Volume 20 Chapter 129 Cooperation Negotiation
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Although I prayed that the ships of the Iron Empire were more than just a bunch of flying ships, apparently that Jehovah guy wasn't helping. 【 】 (Free download of full-text e-book) Speaking of which, someone’s Temple Mount was hacked some time ago. It would be a ghost if Jehovah could listen to my prayers. Therefore, the theorem that spaceship = flying ship unfortunately holds true.
The spaceships of the Iron Empire are completely modeled after the European sailing ships of the Age of Discovery, but compared with ships in the sea, the spaceships are significantly smaller in size.
There are actually more than one type of spaceship in the Iron Empire, and the smallest one is probably about the same size as a lifeboat. It can fit eleven or two people into it, which is pretty good. The most popular model is a flat-bottomed boat about twenty meters long with two levels of cabins. It looks more like a river ferry than a battleship.
Of course I have no interest in this kind of small boat, but fortunately there are not no big guys here. There are actually three large ships in the airport. It is said that these are the largest models of the Iron Empire and the main ships of the Iron Empire's aviation fleet.
The appearance of this kind of capital ship is obviously much more beautiful than that of conventional spaceships. The blue-based hull is equipped with many golden patterns, which looks quite gorgeous. The structure of the battleship is completely designed according to the structure of a European large sailing ship. Except that there is no sail on the top of the deck, it is basically no different from a surface ship.
According to the information provided by the muscular man, the length of this kind of spaceship is seventy meters and the width is more than thirty meters. It is not as slender as a modern warship, but looks fatter. There are five levels of cabins inside the hull, and the bottom four levels are all composite cabins, that is, the area in the center of the cabin is isolated and separated for stacking supplies. Along the outer hull of both sides are two columns of artillery, facing the left and right sides of the ship respectively. This is the same as that of a large sailing ship, except that European large sailing ships place the artillery decks on the top few floors, while the cannons of the spacecraft are At the bottom. But it’s right to think about it. A sailboat sails in the water. Putting the cannon higher will help to obtain a greater range and a better view. At the same time, the running door above the water is not prone to water. However, Iron Empire's spaceships do not need to be launched into the water at all, and their main job is ground attack rather than air combat, so the lower the gun position is, the better.
In addition to the four cabins below, the fifth cabin above is basically where the personnel living area and flight power mechanism are located. The structure here is also composite like the bottom floor. The power mechanisms are all in the center of the hull, and the outer circle is the living area. Up above is the deck, which is basically the same as an ordinary sailboat, except that there are no sails, so there are no spider-like cables, and it looks very refreshing.
"How many guns does your ship have?" I asked while looking around the outside of the ship.
The muscular man immediately replied: "There are a total of one hundred and twenty-eight broadsides on the four decks. There are two giant cannons at the bow, and there are sixteen more of the same model as the broadsides at the stern."
When the muscular man talked about guns, I thought of the shore defense guns on the coast. The power of those things is still fresh in my memory. "Are the cannons you're talking about the kind that are mounted on the coast?"
"No, it's not." The muscular man shook his head quickly when he heard this: "The circle on the coast is the coastal defense cannon. It is too big and the spacecraft cannot carry so many. The two giant cannons on the bow of the ship that I just mentioned are those. It's a kind of cannon, but it's bigger than the shore defense cannon you've seen. The sides and stern of the ship are all medium-sized cannons, and their range and power are incomparable to that kind of magic cannon. There are also a few more on the deck. Shotguns are used to suppress personnel during wartime, but recently we are considering whether to abandon this deck gun because it seems that it has never been used."
"It sounds pretty energetic, but with so many cannons, can your ship fly?"
"There is no problem relying on the air magic stone in terms of lift. However, because the air magic stone's lifting force is relatively slow to adjust, the maneuverability is not very good, but if it is only used for ground attacks, it is enough."
I shook my head and said: "It's certainly enough for you to stay here without contact with the outside world, but if our guild also uses air magic stones to make spaceships, that won't work. The sky doesn't just belong to us, our enemies There are also many that can fly. If our ship does not have air combat capabilities, it will basically be a waste!"
The muscular man spread his hands helplessly and said: "Of course we know this won't work, but the technical problems can't be solved, so we can only use it like this for now."
The old man suddenly said: "In terms of technology, with the technical information you provided, we will definitely improve significantly in the future, but many things cannot be solved with technology alone. Although we are on this island, we can avoid We are invaded by outside creatures, but we ourselves are trapped here, so we can’t get the various ores and other products outside at all. But with the few resources on the island, even if we have the technology, we can’t get them. What a good thing.”
As soon as the old man said this, the fat man who rarely interrupted immediately followed suit: "Yes, President Ziri, our island is really too isolated. We didn't want to go out before, but later we came into contact with some powerful creatures from the outside world. Finally, we finally realized that sooner or later, when we stay here, we will be invaded by powerful creatures from the outside and defeated by them, and by then, what awaits us will be a huge disaster that may wipe out the dead race, so we hope that Guild Purple Sun will last forever. Could you consider giving us some assistance?"
"What kind of help do you want?" The other party took me around the city for nearly a day, and now they finally put forward their ideas, but I guess this is also related to my performance just now. When I visited before, I had always felt that things from the Iron Empire were quite indifferent. Nothing they thought would surprise me failed to scare me. It was just now that I showed some different emotions when I saw their spaceship. , and this is exactly why they made the request at this time. Because they finally found something that interests me.
The so-called rare things can be lived in. If I have no interest in the things of the Iron Empire, then if they rush to surrender, they can only become a dispensable side force. Therefore, although they had the intention to cooperate before, they never took the initiative to say it out until They just saw that I was interested in the spaceship and they finally realized their value. As long as they are valuable to us, their treatment after joining us will naturally be different.
After I asked what kind of cooperation I wanted, the fat man did not rush to answer, but said: "I don't dare to talk nonsense about this kind of thing. I believe that President Ziri's intelligence should be able to feel our cooperation. Willingness. Now I just want President Ziri to give us a clear attitude. If you really want to cooperate and have a promising way of cooperation, you might as well consider the specific content. The banquet in the evening may be a discussion Good place for things.”
We are all smart people, and the job of the three guides was just to ask for my clear attitude based on the situation, so that their senior staff could prepare the corresponding information in the evening for in-depth communication. Well, now that everything has been explained clearly, the work of the three guides is basically completed. Of course, except for sending two guards to report the situation, the others still stayed with me to continue visiting the airport.
To be honest, the technology of the Iron Empire is really lame and powerful. They have achieved quite outstanding results in the technologies they are good at. Many things are two or three generations ahead of our guild’s technology, but other technologies are lagging behind. It's outrageous. I attribute this imbalance to the sequelae of geographical narrowness. Because the land area is small and there are few mineral resources, they have never seen many special materials, and technology is basically based on materials science. If you don’t have basic ores for training, upper-level science and technology will naturally not be able to develop. Therefore, they can only concentrate all their technologies on those disciplines supported by ores. The result is that the Iron Empire’s technical system is completely lame on one foot, and some technologies are lame. They are very good, but some of them are just trying to make do with local methods.
Without the mission in hand, the three guides talked a lot more than before, especially the old man. I always thought this guy had some Alzheimer's disease, but now it seems that he is not Alzheimer's disease, but because he has something on his mind and is not good at this kind of social behavior with dual goals, so he has always been a little nervous. Now that there are no such restrictions, the old man has become more talkative than the muscular man, but his talkative direction is all about technology. According to the muscular man, the old man seems to be a senior scientific researcher here, and he is a well-known local scholar. , having him is basically equivalent to bringing a technical encyclopedia of the Iron Empire.
Under the guidance of the old man, we boarded one of the large spaceships, and then entered the cabin to visit it. There is a big difference between the impression created by actually entering the ship to observe and listening to the commentary outside the ship. For example, at first I thought that the four decks inside the spaceship were all very tall and wide, but after entering, I discovered that the lower four decks with artillery were very low, although they were not so high that I had to lower my head to crawl through them. , but you can really reach out and touch the ceiling.
In addition, the artillery on this flying battleship also surprised me. Because I had a preconceived impression after seeing the Iron Empire's coastal defense guns, I always thought that these so-called broadside cannons were also powerful magic cannons. But when I actually saw them, I discovered that the broadside cannons they used were actually real. It's an artillery piece, and it's a front-loading type.
"Isn't this artillery a little too fancy?" I looked at the darkened artillery in front of me and asked the old man in disbelief: "Don't you have a magic cannon? Why use artillery? Even if you have to use it, the rear-loading Isn’t it okay?”
After I asked the question, the old man first replied: "We do have magic cannons. You just saw them on the bow of the ship. They are magic cannons, but they are too big. Although they are powerful enough, if they are all equipped with those We can only carry twenty weapons per ship, and we can no longer carry other weapons. In comparison, although the artillery is far inferior to the magic cannon in terms of power and range, it is worse than the magic cannon because it is light enough. It can easily pull up a lot, so for the sake of energy density, we gave up the magic cannon and switched to artillery. As for the breech-loading cannon you mentioned, does it mean loading the shells from the back of the cannon?"
Obviously the old man didn't even know what a breech-loading cannon was, and after I introduced him to the technical differences between a breech-loading cannon and a front-loading cannon, the old man actually replied directly: "Although I now know what a breech-loading cannon is, But our Iron Empire still can’t use breech-loading cannons because we can’t seal the barrels. If we use breech-loading cannons, not only will our cannons leak primer, but they may also explode.”
Originally, I was wondering why Steel Empire had breech-loading cannons instead of having to use front-loading cannons, but now I suddenly understood after hearing the old man’s explanation. The Iron Empire seemed to me to be very technologically advanced, but in fact that was all an illusion. Their technology is completely based on magic technology, and the biggest difference between magic technology and real-life technology is that magic technology has almost zero requirements for parts accuracy.
To use an analogy. In reality, if you want to make a large windmill, then the bearing part of the windmill must be very precise to ensure that the bearings will not wear each other when rotating because the bearings are not round enough. In addition, the blades of the windmill must also be precise, because if the windmill If the weight and installation angle of the blades are asymmetric, then when the blades rotate, they will continue to generate biased traction, causing the bearings to continuously hit the surrounding fixed mechanisms under huge torsion, eventually causing metal breakage or severe wear. These things may seem inconspicuous, but they actually affect the operation of the windmill. Moreover, the larger the windmill is and the stronger the wind is at its location, the higher the accuracy requirements will be.
But what happens if you use a magic windmill? First of all, we can use the suspension array and the static force field array to replace the bearings, so that the wind blades of the windmill can be completely separated from the main engine. Then, since the blades have no contact with the transmission device itself, then there is no wear and tear? Not to mention that the structure is just irregular, it doesn't matter whether the connecting parts on the blades and the transmission rod are round or square. Anyway, they only rely on the static force field to transmit power. There is no direct contact at all, and the shape is meaningless at all. As for the blades, it's the same situation. If there is no contact, there will be no impact. As long as the weight of the blade is not too far away and the entire blade is thrown away, then there is basically no problem.
There are actually many situations like this in the game. Generally speaking, magic technology has no requirements for accuracy at all or has very low requirements. What the Iron Empire is good at is magic technology, so their precision processing capabilities are quite poor. Although the processing capabilities may be quite good compared to other places, if you look at it according to the standards of a technologically powerful country, it is really bad. I can’t watch it.
This breech-loaded cannon seems simple to us, but it is a big trouble for the Iron Empire. Their precision control technology is not up to par, so if they use a breech-loading gun, the gun door will most likely not be sealed tightly. This is also the reason why their submarines did not dare to use iron shells before, because they were afraid that water leakage would occur if the sealing was not tight.
In fact, even if the accuracy problem is solved, the Steel Empire probably won't be able to create breech-mounted cannons because their metal materials are not strong enough. Although Magic Technology's requirements for material processing are not as low as the accuracy requirements, they are definitely not much higher. Therefore, the metal smelting technology of the Iron Empire is also quite backward. Their metal strength is very low. The range requirements for making muzzle-loading cannons are limited. It's not high, so it can still withstand it. If a large-caliber breech-loaded cannon is designed and the power of the explosive increases, the cannon will be ruined. If the power is reduced, then why do we need a breech-loaded cannon?
Since I proposed a series of benefits of breech-loaded cannons, the old man kept trying to get the breech-loaded cannon technology with me. However, I finally told him that if their processing accuracy could not be improved, he would lose his position. Even if they were given the blueprints, they still couldn't make a breech-loading cannon. Even if they were forced to make one, it would still be a castrated and defective version. Although these words made the old man stop pestering me, they completely weakened him. As a result, after getting off the boat, the old man returned to his previous state and started to pretend to be dumb.
Although an afternoon is not short, the Iron Empire is a small country after all, and we just visited it casually and it was almost evening.
According to what I said before, that night was a banquet hosted by the top brass of the Iron Empire for us. Although Poseidon was unwilling, I was still able to pull her over. Of course, she is not the protagonist. She is just here to show courtesy. After all, this is the name of the party. My welcome party was also her farewell party.
Although the Iron Empire is small in area and has a small population, the scale of the banquet in the evening was not small at all. I estimate that at least three to four hundred people came and participated. Probably the entire management of the Iron Empire was here except those who were on duty. .
The opening of the banquet was naturally a useless conversation time. Everyone expressed their feelings, and then the formal banquet started. However, I left the venue together with the real leaders of the Iron Empire after the banquet started. At the corner of the banquet, they specially A small room was prepared. There are only four people in the room besides me and Ling, and these four are the actual leaders of the Iron Empire. Except for one president, the remaining three are responsible for the economy and military of the Iron Empire. and scientific research. The legal department of the Iron Empire has a very low status because all the people in this country are soldiers, which means that strictly speaking, there are no civilians in this country. In such a country, with a small population and many people knowing each other, any two people in the country can be related to each other through three people. The laws of such a country are really of little use.
"Okay, everyone, I have listened to the guide you arranged for me this afternoon, so let's be more direct now. With your Iron Empire, I do intend to cooperate, but the only thing I can accept is Both ways.”
"Please speak." The President of the Steel Empire on the opposite side said.
I nodded and said: "The first way is to conduct technology exchange, that is, sell us all the technologies in your country that I think are valuable, and our guild will provide equivalent technology, currency or resources. This can be done as you like. pick."
"No, no, no, we don't want to sell technology!" The people from the Iron Empire shook their heads. It was obvious that they were not willing to this plan.
Seeing their reaction, I continued: "Then, apart from the first one, the only way I can accept is complete annexation!"
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