What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 491 Einstein-Rosen Bridge

"New York-class? New Moses-class?"

Yan Jian stood on the ground of the Greater Bay Port, with a row of M-series warships in front of him.

The two World War I-era American battleships are replicas of modernized versions from the 40s, with much more elaborate superstructures and a dense array of anti-aircraft guns than the original versions.

Beside them were the four Civilization Brothers, restored to the "Benson" class destroyers. At this time, the six warships had not yet been painted with the bright white fleet paint scheme, but were still in the original gray and white tones of the M series.

Standing there looking at the row of ships, Yan Jian felt as if he were in a port in North Africa, facing the Atlantic Fleet which was escorting and covering the Allied landing forces.

Looking at the list of Japanese warships provided by Tang Wen, they are all familiar faces:
Two Agano-class destroyers, four Minekaze-class destroyers, one Taiho-class aircraft carrier (cosplayed by the Super Yorktown), and Kongo-class and Fusaku-class battleships... a solid main force in the Pacific.

"So, the hypothetical scenario is that the Japanese Pacific Fleet and the American Atlantic Fleet will fight each other?"

Yan Jian leaned back tactically, then continued to complain:
"It's one thing if the ship is wrong, but your Pearl Harbor isn't even repaired yet."

"Pearl Harbor and such can just be filmed in the Grand Bay area. It's just filming, who would notice? As for the discrepancy between the advertised and actual product... advertising is just for promotional purposes!"

Tang Wen was confident in the effectiveness of the publicity campaign, after all, the presence of real warships as a gimmick, and their exaggerated numbers, were advantages that the market had never had before.

"As for the script... let's just adapt the story a bit. The Japanese fleet launches Pearl Harbor in the 30s, and the Imperial American Navy fights back with its only two remaining old battleships. In the end, the top-tier air force comes to the rescue... that's it."

"can!"

Yan Jian has no requirements for the script, as long as he doesn't end up taking the blame.

Although the General Staff is willing to invest in and participate in the filming, they are currently busy analyzing Hans the Superman and can only delegate this task to their subordinates for the time being.

After discussing the script, the next crucial step was the combat details.

Needless to say, the visual impact is impressive. This time, with the navy involved, approval has been granted to use live ammunition, and all the sounds of naval guns and explosions will be recorded live. The final point of contention will be the tactical deployment.

Making a battle scene exciting, logical, and full of twists and turns is no easy feat. After watching Yan Jian for a long time, Tang Wen finally came up with a wicked idea:
"How about this, we can each play the command post of the R-series and M-series ships in the film, and we can even personally board the ships. We can generally follow the script, but the specific tactics will depend on our own abilities."

Yan Jian then remembered that Tang Wen had many military talents under his command, and after a moment's thought, he also became interested:

"That means the General Staff can command the M-class fleet to escape and the R-class fleet to pursue... Isn't this just an exercise?"

"Yes, dare to give it a try?"

"That definitely needs to be reported to higher authorities, but it does sound quite interesting."

……

“Bin, look, this Chai Na Tang is really interesting.”

Johnson showed the newspaper to Bean, which featured a Bloomberg headline:

"Imperial battleships are revived in the Far East"

After the New York and New Moscow were openly displayed on the shore, news of their reappearance quickly spread, and the Empire realized that the two battleships it had long ago dismantled had somehow come back to life.

At the same time, Tang Wen also announced the grand "Great White Fleet" revival plan on the BBS, declaring that he would organize a transoceanic voyage using two battleships and invite military enthusiasts and well-known public figures to board the ships and experience this unique journey.

Robert then went on a frenzy promoting the idea, already planning a major campaign for the entire second half of the year and hyping up retro tourism stocks. However, Bean wasn't interested in this nonsense and instead said seriously:
"Minister, we may have made a major discovery."

After speaking, he handed over a report, which Johnson picked up and glanced at; it was a final summary of an investigation conducted 10 months prior:

The case of the missing ship wreckage.

This investigation was initially discovered inadvertently during a memorial service organized by a Han Chinese community. Later, the IAA and the Naval Intelligence Department conducted a comprehensive survey of shipwrecks worldwide based on historical document indexes, ultimately uncovering a serious problem:

Almost all of the world's most well-known warship wrecks have disappeared.

Even the Yamato and Musashi, the last kings of battleships, no longer exist, and even some civilian ships whose whereabouts can be traced have mysteriously disappeared.

After a 10-month investigation, they discovered that the missing shipwrecks alone could weigh over 200 million tons.

Salvaging so many ships would undoubtedly be a colossal undertaking, and it's hard to imagine how it was accomplished.

Johnson frowned immediately after reading it. Although he couldn't see anything special about it, it was certainly extraordinary.

Do you have any leads?

Bean shook his head:
"No valuable clues were found, and these missing ships, ranging from warships to submarines and civilian vessels, were completely unrelated. Only two things can be confirmed:"
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They disappeared in a concentrated manner within the last 3 to 5 years;
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Most of the missing shipwrecks are documented, while some lesser-known ships, known only to locals, rarely disappear.

However, I want to say that this is not unrelated to the Lost Empire.

Johnson blinked, then immediately remembered something:
"The Battle of Antigua! All 200,000 tons of their warships have disappeared!"

"Not only that, do you remember the earlier Battle of the Gulf of Aden? There was a British captain named Felge who sent men to dive immediately after the Bismarck sank, but the wreckage disappeared after they entered the water."

Felger nearly suffered a mental breakdown because of this incident and was forced to leave his current position for six months to recuperate. During this time, he attended several prestigious universities, becoming a novice physicist, and exchanged ideas with many renowned physicists, drawing some conclusions.

Johnson frowned when he heard the word "physicist":

"Tell me about it, I hope I can understand those difficult-to-pronounce terms."

"No, no, no, the deduction is actually very simple: among the knowledge that humans currently possess, whether proven or unproven, there are some that theoretically make space teleportation possible, but they are all too complex and too advanced. There is only one method that is possible and has a relatively low barrier to entry."

"What is it?"

Bean: "The Einstein-Rosen bridge, also called a wormhole, is like how we live in a maze in reality, and our movements must follow a specific path, just as warships must sail along the sea and people must walk along the Earth's surface."

A wormhole is like a hole that goes directly through the Earth's core. Columbus could simply jump down and appear on the other side of the world, and theoretically, it would take almost no time.

Unlike those mysterious and magical theories, wormholes theoretically exist in reality, but we have not yet observed them, and they can be naturally formed.

If it were possible that someone were lucky enough to find and utilize a natural wormhole, even without knowing how to create it, they could still achieve many incredible things through it.

Johnson gradually realized what was going on:

"This incredible thing refers to the disappearance of tens of thousands of tons of warship wreckage into thin air."

Bean: "Not only that, it can also explain many other issues."

(End of this chapter)