C847 The Great Adventure of the Zhiyuan Warship (2/2)
”No, no, the Prime Minister means not to go near the North America Continent. Along the sea ridge all the way south, we should be going straight to the Azores, right? This is Portugal's territory, there can't be no British spies and diplomats here, we can't keep it a secret! ”
”It seems that the Prime Minister's intention is to avoid all the islands and head south along the Atlantic Ridge. Around the Cape of Good Hope or the Strait of Magellan? ”
The King Yi pointed to the southernmost tip of South America Continent. ”Here, the Prime Minister wants you all to go, enter the Magellan Strait and enter the Pacific Ocean. Then, cross the Pacific Ocean and return home …”
”Impossible!” Kevin jumped up at the side. ”Do you think that the battleship I designed is a permanent one? A thousand tons of coal isn't even enough to clear the North and South Atlantic. Are you crazy? ”
”No, we are not crazy!” King Yi took out a small Iron-armored Ship model from his guard's bag and placed it on the map. ”It's definitely impossible to complete this kind of adventure with just the Zhiyuan Warship, but we still have other means!” With that, King Yi took out five more scissor boat s from his bag.
”How about I go with five supply ships for the Zhiyuan Warship? Five large scissor boat s made in the United States, each one has a carrying weight of over 1700 tons, is five sufficient? ”
Everyone was shocked by this bold plan. In that era, there was no concept of a supply ship, but the Western Navy still relied heavily on the port chain to supply their ships. This was because the design of the supply ships was different from that of the warships, and the speed was also difficult to coordinate.
In addition to that, in the time of the Sail battleship, the requirement of supplies for navigation was not too high. The motivation was the strong wind at sea, so the cabin was unable to contain ammunition, food, fresh water and some other materials.
Today, the idea that the King Yi had put forward had really refreshed everyone present, ”Don't look at me, I can't think of such a good method. This was also the Prime Minister Xiao's idea!”
”It's not enough, it's still not enough. Using five scissor boat s to replenish a ship of Iron-armored Ship, I admit that this method is very bold, but the distance ahead is really too far!”
”Crossing the Atlantic shouldn't be a problem, but crossing the Pacific Ocean is impossible. Absolutely not!”
King Yi smiled, ”We did not consider crossing the Pacific Ocean directly? As long as our fleet can get here safely, we'll be able to get supplies... Chile! ”
”Huh?” Everyone's gaze turned towards the South America, that strange little country. ”Chile? Do we have any special relationship with the Chile? ”
”Hahaha, not yet, but when your fleet arrives at Chile, I think it will be related …”
Karl looked at King Yi with incomparable admiration. ”The longer he interacts with Xiao Letian, the more he will feel a blow to his head. I just found out about the conflicts between Chile, Peru and Bolivia, and he had already started to interfere? ”
”He really doesn't look like a Asian. I keep having the feeling that he knows this world better than us Europeans!”