The main structural material of the hull of the PT boat is wood. There is no shortage of wood in Africa, but there are no suitable trees in the area currently controlled by the Fortner royal family. Fortunately, Wangdong City was originally a trading city, especially in neighboring Kenya.
A large amount of wood is also exported to Wangdongcheng
Feng Nan and the employees of Alligator Company worked day and night in several trading companies and selected more than ten kinds of wood. After soaking and strength testing, they selected three of them as the main materials, and then began to build the hull.
The selection and purchase of various metal parts and engines are also carried out at the same time.
In less than a month, the first PT boat was assembled and put into the water. Feng Nan personally spent a week with the people from the Alligator Company to conduct destructive maneuvering tests in the swamp. As a result, the performance of the engine was quite good, even
There is also some excess power, which means that the bow of the boat rises too much when driving, and there is also a problem that the bow of the boat tilts to the right and worsens.
Alligator Company then rectified the situation and launched it again a week later. The problem of the bow rising was not completely solved, but it is also a common problem for speedboats to have the bow rising when they are traveling at high speeds, so the performance of the boat was perfect.
While Feng Nan asked Alligator Company to manufacture heavy-duty PT boat prototypes, he also considered starting to install weapon systems on light boats.
On a traditional standard PT light boat, the weapon system includes two torpedo tubes, two twin 12.7mm machine guns, a single-barreled 12.7mm machine gun at the stern, and a smoke launcher because the bow is shorter
, it is difficult to install heavier weapons, usually only one machine gun is installed.
In the process of installing weapon systems, the advantages of modern technology are reflected. Due to the application of new metals and designs, contemporary and slightly outdated weapons of the same caliber are much lighter than those during World War II, but their performance has been improved.
It's just that Feng Nan doesn't have many choices, he can only choose what is useful, and most of them
They were all second-hand goods, because as soon as they heard that Fortner was going to build a new speedboat and fleet, businessmen from Wangdong City swarmed in, including semi-official businessmen, who were rushing to sell the second-hand equipment in the arsenal to Feng Nan.
It's stuffed in your hands. Anyway, those things are of little use if they are piled up in the warehouse. It's better to exchange them for some cash.
Feng Nan can be regarded as a weapons expert. He feels that although these weapons are old, they can still be used normally as long as they are properly maintained and repaired. However, there are two problems here. One is that these weapons are not customized for PT boats and must be modified to be used on boats.
Second, these weapons need to be standardized and equipped in batches, otherwise they will cause difficulties in logistical supply in the future.
For this reason, Feng Nan selected an Israeli weapons company in Wangdong City called Desert Rose. They were responsible for the transformation and preliminary purchase of weapons.
Although the Israelis are famous for their creativity, Feng Nan was still worried and designed a set of strict testing procedures before signing an experimental contract with Desert Rose Weapons Company.
Desert Rose Company quickly came up with two sets of design plans. The first set is a simple system. It is to modify the adaptability of the weapon base on the hull and the weapon itself. To put it simply, it is to polish the weapon to fit and install it directly on the hull.
Manual operation is suitable for rapid production, and the operators do not need more training. However, this installation can only be regarded as a simple imitation, and the combat effectiveness of the speedboat does not exceed that of the PT boat of the year.
The second plan is to modernize and improve the weapon into a remote-controlled weapon system. According to Desert Rose Company's plan, the PT boat has two twin-linked machine guns, which can be remotely controlled in the cabin or manually operated. In addition, a dual-mounted machine gun is built at the stern of the boat.
The combined 23mm turret can usually only be fired remotely, but requires manual loading. The advantage of this system is that it is highly automated and can better protect combatants, but the disadvantage is that it is relatively expensive and requires more operators.
high.
Feng Nan felt that both plans had their merits, so he asked Alligator Company to build a light PT boat and install a system for each to conduct comparative testing before deciding which plan to adopt.
In fact, this can be regarded as a strategy. As a modern soldier, Feng Nan tends to add as much technological content as possible to the weapon system. However, from the perspective of long-term pragmatism, the first set of weapon solutions is low-cost, easy to install, and can be trained for combat.
The personnel are simple. If the war becomes a stalemate and attrition, whoever can put as many weapons as possible into the battle with core combat effectiveness in a short period of time will win the war.
In addition, Feng Nan also asked Desert Rose Company to reserve space for a combat system in the system. If he wanted to fight the Tabo rebel fleet, he must have an absolute upper hand in firepower. Feng Nan's brain
He also had a bold idea, but he thought it would be better to take it slow first and stabilize the weapon platform of the speedboat first.
In addition to the weapon system, Feng Nan also requested modernization and improvements in the speedboat's operating system, as well as its protective capabilities.
The hull of the PT boat is made of wood and has little protection against high-speed bullet attacks. Feng Nan was inspired by the bathtub-style cockpit of the A10 attack aircraft. Alligator Company also provided PT boats when fighting against German escort motorboats.
The additional armor design, so
The two sides learned from each other's strengths and jointly designed a set of protective armor with Desert Rose Company, which mainly installed removable armor on the engine system, fuel tank, combat cabin and cockpit. Therefore, although the total mass of the new weapon system is greater than that of World War II
The weapon systems during this period were much lighter,
It is not equipped with torpedoes, but the newly added electronic systems and armor have increased the displacement of the swamp-type PT boat a lot. Using the automated combat system, the displacement of the PT boat has even reached 39 tons. However, this has actually increased the displacement of the PT boat.
The ride is smoother. People from the Alligator Company think this is because the aero engine used in the speedboat originally had a bit of excess power, and now the increased displacement is just right. But Feng Nan thought further and felt that the heavy-duty boat should choose a more powerful one.
engine to prevent it from running out of power again.
In this way, Feng Nan spent most of the day in the shipyard. When he had some free time, he stayed in the simulated terminal building in the mangrove forest. A group of engineers were stationed on guard to keep the confidentiality level very high.
Others didn't know what he was busy with, but they roughly guessed that it had something to do with the weapon system of the speedboat, because he had half a wooden frame.
The boat hull and a batch of 23mm cannons and electronic equipment went in. However, Feng Nan did not let personnel from Desert Rose and Alligator companies enter here even once. The only person who could enter freely was Ou Liang, the computer expert brought back from China last time.
He and several engineers who had done ordnance repair, so everyone guessed that he wanted to be a weapons designer himself.
While Feng Nan devoted all his energy to building a new type of combat speedboat, many changes occurred in the various systems of the Fortner royal family. The royal family established the Fortner Defense Force Staff Department and the Military Liaison Conference. In fact, this was first done by Feng Nan
proposal, but what is puzzling is that Feng Nan’s name is not on the list of the General Staff or the Military Joint Meeting. Thinking back to the previous two times of not rewarding Feng Nan for his merits, many people think that Feng Nan has lost power.
I am no longer favored by Princess Jinli.
The news of his fall from grace was first reported to Feng Nan by the Secret Service. Director Sun, who was far away in Kenya, also expressed regret for Feng Nan, but did not blame him, let alone complain about Feng Nan. He said that because of his fall from grace, the Secret Service
The Secret Service lost its interest in Fortner because the opposite was true. Now the cooperation between the Secret Service and the Fortner royal family has reached an unprecedented height because three other Chinese people have been reused by Princess Jinli.
The first person to be reused was Guo Hui. When Guo Huicai came to Fortuna, she was not well received by Jin Li, but it is different now. Princess Jin Li once said to Guo Hui in person: "It was very immature at that time." Now Guo Huilian
He jumped two ranks, was promoted to major, was appointed deputy director of Fortner's Intelligence Bureau, and became the first intelligence contact between Fortner and the Secret Service.
The second person to be re-employed is Quan Guangwen. He is now Princess Jinli’s chief legal advisor and an important member of the think tank. All legal documents are drafted by Quan Guangwen.
The third person to be re-employed is Liu Shijia, who is now the first financial supervisor of the Fortner royal family. Because the Fortner royal family currently lacks financial talents and institutions, most of the royal family's property is handed over to a Jewish financial institution in Wangdongcheng.
Operations, Liu Shijia is stationed at the agency as a representative of the Fortner royal family to supervise, so she is also nicknamed the 'Queen's Minister of Finance'.
These three people respectively hold important positions in the three important departments of intelligence, legal policy and finance, and their responsibilities and interests are far greater than those of Feng Nan now.
Feng Nan's military rank has not changed. He was a major when he came here, and he is still a major now. He has many specific positions: including nominal deputy commander of the Guards, a chief instructor of the Guards, and director of tactical speedboat manufacturing.
, but they don’t seem to have much real power.
As for other positions not granted by the Fortner royal family, such as the commander of the 77th detachment and the engineer company, because of this, he still has the most combat-effective armed force in Fortner. In addition, his greatest wealth is
Prestige and respect allowed him to still have great influence in the area controlled by the Fortner royal family and Wangdong City, so life was relatively easy. In addition, Jin Li never hesitated about his application for construction funds, although the application was approved at any time.
, but the two rarely see each other now.
So Ling Jia often joked that Feng Nan was not as good as her now.
Ling Jia's motivation has increased by 150% since she returned to China after failing to return. She is the same as Feng Nan. Jin Li did not give her any specific position, but she is really motivated. She is at the Royal Beach,
It is now the new port base of the Royal Maritime Patrol. It reorganized the infirmary and upgraded it into a small hospital, and then aggressively recruited professional medical staff and volunteers. In addition to ensuring the maritime patrol and engineers
Even
In addition to health treatment, a medical inspection team was also dispatched to cooperate with charity organizations in Wangdong City to conduct inspections in several refugee camps in Wangdong City under the royal banner. It soon became famous. Coast Defense Artillery Battalion and Inland River Patrol Boat Team
, even the Guardsmen would rush to the new port base when they were sick and injured. Although the first choice for serious patients was the Jewish Hospital in Wangdong City, the medical level of the subordinates of the Fortner royal family has been improved to more than one level.
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Ling Jia generally welcomed patients who came from afar, but she still had to be a little bureaucratic before allowing treatment. She would say to soldiers from the coastal defense artillery battalion or river patrol boats who came for treatment: "Come here and see the doctor."
Ah, it’s not a military unit. Have you brought a letter of introduction?”
"Letter of introduction?" The young black men who came to see the doctor knew what a letter of introduction was.
Ling Jia said: "It's the letter of introduction issued by your military doctor asking you to come to my place to see a doctor. It also comes with the case and the medical history. Really, since we are both members of the royal army, how can the medical system not be organized?"
The news spread, and the soldiers who came to see the doctor later brought letters of introduction and cases. Invisibly, the Fortner royal family's medical system gradually took shape.