Chapter 27: Speed Record

  It's not necessary to build this car with a beautiful female avatar, take the engine and gearbox to Gothenburg, open an auto factory there, anyway, with these two things, the rest is just welding frames and twisting gold, in this era, even if you make an old Dacia from the 80s, it's still like Koenigsegg or Bugatti.

  However, his Parrot Shell still needs some follow-up parts to be launched. The beautiful portrait here can only build materials, and those without materials cannot be built. Yang Feng had to shuttle back and forth at sea for half a month before barely completing the private yacht that was later hailed as a epoch-making miracle. By saying "barely", it means that this ship is already completed as a ship, but the interior decoration needs to be done in the UK.

  Yang Dalao almost drained all the tanks to scrape together enough diesel to get him to Texas City, and by now he had used up all his modern diesel fuel. From now on, he would have to use the diesel fuel of this era. Although the diesel fuel distilled directly from crude oil was barely usable in small handheld engines, he had no idea what would happen if it were used in large marine diesel engines.

  It seems that building an oil refinery is inevitable. Mr. Yang stood in the driver's cabin, holding onto the steering wheel and gazing at the distant coastline with a sense of melancholy. In that case, he would have to deal more with Old Man Huahua after returning, as the Nobel family was the main crude oil supplier in Northern Europe.

  Like a bat with its wings spread, the Parrot's sailboat glided effortlessly across the blue waters, its bizarre shape quickly attracting a large crowd of onlookers, fishing boats, merchant ships, small yachts, and even several American warships. By the time Yang Feng arrived at Texas City, a massive fleet had gathered in his wake.

  The scene stunned all the pilots who came out of the harbor, and Zhang's mouth was wide open in shock as he stared at the black monster in front of him.

  "Struck, has the diesel I ordered from Mobil arrived?" Yang Da Boss shouted down at him from the foredeck.

  "Yang, Mr. Yang?" The helmsman was startled by him, but immediately came to his senses. Someone of Yang's status would naturally have their own private yacht. What's a three-hulled boat? The US Navy has even built armored ships like turtles!

  "Mr. Yang, they've just arrived, a total of fifty barrels." He said hastily with great respect.

  "Then go find a boat to help me transport it, and also call another group of people to come and help, I've run out of gas!" said Yang Da Boss, he drove for more than ten kilometers but still couldn't make it to the shore.

  Shui Ke hurriedly turned around and ran back, Yang Da Boss was known for his generosity, and he would definitely not be stingy with rewards for doing things for him. Soon, this guy came back with a fishing boat loaded with fifty barrels of special diesel oil that Yang Feng had purchased from the Meifu company, accompanied by more than a dozen dockworkers. Then, under Yang Feng's command, they pumped barrel after barrel of diesel oil up.

  Although this little oil can't run far, it's enough to let him do a test. Yang Feng restarted the two diesel engines and found that the difference in sound during combustion was not very big. This cargo is finally at ease. In fact, the ship's diesel engine burning heavy diesel oil does not have high requirements for oil quality, and even lower than his small handheld requirements.

  "Sturck, help me clear the way." Yang Dalao said with a straight face after knowing that there was no problem with the oil.

  "Mr. Yang, what are you thinking?" Strick asked in puzzlement.

  "There's nothing much, I just want to test the speed of this ship, it might be very fast, in case there are any unexpected collisions." Mr. Yang said calmly.

  The small and large boats that had gathered around were quickly chased away by Strick and the harbour officials he had called, including three naval vessels which were also moved to one side, leaving a wide clear channel in between, while the Nautilus floated quietly in the middle like an athlete ready to start running, then slowly started up amidst the expectant gaze.

  As the Parrot went faster and faster, the surrounding ships also started one after another to follow it, wanting to see how fast this strange yacht could go. But as time passed, fewer and fewer of them were able to keep up with its speed. When the Parrot sailed out of Galveston Bay, even the last American Navy torpedo boat that was barely able to follow it was left behind, and the distance between them grew wider and wider. Soon this black monster disappeared from the sight of all the spectators on the decks of the ships, leaving only a few observers on the mast shouting back their estimated speeds in frantic voices.

  "Twenty-eight knots, absolutely no less than that number." The captain of a warship stood on the mast himself, shouting to the audience on nearby ships in a trembling voice.

  This speed dropped the jaw of everyone on the ground, this was an era when even the fastest cruisers could only reach twenty knots, a yacht that was faster than the fastest cruiser was simply unbelievable.

  Yang Feng was also very satisfied with this speed. The two diesel engines on the ship were not even at 50% of their output power, and yet they had already pushed the Parrot Island to a speed of 28 knots. This means that if they increased to maximum power, 50 knots would be no problem. Of course, this is mainly because there was nothing on the ship. If it was fully loaded with cargo after completion, the speed would definitely decrease by a lot. However, cruising at 35 knots was absolutely guaranteed.

  He wouldn't be foolish enough to actually run fifty knots here, or he might not be able to leave the United States at all! However, twenty-eight knots is no big deal. In private yacht races on the Thames River, speeds of over twenty-five knots are not uncommon.

  Yang Feng created a brand new water speed record with his diesel engine and unique trimaran design in Galveston Bay, which quickly made headlines in major American newspapers. However, it didn't cause much of a stir among the general public, perhaps because this Chinese man had already created too many miracles, so adding one or two more wasn't a big deal.

  Even the military of various countries did not react strongly to this, after all, it was just a yacht that could be said to be almost completely empty, with a trimaran design making it very shallow in the water, and its speed increased naturally. However, such a design would not dare to be used on warships, as it is complicated to manufacture and full of hidden dangers, and the arrangement of guns and armor is also very troublesome. The naval commanders did not like this overly bold design, which was just a product of a rich man's pursuit of speed with no practical value.

  After the speed trial in Galveston Bay, Yang Feng quickly recruited a dozen or so sailors locally for the Hummingbird, including a captain who had served in the Southern Army during the Civil War, and then waited until his second batch of fuel arrived before setting off for Britain with his own guard and the Chinese laborers' families who needed to go to Britain.

  As for the Chinese workers led by the Korean side, after gathering enough people, they will set sail directly to Western Australia. After Mr. Yang settles the families of these workers in Europe, he will also head to Western Australia to meet up with them.

  The Parrot Shell sped past Florida, then turned north to avoid the terrifying Bermuda Triangle, and headed straight for Europe. Along the way, Yang was served very comfortably, except for Catherine, even Han Fang's daughter, that little beauty Han Caiyi, whom he had been coveting for a long time, was arranged by him as his own little maid under the guise of arranging work. Now two tender and delicious beauties serve left and right, although it's still early to push down, but it's not bad to indulge in comfort and relaxation.

  As for his female secretary, Selina, whom he brought from Sweden, she was temporarily left in the United States to coordinate various industries on his behalf until an overall person in charge of America was found. After all, he is now a big business in the United States, with a tractor manufacturing group in Detroit that includes a full range of affiliated companies under the Yang Group in Sweden.

  In New York, there is a wireless communications company under General Electric, in Texas, there is an arms manufacturer under Bofors, a pesticide company, a security company, and a large piece of real estate, all under the British Goldsource Company. With so many industries, it's not possible to have no one keeping an eye on them here, before finding someone more trustworthy, only this female secretary and Strongson are suitable for this role.