Chapter 344: Start the Iron Ship Project

The area of Aozhou is larger than that of the Great Chu Continent, with a larger population and rich resources, and it has caused more wars than the Great Chu side, plus a long time ago, it was good to treat the secret master, and it was better than the Great Chu in terms of politics, military, and culture.

As the most outstanding of more than 100 grand dukes, Dong Guanyue knew in her heart how difficult this national battle would be. When the Aozhou Wan fell, it was difficult to feed these tens of thousands of mouths alone.

Even if there is not enough food, let alone armor. No matter how advanced the smelting technology of Aozhou is, it is not as important as eating. What's more, after the loss of Austria, there was no even the most basic iron ore and fuel, so he could only rely on the materials brought from Austria to carry out the initial war.

Therefore, the early stage of the war is very important, the Austroians cannot afford to be defeated, the Chu people can be defeated again and again, and the Austros, as long as they are defeated, will be ruined, and they will no longer have the strength to continue the war.

When the number of people participating in a war reaches more than one million, it is not simply a struggle for manpower, but a struggle for financial resources, materials, and the mind of a commander.

It's difficult, the Chu people feel that it is difficult, the big Chu is loud, Dong Guanyue feels even more difficult, the burden on his shoulders is too heavy, and he feels that he can't bear it.

Although this battle is difficult, it is as fast as possible, and it can't give Da Chu too much time to prepare, and in the early stage, it can rely on sophisticated equipment, advanced technology, and a rolling momentum to let the Chu army collapse for thousands of miles, and create a foothold for the next protracted war.

The coastline of Great Chu is very long, there are many places for the Austrians to land, where to choose, it is very critical, if the resources are too small, it will inevitably be unfavorable to the Austrians, and where there are many resources, there are Chu people heavily guarded, dilemma.

"Your Excellency, there is a sentry in return. The adjutant's voice came from outside the door, the second returning outpost. Dong Guanyue knew that it was not easy for them, not to mention how far away they were, but this black skin was incompatible with Chu people, and it was extremely difficult to listen to the news.

After a while, the sentry entered the big tent, this outpost was responsible for the northeast sea area, which was also the place that Dong Guanyue liked the most.

The south is naturally better and rich in materials, but it will definitely be the area that the Chu people will focus on defending, while the northeast is not only small in population, but also extremely cold in winter, and it is not easy to survive.

There were not many supplies there, and Dong Guanyue's goal was Chunjiang Mansion in Hongzhou, a large city with a population of hundreds of thousands, which happened to be located on the dividing line between the two naval armies in the north and south.

It took a few hours for the sentinel to finish the information he had discovered, and Dong Guanyue smashed his fist on the map, no need to think about it anymore, and there was no time for him to continue to think about it, it was Chunjiang Mansion.

At the same time, Renault had rare leisure, sitting under the sun umbrella, drinking iced juice, and chatting with Wei Wenchang without saying a word.

Since that day, after the general was excited, he issued more than ten concertans in a row, but people were unwilling to go back, and they didn't leave here. In addition to visiting the blast furnace and the mechanical workshops on both sides of the underground river, leading the team to hunt in the underground world, and going to the military academy to listen to lectures when he had nothing to do, he wanted to find a chance to talk to Lei Shi, and there was no special topic, pure chat.

This is naturally not that the general is idle and has nothing to do, but he found that the things in his mind are not on the same line with Lei Shi at all, even if he wants to talk, he can't talk about dry goods, it is better to listen to Lei Shi's chat, maybe he can find something useful to Da Chu from it.

"I said General Wei, how much does the military department know about the Austrians?" asked Renault, who guessed that he probably knew more about the Austrians than the military department.

"Not much, the military department has sent more than 300 clippers and thousands of personnel, and before Wei came here, the first batch of light and dark agents had already brought back news. The sea is different from the land, there is not much to see, and I think that Ao will hide it before the people attack. As far as is known, the Austrian battleships were larger and faster. ”

What is the difference between this special and I don't know? Renault really wants to complain, the military department is really wasteful, sending thousands of people and horses, in exchange for these two sentences?

"In addition, the Ao people's physique is obviously better than that of the Chu people, and their explosive power and staying power are stronger, which is judged by their body size and their movements. There are sentinel water ghosts, desperately diving to the side of the Austrian boat, and soaking in the water for three days and three nights. Wei Wenchang sighed lightly.

It is difficult for the Austrians to detect the outposts, and it is equally difficult for the Chu people to detect the outposts, the skin and appearance are too different, and it is impossible to even use them, so they can only wait and see from afar, and the news they get is naturally pitiful.

General Wei had never fought such a battle, although he felt very uncomfortable and felt aggrieved, but he also knew that the Great Chu military department was uncomfortable, and the other party might not be comfortable. In the past few months, more than 100 Austrian detectives have been killed.

There is no living mouth, all the people sent by the Austrians are dead soldiers, and they will commit suicide if they are defeated, without hesitation, and these people are quite vigilant, and they want to take it silently, and even the people of the secret spy department can't do it.

"How does your military department judge, where will the Austrians land from? If it is confidential, the general does not need to be embarrassed, I just ask casually. Reynaud said he had a feeling that war was just around the corner.

Wei Wenchang shook his head, there is no way to judge this, it can only be one or a few ranges.

It took Renault a few nights to use several multicolored divine stones to sweep the coastline of Dachu.

The ocean is too big, even if there is a God of Wealth scan, it will take time, and for several days in a row, Renault has not yet discovered the Austrian fleet.

In fact, even if it is discovered, it will not have much effect, Renault can only scan along the coastline, and it is impossible to expand the range, and under the cover, it is also very difficult for the God of Wealth to scan.

By the time the Austrian ship arrived at the scanning range of the God of Wealth, it was actually too late, and it would take quite a long time to get from Shengong City to Los Angeles, even if the airship was used, and the Austrians had already completed the landing at that time.

Distance, limiting the timeliness of information, unless Renault leaves here and goes to the state capital near the coastline, he can deliver information at the first time.

This is a national battle, and momentary intelligence cannot play a decisive role, and Renault does not know the difficulties of the Austrians at this time. Not only did Da Chu think that the Aoren were fierce, but even Renault felt that the Aoren's strength was much stronger than that of Da Chu. Therefore, he felt that he could play a greater role in Shengong City, and a steady stream of armor and more advanced weapons were the key to deciding this war.

Renault did not study military affairs, but was more inclined to weaponism, as long as the weapons could cross the era, defeating the Austrians was not a problem.

The equipment of the infantry has been formed, and he is ready to start the naval program to build steel warships. Originally, he thought that it would take a few years to start, but Mozi surprised him again, the steam engine had actually been formed, although there were still various problems, but in Renault's opinion, it could already be used.

If you think about the history of engines on earth, in the beginning, whether it was a steam engine or an internal combustion engine, which was not a bunch of faults, you had to serve them like your ancestors in order to make them work.

Trouble is indispensable, battleships are different from vehicles, they are big guys, with sail battleships, the speed is actually very slow, not many can reach ten knots.

Ten knots, which is only thirty or forty miles, is equivalent to the speed of a bicycle, and the steam car can increase the speed by two times, to ten or twenty knots, even if half of the time is spent on maintenance, it is worth doing.

After all, it is an iron guy, unlike a wooden battleship, as long as it is equipped with the corresponding weapons, even if it stops at sea and does not move, the Austrian warship may not be able to move, if it is opened, it does not need to be hit, even if it is rammed, it can also sink the enemy ship.

The problem is, how did the shipbuilding be built by the special mother, but Renault wouldn't. He only knows keels, but does an iron ship need a keel?

Shipbuilding is much more troublesome than airships, and Renault only has the pouring welding method, is this thing reliable? Countless problems have come to Renault, giving Renault a terrible headache.

Three months later, Renault's first wish came true, above the Shengong City, airships were like clouds, hundreds of airships entered and exited every day, and the craftsmen and coolies transferred from Dachu poured into the Shengong City like a tide, not only the Shengong City that had not yet been built was crowded, but in the rainforest dozens of miles away, there were tens of thousands of people working, cutting down trees and leveling the ground, and establishing new camps.

On the seaside, a dry dock was built, the first time to build a ship, Renault naturally did not dare to build a big ship, Experiment No. 1 is a small boat 20 meters long, such a ship, can not go out to the ocean, can only rely on the coastline to turn, purely for experiments.

"I said, what is Master Lei going to do, he wants to build ships with fine iron?" The person who spoke was only about thirty, not tall, with a strong body, and a pair of big hands twice as big as ordinary people.

Don't look at his official size, everyone knows it in the Dachu Ministry of Industry.

Xiao Man, the youngest craftsman in Da Chu, belongs to the Ship and Parking Division of the Ministry of Industry, and has a five-grade virtual official on his body, among the craftsmen, those who can be promoted to the fifth grade, even if it is just a virtual official, are unique.

is also a craftsman, his fate is much better than Zhangtan, from a family of craftsmen, he has not suffered much since he was a child, and he has an amazing talent in shipbuilding......

Anyway, in the shipbuilding industry, any words of praise placed on him are not praise, but can only be regarded as a statement of facts.

This time he was transferred here by the Ministry of Industry, Xiaoman was quite unwilling, what about the secret master, he was a shipbuilder, does the secret master understand shipbuilding?

His suspicions were fine, Renault did not know how to build ships, and he knew very little about ship berths.

Sharp-bottomed ships can go to the sea, and use steam engines as power, which is important and reasonable.

No, that's all I know. As for the little things, he knows a lot, for example, he knows several kinds of radar......

The problem is, those things, knowing and knowing, are they used in Da Chu's fart, let alone radar sonar, he can't even make flowering bombs now, and he is waiting for the Mozi experimental team to help him complete the triggering of the fuse.

Of course, there are weapons, ballistas are a good choice, the range is acceptable, and the ammunition is diverse, but unfortunately no oil was found, Renault is still quite confident in refining oil, isn't it just heating and diversion.

Without oil, it was a big problem to make incendiary bombs, and there were several types of resin suitable for burning in the rainforest, but the quantity was too small to produce in large quantities.

As for vegetable oil, if you want that thing to burn, forget it.

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