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Chapter 852: The British Are Getting Trapped (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
Spaceships are the future!

When Emperor Zhu vowed to tell his Chief of Staff of the Floating Force that airships are trash, all newspapers in Europe used full-page news reports on the "Montevideo Air and Sea Battle".

Air-sea battle!
This is the first time this term has appeared in the world. What does this term mean? It literally means the battle between the sky and the sea.

To put it bluntly, airships bomb warships!
Undoubtedly, 1876 was the most fascinating news for the whole world.

Ming Dynasty declares war on Brazil!
This is not news at all. With the outbreak of the Turkish war, Europeans don't care about the war in South America at all.

But the news that the Ming airship attacked Montevideo and completely wiped out the Brazilian navy made Britain... no, the whole world... terrified!

Yes, the whole world!
But any country with a navy looks at the sky with terrified eyes. On the one hand, there is a fleet built by exhausting the national treasury in the anchorage, and on the other hand, there are airships that may fly in from the sky at any time.

"It takes 2 hours for the cold boiler of the warship on the anchorage berth to be pressurized, and even the hot boiler needs 4-[-] hours to complete the pressurization and sail out of the berth. In other words, in between, even The most powerful warship is a target for the airship! A target for the airship to bomb!"

All of a sudden, European military observers and naval experts were all discussing airships in a suspicious tone, discussing the military changes brought about by airships, which were enough to destroy warships that all countries were proud of.

The life of the Royal Navy has been wiped out!

Almost overnight, all ship engineers stopped their work at hand, especially the British naval ship designers, who directly stopped improving the Giant-class battleship.

In the past few years, the British ship designers were almost killed by Ming.

Once upon a time, starting from the "Warrior-class" ironclad ships, the design and construction of British ironclad ships has always been ahead of other countries, but the birth of the Nanhua class has changed everything.

This battleship with a central iron-clad castle with a displacement of 7300 tons, two twin 305mm main guns and eight 8mm secondary guns was still on the berth, and it attracted the attention of ship experts from various countries.

Facing the situation of being overtaken, the British borrowed lessons from the "Nanhua-class" battleships and designed the Ajax-class ironclad ship. Compared with the "Nanhua-class", it has a larger tonnage, stronger firepower, and stronger maneuverability. The first batch of naval warships to adopt breech-loading main guns, the overall performance has been greatly enhanced.

However, Britain was not satisfied. After learning that Ming Dynasty was building a "Youzhou-class" battleship with a larger tonnage and stronger firepower, it began to design and build a "Giant-class" battleship with a displacement of up to 1.2 tons.

"It will once again allow the Royal Navy to dominate the seas!"

The once sworn words, now facing the airship that can directly blow up the battleship into the sky, they are all stunned!

This...how can I do this?
Will the navy's warships be eliminated in the future?

"In the past few years, although we have established our own airship force by introducing airship technology from the Ming Empire, our airship technology is far behind that of the Ming Empire. Once upon a time, we thought that airships would not bring much to warships. Lost, but the Daming Empire used their airships in Montevideo to tell the whole world that warships are outdated, and from now on it is the era of airships!"

The Royal Navy that spans the world is about to be eliminated!

In London, the Battleship faction and the Spaceship faction are arguing and discussing in the newspapers, and they are all trying to expand their influence through public opinion, so as to win the debate.

But for politicians, what they care about is not just who is good and who is bad, they are more concerned about how the airship will change the world situation.

"Your Excellency, the air-sea battle that took place in Montevideo has already told the whole world with iron-clad facts that the Ming Empire has mastered an extremely precise bomb that can not only accurately hit warships, but also As powerful as a 12-inch shell, it was the first time since the Battle of Lissa in 1866 that an ironclad ship was sunk in combat without a chance to fight back."

When the Secretary of the Navy Alexander Milne mentioned the "Naval and Air Battle of Montevideo", his tone was full of... despair!
Yes, of course he was desperate as Lord of the Admiralty!Since he took office as the Minister of the Navy, he has been continuously strengthening the naval construction, from the construction of the "Ajax-class" ironclad ship to the construction of the "Giant-class" battleship, and then to the construction of cruisers to protect the interests of the vast colony.

In his view, these efforts are necessary to strengthen the national power of the British Empire. The Royal Navy is the foundation of the British Empire. That said, it’s not a bad thing—Congress will soon pass a new Navy budget—funding the construction of six Goliaths.

The Royal Navy will retake the seas!

But before Milne and the others laughed, the airship in Montevideo told them all with bombs—the era of battleships is over!
At least the era of bullying people with big ships and cannons is over, and any country can use airships to teach warships to be human.

"So, even we have no way to fight against the airship?"

As the prime minister, Benjamin was a little confused, and he couldn't help lamenting in his heart—why would there be such a "pervert" as Ming Ming in the world? They used new-style warships to attack Britain, and threatened Britain with the "Quadruple Alliance" Forget it, this airship is still used to bully Britain.

This is simply...unprecedented,
"It's not that there is no way to fight!"

Shaking his head, Milne said.

"I have asked the weapon manufacturer to study weapons for anti-airships. In fact, we have done research in this area in the past, but it was not too urgent. After all, airships could not threaten warships at that time, but now Montevideo's The destroyed Brazilian fleet shows us that air defense is not only the fleet's greatest threat, but airships will also be the most important force..."

Looking at the Prime Minister, Milne said.

"We believe that spaceships, like warships, are the future of the British Empire. Spaceships can completely cooperate with surface ships. During naval battles, naval fleets can cooperate with airships."

Why would Milne say that?
The reason could not be simpler, it is for the existence of the Royal Navy!
If spaceships replace warships, is the Royal Navy still necessary?

The naval and air battle of Montevideo is a valuable experience!

But the Royal Navy must survive.Since they are both boats... let's tie both together!

(End of this chapter)