Chapter 65 The Sinking of the Izumo
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At the end of the meeting, nine managing directors were elected, two of them were Zhu Bin and Yu Qiaqing, and the remaining seven were divided among various countries. Zhu Bin also served as the general manager of the equipment manufacturing company, technical director, general manager of the defense company, and technical director of the logistics company of the head office.
There are a lot of titles, and even one business card may not be printed. If you have to do all these tasks, it is not enough to cut him into eight pieces, but who is the initiator? He who can do more work!
As for the company's finances, Citibank, which has the most complete service institutions and the most flexible policies in the world, obtained relevant account storage and current business, suddenly jumped out of the huge crisis, and successfully got rid of Rockefeller's control. "Global Communications" also
Obtained 20% of its equity and became one of the largest shareholders.
Financial supervision is provided by Deloitte, the British company that first set up an office in Shanghai, China, to ensure that the entire company's finances are open and transparent and eliminate the possibility of corruption and fraud. Such an arrangement can also reassure all shareholders. After all, who can afford such a large sum of money?
It looks like something could go wrong!
A series of things were discussed until ten o'clock in the evening before the first meeting finally ended. A group of old guys in their fifties and sixties were a little unable to bear it. The initial excitement had passed, their backs ached, they were dizzy, and they hurried back to recuperate.
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Yu Qiaqing opened a room to stay in the "Huizhong Hotel", but secretly invited Zhu Bin to have a private discussion. Zhu Bin guessed that the old man had something else to say, so he did not refuse.
After entering and exchanging greetings for a while, Yu Qiaqing lay back on the hard-backed chair and sighed leisurely: "Hanchen! I have a few words to ask you on behalf of some friends. This is related to your future in the future. You must take it seriously.
Answered."
Zhu Bin sat on a straight board and said calmly: "You can tell me whatever you want, but Zhu Bin will tell you everything you know."
Yu Qiaqing nodded, gently rubbed the purple clay pot in his hand, and said slowly: "I think you are also a sincere young man, and you don't go around those detours. Today's company is indeed a great thing, and it is of great benefit to our country. Compared with
Western countries will benefit little. According to the company's articles of association, all mechanical vehicles and ships need to be tendered from outside before they can be built by themselves. However, our country has almost none. The only one that can offer it is the Jiangnan Shipyard, but its strength is limited.
Old man, I can't bear to watch foreigners make this money. Do you have any good ideas for this?"
Zhu Bin pondered for a moment and nodded cautiously: "I have some plans for this matter. To be honest with you, the main reason why I do this business is to try to stimulate the construction of domestic industry. Steel plants, automobile plants, shipyards, oil refining
Factory and other important facilities are almost empty in the country, and the national strength is not guaranteed. Now that we are at war with Japan, all heavy weapons need to be imported. This is not a long-term solution. Therefore, I want to take this opportunity to set up factories extensively in the country.
With my technology and capital, coupled with the cooperation of my predecessors and colleagues in the domestic industry, I will surely be able to compete with other countries in a few years."
"Okay!" Yu Qiaqing looked happy and nodded, "I really saw you right. However, the cost of building heavy industry is more than ten times what it is today. Our country also has a shortage of workers. How should we respond?"
Zhu Bin raised his chin and smiled confidently: "We can borrow money from the United States! Although the economic crisis has hit the United States the hardest, and their country has the largest number of unemployed people, the real rich people have not hurt their bones. Since they can take up any posts
Money and effort can be used to help Soviet Russia build industry, and it can also help China. I will do this."
"Oh? Is this really possible?" Yu Qiaqing was a little surprised. Although he knew almost everything domestically, he was a little unable to do some things at the international level.
"It will definitely work." Zhu Bin is sure of this. The United States is a business society. In order to solve the employment problem and stimulate economic growth, it must find a way to jump out of the pit of the Great Depression as soon as possible. As long as you show them a clear way, they will definitely work hard.
.Americans can line up to find jobs in Soviet Russia, so it’s not difficult to go to China, right?
Leave the things you don't understand to those who know how to do it. Yu Qiaqing did not dwell on this matter and changed the topic: "Well, Hanchen, since you already hold many positions, the business affairs must be complicated and diverse. In the official career, you still have
Are you planning to?"
"Yes!" Zhu Bin answered simply and neatly, "Since I am determined to serve the country, I should go all out! The company is busy in the early days. Once it gets on the right track, it can be handed over to professionals. My focus is still on
Admiralty."
"Yeah." Yu Qiaqing nodded noncommittally, but she didn't agree in her heart. She wanted to get promoted and make a fortune without delay. The idea is a good one, but it's a pity that it's too difficult to achieve! If nothing else, since the people in the government are thinking about you,
It’s so difficult to have real power and do something practical!
It's hard to say clearly that it's not enough. It would be bad if it dampens the young man's enthusiasm and delays the big event. Yu Qiaqing was about to ask the next question when suddenly he heard an earth-shattering "boom" outside!
The sound was really shocking. It sounded like muffled thunder falling to the ground. Although it happened very far away, the terrible destructive power was contained in the huge earthquake that came from it. It shook the whole building slightly and made the glass "clatter".
"Noisy noise!"
"What's going on!?" Just as Yu Qiaqing was about to stand up, there was another "boom" explosion, which was by no means weaker than the previous one. Then large and small explosions followed one after another, suppressing the sound of guns and artillery in the northern battlefield!
"What exploded? It made such a big noise?!" Yu Qiaqing stood up holding her chair and rushed to the window to look outside. She saw a fire rising into the sky in the direction of the Huangpu River Estuary, burning the night sky red. It was so scary!
A hint of joy flashed across Zhu Bin's face, and he guessed what was going on! Such an explosion would never be possible without hundreds of kilograms of high-explosive gunpowder. To match this time, it could only be that one thing!
"Izumo"!
a few hours ago.
Hu Juewen left the investment banquet and returned to the factory, only to find someone waiting there, commenting around two chubby torpedoes. The leader was Wang Yaqiao, the leader of the famous "Iron-Blooded Army" in Shanghai and the leader of the "Axe Gang"!
As early as last year after the September 18th Incident, this fierce man with overwhelming arrogance and decisiveness formed the "Iron-Blooded Anti-Traitor Group" specifically to deal with traitors and traitors, a volunteer army with Wang Pingnan as the captain, and a student group formed by young students from various schools in Shanghai.
The three pillars of the army became an important force for the Shanghai people to fight against the Japanese invaders.
After the Japanese army provoked the war on 1.28, he was thinking about how to deal with the Japanese warships cruising in the Huangpu River showing off their power and arrogance, but he couldn't find the right method. The navy's shrinking behavior made him even more shameful! During the contact, he learned that Hu
Jue Wen was leading a large group of people to help the volunteers make bullets, grenades, bombs, etc., so he came to ask for help.
Due to his limited knowledge of military weapons, Hu Juewen repeatedly considered making only artificially propelled mines, but unexpectedly, Zhu Bin intervened halfway and changed it to two torpedoes!
Even a layman, Wang Yaqiao, knew that torpedoes were far more powerful and flexible than mines. When he saw Hu Juewen coming back, he excitedly stepped forward and pulled his sleeves and asked: "Brother Hu! Are these two torpedoes really usable?"
Hu Juewen slapped his chest loudly: "That's more to say! The guy designed by boss Zhu Hanchen and the message tube and main components manufactured by himself are so reliable! They even suggested that the little devil's warships would be hung on the outside.
It has a steel protective net, so the designed torpedo can explode twice, the first time tearing apart the steel net, and the second time hitting the warship!"
"It's so?!" Wang Yaqiao was shocked. He really didn't know such a thing, and he broke out in a cold sweat just thinking about it! According to his initial idea, a few heroes from the death squads would push mines to blow up warships, not to mention that it would be difficult.
Get close, even if you get close, there will be a steel net between them, so the damage to the battleship will be limited!
Now, everything has been solved! Wang Yaqiao rubbed his hands and sighed repeatedly: "This Mr. Zhu is really a hero in this world! After today's matter, I will definitely come to visit you and get my wish!"
Hu Juewen also felt sad and couldn't help but narrate Zhu Bin's great achievements while talking and laughing at the grand investment meeting during the day, which even attracted Wang Yaqiao and a group of passionate men to marvel.
Seeing that it was getting late, several people stopped talking. Wang Yaqiao gritted his teeth and said with a cold face: "I received news that many senior officials of the Japanese army will have a meeting on the Izumo this evening. Its commander, Kenkichi Ueda, will also
Going, I think, is the best opportunity to get started!”
Hu Juewen asked seriously: "Are you sure? Brother Wang should know that there is only one chance!"
Wang Yaqiao smiled proudly and said: "All the men in our Iron-Blooded Army are not afraid of death, so what if we lose a few lives? As long as your torpedo doesn't go astray!"
"That's absolutely not possible!" Hu Juewen waved his hand, "I personally checked it sideways to make sure it's a straight line!"
"That's good! Brother Hu, thank you! Leave the rest to us!" Wang Yaqiao shook hands with him heavily and asked his brothers to carefully use a trailer to drag the seven to eight hundred kilogram torpedo outside into the water.
The calculated torpedo barely floated on the water.
The four selected warriors, Gong Xiangling, Tao Bailing, Ma Zhenguo, and Li Dasheng, drank a large bowl of liquor, raised their fists at everyone, jumped into the water, and controlled the torpedoes to move slowly along the river towards the Huangpu River Estuary. The other three iron-blooded warriors
The military warriors followed secretly from the shore, preparing to replace them.
In early spring, the water of the Huangpu River was extremely cold. The four warriors, excited by strong alcohol and passion, gritted their teeth and pushed the torpedo until the "Izumo" was only one kilometer away. They were recognized by the shining lights on the Japanese ship.
The old warships clustered in the middle pulled out the safety pin and pressed the switch. The battery immediately pushed the propeller on the DC motor, buzzing slowly and quickly towards the "Izumo", impacting!
More than a minute later, two dull explosions were heard in the distance, and two brilliant streams of fire spurted forward. The first layer of charge under the action of the energy-gathering cover instantly sprayed out at thousands of degrees.
The jet burned a large hole with a diameter of nearly one meter in the steel protective net. The speed slowed down slightly, and then it hit the waterline of the "Izumo"!
"Boom! Boom!" Within a few seconds, two earth-shaking explosions sounded. The heavy and old "Izumo" seemed to have lost weight and was suddenly thrown upwards. It groaned and cracked into pieces.
The two sections, the boiler and ammunition depot at the bottom of the cabin were detonated immediately, and the fierce flames swallowed up the two sections of the ship in an instant, and the "rumbling" explosions flew all over the sky!
"Okay!" Wang Yaqiao, Hu Juewen and others looked at the fire in the distance, barely stood up, jumped up with joy, and pumped their fists hard!
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