Chapter 665: 665Visit the battleship
Chapter 665 Chapter 665 Visiting the Battleship
"Really hit?" Looking at the huge base in front of him and the replaced turret on the shore, the dwarf envoy asked the official who brought him to visit in disbelief.
The faces of the Tang officials were full of smiles, because after all, the shocked dwarf in front of them was a big benefactor who was always ready to pay.
No matter which direction you look at it, the dwarves are rich. Although the northern part of the country where they live is not very suitable for farming, there are definitely not many mineral deposits.
These metals and fuel mineral deposits are very valuable now, because if the Tang Dynasty lacks something, it will become very, very valuable.
There is no way. On the one hand, the exporting countries of these raw materials want to balance the trade deficit with Tang State. On the other hand, it is also because Tang State needs too many raw materials.
In the past, the iron a country needed was only a few thousand tons, tens of thousands tons, or at most a hundred thousand tons. However, the scale of iron consumption in Tang State has now reached the terrifying level of tens of millions of tons.
It doesn't look like using iron at all, it seems like a super huge monster is eating iron! With such a huge demand, how can it be possible to prevent steel prices from rising?
"Didn't you see it with your own eyes?" The accompanying official looked at the dwarf envoy, pointed at a group of engineers measuring data in the distance, and said: "A 320 mm caliber main gun shell of a Cyric battleship, at about Hit five kilometers away.”
"No breakdown?" The dwarf envoy took a few steps forward, stared at the scar that looked a little ferocious, and subconsciously asked again.
"There is no breakdown!" The envoy accompanying him laughed loudly, and took the special envoy a little further until he had a closer look. Then he continued to ask: "How is it? Did the special envoy see clearly? ?”
"Look, I see it clearly." The dwarf envoy finally understood why such a battleship consumes so much steel.
This is simply a solid lump of iron! Such thick armored steel plates and such terrifying giant cannons, when paired together, are simply synonymous with devastation.
He couldn't even think of anything that could completely destroy this terrifying steel monster in front of him.
"Do you know why the weapons of the Datang Group are so expensive? They are real materials! Where you can't see, every detail is conscience." The official proudly spread his hands and made a sweeping gesture: "You are very You will soon understand that what we sell is conscience.”
That’s right, aren’t the ones you sell all conscience? An airship is so expensive that it makes people vomit blood. Although the gas used is inert and not easy to explode, the price is really unacceptable.
If your airship hadn't been so expensive, would you have bought Cyric's hydrogen airship to recharge it? This turned out to be a good thing. It was like a big cannonball flying in the sky. It exploded when it got a little spark...
Of course this kind of complaint is meaningless. Being expensive is not a shortcoming of the product, but a shortcoming of the consumer... As a dwarf envoy, he did not dare to complain at this time.
He just watched intently, watching the crystallization of Datang Group's industrial technology being stripped away bit by bit of its mysterious veil in front of his eyes.
Following the explanation, he walked up the gangway step by step and saw the steel armor structure under the wooden floor, the densely packed water-proof cabins, and the complex and precise pipelines.
At the same time, he also saw the complex electrical wiring and pipelines, the sophisticated and complex mechanical computing equipment, the advanced boilers, and the specially prepared fire-extinguishing and explosion-suppressing water injection system inside the ship.
The technical staff who explained the functions of these devices explained every detail in every detail. Every time a function was mentioned, Mr. Dwarf Envoy felt astonished.
Really, as a civil servant, he had never thought that a weapon could be so sophisticated and complex, nor had he thought that technology could really determine victory or defeat on the battlefield.
So he was like a fool, touching here and looking there, trying to fix everything in his mind.
But then he realized that all this was in vain. He couldn't remember any details at all, because there were really too many details here.
He couldn't even understand the principle of rotation of those mechanical calculation devices. When the soldiers of the Tang Army demonstrated the equipment, he stood there blankly, but after a few minutes, he found that he had not remembered anything at all. Then I stood stupidly in front of a boiler, and my mind was filled with the rotating shafts and gears.
“We have experimented with these cabins, and they can dissipate the shock wave generated by the explosion.” In the slightly dim compartment, technicians explained the reasons for the slight deformation of some cabins.
"What a wonderful design." Mr. Dwarf, the special envoy of the Ice Empire, nodded, and then he couldn't figure out whether the other party was intimidating him or explaining to him the entire process of the Battle of the North Sea.
According to the Tang Army, the Tang Army started the attack at a distance of more than 10 kilometers, and soon achieved the record of sinking a Cyric battleship.
The Mirage Navy had to change its thinking on the decisive battle, and then moved closer to the Tang Army's fleet, thus losing the initiative. The decisive battle then became a one-sided massacre. The Tang Navy used three battleships to fight against the Mirage Navy's four battleships. As a result, they were only hit by one cannon shell at the slight cost of sinking all the enemy ships!
As the most powerful navy in the northern waters of the Endless Sea, the Mirage Navy is completely unmatched by the Ice Empire.
Although the Bingbing Empire has money and a vast territory, in fact, the Bingbing Empire has always focused on the construction of the army and does not pay attention to the development of the navy.
Now, after the Mirage Navy has been completely annihilated, no one in the entire Endless Sea can compete with the Tang Navy anymore. This really sounds like a threat to the ears of the dwarf envoy.
"How about it? If you are willing to buy it, we can sell the complete production technology of this warship, including the drawings, and even improve it for you and redesign a more advanced and powerful style." Tang officials who visited with the dwarf envoy He suggested seriously.
"Although it is a bit expensive, it can at least ensure the safety of the Ice Empire's routes in the northern seas. It is safe. It is worth spending more money for safety." He talked eloquently, letting those who were following him The dwarf was very excited.
It is a pity that if this sale had occurred a few months ago, as the dwarf envoy, he would still have considered whether he could spend money to buy it and build a naval fleet belonging to the dwarves themselves.
But now he has no choice: the order given to him by the Emperor of the Ice Empire, Binghan I, is to purchase aircraft technology. This is the top priority for the Ice Empire, which is eager to build a continental army.
After all, facts have proven that as long as the aircraft technology is understood, the coastline can be protected by aircraft - this is the best choice for many continental countries.
As for building a powerful navy, they are actually not very interested in it: unless this kind of thing can bring them benefits, they will consider spending less money to try it.
Land is the basic foundation for these countries: As for those countries that once attached great importance to their navy, they were actually wiped out by the Tang army. This is no one’s fault but Tang Mo’s cruelty.
The Kingdom of Talon was a powerful naval power back then, but now it has been annexed by Dorne and disappeared without a trace. The Yangmu Kingdom used to be a naval power, but it has obviously been unable to keep up with the pace of development in recent years.
As for the Mirage, which attaches great importance to the development of its navy, it has purchased so many warships from Cyric over the years, but now the battle in the North Sea has completely overturned, and it has basically withdrawn from the ranks of naval powers.
So, it is actually very embarrassing for Tang Mo to launch battleships for sale at this time. Those who were interested were either killed or maimed, and the rest were a bunch of ignorant people.
"We accept the reservation, Mr. Envoy, you can pay with steel, cobalt ore, and nickel ore, the price is very favorable." Tang officials were serious about promoting their products.
But the dwarf envoy shook his head with a wry smile and said regretfully: "Sir, I think even nickel ore is no longer affordable for us. We must now work hard to produce these ores so that we can pay you for the aircraft technology."
“That’s such a pity.” Tang officials were somewhat reluctant to let go of such a big deal, but there really wasn’t any good way to do it.
Who makes Tang's aircraft technology so expensive: How many countries can afford such a large amount of money for a country's 100 million gold coins?
In the end, why not use all kinds of materials to pay off the debt? Iron ore, copper ore, cobalt ore, nickel ore, oil, etc…
Even these countries have to use some industrial products to offset the costs: such as cars produced in these countries, and some cheap industrial machinery and equipment.
Although Tang State can produce all industrial machinery, it obviously has some emphasis on the production process. Tang Mo didn't mind directly importing some low-end equipment that he was not in a hurry to use.
In short, in order to improve the technological level of Tang State, Tang Mo is frantically absorbing nutrients from every corner of the world. He greedily absorbed everything, making Tang Guo keep galloping forward.
"It's no pity. You have already made back tenfold and a hundredfold in aircraft technology." The dwarf said with emotion and continued to move forward.
The more than 100-meter-long internal space inside the Dongwan-class battleship is enough for him to walk for a long, long time.
He just walked step by step, feeling the power of Tang's military power. He asked himself over and over again in his mind, when he was in Bunas, he knew that Datang Group could not be offended, but why was no one listening to his words?
His emperor and his friends did not believe a word of his words.
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The pain in my back is still very severe today. I persisted and could only write two chapters in one day. The update is temporarily postponed. Sorry.
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