After a lot of troubles, an early-type submarine finally docked at the dock. The military band played and a group of officers applauded enthusiastically. After all, this was their country's first real... submarine.
At least they finally had a research direction after paying a lot of money. Before the submarine arrived, a group of technical experts from Tang State had already arrived by boat.
The entire dock needs to be modernized. After all, the port used by submarines is definitely different.
In order to ensure that submarines can enter and exit concealedly, the dock must be built near a steep cliff. The cliff must be cut out and then reinforced with cement to build a natural fortress.
Site selection is a big problem. If there is no decent submarine base terrain along the coast of the country, then one can only be built manually.
Then there are various supporting facilities, including cranes for maintaining submarines, professional equipment for refueling, and devices for hoisting torpedoes, etc.
The entire package is also connected to the ammunition depot for storing torpedoes, the oil depot... Such a complete set of facilities plus some mechanical equipment for producing submarines, the amount of engineering is quite large.
The Tang State intentionally raised the specifications of submarine facilities to this level, so that clues could be discovered in time during satellite reconnaissance and control the specific number of submarine forces in various countries.
Because the amount of supporting facilities for expansion and new construction of submarines is very huge, Tang State can control accurate data on submarine construction facilities in various countries.
"Thank you for sending our submarine." Dorne's admiral stretched out his hand and shook hands with the captain who handed over the submarine.
These Tang Army submarine officers and soldiers will stay here for thirty days and be responsible for teaching a group of students so that they can control this small submarine.
In fact, a submarine is a highly integrated weapon, and its number of crew members is naturally not too large. There are only a dozen crew members in the entire submarine, which is in natural contrast to its energy.
To deal with a submarine, more investment is often required. This is why submarine forces have always been popular with weak countries.
"You are too polite." The captain of the Tang Army showed a smile on his face. He had a long beard and hadn't shaved it for a long time. But he was in good spirits. After all, he was here to make money.
Yes, it makes money. This group of crew members came to Dorne purely to earn money and travel expenses: they have a special allowance of 2 gold coins every day, and this money is paid by the Dorne Empire.
In order to allow them to better "teach each other everything they have," the Dorne Empire also prepares generous gifts and arranges various projects to satisfy these elders.
In fact, engineers, technicians from the Tang Empire, and even the attendants responsible for taking care of these personnel have to receive a sum of money from the Dorne Empire.
There is no way, the situation is stronger than the person. In order for the Dorne Empire to master the use of submarines as soon as possible, understand the tactics of submarines, and use submarines as soon as possible, they can only serve these people honestly.
As soon as Dorne's admiral waved his hand, girls holding flowers from a distance swarmed up and stuffed the flowers into the hands of the smelly sailors.
No matter how much they hated him, they still smiled and almost stuffed themselves and flowers into each other's arms. The beauty trap works well because it makes it impossible for most men to refuse.
The sound of the military band became louder, the sailors and women laughed cheerfully from time to time, and the atmosphere was so enviable.
Dorn's technicians entered the submarine they spent a lot of money to buy without any hindrance.
When they climbed into the submarine along the ladder, they discovered that this thing couldn't be copied just by looking at it.
The interior of the submarine is full of pipes, and these pipes are connected to different places. Some of them directly enter the wall, and some of them turn and enter vertically into the ground beneath their feet.
Although many pipes are labeled with their functions, the so-called exhaust pipes, pressure pipes and other names seem to be mentioned but not mentioned, and have almost no effect.
If you don't know a lot about submarines, you won't be able to tell any clues from these pipelines. Frankly speaking, just the toilet on the submarine is complex enough for these Dornish engineers to learn for a while.
"How is it?" the naval admiral asked an old engineer who had just climbed out of the submarine with some anticipation.
The engineer shook his head helplessly and said, "We can't make it even after dismantling it. It's too precise and we can no longer process it."
This thing is really too complicated, and every part is very sophisticated. After learning that Tang Jun's submarine could dive to a depth of less than 100 meters, Dorne's engineers did not dare to talk about imitation.
They are all experts in this field. It is precisely because they have independently developed submarines before that they truly know what it means to be 100 meters underwater.
It was a depth beyond their reach, and it seemed to them that all hollow objects had been crushed at that depth.
But Tang Jun's submarine could sail at that depth. This was a serious problem: the materials and structure were all beyond their understanding. How could it be copied?
"They use more advanced welding technology. If it is our welding technology, it will break and leak." The old expert explained to the naval general whose hope had been lost: "Their materials are also special... We can't make it. .”
In fact, these are still issues in the general direction. Some small issues ultimately determine things that may not look obvious, but determine the life or death of the submarine: the processing accuracy is a little bit worse here, the processing accuracy is a little bit worse there, and in the end the noise of the submarine can go up. .
What would happen if your submarine kept ringing the bell underwater? Other people's destroyers don't even need sonar. They can hear the noise of your submarine even if it's attached to the side of the ship. Why are you giving a shit?
The naval admiral who knew the inside story of the cooperation between the two countries sighed, and then said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, we have expected this, so we have been prepared."
Yes, they were prepared... They spent money to purchase an entire submarine production line from the Tang Empire! The money was paid for in copper and iron ore…
The project includes the training of 1,100 submarine manufacturing workers, a dock for building submarines, hull welding technology, all U-boat drawings, diesel engine technology, snorkel technology, etc.
However, Dorn still needs to import the steel needed for the hull and 37% of the special parts from Tang. The materials for a ship cost 11 million, which is much cheaper than buying a submarine directly for 70 million.
It's a pity that all production must be carried out under the supervision of engineers from the Tang Empire, and the Tang Kingdom knows all about the construction of several submarines.
According to the contract, Dorn will eventually build 27 submarines of the same type in his own country, including the three purchased, keeping the total at 30.
After completing the manufacturing of 27 submarines, the submarine pressure hull technology, snorkel technology, diesel engine technology, and supporting sealing technology... these will all be transferred to the Dorne Empire for free.
The entire cooperation is worth a total of 350 million Datang gold dollars, all of which must be delivered to the Datang Empire within one year, and must use "copper ore", "iron ore" and "cash".
Why should we give more than 50 million more? It is because of the last so-called technology transfer agreement: by that time, the Dorne Empire will have the ability to produce submarines on its own.
They can produce more submarines on their own, and they can produce more submarines without Tang Guo's ability to specifically monitor them.
In addition, they can also build larger submarines according to their own needs: the combat radius of the small submarines sold by Tang State is too small and cannot meet the combat needs of the Dorne Navy.
They need bigger...large ocean-going submarines like the Tang Army! Yes, Dorn knew that the Tang Army had ocean-going submarines, because in the last naval battle, the activity radius of the Tang Army's submarines was obviously not as small as the submarines they sold.
In addition to Dorne, Lines, Goblin, and the Nanla Empire also purchased similar production line services. Everyone is preparing to operate their own business, because Tang's submarines are too expensive.
The Yangmu Empire and the Ice Empire were obviously lagging behind on this matter. They were in the middle of a war, and the war left them with less resources to invest in purchasing military supplies. They only purchased three submarines symbolically, and reserved the right to continue to purchase them.
Frankly speaking, the Susus Empire, an inland empire, really took advantage. They saved a lot of money because they did not need to build a large navy to protect their coastline.
So they can spend their money on the Army and Air Force, which allows them to purchase more tanks and aircraft.
"I hope we can fully understand these technologies. If we can fully understand these technologies, we can make greater breakthroughs in many fields." The old engineer who emerged from the submarine said with confidence.
Many technologies are complementary to each other. The Datang Empire's sales of submarine technology and aircraft technology are actually spreading technologies in other fields.
It is precisely because a large number of technologies have spread to all parts of the world that technicians around the world waste most of their time on understanding these technologies. They don't have time to develop, they don't have time to think. They can only passively accept it, and then follow suit behind the Tang Empire.
They were all waiting for the day when the Tang Empire's technology would stagnate, but they found that while they were waiting, the distance between the two sides was not getting smaller, but getting wider.
The technology of the Tang Empire became more and more advanced, flying towards new heights that they simply could not understand. But these people were still waiting where they were, looking up at the sky and seeing only the brilliant light.
