MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 586 Kingdom Navy Shipbuilding Slapstick
Chapter 586 Shipbuilding Slapstick of the Kingdom Navy
General Fordlers sent Claude intelligence about the Royal Navy before the end of November, just before taking up the post of director of the Security Service. This is probably the last task he handled as the director of the military intelligence department, so he completed it perfectly. Compared with General Murray's purchase of a technical researcher, the secret agents of the Ministry of Military Affairs lurking in the Royal Navy are deeply hidden, and they have more inside information, and even those Royal Generals have ordered His Majesty the King. The amount of money corrupted is clear ...
After receiving this dossier of the royal family's navy, Crowd inquired with concern about General Fordless's division of the military ministry. In addition to the Dominion Investigation Bureau established by Marshal Bolognik, the Intelligence Bureau, the Security Bureau, and the Army Intelligence Department and the Navy Intelligence Department, the four intelligence agencies under the Military Region, all have to be dispatched from the original Military Intelligence Department. All the military intelligence personnel must be assigned to these four departments according to their strengths and personalities. In addition, the huge files and materials must be split, and they are too busy for a while.
General Fordlers was very satisfied with the separation and addition of intelligence by Claude. He believed that by doing so, his responsibilities would be clear and the scope of his duties would be easily clarified. Although he used to be the director of the Military Intelligence Department, he seemed to have a high level of authority, but he could be responsible for too many affairs. It's a good thing to take it for granted. If he can't be scolded by others, he feels that this position makes his hair very fast, and he looks like he's aging before he ages.
Now, he only needs to clean up the secret agent affairs of other countries and protect the technology and secrets that the autonomous region is concerned about. He suddenly felt a lot lighter on his shoulders, and he did n’t have to worry about waking up from nightmares at night. Something went wrong. The most important thing is that he is the director of the Security Bureau and a member of the Intelligence Supervisory Committee. From the level, he has been upgraded to a level higher than the director of the military intelligence department. He received double salaries of the director and members ...
Talked to Claude for a while about the separation of the MI, General Fowlers left, and during this time he was too busy to transfer and split, and Claude did not keep him. Keep talking. Opening the file dossier, Claude quickly learned why the royal navy's imitation of the iron armored warship did not succeed.
As Crowd expected, corruption was the first reason for the failure of the Royal Navy. Her Majesty Frederick I received a large amount of money from the kingdom aristocracy in the name of the promotion fee and land selection fee. Therefore, after the delivery of sixteen iron armored warships in the autonomous region, he was very fortunate to pay 5 million kronor. The money was given to the Ministry of the Navy to order research and imitation of iron armored warships, in order to master the construction technology of iron armored warships and take it to the next level.
It ’s just that the money in the Kingdom ’s Admiralty has been suffering for so many years. The eyes of all the five million kronor have been red. First, according to the convention, 30% of the dividends have been paid, so that all officers of the Kingdom ’s Admiralty have had a fat meal. year. Immediately afterwards, the public funds were misappropriated under various names. If you still remember the duty of serving as a naval officer of the royal family to His Majesty the King, maybe there would not be a Jincroon left. It was just that when dialing down to research and imitate the iron armored warship, there were only more than 1.8 million kronor of the five million kronor of Frederick I ...
The reason for the failure of the second ironclad battleship was the failure of the material imitation. The Wang Jiajun had just dismantled three ironclad battleships, drawn all the layout and mechanical power on the drawings, and recruited shipbuilding experts and sailboat warships. The technicians performed a detailed analysis and demonstration, and these steps were well done. It's just that they made a big mistake when looking for rune mage to come and imitate the materials of the armored warships and power machinery.
The Kingdom of Ovilas is not a rune mage who did not serve the royal family, but after the death of Sterling X, that Prince Weidleeck succeeded to the throne and became Sterling XXI, and competed with the Great Prince for the throne to start a kingdom civil war Because of the lack of military expenses and to maintain his extravagant life, Sterling XI slashed the unnecessary expenses of the royal family. Funds for rune mage, who worked for the royal family, were among the cuts, so most of those rune muffs went out of their own hands.
After Frederick I succeeded, the Rune Mage, who played for the Sterling family, also returned. But not all rune mages are good material experts. The rune mage who is really good at material synthesis when dealing with metals is still an offering in the military industry of the old noble families in the kingdom. Now that the kingdom aristocrats have been given a seal, and they have their own family territories, these rune mages who work for them are also brought back to their family territories.
The rune mage enshrined by the Stirling royal family is good at pharmacy, and is more professional in curing diseases and detoxification. Letting them go through experiments on the synthesis and refining of metal materials is like a bull's head is not right. It is not easy to figure out the properties of those common materials. It takes time and requires a lot of money to perform the most common material tests to understand.
The structure and construction of iron armored warships is actually very simple, but it is not that any iron plate can be used to build iron armored warships. At least the metal materials prevent seawater from corrosion and rust, and also have good anti-artillery performance. They are not deformed. The most basic requirements. Especially for power machinery, a propeller alone is a university question. Generally iron plates or steel plates can not be made into propellers. At that time, Master Bird spent more than a year on the propeller.
The officials in charge of the Wang family navy thought that the several rune mages sent to the royal family by allocating 100,000 kronor were meaningless. Anyway, these rune master Niu B is coquettish and can't afford to pay attention to these metal material synthesis tests. The drawings are drawn so detailed. If the material synthesis of this iron armored ship can be understood, there will be no problem in imitation.
Then at the beginning of these material synthesis experiments, several rune mages were dumbfounded, 100,000 kronor, not even the basic metal deck materials of the iron armored battleship. Especially for those testing magic materials, the purchasing department buys the cheapest ones and there are a few fake ones in order to get the high rebate. The failure of the material synthesis test is inevitable, and the rune mage has become so embarrassed and shameless that two of them ran back to Wangdu.
The remaining rune mages were more responsible, and Zhang Zhangzi was also handed over to the Kingdom Admiralty. As a result, the senior officers of the Kingdom Admiralty were dumbfounded. Because these rune masters believe that without two or three years and two or three million kronor in experimental funding, it is impossible to know the metal composite materials on this iron armored battleship. Only the funds allocated by Her Majesty the King are either divided or spent. Where can I get so much money?
Without Zhang Butcher, would n’t it be better to eat a pig with hair? A lot of smart people, in order to avoid damage to their pockets, someone came up with an idea, do not need these rune masters to carry out any metal material synthesis test, everyone go to the old paper pile. Did n’t the Sterling family run a firearms research institute and worked out a lot of metal material formulas? Everyone can find a similar metal material formula to replace it. With the metal formula, there is no need for the rune mage to do any experiments, just deliver it to the refining workshop for forging ...
So there are similar ship board materials, and deck materials are all similar. The only difficulty is that the power machinery and the casting material of the propeller are not available. Other materials are used to make power steam engines. Even if there are detailed drawings, they can be used. What came out was still three things, either air leakage or fire resistance and high temperature. There were numerous problems with deformation and seizure of mechanical parts. There were even two explosions, which killed and injured several technicians and workers.
At this time, the money was completely spent, and His Majesty asked about the progress of the imitation of the armored warships. The senior officers of the Kingdom Admiralty told Frederick I that progress was very smooth, and soon Can create the kingdom's own armored warships. As a result, when Frederick I was happy, he decided to send a commissioner to test the results, and the Royal Navy was sitting on the wax.
Fortunately, there are a lot of smart people in the Royal Navy. They quickly thought of a way. One was to let the people in the Kingdom Army Department hold the adult who was in charge of the king first. On the other hand, they would build the selected ship board first. The armored ship came out. In any case, it is at least several times larger than the iron armored warships of the overseas dominion, so that it is comparative and clear at a glance. So the White House Shipbuilding Workshop of the Royal Family of the White Deer was racing against time to build an iron-hulled ship.
In order to save trouble, the Wang family navy directly dragged a large flatland sailing ship to cover the surface with iron plates. As for power machinery, can't you build it yourself? Another one was dragged over. After dismantling, the steam-powered machinery was installed on the iron-hulled flat-bottom ship. As a result, after loading, it was found that the ship could not be pushed. When the imagination moved, another one was installed, and an ironclad warship was disassembled. In the end, this iron-hulled punt was able to slowly advance at sea. Although it was very unbalanced and the ship swayed a lot, at least it looked bluffing ...
The commissioner sent by His Majesty the King was enthusiastically treated by the Kingdom Admiralty all the way, and even he felt embarrassed. After arriving at White Deer City, watching the iron-shelled punt, and comparing it with the iron armored destroyer next to it, it was simply a giant. Immediately praised, he did not understand the navy, only that the larger the ship, the more powerful it was. Not to mention, there can be more artillery in places as large as the above, and they are always more powerful when fighting.
In order to repay the affectionate treatment of the Kingdom's Admiralty, the commissioner asked the accompanying artist to paint the maritime pose of this iron-shelled punt, while at the same time exerting his imagination, painting a dozen giant artillery on the bare deck The turret, regardless of whether so many artillery pieces are put on it, will sink the iron-hulled punt. He only knew that the more powerful the painting was, the better it looked, and the easier it was for him to intersect, whether it was His Majesty the King or the Kingdom Admiral's past.
Sure enough, after returning to the capital, the commissioner was very pleased to hand over the painting. Frederick I liked it very much. The painter used an exaggerated method to paint the iron armored warship of the Overseas Dominion next to the iron shell flat ship. That ratio looks like children compared to adults. In fact, the iron-hulled punt is twice as large as the iron-clad destroyer, but it looks more than five times larger on the screen.
Frederick I was really pleased. The iron armored warships built by his navy were so powerful, and there were so many cannons on them. It seemed to be more powerful than the few artillery on the iron armored warships built by overseas autonomous territories. He turned his head and asked how much it cost the Kingdom Navy Director to build such an armored warship? The naval director of the kingdom hesitated for a long time and stuck out a finger. He knew that the iron-shelled flat-bottomed ship was a piece together, and the cost was about 10,000 kronor. He was going to report for 100,000 kronor ...
I did not expect that Frederick I misunderstood. It is necessary to know that the quotes on the paper of the sixteen iron armored warships used by overseas dominions to compensate for the promotion and land selection fees were 180,000 to 200,000 kronor. . The self-made iron-hulled flat-bottom ship on the screen is now five times larger than the iron-clad destroyer next to it, which is five times more expensive.
So Frederick I said, such an iron armored warship cost one million kronor is also worth the money. Then I will allocate another 5 million kronor to build five more ships. With these six iron armored giant ships, I believe that Kingdom Haijiang has nothing to worry about. The small sampan boards of the overseas dominion are invincible in front of our six iron armored giant ships. We should also let those overseas dominions take a look at the majesty of the Wang family navy and the heritage of the kingdom. We can create ironclad ships that are larger and more powerful than them ...
The director of the kingdom's naval department suddenly felt that the finger he had stretched out shone with gold and became hot. However, he is a wise man, and naturally he will not refute His Majesty or even ask for fun. He just shot his **** on the spot to ensure that the five iron armored giant ships that show the majesty of the royal family will be built for the kingdom. In the waves!
Knowing the base price of the shipbuilding, the Kingdom Admiralty received a huge sum of 5 million kronor this time instead of taking the three-component red, but directly deducted half, giving all the senior officers of the Wang family navy a generous bonus. Then took another million kronor and paid a heavy reward to the commissioner and the kings of Wang Tingli, so that all the rain and dew could be touched, so that in the future, some people would come to intercede for the kingdom navy ...
Only when there were only one million kronor left in this huge amount of shipbuilding money, the Kingdom Navy Department decided to start manufacturing five iron armored giant ships. But at this time bad news came, that the iron-hulled flat-bottom ship that had been sampled had sunk to the bottom of the sea, possibly due to a leak. Therefore, the iron armored giant ship to be built became six, and it was more than three times larger than the iron armored destroyer of the overseas dominion. The last question is where to get twelve steam-powered machines back ...
After numerous meetings, the Kingdom Navy Department finally decided to pull down and send a special envoy to the overseas dominion to seek help, buying 12 steam-powered ships back at high prices. It was only after the special envoy arrived in the overseas dominion that he did not need to ask for help, as long as the commercial power machinery workshop was willing to sell it. After he said the purchase requirements, the Commercial Power Machinery Workshop reported the incident, and the military headquarters found that it was only the steam-powered machinery of the first-generation iron armored warships, which were obsolete products, and they could be traded with a large approval.
Because it was purchased by the Ministry of the Navy, the director of the commercial power machinery workshop quadrupled the price and added a little, and the price of one 35 thousand kronor was reported. The envoy refused, and the workshop supervisor was trying to reduce it. As a result, the envoy quoted a price of 50,000 kronor for one, meaning that the extra 15 thousand kronor would be used as a rebate ...
As a result, the marine steam-powered machinery of the twelve first-generation iron armored warships cost 600,000 kronor for the Kingdom Admiralty, excluding the travel costs of the special envoy and the transportation costs of the power machinery. The remaining 300,000 kronor was a bit stretched to build six iron armored ships. Because the hard requirement is three times larger than the iron destroyer, there is no suitable flatland transport ship to make up. You must first build a three-times flat-bottom wooden boat as the bottom mold, and then cover it with iron plates on the outside, then weld and polish it, then Apply paint, etc ...
To tell the truth, the senior officers in the Royal Navy and Royal Navy also wanted to do something practical, but there was nothing they could do to get cheaper rebates or something. Seeing that the bottom molds of the six flat-bottomed wooden boats were about to be completed, it was suddenly found that the money was almost spent. After careful calculation, I found that the procurement of those iron plates for ships, the cost of welding labor materials, subsequent process costs, etc., combined, there is still a gap of nearly one million kronor ...
It is impossible for His Majesty to ask for money, because everyone is worried that Frederick I was serious enough to send someone to check the cost of shipbuilding, but it is impossible for everyone to pay for the six iron armored ships. After discussions, some people hit their ideas on the remaining dozen iron armored warships. Maybe some people have already received the favor or were told something. They decided to scrap several iron armored warships in several maritime accidents, and then secretly sold these nominally scrapped iron armored warships. The money sold was used to continue to make the six iron armored ships. Giant ship ...
Then came the information received by General Murray. The United Kingdom of the Fox Islands spent 480,000 kroner to buy an ironclad destroyer and an ironclad cruiser, accompanied by a full set of drawings drawn by the Kingdom Admiralty. The Kingdom of Caman Ryan on the southern coast of Valeía spent 180,000 kronor to buy an iron armoured destroyer, and the Kingdom of Morosik also bought an iron armoured destroyer for 200,000 kronor.
This really made Claude unexpected. The colony of the kingdom of Morosik on the west coast has become the territory of the Pamigar National Republic. The two expeditions of the kingdom of Morosik failed and they were greatly injured. I did not expect to be interested in developing an ironclad warship. It seemed that the kingdom of Morosik was not convinced, and maybe they would make a comeback in a few years.
The last "decommissioned" armored destroyer was sold to the Kingdom of West Kamchatka at 250,000 kronor with a full set of drawings. This is the peninsula kingdom in the northern part of Valeria, about six hundred miles from the Hicks kingdom, and further west, it can be considered a naval power.
Claude closed the file and shook his head with a sigh. After Frederick I ascended the throne, the kingdom's homeland has recovered rare peace, its economy has recovered, and its vitality has returned. It can be said that the kingdom has a qualified king. It was just that Frederick I was a child in the deep palace and didn't know the fireworks on earth, so he didn't understand how the people below made him his Majesty ...
From the shipbuilding slapstick of the Kingdom Admiralty, we can see what kind of corruption the government has achieved in the kingdom. It seems that Marshal Bolonick's decision to remediate the government of overseas dominions this time is very correct and timely. We must not let the overseas dominions, like the land of the kingdom, become a land of corrupt officials ...
