Chapter 237 The Marshal's Special Product (First Update, Please Subscribe)
war!
In the 19th century, no region had to consider invasion and the threat of national extinction from the very beginning, but for South China, war was almost inevitable.
The threat of war has never gone away.
From the Mapuche people at the beginning of the city's founding, to the Argentines, to the Chileans, and then to the British in the future.
It can be said that the shadow of war has always been hanging over this place.
The pressure that loomed over Zhu Xianhai made him feel suffocated. To a certain extent, he even understood why people like "Father Steel" were willing to develop heavy industry and military industry at all costs.
Nothing else!
Just survive!
In order to survive, individuals can even exchange their children.
And what will a country do in order to survive?
Of course it is to strengthen armaments. In fact, in the past four years, strengthening armaments has always been the top priority of Nanhua’s development.
From making hand grenades to making grenade launchers, from imitating the Enfield P1853 muzzle-loading rifle to imitating the improved Spencer rifle, from casting bronze cannons to imitating the improved Armstrong cannon, Nanhua's military industry has built a solid foundation step by step from scratch.
Among all the weapons, the most popular one is probably explosives - whether it is silica explosives or picric acid explosives, they are all famous for their powerful power. The latter is Nanhua's secret weapon, while the former has long been widely exported around the world and is widely used in mining and military.
However, even so, Zhu Xianhai never stopped his demand for armaments, especially after confirming that the British mastermind would personally take part in the battle, he turned his attention to Britain, this "superpower" that might have a direct conflict with South China in the future.
What does Britain have in this era?
Of course, it is the industry that makes the British proud and is envied by other countries, and the powerful navy!
It is the British Navy that has made it famous for its never-setting reputation!
"Our goal is to defeat the British Navy!"
"Don't think it's impossible! Don't think the French have failed, so how can we?"
This is just a dream!
In 1862, Zhu Xianhai proposed to take Britain as a potential imaginary enemy, and even put the navy, no, Nanhua still does not have a navy, and put the potential imaginary enemy of the coast guard on the British Royal Navy.
No one thought this was a dream.
Because dreaming also has a pattern.
And this is just daydreaming.
Off to England!
What is the current situation of the Royal Navy?
Since modern times, its naval construction and its overseas colonial undertakings have been interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and together they have become the solid foundation of the British Empire. In view of this, Britain attaches great importance to the construction of the navy, and always puts it in a more important position than the army. Moreover, the British government's naval construction goal is to "make its navy have the ability to fight against the two
The British Navy is stronger than the navies of the second and third largest countries combined. To this end, it has taken relatively effective measures in several aspects, such as naval funding, fleet expansion, and ship technology improvement, which have achieved practical results.
In other words, the British Royal Navy is more powerful than the second-place France and Russia combined!
For Nanhua, which has not even established a navy, it would be nothing but a dream to want to challenge such an opponent.
Even the instructors at the Naval School on Panshi Island in Nanhua Bay were British. For Nanhua, which was determined to follow in the footsteps of the Royal Navy and build a strong navy.
Treating Britain as an imaginary enemy before even learning to crawl is simply digging a hole for yourself - courting death.
However, for Zhu Xianhai, he did not think that this was impossible!
There is nothing impossible in the world. First you have to dare to think, and then what?
Of course, we need to create conditions!
How to defeat the Royal Navy?
This is a very important topic. Fortunately, Zhu Xianhai has the shoulders of the giant of history to lean on.
Spedal was Irish. He was full of hatred for the British because of history and race, as well as the current famine in Ireland. Although he went to university in London, his national sentiment never faded. As a mechanical engineer, he could not do anything for Ireland.
As a mechanic, he has been in charge of confidential work in the Tenth Laboratory for three years after immigrating to Nanhua.
"This weapon should be cylindrical, launched from an underwater or surface launch tube. The sailing depth is adjusted by the hydrostatic valve controlling the elevator, and the sailing direction is controlled by fixed fins..."
At a confidential meeting in the laboratory in October 1862, Speidel received a task assignment, which not only briefly proposed the idea of "Special Product No. 13", but also gave some technical details of the concept. From then on, he was responsible for this work, and the direct person responsible for this job was the chairman of the company.
"...D0 is the preset depth, X is the range...The horizontal pendulum device adds an inertia factor to the above control principle, making its navigation angle more accurately proportional to the depth...The propeller thrust is divided into two components, one for offsetting negative buoyancy and the other for pushing the product forward. When the product is disturbed by external factors and the navigation depth is greater than the preset depth, the lifting and lowering of the product should increase the product's elevation angle in order to restore it to normal depth..."
In the chairman's office, when Paidar was explaining the working principle of the "pendulum depth setting mechanism" to an exquisite brass model, Zhu Xianhai did not need him to introduce these principles, because this principle was "proposed" by him, including the so-called "Special Product Task Order No. 13", which was also proposed by him.
And special product No. 13 is actually... a torpedo!
What is the most complicated structure on a torpedo? It is the depth-setting mechanism that is adjusted by water pressure. This mechanism may seem simple in principle, but it is actually a miracle of engineering. It was invented in the late 1860s and was used until the end of World War II. It is called "a miracle of Victorian engineering."
It was this so-called "Robert Whitehead's secret" that took a dozen mechanics three full years to design.
"Successful?"
Zhu Xianhai's eyebrows jumped and a look of joy appeared on his face.
After three years of waiting, I finally saw the results!
Speidel replied.
"Yes, we started the test half a year ago. After adding the damping limiting factor, the depth error has been reduced from plus or minus 40 feet to less than plus or minus two feet, but we are confident that it can be reduced to within one foot. However, considering that the current results are sufficient, and the tests at the launch test site have also been successful many times, the laboratory hopes to conduct a target shooting!"
(End of this chapter)
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