Putting down the report, Brunhil looked incredulous.
This "naval battle" in the Arctic Sea, which is small enough to fit in your pocket, is too dramatic. The process is full of accidents. It looks more like a chaotic street fight. The emphasis is on prior investigation, detailed data, and prudent evaluation.
For the defense force, which has a meticulous plan and thorough execution, this kind of drama really makes them feel very inconsistent.
She put down her gold-rimmed glasses, pressed the bridge of her nose, and after the soreness in her eyes faded away, she asked:
"I still don't understand a little bit."
"What's the York?"
Li Lin took a sip of black tea and answered.
It is easy to understand that if the York had not capsized, the situation would not have deteriorated into a night battle, and the current situation would not have become an imminent danger.
Why does a thousand-ton ship sink when it is lightly hit by a small boat? This question troubles many people, including Brunhil.
"As for the responsibility for the sinking of the York, apart from the small part that Colonel Kolchak must bear, a large part must be attributed to the Royal Navy of Albion itself."
"The Albionites themselves?"
"Three factors."
Li Lin opened the drawer and took out several documents and put them on the table.
"Wrong requirements in the design stage, wrong handling by the captain and rookies, and disregard for safe operations."
The York was launched and completed a month ago, and its construction process took less than a month. This is the only cruiser of this type that was built. In terms of weapon configuration and ship design, it has a strong experimental character.
The sharp bottom, extended scissor bow, dense gun emplacements, hidden upper deck guns, and enlarged flying animal corral - the whole is an Albion version of the Tone-class aviation cruiser. Even the original design intention is the same.
In order to take advantage of the loopholes in the arms limitation treaty and maximize combat effectiveness within a limited tonnage, technological experiments and reserves are carried out at the same time.
This one-sided pursuit of combat effectiveness and overly demanding design requirements will inevitably lead to a decrease in the habitability of warships and insufficient safety redundancy. Taking the York as an example, in order to reduce underwater resistance and increase speed, the aspect ratio of the hull was elongated and wide.
In order to reduce the bottom of the ship
The underwater resistance was designed to be sharper. At the same time, in order to accommodate the enlarged flying animal corral and upper deck cannon, the superstructure was enlarged. Over time, the center of gravity of the ship became quite high. Whenever a sharp turn was performed,
.The sides will almost touch the water surface.
"So when the Forgotten collided, the York's correct response should be to fine-tune its course. Even if a scratch occurs, it will be the Forgotten that suffers the most damage?"
Brunhil suddenly understood. Li Lin shook the tea cup and smiled bitterly.
"Experienced captains will do that, but the York and the Karen are all new recruits. Well, they are still in the running-in stage with the warships. It is still a bit difficult for them to make the right decision."
It is for this reason that after the York was sunk, the Cullen made another mistake - firing at the Forget.
Speaking of which, this cannot be entirely attributed to the captain of the Karen. First of all, there is no so-called mutual trust between humans and orcs. Once there is a misfire, the first thought in the mind must be to kill the other party. Secondly, those who are used to being on the sea
The people of Albion could not accept the fact that they were abused by the bear, and they wanted revenge no matter what. So they gave up the last chance to communicate and used cannons instead of words.
Up to this point, the two cruisers had made a lot of mistakes, but they were not too fatal. If they had sunk the Forgotten like this, the matter would have ended here. But the stupid move of the Albion Admiralty ended at this moment.
Unexpected forms broke out.
Firepower is paramount.
This is the consistent belief of the Albion Navy. In order to maintain the highest level of fire while maintaining a long enough combat time, the Albion people increased the amount of ammunition carried by the warships, and each artillery increased by 50%.
Ammunition reserves, and these extra cannonballs and gunpowder barrels were piled on both sides of the cabin passage and on the upper deck. There was even a barrel of gunpowder stuffed under the table in the captain's cabin. For the convenience of use, all ammunition was not protected in any way.
measure.
As you can imagine, with just one spark, the entire ship will soon turn into a big firecracker.
In fact, if the crew of the Karen had not worked hard to clear the explosives and shells on the upper deck in the shortest possible time, the Karen would not have been sunk by a mine, but would have died from the explosion of the ammunition. In turn,
Without these dangerous measures, the entire upper deck would be in chaos, and the flying beasts would be frightened and run away madly. With the Manticore on board alone, the Karen could have captured the Forgotten alive instead of following the mines all the way.
district.
"It's unbelievable."
"It's not difficult to understand that even if the Albionans anticipated this risk, they would not take protective measures against the ammunition. A fleet without opponents at sea would inevitably be so arrogant and arrogant. If my guess is right, even if
When they later investigate this fatal flaw, they will continue to ignore it or use other excuses to cover up the fact."
This kind of thing is not difficult to understand at all. If the Royal Navy's safety violations are admitted, the officers, especially the fleet commanders and captains who encouraged such behavior will be criticized by the public, and the Royal Navy will be worried about the morale of the fleet.
Suffering a blow, then the will to fight was reduced, and the precious tradition that was cherished - the fearless spirit of the Royal Navy, the persistent and desperate will to attack was lost.
Therefore, the blame can only be placed on the ship design department.
Public opinion will not condemn the design department, and they are not worried about being punished. As long as it is not involved in factional struggles - such as the famous dispute between Hiraga Hiraga and Fujimoto Kikuo in the old Japanese Imperial Navy Headquarters, engineers can
Shift the responsibility to various objective factors: the rigid provisions of arms limitation treaties, technological limitations, scarce shipbuilding funds... As long as you look for it, there is no shortage of reasons, and they are all reasonable.
In the end, only the Albion sailors serving on the warship were unlucky. Of course, they themselves had to be responsible for this.
"What a misfortune."
Brunhil breathed out and frowned slightly.
After a brief moment of sympathy, she quickly burst into uncontrollable anger and disgust towards those dead ghosts.
Too bad.
Because of these dead ghosts, the originally reluctant war plan is in jeopardy.
Due to the health problems of His Majesty the Tsar, the Principality, which is as bad as his old man, is gradually losing its ability to suppress the human camp. Alfheim's original long-term strategy was forced to make significant changes. That time had already made them feel a strong crisis.
Feeling. But this time, everyone in the General Staff wanted to fish out the bodies of those Albion men and strangle them to death again.
"The human camp's armaments update rate is much faster than that of the principality, and the army's ability to adapt to new weapons is also faster than that of the principality."
Taking off a page from the folder and handing it to Li Lin, Brunhil repeated the complaint above.
"The troops in the Principality's army who are changing their equipment have sent out protests one after another, accusing the weapons sold by the company of having quality problems and being very inconvenient to use."
After saying these words, her face was already ugly.
According to the investigation by the after-sales support department, there is no problem with the quality of all weapons, and they can still be used normally after simple maintenance. Every problem encountered by the soldiers of the Principality is caused by themselves, because of their laziness and the lack of support among the soldiers in the army.
Due to the high illiteracy rate, the furry bears neither knew nor were too lazy to maintain their weapons, let alone repair them. As a result, a large number of weapons were damaged and scrapped.
The troubles caused by the bears themselves not only affected their own combat effectiveness, but also indirectly affected the strategic planning of the Elf camp. Coupled with those groundless accusations... Brunhil's mood was getting worse and worse.
"It seems that our furry friends need some simpler and more effective weapons."
It's not a Mosin-Nagant rifle, even a "backward" bolt-action rifle. Li Lin is willing to have one flow into the hands of any party outside the Elf camp. What's more, once the war breaks out, with the depletion of front-line effective forces, the Principality will inevitably
Recruit reserves from behind
Soldiers. For those recruits who have just left the farm for the first time, put on military uniforms, replaced the manure forks in their hands with axes, maces or rifles, and lack of training, whether they can use Mosin Nagant smoothly is a problem. Maintenance
?Repair? They'll think it's something edible.
There is no way to make up for this situation. For example, recruits and veterans are mixed. The veteran rushes in front and shoots, and the recruits follow behind with bullets. When the veteran is killed, the recruit picks up the gun and continues to charge until he is killed by the enemy or behind him.
The Oklanado team was killed...
But even so, the gray animals cannot be consumed indefinitely. Gradually, their dissatisfaction with the Tsar and the principality system will accumulate, and eventually it will evolve into a plague called "revolution", burying the Tsar and the entire principality.
——This is also not what Alfheim wants to see.
However, Li Lin did not intend to mass-produce muskets. Using a quantity that far exceeded the actual equipment and reserve requirements to satisfy the soldiers of the Principality who were accustomed to using dung forks was a waste of time and money, and the effect may not be good.
Therefore, there must be a weapon that is simple, reliable, powerful enough, cheap, and abundant in quantity. With this weapon, the bears can force humans to retreat despite the losses they can bear.
The Principality Navy already has such weapons. They are very satisfied with the performance of the anchor mines and have placed a large number of additional orders. They have also dispatched a delegation headed by Colonel Kolchak to station near the factory to speed up the quality inspection and delivery process of the mines. The Principality
The Army also put forward the requirement for a "land version of the anchor mine", and also stated that "the more, the better, and the faster, the better."
"Contact the factory in Prokhorovka and ask them to sort out the anti-infantry mines and jump mines stored in the warehouse and prepare them for shipment to the Principality Army at any time, and -"
Swirling the red tea juice in the cup, Li Lin's usual elegant smile appeared on his face.
"Inform the carpentry factory in Agen Tolaton and let them prepare for mass production of prosthetics, crutches, stretchers, and wheelchairs."