Chapter 2023： Low version Dover boat

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Even Pregent Bidhus didn't know what a brilliant victory he had achieved in this naval battle. Originally, he just thought he had won a big victory, but a few days later, after learning that the British naval commander Edward Howard and the highest rank of the navy Henry Boll were broken, the whole of France was in a carnival.

Francois I personally ordered a celebration in the whole city of Paris, lifting the curfew in three days, and letting the Parisians have a good time. Then, in these three days, the sales of drinks in Parisian pubs and pubs soared to five times the usual amount. Even the ladies in the special service area in Paris, business is three times better than usual.

As for Pregent Pidus, the greatest hero, François I did not hesitate to reward him. Although he only gave the baronial title, the fief gave two baronies generously.

But Pidhus only accepted one baronial. As for the other baronial, Pidhus said-he should wait for France to annex Italy and seal it in his hometown...

This flattery made Francois I and the French nobles extremely useful, because it implies that France's annexation of Italy is a certainty.

After rushing back to Paris and being banned, Pidhus immediately returned to the military port of Brest. Then, taking advantage of the morale of the soldiers, he continued to attack England.

This time, they voluntarily attacked the Port of Plymouth and sank three English merchant ships outside the port. Thomas Howard, the younger brother of Edward Howard, who was scared to stay in Plymouth Harbor, immediately retracted all the ships into the Tamar River.

Because of the threat of the British Koufeilin Cannon (Red Cannon) along the coast, Bidoth did not dare to go deep into the Tamar River. After all, he had six Calais under his command. Although they had strong firepower, they were also thin-skinned, and could not resist the bombardment of 18-pounder artillery.

Therefore, after harassing the Plymouth Naval Port, he continued to lead the fleet eastward and attacked Hastings, New Romney, Hayes, Dover and Sandwich belonging to the Five Harbor League. In these 5 ports, the Calais fleet of Pidhus sank a full 16 English Kirk sailing ships.

It was only when attacking the newly-developed military port Southampton that the Calais fleet was attacked by White while trying to enter Southampton Bay through the Solent Strait between the Isle of Wight and the British Isles. The fort ordered by Marin on the island was hit, and two ships were injured...

The Isle of Wight is the fief of Marin, and Southampton is also indirectly controlled by Marin and is the territory of Marin. In order to ensure the safety of Southampton Bay, Marin has long built forts on the east and west ends of the Isle of Wight, mainly for the 18-pound Kofilin cannon.

The effective range of the Hongyi Cannon was originally more than 500 meters. After the Beihai State improved its granular gunpowder, the range was even longer. In addition, the fort is repaired on the cliff, and the altitude increases, and the firing range is farther.

The two Calais ships were hit 3 kilometers away. At this time, the artillery shells had insufficient stamina. Otherwise, not to mention that the two ships were sunk, they would also be destroyed on the spot.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Bidoth led the fleet out of the Solent Strait and returned to the port of Brest to repair the ship.

Despite the unfavorable return halfway, Bidoth's victory was extremely brilliant. At least, this is true for France. You know, since the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, France has always played the role of being hanged at sea. Occasionally, it has small victories and is immediately beaten back to its original form.

And Bidoth’s tactics made England, the traditional maritime power, helpless, unable to crack, and was too afraid to fight back. How to prevent the "weak navy country" France from being excited.

At this time, the French aristocrats have already chanted the slogan "cross the Strait of La Manche (English Channel) and destroy England"...

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The opposite of the French is the great fear of the English. The Englishmen, who were once proud of the navy, discovered with horror that they could not do anything with the French tactics. Had it not been for the French only to come when the wind was weak, and the English Channel was windy all the year round, I am afraid that the French would have beaten them every day. If so, the French will develop more Calais, and the English will end up tragically...

Indeed, after the great victory, Francois I established the policy of building more Calais ships by himself, intending to rebuild 100 Calais ships, and then completely control the English Channel and prepare to fight across the sea to annex England.

It's just that it takes a long time to build so many ships, and ten or eight years is just the beginning. Moreover, it will take many years to train so many qualified Calais sailors. Therefore, this can only be a long-term plan. But François I could afford to wait, because he was only 22 years old, and he was only 32 years old after 10 years. He was very young, and the most important thing was time.

Then, the entire French government and opposition are looking forward to the question of how to divide the land after the annexation of England...

At this time, England went up to Edward VI and down to ordinary sailors, all in panic. Anxiously, someone suggested--or else, go to the Grand Duke of the North Sea, Marin...

Edward VI was silent, he didn't know he was going to ask Marin for help. However, he was very reluctant. Because he already relies on Marin on land. If the sea also relies on Marin, wouldn't Marin easily control the entire Kingdom of England? When the time comes, it will be sooner or later that he will be emptied.

You know, the reason why Edward VI had previously assured the Marin Army to intervene in England was because he was confident that the English navy could suppress the North Sea State. Once there is a change, he can use the navy to blockade the North Sea, killing the two ten thousand legions that Marin left in England.

But if Marin reached into the English navy and took control of it, he, the king, would be unable to sleep...

England is different from the European continent, where there has long been a tradition of slaying the king. The former Edward V, Richard III and the most recent Henry VII were all cut down by opponents. If Marin controlled the English Navy and easily transported the elites of the North Sea countries to London, cutting himself would be as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

Facing the hesitation of Edward VI, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs Howard, William Howard, the brother of Edward Howard, seemed to guess Edward's thoughts:

"Your Majesty, are you worried that Grand Duke Marin is too powerful in England?"

Edward hesitated and nodded.

William Howard smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, don’t worry. If you are really worried about Duke Marin’s people infiltrating England, we can just use warships and artillery instead of people from the North Sea. The 20 warships that Duke Marin brought last time, I think they are very powerful. And, It is said to be very thick and resistant to shelling, and can be bought against the French."

"In addition, the artillery on the warship of the North Sea Kingdom has a large caliber and a long range, which can easily destroy the French boat..."

When Edward thought about it, his eyes lit up. But he soon hesitated again:

"Buy a ship, but Aiqing, you also know that England is financially difficult, I am afraid I can't afford a few warships like that..."

Edward is not Marin. He has no economic savvy. He only knows how to farm land and collect taxes in the wool trade. In addition, it was expensive to conquer Ireland before. Now the treasury of England is very clean. Where can I find the money to buy a huge ship that is very expensive at first sight?

When chatting with Marin last time, Marin said that the total cost of each 500-ton battleship, including artillery, is more than 20,000 gold coins. Then, personnel expenses and maintenance expenses are also very expensive...

In fact, he didn't know that Marin had lied. The premise that Marin said more than 20,000 gold coins is that the artillery is made of copper. But in fact, the naval guns of the North Sea country are basically made of iron, except that they are painted with copper-colored paint on the outside.

But Edward didn't know. With a little calculation, Marin seemed to be fine. In fact, this cost does not exceed 10,000 gold coins. However, the foreign trade version of the artillery, Marin does use copper casting, and the cost is really not low.

England has also begun to develop iron cannons, but the technology is still immature. Blacksmiths in Sussex began to try to use molten iron to cast cannons. But because the reverberatory furnace for secondary refining has not been developed, and the cooling technology is not enough, the quality of the wrought iron cannon casted in Sussex, England is very poor at the moment, it is easy to explode, and even if the casting is successful, the lifespan is also low. Not as good as a bronze gun.

Edward VI and his men estimated that at least 20 large gunboats like the North Sea country would be needed to fight against the French fleet of strange ships. The total cost... four or five million gold coins can't be beaten...

Moreover, the key point is that even if the large gunboat is bought, the consumption is extremely alarming. Forty large-caliber artillery, even if half of the guns fired in one round, there were dozens of pounds of gunpowder. A volley of 20 ships...I'm just throwing gold to play...

What's more, even if you spend so much money on gunpowder, you may not be able to buy enough gunpowder. After all, European saltpeter is so scarce, and if you want to supply 20 large gunboats for long-term combat, that is not enough...

The lack of gunpowder is also a problem that plagued Marin from getting up early. Before the opening of the Indian route and the Daming route, Marin could not obtain so much gunpowder to supply the warships for consumption. Otherwise, with his capital, he would get dozens of more gunboats without any pressure. After all, there is still not enough artillery, and we can't let go of it.

That is, now that Chilean saltpeter has been developed, plus the saltpeter purchased by the Ming Dynasty and India, the North Sea country has the confidence to play gunboats.

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But what the English monarchs did not know was that Marin had already made plans for them-to use the "Dover Ship" against the Calais.

The Dover ship is actually an improved version of the Calais ship, which has strengthened the role of the sail, and also installed 4 parallel single-cylinder diesel engines at the stern. In this way, the maneuverability is more than that of the Calais, the firepower is also very strong, and the hull is also strengthened a lot...

But, for now, Marin does not intend to take out the Dover boat. After all, he didn't want to make a single-cylinder diesel engine appearance in front of the world too soon.

However, it is still possible for UU reading to provide a low-profile version of the Dover boat. The so-called low-profile version is the removal of 4 single-cylinder diesel engines and the roulette steering wheel system, making the difference between Dover and Calais very small, but it is stronger than Calais and has more powerful sails. .

This low-profile version of the Dover ship has already been produced by Beihai Shipyard, and 4 ships have already been produced and tested and applied. As long as England needs it, it can be taken out. Of course, it will not be easy to take out, but to take the opportunity to get more benefits first...

Strictly speaking, the low-end version of the Dover ship is not much better than the Calais. Even if the English got it, they would peck at each other with the French. However, this is exactly what Marin hopes to see.

In this kind of mutual pecking, Edward's cronies will also be consumed, so that Marin can control the English Navy smoothly in the future.

However, in order to make England feel more fearful, Marin was silent at first, and even the prepared low-profile version of the Dover boat was hidden first, waiting for the English to beg to come...

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