"Clang, clang"
This is the sound of the train's wheels passing through the joints of the rails. The sound of the whistle and the impact of the wheel rails shook the ground, and the carriages were also shaking slightly.
"We should recommend that steel companies develop 50-meter rails."
Feeling the vibration of the train carriage, Emperor Zhu Da said to himself.
Daming Rail Technology has always been ahead of the world. It started producing 10-meter rails as early as 10 years ago. At that time, the length of wrought rails produced by European countries was only 3 meters, which means that using them to build railways requires more fishplates and bolts.
The cost of raw materials has naturally increased a lot. When European and American countries adopted steel rails and entered the 10-meter era, Daming had already produced 15-meter rails, but longer rails will be used in the future, and of course they will eventually become seamless.
Rail.
Of course, Emperor Zhu Da is not only thinking about trivial matters such as railways. After the war broke out, logically speaking, he, the supreme commander, should be with his headquarters. The reason why he left Yingtian at this time and
Not to the front line, but to Nanhua.
Although Emperor Zhu Da had already set the national policy of "killing the British and eating meat" for the rise of Ming Dynasty as early as six years ago, he was still very cautious when implementing it. The "Four-Nation Alliance" was the first and final step to disintegrate the British Empire.
A crucial step.
But this is just a "push"!
With insights that were a century and a half ahead of his time, Emperor Zhu Da knew very well that the struggle for hegemony between countries was an extremely complex and long process.
Especially when facing the top power, if you want to replace it, you must not directly challenge it.
The experience of World War I and World War II clearly told Emperor Zhu Da what consequences direct stud would have.
Therefore, the road to hegemony between the Ming Dynasty and Great Britain should be "gradual encroachment".
On the premise of avoiding the final showdown, we should try to weaken and encroach on the sphere of influence of the British Empire as much as possible, while at the same time cautiously and resolutely expand the sphere of influence of the Ming Empire.
Therefore, Emperor Zhu Da has always chosen to "implement expansion within the scope acceptable to the British." This is true in Japan and the same is true in Africa. This major policy is completely based on the "bottom line" acceptable to the British!
Of course, the standard for this "bottom line" is very clear. It was reached by Emperor Zhu Da standing on the shoulders of historical giants, but this does not mean that this bottom line will not change. From the day when the British occupied Egypt in advance,
Britain's bottom line has already changed.
Therefore, Emperor Zhu Da instructed the ambassador to France to negotiate with France to form an "Imperial Alliance Fleet". The purpose was to deter Britain and force Britain not to dare to take military risks.
The air raid on the Brazilian Navy in Montevideo was also a "strategic deterrence operation" to a certain extent, just to tell the British that the Ming Empire's airships were awesome and that they could use them at any time as long as the Ming Empire was willing.
You can send airships to bomb your Royal Navy and blow up the Royal Navy warships into a pile of scrap metal.
It can be said that the performance of the spacecraft in Montevideo was unexpectedly perfect!
It's simply perfect to the extreme.
It only took less than two hours to completely destroy eight warships of the Brazilian Navy, including four combat ships. Such a perfect record was unprecedented. You must know that before this, no country had ever fought in one battle.
The one that sank so many...battleships! And it was also the latest armored ship!
But not only can the airship do it, but its losses are almost zero!
On the train to Nanhua, Emperor Zhu Da spent most of the time immersed in writing. He had to make some preparations in advance before Britain and other countries responded to this miraculous air raid. This proposal would start from
The palace sent it to the Navy Ministry. This proposal is to increase air defense facilities for the naval base and fleet, and will also further expand the aerospace force.
Wang Xinyue, Chief of Staff of the Aerial Forces, also accompanied him to Nanhua. Now he was in the same box as the emperor. As the Chief of Staff of the Aerial Forces, Wang Xinyue, the chief of staff of the Aerial Forces, frowned more and more as he looked at His Majesty's plan.
"Your Majesty, it is necessary to establish a floating interception force? What is a combat airship? Is it a new type of airship?"
While speaking, the original beaming look on Wang Xinyue's face disappeared.
The airship force's display in Montevideo this time made the aerial force the darling of the empire. His Majesty's suggestion will definitely become the guiding ideology for the development of the aerial force in the future.
But as he continued to read, he discovered that among the plans formulated by His Majesty, there was actually a plan to attack airships.
"Yes, a few years ago I instructed the airship company to strengthen research and development in this area. Although they have some plans, overall, I am still not satisfied. After all, the maneuverability of small airships is still too poor.
"
Emperor Zhu Da said with a smile.
"At that time, we had some technical problems that we had not yet overcome. Now, technologies such as ducted engines are almost mature. With vector thrust control of ducted propellers that can tilt, airships can also have vertical or short-range launch capabilities.
The landing capability means that its maneuverability will also be greatly improved. This kind of combat airship specially used to intercept airships still has a bright future..."
Although Emperor Zhu Da had the idea of developing a combat airship a few years ago, due to limitations in size and other aspects, combat airships have remained just an idea until now.
But in the past few years, progress has been made in certain technical aspects. With these technological advances, it has become possible to create combat flights.
His Majesty's explanation made Wang Xinyue's heart skip a beat, and he immediately felt a little uneasy.
"With combat airships, when a base or fleet is attacked, the combat airship can take off directly from somewhere in the navy or from an floating carrier, and use machine guns to shoot at the airship."
Emperor Zhu explained his idea straightforwardly, and even mentioned the aircraft carrier. But this aircraft carrier was used to transport airships.
"Shoot the airship with machine guns!"
Wang Xinyue opened his eyes wide in shock, and then said.
"The cloth in the airship cabin cannot block the machine gun at all. The crew will definitely die when the time comes."
Rather than machine gun bullets punching dozens or hundreds of small holes in the airship's dozens of airbags, Wang Xinyue is more worried about the safety of the crew!
"Not only the boat crew, but also the engine can be attacked. If the engine burns, the airship will definitely turn into a big torch. In this way, with the protection of the combat airship, it will be difficult for the heavy airship to attack the base and fleet.
Bring harm..."
The emperor's words made Wang Xinyue stunned. He looked at the document in his hand in shock, then looked at His Majesty, and after a while he said,
"Your Majesty, this must not be done! Airships are the trump card of our Ming Dynasty. This has its own meaning in destroying martial arts. Now the airships of the floating troops can bomb warships, destroy fortresses, and transport troops thousands of miles away.
, if such a magical weapon does not fully exert its effect, but instead abolishes martial arts, wouldn't it be, wouldn't it be..."
Looking at Wang Xinyue who looked a little nervous, Emperor Zhu Da smiled.
"Isn't it what? Do you want to say that it is extremely confusing?"
Wang Xinyue quickly stood up and bowed.
"I don't dare!"
"There is nothing you dare not do. What I need are direct ministers! This is especially true for soldiers. If you have anything to say, say anything!"
Emperor Zhu Da waved his hand and asked Wang Xinyue to say what he was thinking.
"Your Majesty, I think that since after several years of development, the combat effectiveness of Ming's airships has just improved, and it is time to build up the airship army, how can we use combat airships to abolish our martial arts?"
"Abandoning one's own martial arts..."
Emperor Zhu Da nodded and then said.
"This is not to say that you are depriving yourself of martial arts. Since you can use combat airships to intercept heavy bombing airships, you can also use combat airships to protect heavy bombing airships!"
(End of chapter)
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