Chapter 367: On the Americas of Peace
All the weapons and equipment on the Zhenyuan www.biquge.info, including the hull, have surpassed the scientific and technological progress of this world in the past hundred years, if it weren't for the professional operators and sailors on the Zhenyuan ship given by the Imperial Age system, I'm afraid Zhao Dutian wouldn't have found anyone to drive this ship out of port!
When the Zhenyuan ship appeared, it was full of combat ammunition, and this problem was not prominent, but when the war in the Japanese waters ended, the Zhenyuan ship, which had been playing the game of abusing vegetables for several days, really became an iron shell......
Thanks to the fact that the Zhenyuan is coal-burning, in this era, the development of coal is okay, there is no problem in replenishing the Zhenyuan, if there is a former dreadnought-class battleship that burned oil during World War I, I am afraid it will not be able to drive to the Japanese island!
After all, the refining of oil belongs to the product of the second industrial revolution, and Zhao Dutian has not yet begun to point the scientific and technological tree of the second industrial revolution......
The Zhenyuan, which returned with a full of honor, looks glamorous on the outside, but the weapons on it have all become an ornament!
Zhao Dutian also gave a death order, and asked the Imperial Research Institute to do its best to imitate those shells that are not an era at all, well, as long as the cannonballs can be made, as for the torpedo, Zhao Dutian didn't dare to think about it......
It's just that Zhao Dutian was far from expecting that there was such a big gap between the technology of Krupp's artillery and the artillery technology mastered by the Han Empire today, even if there was a physical sample reference, it would take several years to imitate!
After all, many scholars from the Imperial Research Academy have to start from scratch and slowly develop them!
Therefore, Zhao Dutian had to face an embarrassing situation, after the defeat of the Far East United Fleet, the Zhenyuan became a kind of deterrent mascot......
Fortunately, the bigwigs of the Anti-Han Alliance would not have thought that the ironclad ships of the Han Empire would face the problem of not being able to develop supporting ammunition, as long as there is a little logical thinking, human beings will not think so......
You must know that the main and auxiliary guns on the Zhenyuan and the cross-era torpedo boat have the scientific and technological content of the cross-era torpedo boat, which is many times more difficult than the simple matching shells!
Even weapons have been made, so there's no reason why you can't make shells! What's more, there are so many fights in battle!
What the anti-Han alliance is most worried about now is whether the high-powered cannonballs fired from the Zhenyuan ship will be used by Zhao Dutian on the army!
If the Han Imperial Army also used field artillery and rapid-fire artillery with such a long range, such a high hit rate, and unheard of explosive power, who in this world could stop Zhao Dutian's ambition?
Of course, the bigwigs of the anti-Han alliance also know very well that the equipment of the navy in this era will always be the most advanced, unless it is a landlocked country like Prussia!
Advanced weapons tend to give priority to equipping the navy, because in this era, mastering the sea is equivalent to holding a money bag, and the hegemonic control of any shipping route is a continuous cash cow!
For European countries, as long as there is money, it is easy to say anything!
Naturally, the transformation of naval equipment into army equipment is not a simple dismantling of it, it is just an emergency method, whether it is a rifle or artillery, it is divided into naval and land types, especially the classification of artillery, which is particularly important!
There is a big gap between the external conditions on land and on the sea, and if we want to give full play to our combat effectiveness to the greatest extent, we must be separated!
The powerful Zhenyuan ironclad ship was built by the Han Empire at first glance, otherwise, the Han Empire would not have been used before it was used after 10 years of war!
Did the war really have no effect on the Han Empire?
If it weren't for Zhao Dutian's implementation of the dictatorial tyrant model, which gathered the resources of the entire Americas with violence, he would have been dragged down a long time ago!
Even so, South America's economy and population were sent straight back to their original form......
It will take a while for a series of new types of weapons to change from the navy to the army and then to the army, so it is natural for the anti-Han alliance to take advantage of this transition period...... Submit a peace agreement!
Yes, the anti-Han alliance did not plan to continue to fight at all when the Han Empire's science and technology was transitioning, not because they didn't understand the weakness of the Han Empire during this period, but because they themselves were already weak!
The destruction of the Far Eastern Combined Fleet was not only a major blow to the hard power of the anti-Han coalition navy, but also a serious blow to the morale of Europe!
Neither the lower commoners nor the capitalists and aristocrats above are desperate to see any hope of victory!
The Combined Fleet of the Far East has almost withdrawn the main battleships of the anti-Han alliance in the entire Atlantic, and nowadays, there are many ships of the anti-Han alliance in the Atlantic, but basically they are transport ships and merchant ships, and the largest is only a third-class cruiser......
The Han Empire didn't need to send that terrible ironclad ship, as long as it used a few first- and second-class sail battleships, it could run rampant in the Atlantic!
With no breakthrough on land, sea supremacy in jeopardy, and the governments of the anti-Han coalition in debt and heavy losses in the elite army, this war should also be over......
The anti-Han alliance doesn't care about the Han Empire's recovery of strength and the matter of science and technology, not to mention whether the Han Empire will collapse if it continues to fight, the countries of the anti-Han alliance themselves will be finished first!
In addition, Madame de Pompadour, who had been very insistent on the war, died before the collapse of the Combined Far Eastern Fleet, and after the death of Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV, who was a little old but in good health, died suddenly and violently, full of French court intrigue......
After the accession of Louis XVI to the throne, the king of France, apparently not interested in war or anything, openly raised the voice of unconditional 'peace'!
Anyway, France has already lost what it should have lost on the American continent, and there is no hope of victory, so it is better to save some money for your own enjoyment!
In this way, the countries of the anti-Han alliance unanimously passed an agreement on reconciliation with the Han Empire, and even the British agreed to the cession of the North American colonies proposed by Zhao Dutian!
The destruction of the Far East Combined Fleet was the biggest blow to the British, because most of the high-level battleships in the Combined Fleet were produced by the British Navy!
The Zhenyuan specially selected the first and second class battleships to bomb, and as a result, the British naval strength was wiped out at once, if it were not for the great loss of the naval power of the entire Europe, I am afraid that the British would not be able to maintain their maritime hegemony in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans!
The prime ministers in power of the British government resigned because of the collapse of the Far East Combined Fleet, and the entire cabinet team was completely replaced!
The new British Prime Minister has only one purpose - a truce!
This is also the root of his ability to ascend to the throne!