"Of course, general, but my shipyard hasn''t been rebuilt, so I haven''t put it forward," Wesley said generously.
William Benson choked on Wesley''s words. How shameless. You''re a soldier.
Wesley didn''t care about each other''s eyes and continued as if nothing had happened: "the development of naval ships is still in the exploratory stage. This is my view. Now the warships have not reached the peak, mainly technical problems, but there are no slightest problems here."
"I''m a general ship. First of all, the first kind is naturally battleships, and the development of battleships must be the increase of main gun caliber, which is inevitable. The increase of caliber must be accompanied by the increase of tonnage, so battleships are getting larger and larger."
"The second kind is cruisers. I divide cruisers into heavy cruisers and light cruisers, and the third kind is called destroyers." Wesley actually divides four types of warships.
"Can you tell me more?" asked William Benson impatiently.
Wesley thought for a moment and said, "general, I hope you don''t spread it after listening. Although other shipyards don''t have my technology, the design concept is still very important."
"Don''t worry, I will never spread it, but do you want to take all the orders of the Navy?"
"Of course not, because the number of ships needed by the navy is a huge number, I can''t eat it in a shipyard, but I really need my shipyard to be the first shipyard in the United States."
"OK, I see."
"No more battleships. What we all know is nothing more than technology and design. If the Navy needs the latest capital ships, our shipyard can participate in the bidding. I think there is no problem with those bidding documents."
"Cruisers, as the name suggests, are ships that sail at sea for a long time. Like today''s armored cruisers, they need to have separate combat capability, and heavy cruisers are designed for this purpose. Light cruisers follow the fleet and undertake the role of ship guard."
"Destroyers are divided into offshore destroyers and ocean destroyers. Offshore destroyers mainly defend coastlines and naval bases, while ocean destroyers follow the fleet. Such ships do not need to install too large naval guns. Their role is only to prevent local lightning strikes and patrol along the sea. They can also rely on them to strike enemy warships after combat 。”
"The idea is very good and the division is very careful. Can you produce all these warships?"
"Of course, but my shipyard has now completed a 20000 ton dock and is now building a 30000 ton dock, which will take a few months."
"Hiss, do you need so much?" Benson asked in surprise.
"If it were not for the technical problems of the workers, I would directly build a 500 million ton dock. Now they need to start production from small ships. This is not what my technology can do."
"OK, then the navy can give you an order first. What do you think of the order for four destroyers?" William Benson directly threw out the bait. The bait is very small, but it also means that if the navy is satisfied, subsequent orders will continue to come.
"No problem. We can start work right away."
When everything was done, Wesley went directly back to New York. He wanted a large number of cargo ships and oil tankers, all of which were 10000 tons. In this era, 10000 ton cargo ships and oil tankers are not too large, but it is a good choice to train workers.
Wesley directly came to John Liszt, "I have orders for four destroyers, which are directly built with only 5000 ton slipway, and the skilled welding workers are concentrated here."
"What destroyer? We don''t have an army designer!" John Liszt shouted in surprise.
"I am. You can arrange workers. These days I''ll draw pictures in the office and build them according to my drawings. Weapons are directly thrown into the arsenal for production. They have equipment and technology, and I put them there."
"You have long wanted to produce warships?"
"Of course, why don''t I get a big shipyard?" Wesley asked John Liszt to do the preliminary preparations, and he began to draw the design drawings of the destroyer.
John Benson didn''t organize personnel to demonstrate at all, and there are reasons to directly let Wesley build it. First, the price of the four destroyers is not high, which is very cheap for the Navy, and new warships can be seen. At the same time, if the navy is not satisfied, it can not accept it. This is a test John Benson gave Wesley.
Wesley also understood the Navy''s plan, and he was full of confidence. Because of the boiler and power system of the current warship, the warship pulled very long. There were three or four chimneys alone, and Wesley''s design would be epoch-making.
Wesley was designing on this side, while William Benson on the other side directly suspended the orders for other warships of the Navy. When they were about to be built, all the others stopped. Many shipyards were at a loss and hurried to the navy to ask.
"Don''t worry, we don''t stop to cancel the order, but to make some changes. I hope you can wait for more specific things and give you news in three months at most." this is the Navy''s explanation.
Three months is the time for Wesley to produce warships, which is completely in accordance with the wartime system. The work of three shifts uses a large number of skilled workers. Therefore, the cargo ships and oil tankers are shut down. Anyway, Wesley''s own order. The same is true of the arsenal. However, the armaments of the four destroyers are not much this time, so there is no need to hurry up. Step by step production will be in time, and the marine power system of the power company needs to speed up.
Naturally, there are people in various shipyards in the Navy. They soon heard about the initiator of the incident, but they did not react too much, because these people saw great interests.
This is the rhythm of great development for the Navy, and they are not satisfied with the ships made now. If Wesley Gibson can come up with better ships, they can also share them.
Although Wesley is expanding the shipyard, the navy of a country can''t be eaten by a shipyard, and Wesley will flow out new designs and technologies. Even if they can''t get the core aspects, some edges and corners are good.
These capitalists are too smart and see the benefits directly. Although they can''t start work in three months, the loss is actually small. Compared with what they get, they are small money.