lcionline Chapter 355: Receiving the Ship
Chapter 355: Receiving the Ship
After Lu Chen left, Fu Mingzhuo and Mr. Li had a very pleasant conversation. According to Fu Mingzhuo's estimation, exchanging resources for equipment was a very promising deal. Since Fu Mingzhuo said it was possible, Lu Chen agreed to the deal.
But Lu Chen still became cautious, knowing that the relationship between Big Ivan and the United States would not be good in the future. If his company openly did business with Big Ivan, he might be targeted by the Americans in the future.
In order to avoid this situation, he asked Fu Mingzhuo to set up another company, which had nothing to do with him. This way, even if the Americans wanted to cause trouble for him, they would have no reason to do so.
By the time the new company was registered, it was already November. On the first day of the month, someone from Lieqi Shipyard called Lu Chen and asked when he would go to receive the frigate.
After receiving the call, Lu Chen immediately found Rubio and asked him to bring people with him to Lieqi Shipyard. When he arrived at Lieqi Shipyard, Lu Chen saw the frigate he had been looking forward to for a long time.
Both frigates are painted pure white, with a 105mm twin main gun in front. On both sides of the two large chimneys in the center of the warship are two twin 20mm anti-aircraft machine guns. There is also an 80mm caliber dual-purpose anti-aircraft and flat-fire gun at the rear.
Lu Chen looked at the two warships excitedly, and called Rubio to walk towards the warships.
The person in charge of Lieqi Shipyard quickly called two engineers to follow Lu Chen on board the warship. After the two engineers took Lu Chen and his party on board the warship, they began to introduce the warship to Lu Chen.
After the two engineers brought Lu Chen and others to the deck, they began to introduce the warship to Lu Chen.
"Mr. Lu, in addition to the weapons you can see now, we have installed four torpedo tubes inside this warship. At the same time, we have also installed three depth charge launchers on the side of the ship."
The engineer began to take Lu Chen to visit the warships. The cockpit, the engine room, the warehouse. Lu Chen was very satisfied with the tour. After the tour, Lu Chen asked Rubio to take the two warships.
After the two warships were fully refueled, Rubio drove them for a voyage. Lu Chen was waiting for Rubio's and others' acceptance opinions at the Lieqi Shipyard.
Rubio and his team were out for half a day. Lu Chen waited until three or four o'clock in the afternoon before Rubio returned to the port with two warships.
Seeing Rubio coming back, Lu Chen quickly asked:
"Rubio, how do you feel?"
Rubio nodded and said, "This frigate feels pretty good. The normal speed can reach 42 knots. With afterburner, it can reach knots."
"What about other features?"
Lu Chen was somewhat dissatisfied with Rubio's comment only on speed, and immediately asked about the other performance of the battleship.
Rubio thought for a moment and said, "As for the weapons, I feel it's just average. The maximum range of the main gun is 20 kilometers. The rate of fire is about 30 rounds per minute. The secondary gun has a faster rate of fire, which can reach 4 rounds per minute. As for other weapons, I think there are not enough torpedo tubes, only . For an assassin warship like a frigate, the number of torpedoes is a bit small."
Lu Chen thought for a moment and asked, "Can this kind of frigate fight against those light cruisers?"
Rubio shook his head and said, "Boss, you're overthinking it. How can a frigate possibly fight against a cruiser? With the size of our frigate, I don't think it can withstand a salvo from the enemy."
Lu Chen was somewhat speechless. If this was true, then Lu Chen's plan to use these two frigates to fight against the two light cruisers in East India would be ruined. Lu Chen asked with some reluctance.
"Is there no way to use a frigate to take out a cruiser?"
Rubio thought for a moment and said:
"It is still possible to use a frigate to take out a cruiser, but that can only be done by using torpedoes directly after getting close. No matter how strong the armor of a warship is, it will be penetrated after being hit by a torpedo. But this is unrealistic. In actual combat, they will definitely not give us a chance to get close. In most cases, we will be sunk by the cruiser before we even get close."
When Lu Chen heard this, his heart sank instantly. What the hell was this? He originally thought that these two warships would be of great use. But it turned out that they were just small Karamis. He also promised to tie down the other two cruisers. It seemed that he was going to be slapped in the face this time.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen was instantly a little frustrated. It seemed that his plan to support Nanyang Hongmen this time was ruined. But Lu Chen was a little unwilling. He asked:
"How thick armor can our main guns penetrate at range."
Rubio reported: "Within two or three kilometers, the main gun can penetrate 100 mm of armor with armor-piercing shells. Beyond this distance, its armor-piercing effect will weaken."
When Lu Chen heard that it could penetrate more than 100 mm of armor, he immediately felt hopeful. He remembered that the armor of the two light cruisers in Nanyang was not very good. The overall thickness of the ship armor was only more than mm, and the thickest part was only mm. His frigate could completely penetrate its armor. And its speed was only over knots. It was not as fast as his frigate, so it seemed that it was not impossible to have a chance to fight it.
Lu Chen immediately told Rubio about his idea and asked him to evaluate whether the two frigates could fight against the two light cruisers in East India.
After listening to the data given by Lu Chen, Rubio thought about it seriously. Then he said to Lu Chen:
"If we take them by surprise, we may be able to sink these two warships. Especially when our two frigates get close to each other, the probability of sinking them will be even greater."
After Lu Chen finished speaking, he said to Lu Chen with some concern:
"But Boss, if we attack other people's warships without any reason, won't this lead to a war?"
Lu Chen curled his lips and said, "The sea is vast. As long as our ship is sunk, who would know it was us? Besides, even if our two warships are discovered, we can just hang the flag of Xiaori and pretend to be the Xiaori navy. If they want to cause trouble, they will only cause trouble for Xiaori. It has nothing to do with us."
Rubio regretted working for Lu Chen. He came here to work, but he didn't expect to work hard. Rubio looked at Lu Chen with regret. He regretted getting on Lu Chen's pirate ship, but now he had signed a contract with Lu Chen, and he couldn't afford the penalty in the contract.
Lu Chenchu saw Rubio's expression changing again and again, and probably guessed what Rubio was thinking at the moment. So he smiled and comforted him:
"Don't worry, Rubio. I will definitely not let you go to the battlefield. If we really have to fight those two light cruisers one day, I will let others drive the warships. I will definitely not let them have any evidence to prove that we did it."
After hearing what Lu Chen said, Rubio felt a little relieved. He felt that as long as Lu Chen didn't let him go to the battlefield, this matter would be easy to deal with.