It will take some time to prepare for the military exercise, but isn't the "Free Trade" just idle right now? Anyway, idleness is also idleness, it is better to let her visit a certain target country for a friendly visit. So Napoleon gave an order and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs began to contact the United Kingdom, proposing that in order to enhance mutual understanding between the two countries and deepen their friendship and mutual trust, the two navies would each send a warship to each other for a friendly visit. The French also stated that they would send the "Free Trade" to the UK as an "ambassador of friendship". At that time, friendly British people can board the "Free Trade" and, under the guidance of relevant personnel, learn about the various details of the French warship. Some lucky viewers will even have the opportunity to simulate certain devices in person.

When Prime Minister Addington learned of the French proposal from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was surprised. He immediately called the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to discuss together. Everyone agreed that the French came to demonstrate.

"So we don't agree with them to come?" Prime Minister Addington asked.

"How can we do it? That would make us courageous." The Secretary of the Navy immediately objected, "And they came from the ‘Free Trade’. We really hope to learn more about this ship."

"Is there anything special about this ship?" the Prime Minister asked.

"This is a steam frigate. Although it is called a frigate, it is a large ship the size of a second-class battleship. It is only equipped with relatively few artillery. Not long ago, this ship had two battles with the US Navy in the Caribbean. Capturing, sinking, and damaging one of the American warships respectively, almost immediately lost half of the American navy."

"Hahaha, those rebellious, their entire navy has six warships." Prime Minister Addington smiled gleefully. But he found that the Secretary of the Navy did not mean to laugh, and asked: "Why, a second-tier battleship, even though they call him a frigate, and kill three frigates, shouldn't this be a normal thing?"

"Your Excellency, this is the case. The three American frigates are all warships close to the size of a second-class battleship. In a sense, they are the same as the French'Free Trade'. They are sacrificed to increase speed. Special warships with a certain amount of firepower. This kind of warships is not used for battles on the battle line, but for attacking routes. Our warships, if they can beat them, most of them can’t run. Those who have passed them can't beat them.

According to our observation of the second battle between the Free Trade and the Americans, none of our warships can surpass the Free Trade, and the Free Trade can sail all the way to the Caribbean, and it is self-sustaining. The power is also very good. "

"Is the propeller steamship that we developed recently can't compare to it?"

"I'm afraid it is, Prime Minister. When our propellers are rotating at high speed, there has been a sharp drop in efficiency and violent vibration. It has not been completely resolved. So, at least for now, our ships have not yet reached the'free trade.' No.'s speed.

In addition, according to our description of the second battle of the "Free Trade", in addition to the speed, the "Free Trade" has two points that surprised us. One is the firepower of the "Free Trade". There are not many cannons on the "Free Trade", only nine cannons on each side. But in actual combat, we observed that the number of shells fired by this ship per unit time is almost as many as that of a Tier 3 battleship. You know that if a boat can run at 15 knots and still does not rely on wind at 15 knots, it would be terrible to have such firepower. If the content of the report is true, then the entire Navy, including the "Victory", currently has no warship capable of fighting the "Free Trade" in battle. "

"Not even'Victory'?"

"Yes, Prime Minister. Because of the speed advantage, they can easily grab the T position. This makes the "Victory" firepower advantage actually hard to play."

"Ah, I get it roughly. Just now you said that the first surprising part of that ship is the rate of fire of its cannon? So what is the other one?"

"It was its defense. Our people observed that the two sides fired at each other at very close distances, but the American artillery failed to penetrate the ship board of the Free Trade. All the shells were on the Free Trade. The ship crashed. Later, according to the information we learned from the Americans, they even suspected that the Free Trade was a real iron hull ship."

"So you want to take this opportunity to take a look at that boat?"

"Yes, Prime Minister."

"Okay, then I have no problem. In short, we can't show weakness to the French? Just then, shall we send that boat to visit France?"

Although the last ship to be sent requires careful consideration, since the French dared to show their most advanced warships to the British, could the British be so timid to see? ? What's more, those French media have already begun to build momentum for this matter.

"Science Pravda (English version first disclosed the news. The style of reporting is naturally the style of "Science Pravda" that the shorter the news, the bigger the matter, and only two lines of text are used to report this news on the front page. : "The French Navy's "Free Trade" steam-powered cruise ship will visit London on a friendly visit on May 10. The general public can board and visit.

This news is on the front page, but there is no more explanatory text, which is easy to attract readers' attention. Of course, if this is the case, it is not enough. Then "London Businessmen" published an article saying that the visit of the "Free Trade" is a sign of the continuous improvement of strategic mutual trust between Britain and France. This friendly visit will surely further increase mutual understanding and strengthen the relationship between the two countries. Not easy peace and friendship.

However, at this time, important British newspapers have generally not joined in. At most, they reposted relevant news and did not comment on it. Some tabloids have made some reports on this matter, but the basic content can be summed up in one word, that is: the royal navy is full of military virtues, and the French navy is unbearable.

The reports of these British tabloids seemed to make the French unhappy, so the "Sun (English version gave a comprehensive introduction to this epoch-making French warship. Including its power, including its various amazing performance... Basically, although the "Sun" did not explicitly say, but everyone can see that its subtext is: "This ship can sling Wang's navy in a single battle. Of any warship."

Of course, the "exaggerated" reports in "The Sun (English Edition made many British people feel that the fire was very hot. As a result, many British tabloids began to fight back, mocking the unreliable bragging on the "Sun (English version. What revolutionized technology was used to increase the rate of fire of the artillery to four or five times the original. With only nine guns on each side, the "Free Trade" has as much firepower as a battleship. It's completely bragging and not drafting.

As for increasing the rate of fire of artillery by four or five times, considering that the French navy’s guns originally had a rate of fire more than half that of the British, and their guns were originally small, what 110 mm caliber would be converted into a more versatile pound , It's about 12 pounds. The 12-pounder gun is embarrassing to be mounted on a battleship. Look at our British battleships. What level of cannons are they?

But in general, although it is noisy, the sound is not too high. At least, the larger and more powerful media did not join in, because although some of them have their own special news channels, they know some things, and they don’t want to jump out at this time, and wait a few days later. Slapped by reality. Generally speaking, people in this era are relatively simple. Although people lie, cheat, and steal, they are at least not as embarrassed to call it the glory of continuous improvement in public. It is also not going to make a joke that the genius said that no one will die. In a blink of an eye, if fewer than 100,000 people die, it shows that I am too capable.

Of course, in the final analysis, this is not because people in this era are more moral. It is because the poor of this era still lack education. Education has two functions, one is to make people understand things; the other is to make people stupid than uneducated people~lightnovelpub.net~ For the second purpose, this era Education is so different from later generations, so in this era, it is impossible to build a beautiful new world.

As for those big papers that did not get news through special channels, they did not say anything, because they felt that arguing with the tabloids was demeaning, and it did not conform to the grace of the United Kingdom.

The British are still very confident about their navy, and one of the manifestations of being confident is that they don't care much about others' criticism and are not hesitant to praise others for their advantages. Anyway, your so-called strengths and progress, in his opinion, means that the pupils get a perfect score. Well, the little friends are so smart and awesome. Come on, uncle will give you a lollipop.

But if he suddenly discovers that he didn't get a full mark in the elementary school exam, but a full mark in a higher school than him, at this time, his mood might be different. This is like when the Chitu country and the lighthouse country originally had a big gap, and the national GDP was less than half that of California, the lighthouse country’s evaluation of the Chitu country was much better; when the Chitu country’s GDP and the lighthouse country were closer Now, the situation is completely different, and the giant panda immediately becomes an evil dragon.

On May 10, the "Free Trade" docked at the pier in the Port of London.

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