In February 1832, the British, who had caused great trouble on the European continent, once again withdrew their attention from the European continent, which was about to fall into a revolutionary storm, and then devoted themselves to the battlefield of the World War.
France's "January Revolution" will definitely set off a revolutionary storm on the already very turbulent European continent. The Kingdom of the Netherlands may lose Belgium. This is almost a certainty. Previously, there was a question about whether to let Napoleon II be the king of Belgium. Where the problem lingers. This problem no longer exists, so Belgium's independence will soon be achieved.
The progressive forces of the German states may want to use a republican revolution to turn their fragmented confederacy into a unified republic - and this would mean the disintegration of the Austrian Empire and the loss of the royal power of the German states! Of course, the Austrian emperor and the monarchs and conservatives of the German states would definitely try their best to suppress the revolution. Among them, the North German states headed by Prussia were better off. They only need to suppress the republicans. Strengthening the unity among the German states will do no harm to them. But the Austrian Empire is in misery!
Austria, which is dominated by Germans, definitely wants to live together with the German states, while other ethnic groups under the rule of the Austrian Empire want to live independently. Anyway, no one except the Habsburg family wants the Austrian Empire.
Italy, south of Austria, has long been ready to move. Their Carbonari party members have been launching uprisings since the end of the Napoleonic Wars, trying to establish a unified and independent Italian republic or kingdom. In the past 1831, a young Carbonari party named Giuseppe Mazzini established the Young Italy Party in Marseille, France. Compared with the previous Carbonari Party, the Young Italy Party was obviously more progressive and more powerful. If you are thoughtful, you will definitely be able to toss more!
Nicholas I, the Rakshasa Tsar, would soon be in big trouble too!
Poland under the rule of the tsar had always had a high level of revolutionary enthusiasm, and the Poles also hated strong monarchs, so they used to prefer a weak outsider to be their king rather than a domestic tyrant who might form a centralized power. As a result, the originally powerful Kingdom of Poland was ruined and became weaker and weaker. Next door, Rakshasa, Prussia, and Austria carved up Poland after achieving varying degrees of centralization. But the Polish people's pursuit of independence and freedom has not died, and because the Polish revolution was to cause trouble for Rakshasa, Prussia, and Austria, it has always received support from France. Napoleon also made great efforts for the Polish revolution, and Poland's Bonaparte The elements will be particularly active, and they will definitely have to work overtime to make a revolution.
In 1825, the nobles of the Rakshasa country wanted to imitate the French Revolution and revolutionize the royal family! Now I see France is a republic again! Are they still allowed to cause a riot?
In short, France's "January Revolution" was a fire that ignited the revolution in the European continent!
The entire European continent will be in chaos for a while, but Britain will most likely be able to stay on its own again. The hidden dangers in Ireland and the problem of land concentration in England are of course very troublesome, but the British Empire has plenty of resources to deal with it. The British population is not large, with a total of just over 20 million, and the colonies outside are inexhaustible. There is also a country called the United States that can help poor British people realize the American dream (poor people in other European countries can also go, but in the end There are no people who speak English (it is convenient to go there), so the UK cannot be in chaos now.
Now Europe is in chaos, and the United States has fallen into a proxy war with Ming Dynasty and cannot extricate itself. Looking at the West, it seems that only the British Empire can maintain stability and comfort.
Therefore, England will still be the favorite place for Western capital for a long time to come, and the pound, British bonds, and British stocks have also begun to strengthen since the "January Revolution" in France.
In addition, the British Empire had always been worried about the French-Rakshasa teaming up to stab themselves in the back. Now with the French Revolution, it is impossible to happen again. If Napoleon II wore the purple robe, he might be able to get along with Nicholas I again, but now that he is a republic, how could Nicholas I be on good terms with him? Moreover, part of the French Navy's fleet went to Algeria with the black-haired Louis. There are also many battleships under construction that lack the technical support of the Ming Dynasty. Even if they can be built, they will not be as powerful as before.
Therefore, the British Empire can rest assured.
The Duke of Wellington and Viscount Palmerston, who had returned from causing trouble on the European continent, also got two pieces of good news - the British Empire already had carrier-based aircraft and aircraft carriers!
After receiving the good news from Ordnance Director Somerset, the Duke of Wellington and Viscount Palmerston excitedly went to the Plymouth Military Port in southwest England, and the deepest part of the military port was tightly sealed. On the water, I saw an aircraft carrier that was easy to ignore and a biplane parked on the aircraft carrier.
The reason why this aircraft carrier is easily overlooked is because it is so small! It is not a light aircraft carrier in the ordinary sense, but a baby aircraft carrier.
"Fitzroy, this, is this an aircraft carrier?" Standing on a destroyer, looking down at a very small ship on the water that could only carry a carrier-based aircraft, the Duke of Wellington was very uncertain. asked Somerset, the ordnance chief next to him.
"Yes!" Somerset nodded, "This is an aircraft carrier. It has a direct flight deck that can fly carrier-based aircraft, so it is an aircraft carrier."
"How big is it?" asked the Duke of Wellington again.
"Its standard displacement is 200 tons, with a total length of 20 meters and a width of 12 meters. It adopts a deep V-shaped hull design, which can maintain the stability of the hull during high-speed sailing at 28 knots."
"What? Can it drive to 28 knots? What is its power system?" asked the Duke of Wellington, dumbfounded.
Somerset replied humorously: "Duke, its power system is four long and strong oars and four Popeye sailors. However, it is difficult for them to reach the speed of 28 knots just by relying on them. So. When launching a carrier-based aircraft, in order to create as much deck wind as possible, we need to drag it with our latest high-speed destroyer."
"What model is that aircraft? Can it really take off on such a baby aircraft carrier?" The Duke of Wellington still found it difficult to accept that an aircraft carrier could be so small.
"Duke, the number of that aircraft is Kelly F1," Somerset replied. "It is a single-engine biplane with a wooden structure and cloth fuselage, and is equipped with an 80-horsepower rotary cylinder. The engine has a maximum speed of nearly 70 knots (about 130 kilometers per hour). As long as there is enough deck wind, it can take off from the 20-meter-long flight deck. You will be able to see it from this baby aircraft carrier later. It took off."
The Duke of Wellington asked again: "What about takeoff and landing? How does it land? Can the 20-meter flight deck land the aircraft?"
"Of course not," Somerset shook his head. "This type of aircraft carrier currently does not have the ability to recover carrier-based aircraft."
"Then what's the use of it?"
Somerset said: "Duke, it can be used to carry a seaplane. The earliest aircraft carrier of the Ming Dynasty was also a seaplane. In fact, we have also accelerated the construction of large aircraft-carrying battleships and aircraft-carrying cruisers. But The construction of such a large ship takes a long time, and it will take up to several months of sea trials before it can be put into use. So our engineers designed this baby-type emergency aircraft carrier. If this baby aircraft carrier can go smoothly After finalizing the design, we are preparing to build 50-100 aircraft carriers to quickly form combat effectiveness."
"How long does it take to build such an aircraft carrier?" Lord Palmerston, Lord Admiralty, interjected and asked.
"Three to five days," Somerset said, "and one day is needed for sea trials. Even if the calculation is wider, one week from the start of construction to delivery should be enough! And this type of aircraft carrier does not need to be built in the UK. , shipyards in India, the United States and even Australia can also produce them in batches."
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