What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 26 Crescent Island

The old man walked around the truck with great interest for a few times, and even looked into the cockpit to observe. He then kept sighing, "It's this smell, it hasn't changed at all." It was a long time before he remembered to ask the three people's purpose.

After hearing the explanation, the old man pointed to a building:
"That's Building 302. You're looking for Lao Cao, right? The whole family loves reading. You've definitely found the right person."

"Thank you, uncle!"

Wu Laoer and Tang Yi went upstairs to look for someone, while the old man stayed by the car, stroking the army green paint, recalling his youth when he dodged bombers in the sunset.

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"Great Sea Battle"

Coral Island Past

Royal Navy Sunset

"Death Transport"

"Me and Dido Class"

"Most of these materials are memoirs or war histories written by naval officers from various countries after the war, as well as diary entries written by sailors who served on warships, and some are written by captains of merchant ships who participated in war-related transport operations.

Although it is very mixed and messy, it is indeed very valuable information, fully reflecting the details of the war period and is very useful."

In the office building of Gaijin Shipyard, Tang Yi carefully displayed a large pile of books that had been shipped back.

Many of the book covers are very simple, some are even just plain leather with words written on it, and there are not even color printed covers.

There are also quite a few newspaper materials in English, a bunch of black and white photos and a few color photos.

Tang Wen picked up a photo at random. It showed a destroyer that was emitting thick smoke after being hit by a bullet. Judging from the signature, it seemed that the photo was taken by another ship in the fleet, and the location was the waters near Balau Island.

The total number was close to thirty. Tang Yi spent all the five thousand yuan he brought with him, but he still felt a little unsatisfied:

"There was only a high school student in the room at the time. There were many more valuable books on the bookshelf. What a pity... In any case, the owner of these books must be a senior navy officer, or even a retired officer, to have such a rich collection."

As a ship designer, Tang Yi could empathize with the owner of the book collection. He then shook his head and sighed:

"It's a pity that I didn't pick out the most precious ones because I was afraid his daughter's legs would be broken. But these are pretty good too."

Tang Wen didn't feel anything special, but picked up a Malay newspaper dated May 43 and looked at the pictures on it.

There are also graffiti on it by the previous owner, which seems to show the location of a fleet.

Looking through the thicker and thicker documents, Tang Wen said with a headache:
"With so many books, I'll have to wait and see when I can find the nearby shipwrecks."

"Don't worry, it's not difficult."

As Tang spoke, his hands began to grope among the books:
"Based on the preface and title page, we can determine the approximate time and region, which I had already distinguished when I selected them.

For example, in the waters around Goose City, I mainly look for books related to the Combined Fleet (IJN). They will have records of their own or Allied ships sunk, such as... this one."

Tang Yi picked up the book "Death Transport" and said as he flipped through it:
"This is the memoir of an Allied merchant ship captain who served in the Royal Fleet, transporting Royal Navy personnel between Malaya and Hong Kong. The key word for the shipwreck is mentioned in the catalogue... Page 71:
'... Shortly after we left, we encountered destroyers from the Combined Fleet and were ordered to return. A merchant ship that refused to obey was sunk, and only half of the 300 people on board were rescued...' See, that's it.

There are very busy shipping routes around Quang Province. It will only take a few days for us to find the nearest shipwreck, and then we can recover enough resources. The ship's resource recovery rate is very high, almost over 95%.

With just 6750 silver coins, we can build the Hashidate. We have to find a way to make money."

"Have it already."

Tang Wen conjured a silver coin from his fingertips, tossed it up, and landed in his palm. The system produced a variety of silver coins, with the ship's outline printed on the front and its name and hull number on the back. These coins appeared randomly, but the weight remained consistent.

The appearance of the magical creation is much more exquisite than the real silver coin. Every outline is clear and distinct. The words "GAIJIN Shipyard" are also printed on the side of the silver coin.

The weight of 30 grams is about the same as that of Yuan Datou. Holding it in the hand, it feels more like a very delicate souvenir. Tang Wen would take out one and play with it when he had nothing to do.

"Before you came back, Zheng Hai sent someone to buy boats again. A deposit of 300,000 is required, and four speedboats will be delivered in two weeks."

Li Changlai also made a special trip to visit the shipyard. Tang Wen spent two hours with him to build a 250-horsepower gasoline motor using the upgraded dock, which immediately dispelled the other party's last doubts.

The V8 engine is quite powerful. There are no environmental regulations these days, and the exhaust is not directly discharged through a three-way valve. It is much quieter than Hai Ge's "Yamaha 180 HP", but the size remains basically unchanged.

It is very cheap to manufacture V8 motors at a first-level shipyard, only 30 silver coins, and the total cost of the hull and four engines is only 150 silver coins.

Tang Wen and Li Chang bargained down the price to 15 for four ships, with a unit price of 3246, which is silver coins, a huge profit.

The deposit of 6493 is 5900 silver coins, which is 8000 silver coins after deducting the cost. Including the money from selling the diesel engine, Tang Wen now has more than silver coins in his hand, which is enough to cover the processing costs of the "Hashidate".

As long as you get a thousand tons of steel and wait for 27 days, a gunboat will be ready!
Today's shipyard docks can accommodate ships with a maximum waterline length of 100 meters and a width of 10 meters, and shipbuilding resources are very sufficient.

The construction period of small gadgets like "Duty Free No. 20" has been shortened from 3 days to 10 days, and can be built at the same time, with only four of them being used for sprinkling water.

Compared with level 0, the first-level shipyard can reduce the cost and construction time of small ships by more than 50%, making the profit of small ships extremely exaggerated.

Tang Wen even wanted to expand the "Da Fei" business. If everyone along the coast used this thing, he wouldn't have to bother looking for sunken ships and could just build ships out of thin air.

Hearing the good news that the funding problem had been solved, Tang Yi was even more excited than Tang Wen: There was finally hope of building a proper ship!
Tang Yi immediately called the other two researchers, and even Tang Wen was drafted into the army, and immediately began to look for clues in the information.

Although there are more than 20 books, it does not require careful reading to filter out the effective content. Each of the four people only needs to be responsible for six or seven books.

Seeing Tang Yi's decisiveness, Tang Wen could only prepare instant noodles and soda in advance, and then start looking through the information according to Tang Yi's method.

Soon the only sounds in the room were the rustling of pages and the occasional short conversations.

Compared with the three professionals, Tang Wen basically just skimmed the surface. The book contained many professional terms and places he had never heard of, and he had to look for specific locations on the map from time to time.

Tang Wen searched for more than two hours under the incandescent light but found no clues. Instead, he began to feel sleepy.

Looking at the other three people who were still fighting, he pushed open the door alone and prepared to go out to stretch.

At this moment, a researcher called out:
"Where is Crescent Island? This paragraph mentions Goose City, so it should be around it, right?"

Tang Wen quickly turned back, and all four heads read the words above:
On the morning of April 4, the Oak was flooding so badly that Captain Fernie attempted to run it aground on Crescent Island, but it sank less than 15 nautical miles away.

Fortunately, we rescued everyone. The Oak slowly rotated as it sank. This is the fifth freighter I have seen sink since I joined the army. Fortunately, the Allies have countless Liberty ships. We will win.

"This is from the escort log of the destroyer HMS Napier, which was leased by Britain to Australia and New Zealand during World War II. Their mission was to transport supplies to the mainland, and one of the ships malfunctioned and sank.

The ship mentioned here is a 'Liberty Ship', a cargo ship built by the Americans during World War II, weighing at least 7000 tons!

The researcher was a little excited. After hearing this, Tang Yi immediately spread out a huge paper map and searched the sea area near Echeng under the light, but he still couldn't find Crescent Island.

Tang Wen seemed to have thought of something. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly slapped his forehead:
"Crescent Island, I heard the village chief mention it. It's in the Dongsha Islands!"

Tang Yi immediately locked onto the location of the Dongsha Islands and came to a conclusion after measuring it with his hands:

"It's only a little over 100 nautical miles away from us. It's too close!"

(End of this chapter)