What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 326 Not in the Database

It turns out that being too famous is not a good thing.

Because he swallowed up the aviation machinery factory, some people said he was a heartless entrepreneur who embezzled state assets.
Because he was incredibly wealthy in the United States, some people said he was a reclusive rich second-generation, an overseas Chinese who grew up abroad, and a complete playboy.
Because he obtained a groundbreaking private oil extraction license in the country for oil extraction in the Nansha Islands, some people believe that he is a front man.

After gaining widespread fame, everyone in the country knew that Tang Wenju was incredibly wealthy, had a powerful background, and did amazing things.

Shi Juzhu had held the title of "Giant" for a long time, and some media outlets had even started to misappropriate it for Tang Wen, which also led to countless people keeping an eye on him.

Gaijin's external headquarters in Goose City received countless visit requests, and there were also countless people waiting for him at the location.

Among them are those who want to cooperate, audacious swindlers, and various non-governmental organizations and associations.

Tang Wen's solution to this was... the art of escape!

He started using a vacation villa left behind by Wang Hu, and began to lie low and wait for the hype to die down.

He also started paying attention to the news in the surrounding area:
[CNN: Kenya Niijima criticizes Zhang Siyuan for being unethical]

In a media interview, Ken Niijima also lodged a strong protest against the previous representative of the University of Tokyo, stating that he had violated international morality by engaging in environmentally polluting island-building activities in the Spratly Islands through opportunistic means...

After Zhang Siyuan's maneuvering, it's likely that the second supplementary clause will never pass.

Previously, whether artificial islands were considered islands was a conceptual question, but now there are relevant facts.

Kenjiro Niijima was disgusted to the core. Knowing he had been tricked, he couldn't find a way to retaliate and could only awkwardly resort to "morality" and environmental protection.

He immediately called on environmental organizations and the international community to investigate Gejin’s land reclamation activities, examine the pollution of surrounding waters caused by its actions and oil extraction, and the potential threat to the survival of coral reefs attached to the islands.

This immediately garnered a lot of support, since causing trouble for others is the norm.

Where's Lao Mi?
Hastings nodded in concern when asked by reporters, but did not offer any specific comments.

The facts are obvious: Tang Wen's buying spree in the United States earned him the trust of the empire, who genuinely believed that he could spend $100 billion before 2000 and bring in more markets in the future.

Illegal oil extraction (×)
Working for the Empire (√)
The empire will not stop it, but it will not explicitly express its support either.

Tang Wen knew exactly what kind of trick this was:
The secret technique of offshore balancing in Britain is to help the weak and suppress the strong, always ensuring that both sides have something to ask of you.

It's old-fashioned, but it works.

Tang Wen had no better options, so he could only try his best to divert the empire's attention.

Now, Antarctica is one point, the submarine's route is another point, what else could there be?
The answer is, of course, arms sales; it would be a real shame not to sell a few of those ships.

Maintaining a navy is a truly technical task, unlike an air force where you can become stronger simply by spending money. There are only a handful of countries in the world with the ambition, the means, and the need for it.

The British are now struggling to maintain their aircraft carriers, so selling them is definitely out of the question. Battleships and cruisers are also not an option, as they are too large to be used effectively, and gunboat destroyers are of little use.

Submarines? Although they are also more troublesome, they are easier to maintain and can be considered a deterrent weapon for small countries. Perhaps someone will want them.

Tang Wen closed his eyes, and a scrolling world map flashed through his mind, finally stopping at the Balkan Peninsula.

With fires breaking out in Antarctica, the US mainland, and Europe, it's likely that the US won't have much energy left to deal with the Spratly Islands.

However, the location of the Balkan Peninsula is too poor, making it very difficult to go to sea and train submariners. Even if it were sold, it wouldn't make much difference unless... the government intervenes directly.

Tang Wen currently has enough experience to probably unlock the French Tier X cruisers and one other X-line, but lacks experience across the other seven lines.

The thought of the heavy burden of experience kept coming to mind.

If even battleships can be built to a displacement of hundreds of thousands of tons, it makes sense for the Second Fleet to also possess a large "Seawolf" formation.
The main force of the "Seawolf" formation is well-suited to the German X-class submarine U2501. Although its underwater speed is only 27 knots, far lower than the 36 knots of the 4501, its endurance should be able to reach 280 hours.

Building a small submarine of a thousand tons is not expensive, and dozens can be produced at once.

Skipping the prerequisites to unlock U2501 in one go requires 75 experience points, and you'll still have over 30 left after unlocking it.

The shipyard has completed the construction of the first Type 055 destroyer, freeing up enough space to accommodate nine U2501 submarines at the same time.

U-2501: Type XXI submarine. Hull dimensions: Length 76.7 meters, Beam 6.6 meters, Height 11.3 meters, Surface displacement: 1621 tons, Submerged displacement: 2100 tons.

Power: 27 knots on water, 27 knots underwater

续航力：水上10节/15500海里，水下280小时潜航（上浮1分钟恢复1小时）

武器：6x1 G7es T4（533毫米）声导鱼雷，射程14公里，航速82节，装填时间60秒

Health: 18900

[Experience -752500]

Direct production: 400 million silver coins / 8 days

Processing with supplied materials: 1700 tons of steel, 360 tons of aluminum, 5 tons of oil, 120 million silver coins/8 days

120 million silver coins is roughly equivalent to 5000 million RMB.

Building nine of them would cost just over ten million silver coins, which wasn't much for Tang Wen.

……

Atlantic.

After a simple maintenance check, the world's first legendary nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, began sea trials.

A month ago, a Marine team joined forces with the Special Operations Unit and arrived in Antarctica aboard an icebreaker.

They proved with facts that it was by no means a good place. Even strong soldiers could only maintain high-intensity search activities for 2 to 4 hours at most, and they desperately needed aircraft, otherwise the reconnaissance efficiency was extremely low.

According to think tank experts, the Second Fleet's base is most likely located near the sea, but searching around the Antarctic coastline is obviously not a simple task, and only then can the nuclear-powered Enterprise complete the search.

The Navy is urgently procuring various cold-weather supplies and has carried out extensive maintenance work on the Enterprise in a very limited time.

In addition, due to the failure of the cryogenic steam catapult in Antarctica, the aircraft carried by the Enterprise could only take off under their own power.

This means that all the original carrier-based aircraft are unusable, and the extreme cold conditions also pose a great challenge to the aircraft. Only special models of helicopters and a small number of fixed-wing aircraft can take off.

The Imperial Navy used a C2 Greyhound transport plane to test whether it could take off normally without a catapult.

The Greyhound was towed to the mid-stern of the aircraft carrier, leaving approximately 270 meters of gliding distance.

With its aircraft already emptied, the Enterprise easily reached a super-high speed of 35 knots, and the headwind made the ground crew's uniforms on the deck rustle loudly.

With its flaps fully extended and both turboprop engines running at full power, the C2 Greyhound began to glide along the long deck.

When it was still more than ten meters from the edge of the bow, it easily left the deck and took off smoothly.

Captain Calvin watched this scene from the bridge and nodded slightly. Judging from the C2's takeoff posture, it could carry at least one or two tons of supplies without any problem.

Just then, the alarm sounded in the intelligence room.

Calvin didn't pay much attention and asked:
"What happened? And what kind of false alarm was it?"

The intelligence officer who jogged over:

"Our sonar has detected an underwater target, about seven or eight kilometers away!"

"Oh, it must be our submarine."

This was off the coast of Florida, and Calvin didn't think any reckless thugs would dare to break in. But then, his next words immediately made him change color.

"No, sir, its voiceprint is no longer in the database!"

(End of this chapter)