Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat - Chapter 426

Chapter 426 Radar out of stock

Fang Lang thought about his plan for the company carefully, and it seemed that he had indeed overlooked this important link, but if he wanted to set up another manufacturing plant for marine engines, there might be a problem of repeated construction.

This is obviously inappropriate for the layout of his industry. As soon as Fang Lang heard the name of General Electric, he knew that the background of this company must be closely related to the Morgan family.

Based on the current relationship between myself and the other party, I obviously don’t have to worry about being stuck in the neck by the other party, but this does not mean that I have to give up research on marine engines.

Fang Lang didn’t think about letting Fangyuan Shipyard set up a marine engine production plant by itself. After all, a factory cannot be made large and complete, which will not benefit the development of the factory.

The state-owned factory in the previous life has fully proved this point. To make the enterprise competitive, it still needs to be marketized.

Seriously thinking about the various industries under his umbrella, the industry closest to the engine must be several automobile manufacturers, among which Mercedes-Benz and Porsche are joint ventures with the Germans, and Aston Martin is a British brand acquired by itself.

According to the memory of Fang Lang’s later generations, MTU under Mercedes-Benz is the world’s leading diesel engine manufacturer, but according to Fang Lang’s understanding, there is obviously no such company under Mercedes-Benz now.

It is obviously impossible to obtain large diesel engine technology from Mercedes-Benz.

Soon a company came into his sight, which was Caterpillar, which he had just acquired. Although the reason for acquiring this company at the beginning was to produce enough construction machinery to provide suitable equipment for his road and bridge company. construction machinery.

But after he actually took over the company, he realized that this company is not a simple construction machinery manufacturing company, at least it has a very strong technical accumulation in mining machinery and power generation equipment.

Both of these projects required the use of large diesel engines, and Fang Lang vaguely remembered that Caterpillar in later generations was also one of the world’s famous marine engine manufacturers.

Although Caterpillar has not started this research yet, it has already accumulated enough technology. As long as you provide your own financial support, it is obviously not a difficult task to develop a large diesel engine suitable for marine use.

Fang Lang, who had figured this out, breathed a sigh of relief, nodded to Osman Aragon and said:

“It doesn’t matter, you can concentrate on the manufacturing of the ship. I will slowly find a solution to the engine problem.”

Now that Fang Lang has become the new boss of Caterpillar, of course Caterpillar will be allowed to open a branch in Brazil in the future, and it will naturally no longer be a problem to produce qualified large diesel engines.

It’s not that Fang Lang wants to make everything bigger and better, and pull some American companies to Brazil to open a new company. In fact, his deeper purpose is to cultivate some qualified Chinese talents for these industries.

In the future, with these talents, will it be possible for my hometown to come and poach them when needed?

Fang Lang doesn’t know how these talents will be selected in the end, but he will definitely not prevent these talents from flowing to their hometowns. At worst, he can just transfer some talents from the US head office.

As for whether the Americans will sanction or restrict the flow of these personnel? Please, this is Brazil. No matter how much influence the United States has on Brazil, can you still restrict the actions of a Brazilian!

Besides, with their own covert protection, the Chinese don’t have to care about the attitude of the United States at all.

Osman Aragon didn’t know what Fang Lang was thinking in his heart, and he never thought in his heart that he would equip the shipyard he worked with with an engine factory.

Now a shipyard is enough for him to worry about. If an engine factory is added, he is very worried about whether he can be busy.

Since the boss said he would solve it, he didn’t say much, just nodded with a smile and said:

“Understood, boss, don’t worry!

I will definitely strictly control the quality of shipbuilding to ensure that the ships produced by our shipyard can reach the world-class level. ”

Hearing the words, Fang Lang nodded, said no more, and looked at the river not far away.

It turned out that a few people were walking and chatting, and they had already arrived at the riverside of the shipyard. At this time, a small patrol boat was docked at a small pier by the river. It was painted in army green and had large bow and stern. The caliber machine gun mount is particularly eye-catching.

Needless to say, this must be the high-speed patrol boat that Fang Lang wanted.

As the general manager of the shipyard, Osman Aragon also pointed at the patrol boat while walking:

“Boss, this is our high-speed patrol boat. The boat is 9.7 meters long, 3.6 meters wide, and has a draft of 0.8 meters. When driven by propellers, the full-load displacement is 7 tons. If it is driven by a pump jet, the displacement may reach 7.2 tons.

The bow of the boat is equipped with a rotatable double-mounted 12.7mm heavy machine gun. On the machine gun rack at the stern, one M2 Browning heavy machine gun can be installed on the left and right, and there is a 60mm mortar in the middle.

Five to six members. ”

In general, this high-speed patrol boat is not exactly the same as the BPRMK II used by the US military in the Vietnam War in Fang Lang’s impression, but it is almost the same.

This is a mature product that has been tested in actual combat. Fang Lang is not worried at all about the role he can play. Just look at the firepower configuration above and you can understand that this is a little hedgehog.

Four 12.7mm large-caliber heavy machine guns can fire 2,000 rounds of large-caliber bullets per minute, which can completely suppress the enemies facing him.

Combined with its small body, it can come and go freely in the jungle, and its high speed can make the enemies chased by him frightened.

“Hmm! Not bad, let them go up and test it. I want to see how maneuverable he can be when driven by propellers.”

Fang Lang nodded, pointing to a few workers on the ship who were obviously testers.

Osman Aragorn would certainly not refuse such a small request. He nodded, turned and walked to the speedboat, and after giving orders to a few people, he turned back and stood behind Fang Lang.

After a few people on the boat fiddled for a while, the engine on the boat heard a low roar, and before everyone thought about it, the sound suddenly increased, and the boat rushed into the river quickly.

The bow of the boat was slightly upturned, and was thrown high from time to time, and then hit the water heavily under the action of gravity, and was thrown up by the force of the water the moment it touched the water.

The two white waterlines behind the boat clearly told Fang Lang that this is a two-axis propelled speedboat.

Watching it cut through the waves on the water, Fang Lang nodded secretly. Although the speed, turning radius, and flexibility were still far from what he wanted, he also understood that this was caused by the lack of propulsion methods.

As long as the pump jet engine is successfully developed, these problems can be greatly improved immediately.

At that time, it is just time to update the old product or modify the old product to make another profit. After thinking about it as a businessman, Fang Lang was a little dissatisfied if he didn’t come, so he immediately changed his mind.

After patting the arm of Osman Aragorn next to him, he smiled and said:

“Very good, although there are still some shortcomings in speed and flexibility, this can be regarded as a very good patrol boat.”

After getting the boss’s performance, Osman Aragon finally let go of his heart, let out a long sigh of relief, and said to Fang Lang:

“Don’t worry, the boss, after our pump jet engine is successfully developed, his performance will definitely meet your requirements.”

Fang Lang didn’t immediately respond to Osman Aragorn’s words when he heard the words, but fell into deep thought. After a while, he slowly raised his head and said:

“You just told me that most countries in the world have given up research on pump injection technology?”

The jumping question stunned Osman Aragon for a moment, but he reacted immediately, and nodded to Fang Lang quickly:

“Yes, boss. In order to meet your pump jet propulsion requirements, we have searched for related products in several European and American countries, but unfortunately we failed. In the end, we had no choice but to hire relevant experts to conduct self-developed products. .”

Fang Lang, who came from later generations, is very clear that there are still a lot of pump jet propulsion in the future. Since everyone does not pay attention to this technology, he can set up a company and focus on this project.

Waiting for more technical patents to be invented in the future, will it be possible to form a set of own technical barriers?

In this way, the pump-jet propulsion system produced by our company can occupy the largest market share, wouldn’t that make us rich?

Thinking of this, Fang Lang squeezed his fist and said:

“Since this is the case, we will gather these experts who study the pump-jet propulsion system and set up a special pump-jet system manufacturer to specialize in the research and production of the pump-jet propulsion system.

Strive to research more related patents to form a complete set of technical barriers. In the future, other countries and companies in the world who want to purchase pump-jet propulsion systems must come to our factory to purchase. ”

After hearing Fang Lang’s words, Osman Aragon looked at Fang Lang hesitantly and said:

“Boss, why are you so optimistic about the pump-jet propulsion system! As far as I know, most shipping companies are unwilling to use pump-jet propulsion. I’m worried”

Looking at Osman Aragon with a worried face, Fang Lang laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said:

“When our pump-jet technology is successfully developed, and you install it on the ship for testing and comparison, you will know why I made up my mind to research the pump-jet propulsion system.”

Although the pump-jet propulsion system used in later generations is not as common as propellers, it is definitely not without market. For example, many motorboats in later generations use the pump-jet propulsion system, as well as high-speed ships, planing boats, wave piercing boats, and hydrofoils. Boats, hovercraft, etc. all use water jet propulsion, that is, pump jet propulsion system.

So, Fang Lang is not worried at all, there will be no market for these technologies after they are developed.

Osman Aragorn looked at Fang Lang’s confident expression and understood that the other party was serious, so he stopped persuading him, nodded seriously, and said:

“Since this is the case, after our first pump-jet propulsion system is successfully researched, I will start to set up a special company to develop and produce it according to your request.

At that time, we can also recruit more experts who are interested in this technology from all over the world to join us. ”

Fang Lang, who was watching the patrol boat speeding in the river, heard the words, glanced at Osman Aragon, and nodded with satisfaction.

But looking at Fang Lang, he suddenly realized something was wrong. It seemed that neither the 500-ton inland river patrol boat nor the speedboat had seen radar devices just now!

Even ordinary fishing boats have radars, how can warships not have radars? A 500-ton inland river patrol boat must at least have an air-to-air radar and a sea-to-sea radar, and this speedboat should also have a sea-to-sea radar!

After all, ships are sailing on the water, and they should also pay attention to the situation on the opposite side. With the sea radar, other targets on the water surface can be found far away.

As a warship, it should be the first step to find the enemy in order to achieve pre-emptive strikes.

“Why didn’t we see radar on our two patrol boats?”

Osman Aragon heard the words and quickly explained:

“Boss, our 500-ton inland river patrol boat has reserved a radar installation location, but the current radar has not arrived yet.

As for this small high-speed patrol boat, it shouldn’t need radar, right? There is no place to install radar on such a small ship! ”

Hearing that the radar of the big ship had not yet arrived, Fang Lang was relieved. After all, when he designed it, he still considered the position of the air-to-air and sea-to-sea radars, and even considered the later upgrade needs, and reserved them. Locations where anti-aircraft missiles can be installed.

Of course, anti-ship missiles are not necessary. After all, in the Amazon and the basin, there should be no chance of using anti-ship missiles.

“How can small boats not need radar? All warships need to have radar, at least they must have the ability to detect surface ships. Otherwise, when high-speed patrol boats are patrolling on the water, enemy ships will find them in advance. After hiding, When our ship approaches, we won’t be able to find each other at all, so what can we do?”

Hearing this, Osman Aragorn scratched his head a little aggrieved and said:

“But boss, this high-speed patrol boat has a total displacement of only 7 tons. There is no such a large space for installing radar!”

Now Fang Lang understood what the other party meant, and asked uncertainly:

“You mean, the radars on the market are very large now, and there is no such small radar?”

“Yeah! Boss!”

Received an affirmative answer, Fang Lang frowned involuntarily. He came from a later generation, but he really never thought about this problem. It is still the age of electronic tubes, and the radar is indeed relatively large in terms of volume and weight.

Obviously, I was a little too hasty.

“Then which company produced the radar that our ship ordered?”

“Boss, our current radar is ordered from Raytheon Company of the United States, but because we only ordered one set of products, the other party doesn’t pay much attention to it, and it hasn’t been shipped yet.”

Raytheon’s top name, of course Fang Lang has heard of it a long time ago. This is a large American defense contractor, and 90% of the company’s business comes from defense contracts of the US military.

Sparrow missiles, Sidewinder missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles, and Patriot missiles are all products of Raytheon.

In addition to these missiles, Raytheon is also a well-deserved world giant in the field of optoelectronics. In later generations, Raytheon is the main supplier of the Aegis system that was blown into the sky by the Yankees.

Unexpectedly, this time, the company’s first self-built warship actually purchased radar products from the other party.

(end of this chapter)