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Chapter 850 My Daming wants to abolish my martial arts (first update, please subscribe)
"Bang, bang, bang"

This is the sound of the wheels of the train passing through the joints of the steel rails. The sound of the siren and the impact of the wheels and rails shook the ground, and the carriage was shaking slightly.

"It should be suggested to the steel company to develop a 50-meter rail."

Feeling the vibration of the train carriage, Emperor Zhu said to himself.

Daming rail technology has always been ahead of the world. As early as 10 years ago, it began to produce 10-meter rails, while the length of cooked rails produced by European countries was only 3 meters, which means that using them to build railways requires more fishplates and bolts. Waiting for raw materials, the cost will naturally increase a lot. When European and American countries entered the era of 10-meter steel rails, Daming had already produced 15-meter rails, but in the future, longer rails will be used, and of course they will become seamless in the end. rails.

Of course, Emperor Zhu is not only thinking about small things like the track. 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 was not Not to the front.Instead, go to Nanhua.

Although as early as six years ago, Emperor Zhu had set the national policy of "killing the British and eating meat" for the Ming Dynasty, but he was still very cautious when implementing it. The "Quadruple Alliance" was the first and most critical step in the disintegration of the British Empire.

But that's just "thrust"!

Relying on his insights a century and a half ahead of the times, Emperor Zhu knew well that the struggle for hegemony between countries was an extremely complicated and lengthy process.

Especially when facing the number one power, if you want to replace it, you must not stud it directly.

The experience of World War I and World War II clearly told Emperor Zhu what kind of consequences direct stud would produce.

Therefore, the road to hegemony between Ming and Great Britain should be "gradual encroachment".

On the premise of avoiding the final showdown, weaken and erode the sphere of influence of the British Empire as much as possible, and at the same time expand the sphere of influence of the Ming Empire cautiously and resolutely.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu has always chosen to "implement expansion within the acceptable range of the United Kingdom". This is true in Japan, and it is also true in Africa.This kind of major policy is based entirely on the "bottom line" acceptable to the UK!

Of course, the standard of this "bottom line" is very clear, and it was drawn by Emperor Zhu 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 changed.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu ordered the ambassador to France to negotiate with France to form the "Imperial Alliance Fleet", the purpose of which was to deter Britain and force Britain not to take military risks.

The air strike on the Brazilian Navy in Montevideo was also a "strategic deterrence operation" to a certain extent. You can send airships to bomb your Royal Navy, and blow up the Royal Navy's warships to a pile of scrap metal.

It can be said that the performance of the spaceship in Montevideo was unexpectedly perfect!

It's just perfect.

It took less than two hours to completely destroy eight warships of the Brazilian Navy, including four battleships. Such a perfect record is unprecedented. You must know that before this, no country has ever fought Sinking so many... battleships!And it's the latest ironclad ship!
But the airship can not only do it, but the said loss is almost zero!
On the train to Nanhua, Emperor Zhu spent most of his time writing. He had to make some preparations in advance before Britain and other countries responded to this miraculous air raid. This proposal will start from The palace sent it to the Ministry of the Navy. This proposal is to increase air defense facilities for the naval base and fleet, and will further expand the floating force.

Wang Xinyue, the Chief of Staff of the Floating Force, also accompanied him to Nanhua. Now he was in the same box as the emperor. As the Chief of Staff of the Floating Force, he frowned more and more as he watched 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 face of the spaceship troop in Montevideo made the airborne troop become the favorite of the empire. This suggestion from His Majesty will definitely become the guiding ideology for the development of the airborne troop in the future.

But continuing to look down, he found that among the plans formulated by His Majesty, there was actually a plan to attack the airship.

"Yes, a few years ago, I instructed the spaceship company to strengthen the research and development work in this area. Although they have some plans, I am still not satisfied overall. After all, the maneuverability of small airships is still a little bit poor. "

Emperor Zhu said with a smile.

"At that time, we had some technical problems that we hadn't overcome. Now, technologies such as ducted engines are almost mature. With the tiltable ducted propeller thrust vector control, the airship also has the ability to launch vertically or at a short distance. The ability to drop down means that its maneuverability will also be greatly improved, and this kind of combat airship specially used to intercept airships is still very promising..."

Although a few years ago, Emperor Zhu had already had the idea of ​​developing a combat airship, but limited by the size and other aspects of the combat airship until now, it was just an idea.

But in the past few years, some technological advances have been made.With these technological advances, it has become possible to make combat flights.

His Majesty's explanation made Wang Xinyue's heart "thump", and he immediately felt a trace of uneasiness.

"With the combat airship, when the base or fleet is under attack, the combat airship can take off directly from somewhere in the navy or the floating carrier, and use machine guns to shoot the airship."

Emperor Zhu explained his concept directly, even the aircraft carrier.But this aircraft carrier is used to transport airships.

"Shoot the airship with machine guns!"

Wang Xinyue widened his eyes in astonishment, and then said.

"The cloth in the cabin of the airship can't block the machine gun at all, and the crew will definitely die when the time comes."

Compared with the fact that machine gun bullets punched dozens or hundreds of small holes in dozens of airbags of the airship, Wang Xinyue was more worried about the safety of the crew!

"Not only the sailors, but also the engine can be attacked. If the engine burns, the airship will definitely become a big torch. In this way, with the protection of the combat airship, it is difficult for the heavy airship to attack the base and fleet. causing harm..."

Wang Xinyue was stunned by the emperor's words. He looked at the document in his hand in astonishment, then at His Majesty, and said after a while,

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible! The airship is my Ming's trump card, which is why it is self-defeating. Now the airships of the air force can bomb warships, destroy fortresses, and transport troops thousands of miles away." , such a magic weapon does not give full play to its role, but instead destroys its own martial arts, isn't it, isn't it..."

Looking at Wang Xinyue, who looked a little nervous, Emperor Zhu smiled.

"Isn't it something? Do you want to say, isn't it extremely confused?"

Wang Xinyue quickly stood up and bowed.

"I dare not!"

"There is nothing to dare, what I need is a direct minister! Especially the soldiers, even more so, what to say!"

Emperor Zhu waved his hand and asked Wang Xinyue to say what was on his mind.

"Your Majesty, I think that after several years of development, the combat power of my Ming airship has just improved, and it is time to build up the airship army. How can I use the combat airship to abolish my martial arts?"

"Self-defeating martial arts..."

Emperor Zhu nodded, and then said.

"This is not self-defeating martial arts. Since combat airships can be used to intercept heavy bomber airships, it is also possible to use combat airships to protect heavy bomber airships!"

(End of this chapter)