Chapter 171
2020-11-02
Chapter 171 The Ironbone
Replacing the “Head” is easy.
The “head portrait” can be replaced at will, and the position of the bow is specially set with an adjustable card slot, which is convenient for adapting to different types of boat portraits.
Gary stepped forward to dismantle the ordinary bow statue of the boy blowing the conch on the “Conch”. Alwin easily lifted the “Monsoon Goddess”, which required four or five guards to lift, and installed it at the bow of the boat.
No extra processes are required.
Soon, with a gust of sea wind blowing, no sound and light effects appeared in the mortal’s field of vision. But in the vision of Alwin’s spirituality, a cryptic wave of sorcery has spread from the “Head of the Ship·Monsoon Goddess”, spreading throughout the ship.
“It’s done!”
Alwin couldn’t help but smile when he saw the “Head” start up smoothly.
A few months ago, when the Combined Fleet battled the “ghost ship”, Alwin was fascinated by its three-headed contorted prow, which was terrifying but powerful. Just a trifling head portrait gives a “ghost ship” the power equivalent of a quasi-Legendary battleship.
It’s just a pity that the real Legendary battleship “Steam Fortress” and the entire “ghost ship” were directly blown up in the end, leaving no slag left.
Originally, I was going to build a custom-made head statue with my wizard ability. Didn’t expect the Viscount to generously “lent” this “Monsoon Goddess” to Alwin so that Alwin could catch up with the pirates in time.
Although it is a human creation, it is not necessarily less useful than a marine treasure when used well. At least in a country with sea power like Pharretis, it is priceless!
Very good, very good, it will be called Garriott from now on.
Soon, the crew of the “Conch” all returned to the ship. Careful people have noticed that the head portrait on their warship has been replaced, but no one dared to ask Alwin such trivial “trivial things” because of the power of the captain.
“Report to Your Excellency Captain, all the crew are in place, please instruct!” First Officer Berg walked to Alwin’s side and bowed to ask for instructions.
Alwin made no excuses and went straight to the poop to give a pep talk to the sailors lining up on deck.
“Brave naval soldiers!
I just received a complaint from the local consul, Viscount Andrea, that a group of vicious pirates had just hijacked a Leopold , and it is on the route we patrol.
As the Royal Navy, we have always had only one attitude towards pirates, that is to resolutely strike and never let one go.
A gang of pirates are rampant in the patrol area of the ‘Conch’, inflicting atrocities in our in front of one’s eyes.
Soldiers, do you agree to this?!”
“No! No!” The soldiers responded in unison.
“Also, His Excellency the Viscount is a benevolent consul, and after the mission is over, he is willing to give each soldier two additional Golden Lions as a reward for the bravery of the Navy!
The Navy’s The majesty must not be offended, let the most heroic naval officers and soldiers of the kingdom give these pirates some color!”
“Long live!
“Go!”
Alwin waved his hand to give an order, and the soldiers who were already full of energy moved quickly, hoisting the anchor and hoisting the “Conch” and rushed to the sea.
This pre-war mobilization was not for Alwin to show off the captain’s presence, in fact, it followed the normal operational procedures of the Royal Navy.
In order to ensure the strength control of each warship in the kingdom after going to sea, the lieutenants of the auxiliary captains on the ships need to record the logbook independently, and the large and small things that happen on the ship must be independently recorded. Based on the logbook.
Although the captain’s power is huge, he can’t appoint or remove any real captain officer. To some extent, this series of regulations is also a check and balance on the captain’s power.
It’s like the appointment of Captain Gary, and it’s just a proxy. Although Alwin is there, this agent may have more weight than the official position, but in name, it can only follow the rules.
Therefore, this operation is impossible to conceal the Third Fleet to do private work.
Alwin simply told the navy officers and soldiers the “true” information that had been abridged, and followed the normal process to exercise his cruising duties. Even if there was a problem, he could not pick out the fault of his captain at all!
The crew performed their duties and worked together, hoping to let the “Conch” give birth to wings and immediately catch up with the pirates to retake the merchant ship for His Excellency the Viscount.
Just out to sea soon.
“Wade, do you think our ‘Conch’ ran very fast today?”
“Tracy, do you feel the same way?”
Tracy, the ship’s helmsman, stopped the sailmaster Vader, who was passing by, and asked with some doubts. After all, the two of them plus the sailor Adrian should be the three most sensitive people on the ship to the speed of the ship.
“I just threw the speed-rope down, and I’ll know what our speed is in a while.” Sailing leader Vader is obviously an action-oriented person, and immediately made a decision when he found that the speed of the boat was wrong. reacted.
In this era, there is only a blue wave on the sea, there are few reference objects, and there is no various advanced equipment, it is not easy to accurately measure the speed of the ship.
But clever sailors invented the speed-roping algorithm.
The specific method is to throw a floating body with a rope towed to the sea surface when the ship is sailing, and then measure the speed of the ship according to the length of the rope pulled out in a certain period of time.
In order to reduce the error, the rope may be placed very long, and many knots are tied at equal distances on the rope, so that the whole speed rope is divided into several sections.
As long as the number of knots the rope is pulled in the same unit time is measured, the corresponding speed will naturally be measured.
This is also the origin of the “knot” as the unit of measure for the speed of sea-going ships.
Soon, through the precise timing of the portable pocket watch, they were surprised to find that according to past experience, the normal speed today should be around 6 knots, but the actual measured speed has reached an astonishing 7. There are more than 8 festivals.
It has increased by 20%-30% out of thin air, and the hull is still very stable.
“What’s going on?” The two looked at each other only to see the confusion in each other’s eyes.
In fact, their status as full officers is enough to learn part of the truth about Transcendent World, but limited by the occlusion of long-term service on Level 6 cruisers.
Except for the official Knight Cultivation information and the legends and stories circulating on the sea, there are no more channels to get more information about Transcendent World.
Fortunately.
Alwin is impossible to allow his ship to maintain the status quo, and his wizard ability is impossible to use forever. He has prepared to open up some extraordinary common sense to the crew to a limited extent, starting from this “Ship Head Statue·Monsoon Goddess”.
If you just want to mess around, it’s fine, but whether you go to a new continent to find an elder sister, take revenge on an enemy in another country, or realize your ambition, there is no group of high-quality people. The team definitely can’t.
They must be armed with knowledge and skills to keep the crew up to speed.
It’s like industrial development, no matter how powerful your leader is, it won’t work without a large number of high-quality industrial workers to lay a solid foundation.
The two ships on the sea were moving slowly one after the other, but most of their sails had been lowered, and they were obviously not in a hurry.
The one in front has black sails, clearly showing the fact that it is a pirate ship.
The “Ironbone” is a three-masted pirate ship converted from a merchant ship.
The total length of the ship is forty meters, twenty guns, and a bow gun with more symbolic meaning than practical use. However, the bow gun had a piece of iron hoop, like the backbone of a giant creature, which was very commensurate with the name of the ship.
A vicissitudes of life middle age person wearing a captain’s hat and azure stubble, holding the pirate machete at his waist, standing behind the bow gun and looking at the sea in the distance.
He was wearing a not-so-exquisite but very clean white flower-sleeved shirt, trousers and leather boots, and his slight laziness revealed an undisguised ability. It was the captain of this pirate ship, “Iron Bone William”.
“What happened to the people on the ‘Twin-tailed Fish’?”
“Don’t worry, the captain, everything has been explained, and they will not be abused if they eat and drink.”
Behind him, a sturdy youth with a shirtless upper body, revealing brown skin, was holding a dagger in his hand and playing with the knife, hearing this immediately put away the dagger and bowed slightly to reply.
“But, Captain, do you think that fat pig from Wescoll City will keep his promise? Will he really let our first mate out when we do a play for him? “
Dutifully answered the most respected captain’s question, and sturdy youth also asked his own doubts.
In his impression, the so-called powerful people on the shore are all hungry wolves in human skins, who have always eaten people without spitting their bones. Even if they only say one word, they must consider whether there will be seven 8-Layer meanings behind.
Accidentally will be deceived by them!
“Hehe, he doesn’t dare!” The vicissitudes of the middle age person, that is, the captain of this pirate ship, “Iron Bone William” touched the double knives at his waist and said decisively.
Though the words are short, there is boundless confidence!
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(end of this chapter)