Chapter 216: , The Irish crisis

Indeed, the British steam warship is technically quite ordinary. In Joseph’s words, it is: "This thing is technically scumbag! Any of the above technologies lags far behind us. I spent it. For fifty thousand francs, only one valid message was obtained, that is, the British steamboat is slag!"
Indeed, the paddle steamer is technically a complete failure. As a battleship, the exposed paddle wheel is the most obvious weakness. And the existence of paddle wheels also greatly affected the arrangement of artillery. In the military, the use of such ships is very limited. As a civilian ship, the paddle wheel itself has a low propulsion efficiency, but its structural weight is surprisingly large. Not only does it greatly increase the weight of the ship, but its attached transmission mechanism will also take up a lot of valuable space. . In addition, the paddle wheel is prone to unilateral water outflow in higher sea conditions, causing the empty wheel to spin, which can easily cause various mechanical failures. In short, compared with the propeller, the paddle wheel has almost no advantages except for the scary look.
It's just that even though Joseph said so, this kind of "backward scum" really caused a lot of trouble to the French.
In just one work cycle, four flying shear ships failed to return from Ireland. In addition, a few returning flying shears lost all their cargo. According to these horrified captains, they all encountered the kind of black-smoky British warship chasing at sea.
At the same time, British newspapers also published reports on the capture of the French flying shears by the "Brave Royal Navy" in order to boost the morale of the British, who were tending to be low.
The French, of course, immediately countered with the story of Captain Morrel capturing the British steamship. This story not only appeared in the newspapers, it was even quickly put on the theater stage. On the stage, Captain Morrel was brave and extraordinary, but the image of the British was even more striking, almost comparable to the Germans in the classic French film "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth".
However, this matter of mouth can not immediately change the situation at sea. As the British put in more and more steamships. The materials that the French can transport to Ireland have actually decreased. Later, the French ships even had to wait on the sea far away from Ireland. (Because of the limited voyage, the British steamships would not go so far) until the weather conditions were relatively bad before they dared to approach Ireland. (Who makes the sea conditions high, the paddle wheel becomes waste?)
But even if this approach is adopted to ensure that the blood vessel extending to Ireland is not completely cut off, it is an indisputable fact that the blood vessel has suffered serious embolism.
For the British, it is important to take advantage of this time to quickly bleed the Irish on the battlefield. Even if the Irish rebels cannot be completely eliminated, they must be hit hard.
So the Duke of Norfolk once again received the order that he must hit hard as soon as possible, and even eliminate the rebels. Along with this order from the cabinet was an order from the king: "Illegal religious organizations that are not loyal to the king must be cracked down more severely."
The Duke of Norfolk said that these two things are very difficult, and if he must be executed, then he must be increased in troops. And the number of troops must not be small, at least one hundred thousand troops.
Speaking of which, there has never been so many troops mobilized in British history. Such an excessive request is naturally impossible to obtain the permission of the government, but the Duke of Norfolk made such a request because of his own consideration.
First of all, it is natural to ask for the price and repay the money on the spot. For example, if you honestly say: "I want fifty thousand troops." Then the government will definitely find a way to give you a discount. In the end, it would be nice if there were twenty-five thousand. So you must first shout: "I want one hundred thousand!"
The second thing is to prepare a retreat for the future. In case of failure, (in fact, even if the Irish are facing difficulties now, it is not easy to completely eliminate them. The probability of failure can be far greater than one in ten thousand). There can also be a reason to shirk responsibility.
What the Duke of Norfolk meant, in fact, everyone knows that the bureaucracy has been operating like this for many years. Only idiots would give the following people what they wanted. In the end, everyone had no excuses, and then they could only take the risk, and in the end they were all finished.
Therefore, the government had negotiated with the Duke of Norfolk in accordance with the old rules, and then sent him more than 40,000 troops, almost entirely composed of recruits.
In this regard, the Duke of Norfolk was naturally dissatisfied on the surface. In his letter to the Prime Minister, he even spoke insultingly about this. But everyone knew in their hearts that the Duke of Norfolk was already very satisfied, and his complaints were just to leave a way for himself.
The Duke of Norfolk also understood that the recruits now recruited were recruits who had never fought and were not fully trained. But such recruits are better than the "Irish Security Forces". At least, for the time being, there has not been an authentic British army stepping on two ships.
In the upcoming large-scale raid, the Duke of Norfolk must leave enough troops to defend his home, and there can be no more stories about sending troops to smash people's bases and stolen his own base in the back. The most important purpose of these more than 40,000 recruits is to hold on to those points to ensure the safety of their own rear areas during the raid.
As for those unreliable "Irish Security Forces", they are still very useful in raids. For example, what is used to destroy potatoes in non-security areas? Is this kind of work also allowed by regular troops?
So after the gang of recruits were in place, the Duke of Norfolk sent those recruits to various military stations to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the military stations, and then launched another sweep against the Irish.
It's just that this raid was not particularly good in terms of time. In accordance with the Duke’s idea, the sweep must wait until the potatoes are about to be harvested. It's just that the government is eager to get good news, and the Duke himself knows that the French transportation line has not been completely cut off. Now if it is delayed, it is delayed for two months before the potatoes are harvested, and the Irish rebels can indeed be replaced. Big blow. But now, the potatoes have just been planted, and now they are attacking, ruining the potato fields, and the Irish have time to replant a batch. Although the final output will definitely decrease, it is better than before the harvest. It's so strong all at once.
However, pushing it back for such a long time will also put more pressure on the government. At this time, the government needs exciting news. Moreover, a few months will give the rebels more time to prepare. When the time comes to launch a sweep, although the results may be greater, the losses will also be greater.
In addition, the British now rely on the "world's first technology" to temporarily gain the upper hand at sea, but who knows if anything will change in the future?
The Duke of Norfolk was preparing for a new round of sweeping news, and he couldn't hide it. The United Irish Federation had long been informed. Because in the "Irish Security Forces", too many people step on two boats.
Therefore, the Duke of Norfolk has not had time to act, and the United Irish Federation is already in a meeting to discuss the anti-sweeping matter.
"How to do it, of course, is the same as last time. The enemy comes to our house, and we go to the enemy's house. Everyone will fight each other and see who can't stand it first."
"Master Joyce, this time the old has acquired more than 40,000 people from the UK. Most of the time he wants to keep these 40,000 people at home. I am afraid that those military stations will not be as easy to fight as last time. "President Russell reminded.
"But President, we have also become much stronger. Especially our ability to attack fortresses." Joyce replied, "In response to the problem of insufficient attacking ability that was exposed in the last anti-sweeping operation, we asked the French comrades on the one hand. Provide support, on the other hand, we have also strengthened targeted training. Now our ability to attack is not comparable to the last time. The old guy must think that we can’t chew on his military stations, we can give them a surprise. Well."
"I agree with Commander Joyce ~EbookFREE.me~ but I think that we should not only attack the enemy's depot, but also concentrate our efforts to attack the enemy who enters my base." said Xie Lan, the commander of the Second Division. "Now our army has expanded considerably. The British know this, but they don’t know how much our strength has grown. So if they think they can go up again, as long as they assemble a few hundred British troops. Hundreds of black dogs can run wild, then they are wrong. I think we can let them into the base area first, and then we will start behind them, knock down a few key military stations, and force them to retreat. Then we immediately moved back to the base area and severely attacked the retreating enemy forces."
"Very well, everyone's morale is also high." President Russell said happily. "Recently we have encountered some troubles. Our weapon supplies have dropped a lot. But comrades, we can't do everything. Only rely on our French comrades. We also need to be self-reliant, no guns, no artillery, can we let the British build it for us! In addition, we can’t just rely on regular troops to defend the motherland. Every county brigade, district team, and village team must Mobilize. Don’t look at the village team because there are few people and you can’t fight a big battle. But if you kill a few of them today, you will kill them tomorrow. The accumulation of less will make more.
"At least hitting the black dogs, it's not a problem to pay a few guns from them." Someone said, "Do you think the British should fire the black dogs or not?" So everyone They all laughed together.