Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 58 Encountering a Flattop Ship
After waking up from the hotel bed, the two decided to go to see the local attractions in Su City today and drive away tomorrow.

While eating breakfast, Wei Jiang noticed that the number of unread messages in the WeChat online ride-hailing driver group was increasing rapidly.

Clicking to open, Wei Jiang flipped through the pages, and soon a smile appeared on his face.

BYD’s latest lithium crystal cluster reduction technology directly affects the maintenance and operating costs of online ride-hailing vehicles.

Online taxi drivers, who are most sensitive to the price of power batteries, applauded in the group.

What Wei Jiang didn't expect was that BYD did something even more grand and announced a new development in the morning that the company was studying a new power battery insurance solution.

According to the information that has been exposed, there are rumors that BYD may expand the scope of battery warranty, and online car-hailing battery packs will most likely be included in the warranty scope.

Wei Jiang immediately searched it himself and finally confirmed the accuracy of the information through BYD’s official channels.

Wei Jiang was quite impressed by the boatman's courage.

The biggest concern for consumers when buying electric cars is battery degradation and discount. After BYD releases its battery repair technology and expands the scope of its battery warranty, the concern about battery replacement will become history.

"That's a smart move."

Wei Jiang couldn't help but admire BYD's excellent performance.
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The weather was good and after playing all day, the two of them returned to the hotel from Hanshan Temple in the evening.

After dinner, Wei Yonghe said he was tired and asked Wei Jiang to help him go back to his room to rest.

Wei Jiang closed the door gently and came to the smoking area on the hotel terrace, lit a cigarette for himself, and turned on his mobile phone.

Open the remote control APP skillfully, the screen gradually wakes up from darkness, and various parameters are quickly displayed on the screen.

Navigation depth: 54 meters.

On the small map on the phone screen, the small dot representing the manta ray's location is now off the coast of Shangdu.

After last night's efforts, the Manta Ray submersible officially entered the sea.

Away from the large freshwater rivers, there is no busy river transport in the ocean, there are fewer ships and sights on the water, and manta rays can sail more freely.

On the mobile phone screen, Wei Jiang only saw one ship above the submersible.

As Wei Jiang tapped the screen with his finger, the manta ray started to power and slowly rose from the seabed. The sailing speed number displayed on the screen increased rapidly.

After a while, the manta ray's speed quickly increased to 24 knots.

Compared to rivers, the sea has a greater variety and abundance of creatures, and the screen is filled with various small target marks.

Wei Jiang clicked the button to turn on the manta ray lighting equipment, and saw marine creatures flashing past the manta ray submersible's front field of vision from time to time.

Wei Jiang does not plan to control the manta ray to go deeper into the sea because the manta ray still does not have the ability to communicate over long distances.

Now the communication between Manta Ray and Wei Jiang’s mobile phone is completed with the help of civilian communication facilities.

On the mobile phone screen, the manta ray was sailing in a gradually decreasing depth. When it was about to surface, Wei Jiang saw the ship within the detection range of the submersible on his mobile phone.

Although the Manta Ray submersible has undergone two enhancements, the control app on Wei Jiang's mobile phone has not been enhanced and still only retains its original functions.

Wei Jiang could not see detailed information of the detected target on his mobile phone, only a small dot indicating the identity of the ship.

When the submersible floated to the surface of the sea, Wei Jiang could see the appearance of the ships sailing on the sea.

On the mobile phone screen, the deck of a ship in the distance is brightly lit in the night.

When Wei Jiang saw the huge foreign trade ship in the picture, his body, which was originally leaning on the rattan chair, instantly jumped up and sat upright.

"No way?!"

Wei Jiang was extremely excited and slid his finger across the screen of his mobile phone to enlarge the image.

Under the night sky, a huge flat-top ship was sailing steadily on the sea.

With the light from the deck of the giant ship, waves of white foam appeared on the sea behind the stern of the ship.

"Why does it look like Flat Top No. 3?!"

It was extremely similar to the pictures he had seen on the Internet before, and Wei Jiang couldn't believe his eyes for a moment.

"What a coincidence?"

In order to confirm his guess, Wei Jiang immediately started searching for relevant information on his mobile phone.

A few minutes later, when Wei Jiang saw the water restriction announcement released by the Donghai Maritime Safety Department on its official website, he stared blankly at the screen of his mobile phone.

The announcement clearly stated that non-related ships are prohibited from entering these waters for the next three days starting from today.

"Am I entering restricted waters?"

Wei Jiang felt a sense of fear, worrying about the possibility that the manta ray submersible would be discovered.

After hesitating for a long time, Wei Jiang reopened the submarine control app.

The flat-top ship was still in the manta ray's field of vision. Looking at the majestic and domineering shape of the giant ship, Wei Jiang, a pseudo military fan, could not hide his excitement.

"It's been so long, if it was going to be discovered, it should have been discovered long ago, right?"

Wei Jiang felt a little bit of luck. It had been more than ten minutes since the manta ray started from the seabed. If it had been discovered in such a long time, there would have been people or ships coming to check it out.

Wei Jiang's eyes flickered and he bit his lip as he looked at the huge ship on the screen.

Although it was a coincidence, it is a rare opportunity to see a huge ship at such a close distance.

"Come closer and take a look?"

Wei Jiang was a little undecided, and he certainly wouldn't think of causing trouble for others.

But if you can get a close look at the giant ship without anyone noticing, how can you miss such an opportunity?

He went over all the performance of the manta ray in his mind. According to Wei Jiang's understanding of the power performance of the submersible, the manta ray's propulsion system was definitely more advanced than the magnetohydrodynamic propulsion technology he obtained from the panel.

More advanced propulsion technology for submersibles means less noise and a lower chance of being detected.

Wei Jiang judged that the biggest reason why the manta ray was not discovered at this time was because of its extremely low noise.

"Just take a look, it should be fine."

Deciding to take a risk, Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray to turn off the lights, dived to a depth of 10 meters and slowly approached the giant ship.

The distance between the two sides was not far. In the darkness, the manta ray under Wei Jiang's control slowly approached the giant ship like a real marine creature.

1km, 600 meters..
When the distance between the two sides was only about 500 meters, Wei Jiang turned off the power of the manta ray and controlled the manta ray to slowly float to the surface of the water.

The manta ray floating point was located on the right side of the giant ship. When a bright light appeared on Wei Jiang’s mobile phone screen, the majestic silhouette of the giant ship was completely captured by the manta ray camera.

Observing the huge ship from such a close distance, Wei Jiang could clearly distinguish the facilities and vehicles on the deck one by one.

“Wow, so cool!”

"Hey, why don't you see the iron bird?"

Wei Jiang zoomed in and looked carefully, trying to find the iron bird on the deck.

A large flat-top fishing boat needs the assistance of an iron bird to catch fish, but Wei Jiang did not see any on this giant ship.

After being disappointed, Wei Jiang quickly figured out the reason.

The giant ship is now in the sea trial stage and has not been delivered, so it is too early to put the iron bird on board.

After feasting his eyes, Wei Jiang controlled the submersible to adjust the shooting angle, and took a high-definition photo using the starry night sky as the background of the giant ship.

"Handsome."

Looking at the huge ship in the photo, an idea suddenly popped into Wei Jiang's mind.

"If this thing can be anchored, what will it look like after being strengthened?"

A nuclear-powered flat-top fishing boat?
A flying flat-top fishing boat?
Or can it break through the atmosphere?
After a long while of thinking about these wild conjectures in his mind, Wei Jiang shook his head and laughed at himself.

“I can’t play it.”

"This thing is a city on the sea. I am so weak now, don't overestimate your abilities."

Dispelling the ignorant thoughts in his mind, Wei Jiang took one last look at the giant ship on the screen and controlled the manta ray to dive.

With the engine fully powered, Wei Jiang evacuated the waters at full speed. He did not intend to cause any misunderstandings.
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As the manta ray dived away, on the other side of the giant ship, in a black submarine several dozen meters long, a man with a crew cut and wearing headphones looked serious.

The man closed his eyes and tried to distinguish the abnormal sound signal he had just heard from the chaotic sonar information.

"Is there anything unusual?"

After a few seconds, someone nearby saw the puzzled look on the sonar soldier's face and immediately asked for confirmation.

The sonar soldier took off his headset, frowned, thought about it, and said in an uncertain tone:

"It's hard to say. I just heard an unusual sound."

"But I can't analyze it. Maybe it's just an indirect audio signal caused by the activities of a giant ship."

This answer obviously cannot satisfy the listener, but the man with a crew cut is already the best sonar analysis soldier here.

Thinking of the escort mission this time, the captain immediately gave orders.

"That means we cannot rule out the possibility of other parties coming to investigate!"

"The escort mission must not fail!"

"Keep monitoring! Report any abnormalities immediately!"

"Yes!"

Seeing the sonar operator put on his headphones again and continue monitoring, the captain's face became serious.

At this juncture, other parties are likely to come and collect relevant information about the sea trial of the giant ship.

Their mission is to prevent such incidents from happening again.

(End of this chapter)