Chapter 129 (1/2)

129. Princess of the Cavern 2

Why don't we imitate the latest ship, you say?

Of course, There was a time when I thought so.

No, I'm not talking about imitating the structures, but rather the one that already made, in other words, imitating the finished product. I'll have everything other than the human resource, fully equipped as it is. For around one fleet.

That way, the fleet can be completed without any ha.s.sle. We can rest a.s.sured even if the exploration ships from Vanel Kingdom or other countries from the New Continent should ever come to our country again. No, not just from the New Continent, but from the other continents as well.

But, with that method, as expected I can't imagine what would happen if I disappeared.

Can they somehow learn the building technique just by imitating it once they have the actual thing?

Technology cannot be that simple. If you were to give a battleship Yamato to the early Meiji period j.a.pan, can they make the same thing immediately? There's no way they can make it.

(Note: early Meiji = 1868-1877. Battleship Yamato is steam powered ship from 1940s)

Besides, if you give them a fleet of state-of-the-art ships as samples to study the technologies, it's easily imaginable that they will step in the direction where [I want to actually use the given toys] before even trying to learn the basic techniques.

So, that method is rejected.

After all, if they don't follow the path of self-improvement, the future will be robbed from them.

In the first place, if we were to encounter the Vanel Kingdom's Fleets, it would be obvious that we were imitating their ships. Then there's no room for peace anymore.

However, our shipbuilding technology is unlikely to be able to catch up. Then, what should I do?

Yes, there will be no other choice than battle of arms.

I can have a large gun mounted on small ship, out of proportion to the size of the ship. In other words, it's a monitor ship. Then, we can attack unilaterally from outside the enemy's range.

(Note: Monitor (Warship))

The Sankeikan was a failure you say? Yeah, it was indeed. It was useless in actual battles. The large caliber gun, which was mounted on a small hull was of little use, it was the secondary gun, the rapid-fire gun, that played the active part….

(Note: Sankeikan is the nickname of the three ships of matsushimcla.s.s cruiser which literally means ‘three-views ships')

But, if we're not too crazy about the size of the gun and use Conoidal Explosive Bullet instead, also, gave up in ocean voyage capability and make it specialized in coastal interception. Then, it might work somehow.

Alright, let's discuss this with the King later…

So, I bought several display stands and display cases in j.a.pan then transferred them to [Yamano Product Store] in the Capital of Vanel.

The a.s.sembly process of the stands and the cases were performed on earth and then transferred to the store once I decided the placement plan. No, it's much easier and more fun to arrange them with continuous transfers rather than dragging them by myself.