Fang Lang thought carefully about his plan for the company and it seemed that he had indeed overlooked this important link. However, if he wanted to set up another marine engine manufacturing plant, there might be a problem of duplicate construction.
This was 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.
Given the current relationship between me and the other party, I obviously don't have to worry about being strangled by the other party, but this doesn't mean that I have to give up my research on marine engines.
Fang Lang did not think of letting Fangyuan Shipyard set up its own marine engine production plant. After all, a factory cannot be made large and comprehensive, as this would not be of any benefit to the development of the factory.
The state-owned factories in the past have fully demonstrated this point. If we want an enterprise to be competitive, we must make it market-oriented.
If we think carefully about the various industries under its umbrella, the industry that is most closely related to engines is definitely the several automobile manufacturers. Among them, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche are joint ventures with Germans, while Aston Martin is a British brand that it acquired.
According to Fang Lang's later memory, 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.
Then 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 was because he wanted to produce enough construction machinery to provide suitable construction machinery for his road and bridge company.
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But it was only after he actually took over the company that he realized that this company was not a simple engineering machinery manufacturing company, but at least it had very strong technical accumulation in mining machinery and power generation equipment.
Both projects required large diesel engines, and Fang Lang vaguely remembered that Caterpillar was also one of the world's famous marine engine manufacturers.
Although Caterpillar has not yet started research in this area, it has already accumulated enough technology. It is obviously not a difficult task to develop a large diesel engine suitable for ships as long as it provides financial support.
After figuring this out, Fang Lang breathed a sigh of relief and nodded to Ousmane Aragorn.
"It's okay. Just focus on building the ship. I will slowly find a way to solve the engine problem."
Now that Fang Lang has become the new boss of Caterpillar, he will certainly let Caterpillar open a branch in Brazil in the future. By then, producing qualified large diesel engines will naturally no longer be a problem.
This does not mean that Fang Lang wants to make everything bigger and more complete, or to bring all American companies to Brazil to start a new company. In fact, his deeper purpose is to cultivate some qualified Chinese talents for these industries.
In the future, when we have these talents, will it be possible to poach them when there is a need in my hometown?
Fang Lang had no idea what choice these talents would make in the end, but he would certainly not stop them from going back to their hometown. At worst, he could just transfer some talents from the American headquarters.
As for whether the Americans will impose sanctions or restrict the movement of these people? Please, this is Brazil. No matter how much influence the United States has on Brazil, can it restrict the movement of a Brazilian?
Besides, with the United States secretly protecting them, the Chinese don’t have to care about the attitude of the United States at all.
Ousmane Aragon had no idea what Fang Lang was thinking, and he had never thought of equipping the shipyard where he worked with an engine factory.
Now the shipyard alone is enough to overwhelm him, and if the engine factory is added to the mix, he is very worried whether he can handle it.
Since the boss said he would solve it, he said nothing more, just smiled and nodded:
"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 world-class standards."
Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded, said no more, and looked towards the river not far away.
It turned out that the few people had arrived at the riverside of the shipyard while walking and chatting. At this time, they saw a small patrol boat docked at a small pier on the river. The military green paint and the large-caliber machine gun mounts on the bow and stern made it particularly eye-catching.
Needless to say, this is definitely the high-speed patrol boat that Fang Lang wants.
Osman Aragon, the general manager of the shipyard, pointed at the patrol boat as he walked and said:
"Boss, this is the high-speed patrol boat we built. It is 9.7 meters long, 3.6 meters wide, and has a draft of 0.8 meters. When driven by a propeller, it has a full load displacement of 7 tons. If it is replaced with a pump-jet drive, the displacement may reach 7.2 tons.
The bow of the boat is equipped with a rotatable twin-mounted 12.7mm heavy machine gun, and the machine gun mount at the stern can install an M2 Browning heavy machine gun on each side, and there is also a 60mm mortar in the middle.
Five to six members. ”
In general, this high-speed patrol boat is not exactly the same as the BPR MK II used by the US military in the Vietnam War as Fang Lang remembers, but they are not much different.
This is a mature product that has been tested in actual combat. Fang Lang is not worried at all about the role it can play. Just look at the firepower configuration above and you will understand that this is just a little hedgehog.
Four 12.7mm large-caliber heavy machine guns can fire 2,000 large-caliber bullets per minute, which can completely suppress the enemy facing him and make him unable to raise his head.
With its small body, it can move freely in the jungle, and its high speed can terrify the enemies it is chasing.
"Hmm! Great! Let them go up and test it. I want to see how maneuverable it can be when using a propeller drive."
Fang Lang nodded and pointed at several workers on the ship who were obviously testers.
Of course Osman Aragon would not refuse such a small request. He nodded, turned and walked to the speedboat, and after giving some instructions to a few people, he turned back and stood behind Fang Lang.
After a few people on the boat fiddled with it for a while, a low roar was heard from the engine of the boat. Before anyone could think about it, the volume suddenly increased and the boat quickly rushed into the river.
The bow of the boat was slightly upturned, and was thrown high up from time to time, and then hit the water surface heavily under the action of gravity. The moment it hit the water, it was thrown up again by the force of the water.
The two snow-white water lines behind the boat clearly told Fang Lang that this was a two-axis propulsion speedboat.
Watching it cutting through the waves on the water, Fang Lang nodded secretly. Although the speed, turning radius, and flexibility were still a certain distance away from what he wanted, he also understood that this was caused by the shortcomings of the propulsion method.
As long as the pump-jet engine is successfully developed, these problems can be greatly improved.
At that time, it would be a good opportunity to upgrade the existing products or modify the old products to make another profit. After thinking from the perspective of a businessman, Fang Lang's somewhat dissatisfied attitude immediately changed.
After patting the arm of Osman Aragon beside him, he smiled and said:
"Very good. Although it is still lacking in speed and flexibility, it can be regarded as an excellent patrol boat."
After receiving the boss's performance, Osman Aragon finally let go of his worries, took a long breath, and said to Fang Lang:
"Boss, rest assured. Once our pump-jet engine is successfully developed, its performance will definitely meet your requirements."
Fang Lang did not respond to Osman Aragon's words immediately after hearing this, 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 on research into pump-jet technology, right?"
The jumpy question made Ousmane Aragorn stunned, but he reacted immediately and nodded to Fang Lang:
"Yes, boss. In order to meet your pump-jet propulsion requirements, we have looked for related products in several European and American countries, but unfortunately we were unsuccessful. In the end, we had no choice but to hire relevant experts to conduct our own research."
Fang Lang, who came from later generations, knew very well that pump-jet propulsion was still very popular in the future. Since no one paid attention to this technology now, he could set up a company and focus on the research of this project.
Once more technical patents are invented in the future, will we be able to form our own set of technological barriers?
This way, the pump-jet propulsion systems produced by our company can occupy the largest share of the market. Wouldn't that make us rich?
Thinking of this, Fang Lang clenched his fist and said:
“In this case, we will gather these experts who study pump-jet propulsion systems and establish a specialized pump-jet system production enterprise to specialize in the research and production of pump-jet propulsion systems.
We will strive to develop more relevant patents and 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 will have to purchase them from our factory.”
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 shipbuilders are unwilling to use pump-jet propulsion. I am worried..."
Looking at Osman Aragon who looked worried, Fang Lang laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Once our pump-jet technology is successfully developed and you install it on board for testing and comparison, you will understand why I am determined to research the pump-jet propulsion system."
Although the pump-jet propulsion system in later generations is not as widely used as propellers, it is definitely not without a market. For example, many motorboats in later generations use pump-jet propulsion systems. High-speed ships, planing boats, wave-piercing boats, hydrofoil boats, hovercraft, etc. all use water jet propulsion, which is a pump-jet propulsion system.
Therefore, Fang Lang is not worried at all that these technologies will have no market after they are developed.
Ousmane Aragon looked at Fang Lang's confident expression and realized that he was serious, so he stopped trying to persuade him. He nodded seriously and said:
“In that case, once our first pump-jet propulsion system is successfully developed, I will set up a special company to develop and produce it according to your request.
By then, we can also recruit more experts from all over the world who are interested in this technology to join us.”
Fang Lang, who was watching the patrol boat speeding in the river, heard this, glanced at Osman Aragorn, and nodded with satisfaction.
But as Fang Lang watched, he suddenly found something wrong. There seemed to be no radar device on the 500-ton inland patrol boat and this speedboat!
Even ordinary fishing boats have radars, so how can warships not have radars? A 500-ton inland 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, when a ship is sailing on the water, it must also pay attention to the situation on the opposite side. With a sea-surface radar, other targets on the water surface can be detected from a distance.
As a warship, it should be able to detect the enemy first so as to take preemptive action.
"Why didn't we see any radar on our two patrol boats?"
Upon hearing this, Othman Aragorn hastened to explain:
"Boss, our 500-ton inland patrol boat has a reserved position for radar installation, but the radar has not arrived yet.
As for this small high-speed patrol boat, it shouldn't need radar, right? There's no place to install radar on such a small boat!"
Fang Lang felt relieved when he heard that the large ship's radar had not arrived yet. After all, he had taken the positions of the air-to-air and sea-to-sea radars into consideration when he designed it. He even considered the future upgrade needs and reserved a position for the installation of anti-aircraft missiles.
Of course, anti-ship missiles are not necessary. After all, there is no chance of using anti-ship missiles in the Amazon and the river basin.
"How can a small boat not need radar? All warships need radar, at least they must have the ability to detect surface ships. Otherwise, when the high-speed patrol boat is patrolling on the water, the enemy's ship will discover them in advance, hide, and wait for our ship to approach, and they will not be able to detect them at all. How can that work?"
Hearing this, Osman Aragon scratched his head a little aggrieved and said:
"But Boss, this high-speed patrol boat only has a displacement of 7 tons. There is no space to install a radar!"
Now Fang Lang understood what the other party meant, and asked uncertainly:
"You mean, the radars on the market now are all very large, there are no radars this small, right?"
"Yes! Boss!"
After receiving a positive answer, Fang Lang couldn't help but frown. Coming from the future, he had never thought about this problem. It was still the era of electron tubes, and radars were indeed quite large in both size 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 in the United States. However, since we only ordered one set of products, the other party did not attach much importance to it and has not yet shipped it."
Fang Lang had of course heard of the great name of Raytheon. It was a large defense contractor in the United States, and 90% of the company's business came from defense contracts with the U.S. military.
The Sparrow missile, Sidewinder missile, Tomahawk cruise missile, and Patriot missile 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 was the main supplier of the Zeus Spear system that was praised by the Americans.
Unexpectedly, this time, the first warship built independently by my company actually purchased radar products from the other party.
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