that Yang Hao wanted to build for the Navy on Plane B!
The "Tianjin-class battleship" is almost an enlarged version of the "Oriental". It uses a double-layer bottom to strengthen the steel keel for modern ships. It has a length of 195.75 meters, a width of 28.3 meters, a draft of 9.3 meters, a standard design displacement of 25,750 tons, and a full load of 30,270 tons.
The front two and rear one back one triple turret design is adopted, and three 45-diameter 305mm main guns that have been tested on the "Dingyuan Ship" are installed, plus 6 dual-mounted 127mm secondary guns, forming a light and heavy firepower output.
The wide hull uses eight-seat boilers and four counterfeit steam turbines, with a total output power of 120,000 axes, bringing 32 high speeds.
The waterline armor is 305-203mm thick, with a horizontal defense of 100mm. The main turret and command tower both have 406mm armor and key defense, and a large number of high-strength aluminum alloys are used to reduce weight. The key parts such as power chambers and ammunition depots are supplemented by modern ship defense technology, and all armors are made of modern forged and forged carburized alloy steel plates to be immune to all levels of the main gun in the first battle 10 kilometers away.
In order to avoid being discovered in China's manufacturing, Yang Hao traveled thousands of miles to bring the factory to Africa. The two ships built in the first phase were only responsible for the construction of keels. The subsequent construction work will be moved to Plane B and continued.
Without complete drawings, no one knew that he was doing such a dangerous thing. As a semi-finished keel, it would not violate any national laws, and it would try to avoid being coveted by those who are interested.
Such progress may not take long to move them all away. The skilled workers trained on the modification of the "Dingyuan" on the plane B can also complete the subsequent construction work mainly based on riveting. In a year, there will be two majestic and unprecedentedly powerful battleships, circling on the ocean at the end of the 19th century!
Yang Hao is so beautiful in his heart, which can be regarded as completing the final defense. The foundation of the revolutionary cause of plane B and the rise of China will be completely consolidated.
With an unspeakable secret, he learned about the work process in detail and got a definite answer, and then rushed out excitedly. Unexpectedly, he left the shipyard and met an old acquaintance who had been missing for a long time. Yang Hao felt "shocked" in his heart, and he immediately felt something was wrong! (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
Chapter completed!