The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven Chapter 70

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Franz and Friedrich, plates and food simulate war.

Friedrich was very interested in Franz's special operations. A small force paralyzed the enemy's important forts at night, attacked the enemy's arsenal, or prepared for an uprising in the enemy's city in advance, and cooperated with the large force to cooperate internally and externally, although some Mean, but really direct and effective.

As for the tactics of the steamship, it should focus on harassing and killing the crew.

Therefore, artillery should be installed at the bow and stern to facilitate pursuit and escape.

At the same time, the broadside firepower should be mainly flower bombs and grape bombs, the purpose of which is to kill the deck personnel of the enemy ship, ignite the deck to destroy the sails, and achieve the purpose of causing chaos on the enemy ship.

As for the sinking and the gang battle, let's forget it for the Austrian Navy.

The sailors in Venice are really good at fighting, but if you expect a group of professional alcoholics to deal with a group of professional soldiers, you should wake up.

The main reason is that the currently modified steam-powered ships are still too small to be suitable for these two tactics.

In addition to running fast, steam-powered ships can also add additional armor on the outside, that is, ironclad ships.

But there is a big difference between the ironclad ships of this era and the ironclad ships that we are familiar with in later generations.

At this time, the ironclad ship was just a wooden hull wrapped with an iron shell, and some ships even hung a few pig iron plates on both sides of the ship to prevent guns.

As for the source of power, it is also chaotic. Some rely solely on steam power, and some have steam-sail hybrid power.

Especially now Austrian warships refitted with merchant ships and cargo ships are usually only 500 to 1,000 tons, which can only be regarded as the level of cruise ships. In the face of those capital ships that easily exceed 2,000 tons, they are really powerless.

As for wanting to rely on this kind of warship, it is even more impossible to sink a 3,500-ton first-class battleship.

"Frantz, I think what you said is very good. If the Marine Corps can really reach the level you mentioned. Then the war will be too easy. Maybe we can finish it without losing a single battleship. The ancients did not even dare to think about fighting."

Friedrich wanted a flattery, but his technique was so poor that Franz had to pretend to accept it.

"When will your steam battleship be launched?"

"Hmm..." Friedrich thought for a while and said, "Three or five years."

"So long?" Franz was a little surprised. In fact, he thought it would be about a month or two with just a pile of wood and a layer of iron.

"It's fast. It still needs to be built in Venice. If there is no experienced boatman in Trieste, it may not be able to launch in five years." Friedrich emphasized.

Franz felt something was wrong and said.

"What level of battleship are you talking about?"

"My flagship is, of course, a Tier 1 battleship!"

"...I want to ask about the construction time of conventional battleships."

Looking at Friedrich's pensive look, Franz felt that it would not take that long to build a Tier 3 battleship.

"Two to three years."

"...Is the construction speed so slow?" Franz was still a little puzzled.

"Of course, unless you want him to sink in one shot." Friedrich laughed.

"Sink with one shot?" Franz was a little confused, because when he chatted with Friedrich before, he knew that the most efficient way to sink a warship during this period was actually to hit.

It's just that the violent impact is very likely to cause both sides to sink together.

Suppose you want to use artillery to sink the opponent's warship, it is difficult to do it without half an hour of fighting, unless it is crushed by tonnage firepower.

"The Americans on the other side of the continent once specially built a third-class battleship named the USS America in order to thank France for helping them get rid of British rule, but due to cutting corners, it sank as soon as it arrived in France."

Friedrich smiled and broke the news about the black history of the United States.

In fact, historically, on November 9, 1776, the Continental Congress approved the construction of three 74-gun battleships. This was the first time that the United States independently built a battleship, and the USS America that Friedrich said was among them.

On September 3, 1782, the U.S. Congress decided to gift the USS America to France.

On November 5, 1782, the hull was launched.

On June 24, 1783, it was completed and set sail for France. and arrived on July 16.

In 1786, the French Navy inspected and found that the wood of the ship was rotten and could not be repaired, so it was scrapped immediately.

It took the Americans six years to build a rotten ship, and then gave it to the French, calling it a "gift". This is really old-fashioned.

"Friedrich, if you want to build three first-class steam-powered ironclad ships, how long will it take?"

"God knows! I haven't built a single one! You ask me how long it will take to build three? Let's talk about it after my flagship is launched."

Franz didn't know how to build a ship, so he could only ask Friedrich, and Friedrich didn't want to answer Franz's question at all, because he didn't have an answer either.

Because Franz denied several of Friedrich's ideas based on the experience of later generations, Friedrich seemed a little irritable. He was eager to win back, while Franz was a little used to getting answers immediately. Life, the atmosphere at the dinner table seemed a little awkward for a while.

Ajani saw that something was wrong with the atmosphere in front of her, so she said.

"Archduke Franz, you and Archduke Friedrich haven't had dessert yet, why don't you let him taste the double-skin milk you invented?"

Adjani deliberately walked between Franz and Friedrich~www.mtlnovel.com~ and picked up the dishes on the table.

"Shuangpi Nai? Franz, are you still a gourmet?"

It's not that Friedrich is too out-of-the-ordinary and easily led astray by Ajani.

But Adjani is very good at dealing with this kind of thing, voice, expression, body language, it is easy to induce people into her rhythm.

It's just that she usually deals with jealousy between men, not children's fights, but in her eyes it doesn't really make a difference.

"I didn't invent it. It's a practice passed down from the East, but I happened to see it." Franz replied.

In fact, from the day Adjani took charge of Franz's diet and daily life, sugar has never left Franz's recipes.

The diet in Vienna itself is sweet, and Adjani and Thalia hit it off with adding sugar, such as pork chops in syrup, honey-glazed ham, sweet cabbage, honey chicken soup...and the coffee that is sweeter than lethal .

If Franz doesn't order food by himself, he might suffer from diabetes early on.

"I really admire you. You have read so many books. At your age, I only read "Gallic War" and "Army Manual."

It can be seen that Friedrich is sincere, but Franz is really ashamed, because he is a human being in two lives, so he can do this. When he was seven years old in the last life, he was still watching gourd babies and cats and mice.

"No, you are very good. At least I haven't read "Gallic Wars" and "Army Manual". All I read are idle books." Franz explained.

"Franz, I've always had a question. Where can we find people who can speak Arabic in the Austrian Empire? If we want to infiltrate secretly, we can't let our people speak German or Italian."

Chapter end