War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Schonbrunn Palace, Franz's Study.

Franz always believed that there was no need for him to choose sides when watching gangsters fight.

As long as Austria does not act like a bitch to the British, Franz can accept other behaviors.

Of course, Franz would not do nothing, at least he would not let the British completely take the initiative in negotiations.

There are no places to plunder in the coastal areas of Egypt, and the hot and scorching weather is not conducive to the march of our own army officers and soldiers, so it is appropriate to take this opportunity to rest and recuperate in the desert to escape the heat.

As a result, the Austrian troops in the coalition were fully deployed. In fact, no one in the world likes to fight. Unless they can't help themselves, or the temptation is too great, no one wants to put their head in their belt.

Friedrich was very dissatisfied with the performance of the Austrian Navy's surprise attack on Alexandria. One operation encountered two storms, which greatly reduced the fleet's profits.

Nearly half of the small boat stolen from Egypt, its supplies, and the Egyptians responsible for driving the boat were lost.

Of course, the surviving Egyptians did not resent Friedrich, but instead prayed for him with great gratitude.

But it was a shame for this high-spirited naval star. Friedrich dismissed the navigator and ordered him to erect a monument for each victim to atone for his sins.

In fact, the pilot was very wronged. After all, sea navigation is full of unknown risks, and he only made judgments based on experience.

Weather prediction in this era was still in the metaphysical stage, and sailors could only make guesses based on their own experience combined with the prevailing weather.

But Friedrich didn't think so. He decided to go to Franz to see if this cunning kid could do anything.

Royal Garden.

Franz looked helplessly at this slightly short uncle.

"The current technological conditions are not enough to solve this problem. I do have some equipment here that you may be able to use."

To be honest, Friedrich's question is too advanced. Not to mention that Austria does not have the ability to establish weather stations all over the Mediterranean. Even if it has weather station information, it cannot transmit it in a timely manner. The massive calculations that can be transmitted in a timely manner cannot be completed by humans. of.

In history, someone tried to get 64,000 mathematicians to calculate the information on weather changes at the same time, but the result was of course a failure. Even at the end of World War II, humans were still unable to accurately predict the weather.

Adjani brought a box and placed it in front of Friedrich.

"What is this?" Friedrich immediately looked excitedly for his dream weather forecaster.

"Thermometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, wind speed detector, wind direction meter, barometer" Adjani helped introduce.

"So troublesome? Are all these useful?" Friedrich asked.

"Yes" Franz nodded.

"With these, can I predict the weather?"

"cannot."

Friedrich immediately frowned.

"Then what do I need these for?"

"They can play some auxiliary role and provide you with some data to make your guesses more based." Franz replied.

"." Friedrich was speechless for a while.

"Is there really nothing you can do?"

"There is no way, even if it takes another hundred years, this problem may not be solved."

"It turns out that there are times when you are powerless. Miss Adjani, it's really funny to see how helpless and natural Franz is." Friedrich smiled awkwardly, because Adjani just made a half-smile. responded to him with an expression.

"The provoking method is useless to me. This is indeed beyond the scope of my ability." Franz was not very happy either. Friedrich obviously regarded himself as a robot cat, and this feeling of powerlessness was very unpleasant.

"Okay." Friedrich didn't hesitate.

"Can you modify your rockets? They are always flying around in the sky. Although it is now possible to ensure that they fly forward, there is still no way to control where they will explode."

It happened that the design of the rodless spin rocket had recently been completed, so Franz took out the drawings.

"What is this? It looks like an old-fashioned long-barreled artillery piece."

"The one in front of the launcher is the main body of the rocket."

"Without the wooden pole, wouldn't the shaking be even worse?"

"No, because the tail fin is added, this wooden pole becomes redundant. After removing the wooden pole, it will be more stable. And look at the tail of the rocket."

Friedrich took a second look and found nothing different.

"Isn't it just that the direction of the tail has changed?"

"No, this is called a spiral tail. It can use the flames ejected from the rocket to rotate itself to achieve stability. Its accuracy is far better than the previous long-rod rocket." Franz answered very proudly.

In fact, adding a tail fin to a long rocket is completely superfluous. It not only wastes money, but also creates something that is not very practical. The design of the spiral tail is not complicated, and it is very easy to modify. It just needs to increase the amount of gunpowder, so the help of a hydraulic press is needed.

"How much do you like the spiral design? The same goes for the previous propeller. What a strange guy."

"roll."

“How much can the accuracy be improved?”

"ten times!"

“That’s not much.”

"At least we won't hit the soldiers in the front row anymore."

“That’s really good”

"You should take this opportunity to learn more about the British fleet and tactics." Franz suggested.

"The British tactics?" Friedrich's tone was quite disdainful.

"Yes, the British Royal Navy's tactics. You must know that they have just wiped out the main fleets of the Egyptian and Ottoman navies."

Franz knew that no country on the sea could compete with Britain at this time, so he felt that there was nothing wrong with letting the commander of his country's navy learn the British tactics.

"It has no reference value. The workmanship of the Egyptian warships is extremely poor. The materials used are cheap oak imported from France. Most of them are randomly pieced together. This kind of ship will be blasted by the "ship killer" twice. It will fall apart, and even larger storms can tear small ships apart."

"There are problems in the design of the hull and the sails. The craftsmen are also extremely careless and often use a few fewer nails or less paint in key places. These seemingly small problems are indeed extremely fatal to the warship. .

Their ships can penetrate the hull with their 8-pounder guns, and cause large-scale damage with their 12-pounder guns. Even if my ship fires a direct shot from a sixteen-pounder, it may not be able to break through the defense. "

Friedrich was very proud when he said this. After all, he had a modified steam ironclad. Of course, this ironclad cannot be called an ironclad in the strict sense, but a wooden sailing ship with iron plates hanging on both sides of the ship.

"Don't be too proud. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle." Franz said.

Friedrich slapped the table.

"Franz, I tell you, I know their ships better than those British guys. I have models of every ship in the Royal Navy, and I know how to destroy them."

Franz was a little at a loss and had to spread his hands to show that he meant no harm.

In fact, in this era, not only all naval admirals regard the Sun Never Sets Navy as their idol, but they also regard it as their imaginary enemy.

From the day Friedrich chose the navy, he always wanted to defeat the Royal Navy. But when he discovered that with the strength of the Austrian Empire, the best result of fighting the British was the annihilation of the entire army, and the most rational choice was not to become an enemy of the British.