Although the sea route is a transportation route for strategic resources and is very important, Chris can still only let his naval officers fight on wind-powered sailboats. It is not that his technology cannot reach the level of manufacturing steel battleships, but that he really
There are not that many resources available.
Steel has now changed from a scarce resource to a strategic scarce resource that requires strict control. Not to mention building warships that consume countless steel for the navy, even equipping the navy with 60 cannons is an arduous task
task.
In the initial plan, Des, who was based in Seris City, even planned to equip each warship with only two cannons to handle the task, but Chris rejected it, so he gritted his teeth and opened a production line specifically to produce naval artillery.
The same is true for the power system. Although steam engines have been miniaturized and can be installed on trains, they are still in short supply. Not only do trains need more locomotives, factories also need more steam engines to expand their production capacity.
As electricity consumption gradually increases, more thermal power plants have begun to be put into use, and more steam engines have been occupied by thermal power plants. Therefore, it is no longer the turn of naval warships, "units that have nothing to do with production and transportation," to compete for them.
Didn't you see, for the sake of a few steam engines, the railway department, the electric power department, and the factory were about to break their heads, and countless senior officials of Ailan Hill had almost rolled up their sleeves and got into a ball, and those who were scolding were all Gurrodi.
Who is a big boss like Enns and those nameless staff officers in the Navy?
The steel hull could not be made due to lack of iron, and the power system could not be obtained due to insufficient numbers. Therefore, the Navy's steel warship plan was shelved indefinitely. It could still only use traditional shipbuilding techniques and use wood to build sailboats.
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After all, although everyone knows that the navy is also very important, the navy is obviously not in the main combat direction now. The decision-makers, including Chris, can only forget about the navy's expansion plan and devote all their thoughts to defending the Holy Demon Empire.
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Even so, the development of the navy is actually very fast. What Chris brought is the optimal design of sailboats derived from the hundreds of years of evolution of earth civilization. The prosperity of Europe was originally built on sailboats, and those famous sailboats are naturally more advanced.
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The power of these battleships after they are equipped with modern artillery needs to be tested in actual combat. Currently, Eiland Hill has no intention of testing the power of the navy. They are frantically expanding their ground forces.
Actual combat is the best way to test the troops. After the test of the war, Airan Hill's senior officials have realized that the second-line defense regiment, which is simply equipped with rifles, is vulnerable when facing the attack of the Holy Demon Empire army alone.
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Therefore, increasing the proportion of heavy weapons in the army has become a top priority for the reform of the Airan Hill army. Chris ordered that all the original garrison regiments be upgraded to main force regiments, which must be equipped with sufficient anti-aircraft firepower before they can be used for combat.
Under this order, all arsenals throughout Ireland were operating at full capacity, rolling out 30mm high-level and flat dual-purpose cannons one after another out of the production workshops.
As the most important node and industrial town in the entire Ireland, Serris's defense system has been completely distinguished from the original city defense. The air defense system of the entire industrial zone is a super defense based on a completely new design.
fortifications.
Dozens of defense towers were built around the industrial areas and castles of Ireland. These defense towers are like small castles. The lower part can be used as a turret, and the upper platform is used to place anti-aircraft artillery.
Each defense tower is in the shape of a five-pointed star, with a 30mm high-and-flat dual-purpose cannon on each corner, ensuring that three anti-aircraft cannons can fire in any direction.
At the same time, in the center of this five-pointed star, there is also a rotatable device deployed to install a large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery that has not yet been put into production, or to install a newly produced night-time anti-aircraft auxiliary weapon: a searchlight!
According to regulations, one of two adjacent air defense towers must be equipped with a searchlight. These searchlights are powered by two power plants, one is dedicated to power supply, and the other can be used as a switching backup.
At the same time, around these air defense towers, there are machine gun bunkers whose roofs can be lifted, equipped with Maxim heavy machine guns. These machine guns are installed on a fixed rack and can shoot in the air or at targets.
Ground attack.
It can be said responsibly that Siris's current defense system is already the most powerful defense in the Mortal Empire. If Ildor had not attacked Maritsa (now called Dragonfall City) but Siris, then in the first round
Dive him and risk annihilation.
Although, due to production constraints, many anti-aircraft towers do not have so many 30mm anti-aircraft guns installed, this defense system has already begun to take shape and can definitely be said to be very powerful.
Because of concerns about Seris being retaliated and attacked by the Holy Demon Empire, all the anti-aircraft guns produced have been strengthened here in the past ten days. Including the anti-aircraft artillery unit of the teaching regiment deployed in the field, there are at least ten field anti-aircraft guns.
The carriages are strengthened, and the firepower is much stronger than that of Falling Dragon City.
Including the 1st Regiment that is returning to the division, there are more than 60 anti-aircraft guns near Seris alone, which is considered a very sincere air defense force. Chris believes that with this level of air defense, even if the opponent dispatches 30 dragon knights,
You may not be able to get a bargain.
"But if the Holy Demon Empire dispatches 50 or more dragon knights, this kind of air defense force will seem a bit weak." On the way back, Chris analyzed worriedly to the leader of the first group, Walter.
Walter didn't care much about this situation. In his opinion, if you can defeat the Magic Empire twice, you can defeat them three or four times: "Your Majesty, it depends on the reaction of the Magic Empire."
"If they counterattack immediately and invest 50 dragon knights or more at once, then we will be under great pressure." Walter, riding on his horse, answered Chris: "But every day they are slower, our chances of winning will increase."
Just one more point.”
His confidence is not without reason, because Siris is producing more anti-aircraft guns every day. With the increase in production capacity, the production speed of anti-aircraft guns will only get faster and faster. If the Holy Demon Empire delays for a few more days, love
Landseer is confident that the number of existing anti-aircraft guns will be increased by dozens or even hundreds.
By that time, even if some of them are taken away, Siris will have at least twenty or thirty more anti-aircraft artillery pieces, not counting the increased number of machine guns. By then, the power of this already very complete air defense system will be doubled.
The pressure on the Dragon Knight will be even greater.
If the attack fails for a long time, and if it is delayed for a few more days, Siris will have more anti-aircraft artillery, and then it will enter a vicious cycle. The losses of the Dragon Knight troops will become greater and greater, and finally they will be completely passive.
"Then let's see how far those damn guys from the Holy Demon Empire want to expand this war." Chris said thoughtfully as he pulled the reins of his horse.
At this moment, in the wilderness of Eiland Hill, a giant steel beast let out a long roar. The train carried two full ships of natural rubber, as well as sea salt produced in Ferry City and other industrial products, and flew across the wilderness.
, causing the civilians on both sides of the railway track to stop their work and look at this sight they had never seen before with curious eyes.
A train of trains moved forward quickly under the traction of the front of the train. Black soot spewed out from the chimney of the train, spread on the roof of the train, and finally disappeared into the air behind it. It was faster than a horse-drawn carriage, and it carried a lot of things.
It has more functions than a horse-drawn carriage, and what’s even more frightening is that it can continue to work without sleep.
Because multiple locomotives are produced at the same time, this two-way railway built in advance can also transport multiple vehicles at the same time. This kind of transportation efficiency is dozens of times or hundreds of times that of the original horse-drawn carriage transportation.
With this transportation line, the parts produced in the Main Factory and the daily necessities produced in Ferry City can be transported to Seris City at extremely low cost. Collaboration between the cities has become more frequent, and the production speed has become faster.
Already.
"That thing is called a train. The workers who laid the railway said it a few days ago. They said that a train would pass by at a terrifying speed." A farmer waved his hoe and showed off his extensive knowledge to the fellow villagers around him.
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In fact, he still doesn't know why the train is moving, nor does he know how much cargo is loaded in the carriage being towed behind the thing. But judging from the size, this thing called a train is already very impressive.
A shocking new gadget.
Roaring all the way, it only takes half a day for this train to travel from Mayne to Serris. After all, the locomotive made directly by Chris is not the design of the original locomotive.
This kind of train is at least the level before World War I, and it is already a very practical design. With the transportation capacity provided by these trains, Ireland's transportation capacity has surpassed all countries, and it has embarked on a shortcut to development.
"It's so big! It screams so loudly, it must be able to transport a lot of things." Hearing the farmers around him show off, this ordinary working farmer nodded and praised.
"No, I heard that with this thing, it will only take us one day to go to Dukou City in the future!" The farmer who was the first to show off said without raising his head as he continued to work with his head lowered.
"This year's harvest is much better than last year...I heard that food prices have risen again?" Farmers who no longer care about trains talked about issues they were more concerned about. Anyway, for them, no matter how fast or powerful the train is,
, it is not as exciting as the increase in food prices...
