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Chapter 161 The Father of Submarines (Part 2)

There is no doubt that writing novels can increase the author's various knowledge and improve the author's writing ability and writing skills. However, I really didn't expect that even my mind was greatly developed!

To be honest, before writing the novel, I was really a little narrow-minded and I didn’t like to adopt other people’s opinions. When I first posted the article, when I saw some unsatisfactory suggestions from readers, I either refuted them fiercely or deleted them directly.

But now, seeing some unsatisfactory accusations, I really didn’t feel much ups and downs in my heart. Even after a few minutes, I calmly accepted their opinions.

Haha, my mind has been broadened, and I just smiled and left a message to him while shaking my head.

I hope readers will continue to make pertinent opinions and I will adopt them as appropriate. In addition, the number of my recommended votes is too small, so I hope you can give a few votes as appropriate.

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For the sake of his beloved submarine development career, Mr. John Holland, full of hope, left everything aside and allowed several PLA special forces to mercy. The PLA special forces disguised Holland as an ordinary businessman and took him to the dock in San Francisco.

In late August 1907, Mr. John Holland arrived at Yamaguchi Yoshima by merchant ship.

After Mr. Holland was secretly sent to the Naval School of the Lanfang Republic, Lanfang Navy Commander Wang Songjie and several senior naval officers warmly received him.

After some greetings, Wang Songjie adhered to Chen Hao's usual style of conduct and led Holan directly to the submarine laboratory of a nearby shipyard without any delay.

This submarine laboratory is outside the submarine dock, covering a wide area and is equipped with all kinds of submarine-making machinery and equipment. After seeing the most advanced machinery and equipment transported from the United States, Germany and other places, Old Holland was overjoyed and excitedly celebrated his wise decision with the highest cheers.

What made Old Holland even more ecstatic was that as long as he gave his order, dozens of excellent shipbuilding talents and more than 300 skilled technical workers would follow his instructions and transfer various resources to cooperate with him in developing new submarines.

This unreserved support and trust made Old Holland very surprised. He really couldn't understand why this Chinese regime attached so much to submarines!

When Holland asked Wang Songjie, the commander of the Lanfang Navy who often came to visit him, Wang Songjie told him with a frown that this was because the Lanfang Republic did not have enough financial resources and corresponding technology to build large warships. Therefore, he could only invite Mr. Holland to build a lower-cost submarine with limited ability.

After listening to Wang Songjie's explanation, Holan suddenly realized. He secretly thanked that the Lanfang Republic was low in strength, which made him cheaper. Otherwise, they would not have been able to treat and pay attention to him, the old man.

Therefore, Holan devoted himself to the manufacturing and research of submarines for his beloved career and to repay Wang Songjie's kindness.

After a month, in addition to the regular physical examinations of the older Holland by the doctors at the shipyard, the Logistics Department of the Lanfang Republic also rated Holland with a nutritionist, a masseur and two young Indonesian maids.

These specialized personnel took good care of Old Holland, which gradually made Old Holland's body healthy.

Under such considerate care, every time after work, the refreshed old Holland always suspected that he was working in heaven, not under the rule of the backward and ignorant Chinese when he was walking and thinking in the clean shipyard.

Gradually, Holland's favorability towards the Chinese in the Lanfang Republic continued to increase, and the two sides got along more and more harmoniously. Moreover, in order to better communicate with ordinary skilled workers in the shipyard, Holland, who was unwilling to be lonely, also learned Chinese.

When Chen Hao arrived, Huolan was standing outside the office, discussing with five English-speaking Chinese shipbuilding engineers.

At the same time, some simple Chinese spoken languages ​​popped up from time to time in Holan's mouth. His stiff and awkward Chinese tone made the technical workers not far away laugh and secretly hid on the side and laughed.

Seeing Wang Songjie accompanying several people with extraordinary temperament with respect, except for a middle-aged engineer in his 40s who continued to talk with Holland, everyone else stopped talking enthusiastically and stood respectfully. They knew that Holland and the engineer named Huang Yixiang were stubborn, so they did not interfere with their continued discussion.

Of course, Chen Hao knew that most geniuses of the times like Holland did not pay attention to secular etiquette. Moreover, when they discussed issues, they were always focused and focused, and would not be influenced by outsiders at all.

Therefore, Chen Hao waved his hands to Wang Songjie and others and made a move to silence. Then, he walked to Huolan and Huang Yixiang with a smile, and listened quietly to their conversation.

"Mr. Holland, I personally think that the biggest advantage of the submarine you made is that the boat is flexible, smooth sailing on water, and dives very quickly, and can fire several torpedoes at enemy ships underwater.

However, its biggest problem is that its endurance is too limited. Judging from the current data, it is absolutely no problem to fight against enemy ships in the near sea. However, it is difficult to attack enemy ships from a distance to a more powerful place." Huang Yixiang said in fluent English.

Xia Xingyu leaned over and said to Chen Hao softly: "This person's name is Huang Yixiang. He just entered our shipyard to work at the beginning of this month. He is a shipbuilding engineer at a British shipyard. He has extraordinary abilities and was hired by Chen Xiang, who went to the UK to develop."

Thinking of Chen Xiang, Zheng Tieliang and others who were working hard in the UK, a look of nostalgia flashed in Chen Hao's eyes and he nodded silently for approval.

At this time, Holland's breathtaking voice came: "Dear Huang, you are right. It is indeed a big problem to have a submarine's endurance. Moreover, the speed of the submarine needs to be improved. When I prepare to build the next new submarine, all the artillery configurations on the upper deck of the submarine will be cancelled. In this way, the weight of the submarine will be greatly reduced, and the endurance and speed will increase accordingly."

"Mr. Holland, I think so too." Huang Yixiang agreed: "The biggest threat of a submarine is to hide, and the biggest weapon of destruction is torpedo. If a small submarine wants to play a huge role in the water, it must make good use of these two favorable conditions. As long as it can hit the enemy warship with torpedoes, no matter how powerful it is, it will inevitably sink to the bottom of the sea in the end."
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