Chapter 1134: 1135 submarine arrives
Chapter 1134 1135 Submarine arrives
After a lot of twists and turns, an early-type submarine finally docked at the dock. The military band played and a group of officers applauded enthusiastically. After all, this was their country's first real...submarine.
At least they finally had a research direction after paying a lot of money. Before the submarine arrived, a group of technical experts from the Tang State had already arrived by boat.
The entire dock needs to be modernized. After all, the port used by submarines is definitely different.
In order to ensure that submarines can enter and exit concealedly, the dock must be built near a steep cliff. The cliff must be cut out and then reinforced with cement to build a natural fortress.
Site selection is a big problem. If there is no decent submarine base terrain along the coast of the country, one can only be built artificially.
Then there are various supporting facilities, including cranes for maintaining submarines, professional equipment for refueling, and devices for hoisting torpedoes, etc.
The entire package is also connected to the ammunition depot for torpedo storage, the oil depot... Such a complete set of facilities plus some mechanical equipment for producing submarines, the amount of engineering is quite large.
Tang State intentionally raised the specifications of submarine facilities to this level, so that clues can be discovered in time during satellite reconnaissance and control the specific number of submarine forces in various countries.
Because the amount of supporting facilities for expansion and new construction of submarines is very huge, Tang State can have accurate data on submarine construction facilities in various countries.
"Thank you for sending our submarine." Dorne's admiral stretched out his hand and shook hands with the captain who handed over the submarine.
These Tang Army submarine officers and soldiers will stay here for thirty days and be responsible for teaching a group of students so that they can control this small submarine.
In fact, a submarine is a highly integrated weapon, and its number of crew members is naturally not too large. There are only a dozen crew members in the entire submarine, which is in natural contrast to its energy.
To deal with a submarine, more investment is often required. This is why submarine forces have always been popular with weak countries.
“You are too polite.” A smile appeared on the face of the captain of the Tang Army. He had a long beard and hadn't shaved it for a long time. But he was in good spirits. After all, he was here to make money.
That's right, it makes money. This group of crew members came to Dorne purely to earn money and travel expenses: they have a special allowance of 2 gold coins every day, and this money is paid by the Dorne Empire.
In order to allow them to better "teach each other everything they have," the Dorne Empire also prepares generous gifts and arranges various projects to satisfy these elders.
In fact, engineers, technicians from the Tang Empire, and even the attachés responsible for taking care of these personnel have to receive a sum of money from the Dorne Empire.
There is no other way, the situation is stronger than the person. In order for the Dorne Empire to master the use of submarines as soon as possible, understand the tactics of submarines, and use submarines as soon as possible, they can only serve these people honestly.
As soon as Dorne's admiral waved, girls holding flowers from afar swarmed up and stuffed the flowers into the hands of the smelly sailors.
No matter how much they hated him, they still smiled and almost put themselves and flowers into each other's arms. The beauty trap works well because it makes it impossible for most men to refuse.
The sound of the military band became louder, and the sailors and women laughed cheerfully from time to time. The atmosphere was so enviable.
Dorn's technicians entered the submarine they spent a lot of money to buy without any hindrance.
When they climbed into the submarine along the ladder, they discovered that this thing was really not something that could be copied just by looking at it.
The interior of the submarine is full of pipes, and these pipes are connected to different places. Some of them directly enter the wall, and some turn and enter vertically into the ground beneath their feet.
Although many pipes are labeled with their functions, the so-called exhaust pipes, pressure pipes and other names seem to be mentioned but not mentioned, and have almost no function.
If you don’t know submarines very well, you won’t be able to tell any clues from these pipelines. Frankly speaking, just the toilet on the submarine is complex enough for these Dornish engineers to learn for a while.
"How is it?" the admiral asked an old engineer who had just climbed out of the submarine with some anticipation.
The engineer shook his head helplessly and said, "We can't build it even after dismantling it. It's too precise and we can no longer process it."
This thing is really too complicated, and every part is very sophisticated. After learning that Tang Jun's submarine could dive to a depth of less than 100 meters, Dorne's engineers did not dare to talk about imitation. They are all experts in this field. It is precisely because they have independently developed submarines before that they truly know what it means to be 100 meters underwater.
It was a depth beyond their reach, and it seemed to them that all hollow things had been crushed at that depth.
But the Tang Army's submarine could sail at that depth. This was a serious problem: the materials and structure were all beyond their understanding. How could it be copied?
"They used more advanced welding technology. If it were our welding technology, it would break and leak." The old expert explained to the naval general whose hope had failed: "Their materials are also special...we can't make it. "
In fact, these are still issues in the general direction. Some small issues ultimately determine things that may not look obvious, but determine the life or death of the submarine: the processing accuracy is a little bit worse here, the processing accuracy is a little bit worse there, and in the end the noise of the submarine can go up. .
You said what would happen if your submarine kept ringing the bell underwater? Other people's destroyers don't even need sonar. You can hear the noise of a submarine even if it's attached to the side of the ship. What the **** are you talking about?
The naval admiral who knew the inside story of the cooperation between the two countries sighed, and then said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, we have expected this, so we have been prepared."
That's right, they were prepared... They spent money to purchase an entire submarine production line from the Tang Empire! The money was paid for in copper and iron ores…
The project includes the training of 1,100 submarine manufacturing workers, a dock for building submarines, hull welding technology, all U-boat drawings, diesel engine technology, snorkel technology, etc.
However, Dorne still needs to import the steel needed for the hull and 37% of the special parts from Tang. The materials for a ship cost 11 million, which is much cheaper than buying a submarine directly for 70 million.
It's a pity that all production must be carried out under the supervision of engineers from the Tang Empire. The Tang Dynasty knows all about the construction of several submarines.
According to the contract, Dorn will eventually build 27 submarines of the same type in its own country, including the three purchased, keeping the total at 30.
After completing the manufacturing of 27 submarines, the submarine pressure hull technology, snorkel technology, diesel engine technology, and supporting sealing technology... these will all be transferred to the Dorne Empire for free.
The total value of the entire cooperation is 350 million Datang gold dollars, all of which must be delivered to the Datang Empire within one year, and "copper ore", "iron ore" and "cash" must be used.
Why should we give more than 50 million more? It is because of the last so-called technology transfer agreement: by that time, the Dorne Empire will have the ability to produce submarines on its own.
They can produce more submarines themselves, and they can produce more submarines without the Tang State having any way to specifically monitor them.
In addition, they can also build larger submarines according to their own needs: the combat radius of the small submarines sold by Tang State is too small and cannot meet the combat needs of the Dorne Navy.
They need bigger...large ocean-going submarines like the Tang Army! Yes, Dorn knew that the Tang Army had ocean-going submarines, because in the last naval battle, the activity radius of the Tang Army's submarines was obviously not as small as the submarines they sold.
In addition to Dorne, Lanes, Goblins, and the Nanla Empire have also purchased similar production line services. Everyone is preparing to operate their own business, because Tang's submarines are too expensive.
The Poplar Empire and the Ice Empire were obviously lagging behind in this matter. They were in the middle of a war, and the war left them with less resources to invest in purchasing military supplies. They only purchased three submarines symbolically, and reserved the right to continue to purchase them.
Frankly speaking, the inland empire of Susus Empire really took advantage of it. They saved a lot of money because they did not need to build a large navy to protect their coastline.
So they can spend all their money on the army and air force, which allows them to purchase more tanks and aircraft.
“I hope we can fully understand these technologies. If we can fully understand these technologies, we can make greater breakthroughs in many fields.” The old engineer who emerged from the submarine said with confidence.
Many technologies are complementary to each other. The Datang Empire sold submarine technology and aircraft technology, which was actually spreading technology in other fields.
It is precisely because a large amount of technology has spread to all parts of the world that technicians around the world waste most of their time on understanding these technologies. They don't have time to develop, they don't have time to think. They can only passively accept it, and then follow suit behind the Tang Empire.
They were all waiting for the day when the technology of the Tang Empire would stagnate, but they found that while they were waiting, the distance between the two sides was not getting smaller, but getting wider and wider.
The technology of the Tang Empire became more and more advanced, flying towards new heights that they simply could not understand. But these people were still waiting where they were, looking up at the sky and seeing only the brilliant light.
(End of this chapter)