5.14 Oka's Sea Power, Princess' Struggle, Millennium Spare Tire(1/2)
【Oka Empire Prime Minister’s Mansion】
The Prime Minister looked at the pictures and information from his own intelligence system from the Hai Crab Port.
The submarine-related information and data obtained by the Oka people may be clearer than the upper level of West. Due to economic difficulties, some small noble families have been controlled by Oka's intelligence organizations.
Photos of submarine ships parked in the port, photos of wooden sailboats sunk on the sea, photos of submarine ships sailing, and pictures and information in the shipyard where the submarines were built were placed in front of these Oka's masters.
Of course, even if the information investigated by the Wester submarines was clear, the chief designer Binghe was not as clear as that of the Oka people.
Submarine projects are complex industrial projects that can be divided into one category, which is still an emerging technical field for the world. This project not only involves traditional shipbuilding, but also links many industrial projects such as electronics, coal chemicals, and internal combustion engines. If another country does not conduct similar projects for information comparison, it will be difficult to determine the specific information of the project by relying solely on spies with a large number of knowledge blind spots.
If the Oka people want to fully understand West's submarine project without a submarine project, then only the core person in charge of the project can understand it in detail. However, the core person in the West's submarine project is one person, and the Oka people just can't buy it.
Now the Prime Minister has invited the Marquis of the Tashi family in China to confirm the authenticity of the small submarine. After reading the information about the port, the Marquis of Tashi immediately took out the information of a submersible experimental ship from his family from 75 years ago to compare it.
Marquis Tashi: "A 700-ton underwater submarine ship is technically feasible, but there are still many problems that cannot be solved in underwater combat. If the empire is willing to allocate funds, we can build an experimental ship to further compare the relevant information."
After the Prime Minister put down the information, "In your opinion, where is the main difficulty in building this submarine ship?"
Marquis Tashi: "The guide warhead technology and the guide warhead technology of the Gun Flame family is very advanced. The guide warheads under the water flow are very difficult to control because they cannot see visually. We cannot understand how they allow the guide warhead to advance in a straight line over a distance of five kilometers. Various water flow factors will make the warhead form a curved path, and even go around a circle to return to its original position."
The Marquis Tashi said this, but in fact he did not say it all. The mechanical controller guessed that the torpedo warhead should have been stabilized with a gyroscope. However, there are no explanations, and there are two reasons here.
First: Gyroscopes are very expensive, and this mechanical controller believes that gyroscopes cannot be used in large-scale wars.
Second: This mechanical controller does not believe that Qiu Ba is willing to pay enough price for the small gyroscope. If a small gyroscope is allowed to be produced by the workshop, it will waste a lot of time for advanced mechanics. If industrial production is to be carried out, even with the help of the mechanical controller, the cost of the gyroscope factory is no less than that of a small steel plant.
The military aristocrats in the feudal era had a very serious problem, which was that they habitually ignored the research and development and consumption costs of the factory system. When calculating things, they only counted material costs and not labor costs.
The military aristocracy has negotiated with the military aristocracy for thousands of years on this issue. The military aristocracy of the steam calendar tolerate the improvement of the status of the military aristocracy and the mechanical controllers of the military aristocracy, which is their major compromise on the "'labor cost of industrial technicians'.
Under the current feudal military aristocratic system, it is still difficult for military aristocrats to talk to military aristocrats about the cost of technology research and development with military aristocrats equally.
When military aristocrats can obtain short-term benefits with their fists, then military aristocrats will not allow these rude men to have all the right to know about technology.
Because when the military nobles saw this palm-sized mechanical gyroscope, they only considered whether you could build it, and did not consider whether it was hard to build it. Once they knew that the mechanic could build it, they would not discuss the task. When the mechanic spent a lot of time to build it, the military nobles would still lower the price when they negotiated the rewards.
So in order to avoid arguing with the military aristocracy in this regard, the mechanical controllers simply did not say it.
Narrator: This principle is similar to a relative who lends you money. You have money, but you don’t want to borrow money. Avoid quarrels and say you don’t have money.
Only when military nobles are beaten and completely attach importance to the importance of a certain technology will they clearly regard the guide warhead with gyroscopes and other ordinary ammunitions as two categories, and they will accept the fact that the price of torpedoes and missiles with gyroscopes is hundreds of times higher than that of ordinary shells.
Then, the mechanical controller who understands that they can not argue with them will be able to solve the corresponding technology through "hard efforts" under the urging of the above.
The so-called war promotes scientific progress, in fact, war prompts those who seek scientific and technological progress to let go of their arrogance. This is the case in the feudal era, and the Internet era with great industrial development is still the case.
After the Marquis of Tashi finished speaking.
Although the Prime Minister, who was a professional aimer, nodded in his understanding, he turned to the Marshal next to him and said, "What do you think, is this underwater attack ship threatening our maritime security?"
Floating Ice Hood showed a calm smile from a politician: "It is no threat to the main fleet. Once this underwater ship dares to attack the fleet, the escort fleet will immediately drive above the submersible ship and use mines to destroy the underwater warships. However, according to the information, the purpose of this underwater ship is not to fight with the main fleet. It is used to raid merchant ships. Prime Minister, the navy needs more funds to maintain a patrol fleet."
Speaking of this, the Marshal glanced at the Marshal of the Army. Now West has received external technical support. The Marshal's eyes were: "You have to be responsible."
The Prime Minister coughed and stopped this topic. It is hard to blame for this issue if he really wants to be held accountable.
Prime Minister: "If we threaten further at sea now, can we force the West to stop at…?"
Hood immediately replied: "I don't think this is possible, it will have a counterproductive effect."
Narration: In fact, this involves political struggles in sea and land. The maritime blockade was originally vigorously promoted by the army. The navy is just to cooperate with the army's actions. This is not originally a matter for the navy. In the eyes of the navy, the main task is only to control the sea power.
The key to sea control is to control key ports, while cruise fleets control the waterways.
The several maritime commercial channels controlled by the Oka Navy are all filled with gold. The submarines developed by West do not have the ability to control ports and waterways.
Therefore, even if West's submarine destroyed the waterway in the war, it was impossible to use the cruise fleet to master the golden waterway after the war ended. The purpose of the war was ultimately for profit, so West's naval strategy did not have a plan to seize sea control, but only a strategy for coastal defense.
The Oka Navy Command does not regard West as a competitor of maritime power. The Oka Navy's competitor of maritime power is Saint Sok. However, the army is going to deal with West. So whether Oka is a land-powered country or a sea-powered country, differences broke out between the sea and the land.
The Prime Minister was pushed back by the Marshal, softly and hard, and kept silent.
Duke Lin Yin of the Army said: "The king selection ceremony was abandoned halfway, and now the authority of Oakley's leader has not been completely eliminated by us. Once we and Pratt-Whis jointly carry out land-based military operations against West, we are very likely to face greater resistance."
Oka is now very afraid of Oakley, because when they attack West, Oakley is likely to lead the countries in selling war materials, sending mercenaries to West, and mobilizing troops to restrain them at the border between Oka and Pratt-Whites. In this situation, the Field Marshal wanted to persuade the Navy to obey the overall situation.
Hood sarcastically said with the emphasis of the Department of the Army: "Yes, in order to prevent the loose alliance of the Hemanns from rebounding on land, only by firmly blocking the sea, in this way, weaken West. Well, the Navy should contribute to the great cause of the empire. And if there is a public opinion of 'naval incompetence' in the future, you must rely on the Grand Duke, you stand on the 'neutral' standpoint and help us mediate!"
When West had no countermeasures against Oka's port blockade, blocking West was a convenient task for the Navy. But now, West has begun to develop submarines. Although military observers from various countries do not know the performance of submarines. However, it is undeniable that West's submarine development has interfered with Oka's maritime channel security.
If we continue to attack West, a country without maritime ambitions, and make the original good channel unsafe, then the arrogant and arrogant Oka noble public opinion circle will not reflect on its policy mistakes against West, but will point the contradiction to the navy's dereliction of duty, and the navy will be in trouble because of the army's plan.
The conference atmosphere of Oka giants has become stalemate
A minute later, Grand Duke Lin Yin slowly made a decision: "Then deal with him (Binghe)."
This is indeed a method. If we deal with the core personnel of the project, West's submarine plan will be stopped.
But Hood smiled sarcastically, saying nothing, everything was indifferent.
The mechanical controller, originally controlled by the Oka Empire Navy, is now taken abroad by the Army and then assassinated by the Army (it failed). This serious violation of political rules is enough to give the Navy enough excuses to curb the Army in the next hundred years of talent competition.
[On the border between the Kingdom of Roland and West]
The armored train was slowly driving on the railway, and His Royal Highness of the Kingdom of Roland was standing on the platform of the armored train.
His Highness Cliffen was enjoying the scenery of West's west, just like his own back garden. On the table behind him were numerous letters, which were greetings from noble families of all sizes in the southeast of West.
As soon as His Highness Cliffen announced his visit, the families in the southeast of West collectively showed their enthusiasm. This shows that Roland's influence in the southeast of West is a precursor to the separation of West in the future.
The Gangluan family knew the situation in the southeast, and the title and fief that Vilian originally planned to give Binghe was to cut off the fiefs of these two and five.
The train was moving, and the metal door of the carriage opened. Two knights walked in, one of Roland and the other of St. Soc.
Cliffen slowly turned around and asked, "What, Your Highness, aren't you free?"
The knight who walked in Roland said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness is still doing the work of coordination of Dharma lines."
Cliffen turned his eyes to the Knights of St. Sok on the side and said, "I heard that Princess Caijing had achieved the achievements of an intermediate medical pastor last year, which is gratifying. The Royal Family of St. Sok is so prosperous and enviable."
The knight of St. Thomas Knight said: "You are polite to the Crown Prince. You are a high-level knight, and you are only one step away from the superior knight."
Cliffen said modestly with a smile: "The West Fortress we are about to visit is the real talent."
The Knight of St. Soc responded with a slightly profound meaning: "Yes, Virian is the youngest fortress in the mainland in three hundred years. This year, he is less than twenty-eight years old and unmarried."
The Knight knew Cliffen's reputation as a playboy, so he said something that seemed to be secretly instigated was actually a sarcastic statement.
Only the median profession in the Hats Sark royal family is considered a royal family. Only those with higher professions or those with the potential to advance to the higher profession can be considered a direct line. Now, the direct line under the age of thirty is only two.
One is Canhong, and the other is the daughter of Emperor Jialong, the second prince Yin, who was Binghe met in the Celestial Tower Library and during the operation.
The reason why the second prince of St. Sok brought the name of Hidden was because he was ignorant and had only the profession level of a high-level soldier, but his daughter had the potential to advance to the authority, so she was accepted into the royal family.
Eight years ago, before that incident happened, Cai Jing was also a serious Saint Sok direct descendant. However, that incident caused Cai Jing to fluctuate violently. Several mistakes occurred in her cultivation within half a year. Although they were all modified, they were regarded as a significant reduction in potential, so she was exiled by the empire.
However, through the experience of being exiled from the center of power over the past eight years, Caijing, who was cold-hearted, woke up and started working hard again, and firmly grasped the last little hope of the advanced professional. She hoped to have the ability to no longer be controlled by fate.
Now, the Knights of St. Saint Sark admire His Royal Highness the efforts of the princess over the years, and while admiring them, they are very dissatisfied with Cliffen.
In the eyes of the knights, His Highness Cliffon just regarded His Highness as a vase. His unsincere pursuit was just disturbing His Highness's struggle. Like the two boys of Gun Yan and Yan Shi family back then, it was called pursuit, but in fact it was an obstacle.
Therefore, the knight had a maneuver in his words. Cliffen frowned, and both sides did not speak for themselves, so he ended the conversation.
[West Navy Port, Binghe's residence]
A man wearing a cloak opened his mask and revealed a face that was familiar but unexpected to Binghe.
Gun Flame Lan Cun, Binghe understood at the age of nine that this was a high-level mechanic. When Binghe was twelve, he became a mechanical controller. He was also a core member of the family. The Gun Flame family originally had only five mechanical controllers, and Binghe and the current Gun Flame Lan Cun, only seven. His arrival means that West and St. Sok had more exchanges of political interests.
"Hello, Fourth Master." Lan Cun said with a smile. After the mechanical controller came in, he stared at the metallic hair of Bingke.
Binghe stood up, moved a chair diligently and said, "Cousin, the journey is hard."
Lan Cun sat down, patted Binghe's shoulder and whispered, "You are now promising. Many people from our family come to your house in the past few months, all for your business."
Binghe smiled, and then asked worriedly: "That...the empire...my affairs, can the family keep me safe now?" (Binghe is still worried about the "automation" surgery given to him by the empire back then)
Lan Cun asked in surprise: "What's your matter?"
Binghe said in a stern manner: "That's...that's...the Empire was going to use a knife to check my magic line. I was scared, and then I ran away."
Lan Cun had a strange look on her face and asked Binghe curiously: "You ran away because of this?"
Binghe felt a little embarrassed to catch his head. Looking back on his escape, it was indeed a bit ridiculous.
Binghe, who was worried, asked, "What did the upper class of the empire say? For example, I have to be punished."
Lan Cun Yan Yi was "helpless". At the same time, she rubbed Bingkeng's head and tried the feel of it. She said, "It's okay from the empire. But when you go back, the head of the family will settle the score for you."
Binghe pouted and said with a grievance: "I am a senior mechanical controller now. Can't the family talk about me? Cousin, can you plead for me?" Binghe continued to get close to him.
Lan Cun opened her eyes wide and looked at Bing He for a full minute, just when Bing He was feeling uncomfortable.
Lan Cun said slowly: "Now the highest mechanic inheritance of our family can only be a mid-level mechanic. Why did you become a high-level mechanic?"
One of the important purposes of Lan Cun's coming here is to understand the level of Bing He's magical vein, because all signs show that Bing He is not an ordinary mechanical controller. The Gun Yan family is now in a hint of doubt, whether the magical vein has changed when Bing He's here.
Binghe's eyes drifted and concealed, "I've made some minor changes."
Lan Cun looked at Binghe for a minute. Then he said in a long tone: "Binghe, do you know the Qingjun family?"
Binghe nodded, then nodded: "I know, I know,"
To be continued...