Chapter 1040 Secretly assassinating the British guy in Chencang (first update, please subscribe)
London is keeping no secrets!
Almost immediately after the officials in London learned about this secret weapon, the London press also learned about the news.
Because the military did not transport the torpedo to London at the first time, London dispatched technical personnel to the local area as soon as possible and brought the corresponding photos back to London.
Faced with the leak of the news, the British official had no intention of keeping it secret at all. Not only did they not deliberately keep it secret, the British Foreign Office even solemnly informed Ming Dynasty - "Our fishermen found a weapon in the eastern waters of the Queensland colony that may belong to
Your bombs..."
At the same time, newspapers in London and Paris reported on the mysterious underwater self-propelled bomb.
All major newspapers published this news. Faced with the uproar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Empire could no longer remain silent - it hoped that Britain would return the bomb to the Ming Dynasty, which was the property of the Ming Empire.
But everyone knows that this must be a very nonsense thing.
"Everything is as we expected?"
In the Lord of the Admiralty's Office in London, Colonel Cole replied casually.
"Now the Ming Dynasty has admitted that the bomb belongs to them, and now the whole world knows that they have this kind of bomb."
"Will this help us bring it back?"
Astley frowned and said.
"Wait a minute, are you saying that Ming Dynasty might destroy our warships in order to keep it secret?"
"The important thing is that nothing unexpected happens to the cruise ship."
"Sir, those are the lives of thousands of civilians. If something like this happens, they should know very well that the British Empire will not let it go."
"Wouldn't they use the same method to destroy the cruise ship? - "
This is not a good thing.
Cole answered directly.
"It seems that this is the lowest cost."
Emperor Zhu Da asked while walking in the palace gardens.
Facing the minister's objection, Cole shook his head and said.
"That's exactly what I think, sir."
Lin Yuehu said with a smile.
Emperor Zhu Da sighed and then said.
Lin Yuehu's answer made Emperor Zhu Da nodded slightly. Indeed, Britain was not behind Ming Dynasty in terms of technology. In fact, there was still a big gap between Ming Dynasty and Britain in many aspects.
"So what are the Navy's plans?"
"You mean to use civilians on the cruise ship to protect the bomb?"
"However, judging from the photos provided by the British side, the torpedo they obtained should be a mine that was lost during the training of the Navy's torpedo boat force five years ago. It does not have a gyroscope, and the yaw problem is still very serious. Even if the British side obtained
With it, at least in the short term - this may be about 10 years, their torpedo technology is far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty."
Astley hesitated.
"Your Majesty, the structure of the torpedo is not complicated. The core component of the six-year-old torpedo is the depth stabilizer. But even so, its structure is very simple. Even if we sent intelligence personnel to destroy the prototype, British technical personnel
By just analyzing the photos and measurement drawings, they can quickly copy the torpedo, and there will be no technical problems. After all, the British technology is still very strong."
"So, the secret of torpedoes can no longer be kept?"
Why bring the bomb back?
After all, they all cost a lot of money to buy.
"Your Majesty, there are about 1,500 six-year-old torpedoes stored in the Navy's arsenal. Their technology is old and has poor performance, and their straight-line travel does not exceed 200 meters. Since the spread of torpedo technology is inevitable, I think that the inventory can be
Older torpedoes are sold to friendly countries and, of course, torpedo boats."
"Now they are asking us for this bomb, have we figured out how it works?"
"Colonel, you see this is my plan. I plan to transfer two cruisers back and use the cruisers to transport it back. What do you think?"
"But what if they send people on board and just destroy the bomb?"
"At present, the technicians we have sent have mapped its parts. Through preliminary research, we have determined that it is launched through a launch tube, relies on compressed air to push the propeller in the water, and uses explosive warheads to attack the warship below the waterline.
The weapon is so powerful that it only takes one or two to destroy a battleship.?"
Just as the British were carefully considering how to send the torpedo back to London for further study, Emperor Zhu Da also noticed this matter in the palace in Zhongdu.
Then Cole said again.
"I think we should send it on a cruise ship."
It shouldn’t be a few years!
Historically, the practical Holland-type submarine was not invented until almost forty years after the invention of the torpedo. In the next few years, they should not make such a breakthrough.
"Submarines are still classified at the moment, but in my opinion, with the spread of torpedo technology, there will definitely be such breakthroughs in Europe and the United States in the next few years."
"It's a bit of a pity."
"But it's also the safest..."
"Of course, to protect its safety, we will also send some people to accompany the ship to escort it."
"Sir, have you ever heard of a saying in China: "Build the plank road openly and build it secretly.""
"Who knows what happens on the sea? If their spies put a coal mine into the coal bunker of a warship, maybe... maybe an accident is very likely to happen."
Cole answered directly.
…
The killer weapon leaked.
And those so-called "old-fashioned weapons" are advanced weapons that no other country has. Seeing them gathering dust in the warehouse gives them a headache.
"Oh my God, who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty actually had such a weapon."
"Your Mightiness,"
The number one figure in the Royal Navy of the British Empire pondered for a moment, as if thinking about the next few action steps. He picked up a stack of papers stapled together from the table and handed it to Cole:
This plan seems to be pretty good.
"what do you think?"
"But, as for the cruise ship..."
"So, I thought it would be a good idea to renovate the old torpedoes in stock and sell them. Not only friendly countries like France and Rome need torpedoes, but also second-rate countries like Italy and the Netherlands. They definitely also need torpedoes and torpedo boats. We can just do that.
Expand exports in this area."
Astley nodded, and then he moved back behind his chair.
Cole slowly flipped through page after page of the Admiralty's plan, while thinking about it. The plan was very simple, which was to load the bomb on one of the cruisers, and the two cruisers would take it through the Suez Canal and reach Alexandria.
It will join two other cruisers that were originally scheduled to return to the UK to form a temporary formation and return to the UK.
This chapter has been completed!