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Chapter 1040 Secretly keeping Chencang British (first update, please subscribe)
London doesn't keep secrets!
Almost immediately after the officials in London knew about this secret weapon, the London press also knew about it.

Because the military did not transport the torpedo to London in the first place, the London side sent technical personnel to the local area in the first place, and at the same time brought the corresponding photos back to London.

Faced with the leak of news, the British officials have no intention of keeping it secret at all.Not only did it not deliberately keep it secret, but even the British Foreign Office solemnly notified Daming—"Our fishermen found a bomb that may belong to you in the eastern waters of Queensland Colony..."

At the same time, newspapers in London and Paris reported on the mysterious underwater self-propelled bomb.

All major newspapers carried the news.Facing the uproar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Empire can no longer remain silent—it is hoped that Britain will return the bomb to Ming, which belongs to the property of the Ming Empire.

But everyone knows that this must be a very nonsense thing.

"Everything is going as we expected?"

In the Office of the Lord of the Admiralty in London, Colonel Cole replied casually.

"Now Daming has admitted that it is their bomb, and now the whole world knows that they have this bomb."

"Does that help us bring it back?"

Lin Yuehu said with a smile.

"So what's the plan of the Navy?"

"Now they're asking us for this bomb, have we figured out how it works?"

Frowning, Astley said.

"Your Excellency, have you heard that there is a saying in Huaxia, "Ming repairs the plank road and secretly hides Chen Cang." ""

Just as the British were thinking about how to send the torpedo back to London for further research, Emperor Zhu also noticed this in the imperial palace in Zhongdu.

"Who knows what happened at sea? If their spies put a coal mine in the coal bunker of the warship, maybe...maybe there may be an accident."

Cole replied directly.

Facing the minister's objection, Cole shook his head and said.

"So, the secret of the torpedo can't be kept?"

Emperor Zhu sighed, and then said.

"In my opinion, we should ship it on a cruise ship."

"Your Mightiness,"

"So, at present, all they know is our torpedo? What about the submarine?"

Moreover, in this mechanical age, the imitation of mechanical parts is not difficult for the great powers at all.

"It's a pity."

"Yes, for the cruise ship..."

Astley didn't speak any louder than he usually does, as if it seemed normal to him.

"Currently, submarines are still a secret. However, according to Yichen, with the spread of torpedo technology, in the next few years, Europe and the United States will definitely have such a breakthrough."

In fact, the biggest headache for both the Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Navy has not been the secrecy of advanced weapons.It's more and more "old-fashioned weapons" in the inventory as the equipment of new equipment leads to more and more.

Secretary of the Navy Astley Cooper Key asked in an aggressive tone.

"Your Majesty, the structure of the torpedo is not complicated. The core component of the six-year torpedo is the depth fixer, but even so, its structure is very simple. Even if we sent intelligence personnel to destroy the prototype, British technicians Only by analyzing the photos and measurement drawings, they can quickly reproduce the torpedo without any technical problems, after all, the British technology is still very strong."

"However, judging from the photos provided by the British side, the torpedoes they obtained should be the ones 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 got Without it, at least in the short term—this may be about 10 years, their torpedo technology is far behind that of Ming Dynasty.”

And those so-called "old-fashioned weapons" are advanced weapons that other countries do not have.Seeing them eating ashes in the warehouse gave them a headache too.

Astley hesitated.

"Your Excellency, that is the lives of thousands of civilians. If something like this happens, they should be very clear that the British Empire will not let it go."

"It's important that nothing happens to the cruise ship."

"Won't they destroy cruise ships the same way?—"

"But what if they put men on board and just sabotage the bomb?"

"Explain it to me."

Of course to study it further, and even imitate it.

The trump card is leaked.

Astley nodded, and he moved back in his chair.

"That's exactly what I think, sir."

"what do you think?"

"So, I thought it would be a good idea to refurbish those old-fashioned 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 must also need torpedoes and torpedo boats. We can do that. Expand exports in this area."

"Ah."

……

Looking at Cole, Astley asked.

This is not a good thing.

Cole thought for a while, then said with an emphasis.

"It seems that this is the cheapest."

After all, they were all bought at a high price.

"But it's also the safest..."

"Your Majesty, there are about 1500 six-year-old torpedoes stored in the Navy's arsenal. Their technology is old and their performance is poor, and their straight-line travel does not exceed 200 meters. Now that the spread of torpedo technology is inevitable, I think that the stockpiled Older torpedoes are sold to friendly countries and, of course, torpedo boats."

It shouldn't be a few years!
The practical Holland-type submarines in history were not invented until almost 40 years after the invention of the torpedo. In the next few years, they should not have such a breakthrough.

While walking among the palace gardens, Emperor Zhu asked.

Lin Yuehu's answer made Emperor Zhu nod his head slightly. It is true that Britain is not behind Ming Dynasty in terms of technology. In fact, there is still a big gap between Ming Dynasty and Britain in many aspects.

"My God, who would have thought that Daming would have such a weapon."

"With a cruise ship, aren't you afraid of being destroyed? Anyone can board a cruise ship, but not everyone can board a warship."

Cole slowly flipped through the pages of the Secretary of the Admiralty's plan, thinking that the plan was very simple, that is, to put the bomb on one of the cruisers, and the two cruisers took it through the Suez Canal, in Alexandria. It will join the other two cruisers that originally planned to return to the UK to form a temporary formation and return to the UK.

Cole replied directly.

"Of course, to protect its safety, we will also send some people to escort it with the ship."

"Colonel, you see this is my plan. I plan to call back two cruisers and use the cruisers to transport it back. What do you think?"

"At present, the technicians we sent in the past have drawn its parts and components. Through preliminary research, it has been determined that this is a kind of launch through a launch tube, which relies on compressed air to drive propellers in water, and uses explosive warheads to attack warships below the waterline. The weapon is so powerful that it only takes one or two to destroy a battleship.?"

Why bring the bomb back?

This plan seems to be good.

"Wait, didn't you say that Daming might destroy our warships in order to keep it secret?"

"Whether to return it or not, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can have a war of words with them for several years. The most important thing is that we can bring it back in an open and aboveboard manner, otherwise, God knows what Daming will do."

Then Cole spoke again.

The number one figure in the Royal Navy of the British Empire pondered for a moment, as if pondering the next few steps of action.He took a stack of stapled papers from the table and handed them to Cole:

"You mean to use the civilians on the cruise ship to protect the bomb?"

This is the business that arms dealers in the world are most willing to do. How many arms dealers are unwilling to refurbish old goods and sell them at high prices to others?
Of course, in this era, those arms dealers are honest, as long as they have money, they can sell any weapon to anyone.But in another world, one of the principles of developed countries exporting weapons is that they must be lagging behind what they use.Even a lot behind.

Daming, has always liked to sell his weapons to other countries.Just like in history, foreign arms dealers sold obsolete arms to China.

His words made Emperor Zhu think for a while, and then he said.

"That's true, but because of this incident, I have another idea!"

(End of this chapter)