Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 590 The Beginning of the Age of Iron Armored Battleships

No one expected that the first transaction at the Port of Wibator shipbuilding base turned out to be from the Kingdom of Kamanlain, and Claude remembered that the kingdom had bought an ironclad destroyer from the Royal Navy last year. It seems that they encountered the same imitation problem, which was limited by the manufacture of refractory alloy materials and propellers for marine steam-powered machinery, and even if they obtained all the drawings of the first-generation iron armored warships, they could not manufacture iron armored warships based on the drawings. .

A special envoy from the Kingdom of Kamanryan to purchase ironclad warships ordered six ironclad warships in the name of an ocean merchant. An ironclad cruiser, four ironclad destroyers, and an ironclad transport ship constitute exactly the smallest cruise and combat unit. The total amount of six iron armored warships is 900,000 kronor, which will be delivered within half a year. Just looking at the meaning of this special envoy from the Kingdom of Kamanrian, he was unwilling to publicize the deal. The Autonomous Military Command was naturally willing to keep him secret and make a lot of money.

General Bokal believes that the special envoy of the Kamanlean kingdom to purchase iron armored warships is likely to face the same dilemma as the Royal Navy. They accepted the order from the high-level officials to imitate the iron armored warships, but found that they could not imitate them. In desperation, they could only re-search for the help of the Autonomous Command Military Region in order to make a difference. Fortunately, we have just built the shipbuilding base at the Port of Wibator, which specializes in the production and sale of the first and second generation of iron armored warships, which can be considered a big trouble for them ...

Claude was willing to let the port of Wibator build a shipbuilding base specifically to produce the first and second generation of iron armored warships for sale, mainly to find that other countries are developing iron armored warships very quickly. So far, what he has learned, basically most countries that imitate iron armored warships can imitate the full metal shell of iron armored warships. The only difficulty is the imitation of the huge first-generation marine steam-powered machinery in the bilge and the propeller on the outside of the hull, but with the investment of money and time, some day there will be a country that will crack the secret.

The port of Wibator shipbuilding base can sell the first and second generation of iron armored warships, also to trouble those countries that are determined to crack the ship's steam-powered machinery. For those imitation countries, it is really better to buy them. If they invest in research and development, they can buy at least 20 or more armored warships and form an iron armored fleet to secure the safety of the country's waters. The most powerful guarantee.

And we must research and imitate to make our country also have the ability to manufacture iron armored warships. Then the funds invested in research and imitation are not a small amount. They may spend two or three iron armored fleet procurement costs to create a sloppy one. The surviving iron armored warships came out and could not be compared with the iron armored warships sold in the autonomous region.

And if we want to continue to improve the iron armored warships made in our country, we don't know how much money we will invest in. Therefore, Claude hopes that most countries will change course and change their own development of iron armored warships to purchase from the autonomous region. As long as the money is paid, the autonomous region will ensure that the children are free from bullying. Even if there is a war with the opposing parties in the autonomous region, the ironclad warships that should be delivered will be delivered on time and will not be detained.

In fact, for the autonomous region, the sale of a generation of iron armored warships is a overwhelming transaction, which is a huge profit in the windfall. Even Bird, who originally designed the first generation of armored warships, looked at the simplified version of the current generation of armored warships. It was a bit embarrassed. I felt ashamed and embarrassed to use such a simple warship design to fool buyers. So I improved the first generation of marine steam power machinery, so that its combustion efficiency and power can be more durable and faster ...

For a generation of iron armored destroyers, the selling price of the Dominion is 150,000 Krona, and the production price given to the shipbuilding base by the Dominion is 50,000 Krona. Here, the Dominion Command received a profit of 100,000 Krona. But in fact, the cost of manufacturing this generation of ironclad destroyers at the shipbuilding base was more than 20,000 kroner, and they still doubled their profits.

Let's see what the first generation of armored destroyers have. The first is the splicing and welding of metal hulls that do not include a watertight tank. The most technical content is the installation of marine steam power machinery and the main shaft of the outboard bottom propeller. Then there are the copper pipe layouts for communication, and the layout of the command cabin front desk and the artillery turrets on the deck. Everything else is fine. At most, a sharp impact angle is installed on the bow of the ship ...

A generation of ironclad destroyers of 150,000 kronor. At that time, the first ironclad warship of the Dominion led to the sea and spent nearly one million kronor in test funding. So for the autonomous region today, building a generation of ironclad warships with so much money is a loss-making business, but for countries that are planning to develop and imitate, buying an ironclad warship at such a price is really very Cheaper ...

With the first ship purchase transaction made by the Kingdom of Kamanryan at the port of Wibator, other countries will soon come to purchase ironclad warships. However, the first generation of iron armored warships previously produced by the autonomous region was out of storage. The six ships purchased by the Kingdom of Kamanrian this time also required the shipbuilding base to re-forge metal ship plates for production.

It was a pity that Claude's envoy to the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands heard nothing from the second-generation Iron Armor. If they were to purchase this second-generation iron armored warship, the Dominion Command would guarantee delivery faster than the six first-generation iron armored warships purchased by the Kingdom of Kamanrian. It is nothing more than transferring the second-generation iron armored warship in service directly from the iron armored fleet to remove the sensitive parts and refurbish it when the new ship is sold, and then use the money earned to General Murray to customize the fourth generation iron armored warship ... ....

The twelve first-generation iron armored warships of the Blacksail Pirates were overhauled in a remote shipbuilding workshop in the port of Wibator, and sixteen fast sailing warships were copper-clad, and the bottom cabin was equipped with a new generation of steam-powered machinery and After the propeller, Eriksson led the Black Sail Pirate to anchor out of the port on a misty and rainy night, and disappeared into the vast sea unknown.

Claude is busy setting up reserve soldiers for the autonomous region and recruiting conscripts every year. It can be said that the autonomous region has made the biggest change in the military system of the Kingdom of Ovilas. Originally, the military system of the Kingdom of Ovilas was a standing legionary system and a combat enlistment system. The standing legionary system, such as the guards, red dragons, and griffins, are three famous ace field legions. The service period of soldiers after being recruited is ten years Five years. After the deadline, you can get national status. In addition, you have a good salary during the service period. It can be said that it is similar to recruiting.

And the call-in-call system, that is, in the face of national war, all local counties are forcibly recruiting suitable-aged soldiers to form new second-line corps to supplement the front line. The fate of these compulsory recruits was not very good, and they lost their lives and became a nameless cannon fodder. The victory was just a joy, and what was originally done was forced to retire or what to do, and it would not have any effect on their own destiny. Only a handful of meritorious personnel had good luck to transfer to those standing legions and become formal service members ...

The Overseas Autonomous Territory now has four standing corps, plus one navy, and twelve local garrisons, with a total strength of nearly 550,000. Since most of the troops were recruited by the recruiting system like the Standing Army, it caused great pressure on the autonomous command zone in terms of military expenditure. After all, the expenditure on personnel salary and welfare subsidy is overspending, and the funds for improving tactical weapons and armament materials will be reduced ...

Claude intends to combine compulsory soldiers with a recruiting system and establish a new system of conscription and reserve military service in the autonomous command zone. Not all recruits are willing to join the army for fifteen years. They are not interested in national status, but rather hope to return home early and reunite with their families. The reason why the military service period is as long as fifteen years is because the nations of Valeia need experienced veterans and excellent soldiers to defend their country.

In the overseas self-governing territories, a young man who has reached the age of eighteen is a suitable age recruit. It only takes five years for him to serve in the army. In these five years, he will be trained in the barracks and become a qualified soldier in the autonomous region. If he wins a prize in the war and is promoted, his military career will be very long ...

If no war takes place on the battlefield during the five-year service period of a recruit, then after the five-year service period expires, the recruit has two options. The first is to continue serving in the military, but the prerequisite for this choice is that within five years of service, the recruit must have become a noncommissioned officer. He will be hired by the army as a non-commissioned officer, and will enjoy good salary and welfare subsidies. He will officially retire from the army after fifteen years of service and become a national, and can be directly arranged to receive training as a public officer ... ...

Another option is that if the soldier does not want to continue serving in the army, then he can bid farewell to the barracks and return home. Marriage, children, and business will not affect anything. The army will seal his files and record that his service period has passed. For five years. As long as the soldier wants to become a national before he is forty years old, he can apply for continued service in the local garrison until his fifteen-year service expires to obtain national status.

As long as it is a suitable age recruit for overseas dominions, the military reforms to be implemented by the autonomous region have a great impact on the future of these candidates. Any young adult who has reached the age of eighteen will enter the barracks to undergo the training and forging of the military career, and reshape the three perspectives. In this way, even during the five-year compulsory military service enlistment period, he will accept the influence of barracks discipline. After retiring, he can become a reserve soldier, waiting for the military region to be re-enlisted during the war ...

The reform of the enlistment system and reserve service registration system under the leadership of Claude has largely broken the ancient tradition of 15 years of military service. In the future, the four standing regiments in the autonomous command zone did not have a mastery of military skills, and it became impossible to stay in the army for a long time. Water is not corrupt, and the five-year voluntary enlistment system has brought new vitality to the closed military camp.

The biggest benefit of this military reform to the autonomous military command zone is that it saves military expenditures on human salary. As General Beechklin said, enlisting in the army before is tantamount to finding a life-long career. As long as he dies early and fights on the battlefield, this well-paid job can last until retirement. For example, Claude was recommended to join the Blue Feathers. When his name appeared on the Blue Feathers' roster, he has since had a generous salary and welfare subsidy.

However, during the war, the Blue Feathers should be the worst standing legion of luck, after several major ups and downs and crisis. Claude was lucky to avoid these bad lucks, and was transferred to the Ranger Battalion by the Grand Prince Hansback to test new warfare methods. From then on, he rose to high ranks, as General Beechklin said, like Crow Guys who are so lucky are actually rare in the military ...

However, after the five-year compulsory military service system and the reserve service registration system were implemented in the Autonomous Military Command, those lucky guys like Claude will no longer be the protagonists. Because Claude was very disheartened to cancel the good salary of the recruits during the five-year enlistment period, giving only a little welfare subsidy. This is a five-year compulsory military service period, not to look for work, but to do my duty. What can I do with salary?

If you want to get a generous salary, you have to wait until the end of five years of compulsory military service and rely on the outstanding military skills to be retained by the army in the rank of non-commissioned officer. Then you can get a generous salary and welfare subsidy. Growing with my years in the barracks, or being rewarded for neutrality on the battlefield and the military ...

However, General Bockard was very straightforward to say that Claude changed the soldier's original 15-year salary payment period to a 10-year payment period. The first five years became a period of compulsory military service elimination. All the days in Lili were eliminated. Obviously, after paying five years' salary, those fools who stayed in the barracks were still grateful to Dade. I really don't understand how difficult it is to leave the barracks and work hard? Doing any business is more profitable than staying in the barracks ...

Shengguang's overseas dominion in 607 has not had much movement. Except for the more striking alliance with the Pamigar National Republic, the rest of the time is in charge of the internal affairs of the autonomous region. Regardless of cooperating with the hard-fighting actions of the Dominion of the Dominion Council and the investigation of the administration of officials, they have fulfilled their role as supporting actors. The next step is to continue to resettle the Hicks army immigrants, reduce the number of eight Hicks return home divisions, and form the Hicks Volunteer Corps.

By the second half of the year, the autonomous region has been busy reforming the military system, implementing a five-year compulsory military service system and a reserve military registration system within the autonomous region. By mid-October, news of another battle between the Blacksail Pirates and the sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands came over the West Coast.

This time it was the trouble of the Black Sail Pirates to actively seek the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands. They took the initiative to attack the sailing fleet stationed in the second colonial port, not only defeated and defeated the sailing fleet, but also captured the entire port and plundered for three days before leaving. .

The Kingdom of the Fox Islands was beaten and beaten very painfully this time. The so-called powerful maritime power has no initial threat, and what it has left is two seemingly powerful sailing fleets. But everyone with a good eye knows that the sailing ship will soon be out of date, just like this time the Black Sails Pirates once again attacked with twelve iron armored warships, then followed by sixteen sailed warships wrapped in copper and also using steam-powered machinery. Later, in one fell swoop, the rigorous defensive array laid out by the sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands quickly collapsed and the enemy fled.

As a result of this naval battle, the Kingdom of Kamanlain no longer ignored the threat of maritime declarations and blockades by the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, and directly mobilized the army to take over the remaining colony of the neighboring Kingdom of Resnia. The Kingdom of Resniya was directly kicked out of the colony of the west coast of the mainland of Nubia.

On the other side of the colony of the Kingdom of Resnia, the colony of the Principality of Riorioro took a slow step. On the one hand, the colony of the Kingdom of Camanlein moved so fast. The other side also mobilized the army without hesitation toward the next Fox. The second colony of the United Kingdom of the Islands was launched.

The defensive forces on the colony of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands were also considered to be bad luck. First, the powerful sail sailing fleet was defeated by the black sail pirates, and then they were rubbed on the ground by the black sail pirates plundered ashore and their property was robbed Most of the time, some wives and daughters were robbed. It has not been counted how much the loss has come, and as a result, new occupants of the Principality of the Principality of Riorio have been ushered in. This kingdom colony has disappeared and it has been announced that it has merged with the Principality of the Principality of Riorio. .

The raging United Kingdom of the Fox Islands immediately declared maritime war and maritime blockade against the Kingdom of Camanlein and the Principality of Rerioro. At this stage, they could not find the black sail pirates' vents, which did not prevent the anger from being vented on these two countries. Fortunately, the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands also knew that the army of their own kingdom was vulnerable, so they did not take them out and were conspicuous. A powerful sail fleet blocked the seas of these two countries, sinking or arresting all ocean-going ships and armed warships of both countries.

The two nations, the Kingdom of Camanlein and the Principality of Rerioro, have also announced that they have joined forces to form a powerful maritime force, breaking the maritime blockade imposed on them by the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands. At this time, the six ironclad warships built by the Overseas Dominion Wibator Port Shipbuilding Base for the Kingdom of Kamanlean had been delivered.

Therefore, when the six iron armored ships appeared in the maritime armed fleet jointly formed by the Kingdom of Camanlein and the Principality of Rerioro, the sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, which faced in the distance, lost its courage to assault and could only Circle in the distance and dare not approach. The so-called maritime blockade ended without a problem ...

Now the Dominion Command has taken over a large list of a total of 24 first-generation iron armored warships in the Kingdom of Kamanlain and the Principality of Rerioro, which will be delivered within one year. The envoys of the two countries who just received the deposit and sent away the iron armored warships welcomed the purchasing group of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands.

"We want to buy forty-eight ironclad warships ..." said the envoy of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands.