1855 United States Tycoon

In addition to the Germans, there are actually British people who are very interested in this transaction. This is easy to understand, because any technology that may be used to weaken the sea power of the British Empire will attract the attention of the British. In fact, when it comes to the research of submarines, the British started no later than the Germans and the United States. However, after studying for a period of time, the British came to the conclusion that this thing is of limited usefulness. The plan to spend a lot of money was cut off—there were so many places for the Royal Navy to spend money.

It is completely normal for the British to come to such a conclusion, and it is not because the old society is something else. Although generally speaking, people who have been rich want to go back to life, those who are rich want to maintain the status quo, and those who have never been rich want revolution. According to this standard, the Royal Navy naturally hopes to maintain the status quo, hoping that the world's naval technology will best stop and not undergo major changes. However, what the Royal Navy hopes more is that other people's technology is stagnated. The Royal Navy has always been very concerned about own technology innovation.

It's just that the submarine is really useless for the Royal Navy. First of all, what can the Royal Navy use him for? Perform a blockade mission? Couldn't the Royal Navy's world's largest surface fleet perform such a mission? Speaking of performing blockade missions, the surface fleet is much more efficient than submarines in doing this. First, the speed of the surface fleet is much faster than that of the submarine. The fastest speed of the German submarine on the water surface will not exceed 16 knots. In other words, the speed is actually not much different from that of ordinary merchant ships, and their underwater speed is generally only eight to nine knots, which is obviously slower than that of merchant ships. . In this way, submarines are very troublesome when performing blockade tasks. The range they can control is very limited. If they are a little farther away from the merchant ship, they cannot catch up with the merchant ship. If the merchant ship is armed, the submarine will not even be able to surface to chase them, because the submarine’s poor displacement and the amount of artillery it can hold will be pitiful. And a merchant ship with a displacement of thousands of tons or even tens of thousands of tons can be equipped with artillery that is much stronger than a submarine at will. If the submarine floats to the surface to engage in artillery battles with the merchant ship, it will probably be beaten up. And if the submarine does not surface, it will not be able to catch up with the merchant ship. Therefore, when a submarine intercepts a merchant ship, it must first find the merchant ship, then carefully set up the route, sneak in front of the merchant ship, and then dive underwater, waiting for the merchant ship to pass nearby, and then launch an attack with torpedoes. If there is a little error in this process, the interception will fail.The surface fleet is much simpler when performing interception missions. There are tethered balloons on the battleship, and observers can see the merchant ship from a long distance. What's more, because of the high cost of steam turbines, most merchant ships of this era still use coal-fired reciprocating steam engines, at least in the British Empire and most European countries' merchant ships. Only United States, because of high oil production. , So there is a part of the heresy of dual use of coal and fuel. When these coal-burning merchant ships were sailing, the billowing plumes of smoke could be seen from far away. Even though the warships of the Royal Navy were still coal-fired, they were equipped with soot cleaning equipment, and the plumes of smoke were much smaller and lighter. Now, apart from the shallow-water heavy gunboats, the Royal Navy has almost no surface combat ships with a speed of less than 20 knots. Therefore, as long as they are discovered, there is no possibility of a merchant ship with a speed of about 15 knots. of. As for the stubborn resistance of the armed merchant ships, if even the armed merchant ships can't fight, then the surface ships of the Royal Navy can really get a piece of cheese and hit them to death.

Therefore, for the Royal Navy, to perform blockade missions, surface ships, especially cruisers with high speed and long range, are countless times more useful than submarines. Since submarines are not easy to use for blockade operations, how about using them for fleet decisive battles? Of course, it’s not easy to use. Now whether it’s the British fleet or the fleets of other major powers, the speed of the main warships is no less than 20 knots. Even if the submarines surface, they cannot keep up with the movement of the fleet (of course, in At this time, when it surfaced, it was the birthday star hanging himself, thinking that he would have a long life. On the water, even armed merchant ships would most likely fight unwinn cargo, and fight battleships. Isn't that killing?) Underwater ambush? It would be tantamount to being turned into a mine by oneself. With that effort, it is better to arrange a minefield in advance and see if you can trick the enemy into it.

Whether it is used for blockade or combat, for the Royal Navy, submarines are not a good choice, so for the Royal Navy, what is the use of submarines? After thinking about it, the Royal Navy felt that this thing seemed to have only a few uses as follows: First, it could be lurking outside the port for investigation. Second, you can secretly send spies to the enemy's coast. In addition, the Royal Navy really couldn't think of any use for submarines. So although the research on submarines was very early, the Royal Navy soon was reluctant to spend too much money on it. This is like in later generations, in order to deal with the aircraft carrier of the thief eagle country, the Chitu country spent a lot of money to develop an anti-ship ballistic missile with a range of thousands of kilometers. However, the thief eagle, which has a higher level of technology and more money, has no such plan at all, and is less willing to spend money to develop similar things. Why? Because there are not so many aircraft carriers in other countries that require him to use this method to fight.

Although the Royal Navy does not develop submarines on a large scale, they still know how submarines will be used in the hands of others. It is impossible for any country, at least in this era, to block Britain with a surface fleet. Because their surface fleet is not an opponent of the British Empire. Under such a premise, a submarine that can evade British surface ships and use underwater torpedo ambush tactics to attack British transportation lines will become one of the most dangerous enemies of the British Empire. Therefore, the British took two measures to deal with it.

The first method is to promote the uselessness of submarines. If other countries believe it, the threat will naturally be lifted. The second method is to seriously study how the United Kingdom should respond if the opponent uses a large number of submarines. The result of the research is that, at least for now, it seems that there are not many good solutions. This thing is like some units in some games. When the AI ​​is used, it can be disgusting to you, but when you use it yourself, it doesn't work well.

It is precisely because the British discovered that they have no good way to deal with submarines, so the Chinese people are actually very careful about any other country's measures to strengthen submarines, and sometimes they are even close to sensitive.

The British first approached the United States government and expressed their dissatisfaction with the United States selling military sensitive items to Europe. The United States government is required to restrain United States businessmen from doing things that are detrimental to world peace. The British even threatened that if the United States people continue to behave so unfriendly, the British will also consider whether to adjust the trade policy with the United States and retaliate accordingly.

In this era, the British market is much more open than other countries. Therefore, United States is in a state of overtaking relative to the United Kingdom. If the United Kingdom really tightens the market for United States, it will indeed bring United States a lot of trouble. However, trade confrontation has always been a double-edged sword. If a trade war is really started for such a thing, it will really make the Germans laugh and faint. Nowadays, the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers are facing each other. As the largest country in terms of industrial output, the United States has limited military power (the navy is not bad, and the army is at the militia level). But the potential is endless. Which side he stands on will almost change the entire balance of power. If the British played a trade war with the United States, it would almost push United States into the Allied Group. In addition, the losing trade war has weakened the immediate rival Britain, and weakened the possible future competitor United States. Is there anything better in the world than this?

Because of this, the United States government understands that the British threats are just lip service, and their purpose is to show their attitude. So I just responded with my lips, saying that the United States government has always adhered to the principle of free trade, and direct intervention in trade violates the principle of United States. Of course, the United States government is also concerned about world peace and is willing to continue to communicate with the United Kingdom to enhance mutual understanding.

Since there is no way to solve the problem at the government level, we can only see if we can directly reach an agreement with that hypocritical weapon dealer. After all, the Macdonald Consortium has a lot of business in the UK, much more than in Germany. Over the years, Scrooge's investment in Europe has been mainly concentrated in the UK and France. Since Scrooge has a lot of investment in the UK, the British feel that there is still something to talk about with Scrooge.

Scrooge did not intend to discuss these matters with the British personally, because he had other matters, and this matter was handed over to Donald. After all, Donald’s mother is a British, and this matter is related to the military, plus...

"For a while, you have been resting for a while, and you should also work. After all, Daisy is the one who gave birth, not you. I have given you a full week of vacation! , Your mother...Ah, when your mother gave birth to you and Dena, she didn't have as long as you to rest. And the work you did was much heavier than you. What, you said the child is sick, and the child is sick, stay beside you What's the use? When you were ill, your father might still be running to the west coast. Staying with your child will only increase a source of infection that carries bacteria. Nothing can help. Don’t worry, it’s just that. With jaundice, there are so many doctors staring at it, what else can you do? Okay, you know our bottom line and goals, right?" Scrooge asked.

"Yes, Scrooge Uncle, I know these." Donald replied with his head down.

"That's it." Scrooge said.

"Then this matter is left to you." Scrooge said.

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