章節 24: Chapter 24 Steam Engine and Caron Cannon
Joseph looked into the eyes of the Minister of the Navy and said seriously: "I assure you, as soon as half a year or as slowly as a year, the construction of this 'fantasy' battleship can begin."
Castries was shocked: "You, are you serious? How is this possible..."
Joseph took a sip of tea and confirmed again: "It is true, I am fully confident.
"So, don't continue to waste money on building existing warships. After a year at most, they will all be waste!
"I won't keep you waiting too long. I will go to the port of Brest in a while, and then you will understand everything."
The reason why he dares to be so sure is that the steam engine has been invented now, and the craftsmen and craftsmanship are very mature. What is lacking is the low power caused by unreasonable design. But this was not a problem at all for Joseph. Not to mention Watt's small changes, the more perfect steam engine structures of later generations were all installed in his mind.
Castries felt dizzy, his brain jumping back and forth between doubt, excitement and imagination, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Joseph warned again: "You first need to coordinate with the shipbuilding bureau and let them start preparing craftsmen and raw materials. The trial production of new ships will be a complicated process."
"Okay," Castries found that he began to believe the crown prince. After all, the dreamy battleship was too tempting, "I will go to the shipbuilding bureau right away."
He suddenly stared at Joseph closely, his voice trembling: "Your Highness, please keep your promise!"
"Please rest assured." Joseph said and remembered something again, "By the way, after you go back, you can mobilize craftsmen to make a large-caliber short-barreled artillery."
"ah?"
"Just lengthen the existing mortar." Joseph said, "It can fire more than 60 pounds of shells, but the barrel and charge are less than half of the cannon, so it is very light and it will not be too difficult to process."
Castries said in surprise: "Your Highness, this cannon should be very powerful, but its range is definitely very short. What's the use of it?"
Joseph smiled at him: "I will tell you when I get to the Brest Shipyard."
In fact, this was the "Caron gun" that caused the French navy to suffer a lot in the subsequent Battle of Trafalgar.
The current French navy has always had a misunderstanding, that is, it blindly emphasizes range.
According to the ideal situation, if I have a long range, then if I can hit you, but you can't hit me, wouldn't I definitely win?
However, this is where French naval theory falls short of reality. In the era of sailing battleships, the maneuverability of ships was not very good, and it was difficult for you to keep both sides at your maximum range.
Also, the solid bullets are not powerful enough, and it is difficult to severely damage enemy ships if hit from a long distance.
In actual naval battles, most battleships were face to face, wanting to blast their guns into the other side's captain's cabin.
At this time, the range is meaningless. Whoever has a larger artillery caliber is the master!
The British noticed this and directly gave up the shooting range and developed a large-caliber short-barreled heavy artillery-Carron cannon.
But in this life, it is the French Navy's turn to take the lead in equipping this kind of killer weapon!
Joseph communicated repeatedly with the Minister of the Navy, and after confirming that he had no objection to his plan, he personally sent him out of the palace.
Before Joseph could take a breath, Eman came over quickly, leaned down and said, "Your Highness, the Marquis of St. Priest wishes to see you."
Joseph didn't expect that the Minister of War was still impatient, but it was good, he didn't have to write that document.
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