C930 A way to win

To tell the truth, the first thought that came to Bismark's mind after he received the detailed information about the Dakar incident was to ruthlessly beat up these Chinese people. He needs an ally like Xiao Letian, but for a strong Prime Minister like Bismark, what he needs is an ally that he can control.

The incident in Dakar was not on the schedule at all, and was not even in the plans of a fantasy. This feeling of being caught unprepared was too bad.

In the end, it was still Prince Karl who changed his mind. No one knew that on that night, there was an unsigned order for the Prime Minister in the drawer of the Prime Minister's desk.

In the order, all the engineers who were sent out to Ryukyu were suspended, as well as the heavy hydraulic punching machine that was still in operation in China. Without this kind of industrial mother machine, the big battleship's steel dragon bones and crankshaft blanks would be impossible to produce.

Of course, there were also many precision instruments, such as the pressure gauges for steam boilers, and the scope s used to modify sniper rifles. These were all things that German industry was proud of, and China was short on goods.

As one might imagine, when the core parts of a warship could not be produced on their own and could only be imported from Europe or the United States, it was as if their necks were stuck in someone else's noose.

The industrialization must start from the basics, Steel plant, precision machine tools, heavy processing machinery were all indispensable. It was hard to imagine a country that could not even process the crankshaft of a warship developing a real navy.

He had lost that year in the afternoon, so he didn't feel wronged at all. Even if he won temporarily, he would lose later on. At that time, Japan bought to build two legs to walk with him, but the Great Qing could only choose to buy one. Although Nan Yang and Beiyang both had their own shipyards, other than making light cannons for coastal defense, main battleship could never hope to use them.

Prince Karl's interference dispelled any thoughts of sanctions against Bismark. This allowed the Ryukyu to obtain the most valuable industrial equipment and technology, and allowed China's self-made naval ships to appear even earlier in the ocean of East Asia.

That night, the Prince and the Prime Minister had a long discussion. Not only did they agree on a strategy for dealing with France, they also analyzed the unique tactics used by the Chinese in the war between the Dakar and France.

Karl flipped through the recently translated secret lightning, and said with great emotion: "This battle at Dakar, in fact, is not only a practice exercise for the Zhiyuan Warship warships, it also lets us see a strange tactic practiced by these Chinese!"

"Complicated... "Yes, please forgive me for being unable to use the appropriate words to describe the confusion in my heart. I think that the only word that can describe this classic battle is complexity!"

"How did a warship, 180 soldiers, destroy a city of 30,000 people? How on earth had they defeated more than three thousand French regulars? "If we do not investigate the reason behind this, it will be a great regret for us …"

"If my guess is not wrong, now, Lord Mauchi has led the military researchers to carefully analyze this battle …" It is fortunate that our intelligence personnel waited for the Zhiyuan Warship to arrive at the predetermined location in the Atlantic Ocean, allowing us to have first-hand data to restore that battle! "

Although Bismark looked angry on the surface, he was actually extremely interested in the Dakar's victory. When it came to this topic, the tiredness that the Prime Minister felt immediately vanished.

"Firstly, this war is a classic night assault, surprise attack and surprise attack are the basic elements of victory. Although Molière did everything he could to send a signal to the Dakar, he never thought that the Zhiyuan Warship's speed would be so fast, he never gave it any time …"

"Secondly, this battle has fully proven the excellent performance of the battleship that Xiao Letian designed. We can finally confirm that the future of the battleship will be filled with high fire, high defense and at the same time, reduced the number of cannons. The thinking of the sail battleship era is really out of date …"

Speaking up to here, Karl said with incomparable emotion, "Three large caliber naval gun s, able to bombard a city from afar... That must be a great feeling. I really can't imagine how powerful a 210-caliber cannon would be in a single explosion! I'm afraid that even after multiple consecutive shots by the battleship, it still might not necessarily be as powerful as that cannon. "

"Fire, protection, mobility... This is the mainstream of future development of warships. I suggest that based on Kevin's feedback, we should build more warships of this type as our trump card for future ocean breakthroughs in Prussia! "

Bismark let out a long sigh, "We still have to plan for the long term, the navy is burning so much money, without a stable empire's finances and surplus, blindly investing would really not make up for the losses …"

The latter half of the Prime Minister's life was not very clear, but Karl could already understand that Bismark was still worried about the UK.

"Alright, let's continue with our analysis of the Chinese success rate. The third point is that the Chinese have a set of effective means of coordination …"

"Using fireworks to localize long-range cannons is a tactic that is full of genius and very dangerous. Only these fanatical Chinese lunatics would dare to try it …" I even feel that these Chinese soldiers are all fanatical Martyrs, they just used their own flesh and blood to exchange for a successful artillery covering … "

"It's hard to imagine how many dangers the soldiers that sent out the signal would encounter, but these madmen aren't afraid of death. Even if they sacrificed themselves, as long as the firepower can successfully cover the entire target area and destroy the enemy, then their sacrifice is worth it …"

Bismark nodded his head, "Yes, this is a very unique tactic. On the surface, it seems like he is sending his soldiers to their deaths, but it can also soften the tension between a single soldier and ranged firepower …"

"Our previous modes of war were linear and flat. Soldiers are soldiers, cannons are cannons, and cavalry is cavalry. Although they worked together, they were placed in their respective positions like pawns!"

"However, Xiao Letian and his soldiers are different …" Bismark racked his brains, trying to think of a suitable noun. "I think we should use a three-dimensional description to describe this brand-new tactic …"

"That's right!" "We all know that the root of war is effective firepower. Even the Greek Heavy Infantry soldiers in the era of cold weapons can only use a way to fire off firepower. It's just that it's not as good as a fire spear …"

"After gunpowder was widely used, fire became a topic for all the Military experts to study. Our rifles became more and more advanced, and our cannons became bigger and bigger. However, our fire output is still far behind us …"