Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6316
Although Kushan's naval strength is second to none in this era, in essence, all empires these days are continental empires, including empires with inland seas like Rome, which are also land-based empires. The navy is only a necessary supplement to combat power. That’s all.

In fact, before the rise of the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the land empire was the core force that ruled the world.

It's not that the large land-power empires that went forward couldn't afford battleships, but that the land-power empires all realized what their foundation was.

The empires that could be formed earlier were all large in area, with large grain-producing areas, a sufficient population, sufficient strategic depth, etc., and their demand for sea power was not very sufficient.

For these empires, most of the things they needed could be obtained from the mainland, and there was no practical significance in opening up the ocean.

The sea power empires were basically forced. Except for the United States, which appeared at the end, everyone on the mainland had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush forward.

In essence, when these sea-power empires rushed to the ocean desperately, their warships and navigation technology were basically inferior to the land-power empires of the same era.

Of course, US imperialism is indeed an external level existence. Even if there are problems with the huge mainland, such as climate and lack of horizontal mountains, after the collapse of sea power, it can be withdrawn to the mainland for consolidation.

Sometimes destiny is indeed quite strange. Of course, conversely, choosing the route of a sea power empire means that after the Eurasian plate determines the destiny, the American empire can only learn from the overlord of the previous era, Great Britain. Engage in offshore balancing.

It's just that the UK, as a troublemaker, was messing with the European Union at the time. But if the US imperialism really gets to that point, it will have to mess with the entire Eurasian continent.

However, if we compare the size of the two eras, the difference is actually not very big.

To put it bluntly, the advantage of a continental empire is stability, and it does not require a strategic fulcrum above the ocean. What is important is a powerful flying brick, relying on the size and internal strength to beat the opponent to death, while the route of the sea power empire is a Each strategic fulcrum relies on these fulcrums to complete the global layout. If compared with martial arts, continental empires are strength, while sea power empires are skill.

This is why continental empires can generally afford to lose, but once a sea power empire loses, it will be a transition of hegemony, because there are only so many strategic fulcrums in the world. If this one is snatched, that one will be gone. There is no such thing as coexistence. concept.

At this point in the third century, there was no maritime empire. Kushan's navy was ridiculously strong. Even in official history, it was able to build cities in Malaysia, Sumatra and other places around the third century. However, the development of Kushan's navy was still not maritime. How empires develop.

Whether it was Selian or Moncomb, as long as there was someone with the consciousness of a sea power empire, they would not simply be stationed in the Strait of Malacca to blockade them, but would be deployed on islands one by one to continuously encircle and suppress the Han navy. living space.

Precisely because of the lack of this kind of thinking, even if the Kushan Navy was indeed developing very well, its strategic support value was still not fully realized before Moncombu occupied Ceylon Island.

By the time Monkomb captured Ceylon Island and had the awareness of a strategic support point, it was actually a bit late. The situation faced by Kushan made it difficult to provide a large amount of resources to the navy.

It is true that the continuous supply of shipbuilding materials from Rome solved the problem of Mengcomb's insufficient warships, but as early as in the previous battle, the Han Dynasty's iron-clad frigates were already on the scene.

Although it is not a large battleship with an all-steel structure, even if it is only a small [-]-ton all-steel frigate, after being warmed up in place and etched with various large-scale defense and impact-resistant formations, the main gun used by the Kushan flagship directly hit, Even if it can't be sunk, what level of defense is this?

This incident gave Mengkangbu a great impact. You must know that before, the large ships of the Han Dynasty and Kushan were basically not capable of facing each other's naval guns.

Even if various secret techniques are used, electromagnetic rail guns and air rail guns basically have no basis for hard resistance in the face of the essence of heaven and earth. Therefore, in the early days, anyway, the two navies were still at a balanced level in terms of firepower. As a result Ever since Zhou Yu dug out Australian iron ore and produced a batch of all-steel frigates for himself, the distance between the two sides in terms of defense capabilities has obviously widened.

Later, Mengkangbu also suggested that Kushan build an all-steel frigate and then install steel plates on the new generation flagship. Unfortunately, Kushan did not lack high-grade iron ore, but it lacked high-level smelting technology.

Even the smallest five standard frigates with a displacement of 2000 tons plus the flagship armor require more than [-] tons of steel, and Kushan's annual steel production is not even half of this figure. Counting pig iron production, it will be Reached [-] tons.

Not to mention Kushan, last year Roma also visited the shipyard of the Han Dynasty. Although the core technology was not disclosed, the all-steel frigate was actually seen. As a result, Pomponi had the same feeling after watching it. It’s all for nothing, it can’t be made!
Rome's annual steel production, after having the Celtic blacksmiths, barely reached more than [-] tons. The problem is that the steel production these years is not the crude steel of later generations, but also includes pig iron. , even most of them are pig iron.

Rome and Kushan have both reached [-] tons of steel production at present, but the question is how much of their [-] tons of steel production is steel. There is still a question mark.

Because Kushan has a special mine, it can directly produce wootz steel, which was the world's top grade steel before the [-]th century. However, whether the annual output of wootz steel can add up to [-] tons is a question. For other steel products, steel production might not be split in half.

It's even worse in Rome. Out of the [-] tons of steel production, the steel production may only be about [-] to [-] tons. The rest is all pig iron that needs to be forged repeatedly. In other words, the Celts are indeed extremely advanced in smelting. Achievements can be forged repeatedly, converting pig iron into steel during forging, which makes the steel production in Rome increase year by year. Otherwise, just play with bronze!

As for the Han Dynasty, after experiencing a gap of 1.3 tons of steel a year during the reign of Lu Su and Zhuge Liang, Chen Xi met with the DPRK in the middle of July of the ninth year of Yuanfeng during a new round of expansion of the Smelting Department. At that time, the steel production was increased to 9.6 tons per year.

However, the problem now is that after steel production reached 9.6 tons, the annual steel demand gap further increased to 2.7 tons, and Chen Xi had nothing to do with it.

Regarding the current situation of the Han Dynasty, according to Chen Xi's preliminary calculations, just to barely meet the necessary steel demand would require 30 tons of steel production, and to fully meet the Han Dynasty people's steel needs in all aspects, it would require about 1000 million tons.

Let's face it, even Chen Xi would not be able to increase this data to tens of millions of tons in the next ten years.

But even so, the figure of 9.6 tons is enough to scare other countries to death. This is why this court meeting was held in private and Rome was not invited.After all, steel production can be directly linked to a country's combat effectiveness most of the time. The Han Dynasty now accounts for about 80% of the world's steel production, and if only steel is counted, the Han Dynasty may exceed 90%.

No matter how much Chen Xi complains that all the steel produced by traditional steelmaking methods is junk steel, he has to admit that as long as the steel furnace is larger than 4 cubic meters, the steel tapping rate will be greater than 50%, and the larger the steel furnace is, the higher the steel tapping rate will be. .

It can be said that in terms of hard power, Chen Xi has completely crushed Roma and Kuishang to death, directly letting them understand that even if your intelligence system receives relevant information and sees something, you will not be able to solve any problems.

As the current patriarch of the Sisi family and the commander-in-chief of the Western Indian Ocean Fleet, Ansar directly brought the entire Western Indian Ocean Navy in. There was also a last-ditch effort and the intention of leaving some firewood in case of failure. There was no way, all the Han Dynasty After the appearance of steel-structured ships, Ansar knew that he could not win.

After all, the navy is a technical branch that accounts for half of the battleships. When the battleships obviously have a generation gap, no matter how good the soldiers' skills and tactics are, no matter how correct the commander's judgment is, they will not be able to solve any problem.

What's more, Ansar has also seen that compared with the Han Dynasty, the only advantage the Kushans have in the navy is the skills and tactics of the soldiers. In terms of naval battleships, at most they only maintain no generational differences, and the commander-in-chief On the other hand, Zhou Yu's judgment and decision-making ability made Ansar a little silent. At most, he could only protect himself when facing Zhou Yu.

Therefore, if the all-steel battleships really appeared, and Kuishang could not keep up, the navy would definitely be defeated.

Without the navy, once the Kuishang coastal defenses are breached, the Han army's troop transport ships can land on a large scale. The Kushan army will be unable to fight if it is surrounded by enemies on all sides. Therefore, if the Kushan army wants to solve the problem, it must use all-steel battleships in the Han Dynasty. Before he appears, kill Zhou Yu directly.

Or Kushan, due to insufficient materials, relied on other plans to upgrade its own fleet, barely catching up with the Han fleet, without causing a generation gap.

The former is difficult, and the latter is also difficult.

After Ansar and Mengkangbu discussed it, they handed over the deal with Zhou Yu to Mengkangb, and he saw if he could find other ways to strengthen the warship.

Of course, Ansar knew very well that this method was no less than drinking poison to quench thirst. The technology of ships strengthened by secret techniques or special etchings would sooner or later spread to the Han Dynasty.

Just like the strengthening brought by warming, it is an example of the strong being always strong. The wooden sword after warming can cut through the iron sword that has not been warmed, and can even cut with the hundred-forged steel sword that has not yet been warmed, but When the latter is also warmed to the limit, the actual difference between the wooden sword and the iron sword will naturally show up.

The same enhancements that can be used on wooden ships can also be used on iron-clad ships. The gap will only become wider and wider. However, the Han Dynasty's pure method of using force to defeat skill, Kushan really has no way to resist, and can only force it. Scalp is on, as for developing new tactics, etc., there is essentially no difference. If you create these things, the other party will learn from them and apply them.

The problem is that the material problem that we most want to solve has never been solved.

The problem of materials cannot be solved. All secret techniques, secret techniques, etchings, formations, etc. are essentially transferring the heritage to the Han Dynasty.

Cloud gas solidifies roads, etches ground piles, earth veins and hydrology penetrate the secret technique, group defense style, active stripping of heaven and earth essence, armor defense etching, inner gas sacrifice transfer, super model cloud gas construction, etc., which of these are not top-notch enough to change strategies and tactics? occult.

As a result, cloud-solidified roads are now almost the standard equipment of the Han Dynasty cavalry, and the etched ground piles are very easy to use in the Han Dynasty. The secret technique of earth veins and hydrology can be seen in the construction of the Kingdom of God on the ground, not to mention the group defense style. , used on ships, camps, and cities, active stripping of the essence of heaven and earth, repeatedly used during the road verification of the Imperial Guard, armor defense etching, Kushan for leather armor, and Han Dynasty for shield guards!
As for the latter two, they are both newly developed secret techniques. The former is Xu Shu’s basic secret technique for condensing the internal energy of the entire army. Needless to say, the super model cloud energy. Now the Han Dynasty and Rome have carried out related research in important places. Secret skill construction, the protective properties of this thing are really first-class.

It can be said that all the things that Guishang worked hard to create were handed over to the Han Dynasty as a foundation. Where should we explain this?

This is also the reason why Kushan generally does not use new strategic secrets until the situation gets out of control. To put it bluntly, these secrets are just developed to make up for shortcomings, but the Han Dynasty used them to strengthen their own advantages. Which Need I say more outrageous?
This tragic situation made Ansar clearly realize that if Kushan did not come up with something that the Han Dynasty could not handle, the Han Dynasty would eat up Kushan's heritage and swallow Kushan completely sooner or later.

Entering the inner side of the world is an opportunity for Ansar. They all come from East Asia. The Da Yuezhi also knows to some extent what is banned in the inner side of the world. Even if there are indeed some dangers in it, compared to the threat of the Han Dynasty, , this danger is nothing at all.

And once they can get some gadgets left over from the ancient times from the world, they Kushan may be able to turn around.

Victory does not count for victory. Losing to the Han Dynasty actually does not put the Dayuezhi people under any pressure. They have seen the brutality of the Han Dynasty hundreds of years ago. There is nothing unacceptable about losing to such a monster.

But even so, the reluctance in human nature is still very obvious. Even if she can struggle, the Dayeshi still wants to marry a princess of the Han Dynasty with her own strength.

The five members of the Dayue clan all accepted the century-old wish passed down from their ancestors, and they were all willing to risk their lives to pursue the princess of the Han Dynasty, but to be honest, their ideas were still different.

When Jagani was furious at the impurity of the Da Yueshi juniors, in fact they themselves were also impure. At least the leaders of the five branches seemed to have reached a unified conclusion on certain matters, but in fact each of them was There are thoughts.

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