That night, bursts of "strange sounds" came from the tent in the military camp in Shileswig City. After the group wedding was held during the day, at night, they hurriedly hugged their newly married wife, and in the extremely soundproof military tent, they started...
For a moment, "strange sounds" were everywhere in the entire camp. At night, Malin went to inspect the military camp and naturally felt these sounds coming towards him...
Suddenly, Marin began to miss Angela and Ferris...
The next day, Marin summoned Schwartz, Stad and other generals to discuss the issue of troops stationing. The Principality of Schleswig was next to Denmark, and the Danes might not be convinced. Therefore, here, a large army must be stationed in case the Danes fight back. You must know that the Danes also have more than 10,000 troops. Although the capital was captured, the more than 10,000 people in Sweden suffered no losses.
Therefore, in order to prevent the Danes from attacking, Marin decided to leave behind a 10,000 army stationed in the Principality of Schleswig, mainly in the northern region and the eastern coast to guard against the Danes' attack.
Stad will serve as the commander of the 10,000 army, in charge of the city of Schleswig, guarding against the Danes' counterattack. In order to obtain timely information, Scholt left behind 100 excellent scouts to inquire about military intelligence in Denmark, so as to leave enough time for Stad and the 10,000 army left behind.
In fact, the best commander in Marlin's mind was Woolf Esbrand. However, Woolf Esbrand was born in a wild way. Although he had many ideas, he had not received formal military command education. Therefore, Marlin planned to bring Woolf Esbrand back to East Friesland for a period of time. At least, he could only be entrusted with important tasks after he learned the training methods of the East Friesland army and the application of the "Marlin square".
In order to ensure the safety of the soldiers, Marin decided to arrange cement plants and steel plants after returning to produce a batch of cement and steel bars and transport them to the Principality of Schleswig. A batch of reinforced concrete fortresses were built in the northern part of Schleswig's Principality to resist possible attacks by the enemy.
In addition, the steel mill will also be responsible for producing multiple cast iron gates and equip several cities in the Principality of Schleswig. After all, after the war, the method of Marin's artillery bombing the oak gate and then burying the powder barrel deep into the oak gate has been spread. If you use the oak gate, you will be waiting for the other party to break the gate easily.
Fortunately, the steel plant in East Friesland can produce several tons of steel a day, and a large iron gate can be built in two days. However, what makes Marin's headache is how to prevent rust from large iron gates...
You should know that the current controlled areas of Marin are all seaside areas and the climate is humid. In humid climates, iron doors are prone to rust.
This era is not later generations, and waterproof paint can be easily bought. At present, there is no professional waterproof paint. Some paints can be applied to large iron doors, which can certainly be waterproof in a short time. However, when washed by rain, the paint will easily fall off. Then, large iron doors are still prone to rust...
At present, the most realistic technique is tin plating and galvanizing. Tin plating means making tinplate. Tinplate can prevent rust and corrosion, but the tin-plated iron door cannot be scratched. Once the tin layer is scratched, the hole will still easily begin to rust once the hole is opened.
Therefore, galvanizing is much more reliable than tin plating. The galvanized iron sheet is the legendary white iron sheet that is not afraid of wind and sun. In later generations, especially in the 1990s when urban management was not yet powerful, there were many iron sheds made of white iron sheet on the street, which were not afraid of wind and sun. However, after entering the 21st century, these iron sheets made of white iron sheets were demolished by the "strongest in the universe" urban management team as illegal buildings...
Moreover, galvanized tin sheets are not afraid of scratches. As long as the scratch area is not too large, tin sheets will not be easily rusted. Therefore, tin sheets have a wide range of applications in later generations and are not expensive.
However, for now, pure zinc has not appeared in the world. Even in China, it was not until Emperor Jiajing's reign that it was used to use zinc-containing brass on a large scale to cast copper coins. The specific extraction of zinc ingots was roughly in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Because Song Yingxing's "Tiangong Kaiwu" by Song Yingxing in the late Ming Dynasty recorded the method of refining pure zinc.
Europeans have never been able to master the method of refining pure zinc. This is because when the temperature reaches above 906 degrees, it is easy to turn into zinc steam and evaporate. However, ordinary metal smelting and reduction furnaces have a temperature of more than 1,000 degrees after adding carbon. Therefore, Europeans have never been able to obtain pure zinc. It was not until 1746 that German chemists discovered and confirmed as a new metal.
The secret is that a condenser tube is added to the top of the reduction furnace. After the zinc steam evaporates, it will naturally evaporate upwards. If a curved condenser tube is added to the top of the furnace, water will cool outside the tube wall. In this way, after the zinc steam enters the condenser tube, it will easily cool down and then adhere to the condensing tube wall. Then, scrape off the crude zinc on the tube wall and further refine it to obtain pure zinc.
Thinking of this, a message suddenly flashed in Marin's mind - the largest lead-zinc mine in Europe, which seems to be the Tara lead-zinc mine in Ireland. The Tara lead-zinc mine is located underground in the Tara Mountain near Naven City, more than 40 kilometers northwest of Dublin. It was discovered in 1970.
The ore reserves of this mine reached 70 million tons, which contained 10.1% zinc and 2.7% lead. In other words, the total zinc metal content of ore produced in Tara Mine reached 7 million tons, and the lead metal content also reached a huge 1.89 million tons...
7 million tons of zinc, how much iron can be made?
Unfortunately, as far as Marin knows, Dublin and the nearby areas are currently directly under the British royal family. If Marin wants to do so, he has to ask Henry VII whether he agrees or not...
Based on the principle of voluntary action, Marin quickly selected 10,000 people from the remaining 19,000 troops and stayed in the Principality of Schleswig. Marin himself, with the remaining 9,000 people, a large number of livestock and supplies, and more than 10,000 Minzhuang, who was responsible for logistics, returned to East Friesland by land.
After gaining the nominal sovereignty of Dietmarshin, Marin suddenly discovered that the North Sea coastal areas of Germany (excluding the Netherlands) are now under their control, except for the coastal areas of the Archbishop of Bremen...
"Do I want to find a way to get Archbishop Bremen into my hands?" Marin thought for a while, but gave up this idea for the time being.
In his opinion, it is more important to obtain the Bishop of Munster than to obtain the Archbishop of Bremen. Because the southernmost part of the Bishop of Munster is located in the Ruhr area.
According to the information collected by Marin, the Ruhr area is currently mainly composed of three forces - Markbour, Münster's Bishop and Dortmund's Free City.
Among them, most of the coal mines in the Ruhr area are located in the territory of Markber, and some are located in the territory of the Bishop of Munster. Even Essen, the headquarters of later Krupp Steel, is currently owned by the Bishop of Munster. Moreover, there is already a coal mining industry in the local area. The Free City of Dortmund, Hanseatic City, is small in area, and only some coal mines can be mined outside the city.
As for the land on the westernmost side of the Rhine River, it belongs to the Principality of Cliff. However, there are no coal mines there, mainly arable land along the river. The area with coal mines is mainly concentrated in the northern part of the Kingdom of Markbour, as well as the southern end of the Bishop of Münster and the Hanseatic Free City of Dortmund.
Chapter completed!