At this time, the Lord-class battleship had already caught up with the Horizontal and was lurking at the bottom of the Horizontal, firmly clinging to it with its mechanical arms.
The four jet thrusters were at full power, raising the speed of the Horizontal to a new level.
The hull of the yacht that was originally used to camouflage itself had been abandoned. On the flat and thick hull, there were still mottled traces of the rapid-fire guns and 20mm machine guns. However, with a layer of camouflage as protection, the Lord-class battleship only suffered some "superficial" injuries.
Although the injuries were small, they could be repaired with only a few hundred gold coins.
However, this desperate counterattack also exposed that the Lord-class battleship and Monster Industries' counterattack methods were seriously inadequate.
Ye Qing, who had already returned to Zhongyun City, was looking for news about the Horizontal being detained on the Internet. He couldn't help but think, if it wasn't a patrol ship deployed in Grete Strait this time, but a frigate, destroyer, or cruiser, how would they face it?
After thinking for a long time, Ye Qing felt that if the Lord-class battleship wanted to sink them, they would have to pay a heavy price and even face the possibility of failure.
Because those were warships, they were equipped with active and passive detection sonar, anti-ship missiles, and depth charges.
The Lord-class battleship hadn't evolved the ability to become invisible. Even if it attacked from underwater, it would be detected by the passive sonar.
This was very easy to understand. Modern sonar technology was no longer the outdated technology of World War II, where it had to rely on the ears of the sonar soldiers to distinguish the submarine mechanical noise from the ocean noise. In the modern era, electronic reconnaissance equipment could eliminate any mechanical noise with a regular pattern from the background of ocean noise in the blink of an eye.
However, Ye Qing was taking the transportation route, not the war.
If because of encountering a patrol ship, Monster Industries would have to step into the military field that they weren't good at and produce missiles and torpedoes to fight against the United States warships on the ocean.
Even if they sold the entire Monster Industries, they wouldn't be able to fight against the United States Navy.
The United States Navy was the most powerful fleet on the Blue Planet. This kind of power was an invincible navy composed of seven fleets, ten nuclear-powered aircraft carrier groups, and seventy-two nuclear submarines. Other countries in the world, such as Hua Xia, had been building naval projects for decades, investing an incalculable amount of money and manpower to have the capital to fight against the United States Navy.
Ye Qing did not think that he was better than the entire country's industrial technology.
Ye Qing was here to earn money and make Monster Industries the number one company in the world.
Therefore, in this confrontation. Ye Qing saw another method of confrontation that was not considered unconventional and was very beneficial to the development of Monster Industries.
— — Speed!
On the night of the collision with the Brownwood, whether the Lord's Warship was lurking across the Straits of Malacca or close to the Brownwood, it finally launched the collision. Their methods were not too new, and submarines could do the same regardless of the cost.
However, in the final sprint, the Lord-class battleship burst forth with unparalleled speed, completely stunning the entire ocean.
Even the fire control system of the cannons could not lock onto him. The head-on hit was still a situation where the Lord's battleship had to collide with the Brownwood, causing it to be unable to dodge.
It was possible to hit a dense formation with an astonishing rate of fire, but in front of the advanced alloy armor, it was no different from scratching an itch.
What if the Lord's Warship was not going to attack, but was at its maximum speed to avoid the pursuit of the patrol ship?
Ye Qing felt that even if there were ten more patrol ships, and they were American patrol ships, they would not be able to touch a piece of paint on the Lord's Warship.
Not building warships means that civilian ships will only encounter patrol ships or patrol ships, and there is almost no possibility of warships launching missiles at it. At the same time, the faster speed can also greatly save the sailing time from Hua Xia to Nigeria.
Now it takes 30 days for a commercial cargo ship to arrive in Nigeria from departure.
But if the Lord's Warship goes, it will only take six days. At this speed, it may take less than three months to completely build the factory in the Sotu Rainforest.
As soon as this idea was born, it quickly took root in Ye Qing's mind and became unbreakable.
Yes, a super-high-speed cargo ship must be built again.
The Lord's Warship can't do it. It doesn't exist in this world. It's a ghost ship, not a commercial cargo ship that needs to be exposed to the public all year round to go to and from various ports to load heavy industrial materials.
It can't enter the port, and it can't let any workers and port personnel board.
At the same time, with a poor load of a thousand tons, Ye Qing might as well rely on Il-76 to air transport.
Therefore, to build a super-high-speed cargo ship with a load capacity of no less than 20,000 tons and a maximum speed of more than 100 knots.
Twenty thousand tons, speed of more than 100 knots, who dares to intercept?
To put it bluntly, even a ship ten times larger than the Malaysian patrol ship is not even qualified to get close to it. Because this super-high-speed cargo ship, which has not yet been built, can be overturned by the huge waves set off when sailing.
This is the real industrial force, and it is also the super cargo ship that makes the patrol ships of coastal countries unable to do anything.
Thinking of the excitement, Ye Qing, who was sitting in the office, didn't bother to watch the news anymore. He directly opened the drawing software and prepared to design the shape of the super-high-speed cargo ship first.
Ye Qing felt that his drawing ability had reached the maximum level, and so had his speed. Moreover, it was unlike some designers who blindly made designs based on their imagination. In the end, the designs they made were useless apart from looking good.
Since it is a super-high-speed large cargo ship, it has to follow and take into account all the performance of modern large ships, such as the most important wave resistance.
What are ships most afraid of encountering?
Without a doubt, it is big waves, especially surging waves.
Why is it that in today's ocean weather forecast and modern shipbuilding technology, there are still news of various cargo ships breaking and sinking every year?
It is because cargo ships, especially full cargo ships, are most afraid of encountering specific surging waves. But in the vast ocean where natural weather changes rapidly, every ship has a chance of encountering surging waves.
It is not the waves that knock over the ship, it is the waves that break the ship. When the huge waves act on the bottom of the ship, even if it is a 100,000-ton ship, there will be a situation where two ends are suspended in the air and the middle is lifted by the waves.
The middle is lifted by the waves, and the bow and stern of the ship will be suspended in the air without the support of the buoyancy of the sea. Under the huge gravity of the ship and the weight of the cargo, most of the force of the ship is pressed on the keel of the ship. If this is repeated a few times, the keel will have severe metal fatigue and even break, resulting in the tragedy of the ship breaking in two and sinking.
There are countless examples.
The worst is the United States' "Lighthouse", a 400,000-ton super cargo ship, sank after encountering a huge wave.
Therefore, Ye Qing wants to make this cargo ship the best wave resistance in the world. Of course, he can't do it with his design ability, but he can design a suitable shape, input all the data into the supercomputer, and let the supercomputer simulate and make the final modifications.
Just thinking about a cargo ship with the strongest wave resistance in the world, it is very exciting. Even if it is in the vast ocean and is chased by many patrol ships, it can still drill into the worst sea area and laugh at the enemy, whether or not they have the guts to continue to chase.
Ye Qing plans to use memory alloy for the keel and reinforcing ribs, so there is no risk of metal fatigue. He also plans to add a few main beams made of hard alloy to run through the ship.
Anyway, heavy industry is the strength of the factory.
The metal material of the ship body is available, but the ship's power system is also a big problem.
If he wants to reach the top speed of hundreds of knots, it is impossible to rely on traditional heavy oil engines or steam turbines. He has to design a new set of subversive power systems.
Ye Qing does not have much of a clue for the time being, so he needs to discuss it with the monster workers.
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