Chapter 114 Three Years of Modification and Five Years of Construction.

Vienna, Royal Garden.

Franz and Friedrich, the two of them simulated a war with dinner plates and food.

Friedrich was very interested in Franz's special operations. A small force paralyzed the enemy's important artillery at night, attacked the enemy's arsenal, or prepared in the enemy's city in advance, and cooperated with the large force inside and outside. Although it was a bit despicable, it was indeed direct and effective.

As for the tactics of steam ships, they should focus on harassing and killing crew members.

Therefore, artillery should be installed at the bow and stern to facilitate pursuit and escape.

At the same time, the side firepower should be mainly shrapnel and grapeshot, the purpose is to kill the deck crew of the enemy ship, ignite the deck and destroy the sails to achieve the purpose of causing chaos in the enemy ship.

As for sinking and boarding battles, forget it for the Austrian Navy.

The sailors in Venice are indeed very good at fighting, but it's better to wake up and expect a group of professional drunkards to deal with a group of professional soldiers.

The main reason is that the current modified steam-powered ships are too small in tonnage and are not suitable for these two tactics.

In addition to running fast, steam-powered ships can also add additional armor on the outside, that is, ironclad ships.

But the ironclad ships of this era are very different from the ironclad ships we know in later generations.

The ironclad ships at this time were just a layer of iron shell wrapped on the wooden hull, and some ships even hung a few pieces of raw iron plates on both sides of the ship to prevent gunfire.

As for the power source, it was also chaotic. Some relied solely on steam power, and some were powered by steam and sail.

Especially now, the warships converted from merchant ships and cargo ships in Austria are usually only 500 to 1,000 tons, which can only be regarded as the level of cruisers. In the face of those battleships that easily exceed 2,000 tons, they are really powerless.

As for wanting to sink a 3,500-ton first-class battleship with such a small boat, it is even more a fantasy.

"Franz, I think you said it very well. If the Marine Corps can really reach the level you said, then the war will be too easy. Maybe we can complete the battle that the ancients dared not even think of without losing a warship."

Friedrich wanted to flatter him, but his skills were poor, so Franz had to pretend to accept it.

"When can your steam warship be launched?"

"Well," Friedrich thought for a while and said, "Three to five years."

"So long?" Franz was a little surprised. In fact, he thought that it was just a pile of wood and a layer of iron sheet, and it should take about one or two months.

"This is fast. It still needs to be built in Venice. If it is built in Trieste, in the absence of experienced old shipbuilders, it may not be launched in five years." Friedrich emphasized.

Franz felt something was wrong and said.

"What class of battleship are you talking about?"

"My flagship is of course a class one battleship!"

".I want to ask how long it takes to build a regular battleship."

Looking at Friedrich's thoughtful expression, Franz felt that a class three battleship would not take that long to build.

"Two to three years."

".Is the construction speed so slow?" Franz was still a little confused.

"Of course, unless you want it to sink with one shot." Friedrich smiled.

"Sink with one shot?" Franz was a little confused, because when he chatted with Friedrich before, he knew that the most efficient way to sink a battleship during this period was actually to hit it.

It's just that a violent collision is very likely to cause both sides to sink together.

Suppose you want to sink the opponent's warship with artillery, it is difficult to do it without half an hour of fighting, unless it is a tonnage firepower crushing.

"The Americans on the other side of the continent once built a third-class battleship named America to thank France for helping them get rid of British rule, but due to shoddy work, it sank as soon as it arrived in France."

Friedrich laughed and revealed the dark history of the United States.

In fact, on November 9, 1776, the Continental Congress approved the construction of three 74-gun battleships. This was the first time that the United States independently built battleships, and the America mentioned by Friedrich was among them.

On September 3, 1782, the U.S. Congress decided to donate America to France.

On November 5, 1782, the hull was launched.

On June 24, 1783, it was completed and set sail for France. It arrived on July 16.

In 1786, the French Navy inspected and found that the wood of the ship had rotted and could not be repaired, so it was scrapped immediately.

The Americans spent six years to build a rotten ship, and then gave it to the French, calling it a "gift". This is really the style of the old Americans.

"Friedrich, if you want to build three first-class steam-powered ironclad ships, how long will it take?"

"God knows! I haven't built any yet! You ask me how long it will take to build three ships? Wait until my flagship is launched."

Franz didn't know how to build ships, so he could only ask Friedrich, and Friedrich didn't want to answer Franz's questions at all, because he didn't have an answer.

What's more embarrassing is that Franz denied several of Friedrich's ideas based on the experience of later generations, so the latter seemed a little irritable and eager to win back some face, but Franz was used to enjoying the convenience of the Internet in later generations, and was quite uncomfortable with the life of not being able to get answers as soon as possible. For a while, the atmosphere at the dinner table seemed awkward.

Ajani saw that the atmosphere in front of her was a little wrong, so she said.

"Archduke Franz, you and Archduke Friedrich haven't had dessert yet, why don't you let him taste the double skin milk you invented?"

Ajani deliberately walked between Franz and Friedrich and cleared the dishes on the table.

"Double skin milk? Franz, you are also a gourmet?"

It's not that Friedrich is too jumpy and easily led astray by Ajani.

It's that Ajani is very good at dealing with such things. Her voice, expression, and body language can easily induce people into her rhythm.

It's just that she usually deals with jealousy between men, not children fighting, but in her eyes, there is actually no difference.

"It's not my invention. It's a method that has been passed down from the East, but I just happened to see it in a book." Franz replied.

In fact, since the day Ajani was in charge of Franz's diet and daily life, sugar has never left Franz's recipe.

The Viennese diet itself is sweet, and Ajani and Thalia hit it off on the issue of adding sugar, such as syrup pork chops, honey ham, sweet cabbage, honey chicken soup. And the coffee with a sweetness exceeding the lethal dose.

If Franz doesn't cook some food for himself, he will probably get diabetes sooner or later.

"I really admire you for reading so many books. When I was your age, I only read "The Gallic War" and "The Army Drill Manual."

It can be seen that Friedrich is sincere, but Franz really feels ashamed, because he has lived two lives, so he can do this. When he was seven years old in his previous life, he was still watching Calabash Brothers and Cat and Mouse.

"No, you are amazing, at least I haven't read "The Gallic War" and "The Army Drill Manual", I only read some idle books." Franz explained.

"Franz, I have always had a question. Where can we find people who can speak Arabic in the Austrian Empire? If we want to infiltrate secretly, we can't let our people speak German or Italian."

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