82 A Fake Nuclear Submarine (2/2)
”... Hmm... ”
Chen Fan was deep in thought for a long time, and finally lifted his head, and acted mysteriously as he approached Chen Shuguang's ear and said, ”To tell you the truth, I do use the submarine to smuggle. The performance of the submarine is absolutely not what the civilian version could compare with. It's not even an exaggeration to say that, with the weapon system removed, the submarine, which could carry 20 tons of cargo, was as good as a military submarine.”
”So you have a large submarine?” Chen Shuguang asked in a worried tone. ”It should be no problem for it to go to Burma, considering the useless navy ships in Burma. Your submarine will not be found out even if you sail right under them. But unlike Russia, you would have no trouble sailing a merchant ship there, however, they are sensitive towards the submarines, and if the navy ships find it, the arms dealers will not be able to speak for you.”
'”You can rest assure, since I'm in this field I have the confidence to do this, as long as they don't disclose my submarine,” Chen Fan said.
”They are fine as long as they have money to make, they would not care whether you swim there or use a submarine to load.” Chen Shuguang shrugged his shoulders. ”When could you go to Myanmar with me?”
”In three days!” Chen Fan took a sip of the tea from his cup and then stood up. ”I have something to deal with these few days.”
”Then bro, go with me to the travel agency to get a visa tomorrow, then we will go in the name of traveling.”
Chen Fan looked at the time and said, ”You call me in the afternoon and let me know!”
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After bidding farewell to Chen Shuguang, Chen Fan laid on the bed as soon as he was back home, carefully constructing, what type of submarine he should create.
The next morning, after Chen Fan sent Wang Bing to reinstall the car window. He drove his car alone to the small shipyards by the sea. The shipyard in Zhongyun city was as much as cow's hair. To order a submarine model was a piece of cake. After a few turns, Chen Fan chose a relatively cool looking shipyard.
”Boss, are you here to order a cruise ship?” As soon as Chen Fan got out of the car, he was warmly welcomed by a dark, skinny, middle-aged man in his thirties.
”No! How long will it take for you to weld a submarine model which is 30 meters long, six meters wide and three meters high?” Chen Fan asked.
”Such a big submarine model... ”The middle-aged man tugged his ear.” There are no orders now. If it is only a model, it would take about five days. What type of submarine would you like to imitate?”
Chen Fan felt that the Sea Wolf level submarine which he had seen last time was not bad, and took it as a model. ”Just imitate the American SeaWolf-class nuclear submarine!”
Chen Fan broke off a branch from the tree by his side and drew something on the sand, ”Using a 12 mm steel welding plate, change the propeller at the tail of the submarine into a sealed valve door, on both sides make a long line-shaped water storage tank, so it can keep the state of the submarine semi-submersible in the sea. There is no need to solder the observation deck above the submarine and weld four one-meter-long u-shaped clips on each corner.”
”This is simple. Do you want to install it as an automatic drain?”
”No, you just leave ten holes in a row as the draining hole. Three days, I need to see the submarine done in three days, and the price would not be less,” Chen Fan said while handing the man 20, 000 RMB from his chest pocket.
The middle-aged man took the money, patted his chest and said. ”It's just a model so I could hire a couple of workers temporarily to make it in two and a half days.”
”Yes, and paint the whole boat with black paint and then paint the word 'SeaWolf-Class Nuclear Submarine' in English in white paint.”