While embracing Guba warmly like an old friend he hadn't seen for many years, Lin Yizhe couldn't help but feel emotionally in his heart. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Judging from the mainstream history of future generations, this is a collusion with the famous "imperialists"!

After the two exchanged greetings, Guba invited Lin Yizhe to his office.

The frugal office of the rector of the French Mine School, with a huge desk in the center, tall bookcases and filing cabinets on the walls, and several sofas and coffee tables, indicates that the person who worked here was an energetic and learned man.

As soon as Lin Yizhe entered the room, he noticed a cabinet with various ship models on display, and his eyes couldn't help but stay there for a moment.

"You can see that you are also a person who likes boats very much." Gu Ba smiled slightly, and led Lin Yizhe to the cabinet, "Many of these are my personal collections, and some are gifts from the designers of the shipyard. ”

Gu Ba said, opened the glass window of the cabinet, took out the exquisite ship models inside, and brought them to the table, asking Lin Yizhe to admire.

The models of these ships in the collection range from sail battleships, paddle steamer warships to ironclad ships. Not only is it exquisitely crafted, but it is also extremely precise in its details, which is breathtaking.

Lin Yizhe's eyes were immediately attracted by several of the small boats.

Sandwiched between a group of ironclad ships and cruisers, these small ships look very inconspicuous, with neither artillery nor sails, and it is even difficult to distinguish what they are at first glance, but Lin Yizhe, who is familiar with the history of the development of the world's navies, still recognizes their identities at a glance.

Pole Mineboat!

"Do you know what they're for?" Gu Ba picked out these small boats, put them in front of Lin Yizhe, and asked with a smile.

"They are small boats that use pole mines to carry out blasting attacks on large warships." Lin Yizhe took a small boat, adjusted the pole in front of it, pushed it with his hand, and crashed into an ironclad ship in front of him, and made an explosive motion with his hand.

Seeing that Lin Yizhe was very aware of the use of this kind of boat, Gu Ba laughed, and a look of approval appeared in his eyes.

Since most of the early underwater explosive weapons were stationary mines, they could only be passively defended and could not take the initiative to attack. Therefore, at that time, the whole world was exploring a water weapon with explosive effect, but it could actively attack the enemy. Explosive firearms in water, which were born in ancient times, have been reborn in modern times and have gradually developed and improved. In the American Civil War, modern mines were fully used for the first time, and a large number of ships on both sides were killed by mines. Although the power of mine weapons is huge and they have a great deterrent effect on ships, they have inherent defects, that is, they can only defend and passively defend ports, etc., and cannot take the initiative to attack the enemy. In order to solve this contradiction, the Americans created cylindrical torpedoes that were barely able to take the initiative in the Civil War, and early submarines that secretly sent mines to attack the enemy, but these weapons with complex and cumbersome designs were not perfect and reliable, so they had little practical value. But it wasn't long before several seemingly simple, but more practical and effective designs appeared. The first is to tow mines, that is, tow mines, the design idea is very simple, warships use ropes to tow mines to sail, when encountering enemy ships, by adjusting the course, so that the mines towed far behind the stern of the ship meet the enemy ship, so as to achieve the purpose of attack. The original method was to tie one rope to tow the mine at the stern of the warship, and later developed to tie two mines, each at an angle of 30 degrees to the warship, which is more effective than tying one. In addition, there is a design, on the steam sampan to install 8-9 meters long iron rod, the small mine is tied to the head of the iron rod, usually the iron rod is shrunk in the boat, close to the target and suddenly stretched out, in order to attack the enemy ship, this explosive weapon is called rod mine, and the boat carrying the pole mine is called the pole mineboat.

Towed mines and rod mines, two immature naval warfare weapons, can be regarded as the beginning of the development of self-propelled explosive weapons in the modern world navy. After many tests, the tow mine boat was found to be difficult to use, the success rate was small, and the risk factor was high, so it was not adopted and used in large quantities, only some Baltic coastal countries such as Russia were experimentally equipped, and although the rod mine boat is more reliable than the tow mineboat, but this kind of small boat wants to attack the enemy ship, it must brave the rain of bullets and bullets to assault the distance very close to the target, the danger is very great, and because the length of the rod mine boat is limited, the huge aftermath produced when the rod mine triggers the explosion, It is likely that it will affect the close proximity of their own boats, and there is quite a smell of suicide weapons, so the navies of various countries have varying degrees of reservations about this kind of thing, which will be burned if it is not done well.

"I think General Guba should have heard of China's 'national surname' Zheng Chenggong, right?" Lin Yizhe asked with a smile.

"I've heard about it, but I don't know it in detail." Guba nodded, a focused look on his face.

"It was in 1660, the navy led by the national surname and the Dutch engaged in a fierce naval battle on the sea near Taiwan, when the Dutch navy's sail warships were very powerful, such as the 'Hector' with more than 70 guns, and the Chinese army, the largest Chinese ship also only had two guns, although the number of such ships was large, but under the fierce artillery attack of the Dutch, it could not play a role at all. At this time, clever Chinese sailors used a small boat called a 'chain boat'. It is a complete boat in appearance, but it is actually composed of two relatively separate parts, it carries various types of explosives in the front half, and large spikes with barbs are installed in the bow, while the rear half of the boat is paddled by a water buff. During the battle, the front half of the boat is pinned to the enemy ship, and the flammable and explosive materials carried by detonating the carrying materials attack the enemy ship, while the second half is unhooked and returned safely by the soldiers. ”

"At the height of the battle, brave Chinese sailors approached the Hector in such a small boat, detonated its powder magazine, and sank it, and the rest of the Dutch ships fled, and the Chinese navy won the naval battle. As a result of this naval battle, the Dutch could no longer receive reinforcements from the sea, and were definitively defeated. Lin Yizhe said eloquently, "This is a rare example of China defeating the navies of Western countries, hehe." ”

"It turns out that the earliest design idea of the pole mineboat came from China." When Gu Ba heard Lin Yizhe talk about the battle examples of the Chinese Navy in the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't help but have more respect for Lin Yizhe, "It's really unexpected." ”

"If this kind of small boat is used properly, it can pose a great threat to large warships." Lin Yizhe fiddled with the small pole minecraft on the table with his fingers and said, "However, this combat method is too dangerous, and the requirements for the crew are also very strict, and they must not only be skilled, but also have extremely high courage. Moreover, if the close defensive fire of a large warship is fierce and accurate enough, the chances of success are very small, so this kind of small boat can only be used as an auxiliary weapon. ”

"That's right." As the principal of the French Mine School, Gu Ba is obviously quite clear about the pros and cons of this weapon, "This kind of small boat, if you sneak attack a large warship moored in the harbor at night, it has a greater chance of success, but if you attack a large ship that is fighting during the day, there is basically not much chance." It is a helpless choice for the navies of small countries. ”

"The point is that this kind of boat has no chance of surviving under the strafing of rapid-fire weapons, such as the 'Lin's machine gun' on the 'Weiyuan' I was riding." Lin Yizhe said, "Even in the dark of night, the thunderous steam engine can easily expose its location to the enemy. Only when it is chosen in a stormy night or when you can get sufficient fire support from your own side can you have a chance of success. If it is the former, then the danger of the attack will increase exponentially, and your own personnel will likely be swallowed by the waves before they reach the hull of the enemy ship; If it's the latter, Mr. Guba, if your own firepower is enough to support a few pole mineboats, then why release rod mineboats? ”

"In a battle like your attack on the port of Kiel, even if the Prussians had such a small boat, they would be powerless in the face of such a powerful battleship as the 'Ocean'. And in the face of a hard-armored ironclad ship, what can a mere 13-kilogram pole mine run into the hull of an enemy ship? ”

"You're absolutely right." Gu Ba's eyes were full of admiration, he didn't expect that the young man in front of him could have such a deep understanding of the pole mineboat.

"I have studied the battle of the port of Kiel, and your strategy and tactics are extremely clever and admirable." "The Battle of Kiel Harbor can be said to be a turning point in this war. ”

"But Mr. Lin, there is also your credit for this!" Hearing Lin Yizhe's praise, Gu Ba said with a smile, a pair of hawk-like yellow-brown eyes staring at Lin Yizhe's face tightly.

"Why do you say that?" Lin Yizhe asked with a smile, his black eyes meeting the sharp gaze of Gu Phong.

"Mr. Lin, I have always had a question in my heart, and I want you to give me an answer." Gu Ba looked at Lin Yizhe, and finally said the question that he had buried in his heart for a long time, "Why did you recommend me to the emperor to command such an important battle related to the fate of the French Empire?" ”

"That means you believe in the legend of the 'Chinese Magic Box'?" Lin Yizhe did not answer positively, but asked with a smile.

"I actually really doubt that this legend is true. For I have inquired with the Chief of the Imperial Guard, and he has confirmed that His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon III has read your letter before deciding on my appointment. "You know, I've never met you, I've never even heard your name, but how do you know me?" Why do you want to recommend me? In my opinion, I am not the most suitable person in the French Navy to command this important battle. ”

Listening to Guba's question, Lin Yizhe just smiled slightly, before he came to visit Guba, he knew that Guba was likely to ask such a question, so he had already thought of a word.

"I only remembered your name after hearing Colonel Riig talk about you." Lin Yizhe replied unhurriedly, without the slightest hint of panic, "I heard him say about you, and I admire you very much, so I recommended you to His Majesty the Respected and Wise Emperor at such a critical moment." ”

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