Fox of France

Seeing the performance of the French captain, Bagration smiled slightly. From the captain's reaction, he had already got the answer. Generally speaking, if the French are able to open their mouths immediately to this question that is a bit out of line, it can only mean that they have been prepared for a long time, and such answers are probably unreliable; if the French think about it for a while, it means that they If you are making up an answer, such an answer is naturally unreliable; and if he refuses to answer, it means that he doesn't know how to cover up the truth, and your guess is probably right.

Moreover, in Bagration's view, compared with the revolver, the shotgun is of moderate length, and its range and hit accuracy are far superior to the revolver, so there is no reason for the French cavalry not to use this thing as their main equipment. Bagration knew that any weapon the French had displayed during this exercise could be put on the shelves, or could be put on the shelves in the future. For example, the breech-loading guns of the French may not be put on sale immediately, because the French still have front-loading rifled guns for sale. But in the future, most of them will be available for purchase.

And this kind of firearm that can be demonstrated to him in public, or even let him experience shooting in person, can definitely be seen on the quotation form of Bonaparte Arsenal immediately. Bagration thought, if he goes back by himself, he must ask His Majesty the Tsar to spend as much money as possible to equip his cavalry with a batch of such things. Otherwise, once his cavalry encounters foreign cavalry equipped with such weapons , then this battle is simply impossible to fight.

Of course, it would be even better if this kind of firearm could be imitated, but Bagration knew that this was probably useless. It is not because of anything else, but mainly because of the material problem. To this day, mass production of steel is still one of France's most core commercial secrets. Although all countries—whether they are on the side of France or pretending to be on the side of France—are trying to steal this secret as much as possible, but so far, they still know quite limited. However, it is said that the British are already conducting some experiments, but even if they go well, it will take a lot of time.

As for Russia, although Bagration is very patriotic, he also has to admit that in terms of technology, Russia is completely incomparable with advanced countries such as France and the United Kingdom. For example, Russia is also a younger brother. Although if the French invaded Russia, Bagration felt that Russia could finally repel the enemy with its huge strategic depth and perseverance, but the steelmaking technology could not be transformed by these.

"Russia really needs to work harder, or else..." Bagration recalled the confrontation he had with Marshal Suvorov and Napoleon in Italy. Although the battle ended in a peace negotiation, Marshal Suvorov did not deny that the Russian army had failed militarily. It was only because of the unfavorable strategic situation that the French were forced to take the initiative to seek peace. If it weren't for the containment of the north, the Russian-Prussian coalition forces alone would not be able to defeat Napoleon's French army in Italy.

However, although the French army at that time was already very strong, it was not as strong as the French army in the military exercise yesterday. If at that time, they faced a French army with such an average level in Italy Army, then it is estimated that Napoleon would not even consider negotiating a peace with them, but just destroy them in one breath. And Bagration thought about it himself, and felt that if he was facing such a French army at that time, it would really be difficult to persist for a day, or even half a day.

Just looking at the situation of the Russian army, Bagration felt that since the battle with the French in Italy, the Russian army has made rapid progress, but after watching the French army's exercises, Bagration had to admit that , the progress of the French army is greater and more obvious.

Of course, Bagration still discovered a weakness of the French army, that is, their style of play consumes too much. This is not just about spending a lot of money, but also about the huge amount of materials consumed by the French army. Therefore, if the French army invades Russia, considering Russia's poor road traffic conditions, the French should not be able to send enough supplies to the front-line troops. Unless they stop and wait for the road to be repaired every time they hit a section. From this point of view, Russia's backwardness has become his armor instead.

"It's a good thing we don't border France. But we must be equipped with more new weapons than Ottomans!" Bagration couldn't help thinking.

If Bagration can still comfort himself by saying that we do not border France, then Jack Aubrey, the representative of the British Navy, really wants to die at this time. Because he was watching the French Navy's exercise of intercepting smuggling ships on the "Free Trade" at this time.

The background of this exercise is designed as follows: A certain armed gang tried to carry out smuggling activities by means of armed escort. The French warship "Free Trade" was ordered to intercept and destroy the smuggling fleet.

"Damn it! What kind of armed group can use the fleet to arm the smugglers? It's just... the French used to play smuggling to fly, so they didn't use the fleet to escort them. What's so special about anti-smuggling, This is obviously a drill on how to conduct a naval blockade!" Lieutenant Colonel Jack Aubrey immediately understood when he saw the background of this exercise, the so-called "armed group" was probably the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, right?

The fleet of armed gangs is three old-fashioned French second-tier battleships. Although they have strong firepower, they are not at the same level as the "Free Trade" in terms of speed and flexibility. In the "Eagle Catch Chicken" game, he easily bypassed the interception of those battleships, and then smashed those merchant ships one by one.

Considering that although the United Kingdom has many battleships, it has more merchant fleets. In fact, it is impossible for the United Kingdom to equip each merchant fleet with as many as three battleship escorts. Therefore, as long as most merchant fleets are unlucky and encounter the "Free Trade", they will definitely end.

"The shit 'Free Trade', the purpose of this ship is probably to destroy free trade, right?" Lieutenant Colonel Jack Aubrey couldn't help thinking.

But if Joseph knew what he was thinking, he would definitely retort: ​​"Nonsense, our 'Free Trade Number' is for us to trade you freely. If you still want to trade others freely, well, I have here A quotation, you can take a look."

France has put the "Free Trade" class frigate on the transaction list. As long as you have money, you can buy this thing directly from France. But any fool knows how much the French make when they sell this stuff. As long as the British buy one, the French can use the money given by the British to build two more for themselves.

But, even so, a buy is a must. At least, it's good to buy it and study other people's propellers carefully. Besides, the technical level of the UK is not bad. With the samples, you can really look at the copycats. Although the steel keel is probably not available, so the quality of the counterfeit products may not be as good as the original version, but they can be used anyway.

It's just that the French are really hateful, they are unwilling to sell the rear-loading guns, so the ships bought back, and the ships that will come out of the cottage in the future, can only use the front-loading rifled guns first. This also means that they need several ships to beat a French ship. This is really... In addition, the breakthrough in steelmaking technology is still far away, so even the front-mounted rifled guns must be purchased from France.

"Damn it, after we go back, we must convince the Congress to cut off the damn army's military expenditure as much as possible!" After much deliberation, Lieutenant Colonel Jack Aubrey finally came up with such a good solution.

Of course the guys in the army will definitely object, but isn't it common sense in the United Kingdom which is more important, the navy or the army? Once the navy can't stand it, does anyone think that the army of the United Kingdom can protect them? Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Jack Aubrey felt that his proposal should eventually be supported by the parliament.

So, after the two exercises, various orders began to fly towards the Bonaparte Arsenal.