C422 Royal Navy (1/2)
When they had just started colonizing the world, the size of the battleship wasn't very big. The largest Sail battleship only had 21 cannons with it, which was the origin of the 21 cannons.
In the sail battleship era, the amount of time humans had to travel around the world was much more difficult than it was now. Sometimes, there would be a rebellion in the colonies, and it would take them at least a year or more to travel from news to the fleet.
It was just like how the English and French burned the Yuan Ming Yuan in 1860, but in reality, the prelude to war began when the Yarrow struck in 1856. The two countries of the English and French fought in the war for more than four years, starting from the diplomatic exchange. It could be seen how difficult it was to dominate the whole world.
Actually, it was not only the nineteenth century. Even the 21st century America, excluding those strategic missile weapons, would need time to move their aircraft carrier from one hot spot to another.
Struggling for supremacy in the whole world had never been easy, and it was impossible to suppress it with sheer force of arms. Therefore, the British Empire had always relied on deterrence and support of the spokesperson to exercise effective control over the colonies.
Anyway, the colonies were all a bunch of inferior barbarians. Every time the battleship passed a port, it would first explode once with an empty shell, and since there weren't any bullets, it wouldn't hurt anyone. However, in the midst of the roaring flames, the visual conflict and deterrence of the weaker races was extremely intense.
If they wanted to conquer the inferior peoples, they had to be afraid of them. The Chinese liked to do things in tandem with their benefactors, but the West was not like that. They were in the opposite order and had to show their power first before doing any favors.
The ceremonial cannon originated from the Navy's deterrent strategy, but with the increasing strength of the British Empire, the overseas colonies had gradually expanded, and until the appearance of the British Empire, this method of deterring using ceremonial cannons was gradually eliminated. However, as a type of ceremony in the Navy, it was passed down through the generations.
This was the highest etiquette the Royal Navy had for a Head of State. But today, it was used on the Ryukyu's Prime Minister, Xiao Letian.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The loud explosion of the ceremonial cannons echoed in the North Sea. Fire and white smoke were the dejected looks on the faces of the French soldiers s. At that moment, they seemed to have returned to Trafalgar.
The 21 cannon shots were only a form of courtesy in Xiao Letian's eyes, but in the eyes of a Frenchman, it was a threat.
Your f * * king French Fleet only has three poor little tonnage cruisers, and you still want to show off in the North Sea area? Who gave you this courage? Look at our Royal Navy, three battleships, five heavy cruisers, we have to be polite and courteous to the Eastern Prime Minister, where do you think you have the guts to humiliate a country's Prime Minister?
Sometimes, no one needed to say anything. Everyone was well aware that the world was always about the strength of one's fist.
Their expedition was personally ordered by Napoleon III, and for the sake of the dignity of the Emperor, they could not leave with their tails between their legs without even letting out a fart. Thus, after a long discussion among the French Captain, they finally decided to fart with unparalleled toughness towards the British … Oh,
”Respected British ally, we are the diplomatic ships sent by His Majesty the Emperor of France to welcome the Eastern Prime Minister. Our mission is to bring Mr. Xiao Letian to Paris as a guest. In ten minutes, the French navy will send a small boat to meet the Prime Minister of the East.
When the order was passed to the Sovereign King, the British Navy opened their eyes wide in disbelief, ”Oh my god! Are these Frenchmen crazy? They actually dare to speak to Royal Navy in such a manner? ”He's gone mad …”
”Looks like the information is accurate. This operation by the French was personally ordered by the emperor. These pitiful soldiers must show us their unyielding nature, or else they won't be able to return to report …”
”Then what should we do? Hehe … How dare you act cocky in front of the Royal Navy? I'm sorry, we never looked down on the pride of the French... ”
”The fleet picked up speed and cut between the French and the Prime Minister of the Orient... Separate them! ”Tell the French that we, the British Navy, are not responsible for anything that happens...”
As the strongest military force in this era, not only did the British Navy have the strongest warships, they also had the best quality soldiers. Under the Captain's command, the eight battleships looked like they were being controlled by a sophisticated computer. They drew an extremely standard arc in the air and flew in like a sharp knife.
This time, Xiao Letian could finally see the appearance of the main battleship up close. He and his new army officers only had one feeling, that it was big, surprisingly tall.
From the waterline all the way to the deck, they were at least five stories tall. The entire Captain was over 60 meters and the three floors were densely packed with cannon doors. From afar, they looked like the eyes of a sea monster.