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Reboot Spain Chapter 172 Fast Assault Boats

"I support the view of the two generals that the Marine Corps should be the direction of the military's development."

"In the future, Spain's foreign operations should use the Marine Corps a lot for landing operations and the occupation of the coastline."

King Alfonso XII also stood up to support the proposals of Castro and Campos. In the future, he certainly knew the importance of the Marine Corps and its powerful tactical role.

The famous US Navy in later generations has a Marine Corps of 200,000 people, while the US Army has only 500,000 people.

This is enough to represent the importance of the Marine Corps in the war.

Once equipped with marine corps equipment such as fast assault boats, the combat capability of the marine corps will be greatly reflected.

"Canovas is no longer a battle in the Napoleonic era. The number of troops in Spain is no longer comparable to that of Britain and France!"

"So we have to make a fuss about the variability of arms and the combat effectiveness of the army."

Seeing Canovas, who was still sighing silently in front of him, Alfonso XII directly refuted his words without hesitation.

Concerning the future of Spain, he doesn't care how the man in front of him serves the country and the people,

As long as it is a figure who blocks the development of Spain, he will staunchly oppose it.

Alfonso looked straight at Canovas, and the pressure of the king rushed straight towards Canovas.

Alfonso, who has already said one thing at home, can naturally use his identity as a king to put pressure on Canovas.

"It's Your Majesty, but I just want their plans to be conservative, if this unit doesn't have the combat power they say they have."

"That large-scale expansion of this force will definitely have a certain impact on Spain's finances."

Canuvas' words are well-founded. Before this kind of arms has never been really applied on a large scale, it seems to be a wiser approach to be conservative.

From the point of view of a sane government executive, Canoise's approach is completely fine.

But Cano Alfonso, who knew the role of the Marine Corps, naturally understood the combat effectiveness of the Marine Corps.

And now how to convince the stubborn old man is what Alfonso Castro and Campos need to think about.

"Although the Marine Corps, Your Excellency Prime Minister, is a unit that cooperates with the navy, it is actually trained in the way of the army, but there is a slight change in it."

"If the role of the Marine Corps cannot be reflected in the next battle, it only needs a short reorganization, and it can be used as an army force."

"So we don't need to worry at all. The rash expansion of this brand-new unit will have a great impact on us!"

Castro also followed King Alfonso with his opinion.

Castro, whose support for Alfonso and Campos has been promoted to the main leader, will naturally not back down.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, and in the early stage we only need to expand the marine corps of one city."

"This number is just enough to deal with the problems that our country will encounter in the early stage. I think this number is completely no problem for Spain's finances, right?"

Castro then said his eyes and looked directly at the palmist Canovas, although the status of the two was different,

But for the purpose of the Marine Corps at this moment, Castro, as an admiral, still looked directly at Canovas.

"But Castro, you have to understand that the Marine Corps, as a new and advanced branch of the military, has few tools to realize your strategic vision."

"With our steam boat, it is impossible to achieve the mission goal of quickly landing and seizing the beachhead!"

Canovas retorted that, of course, it is clear about domestic industrial development, and the speed of steam ships is naturally not fast.

Therefore, the characteristics of fast landing in Castro's mouth are rather unrealistic.

But this sentence just hit Castro's sore spot. With the current industrial strength, no country in the world has built such a small boat to carry out such a rapid landing.

That is to say, if you want to achieve this goal, you must have a transport assault boat that is extremely fast and has the ability to prepare and carry.

Castro hesitated for a while and did not know what to say, although in his imagination,

At the beginning, the Marine Corps used steam boats for landing, but at the moment, Canovas can't say his original idea.

This is bound to be strongly opposed by Canovas.

If the large-scale landings were carried out by steam boats, the extremely slow boats would have caused the Spanish marines to suffer heavy casualties when landing in the face of enemy artillery and rifles.

"I Have a Scroll of Ghosts and Gods"

"It's true Castro, but I think if we can develop a special assault boat and transport ship for logging in,"

"Then I think the problem you are struggling with can be solved!"

Alfonso followed Canovas' words, and after turning his back, he secretly winked at Castro.

And Castro reacted quickly after a slight stunned, expressing his approval,

He didn't understand what His Majesty Alfonso meant, but for now, as long as he followed King Alfonso XII, who was obviously heading towards them,

That will definitely get the results they want.

"That's it, Your Excellency Canovas, we can only wait until the small boats such as fast assault boats are officially developed."

"Only can the expansion of the Marine Corps really be carried out. What do you think of this?"

"And Castro, if you can accept that this kind of small boat that meets your requirements comes out, it will not be too late to plan for the Marine Corps by then, right?"

Alfonso XII asked Canovas and Castro for their opinions, and then said to them.

You must know that the internal combustion engines of Carl Bentz and Daimler have already achieved initial results a year ago.

And now, Alfonso is also slightly aware of how much objects the internal combustion engine can drive.

Although its power is not very sufficient, if the boat is a little smaller in exchange for the forward speed, then Karl Benz's internal combustion engine is no problem at all.

Using petroleum as fuel, the internal combustion engine is far faster than the steam engine powered by coal and carbon.

Although I don't know if the research results of the two can support the small boats needed by the Marine Corps,

But obviously this would be the best way to gag Canovas.

"In that case, I agree with His Majesty's words, and I also hope that Your Majesty can accept the mediation conditions proposed by His Majesty!"

Castro lowered his head first, but then looked at Old Mai's Canovas with a firm look, without any concession in his tone.

In Castro's view, since Alfonso XII let it be implied that he agreed to this condition,

That must be already there, enough conditions to allow their marines to form.

Although he has no way of knowing the reason, as a soldier, his loyalty to the king made him choose to trust Alfonso XII unconditionally.

"Since that's the case, then I agree with His Majesty's opinion. Before that, I don't want General Castro to form a Marine Corps in private!"

Canovas has abandoned a previously compromised proposal to form a small Marine Corps, and now demands a complete abandonment of the Marine Corps.

Now that there is a reasonable excuse, Canovas will naturally not let it go, for politicians.

Every inch of progress is an opportunity to expand one's own interests and advantages.

And Alfonso XII, who was at a high place, saw that the two had already followed his advice, smiled and nodded.

"In that case, the two of you can go back and wait for the arrival of this kind of ship that meets the tactical requirements of General Castro, and then the two sides can continue to talk!"

"It's Your Majesty."

"It's Your Majesty."

Both sides nodded in unison to indicate that there was no problem, and then Canovas said goodbye like Alfonso XII.

The matter of this trip has been settled, Canovas naturally has no reason to stay here, and after Cannonvas left,

Just before Castro and Campos were about to leave, Alfonso stopped them.

"General Castro, General Campos, next I would like to invite you to the laboratory of our country's internal combustion engine master Carl Benz,

Come rush for the gear you need, and follow me if you want!

"

After sending Canovas away, Alfonso is naturally a little more relaxed. For this high-ranking Prime Minister, Alfonso will naturally not be so relaxed.

But in the face of the two generals who were brought up by himself, Alfonso said that he naturally smiled and greeted him.

"Your Majesty, I take the liberty to ask, I wonder if the current research and development of internal combustion engines has reached the level of pulling this kind of boat equipment."

Castro asked with a hint of anticipation that he still values ​​and urgently regards the formation of the Marine Corps.

And now, what Alfonso XII said made his heart a little bit of anticipation.

"Even I have no way of knowing this for the time being, but I think with the speed of research and development of the two of them, they should have produced equipment that can support your requirements!"

Alfonso smiled and did not respond directly to Castro's words,

He doesn't know how far the research on the internal combustion engine is now.

"Come on, let's go see their research results with me."

Alfonso waved his hand and signaled that the two were ready to keep up with the carriage outside the palace.

There are also a team of guards, Alfonso XII and senior generals of the army and navy travel together, this is not a small matter,

In the event of an attack by an enemy or an assassination by an assassin, there would be a huge vacancy in the highest echelons of Spanish power.

Therefore, the protection of soldiers is essential, and the research laboratories of Karl Benz and Daimler are on the outskirts of Madrid, so it takes a long time to ride the carriage.

Alfonso did not ride in the same car with the two generals, but chose to take three carriages separately, and escorted by the guards, he began to head to the suburbs of Madrid...

...

"Your Majesty Daimler, Your Majesty has just gone to our side, saying that he wants to see the research results of internal combustion engines!"

In the internal combustion engine research laboratory far away in the suburbs, Daimler's assistant rushed in and reported to Daimler.

Although Karl Benz and Daimler were highly valued by Alfonso XII, this did not mean that they could receive the king of Spain without courtesy.

In the eyes of them today, everything they have was obtained with the support of the King of Spain.

Although in the course of history, they all succeeded in the end, it is not enough that this has not happened yet.

Their Bole is naturally Alfonso XII.

Therefore, Daimler and Karl Benz, both of them still have great respect for Alfonso XII,

Although both are Germans, Alfonso XII and the German government publicly challenged before this,

It didn't make the two scientists feel bad about it.

Although one side is the country that raised them, the other side is the Bole King who values ​​them more, Alfonso XII,

In the face of reality and ideals, they decisively chose reality.

It's not that they don't love their country, but that they can't receive the courtesy and attention they get in Spain today.

And the current report on the accommodation has directly made Daimler a little nervous.

This was the first time His Majesty had hired them to review their research.

Although they were very confident in their research and development progress, he was still uneasy about Alfonso's requirements and opinions.

"Go and inform Karl Benz~www.NovelMTL.com~ and tell him that His Majesty is coming, and let him prepare to meet him!"

Daimler ordered, and then looked at the maid outside the door.

"Clean up the laboratory, so that he doesn't look so messy, His Majesty the King is coming soon, don't let us leave a bad impression on His Majesty here..."

After learning that King Alfonso XII was coming, the entire internal combustion engine laboratory began to get busy.

Start cleaning, start cleaning, and start dressing.

Because the visit of King Alfonso XII this time was relatively sudden, it also made the entire internal combustion engine laboratory a little chaotic.

But that didn't stop the whole lab from getting tidy.

About half an hour later, His Majesty's royal carriage drove slowly to the side of the Internal Combustion Engine Research Center, followed by the cars of Castro and Campos.

And Carl Benz also arrived at the laboratory ten minutes ago after receiving the news.

Ready to welcome His Majesty the King, so when His Majesty got off the bus, Daimler and Karl Benz stood together, and politely,

Welcome to King Alfonso XII.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

As soon as Alfonso stepped out of the carriage door,

The densely packed staff and maids have already begun to kneel down on one knee to the king.

The voice shouting long live His Majesty rang three times, until Alfonso raised his hands and these people stood up.

"Hahaha, Mr. Daimler, Mr. Benz, long time no see..."+Bookmark+