In March, Mooresburg is full of flowers, and dozens of purebred Scottish hounds run back and forth in the distance, practicing how to chase and catch rabbits.

The Duke of Handes, dressed in a champagne gold gown, carefully groomed his beard, and after a few soft whispers from the butler, hurriedly put down the comb, and received an important guest in his proud rose garden, that is, James, who had been transferred to the command of the First Fleet. General William.

James with a Janissary-style short beard. Admiral William can be said to be the youngest commander of the British Empire's squadron, and his First Squadron under the Home Fleet has 167 ships, including two first-class battleships, five second-class battleships, and 32 third-class battleships.

The Duke of Handes, who is over 70 years old, came to see James today. General William's purpose was very clear, but he was not in a hurry to reveal his purpose, but drank black tea and chatted about unrelated things.

James. William had no choice but to accompany the respected old man to drink afternoon tea slowly, and after a while, Duke Handes may have felt a little tired, so he said in a deep voice: "William! Her Majesty knows something about the matter between you and Maclane, she doesn't want a dispute between you, the empire needs the wealth of Egypt, especially before others can't create wealth as quickly as Maclane, the position of Duke Marklein is something that no one can shake. ”

James. William's face was slightly red, and just about to open his mouth, Duke Hudders's eyes suddenly lit up, and he waved his hand and said coldly: "I know what you want to say, is that new batch of rifles from Mark Klein?" Her Majesty's health is still very healthy, and she will not give up the throne for at least twenty or thirty years. ”

"Do your part well and be a general who shares your worries for Your Majesty!" Duke Hudders has reverted to his old appearance.

Put down the coffee cup after James. William said: "Clean up the pirates in the Mediterranean, this is the queen's order!" It's your responsibility! ”

Duke Handes looked at James meaningfully. William glanced.

In James. William was stunned, Duke Handes had steadily left, and his last sentence seemed to be a pun.

James. When William returned home, he looked at his daughter, who was like a beautiful butterfly, and smiled slightly. William sensed that something seemed wrong with his father?

James. William hesitated for a moment, and finally repeated what Duke Hudders had said to his daughter. William pondered for a moment and took a deep breath and said, "These so-called pirates have always relied on the information we have given, and it can be said that it is easy to destroy them, but before that, we must win their trust!" ”

James. William nodded, Jenny. William calmed down and said: "In order to highlight your ability to give Her Majesty the Queen, it is necessary for us to give them the two expensive armed merchant ships they ordered before, and make them completely crazy after providing information, it is best to let them teach Mark and Pahel of the Mediterranean Fleet a hard lesson, and then we will set up a game and easily catch them all." ”

James. William gently stroked his command knife, as if the cold silver handle could give him courage, hesitated for a while before nodding cautiously and said, "Be careful not to let others notice that we are involved in this matter!" Also, I'm curious why they used expensive ironclads to arm merchant ships? ”

Jenny. William recalled: "The man seems to mean that they lacked trained sailors to operate large ships effectively, and that he himself seemed to be resistant to seafaring?" Iron-hulled ships will give him a sense of security! ”

"Does this excuse seem reasonable? Hehe! "James. William smiled and said, "They don't think boilers and steam engines are very simple things, do they?" That's a complicated thing! These ignorant and poor Orientals. "James. There was a hint of pity in William's tone.

Jenny. William also shook his head helplessly and said, "Their requirements are very strange, and they always feel a little mysterious?" However, I believe that during this time, they dutifully pretended to be pirates and also accumulated a lot of wealth! ”

As soon as the word wealth was mentioned, the eyes of William's father and daughter flashed brightly, and it seemed that Miss Jenny's love for money that Lin Haijiang had concluded before was really genetic.

Jenny was already quietly calculating Duke Maclane's losses, and those losses were the basis for her to accurately assess Lin Haijiang's wealth.

But before that, in order to paralyze Lin Haijiang, Jenny still had to do her best to recruit the professionals he needed, from technicians to unemployed and bankrupt Royal Navy reserve officers, to outlaws in the bar, the latest artillery, a large number of shells, as long as Lin Haijiang needed it, she did her best to help Lin Haijiang get it, because only after Lin Haijiang taught the colonial fleet a lesson, can he show his father's ability.

Let those who are good at attacking their opponents with their mouths open their eyes and take a good look!

For such a good opportunity to kill multiple birds with one stone, Jenny will definitely not give up, as for the little bit of almost insignificant guilt and dishonesty towards Lin Haijiang, Jenny has long been thrown into the sewers of London.

James. On the one hand, William was actively preparing to select the ships to sail, and on the other hand, he asked his daughter Jenny to secretly send people to speed up the contact with shipbuilding, and would rather increase the cost by 20% than advance the construction period. William also got his hands on it through an old friend's uncle, but the range, rate of fire, and power of the breech gun that fired a cone-shaped fuse of the one-touch cannonball did make James a fool. William was horrified.

Fortunately, each ship only had twelve guns, and James, who originally wanted to replace the guns for his flagship. William was also taken aback by the cost of the new artillery and the high price of the shells, the surname-to-price ratio has always been the most important point in the military's selection of weapons, and this expensive new artillery is really a bit of a chicken rib.

On May 1, 1853, it was a relatively windy and beautiful day, with only a few seagulls flying on the calm sea, and the distant land seemed to be gray, as if it had been cut off from life.

The deep blue water seems to be brewing a crisis that does not exist! Lin Haijiang and Lawrence stood on the bridge of the Taishan together, and the two pillars of smoke that had appeared in the distance made Lin Haijiang's heart uneasy.

Jenny. William sat on the round chair on the foredeck, and the servant beside him laboriously played a parasol of little use. William glanced disapprehensively at the black smoke billowing from the chimney, which could choke people to death if the wind changed direction.

Even so, Jenny. William also didn't want to stay in the stuffy so-called armored bridge, and the small space gave her a strong sense of oppression.

A group of four cargo ships and two 'armed merchant ships' ordered by Lin Haijiang slowly slowed down and fell anchor, Lin Haijiang immediately beckoned the Taishan to come up, while Lawrence returned to the Huashan and commanded the warships to patrol nearby.

Lin Haijiang looked at Jenny with a smile. William, the kind of naked gaze that men look at women** makes Jenny. William was very disgusted when Jenny. When William walked over and stretched out her slender jade hand very reluctantly, she suddenly realized that Lin Haijiang was not looking at herself at all.

Miller on the side was also helplessly embarrassed, as Lin Haijiang's spokesperson and procurement on land, Miller can be said to be no longer the former adjutant who had to calculate for a few pennies, Miller's little brother, who was already slightly fat, was obviously doing well, and Miller always maintained a respectful attitude towards Lin Haijiang.

And at this moment, Lin Haijiang's saliva flowed to almost every part of the turret, although the Cente rifled rear cannon on this semi-enclosed completely manpower mechanically rotated turret, Lin Haijiang's eyes were very poisonous, and he quickly discovered that the Cente rifled rear cannon was different from the typical Royal Navy 24-pounder gun, although the Cente rifled rear cannon was also a 24-pounder gun, but the body barrel was about one meter long, which meant that its range was likely to be longer, and the caliber of the naval gun was about 87 mm.

The typical Royal Navy 24-pounder gun has a caliber of 5.83 inches (148 mm), a shell diameter of 5.54 inches (140 mm), a barrel length of 9.5 feet (2.9 meters), a total weight of about 2500 kilograms, 6~14 people to make, a gunpowder consumption of 4~6 pounds, a maximum range of about 1600 meters, and an effective range of 400~1200 meters.

The Royal Navy mainly uses 6-pounder, 9-pounder, 12-pounder, 18-pounder, 24-pounder, 32-pounder, 42-pounder, etc., of which the 12-pounder gun is mostly used as infantry offensive support artillery, equipped with a detachable wheeled gun mount, configured on the top deck, and can be disassembled from the warship at any time.

Lin Haijiang knows very well that ordinary 24-pounder guns are divided into cast iron guns and bronze guns, of which the cast iron guns are 9.5 feet (about 292 cm) long, and the bronze guns are 7 feet (about 213 cm) long, because bronze can better withstand the high temperature and high pressure of the launch, and less materials are needed to manufacture the gun body, so although the density of bronze is about 20% higher than that of cast iron, the bronze cannon is lighter than the cast iron cannon of the same level.

Nowadays, the price of a 24-pound bronze cannon is about 220 pounds, and the cast iron cannon of the same level is only 165 pounds, but when the gun is scrapped, the initial manufacturing cost of the cast iron cannon is used up, because the scrapped cast iron cannon body can only be sold as scrap iron, and the service life of the iron cannon at sea is only two years, and the bronze cannon is as long as five or six years, and can be recast indefinitely, so most of the Royal Navy is equipped with bronze cannons, before the Mittefilm alloy was widely used in 1860, The Bronze Cannon is still the main gun of the British Royal Navy.

However, Lin Haijiang soon discovered that the Cente rifled rear cannon was not made of bronze? But a new type of material with a very high density and texture?

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