Chapter 914： Counterattack (1/2)
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The war has now reached the point where France has put all its chips on its head, winning is dominating the European continent, and losing is reduced to second-rate.
The domineering style of France in the past has offended many people. No one dared to provoke when France was strong, and once it declined, it would be completely different.
Under the nest, there is an egg.
Both Napoleon IV and the high-level French government are tied to the fate of this country.
At this time, the step back is no longer the sea and sky, but the abyss.
Whether for themselves or for the country, they must find ways to win this war.
In the face of life and death, face is already cheap and worthless, so copy it!
Now that the Austrian military equipment is more advanced, it should be copied. Can't the great French Empire be made?
In a word, the emperor broke his leg. Starting from the cabinet government, it is pushed down level by level.
Although Napoleon III has the reputation of a socialist emperor, France is still a bourgeois state, and the ordnance industry is in the hands of capitalists.
In the past, there were orders. Everyone was rushing to snatch. The threshold of the Army Department was broken. Now that the news has been sent out for a long time, no one is interested.
It’s not that capitalists don’t want to make money, the point is that everyone can’t make that money. There is no way, the timing is wrong.
In the past, everyone could take orders first, and then think of a way slowly, either by self-developing or purchasing technology from outside.
But not now, independent research and development time is too late; at present these technologies are still unique to Austria, Fao is at war, even if they spend no amount of money can not buy technology.
All capitalists who have connections have received news in advance and know the seriousness of the problem. It is clear that at this juncture, receiving orders and failing to deliver the goods will cause great trouble.
The original arms order that everyone wanted was now a hot potato, and it directly rotted into the hands of the War Department.
Of course, it’s not that nobody is interested, but everyone’s strength is limited and they can’t complete the task in the short term.
At present, many military factories have indicated that they can start construction as soon as the Ministry of the Army produces the design drawings.
”How about how long will it take for you to copy it?”
Army Minister Ruskinia asked anxiously.
Although the military factory is owned by capitalists, this does not mean that the French government will hand over all arms issues to the capitalists.
The Department of the Army also maintains a group of military experts, and even a military factory directly under it. However, due to bureaucratic management, the production cost is too touching and there is no way to expand the scale.
Now that the capitalists dare not take orders, the drudgery falls into the hands of the Army Department itself. In any case, this was decided by the emperor and the government, and the Army Department had to find a way to complete it.
An elderly military expert replied: ”His Duke, we have too little information.
Weapon templates, design principles, and performance parameters are all unknown, and we don’t even know the exterior structure. Nothing, how can we copy it? ”
The counterfeit also needs to have a reference object. There is nothing. That is not counterfeiting, but independent research and development. Since it is an independent research and development, time will naturally not be up.
Of course, there is another way of research and development, which is to design weapons according to demand, but it also takes time.
Army Secretary Ruskinia said impatiently: ”Isn't the machine gun already available? Just improve the performance according to our machine gun.
The plane is a little more troublesome, but I remember it was published in the newspaper, and some people performed an air show in Paris.
A few folk lovers can do something, can't you do it?
If it is not possible, just pay for their technology or collect them for compilation, how can there be so much trouble! ”
It is not the ignorance of the Duke of Luskenia. Without knowing the principle of the Maktin machine gun, it is not wrong to think that the Austrian army is using an improved version of Gatling.
This is especially true of aircraft. In addition to dealing with smooth airships, Austrian military aircraft have not shown amazing fighting power.
This year, everyone's understanding of the aircraft has stayed in the air show, and they have never realized that the technology gap between the aircraft and the aircraft is huge.
From the perspective of dealing with airships alone, most aircraft can do it. Anyway, the aircraft has the advantage of flexibility, as long as the endurance is long enough, the load capacity is two or three hundred pounds.
The old man reluctantly explained: ”His Duke, there are many links between the design and use of a weapon. It takes a lot of time. It can't be done without three or five years of effort.
Even if the situation is urgent on the battlefield, we directly save the time for weapon testing, but the time for design and industrial production cannot be compressed.
Even in the most ideal state, it is three months after we produce a new machine gun; as for the aircraft, it can be regarded as God's blessing if it can be produced within half a year. ”
Three months and half a year, this speed is indeed very fast. It would be a miracle if it could really be done in so many short time.
After all, it is only now in 1890. Even the Franz butterfly effect has accelerated the pace of technological development, but this is mainly aimed at Austria. France only follows passive development.
Relative to the same period in history, the level of science and technology in France, even if the development has accelerated, cannot exceed ten years, and there will not be a qualitative gap.
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The world will not revolve around a country. No matter what the progress of the French's new equipment research and development, the war will continue.
Because of political needs, the French government concealed the fiasco of the previous attack. Since there was no defeat, it would naturally not be held accountable. Admiral Udino luckily escaped the fate of going to the military court.
No need to go to the military court, it does not mean that you will not be held accountable. Udino is still on command before the enemy, only because of the transition period required for the adjustment of the command system.
If such a big event occurs, the French army must be held accountable. As the person directly responsible for the incident, it was only a matter of time before Admiral Udino returned home with his grandson.
French Command, since receiving news of the offensive defeat, Marshal Patrice McMahon rushed to the front line to host the overall situation for the first time.