When Lei Long saw Long Hao coming in, he turned around from the helmsman and walked quickly. Every move he made was vigorous and resolute, showing his meticulous military style.

Lei Long said: "Master, we have completely mastered this dragon ship, and have also checked the charts and voyage diaries. If everything goes well, we will arrive at St. Matthew Island in 16 days. According to the plan, we will be there

Replenish coal, food and fresh water!"

Lei Long and others originally called Long Hao "Gu Ye", but Long Hao felt that this name was not as prestigious as "Young Master", so he asked them to change it.

Long Hao gave a thumbs up and praised: "Well done. It seems that you have learned a lot in the Beiyang Navy!"

Leilong and others are not the official establishment of the Beiyang Navy, but in terms of navigation level, they are already a step above most people in the Beiyang Navy. What they lack is only practical experience and actual combat drills!

This dragon ship just gave them this opportunity!

Thunder Dragon nodded and said: "Yes, although Beiyang is corrupt now, there are still many talents! And everything is just as the master said, the real navy is to operate the ship by yourself and go to the sea to sail and gain experience! That's the only way

, to grow!”

Thunder Dragon was inspired by this. Even though it only took them less than an afternoon to take over from the Russian sailors and take charge of the dragon ship, many problems were also exposed in the process. For example, just now,

A dangerous situation occurred: due to improper operation by a brother, the ship almost hit an ice floe. Fortunately, Brontosaurus discovered it early and ordered the steering wheel to be turned in time to resolve the danger.

Fortunately, Long Hao didn't know about this yet, otherwise he might not be as old and divine as he is now, but he would break out in a white-haired cold sweat.

Long Hao stepped into the topic and said: "Thunder Dragon, Zhou Bodang said that you have a major discovery and want to report it to me?"

Long Hao has already regarded Thunder Dragon and his gang as his subordinates, so now he wants them to subtly get used to obeying him. It is very necessary to ask a few commanding questions from time to time!

Thunder Dragon nodded, pointed to the corner of the room with his hand, and said: "Master, come here and take a look!"

This corner is a thick wall painted with common white dust, nothing unusual about it.

Long Hao looked at it carefully for a while and sighed: "Thunder Dragon, don't be so pretentious, what's so special about this wall?"

Thunder Dragon nodded, took out a piece of cardboard from his pocket and handed it to Long Hao: "Master, this is the original design drawing of this ship. Take a look at it. Do you find anything wrong?"

Long Hao took the design drawings and looked down. He saw a line of German written on his head, and the small words marked on the drawings were also written in German!

Long Hao had seen this drawing before when cleaning up the trophies, but because he didn't care much about the design of ships of this era, he took the initiative to skip it.

When I looked at it again, I was shocked to find that this dragon ship was actually a cargo ship built in Germany!

Thunder Dragon didn't know that Long Hao could speak German, so he explained from the side: "This is a cargo ship made by Germans..."

Long Hao continued and read out a string of fluent German: "The Howaldtswerke shipyard is as famous as the Stettiner Vulcan AG that built the Dingyuan. It turns out that this cargo ship

It was made by Germans, no wonder the power is not enough and the speed cannot be increased!"

Nowadays, the speed of cargo ships with a carrying capacity like the Dragon Ship is generally 8 to 12 knots. However, after Long Hao took over the Dragon Ship, he found that its speed was only a pitiful 6 knots, which was really a bit cheating!

Cherov had time to go to Germany to buy a ship, so why not go a little further and order a freighter in the Empire where the sun never sets? After all, Britain's shipbuilding technology and production capacity are still among the best in the world, bar none!

Lei Long and Zhou Bodang were both very surprised to see that Long Hao could speak German. Zhou Bodang was amazed: "Master, how many languages ​​do you know? Why don't you tell me together? Don't surprise me from time to time."

!”

Long Hao glared at Zhou Bodang and was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Compared with Zhou Bodang, Thunder Dragon was even more calm. He put away his surprise and said in a deep voice: "Master, although the engines of German ships are a little worse than those of British ships, what really affects their speed is their thick armor!

You see, this ship was customized by Cherov on his own order..."

Thunder Dragon clicked on the drawing with his calloused fingers, pointing out that the designed armor of this dragon ship was 20 mm thicker than that of an ordinary freighter. More armor would naturally slow down the dragon ship's sailing speed!

20 millimeters more? Long Hao frowned: What kind of trick was Cherov playing? He just shipped coolies for building railways. Why did he go to Germany to order such a thickened armored freighter?

Thunder Dragon continued to point and draw on the drawing. The red lines and small Chinese characters were probably added by him later: "Master, you see, the rated speed of this ship when leaving the factory is 6.5~7 knots, but it just passed the attribute

According to the measurement below, the actual speed is only 5.8~6.1 knots, which is far lower than the design standard on the drawing! It’s very unusual!”

Long Hao was slightly surprised. He looked at the drawings carefully and found that it was indeed what Thunder Dragon said, so he nodded and said: "It is indeed unusual. With the German's natural rigor, the speed error will never be so big!"

Zhou Bodang interjected: "Indeed, this is not a mistake that a German would make!"

Thunder Dragon nodded in approval: "Master Mingjian, please take a look at this purchase list and maintenance documents! This is a ship repair shop in Stockholm..."

After receiving the document, Long Hao looked at it for a while and then realized what he was doing. He raised his head and said, "Let's do it. Cherov gave the ship to the Swedes to refit it again. There are also these purchase lists.

He should have also purchased a batch of arms! Damn it, what on earth does this Russian fat pig want to do in the United States? Launch an armed insurrection? Provoke a war?"

The black and white evidence in Long Hao's hand was filled with two words: conspiracy!

Thunder Dragon shook his head and said: "We don't know what Cherov wants to do, but he should have added more than 10 mm of armor to the dragon ship, otherwise the speed of this ship would not have dropped to such a low level.

!”

Long Hao returned the paper in his hand to Thunder Dragon and said bitterly: "Not only that, the batch of arms he secretly purchased should still be on this ship. I wonder where he hid them? Ah... Could it be!"

Long Hao's eyes immediately returned to the ordinary white and gray wall, and asked Lei Long with some excitement: "Could it be that here..."

Lei Long gave Long Hao a very affirmative look, took out the design drawing of the dragon ship again, and pointed it out to Long Hao: "Master, based on our simple surveying and mapping in an afternoon, we found that the area and structure of this observation room are consistent with the original design.

There are obvious differences in the drawings! Look here, the area marked with red lines, a total of 6 square meters, has magically disappeared! And the 6 square meters that disappeared are just behind this wall!"

"Break it open!"

"My subordinates have the same idea, so I have to ask the young master to make a decision!"

"Smash it, what do you think...wait, how many people know these things?" Long Hao suddenly asked.

"For now, it's just me, Lao Zhou, and you, the young master!"

Long Hao thought for a while and ordered Zhou Bodang: "Go and find Long Bo. Don't let too many people know about this for the time being!"

Then he ordered to Thunder Dragon: "Thunder Dragon, find a few reliable brothers and break this wall. Remember, don't make too much noise!"

Lei Long and Zhou Bodang took the order and went quickly, but after a while, Long Bo, Zhou Bodang, Long Ganruo and other close soldiers of Long Hao came over, all with guns in their hands.

As for Thunder Dragon, after sending away the helmsman and others in the observation room, he just brought two brothers in with shovels and hammers in their hands.

Long Hao took a deep breath, waved his hand and ordered: "Do it, smash it for me!"

Half an hour later, the original wall no longer existed, and a deep hole was revealed in front of everyone. Behind the wall, it was obviously hollow!

Long Hao said: "Thunder Dragon, Zhou Bodang, follow me in and take a look!"

Long Bo advised: "Master, why don't you go with me? I don't know if there will be any mechanism inside!"

Long Hao shook his head and said to Long Bo in a low voice: "There won't be any trap. Foreigners are not that thoughtful yet. You stay here and help me keep it in check!"

Long Hao arranged everything, and with Lei Long and Zhou Bodang got into the cave entrance that only allowed one person to enter.

Thunder Dragon walked in front, holding a kerosene lamp in his hand to illuminate the scene in the secret room. Long Hao and Zhou Bodang came in later. After seeing the things placed in the secret room clearly, the three of them were stunned!
Chapter completed!