Chapter 401 Return to the White House

"What kind of curious secret is that?" Alice Roosevelt took a step forward with great interest, and stepped on Sheffield's cry with her toes. "It must be novel enough!"

Is this considered flirting? Sheffield's face was full of excitement. Has he taken another crucial step as the president's son-in-law? It is said that men are irrational in front of women. The slave owner patted his chest and said, "I dare not say that there are none in the world, but in the United States, my products are the most mature. Whether they fly in the sky or swim in the sea, they are all at the forefront of the times."

Because the strength of the Houston Shipyard cannot be compared with other shipyards, it can only take a shortcut and overtake others. Aircraft carriers and submarines are the main plans of the shipyard. Aircraft carriers are positioned as auxiliary ships of battleships, and submarines are positioned as auxiliary forces of destroyers.

Such planning not only conforms to the characteristics of the times, but also makes it easy for slave owners to carry out summer operations when their brains go bad.

Lake, who was very dissatisfied with the United States system, was the person in charge of the submarine project. The new cigar-shaped submarine completely abandoned the sea trials on the surface and focused on underwater performance. As for why the teardrop type was not suitable, it was entirely because of the inadequate craftsmanship of the Houston Shipyard, and the good things had to be saved for the last share, and they would never be updated until the last bit of value was squeezed out.

If the Littoral Combat Ship was Sheffield's creation, even if he knew that it was useless against big countries and could only deal with Venezuela and Honduras, he would not let Congress easily cut the order. If there is no military budget, you can levy taxes, or if that doesn't work, you can borrow money, but you can't cut the order. As for the outdated performance, you can't cut the order, otherwise the company will lose money.

The first batch of four submarines, the Type 1 submarine that Lake was in charge of, had a displacement of 400 tons and was already equipped with a torpedo launcher. The surface performance was naturally very poor, and it was only just okay. As for the power, it was naturally powered by batteries, which were not new technology, and the technical reserves were quite mature. Moreover, there was the 404 Research Institute led by Tesla. With Tesla here, the slave owner could naturally say, "No one knows electricity better than me."

This submarine was built with the help of the French team, which is the most technologically advanced team in the world today. These are the talents that Sheffield asked the old man to recruit from France. As for Germany, which was feared in World War I, there are currently no submarines in the German Navy.

The Germans were still pursuing the ocean at the beginning. As for France, because it could not defeat its old enemy, the British Empire, and the newly emerging industrial power Germany, it tended to develop a navy that was in line with the times in the early 20th century. To use a word from later generations, it was the French version of air-submarine warfare.

Submarines of that era did not have speed, so Sheffield and Alice Roosevelt boarded a ship and followed the submarine out to sea. This was another time for Sheffield to show off his knowledge, believing that submarines had the potential to change the world.

This thing is afraid of suddenness. During World War I, the German U-9 submarine sank three British cruisers in succession in more than an hour, fully demonstrating the combat power of submarines.

It's not that Sheffield looks down on the United States today. Although the American Century is becoming more and more worthy of its name, in some areas, the United States' judgment is still not good enough, and it is not forward-looking in emerging industries. The existing technological leadership is still not good enough in the face of the strength that is still in Europe. Submarines and aircraft appeared very early, but their performance is not as good as that of Europe.

The French are currently the most powerful country in terms of aircraft among the European countries. Otherwise, how could they say that air and submarine warfare is so fast?

The water quality near Houston was so good that Alice Roosevelt could even see the faint outline of a submarine underwater. She covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Is this the world of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? I wish I could go up there and take a look."

"That won't do!" Sheffield shook his head while holding onto the fence. "New technologies are always uncertain. They can only be put into use when they are sure to be safe enough. Although some attacks on new technologies are slander, for example, some carriage merchants attack cars, believing that car accidents have serious consequences, but why has no one counted the accident rate of carriages? If I were on the road, I would rather believe that the driver stepped on the brakes than believe that a beast would dodge in time."

After Alice Roosevelt pulled his arm and swung it for a while, Sheffield reluctantly compromised and said, "You can visit the interior of the submarine only after you get ashore, but not in the sea. Stop shaking, it's for your safety."

Although it was the honeymoon period, Sheffield would not compromise on the issue of safety. Even when Alice Roosevelt asked him to help her father and the Navy Department pay attention to the development of submarines, he did not nod.

"If I think this submarine is good, I will definitely let my father pay attention to it. He loves the navy so much." Alice Roosevelt said this, which made Lake's eyes light up. He had always been dissatisfied with the national conditions of the United States.

Hurry up and introduce the advantages and development prospects of submarines to Alice Roosevelt, and express that he is also a fan of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea! Sheffield raised his eyebrows. He seemed to remember that Lake hated the stubbornness of the United States Navy Department. Now he was so attentive. Sure enough, he did not hate privileges, but just hated that he had no privileges?

There were no problems with the submarine trial this time. After docking, Alice Roosevelt happily got off the boat and prepared to board the submarine herself. As she walked, she said to Lake, "I must tell my father what I saw today."

Sheffield did not get off the boat immediately. He watched the designer follow Alice Roosevelt down and hooked his finger, saying, "Jezla!"

"Boss!" Jesla came over and also stood next to Sheffield, holding the fence, as if looking at the scenery.

"If someone from the Admiralty comes to observe the sea trial one day, don't forget to place a time bomb on the battery unit of the trial submarine. The explosion must be witnessed by the observers from the Admiralty. I'm too busy and might forget by then, so you better remember it." Sheffield said, squinting his eyes in the sea breeze.

"I know. I'll keep it in mind." Jessla also nodded against the sea breeze, and the two of them were just looking at the scenery.

The Federal Navy looked down on submarines, which was not a mistake. Once the size of the surface fleet increased, its combat power would indeed exceed that of the submarine force. The Federal Navy was merely copying the arrogance of other countries' navies towards submarines, although this arrogance was further increased due to national conditions.

Sheffield also didn't want the federal government to take the right path. The submarine was just worth a few hundred thousand dollars, so Sheffield wouldn't feel bad about blowing it up. It would be better if the federal navy thought that the submarine was of little use.

Through the explosion, other shipyards in the United States realized that there would be no orders for submarines, so they naturally stopped researching. The slave owners suffered a setback and were determined to prove that the Navy was wrong, so they increased their investment and continued research. This was very normal. If the Federal Navy was determined not to accept it, they would sell it to Cuba or Haiti. It was a matter of going from left to right, and it was not something they had never done before.

As for manufacturing a warship and then selling it to Cuba and Haiti, first of all, his own shipyard is not capable of manufacturing a 10,000-ton ship. Secondly, he has underestimated the intelligence of the federal government, which might cause obstruction. It should be possible to deal with a batch of defective products that the navy does not like.

Designer Lake, who has always believed that he was suppressed by the United States and has just seen the dawn of hope, wondered how he would feel if he knew that his boss was preparing to set off a big firework in front of the Admiralty observers.

"It's amazing. There are so many designs for underwater navigation." Alice Roosevelt came back with admiration. Sheffield, who had already landed, turned to the sunny side again.

"You are God's most successful design!" Sheffield's sunny side is equivalent to his dog-licking side.

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"Stop it!" Alice Roosevelt smiled brightly. Even if it was true, she couldn't just say it.

They stayed in Houston's villa that night. Alice Roosevelt stayed in the bathroom for a long time before she came out with water drops on her face like a lotus flower emerging from water. She looked at the man who had brought her novelty during this period and said, "I can't stay here any longer. I'm going back to the White House. William, I will satisfy you no matter what you want tonight."

This kind of conversation was simply a crime. Sheffield hugged Alice Roosevelt's body and whispered, "I will give you an unforgettable night. When you go back, you will remember me in your dreams."

The two of them let go of some of the constraints of their identities, entangled with each other, and followed their instincts. If someone saw it, they would definitely exclaim, how could this be possible, this is unacceptable.

When Alice Roosevelt woke up the next day, she blushed and her heart beat fast when she recalled the scene of last night. That was not herself.

"I will always remember this time!" Alice Roosevelt said as she got dressed. "I am going back."

"I want to watch you get on the train. The bodyguards will follow you to Washington Station and back. Don't refuse!" Sheffield hugged the woman's body, "I'm worried about a very beautiful woman out there."

After the sudden end of this journey, Sheffield felt a little empty, as if all his goals had been achieved. Why was this so? Finally, he figured it out, "It is common for a man to have three wives and four concubines."

Ramon Hess has arrived in Minnesota with the United Company's legal department, which has swept the South without any rivals. Along the way, he has been discussing the upcoming showdown with the lawyers in the legal department to see which side has a better chance of winning.

"Among the lawyers representing Northern Securities, there are several I know. They are very famous in the legal community. They generally do not accept representation rashly, and each of them has a very high chance of winning. But the other party is the state government, so it is still difficult to estimate." said the top lawyer in the legal department of United Company.

(End of this chapter)