Reborn As a Pirate

Sixty-eight-pound mortar, the full name of the ship-borne sixty-eight-pound short-barreled carronades gun, the gun has a caliber of 8.12 inches (206mm), and can fire specially equipped 34-pound solid bullets and chain bullets, with a maximum load of six Eighteen-pound shotgun packs.

The mortar is a curved-firing artillery, which is far inferior to the straight-firing smooth-bore cannon in terms of range and rate of fire. On a gunboat that lacks a stable base, its maximum firing angle is 8 degrees, the theoretical range is 500 meters, the effective range is 350 meters, and the best range is 150 meters.

But even if it has such and other shortcomings, the sixty-eight mortars are still the sea killers that the Royal Navy depends on for a living.

Because in today's field of ship-borne artillery, it is the only naval gun capable of piercing the hull of a three-tier battleship with one shot, and it is also the only one that can attack the British Queen (110 guns) and the Spanish Holy Trinity ( 120), the French Marine class (120) threatening super-heavy guns.

The Valkyrie of Lorraine is targeting the 70th-class third-tier battleship, the most mainstream main battleship at sea today.

The 32-pound main gun and 48-pound bow socket installed on the ship are enough to effectively kill this class of ships, but when it comes to turning defeat into victory and survival of the Jedi, the caliber of these two types still has the defect of insufficient firepower.

Once for some reason, the battle turns into a stalemate rhythm of standing and shooting, Valkyrie is at a disadvantage in terms of height and number of guns.

But after adding 68 pounds and fully reaching the design strength, this disadvantage no longer exists.

In long-distance battles, Valkyrie is similar in strength to the target, with slightly weaker firepower and slightly higher defense. In the mid-range battle, Valkyrie took the overall lead on both offense and defense with 68 pounds.

Once you switch to short-distance white blade or boarding, the advantage of 68 pounds will be further highlighted, and Valkyrie's high-level stormtroopers are also superior to most battleship groups' boarding strength.

The only advantage of the third-tier ship over Valkyrie is the height of the ship, but in the eyes of Bell and Yacharin, there are countless ways to smooth out this insignificant gap.

This is really complete.

Lorraine carefully read the document handed over by Emmons.

The sixty-eight-pound mortars he sent consisted of a set of two. These two guns were cast at the Royal Military Foundry in Greenwich in July 1783. All tests were completed in October and they were put into storage at Dartmouth. Royal Navy Equipment List.

In September 1786, these two guns were handed over to the American Fleet for the supply and preparation of the Neptune. The HMS Sunstar Brig frigate undertook the delivery mission, but an accident happened on the way and sank near Greenland In the sea area, there is no trace of search and rescue.

At the end of October 1787, Shaq organized a high-level inventory of the inventory of the American Fleet, led by Rear Admiral Emmons of the Fleet Staff, confirmed the vacancy of this group of supplies, officially canceled its arms registration, and sent a copy to the Equipment Department of the Admiralty for record.

Now they lie peacefully in the belly of a US-flagged merchant ship in Miami Beach.

Lorraine suppressed his excitement and called Monica.

Monica, please ask Keren to go to Miami Beach to pick up an American merchant ship named Old Bacon. There are a batch of high-precision parts needed for the Fearless Project on that ship. Let him go in person and take it directly into the Jackdaw. Shipment from No. 1 dock.

Monica glanced strangely at Lorraine whose voice was trembling, but tactfully didn't ask anything, just nodded: Okay, sir.

nothing goes wrong...

Watching Monica walk out the door, Lorraine let out a long sigh of relief.

The excitement in my heart gradually calmed down with this long breath,

He crossed his fingers and looked at Emmons, puzzled and confused prevailing.

Emmons...Major General. He licked his lips, Tell Shaq that I am very satisfied with this Christmas present.

Emmons pretended to be different: Your Excellency General? Your Excellency General always thought that the two cannons sank into the sea with the Sunstar. Why do you want to thank him?

Lorraine rolled his eyes: Sunstar really sank?

It's really heavy.

Huh? Unexpected answer, What is the search and rescue missing in the document?

Emmons sat upright: This incident happened on September 19 last year. The Sunstar ran aground on an iceberg. The news was sent back to Chanel Basque 27 hours later. When I organized a search and rescue team to arrive, it was already It's been five full days.

After five days of suffering on the cold iceberg, those crew members were at the end of their strength. The rescue team only rescued 69 people after four hours of hard work. Finally, the iceberg suddenly collapsed and pushed the remaining more than 100 people into the sea with the boat, leaving no bones left. , the rescuers and survivors of that day are witnesses.

Lorraine frowned and pondered: Those people who died found that your people were moving guns?

A first mate and a boatman, it was their superfluous curiosity that killed the whole ship.

Shaq didn't instruct this matter, right? Based on Lorraine's understanding of Shaq, he would never intend to murder a naval officer just to hide two guns.

Emmons smiled contemptuously: Mr. President, the reason why I have been able to rise to the top is that I have made prompt decisions, accurately measured the needs of the master, and never claimed credit or reported in any way.

There are a total of 9 insiders of the whole incident, all of whom are my absolute confidantes. These nine families rely on me to enjoy a superior life, and if any of the things they have done are leaked, hanging is the luckiest ending.

So, Mr. President. Emmons spread a hand towards Lorraine, If you are satisfied with your Christmas gift, I will only accept cash for nine thousand pounds.

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According to the purchase price of the Royal Navy, nine thousand pounds can buy ten sets of sixty-eight-pound mortars, but Lorraine thinks it is worth it, because even if he buys twenty sets of fifty sets for the Royal Navy, no one will even give him one. Group half group.

Sixty-eight pounds is rare, and each door has a unique inscription, corresponding to a special file. In this era, the strictness of its tracking far exceeds that of a country's supervision of its citizens.

It can be seen from this that this business is lucky for Lorraine and Emmons. It may be unfortunate for the Sunstar and those sailors who died in accidents, but they have the shabby pension and comfort of the Royal Navy, and it is not Lorraine's turn. Worry, Emmons doesn't seem to care too much.

By coincidence, the two guns ended up on the Valkyrie.

In the early morning of December 5th, for the first time, the fully loaded Valkyrie sailed out of the dock, carrying the most distinguished families of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, to New York, the temporary capital of the Confederate States of America.

Pierce Jr. is getting married.

His and Sharon Jr.'s wedding will be held at St. Mark's Community Church, which represents the opening of New York, and will be presided over by Bishop Finnish of the Diocese of St. New York.

Bishop Finnish is the most prestigious Protestant saint in America.

Considering that the communication between the Pan-American Diocese and the Vatican has entered a substantive stage, the Anglican Church in the United States will be established at any time, and he is also very likely to become the first red-clothed person in the history of the New World. Every little thing is very important.

Lorraine enjoys pure freedom in front of religion, and he doesn't care too much whether he is facing a Protestant saint or a Catholic saint.

His energy is behind, after Pierce's nuptials the revolving door of America will rumble and every speck of dust spilled on the door rails will be worth ten thousand gold, what Drake will reap and Lorraine's allies will reap , Everything will be finalized in the secret room of Hamilton's private house.

The sun is up.

The calm sea of ​​the Bay of Biscay, the sun rising from the direction of Miami Beach.

Lorraine heard the child's laughter, probably Leif's third son was bullying the Earl of St. Breed.

The first heir to Viscount Desai was fighting beside the little berserker, and his fierce look was very similar to the scene when the Normans entered Britain.

Prosperous weather...

Lorraine laughed.

Carmen, how about going to win 12.4?

Carmen, who was feeding Jenny and McCarthy, was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Lorraine was referring to.

“Land prices in Miami have risen steadily over the past few years, our bonds in London have also been favored, and the asset management company has ample cash flow. Considering the profit expectation of the Asian branch next year, it is not a problem for us to spend an extra 240,000 pounds.”

She rubbed McCarthy's little head.

But the total amount promised by the United States to associations is only 48.6%, and we have already monopolized 10%. Isn't it difficult for those old foxes to squeeze out another 2.4%?

Then don't think about allies. Lorraine was full of confidence, 51% is the established goal of associations to control American finance, and our allies will support us. And Hamilton... In his heart, are those American consortia really Is it more credible than us?