As the sky grew brighter, a majestic large warship appeared in sight, sailing toward the fleet from the left front of the "Black Pearl" like a horse in a race, following the strong wind. The "Victory" immediately changed its course and formed a diagonal line with the direction of the enemy ship, hoping to gain the upper hand before the exchange of fire.
Everyone is staring at the pile of sailboats full of wind. The countless sails overlap each other and appear high above the fog layer, like galloping clouds and smoke, moving rapidly southward. Soon, the mist that filled the sea was pushed away by large groups, and the long sail yard protruding from the first sprit of the warship emerged from the vast mist, and these things were just that huge thing. Little accessory. []
As the huge hull appeared, there was a wisp of smoke that lingered on the huge floating sail and refused to leave, but it was quickly shaken off by the speeding warship, and its black hull was clear place in front of people.
A warship smaller than the "Santa Justa," but much larger than the "Victory"! Dong Nan did not dare to take it lightly. He saw that the three merchant ships filled with loot had completed the windward turn and were pulling all the ships with them. The sail was off course, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's really two rows of teeth." Jue calmly counted the layers of cannons densely packed on the starboard side of the enemy ship, and said to Dong Nan, who was unwilling to get off the deck now, "Jack, it obviously regards us as prey, but in fact we I¡¯ve been looking for it too. Now let¡¯s kill it first and then go find its friends.¡±
"What's the meaning?"
"The William, a battleship of the British East India Company, turned into ashes and I knew it."
"Jer, it will be different if we hold it back." With two gun decks and at least forty artillery pieces, this battle will be difficult to fight! Thinking that the East India Company would never send just one warship here, Dong Nan was worried.
"I think so too, but the problem is that they don't think so." The Earl looked up at the Spanish flag above his head, then pointed at the empty tall mast of the "William", shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Jack, things at sea are very complicated. Subtle, now we are the navy, they are the pirates. And they are still pirates who plan to sink warships and rob merchant ships." Before Dong Nan could speak, the lookout sent a piece of bad news from the masthead: "There is a compass point on the starboard bow. , two armed merchant ships¡
They are using their full sails to outflank our right wing! "Two to one still had a slight chance of winning. Unexpectedly, two more enemies appeared. The earl realized that a fierce battle was unavoidable, and immediately ordered: "Karami, send a signal to the "Black Pearl" and let them rush over and contain them. Live on those two armed merchant ships!¡±
"Yes!" Karami, who was standing on the mast, responded, then waved the signal flag to convey the order of the fleet commander, the Earl.
It¡¯s too late to say anything now. Although we also have three armed merchant ships, they only have cannons but no gunners. When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, and we can only fight with our last breath! Fortunately, the disparity in strength is not too great. Although the modified "Victory" does not have as many cannons as the enemy ships, its caliber is larger than that of the enemy ships, and its range is also farther than that of the enemy ships.
The enemy was getting closer and closer. While checking the artillery on the upper deck, the earl continued to order: "Mr. Captain, send a team of people to the mast 1! Harry, you are in charge of the stern tower, and the others follow the command of Mr. Andrew. Gil, The next step is up to you, aim and hit, knock off their mast first"
Everyone was busy. Dong Nan naturally would not continue to be a spectator. He threw the binoculars on the deck and passed the cannonballs with the marines.
The two warships each sailed for more than ten minutes, watching each other warily like two highly capable fighters before a fight. The oncoming British ship deviated slightly from its original course, and then, just as the count expected, it carefully turned in the opposite direction. Its huge bow swept across the wide sea, allowing the pirates to see it clearly. Which direction do you want the curtain to turn?
"Bangbangbang!" When the port side of the two decks filled with cannons turned sharply towards the "Victory", it suddenly sprayed out a large piece of fire and smoke, accompanied by a huge rumbling sound. The sound shakes the ocean that moans and groans in its sleep.
When this iron hurricane flew past the sailors, their nerves were very tense. Everyone seemed to be stunned, staring straight into the sky, as if following the volleys of destructive weapons. of cannonballs.
Even in this deafening noise, the earl's voice can still be heard. He waved his arms vigorously in the direction where he wanted to drive the ship, "Drive towards it! Drive towards it, you must seize it." The upper hand!"
A scream of "Ah" came out. A 6-pound broadside gun on the bow was hit. A gunner was thrown toward the port side by the flying gun carriage. The deck was covered with blood. By the time Dong Nan ran to the side of the ship, the gunner had fallen into the water, and his blood dyed the surrounding sea water red.
"No"It's over." Just as he was about to throw the cable below, another injured gunner said in a painful and low voice, "He has ended his life like a warrior and slept in the sailor's grave." "These words made Dong Nan remember his responsibilities, and he quickly removed the broken pieces of the railing, picked up the injured gunner and ran below the deck.
"Report the damage!" The Count's eyes never left the enemy ship that was firing at him, and his eyes showed an extremely angry and frantic look.
"The [dog] bastard knocked off some of our pulleys!" "Child off a big piece of wood from the first mast, big enough to make a sail bolt!"
¡°The foremast topsail had several holes in it, and the sprit rigging was damaged!¡±
"Guys, don't be discouraged! The enemy seems to be satisfied with their attempt this time." The count looked back, "But we run faster than them. If they really know how to fight at sea, they should understand that the distance between them and us is too wide. No matter how hard we fire, we won't be able to stop us from gaining the upper hand!" The British warship commander was obviously an experienced veteran. Seeing that the "Victory" was desperately trying to gain the upper hand, he immediately ordered the second deck to open fire. The gunfire spread from the bow to the stern of the ship, like a firecracker strung with a fuse, roaring towards the "Victory".
The thrilling moment arrived. Thousands of mouths opened like echoes from hell, shouting in response to the earl's order: "Open!" The broadside fired eighteen shells at the British ship. The thick smoke made people unable to see for a while. enemy.
The first large-scale naval battle of the Atlantic Treaty Organization has officially begun!
The two gun decks were filled with gunpowder smoke and black mist, with the sound of cannons blasting and ship planks shattering.
The sound of the rope breaking, the shouts, and the cry for help were deafeningoccasionally mixed with a burst of cheers.
The whole scene was chilling. In between the flashes of artillery fire, bodies were thrown out of the gun windows. The wounded were carried to the medical cabin. Some people died before they could make it there.
Some people¡¯s tired bodies have to endure the pain of surgery before they can even get a moment¡¯s rest. Blood flowed on both sides. When the ship tilted under the influence of the recoil of the broadside guns, blood spread across the deck. Marines rushed with blood, carrying gunpowder and shells to various gun emplacements.
"Remove some more sand!" After a while, the medical cabin was full. They had just finished treating one seriously injured person and were about to take another one. Guo Baoguo's efficiency was pretty good. After all, he was the director of the China Merchants Bureau. It only took three days. He went through all the procedures for company registration. During the capital verification, Liu Xun also took out 10 million real money and put it into the designated account. So, in mid-March, a company with a registered capital of 10 million yuan was established. Huaqing Electronics Company came out hot.
At about this time, no one would have thought that Huaqing Electronics, which would dominate the field of consumer electronics in the future, would be so inconspicuous and calm when it first appeared.
Of course, it¡¯s not right to say it¡¯s inconspicuous. After all, it¡¯s a company with a registered capital of 10 million, which is very rare in Changping City. It¡¯s just that Liu Xun deliberately kept a low profile.
The company was registered, and the location of the factory was quickly decided. It was in the suburbs of Dongguan, where there was a large area of ??abandoned factories. Liu Xun only spent 1.2 million and bought it from the relocated old factory. We have acquired a piece of land of nearly a hundred acres, and it happens to be two adjacent abandoned factories. According to Liu Xun's estimation, with this nearly one hundred acres of land, at least the land for the first two years is enough. As for subsequent development and expansion At that time, Huaqing Electronics must have had enough fame at that time, and it was still very easy to block places in Dongguan.
In fact, if you really want to get a large piece of land, there is an easier way, and that is administrative allocation. The 1990s was an era of extremely crazy administrative allocation. With the collusion between government and businessmen, it was easy to get a large piece of land from the government. Moreover, people with connections can not only obtain land from the government for free, but can also obtain compensation from the government in return.
Based on Zhong Weimin's attitude towards Liu Xun, it is extremely easy to allocate dozens or even hundreds of acres of wasteland in a small place like the suburbs of Dongguan. However, Liu Xun does not like to do this. There are some rules that can be exploited and some loopholes. You can exploit it, and you can take advantage of certain trends, but Liu Xun has his own bottom line. He knows what should be done, what should not be done, and what should not be done if he wants to go long term. In Liu Xun's eyes, he would do what he should.
At the same time, when the land was purchased, there happened to be a radio factory in Changping City near the two abandoned factories. This factory was also planning to relocate. It had been losing money for several years and had reached the point where it could no longer operate. Liu Xun He simply spent hundreds of thousands to acquire this small factory.
Although this radio factory is not big, it is small and well-equipped. After all, it is an electronic product factory, so it is convenient to do things.
After Liu Xun had just made preparations, Xue XuewuHe rushed back from the United States in a hurry, and brought back a large amount of R&D materials and equipment, as well as three R&D personnel. These three people were all technical personnel from China International, but they had worked in the United States before and were expelled by Xue Xue Wu took a fancy to the technical team of vcd. The salary offered by Liu Xun was good, and the research and development projects were also very attractive, so they followed Xue Wu and returned to China to carry out research and development work. The annual salary of these three people is 60,000 yuan, which is considered to be a sky-high salary in China in this era. Of course, it is far behind Xue Xuewu. They are just helping Xue Xuewu.
After Xue Xuewu returned to China, she immediately started acting vigorously and resolutely. When it comes to technology research and development, this woman shows no ordinary paranoia and fanaticism. She also does not have the usual impatience and speed when doing things. Look at that mo. In this way, it seems that he can't wait to develop vcd right away. This makes Liu Xun very satisfied with such employees who love their work. What boss doesn't like it?
Because Xue Xuewu had contacted domestic technical personnel when she was in the United States before and she was familiar with the entire industry. Therefore, after returning to China, Xue Xuewu gathered an entire R&D team in just five days. Soon he threw himself into the research and development work with enthusiasm.
What surprised and surprised Liu Xun was that Jiang Wanmeng was among the technical staff recruited by Xue Xuewu in China. I have to say that this is a strange thing.
In fact, Jiang Wanmeng has an extraordinary love for radio and television technology. After he came up with the idea of ????vcd, he couldn't bear the idea anymore. In addition, he did some research after returning to China, and he found out that vcd, Jiang Wanmeng became more and more unwilling to give up, especially after knowing that someone had the same idea as him, and even bought the entire mpeg expert group first, Jiang Wanmeng became even more unbearable. No, as soon as Xue Xuewu recruited people, he came to the door with his own recommendation. He also quit his job at Annan Province Modern Group.
When it comes to Jiang Wanmeng's technology, there is nothing to say, and his vision is also good. His shortcomings are: first, he does not understand business and only specializes in technology. Second, he ignores the role of patents. But for Liu Xunlai He said that it is the same whether he has these two shortcomings. What he needs is his technical level, and he does not need him to run the company. Special people will be arranged to apply for the patent, so for Jiang Wanmeng's I am very happy to join Liu Xun. His annual salary is also the highest except for Xue Xuewu. The annual salary is 80,000 yuan. In the entire R&D team, besides Xue Xuewu, his strength is also the strongest and he is the second responsible person. people.
Of course, according to Xue Xuewu's words, Jiang Wanmeng's annual salary is not much more than hers. As for his technical level, it is only enough to help her, although it is enough for the research and development of VCD. Liu Xun quite agrees with this. Jiang Wanmeng's technical level is considered good in China, but compared to the monster Xue Xuewu, there is really no comparison. Even Liu Xun himself feels that, Asking Xue Xuewu to develop a gadget with a low technical content like vcd was a bit overkill. Fortunately, Xue Xuewu didn't feel it herself, but was interested in researching it. It seemed that she was also very interested in vcd.
As for Jiang Wanmeng, when he originally joined Huaqing Electronics, he just had a wait-and-see idea. However, after seeing Liu Xun's large investment in R&D and seeing the piles of sophisticated electronic instruments purchased by Xue Xuewu, When Liu Xun offered him a sky-high salary of 80,000 yuan per year, Jiang Wanmeng decided to work for Liu Xun wholeheartedly. You know, although he is considered a manager in the Hyundai Group, the money he can earn in a year is less than 10,000 yuan. Compared with the salary paid by Liu Xun, it is far behind. In addition, Liu Xun was able to give him the opportunity to realize his dream, so Jiang Wanmeng settled down in Huaqing with peace of mind.
¡°This man who originally became the laughingstock of the industry in another time and space because he did not apply for a patent, in this time and space, will eventually create a world with his own technical ability.
After the research and development work here started, Liu Xun came over from time to time to check on the progress.
It was also the first time that Liu Xun saw with his own eyes how Xue Xuewu worked. This girl was a complete workaholic when it came to her work. Even Jiang Wanmeng, a technical geek, admired her very much. According to him, in order to overcome technical difficulties, Xue Xuewu Wu once had the experience of staying awake for two days and two nights, and she didn't know how her fragile body could withstand it.
The work attitude that Xue Xuewu showed now, holy shit, it was very different from the impression she had left on Liu Xun before. This girl looked like someone like Jiang Xuewu before, but after meeting her Tingtingxiong, who is always used to sex, can also say such devilish words as "some people's IQ is directly proportional to their breasts". She is definitely the same kind as Jiang Dawitch, but now she looks like a workaholic. This made Liu Xun a little suspicious, whether this girl was so smart, and why there was such a big difference between before and after.
NoThinking about it, geniuses seem to show paranoia in some aspects, so it¡¯s not surprising.
He is lucky now that he bought a radio factory at the same time when he bought the land.
Because the place where Xue Xuewu and the others were actively conducting research and development at this time was in the small factory. According to Liu Xun's original idea, he wanted to build a new research institute at the place of the original factory, but Xue Xuewu and Jiang Wan The two men seemed to be a little impatient to let go. Although the radio factory was small, it could be used as a research institute for the time being.
As for the large piece of land Liu Xun just bought, Liu Xun is preparing to demolish all the factories and workshops on it and then rebuild it completely.
A factory whose annual sales may reach tens of billions of yuan in the future cannot be built too shabby. Although these factories can be used, Liu Xun is not prepared to save on this. A large company must have The spirit of a big company.
As for R&D funding, Liu Xun was simply too generous to Xue Xuewu and the others. Liu Xun was willing to invest 12 million US dollars in the expert group of mpeg, which had just developed a generation of technology. In the research and development of vcd Naturally, he would not be stingy. Although Huaqing Electronics' registered capital was only 10 million yuan, Liu Xun's requirement for Xue Xuewu and the others was to produce a disc player that could be put into the market within 80 million yuan.
In fact, in another time and space, Jiang Wanmeng and Stefanie Sun invested US$17 million to establish Wanyan Company. Most of this money was spent on research and development. According to Liu Xun's estimation, vcd To reach the point of stable production, it is estimated that it will cost tens of millions. Eighty million can only be said to be a conservative estimate. Liu Xun will not be surprised to spend more than 100 million by then.
Of course, the current Huaqing Electronics has some more conveniences than Wanyan in another time and space. Wanyan needs to borrow mpeg technology from Scobo and needs to second the expert team from Scobo, but Huaqing does not need it because Liu Xun has bought the entire mpeg technology expert group, and a lot of information is piled in the laboratory, not to mention the participants in the mpeg technology research and development of Xue Xuewu and Zheng Ge! ! ! ! .