Fox of France

Just when France experienced a political earthquake, Napoleon was appointed to Dick to push more. No, when he should be the first in power, there was also a severe shock in the British political arena.

The Whigs violently attacked the Tories’ rule and focused their criticism on Prime Minister William Pitt Jr. They accused him of being responsible for Britain's failure on the European continent. At this time, Prime Minister Pete had a conflict with King George III because of his religious policy in Ireland.

The king of England in this period was not a pure national symbol. The king still has high authority and power. Little Pete can ascend the position of prime minister in his twenties, and the most important thing is to get the support of the king. It was the union with the king that allowed Pete and the Tories to suppress the Whigs who had long controlled the political arena and become the prime minister and ruling party of Britain. Of course, Pete Jr. has always claimed to be a "Whigist", but neither the Whigs nor the Tories recognize it.

King George III has always been very supportive of Little Pete, but the contradiction between the two on religious issues is very big. In order to soften the Irish, Pete proposed that the legal activities of Catholicism could be allowed in Ireland. This may help divide the Irish, but it touched the king's scale.

In Britain, since the Cromwell revolution, the king’s most staunch supporter is the Anglican Church. This church is counted as Protestant, but the similarities between the Anglican Church, the "Protestant" and Catholicism, are much greater than those between them and the Lutheran and Calvinist religions on the European continent. Apart from denying the pope of Rome and replacing them with the King of England, they are almost indistinguishable from Catholicism in terms of doctrine, rituals and even clothing.

Generally speaking, if the two religions are very different, it will naturally bring about struggle. But if the difference is small, it does not mean peace, it just means more intense struggle. Heretics are hateful, but heretics are more hateful than heretics, and the less disagreement with us, the more hateful the heretics-because he is more likely to confuse our flock!

For the Anglican Church, it is a huge threat to the Anglican Church to recognize the legal activities of the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom, even if it is only the right to operate legally in Ireland. Today, the Anglican Church is the political basic of the British king. Although George III suffered from porphyria, mental disorders may even occur when the disease was severe. For example, in 1788, George III who became ill and regarded a large oak tree as the king of Prussia, and had something to do with it. Important issues were debated for more than two hours. But when he was not sick, he was still very awake.

Although the king has always admired little Pete, on this issue, as long as he is not ill, he would never allow little Pete to do this. So the Prime Minister lost his most important supporter at this most dangerous moment.

In the end, in order to preserve the Tory party's power, at this critical moment, naturally, he can only wrong Little Pete and let him get up first. So after Napoleon seized Hannover, Pete took the blame and resigned.

It is said that when Henry Addington, who succeeded him, came to Little Pete's office, Little Pete was instructing the servants to pack their own things and prepare to leave. A servant also rolled up the large map of Europe hanging on the wall, stuffed it into the box and prepared to take it away, and it happened to be seen by Little Pete. So the former prime minister shouted: "That map is for Henry!"

The servant hurriedly prepared to hang up the map again, but Little Pete suddenly smiled bitterly; "Forget it, put it all away, don't hang it up, anyway, in the next ten years, I guess that the British Prime Minister will no longer need to look at the map of Europe. Up."

In fact, facing the current situation, the newly replaced Prime Minister Henry Addington has nothing to do. But sometimes, changing hands is like changing a knife, changing a person, and maybe you can change your luck.

It's like some football clubs in later generations. When their results are poor, they often don't care about the situation and try to change their coach first. And there are indeed many times when a new coach is changed. Although the new coach has almost done nothing, the luck of the team suddenly improves.

In the previous game, I shot dozens of times and shot a dozen times on goal, but I couldn’t get a single goal. Now I changed the coach, in a game, I shot five or six times on goal, once or twice on goal, and then all scored. . Even before, as long as someone hits our goal post, the ball will bounce into the net. If we hit someone's goal post, the ball will be ejected. But after changing the coach, the situation immediately reversed. There are more than one or two such things.

The British change of prime minister seems to have achieved the same effect. Just two weeks after the new prime minister took office, good news came from the British navy: the new type of ship they spent a lot of money to develop was obtained in the test. success. According to the navy, the use of this kind of ship will definitely reduce the efficiency of the smuggling route from France to Ireland.

In the previous period of time, Britain and France were busy with wars on the European continent, so the Irish side was stopped for a while: the British did not have any troops, and the Irish did not receive much supplies, so everyone had to Have a little fun.

Today, France has won an undisputed victory on the European continent and has received a large amount of compensation. For the rest of the matter, you don’t have to think about it. They will definitely greatly increase their support for the Irish rebellion.

This is also a problem with the Tory Party. Although Pete has lost the position of Prime Minister, the position of Prime Minister is still in the hands of the Tory Party, because the Whig Party generally believes that the current market is not there. The signs of improvement are not so bad, and it is not the right time for bargaining. If you are eager to go out and buy the bottom, you will copy it halfway up the mountain and get yourself locked up.

Upon receiving this news, Prime Minister Addington was overjoyed, and he immediately went to the Admiralty to find out the situation.

"Your Excellency, this is the model of our new ship." In the Admiralty, a navy officer began to explain relevant knowledge to Prime Minister Addington in front of several models.

"Well, why is this ship so... so weird?" As the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Addington could not be unfamiliar with ships. But this kind of ship is really ugly in appearance, far less beautiful than the model of the French flying shear ship set aside.

"Prime Minister, look at the French flying shears next to you. This kind of ship has a low freeboard, severe waves, and it shakes so badly that it can't be equipped with artillery. But because it is so fast, it doesn’t need artillery. , Anyway, all warships that can mount artillery can't catch up with it.

As you know, in order to intercept such high-speed smuggling ships, we once imitated a batch of such ships. Then rely on the most traditional way of fighting at sea to intercept them. However, the enemy quickly changed their strategy. They developed naval weapons similar to the Byzantine "Greek Fire". We were caught off guard and suffered a lot. "

Prime Minister Addington listened and nodded. He knew about these conditions before he took office.

"But the situation is different now. Now that we have this new ship, we can not only catch up with the enemy in speed, but also be equipped with artillery and use artillery to solve the battle." The officer continued to introduce.

"Is this the boat? It doesn't look like how fast it can run." Addington asked.

In the study of flying shears, the British also summarized several reasons why flying shears can run so fast. One of them is the exaggerated aspect ratio and smooth lines. But neither of them can be seen on this boat.

"Your Excellency, we have installed a steam engine on this ship." The officer said, "Look at the two paddle wheels next to here. They can be turned by the steam engine to move the ship forward."

"So, can our ship catch up with the French smuggling ship?" Addington asked.

"Not necessarily." The officer shook his head. "The Frenchman's flying shear boat can reach about 15 knots at the fastest. Our boat can only run to 11 knots when it is the fastest."

"How can it work?" Prime Minister Addington said.

"Your Excellency, we are still an experimental ship after all, and there is still room for further improvement. In addition, the flying shears can't run to 15 knots at any time. When there is no wind, the flying shears will be very fast. Limited. But our type of ship is basically not affected by the wind. And ~www.readwn.com~ flying shears must follow a broken line in order to use the wind, while our ship can go straight, so Although our type of ship has a lower speed figure, it may not be able to catch up with them if it is really chasing at sea."

"So, our ship, is there any problem now?"

"Your Prime Minister, our ship is driven by a steam engine, so we need to carry coal. If the bunker is too large, it will cause the speed to drop. If the bunker is too small, it will affect the journey. In addition, our ship is in high sea conditions. The sailing performance underneath is very poor, far inferior to the flying shear ship."

"What? The sailing ability in high sea conditions is not as good as the flying shears? How do you use the artillery above this?" Prime Minister Addington was taken aback.

"Your Excellency, in high sea conditions, the shaking of the ship will cause the paddle wheels to emerge, which will lead to a sharp drop in propulsion efficiency. It is not because of other reasons, so under normal sea conditions, there is still no problem with the use of artillery on our ships. Just because The steam engine and paddle wheels are to be arranged, so the number of cannons that can be loaded is relatively small."

Prime Minister Addington listened and nodded: "When will the official warship be put into use? Now is the time to teach the French people a lesson, let them know that our United Kingdom's technology is the world's first!"