Chapter 38: Desheng Hao And Weisheng Hao Seaplane Carriers
What Yoshiko Kawashima and Major Ryūkichi Tanaka talked about in the private room, no one knows except the two of them,
Zhou Wenhua is also completely unaware that Yoshiko Kawashima and Major Ryūkichi Tanaka are already here in Shanghai.
At this time, he is also in his father’s ‘Tian Jin’ Steel Mill, observing the workers and masters in the steel mill that has reopened, as well as their ironmaking process and technology.
「Ding… Congratulations on witnessing the on-site production of the Steelmaking Process Steps and Procedures, various packaging methods of the Steelmaking Process Steps and Procedures, and manufacturing methods, including operations such as adding molten iron or scrap steel and other raw materials to the electric furnace or converter, slag making, slag removal, molten pool stirring, dephosphorization, bottom blowing in electric furnace, melting period, oxidation period, refining period, reduction period, external refining, molten steel stirring, ladle wire feeding, and other manufacturing methods. You have comprehended the essence by 10%, and it is permanently added to the memory system! Level: Rookie newbie!」
「Learning time 7 hours, comprehended essence 30%」
「Learning time 28 hours, comprehended essence 80%」
「Ding! Congratulations on perfectly learning the various packaging methods and manufacturing methods of the Steelmaking Process Steps and Procedures, comprehending the essence 100%, becoming a proficient technician!」
「Ding! Congratulations on having on-site comprehended and learned from the top-tier steelmaking manufacturing masters of this era. You have become one of the top-tier steelmaking manufacturing masters in the steelmaking industry of this era with the most advanced technology, and you have obtained rewards: memories of the top-tier converter steelmaking and electric furnace steelmaking manufacturing methods and processes from your previous life, as well as detailed information」
「Additionally, improve the open-hearth steelmaking method that was basically eliminated in later generations!」
As Zhou Wenhua keeps walking back and forth in the Steel Mill, between the steelmaking workshop and furnace system, steelmaking main raw materials and charging workshop, and various equipment such as steelmaking charging, oxygen supply, slag making, decarburization, dephosphorization, desulfurization, deoxidation, etc., observing the workers and masters’ steelmaking process and technology manufacturing process,
the system voice in his mind also keeps ringing.
It wasn’t until he had stayed in the Steel Mill for almost two days that he finally completed the system’s learning ability task.
He began to master the manufacturing methods and technology of the Steelmaking Process Steps and Procedures.
When Zhou Wenhua, with a slightly fatigued look, walked out of the Steel Mill and was about to go home to get some good sleep,
Butler Liu Xing also arrived outside the Steel Mill driving the car at this time, and hurried over to Zhou Wenhua.
“Hmm? What’s wrong? Butler Liu!”
“Why is your face so hurried? Did something happen to my new Dumpling Factory and New Sauce Factory?”
“Or is the business of the Dumpling specialty store not good?”
“It can’t be that something happened at home, right?”
Seeing Butler Liu Xing so hurriedly rushing over to find him, Zhou Wenhua immediately inquired.
“None of them! It’s like this, Navy Headquarters called!”
“Commander Yang said that because the foreigners are asking for too high a price, and we ourselves don’t have the new-style manufacturing technology, equipment, and parts for aircraft carriers like the foreigners do, they can only use the money you donated, Young Master, to manufacture two more seaplane carriers like Desheng Hao and Weisheng Hao!”
“That is, to build our new aircraft carriers by modifying two 932-ton shallow-water gunboats into seaplane carriers!”
“But each carrier can only carry two to three seaplanes!”
“Because the money was donated by you, they also want to solicit your personal opinion!”
Butler Liu Xing shook his head, calmed his breathing, and then immediately reported.
“Okay! Then leave it to them to decide!”
“Anyway, the money, I have already donated it to the Navy Department. How they use this money is their own business!”
“Moreover, I have already apprenticed under the current Chief Engineer Ye Zaifu of the Jiangnan Shipyard, so it doesn’t matter anymore! My ultimate goal has already been achieved!”
“As for things like the foreigners choking us, I had already anticipated that. The foreigners don’t want our Navy to rise!”
“So they won’t casually help us build the latest warships and aircraft carriers!”
“Although the foreigners haven’t focused all their attention on the operational use of aircraft carriers yet, getting them to provide us with manufacturing of new-style aircraft carriers, or even ordinary aircraft carriers, won’t be an easy thing!”
After listening to Butler Liu Xing’s report,
Zhou Wenhua showed an indifferent expression and smiled as he responded.
“Ah! This”
Hearing this, Butler Liu Xing was slightly stunned,
He was speechless for a moment,
Because he had never thought that Zhou Wenhua went to such great lengths to donate so much money to the Navy Headquarters just to build aircraft carriers and minesweepers, only to apprentice under the current Chief Engineer Ye Zaifu of the Jiangnan Shipyard.
What kind of thought process is this?
?????
So Butler Liu Xing didn’t know how to respond to Zhou Wenhua for a moment.
“Just respond to the Navy Headquarters as I said. Say that the money, I have already donated to them, and as for how to use it, leave it entirely up to them, no need to ask my opinion!”
Seeing Butler Liu Xing with a face full of surprise,
Zhou Wenhua casually supplemented his instructions.
“Yes! Young Master!”
Seeing that Zhou Wenhua really didn’t care about the donated money, Butler Liu Xing immediately came back to his senses and hurriedly agreed loudly.
Then, he first accompanied Zhou Wenhua home to rest, and only then called back to the Navy Headquarters from the Zhou Family.
Not long after,
Navy Headquarters,
Commander Yang also received the reply call from Butler Liu Xing,
and was dumbfounded.
Then, he showed a somewhat complex smile, but also thought more highly of Zhou Wenhua, at least admiring his generosity and propriety, not caring about gains and losses in money.
“Alright then! Since that’s the case, I’ll proceed with the original plan and build two more seaplane carriers like Desheng Hao and Weisheng Hao!”
“Who can we blame for our heavy industry being backward? We can’t even casually manufacture ordinary aircraft carriers, and still need to rely on equipment and technology provided by the foreigners!”
“I don’t know when our Navy will be able to, like the foreigners, not only manufacture the latest warships, but also the latest aircraft carriers, or even use seaplanes for our Navy’s development and growth!”
“Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, our once powerful Navy has never returned!”
“But no matter what, this time we still have to thank this Zhou Wenhua!”
Moments later,
Commander Yang couldn’t help but sigh and exclaimed.
Afterward, he also went to discuss with the current Chief Engineer Ye Zaifu of the Jiangnan Shipyard on how to purchase raw materials, parts, and equipment to manufacture two more seaplane carriers like Desheng Hao and Weisheng Hao.
As for seaplane carriers like the Hua Jia Hao of the Northeastern Army, he didn’t expect his side to have such shipbuilding technology and equipment,
let alone new-style aircraft carriers like those of the foreigners, or aircraft carriers like those of the Japanese Navy.
Those are not something the Jiangnan Shipyard can manufacture at this time.
Actually, people with the same mood as him include Yang Junsheng, the founder of the China Shipyard,
who is also troubled by the seaplane carrier modified from a merchant ship that Zhou Wenhua entrusted to him, which has not yet started construction.
Although Zhou Wenhua’s requirement is very simple, just to build an ordinary aircraft carrier from the World War I era,
he lacks experience, technology, and equipment for manufacturing aircraft carriers.
So at this moment, Yang Junsheng, the founder of the China Shipyard, is also having a headache over the manufacturing method of the aircraft carrier.
