No matter how good the relationship between the Ottomans and the Ming Dynasty was, Emperor Hao Jing would not sell a bunch of advanced weapons to the country for no reason, thereby offending France, the Netherlands, Venice, Rome and other small partners.
But if one of these little friends is doing something small in North America, then Emperor Haojing can't really turn a blind eye and will give a "well-intentioned" reminder...
As a global hegemon, the Ming Empire naturally had interests all over the world.
The consequences of invading the interests of the overlord are obvious.
Emperor Hao Jing could give Louis XIV face and would not turn against France during his lifetime.
If Louis XV is stubborn and chooses to continue seeking death, then a flood will happen!
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Fang Yizhi now basically understood the emperor's strategy and attitude towards France. Even if he didn't ask directly about some things, he would figure it out clearly between the lines.
He once asked the emperor about the balance of interests between the Ottomans and France, and the answer he got was simple.
The Menggu model plus oil extraction equals the Ottoman Empire!
Is a herder who sells oil part-time a threat to Ming Dynasty?
Look at their scimitars, and then look at the 10,000-ton armored ships of the Ming Navy. Isn't it obvious which one is more threatening to the enemy?
In contrast, France and the Netherlands are scrambling to spend huge sums of money to introduce advanced technology from the Ming Dynasty.
The purpose is very clear, which is to develop similar products on our own after mastering it, which naturally includes military equipment.
After the advent of steam tanks, those who think that future wars will still be dominated by cavalry must have drank too much Ganges water...
Whichever company has advanced technology and is closer to the Ming Empire is the potential enemy of the Ming Dynasty.
As for why they sold advanced weapons and technology to each other even though they knew the potential threat from France and the Netherlands.
The reason is simple. Previous investments in technology and equipment need to be recovered quickly in order to develop more advanced technologies.
If France and the Netherlands can pay for it, it means that the entire Northern Line Railway will be reimbursed. Why not?
When it is inconvenient to attack an ally with ulterior motives in a short period of time, emptying the other party's wallet can still relieve the hatred!
"I'm just afraid that someone will be so powerful that he becomes blind!"
As the military conflict in North America intensified, and after the decline of Spain and Britain, the interest entanglement between Ming Dynasty and France became apparent. Now the bilateral relationship has become very delicate.
The "someone" in Emperor Haojing's mouth refers to Louis XIV. This guy wants to become the king of Europe. This small goal is not a big problem.
But doing this in North America, especially disregarding the face of the Ming Empire and directly sending troops to attack Zhang Tianbao's Dadong Empire, is a bit excessive.
With the help of Jie Xuan and Zheng Guangying, Zhang Tianbao finally withstood the dual pressure from Spain and France, at the cost of losing almost half of his control area.
Since Zhang Xianzhong's death, Zhang Jun has lost nearly 30% of his combat troops.
If it weren't for Daming's support, he would have fled to northwest Canada to survive.
At least northern California, as well as the entire states of Oregon and Washington, are now protected, as well as the west coast of Canada.
"Your Majesty, if most of North America is swallowed up by France, will the French king who succeeds him spit it out easily?"
Fang Yizhi has already thought about what will happen thirty or forty years later. This is really a tricky thing!
France now occupies almost half of the entire North America except Mexico, and its scenery is endless.
The King's Division is well-trained and well-armed, but North America is so vast that it would be no less difficult to capture it step by step than taking over the entire Northland.
"Don't worry, dear, I was prepared nine years ago!"
In the same year that the scapegoat announced his abdication, the Ming Empire's nuclear weapons program had been secretly launched.
In the entire Ming Dynasty, only Emperor Haojing and project leader Bo Jue knew the ins and outs of the entire plan. Each project member only knew a small part and was strictly monitored.
As long as you participate in this project, you will automatically lose the opportunity to do casual activities in this life, but your salary will also be greatly improved.
Each person starts with a few hundred silver coins per month, and at worst can reach the income level of a seventh-rank official, with food, housing, clothes and women included.
Members only need to do their job well and everything will be fine. Don't ask any questions about other things, and they cannot disclose any information to a third party, otherwise they will be charged with treason.
"Your Majesty, can our Ming Dynasty really create such a magical weapon?"
After Fang Yizhi heard the outline of the entire project, he was immediately overwhelmed with excitement and wanted to get a positive answer from the emperor.
"It can be made, but it consumes a lot of electricity! According to Bo Jue's estimate, it will take about a hundred years to complete the materials required to detonate the first nuclear bomb! At the most optimistic rate, it will take fifty years!"
The bound volumes on the manufacture of nuclear weapons in later generations have long been in disgrace, but how many countries have built such a thing?
There are only ten!
Of course, there are also those who have the ability to manufacture nuclear weapons themselves, but are constrained by external forces and do not dare to defeat them easily.
What is the key to making nuclear weapons?
Not scientists, not nuclear materials, not sophisticated machines, but...
To be precise, even if everything is ready, there will not be enough concentrated finished products if there is a lack of electricity.
After starting the drying barrel (centrifuge), the enriched uranium obtained by each drying barrel is calculated in grams per year.
Detonating a uranium bomb requires about 50,000 grams of enriched uranium. Emperor Haojing has asked Bo Jue to start manufacturing 50,000 drying barrels.
The task of each drying barrel is to throw out one gram of enriched uranium. The task may seem simple, but in fact it is very arduous.
Since the drying bucket cannot be disassembled after assembly, each drying bucket simply cannot complete its task if the bearing does not pass the test.
The task can only be completed in stages. Even if a drying bucket can only throw out 0.001 grams of enriched uranium, it is gratifying.
Considering the dual issues of energy and security, Emperor Haojing decided to carry out the project simultaneously in the mainland and Australia.
The local refinery is built near the Datong mining area to facilitate local coal extraction. It is claimed to be a power plant.
It doesn't matter where in Australia, you can build whatever you want, but you must take confidentiality measures to prevent outsiders from finding out the truth.
Emperor Haojing thought that he could give the French a big surprise before 1880!
You like to eat the land that belongs to others so much, so I’ll give you a nuclear bomb dug out of the ground as a gift!
Destroying a city at once, and taking out the defenders inside as well, everyone must be happy with the result!
After knowing this good news, Fang Yizhi felt much more at ease. No wonder the emperor had been tolerant of the French's small actions before and had been preparing countermeasures.
"But I think that there may not be a need to carry out a nuclear strike at that time. All we need to do is send a fleet to cut off the connection between the French mainland and the North American territories, and then slowly deal with the French. After more than a hundred years, the mercenaries who work for our Ming Dynasty must be Maybe more."
How expensive is a nuclear bomb?
It cannot be put into use easily!
In comparison, mercenaries are still cheap.
When the Holy Roman Empire is over, the Ming Dynasty can take in those Hans who ran away due to war.
With millions of descendants of mercenaries, Emperor Hao Jing will not even need to dispatch local soldiers by then, and can just turn the North American war into a proxy war.
As the saying goes - Hans who doesn't fight Louis is not a good Hans!
Even if France introduces Yoshino's construction technology, the gap between the Ming Navy and the French Navy will gradually widen over time.
Because from the third-level ironclad ship to the fourth-level ironclad ship, its combat effectiveness has been greatly upgraded, and the gap is much larger than that between the third-level and second-level ironclads.
Dingyuan's tonnage is more than 70% higher than Yoshino's, while Yoshino's tonnage is only 50% higher than Laiyuan's.
In terms of anti-strike capability, Dingyuan uses alloy armor, while Yoshino only uses ordinary armor.
The breech-loading cannon installed by Bismarck will also be gradually replaced in the future.
Suppose that in 1700, the French navy could have twenty Yoshinos and fifty Laiyuan and Zhiyuan.
Then the Ming Navy at the same time would have thirty-six more 7,000-ton battleships.
These thirty-six battleships are enough to complete the task of cutting off the connection between France and its North American territories.
Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty Air Force is already equipped with aircraft, and within twenty years, the Navy will also have its own aviation force.
Although it was an ugly biplane with a speed of less than 150 kilometers per hour and poor reliability, it was an epoch-making progress.
So far, the Air Force has installed 55 fighter jets, 24 training aircraft, and 13 reconnaissance aircraft.
In order to facilitate maintenance, they are all two-seater aircraft of the same model, just divided into different uses.
The ninety-two fighters equipped make the airship seem a bit outdated, but the cost of the latter has dropped very low.
The cost of each fighter plane is as high as 10,000 silver coins. On the one hand, the engine explosion is a factor. On the other hand, the aircraft body is relatively fragile and the pilots are inexperienced, resulting in frequent crashes.
Generally speaking, a fighter plane needs to be equipped with five or six engines. Except for weekends, it is best to have one engine every day to ensure a certain attendance rate.
Even so, the flight time per day will not be more than one hour. If the working time is too long, the engine will still explode or simply shut down...
Many pilots rely on propellers to take off and then use four wings to glide back to the ground!
Under this circumstance, the experiment on aircraft carrier takeoff and landing on the artificial lake near Beidu was postponed indefinitely.
Emperor Haojing estimated that in another ten years, the performance of the second-generation locomotive should be achieved.
The engines of the first-generation airplanes were similar to those of the first-generation locomotives, and they could only use time to consume their temper.
The template that Emperor Haojing asked the Academy of Sciences to imitate was the German Albatross C-type bi-wing, two-seater reconnaissance fighter.
With the engine power severely insufficient, the Academy of Sciences could only desperately reduce the weight of the prototype.
The engine certainly couldn't be cut off, nor could the fuselage and wings, so weapons were omitted and fuel was reduced to the greatest extent.
The reason why there is no imitation of the monoplane is very simple. Emperor Hao Jing was afraid that if he flew, the wings of the monoplane would be blown off by the turbulence...
If you have two pairs of chicken wings, it can at least be equivalent to buying an insurance policy for the pilot.
It can be said responsibly that in the entire prototype aircraft, except for the pilot who was a former airship soldier, there is not a single relatively reliable component!
Albatross was eventually merged by Focke-Wulf, the manufacturer of the famous Fw-190 "Butcher Bird"!
Emperor Haojing originally planned to name this aircraft capable of combat and reconnaissance "Butcher Bird", but he gave up this idea and it was better to keep the original name.
If such an unreliable aircraft was called a "Butcher Bird", it would really be a killer for pilots!
It can be said that the first albatross drifted with the current like a ship on the water.
According to the test pilot's report, the weak wind was not conducive to the flight of the aircraft.
The speed of the airflow increases, which allows this big bird to swing with the wind...
In other words, there is no way to wave without airflow!
The top speed is probably close to 140 kilometers, and the average speed is about 110 to 120 kilometers.
The safe speed refers to the speed that can be maintained at about 100 kilometers per hour without losing the engine easily.
What can Emperor Haojing say about this?
According to African standards, anything that can reach the sky is considered an aircraft!
The engineers of the Academy of Sciences have long been tortured by the extremely willful "albatross" and have lost their temper.
For them, a successful flight is considered a successful flight if the pilot can take off smoothly and finally land smoothly.
During the early test flights, you could still see that the albatross was flying without a wing, or the engine fell off.
What's even more frustrating is that because of the open-top design, the pilot will be hit by birds and bleed...
The revolver equipped by the pilot has only one purpose, and that is to shoot birds!
Records show that sometimes aircraft were damaged or even crashed because pilots shot birds!
The Academy of Sciences also copied a twin-engine aircraft and found that when the engine was unreliable, the twin-engine aircraft was more likely to crash than the single-engine aircraft.
Both engines are working, so the plane is naturally fine.
On the other hand, if one engine fails, the aircraft may lose balance.
Emperor Haojing believed that this was due to insufficient engine power, which affected its aerodynamic shape.
The original version could keep flying with one engine until landing, but that's not possible now.
This is equivalent to replacing two horses with two donkeys while the body of the cart remains unchanged, and then one donkey gives up the job.
How long will it take to finish the calf? ? ?
One of the first skills that the pilots of the Ming Dynasty Air Force mastered was how to complete an emergency landing when the engine was not working!
There are a lot of air force pilots living in the Army Hospital, some with broken arms and legs, and some with hemiplegia and wheelchairs.
But these people are all considered outstanding, and those who failed in the forced landing have long been immortalized...
The Academy of Sciences generally ignores winter and chooses to conduct test flights in spring, summer and autumn, because pilots can use the water to make emergency landings.
Theoretically, as long as you can't fall to death, you basically can't drown.
There are a bunch of search and rescue ships on the lake in the test flight area, on standby at any time.
After the troops are installed, the venue for training pilots will also be in the artificial lake.
Fighters are just like the airships of the past. Their actual combat effectiveness is not very good, but they can intimidate the enemy with their momentum.
As long as this small goal is accomplished below, Emperor Haojing will think that the target can be achieved.
The idea of achieving something overnight is unacceptable, otherwise the Ming Air Force would have been able to drop nuclear bombs on Paris by now!
It is important to maintain a good attitude. For example, when someone comes to the Ming Empire, his mentality almost collapses...
