Rebirth of the Flying Era

 Chapter 1313 It’s time to end

James heard the movement and turned his head suddenly to look out, his face moved.

Turning to look at Du Fei: "You..."

With his keenness, he still didn't understand that he thought he had the upper hand and had averted the danger, but in fact, everything fell into Du Fei's plan.

Just after Ma Sangu was exposed, Du Fei had already made other arrangements and tampered with another heavy cruiser.

 It is equivalent to putting the whole incident back on its original track.

After reacting, James felt very complicated and looked towards the direction of the dock again.

Although he couldn't see the specific situation over there, he could imagine that it was absolutely a mess.

 Deep down in his heart, he breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously. Then he stood up and took a deep look at Du Fei, and said solemnly: "Mr. Du, I'm sorry to bother you today. I hope we won't become enemies in the future."

Du Fei smiled and stood up as well: "Of course, you are in Europe and we are in Asia. As long as we stay at home and stay safe, I think it will be difficult for us to become enemies."

Of course James heard the irony hidden in Du Fei's words and accused Yingo of being a troublemaker all over the world.

But this is not what James needs to care about. He is just an agent, a tool for performing tasks.

 He ​​knows very well that although his strength makes him a trump card, it cannot change the attributes of a tool man.

 About ten minutes, James came and left.

It was only a brief contact, but he had a very deep impression of Du Fei.

 He then reported the situation here and did not go to the dock to see the damage to the heavy cruiser.

 Because that is no longer important. After the explosion just now, many things were already determined.

 One day later, the Yingguo people investigated the cause of the explosion themselves and came to a conclusion.

 The main cause of the accident was that the warship, which had been in service for nearly 30 years, had an accident due to the aging of its boiler.

Although this fleet is organized by the Queen's faction, it does not mean that there are no other factions involved here.

 This is when these ‘sands’ come into play.

 An inconspicuous technical officer in the fleet came to this rather important preliminary conclusion.

Immediately after Huandun's newspapers, attacks on this voyage began to appear, such as being untimely, unnecessary, a waste of people and money, and the maintenance of these ships was insufficient to complete a round-trip voyage of tens of thousands of kilometers.

These criticizing people seem to have forgotten that not long ago, they were also the ones who published articles praising the Royal Navy's re-emergence.

This is not over yet, followed by various negative messages and comments directed at Duke Philips.

 At this point, it is the same at home and abroad in ancient and modern times. It is rare to directly attack the monarch. Even if you raise a flag to rebel, you must first come to the side of a Qing monarch.

Who is the traitor beside the queen now? Who beguiled Her Majesty the Queen and caused the current result? The culprit is this 'cunning' and 'ambitious' queen's husband.

 In an instant, what was originally called a match made in heaven, a marriage between a talented man and a beautiful woman, turned into a conspiracy and a deal. Duke Philips, who was also born into the royal family, became a **** with ulterior motives...

 Faced with the tidal wave of attacks, the Queen's side was caught off guard.

 They did not expect that the other party would react so violently at first.

 Furthermore, when the fleet had an incident in Lijiapo, some people began to retreat.

They don't want to go head-to-head. They know very well that the other party won't touch the queen easily, but that doesn't mean they can't touch those who are attached to the royal family.

 So when the Queen decided to continue sending Baron Bayer to Southeast Asia, they encountered some opposition within them.

 It’s just the queen’s firm will that forced these people to compromise.

 Now it is like this. Even if the Queen is prepared and uses some countermeasures, the resources she has are too insignificant in the face of a more powerful enemy.

 Whether it is in the field of public opinion or in debates in parliament, they are all at a disadvantage.

What was even more fatal was that when she was in a state of panic, she received another heavy blow.

 The navy, which had been leaning towards her before, suddenly ordered to cancel the voyage to Yinni and call back the fleet anchored in Lijiapo.

 And in formal writing, he directly called this action hasty and meaningless, which was equivalent to an unabashed denial of the queen's will.

 And this was actually the Royal Navy that had ever been most loyal to the king!

At night, the lights are bright, and the dark Thames River reflects the street lights along the river.

 Bai Jinghan Palace.

 In the Queen's study, the dark room had no lights on.

With only the moonlight shining through the window, one could vaguely see a person standing by the window, who was the nominal owner of the Guo family.

The Queen was alone, with a tired look on her face, looking slumped at the night outside the window.

This time she was not so angry that she threw the cup because she didn't even have the strength to throw the cup.

  She knew that she had failed completely this time and that this would be her last attempt.

With this failure, she lost all the remaining chips of the royal family.

 Although the royal family will not change in the future, she will still be the queen in name only, but the remaining rights of the royal family will be hollowed out.

 Without her final rights, she and the royal family members will inevitably become puppets of the capitalists.

After standing for a long time, the Queen finally took a deep breath, regained her energy, came to the writing desk, and picked up the retro-style telephone on it.

 After a while, the call was connected.

The Queen said calmly: "Your Excellency, for the sake of England, everything should end."

 …

 A few days later, Lijiapo was 10,000 kilometers away.

 Du Fei stood not far from the port, watching the warships slowly leaving the port in the distance. Although the whistle was still loud and the hull of the cruiser Ampton was still huge, it gave people a feeling of decadence and old age.

That is to take advantage of the excitement and return after the failure, which is the helplessness of having more than enough ambition but not enough power. This era is destined not to belong to Daiying.

The previous heavy cruiser with a boiler failure was abandoned in Lijiapo.

 According to the agreement reached by the two parties, Li Jiapo bought the almost scrapped warship for three million pounds.

 Everyone understands that in name it is a purchase, but in fact the money is compensation for Yingguo.

Although Li Jiapo was innocent from beginning to end, who made you unlucky enough to be involved, and who made Dai Ying’s cruiser break down at your home?

This kind of thing is unreasonable in the first place. Some money must be paid out.

 However, for Du Fei, driving away the Yingguo fleet was only the first step.

His goal is a seat on the Straits of Malacca Condominium Council and the ownership of the Riau Islands.

Getting the fleet away is only a necessary condition, but not a sufficient condition. Next, we have to continue talking to Subian.

At this moment, a black car stopped on the roadside more than ten meters away.

Li Jing, who looked tired, pushed the door out of the back seat of the car, stood there and looked at Du Fei, and paused for two seconds before walking over.

 Du Fei noticed it when the car came over.

 Li Jing's appearance was not surprising. Such a big thing happened in Li Jiapo. As the owner of this place, Li Jing could not remain confused.

Moreover, Du Fei did not hide his identity when he had contact with James Bond before.

 No one of us is a fool, let alone our opponents. At this level of the game, if you want to hide yourself, you can hide yourself for a while at most, but you cannot hide forever.

 If you can't even find an opponent, you will be eliminated if you cannot reach this level.

 So it is not surprising that Li Jing knew that Du Fei was in Lijiapo and took the initiative to find him.

"Mr. Du~" Li Jing came over, stood side by side with Du Fei, and looked towards the port, watching the fleet getting further and further away.

"Mr. Li is disappointed?" Du Fei casually took out a box of Chinese cigarettes from his pocket, handed one to Li Jing, and lit one himself.

Li Jing naturally reached out to take it, took a sip from it, and said with a wry smile: "This time you really hurt me."

Du Yu said calmly: "This is wrong. Commander Li and I had no grudges in the past and have no grudges in recent days. Why should I harm you? It's just a coincidence~"

Li Jing said with a grimace: "If you happen to do it by chance, my loss will be huge."

Du Fei retracted his gaze from the distance and turned to look to the side: "I heard that the Yingguo people sold you that scrapped ship for three million pounds?"

Li Jing didn't understand why Du Fei suddenly mentioned this. Was he trying to laugh at him for spending three million to sell a pile of scrap metal?

 But when Du Fei looked at him, he didn't seem to have that intention.

While he was silent, Du Fei continued: "I'm going to open a naval amusement park. That ship looks nice from the outside and is big enough. How about selling it to me?"

Li Jing blinked quickly. He didn't expect Du Fei to have this idea, but he didn't really believe in the Navy Amusement Park or anything like that.

But it's not impossible to sell the ship to get some blood. He doesn't care what Du Fei buys it for.

This kind of old ship that is more than 20 years old has little value even if it is intact, let alone the boiler that has exploded.

Even the Yingguo people themselves only dismantled a few precision instruments, leaving the rest untouched.

 “How much?” Li Jing asked.

Du Fei stretched out a finger.

Li Jing narrowed his eyes slightly and thought that one million would be fine. He was about to ask whether it was US dollars or pounds.

Du Fei said: "One hundred thousand dollars, I will be responsible for towing it away and freeing up the berth at your port."

Li Jing’s mouth twitched. What the **** is one hundred thousand dollars?

 Ten thousand tons of steel are more than this price, and they say it as if they are taking advantage.

Du Fei glanced at his expression, curled his lips and said, "Forget it if you don't agree. Just pretend I didn't say anything and you can handle it on your own~"

Li Jing frowned and thought for a while. Although the steel of this ship cost more than 100,000 US dollars, it would not be free to dismantle the ship into steel.

If he really left it to his own devices, he could probably just drag it to the edge of the port and throw it wherever he wanted.

 But in that case, Yingguo might not be able to explain it to him.

Li Jing thought in his heart, "One hundred thousand is one hundred thousand, so he just wants to be clean."

He knew that Du Fei had built an industrial zone in Kuching and planned a steelmaking plant in it.

 The amusement park is fake. He thinks Du Fei brought the ship back to dismantle the scrap steel. The profit here is not small. Not to mention the special steel for shipbuilding, ordinary steel now costs US$150 per ton, and the price of special steel is even higher.

This heavy cruiser is the Wundun class built by England before World War II. It has a standard displacement of nearly 10,000 tons and a full-load displacement of nearly 15,000 tons.

 Originally it had four twin 203mm main guns. Later, it was modified and a rear turret was removed and converted into an anti-aircraft gun.

 Based on standard displacement, the steel alone would be worth two million dollars.

It’s a pity that there is no steel factory in Lijiapo, otherwise it wouldn’t be Du Fei’s turn to buy it.

This time, Du Fei was a little surprised.

Originally, his proposal to buy the ship was just a temporary idea. He said it casually and did not expect Li Jing to agree.

Du Fei patted him on the shoulder: "Thank you then~"

 After saying that, he didn’t wait much, turned around and left. As for the purchase of the scrapped cruiser, the people below will negotiate with him.

　　It's not that Du Fei has any prejudice against Li Jing, or that he doesn't want to win over Li Jing.

 In fact, Du Fei is very aware of the importance of Li Jiapo, but he obviously does not have that condition now.

Li Jing is a very calm and mature official. People like him will only follow the strongest and choose the most advantageous team.

Neither Du Fei nor the current flowers and fruits are among Li Jing's choices, so Du Fei simply doesn't talk nonsense.

  In any case, what I said was nothing more than a few words.

 After Du Fei left, Li Jing's expression immediately calmed down.

Looking at Du Fei's back, he didn't feel the frustration and helplessness he showed just now.

 Put aside his character and position, at least in terms of ability and will, Li Jing is definitely the top person of this era.

If Du Fei was not a time traveler, it would be difficult to show off his authority in front of him.

 Unfortunately, his starting point and stage limited his performance.

 …

 Three days later, Du Fei returned to Kuching from Lijiapo.

As soon as we got off the ship, two things happened: one was the arrival of seven ships from Xiangjiang River; the other was that General Subian sent a special envoy.

Du Fei was sitting in the car returning to his villa in the countryside, listening to Julie describe the situation during this period. The two most important things were these two things.

When Du Fei heard this, he immediately became interested: "Already here? Let's go and have a look~"

The four destroyers and three minesweepers were towed directly to the shipyard and were not at the port.

 The convoy immediately adjusted its direction and headed straight for the shipyard.

 It took more than an hour's drive to arrive at the shipyard.

 After the last rectification, the shipyard has stabilized and lost some technical staff and management. However, there are fewer thorns and the work is smoother.

 Hearing that Du Fei and Julie were coming, Dick Monin, the director of the shipyard, came to the door early to greet them.

After shaking hands and exchanging simple greetings, Du Fei immediately asked where the ships from Xiangjiang were.

Mon Ning turned slightly sideways, followed closely beside Du Fei and Zhu Li, and immediately said: "The condition of the four destroyers is generally good. Only the No. 4 destroyer is severely rusted, and the equipment on the ship is damaged by more than 32%. The other three destroyers are in good condition." The damage rates of the ships are all within 10%.”

Du Fei nodded slightly. It was obvious that Dick Mourning had done enough homework and knew that Du Fei attached great importance to several ships.

 As soon as these ships arrived, technical personnel from the factory were organized to conduct detailed inspection and evaluation.

 Du Fei is quite satisfied with this attitude.

 But then, when it comes to the three minesweepers, the situation is not so optimistic.

 Perhaps because they are not that important, these three minesweepers are not well preserved, with the damage degree being more than 30%.

But when I thought about it, I was relieved that it was just a free gift.

 Use it if it can be used, dismantle it and recycle scrap steel if it cannot be used.

While talking, everyone came to the berth where these ships were parked.

Du Fei frowned from a distance. To be honest, the appearance of these ships was really miserable.

The surface is rusty. After all, it has been stored on the beach for more than 20 years. This means that the quality of the warship is good, and it would have been completely rotten if replaced by an ordinary ship.

 Come to the front and walk onto the boat along the gangplank.

Stepping on the metal deck made a "dong-dong" sound.

 Du Fei took two steps forward, came to the main gun in front, reached out and patted the 102mm main gun.

This kind of tribe-class destroyer has a total of four twin turrets at the front and rear, and eight 102mm main guns, which is also considered to have powerful firepower.

 The full load displacement is more than 2,000 tons, and the maximum speed can reach 35 knots. Even now, the speed is quite explosive.

Du Fei is an outsider in ships and did not go inside to see them. He directly asked: "If they are renovated, how long will it take for these ships to regain their combat effectiveness?"

Dick Mourning was an expert and had been prepared for it. He immediately responded: "Sir, these destroyers are easy to say. Except for the No. 4 ship, which is in the worst condition, the other three ships have no major problems. After the engine is overhauled, they can be used normally. At least It can restore more than 80% of the performance, but the circuits and electronic equipment of the entire ship need to be replaced, especially the fire control system, which can be replaced with the latest one. In addition, the main gun and torpedo launch tube can be used normally..."

Dick Mourning said a lot. The central point is that if the funds and accessories are available for these three destroyers, it will take about half a year to restore combat capability.

As for the No. 4 ship that was the most severely damaged, Dickmoning suggested that there is no need to continue repairs because it was improperly preserved and the hull was severely corroded. Even if it was repaired reluctantly, it would be difficult to ensure safe navigation.

Then there are the three minesweepers that were given away for free. Although they are not in good condition, they are easier to repair because of their light tonnage. In addition, there are no major problems with the hulls. They can be repaired, but it will take half a year to use them normally. .

Du Fei nodded, having a rough idea.

 Although only three destroyers were available in the end, this wave was not a loss.

 The equipment that needs to be replaced on the ship is directly purchased from China. At present, the country can produce Type 051 destroyers on its own.

  The construction of the first 051 destroyer started in 1968 and was officially put into service at the end of last year.

 All equipment used on the ship is produced domestically, and the same model or similar equipment is used on these destroyers.

By the second half of next year, Du Fei will have at least three destroyers, three minesweepers, and several missile boats and torpedo boats.

Although I dare not claim to be the king and hegemon in this three-acre area of ​​Nanyang, I am still considered the number one figure.

However, Du Fei was not satisfied, and asked Dick Mourning: "What do you think if the two turrets at the back of the destroyer were removed and replaced with the 'upstream' anti-ship missiles like those on missile boats?"

Dick Monin's mind moved. In recent years, the use of missiles in surface ships has been a trend. The newly designed ships of all major naval powers are missile ships.

Dufei currently does not have the ability to independently produce destroyer escorts, so transforming existing equipment has become the best option.

Dick Mourning did not dare to pat his chest, and said very cautiously: "Sir, your idea can be realized, but I can't guarantee what effect the anti-ship missiles will have on the ship. After all, these destroyers were not designed to carry missiles. Case."

Du Fei waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as it is installed on it for me, it can be launched and guided, and it can achieve the same effect as on the missile boat."

Dick Morinn secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If that was all, it would be fine.

 He was afraid that Du Fei would put forward higher technical requirements. After all, destroyers had more space than missile boats.

 After talking about this, Du Fei mentioned the heavy cruiser he just bought.

Dick Mourning had already heard about what happened in Li Jiapo. During this period, many newspapers wrote about it, making the matter very popular.

 Hearing that Du Fei actually bought back the cruiser whose boiler exploded, he couldn't help but be surprised.

As a shipbuilding expert, Dick Mourning knows very well that if the boiler of an old ship of this age explodes, it is basically finished. Although it can be repaired, the gain outweighs the loss.

 With the money for repairs, it is better to buy a newer destroyer with a displacement of three to four thousand tons.

 Due to technological advancement, the combat effectiveness of this destroyer can completely defeat this 10,000-ton cruiser built before World War II.

But it only cost one hundred thousand dollars, so I was relieved.

 Speaking of which, Du Fei was able to buy this ship at such a price because of some strange combination of circumstances.

 The main reason is that this ship is a hot potato in Li Jing's hands.

Because of the high-level struggle involved in Luandun, this ship seemed extremely unsightly.

Not to mention that Du Fei was willing to pay 100,000 US dollars, but Li Jing was happy to just send a tugboat to tow it away without paying a penny.

The reason why Du Fei gave her the money was because he didn’t want to have **** in vain, so as not to have to deal with it later.

Dick Mourning said: "Sir, as far as I know, the Johnston-class cruisers use the highest quality armor steel. If they are recycled to make steel, they will definitely make a huge profit."

Du Fei was noncommittal and didn't say anything further.

 The mention of this ship just now was just to let Dick Mourning know.

Du Fei’s specific plan will be discussed after the ship is towed back.

 And this matter is not a certainty.

Although Li Jing agreed, the ship belonged to Yingguo after all. Even if it was sold to Li Jiapo through a nominal transfer, it would still need the approval of Luandun to change hands again.

 If all goes well, when the ship arrives, Du Fei is ready to see how damaged the boiler is.

 Both were warships built during World War II. The Meguo-class Iowa-class battleships remained in service until the 1990s.

If you can get this Wandun-class heavy cruiser and find a way to modify it, it will be no problem to continue using it for more than ten years.

 At least within the scope of Nanyang, no one has such a large warship, and it has a good reputation when sailing out.

The only troublesome thing is that the ship is too big, with a length of more than 190 meters, and it cannot be stored in the carry-on space.

Although Du Fei's portable space currently has a considerable internal volume after the brutal development in Indu, and can accommodate two H-8s at a time, the length is unfortunately limited.

Even diagonally, it is only over a hundred meters, which is completely unable to accommodate a behemoth like a cruiser.

Du Fei thought about it and decided that he had to try it when the time came. He had to dismantle the damaged boiler and put it away as soon as it was separated from the hull.

Of course, if there is really no value in repairing it, there is no loss in dismantling it to make steel.

 …

 Coming back from the shipyard, another thing happened was Subian’s envoy.

It was his younger brother Sulu who arrived in Kuching by plane yesterday and brought a personal letter from Subian.

 (End of this chapter)