For a time, Shen Fu became a popular figure. Not only the officers, but also Chairman Gong would say a word or two from time to time.
However, after learning that this young and promising general already had a fiancée, these uncles in their 40s and 50s could not hide their disappointment. They are old and have no choice. When they see outstanding young people, they tend to think of their own daughters. My daughter is also thinking about female relatives of the same age.
Fortunately, Shen Fu's identity was more or less taken into consideration, and he didn't show it too openly. It's just that there is an invisible feeling of intimacy between the people of the two countries.
After all, with the same language and the same culture, when you talk, you will always have the illusion that you are talking to Chinese people.
Later, Shen Fu also experienced the process and scale of exchange visits to modern countries. Everything looked very formal, including restaurants, performance halls, accompanying personnel, and news reports. Although he had been an official for several years, this was his first time to participate in such a visit. This kind of interview, fortunately, he can be regarded as a person who has experienced many big scenes now, and he has not made any fools of himself.
But after the preliminary understanding of the process, we will soon get to the point. After all, the Mist Fleet on the East Sea has basically been assembled, and there is not much time left for them.
"General Shen, today I will lead you to visit our Eighteenth Fleet."
A middle-aged general wearing the uniform of a lieutenant general who looked to be in his forties stood in front of Shen Fu. He first saluted with a military salute. Since Shen Fu was the only general coming this time, he was also responsible for dealing with the situation. This country's military assessment is of course mainly in the navy.
"Good work."
Shen Fu also returned a military salute, and beside him was Zheng Gong, who was brought over as a consultant. He mainly inspected whether there was any possibility of improvement in the opponent's warships and fighting methods. Of course, the final decision would have to wait for the company commander's decision. The country's cultural heritage, spiritual outlook, people's quality and other aspects can only be determined after the assessment is completed. If it does not pass the test, then it can only be changed to another way of cooperation.
The Eighteenth Fleet was built on a large lake. Because the sea water was rising, many very large artificial lakes were initially dug to divert the sea water. This is one of them.
"Our Eighteenth Fleet has a total of twenty-three battleships, of which two cruisers serve as the main firepower, and the rest are four destroyers, eight frigates and ten corvettes."
After arriving, the Lieutenant General Shen Fu briefly introduced the specifications and number of existing warships. Shen Fu had also read relevant information before arriving. More than 20 years ago, the Fog Fleet had not officially appeared. At that time, the navies of various countries experienced an important turning point, that is, the emergence of the guided "supercavitating torpedo". This torpedo, which can travel at a speed far exceeding the speed of warships, is difficult to avoid and intercept, which directly caused the development of the world's navies to fall into a period of confusion. , first of all, the huge aircraft carrier began to lose its effectiveness, and then the design of the other ships also returned to the exploratory era.
However, before the new system was successfully formed, the Mist Fleet, which had only been seen in legends in the past, began to appear in large numbers. Needless to say what happened next.
"It's been so many years. Apart from the 'supercavitating torpedo' technology, have you made any other developments?"
Shen Fu looked at the more than twenty battleships parked on the lake. Judging from their appearance alone, they were not much different from those in the main world. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. In contrast, the Mist Battleship looked spectacular after the battle started. Here But it doesn’t look like a near-future world at all.
"some."
Shen Fu's disappointed expression was not concealed, and the lieutenant general's heart tightened in vain, "Because we are limited by samples and material resources, we are unable to study the weapons and defenses of the Fog Fleet, so our main development points are In terms of attack interception, the same 'super-speed torpedo' is used to intercept torpedo or missile attacks. So far, it has achieved an interception probability of more than 80%, but..."
"I just don't know how to intercept that kind of laser weapon, right?"
Zheng Gong, who had been looking at the technical information, suddenly raised his head. In fact, it is easy to think, even if the torpedo can intercept, what about the energy attack? What about that powerful hypergravity cannon? The gap between the two is not in the same era at all. If we want to rely on technological development to make up for it, it will take nearly a hundred years at least.
But will the Mist Fleet give humans this time?
Zheng Gong's words made the general look irritated. He opened his mouth to defend, but in the end he remained silent. Any words were feeble in the face of the facts.
However, when Zheng Gong said this, he did not mean to ridicule the other party for doing useless work. He just didn't know how to beat around the bush, which is also a common problem among technicians. He read the information for a while, and then raised his head:
"Could you send a cruiser? I'd like to board and see if I can improve."
"Yes, of course!"
The lieutenant general agreed quickly and even looked happy. Although he didn't know what level the other party's skills were, it could be seen from the movement that was transmitted that day that it was at least far superior to them.
So under the watchful eye of the neat navy queue, Shen and Fu boarded one of the two cruisers. Zheng Gong quickly entered working mode, looking around the scene with reference to the information, and asking the other's technical staff around him. , while Shen Fu was walking on the deck accompanied by the lieutenant general.
This lake is really huge.
Standing on the deck, you can only vaguely see the mountains hidden in the clouds and mist in the distance. Even the port where these warships are parked is built exactly like the port. But for some reason, Shen Fu always feels that standing here is not enough. That feeling of being on the ocean.
There are many reasons, including the slightly salty sea breeze, the cry of seagulls, and the boundary between sea and sky as far as the eye can see. Of course, the most important thing is the state of mind.
"These ships in this place are not qualified to be called battleships."
Shen Fu pressed his hand on the railing. Just such a sentence made the lieutenant admiral beside him clench his fists and his face turned red. Even the rest of the navy glared at Shen Fu. If it weren't for military regulations, I'm afraid... Someone has jumped out directly.
"What General Shen said is true."
After a long time, the lieutenant general slowly released his fist, and the words he said made the others' expressions darken.
"But!" His tone became louder in vain, "They will not stay here forever, I promise! In the future! No matter what kind of future it is! They will sail to the real sea and perform their duties as battleships. Our mission! Even if it sinks, it will sleep in the sea forever!"
