Chapter 590 (1/2)
West of Jingyue Strait, Banguo island.
The island in the Strait, still in the Ocean west of Hopland, is now in the rear of the war.
”Lord Black, master Lund is here.”
Black stands under a huge warship on the island and looks up with emotion.
It's almost five years now. How time flies when I leave Hopland and come to this island to carry out my mission.
He was just an orphan in hoplanner. Later, he was adopted by the Carites family and became a guard. Later, he was promoted by Miss Lacey. Finally, he grew up in this position. Unconsciously, he has experienced so many things.
I still remember that Miss Lacey called him into the office that day, asked about his ambition and future plans, and then explained the task to herself.
”Although we have gained independence and signed a contract with frost, this is just a short truce. With the support of dayas chamber of Commerce, Frost's steel warship will explore and realize step by step.” Lorraine Hill said so, light pupil like crystal clear.
”And we, karites, can't fall behind. We even have to plan ahead to prepare for possible wars in the future.”
”So I need someone I can trust to carry out the hard work.”
”Black is willing to follow the will of the first lady.” He fell on one knee and swore.
After that, Miss Lacey gave him thick drawings, many materials, inheritance gems, and even a panacea to improve his own strength. One year later, he entered sequence 5, and now he has just been promoted to sequence 6.
Over the years, he has been traveling to and from the island and other places, purchasing various materials, and then handing them to the technicians. Under his witness, he built the giant shipyard step by step, and then spent several years gradually perfecting and building these giant warships.
Until today, these steel warships have been completed.
”Master Lund is here.” A guard came in to report, and a man in a gray black coat came up.
There are still some dust and oil stains on his clothes and hands. Most people can't see any master demeanor, but only the staff here know that the alchemist studied warship technology assiduously and understood it deeply, which is hard for outsiders to imagine.
In order to test the best hull structure, he led his apprentices to do hundreds of tests in the nearby sea area, and built one model and experimental ship after another. Until the birth of these three battleships.
”What can Lord Black do for me?” Although Lund is the chief technology officer on the island, black, as Miss Lacey's agent, is in charge of everything and has a higher status.
”Miss Lacey wrote to me recently“ Blake had nothing to hide from Lorraine Hill's instructions.
Lund took the letter and looked carefully.
The letter tells Blake and Lund that now the cranberry Kingdom has agreed to make a full alliance with clancia, and that Carites and newvega will also participate in it. After finishing the rectification, the three warships will go directly into the water and head for the front line to join the fleet of cranberry Kingdom, and then fight with the fleet of frost.
”The day has come at last.” Lund sighed.
Although he was born in the cold frost alliance, because he was poor and in a small faction, he suffered a lot of exclusion and disdain, and then led the students to migrate to Vilga. I don't want to go to the opposite side of the country after many years.
However, in today's Ivar world, the concept of family and country is not prominent, and he did not receive any favors when he was in ruerna. Later, he moved away with his family, so he would not feel uncomfortable. I just sigh about the impermanence of the world and the great difference of life.
A third rate alchemist who had been ignored in ruerna and looked down upon everywhere, now he has become the chief technology officer of the Caritas chamber of Commerce. If he wins the war, he can get a good position in the future country, which was hard for him to imagine.
”I see. I'll let the apprentices and the younger generation take care of it.” He looked at the towering huge warship close to the dome in front of him, stepped forward a few steps, slowly approached, and then gently stroked the hard steel hull.
While the cranberry kingdom is still using warships driven by sails, frost alliance has started to use armored warships powered by sails and tail oars. Its shape is probably similar to the battleship of World War I in lorenthal's memory.
The outer layer has a thick forged iron shell, and the middle layer has a teak layer more than half a meter thick to ease the impact and shells. There are several layers of steel structure on the innermost side, which can be regarded as an armored warship made of wood and steel.
The technology left behind by loranthel was aimed at the classic design of World War II in memory from the beginning, the template of the fearless warship, to improve. From the beginning, we gave up the heavy and windy mast sail, and only relied on the strong propeller at the tail.
The size of the warship has also been stretched to more than 200 meters, with a displacement of more than 24000 tons. There are two sets of magic guide steam turbines in the warship, with a maximum speed of 28 knots. At ordinary times, the warship can also move at 20 knots, far exceeding the average speed of 18 knots.
The bottom of the ship adopts sealed compartments, and the armor structure is optimized. There are five double main gun turrets of 300 mm caliber on the ship. At the beginning of its main gun design, it was an ordinary magic guided gun. But last year, Lorraine Hill sent a new design drawing based on the information of dusk era.
So far, Lund has not fully digested the profound patterns and theories. Fortunately, he only needs to draw gourd according to the ladle. No matter what the meaning of the patterns is, as long as he can run, it seems that he can.
And the main gun, which is far beyond the combination of cold and frost, was made. This is also the best combination that loranthal can make with the system estimation at present.
She knows that there are many extremely advanced technologies and weapons in the twilight era, but at present, due to the unfinished industrial chain of basic materials, personnel, facilities and so on, she can only look at the ocean and sigh, leaving them in the system for the time being.
”Did miss Lacey name the three warships?” Lund asked suddenly.
”Well, they're aglia No.1, Talia No.2 and ophrone No.3, which are the three goddesses of meihui.”
With the launch of the three ”fearless class” battleships, thousands of Caritas' crew members boarded the battleship and gradually became familiar with it under the guidance of the technical officer. Then they rowed a long light blue trail on the sea, thinking of the southeast direction of the cranberry kingdom.
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A week later, Jingyue Strait.
”Report to Lord Black, we have enemy troops ahead!”
In the spacious and light colored command tower, black had not fully adapted to the new warship, and the sound of warning came from the trumpet.
”It seems that the other party will not give us time to prepare this time, master Lund.” Black, dressed in a purple and white uniform, said to the alchemist.
”It's true, but it's time to experiment with our results.” Lund looked out of the window at the surging waves. A desire and a desire to prove oneself hover in my heart.
He also wanted to surprise those who once looked down upon others and feel the incomparable power of this warship.
”Main gun ready.” Said black, aiming at the trumpet.
”Yes There was a continuous and orderly response from the pipe.
With the constant focusing and adjustment of the collimator, the muzzle of the main gun slowly droops, aiming at the armored fleet in the distance. The new magic furnace in the warship was constantly charged, and the complex and exquisite enchantment patterns appeared on the barrel, and the shells gradually turned red and then yellow.
”Fire!”
There was a dull concussion from the muzzle. The huge recoil force made the warship with displacement of more than 24000 tons tilt slightly, and then several hot gold shells with red light directly broke the atmosphere. With terrible power, they directly penetrated the enemy ships several kilometers away, and directly broke them, forming ascending fragments and flames.
”How could it be?”
On the frigid frigid warship, a high-level mage couldn't believe it. He was staring at the warship which was surging and burning on the sea, and then sank slowly.
As an elite mage of lurna's big faction, he has always been proud of the country's technology. Where does the warship with purple flowers and starlight come from? How can it have such powerful magic guns and warships several times its own size.
Is that a masterpiece of the little moon Council? But don't they reject machinery and steel? What's the matter? Countless questions hover in my heart, but I have no time to think about it now.
The terrible cannons on the opposite warship spewed fire one after another, and the red cannonballs came with amazing power.
Even if the ship raised a light blue barrier, it was also hammered through by the God like anger, let countless water in, and finally made the ship sink gradually.
”Fight back, fight back! Fight back
A naval commander yelled eagerly at the gun crew in the warship, his face glowing with excitement.