Chapter 415 Submarine Explosion

"It always takes time for new technologies to emerge," the person in charge of the Houston Shipyard argued.

"Then wait until it matures, and then come back to us. You can't use the precious lives of naval soldiers to practice your new technology, right?" Another naval observer chuckled and said, "For the sake of the president's daughter, we can come again when your aircraft carrier is mature. There's no need for that now."

Sheffield was not actually that surprised by this result. On the contrary, the next day, he took out the submarine that was not favored by the Admiralty and asked Lake to follow the Admiralty observers to observe the submarine's voyage.

But this time Sheffield intercepted Alice Roosevelt and let Jesla go with him. On this sunny day, they stayed on the shore and enjoyed their own world.

"Don't be angry about what the Navy Department's observers did. Many people like a finished product, but don't like to pay for the process. You are a businessman, you should understand this."

Perhaps she was so excited to bring the naval observers here that she embarrassed Sheffield. Alice Roosevelt felt bad and showed her gentleness in front of Sheffield, putting away her usual cheerful personality.

"It's okay!" Sheffield reached out and touched the cherry on Alice Roosevelt's chest. Sheffield's playful smile showed that he didn't take it to heart. "Like you said, this is very normal. The flight distance of the aircraft is still too short, and the aircraft carrier does need the protection of other ships. It is not mature enough."

Sheffield didn't take it seriously for one main reason, which was that he could afford the compensation. If he couldn't afford it, he would have jumped up and down long ago, and criticized the darkness of the United States system in the newspapers like Lake did, erasing countless innovations.

But now, we can sell it to others, right? Without orders from the Navy Department, we can export it. Although the quality of American-made products is just so-so, it is still a piece of cake to beat countries without industrial bases. We can still collect some IQ tax from Venezuela, Cuba and the like.

"When I came here, I told my father that after the Russo-Japanese War, I would travel with the diplomatic corps to Asia. Japan, China and many other places are my destinations." Seeing that Sheffield didn't take it seriously, Alice Roosevelt breathed a sigh of relief and began to tell him about her next itinerary. Then she changed the subject and said, "I will write to you on the way."

"No need to write a letter. I will send some trustworthy female bodyguards to go with you. I am worried about you being alone outside." Sheffield seemed to be really diverted and began to ask Alice Roosevelt what she was interested in.

Alice Roosevelt listened to Sheffield's analysis of some places in Asia, reminded him of some precautions, and asked, "I almost forgot that you are an expert in the history of other civilizations in the United States and have published many books."

"Of course!" Sheffield accepted the compliment with great pleasure. The reason why he chose to publish history books for fame and fortune was that history would not harm anyone. If he called for environmental protection, wouldn't he offend the factory owners around the Great Lakes? The humanities seemed useful but were actually useless. They were perfect for accumulating fame and fortune.

Therefore, when slave owners publish books, they are always about food chains, plate movement, the origin of dinosaurs, and the history of ancient civilizations, which are attractive but do not promote society. As for the truly useful things, slave owners hide them away like machine gun firing coordinators to study them themselves.

As for promoting social change, this is not in line with the identity of a slave owner. As a vested interest, social change will impact the existing order. He took out his pocket watch and took a look at it, thinking that the time is about right.

Off the coast of Houston, a deafening explosion shocked the naval observer on the ship following the submarine. From now on, he was the only one who had escaped the net at the Houston shipyard. The mockery on Jesla's face flashed away, but he immediately made a shocked expression and couldn't believe it, "How could this happen?"

"How could this happen?" The only fish that escaped the net was a little impulsive and grabbed Jesla's collar. The latter seemed to be in shock. He waved his hand behind his back to signal the bodyguards not far away not to act rashly. Then he said, "I don't know why this happened. Maybe there is a problem with the new technology. The most urgent thing now is to return to the shore immediately and send someone to salvage it."

As for the sailors who were accompanying other naval observers in the submarine, they had all been identified as victims by Jesla. Rescue? Now the question was, with bubbles and vortices, who would go down to rescue them?

As he spoke, Jesla had already broken free from the opponent's stranglehold and ordered the ship to return. He had accomplished his mission.

Sheffield expressed his appropriate shock and anger, as well as his condolences to the victims. He said sadly in front of Alice Roosevelt, "In addition to the federal government, the United Company will also compensate the several naval observers who died. I hope the relatives of these people can get through the painful days as soon as possible."

In order to earn Alice Roosevelt's comfort, the slave owner defined the incident as an accident. There is nothing strange about defining it first and then investigating it. Isn't this all learning from the advanced experience of the federal government? The example of the United States has always been to learn and apply what they have learned. This is what the federal government did when the Maine exploded.

"New technology trials are always accompanied by some accidents, William, don't worry." Seeing Sheffield still trying to hold back his grief after suffering such a huge loss, Alice Roosevelt felt even more guilty. She didn't expect that she had good intentions, but encountered accidents one after another. If she hadn't been so anxious, she would have suggested to her father that the Houston Shipyard's technology would be more mature, and maybe there would be a different result.

"You take a rest first. I still need to organize the salvage work." Sheffield walked out of the room with a heavy face. Seeing Jesla waiting, he asked calmly, "Is it clean?"

"Don't worry, boss. They are dead. They dare to show off the power of the Navy Department here." Jesla said concisely.

Sheffield raised his eyebrows and looked back at the door behind him, nodded, and indicated that he would go out and talk.

"We will announce that the Houston Shipyard should lose one million US dollars in this accident. With this lesson, I believe that other shipyards will not dare to touch submarines. And we have to increase research in secret." Sheffield said to Jesla as they walked, "You should personally supervise the salvage work, and don't let others find out the problems. The time bomb is placed in the battery compartment. Although it is kept secret, it is not foolproof. If it is leaked, it may cost a lot of money to settle it. Isn't it better to use this money to improve the treatment of Black Gold Company?"

"Don't worry, boss. I will follow up on this matter personally." Jesla followed closely behind him, and behind him were many bodyguards in black. From a distance, Sheffield, who was walking in the front, looked like a comet with a long tail.

This accident is a painful lesson, used to prove to other shipyards that innovation is risky and that they should never blindly follow the trend. A shipyard that wanted to overtake others and use new types of ships to win orders suffered such a painful lesson. We must all learn from it.

The right way is to increase the tonnage and thicken the gun barrel. We should never learn from the negative example of the Houston Shipyard, which either produced flashy aircraft carriers or built submarines that capsized. Not only did it fail to get orders from the Navy, it also caused very heavy losses to its own shipyard.

Alice Roosevelt secretly contacted the White House and told President Roosevelt what had happened in a worried tone and expressed his regret for the incident. However, President Roosevelt's first reaction was to cover it up.

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At this time, if his daughter is too closely related to the accident, it may be hyped up by some unfriendly public opinion, which will be very detrimental to the current antitrust lawsuit.

Sheffield, who had returned after making the arrangements, heard Alice Roosevelt's narration and asked in a tone of complete ignorance, "When did you come? How come I didn't know you came with the Admiralty observer?"

Alice Roosevelt understood that Sheffield's first reaction was to clear her of suspicion. She didn't know what to say for a moment and said with emotion, "William, I don't know what to say. Such a huge loss, and you killed people in St. Louis, all for me." After that, Alice Roosevelt threw herself into Sheffield's arms.

If it's for my own life, I will shoot more decisively! Sheffield reached out and gently patted the woman's back, saying softly, "This is what I should do. In fact, I am the one who is sorry for you. I am married, but I can't control my heart. I just want to be with you."

To be able to speak so openly about wanting to maintain a mistress relationship, in this situation, not only did it not seem shameless, but to Alice Roosevelt, it was the most sincere love words.

After all, the United States is a society with freedom of speech, so this matter cannot be covered up. They instructed to expose the submarine explosion and defined it as a problem with the setting of the battery compartment that caused the accident.

In a short period of time, all major shipyards along the east and west coasts received this depressing news. Some shipyard managers came to the window, looked at the warships being welded, and raised their glasses comfortably. They were all adults, and now they could only use smiles to hide their sadness and use alcohol to numb their painful hearts.

Even if Sheffield couldn't see it, he could definitely guess this kind of gloating behavior. The slave owner thought it was worth it to use an explosion to scare other shipyards with stronger technology and prevent them from catching up. If it was not enough, he would blow up another ship.

(End of this chapter)