Chen Dingtian now finally knows the feeling of having no backer behind him, and this lack of backing is really very fatal. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIf you can't divide one side, even if it's just one side, it doesn't take too much, and this is enough to make several European countries very skeptical. Even if it is only a province in this part of China, it will not be much weaker than some small countries in Europe. An organization with a state apparatus is unparalleled in its strength. At present, Chen Dingtian is suffering from the loss behind his back, and there is no state apparatus behind him, if there is a state apparatus behind him, then even the British Empire, which is known as sweeping the world, will not dare to be so presumptuous to Chen Dingtian. The strength of the state apparatus cannot be compared with that of an individual, and a state apparatus has an army, wealth, and all aspects, and it is not something that can be easily threatened. Chen Dingtian began to be determined to help the Heaven and Earth Society establish a state apparatus, even if it was just a province, then the British would not dare to be so presumptuous.

However, Chen Dingtian didn't have any good ways to do it, and this matter could only be done slowly. However, the Englishman took the draft of Chen Dingtian's book and began to study it. The draft was sent back via pigeon stations all over the UK, from Hong Kong to India, and finally to the country from the various stations. Prince Albert and Queen Victoria of England began to flip through this "Theory of Sea Power".

"A masterpiece, it's really a masterpiece! In the past, we didn't expect that there would be such a classic work. This is enough to provide a strategic guide for the development of a country's navy, even for our British Empire, it is of great value! In the past, when our British Empire developed its navy, it was just very confused, but now we can have a clear idea, and this masterpiece is invaluable! Prince Albert said.

Prince Albert is full of praise for Chen Dingtian's "Theory of Sea Power", which is really a very good work. Of course, in fact, many countries have also felt the various concepts in the theory of sea power. However, just because you feel it doesn't mean you understand it completely. It's like anyone vaguely knows that supply and demand determine the price, but who can really "propose" this? There are many times when personal experience and the idea of a truly written book are not the same thing! Personal experience can only be used as a person, and once you die, it will also be brought into the coffin, and no one else can learn from it. But only those things written on paper are great treasures that can be shown to others and even left to future generations.

It's like there have been so many famous generals since ancient times, but there are very few famous generals who can write the art of war. There are many people who are strong in martial arts, but there are very few people who can write martial arts. It is not the same thing for an individual to grasp and understand the principle of this. Perhaps personal mastery can only achieve the individual, but it cannot benefit future generations.

The various arguments and even theories in this theory of sea power are actually vaguely understood by many people in the British Empire. Vaguely understanding does not mean mastery, it is just a feeling, and it is not really able to summarize. However, Chen Dingtian's "Theory of Sea Power" really came out, which provided an important guiding ideology for the future naval development of the British Empire. Let them know how the Navy should develop in the future and in what way it should be developed. What is the purpose of developing the navy, there is an accurate guiding idea, which can be regarded as a good method.

"It's really not a loss, but we make a lot of money. Maybe this "Theory of Sea Power" is not of high value to ordinary people, and it is not as good as a Shakespearean play, but for a country, it is really priceless! I really didn't expect that Chinese Chen could write anything. From novels and dramas, to the rise of a great power in history books, and now even military theory books can be written, which is really powerful. I really don't know what else he knows, and now he is still a military scientist. Well, although he may not be able to fight, he is a master of military theory. Prince Albert said.

Queen Victoria also asked with some curiosity: "I want to meet this person now, I actually know not only the literature of entertainment, but even history, this kind of military science, and each of them is a classic!" The value of this classic is unparalleled. It's a pity, why didn't he come to our British Empire? ”

"He won't come, because he's afraid we'll do something to him! But, again, he will not go to Prussia or France, he is only trying to gain advantage of our three parties now. Prince Albert said.

Prince Albert knew very well that it was impossible for Chen Dingtian to go to these three countries, and if he went, wouldn't it be a sheep's mouth? Although the three diplomats or agents are now by Chen Dingtian's side, this is still within the controllable range, Chen Dingtian is around him for protection, and he has a good relationship with the Heaven and Earth Society and other local snakes, so even if the British have a small number of marines, it is impossible to have much ability. If they dare to make a move, then Chen Dingtian ran to the Heaven and Earth Society, can the British Navy still be able to go deeper into the hinterland of China, isn't this a death? But if Chen Dingtian arrives on the mainland of these three countries, then he will really be involuntarily unable to do so.

Queen Victoria also shook her head and said, "This guy is really cunning, he actually wants to get benefits from our three kingdoms, this kind of person is either a genius or a madman!" I don't even know if he's a genius or a madman now. However, he wrote this theory of sea power this time, which can be regarded as an important guiding ideology for the development of the future navy of our British Empire. But since he knows the navy, does he know the army? The shortcomings of the British Empire lie in the Army, and although we have a navy, the Army is our serious shortcoming. It would also be nice if the army could be replenished. ”

"I don't know, I don't know if he's going to be in the army. In the future, you can gradually consider digging up those things of him, so that you may be able to get a lot of benefits. His things may be worthless to ordinary people, but to many countries, they are priceless. If you can get your hands on it, you won't lose money. Prince Albert said.

While the British were having a discussion about Chen Dingtian, the Germans were also conducting an exercise.

"From now on, you separate the ranks and don't huddle together." This was stated by Prince Wilhelm of Germany.

Bismarck sent the corresponding skirmish tactic back to Britain through carrier pigeons, but this Bismarck was only sent by Prince Wilhelm, not by Germany. This Prince William had his guards begin to experiment with this so-called skirmish tactic, and he let his guards begin to disperse to test their accuracy.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Those William's guards dispersed into a skirmish line pattern and then began to shoot into the distance. This method has been completely decentralized, and there is no need to be as close together as possible under the pattern of queuing to shoot as in the past. In the past, the accuracy and range of the rifles were not enough to separate them, and only by bringing them together could the density of fire be increased as much as possible, so as to hit the enemy as much as possible. But now they try to disperse and shoot forward. So they began to experiment with tactics, and as they had gone into dispersion, officers soon began to look at bullet holes.

"Prince, according to the results of the tests just now, the accuracy of the shooting of the scattered soldiers has increased a lot. According to our tests, although the density of firepower has decreased, in fact the combat effectiveness has not decreased. Because our M1841 rifle uses a breech gun and has rifling, the shooting accuracy and rate of fire are also greatly increased. In fact, it does not reduce the density of fire and the accuracy of hits, so this skirmish tactic is very advantageous. Said the officer in charge of statistics.

Next, William had his other guard continue to follow the traditional tactical simulation. Their approach was simple, using traditional tactics to shoot at scarecrows at a certain distance, and adding artillery. But soon the results also came out, so that William and they all came up with the data.

"Prince, if we use traditional tactics against this skirmisher tactic, then our rifle accuracy will be reduced by half, and it may not be able to kill an enemy with more than ten times more bullets than in the past. Because the density of the enemy is dispersed, so that it is difficult for us to hit. And the enemy is different, but the enemy shoots at the infantry of traditional tactics with a rifle with higher accuracy. Although their formation is scattered, their weapons are more accurate, so there is no real change, and we still have to withstand the same level of firepower and blows. In this way, the enemy can exert 100% more firepower against us than before, but we can exert no less than ten times less firepower. ”

"As for the artillery, our artillery is even more useless. In the past, we used solid bullets, which could only be used against enemies in dense queues. If a dense queue is used, it will naturally be a single hit, which can also cause a large number of casualties. However, with this loose skirmisher line of operations, our artillery solid ammunition is almost useless. Even if one can be hit, it is just one or two soldiers involved, as in the past, killing dozens or even hundreds at a time, it is almost impossible. Later, this tactic appeared, and the role of solid bullets on the battlefield became less and less. The power of the Grape Bullet is also greatly reduced, but the effect of the Flowering Bullet will become more and more great, because once the Flowering Bullet explodes in place, there can be many fragments around it to kill the surrounding enemies. Flowering shells are also different from grapeshot, which come down from above, but use direct nearby explosions, which are more lethal to nearby enemies. ”

"So, I conclude that if we adopt this method of warfare in the future, the enemy's solid ammunition will hardly be able to pose much of a threat to us. However, again, I think that in the future, we will use more flowering shells. So I suggest that the prince should focus on the more powerful flowering shells, and there are more artillery guns that use flowering shells professionally. Gradually abandon the kind of artillery with solid shells, and everything is going in the direction of flowering shells. “

The officers in charge of the tests gave this advice, as well as the preparation of a new type of artillery, which could be used as a way to develop a flowering shell. However, in this era, the flowering shell is still just a kind of cannonball. And only later will there be the invention of the grenade, which gradually evolved to the howitzer.

"Okay, in that case, in the future I will suggest that the arsenal instead develop grenades and abandon the development of those solid shell artillery." William said.

Prince William obviously also understood that the way of war in the future would change, and the power of the solid bullet under the skirmish line tactics in the future would be almost zero, even if a few enemies were killed, so what? In the future, a solid bullet may be as powerful as a bullet, because the killing effect is about the same. At most, it can be useful when attacking hard matter, but it won't be very useful. On the contrary, it is much more difficult to use solid shells, to get artillery, and to feed artillery and train artillery, than to train infantry. What's more, killing one or two enemies will not affect the overall situation, so in the future, it will be mainly grenade flowering bombs, which is the future development trend. As for grenades and flowering bombs, it is also necessary to focus on the study and abandon the research of those solid bullets. This is because of the cost-effectiveness ratio, and if the cost-effectiveness ratio is not good, then it is inevitable to be abandoned.

At present, the artillery of this era pursues a universal type, that is, it can fire not only solid bullets, but also chain shells, grapes and flowering shells. However, with the skirmish line tactics later, solid shells were almost useless, grapeslet bullets were greatly reduced, and chain bullets were navy. And with the current use of steam engines on ships, the production of such chain bombs used to break the sails will also be phased out. So what can really have an effect is the blossom bomb, and almost only the blossom bomb has an effect.

"In the future, we will adjust the research method, abandon other artillery projects, and concentrate all funds on the research and development of artillery with special flowering shells. And ordered to be responsible for the bidding, specifically to bid for various factories to develop professional flowering artillery! ”

Chen Dingtian did not expect that one of his skirmish tactics would once again trigger the butterfly effect, which made Germany change the development path of artillery. I have to say that the butterfly effect is really powerful, and the butterfly effect that a book will bring is very huge, and maybe things that are not related to each other will also be greatly affected. Even, the change in the research and development of this artillery also changed the fate of several countries, and even made the future war trend confusing.