Chapter 1138: Not smooth
The mighty fleet is sailing on the vast sea.
In the center of the fleet are three large ships with strange shapes. They have three hulls, one big, two small, and three hulls together, holding up a huge deck and galloping on the sea. Several sets of sails provided powerful power, and although only half-sails were hoisted, they were still able to keep pace with the full-sailed warships around them.
They are the magic ship "Iron Dragon Locus" specially manufactured by the United Kingdom of the South China Sea to conduct naval warfare in a complex hydrological environment. This kind of warship has a shallow draft, a fast speed, and a huge deck can be equipped with a large number of troops and many heavy weapons. It can exert unimaginable power in naval battles.
The traversers did not intend to open the technology tree of "gunpowder weapons" in this world - it is Pandora's box, and once opened, it will emit endless disasters.
In this world where the properties of sulfur and saltpeter are inconsistent with those of the earth, it is not easy to research the formula of black powder. As for the development from black powder to more powerful and ferocious explosive tools... Everyone is not interested in getting a Nobel Prize, and there is no need to get that kind of thing.
In fact, the world also has weapons that use explosions as a source of energy. The explosive crystal, originally invented by dwarves, is the representative of this type of weapon.
However, people in this world generally tend to use them directly as bombs or incendiary bombs, and have never considered using the power of their explosions to push the metal projectiles to an astonishing high speed and turn them into indestructible blades - the Raiders analysis believes that it may be The backwardness of the metallurgical industry has led to this situation.
The kind of weapons that ushered in a new era of civilization on Earth are not so easy to manufacture. First of all, it needs a shell that is strong enough to withstand the force of the explosion; at the same time, the shell should not be too heavy, otherwise it will be very difficult to transport and use. These two almost diametrically opposed requirements are behind the advancement of metallurgical technology.
Yiluo, the representative of the Industrial Party among the traversers, once tried to make artillery. After several experiments, he determined that bronze can be used to make a gun that meets the requirements, but the cost is too high to be cost-effective.
If that's all, maybe you can build a few more, at least if you install them on a warship, it will be very useful. But another problem caused the traversers to completely give up their plans to develop artillery.
...they have no way to precisely control the "charge" of the exploding crystal.
As a magic product, explosive crystals are quite imprecise. Its size is not controlled, and the power of each crystal is different when it explodes. Even two crystals of the same size may have very different explosion powers.
Yiluo thought of a lot of methods, but he still failed to accurately control the explosive power of these small red crystals. As a result, the bronze cannon he tried to make was not accurate at all. Even if the barrel was completely fixed, the two cannons could be different from front to back and left to right. Well a few hundred meters... that's even the best record.
In this case, even the Industrial Party can only regretfully abandon such weapons, without even having a plan as a trump card.
As for the musket, although it is not difficult to do, its power is not worth looking forward to at all.
Turning around in a circle, the navy of the traversers, the long-range attack method used, still returned to the traditional direction.
Magic, and things like crossbows and catapults.
Needless to say, magic is of course. The larger the deck, the more people can stand to cast spells, and even a magic circle can be formed to jointly cast spells. The same is true for crossbows and the like. The larger the deck, the more the number that can be placed, and the greater the power of course.
Therefore, how to make the deck of warships larger has always been one of the core issues in the construction of navies in various countries.
The solution to this problem is Ge Li Trough.
Over the years, he has been studying multihull sailing boats, from classic catamaran sailing boats, to trimaran sailing boats, to five-hulled sailing boats, and even seven-hulled sailing boats... After long-term research and exploration, finally the "Iron Dragon Lob" warship It was finalized and three were built.
Although there are only three, according to him, in a naval battle, such a warship can at least rival four or five large warships of the same size. In today's Western Land World, it is an invincible war fortress at sea, just like the battleships on Earth!
In several exercises, the "Iron Dragon Luck" warship indeed showed a huge advantage that other warships can't match, but in the real combat, can this warship exert the kind of power he brags about? , the result will be known soon.
Panda sat on the deck of a "Tielongshi", calmly watching the mighty fleet around.
Near him, many traversers were sitting or standing, waiting patiently.
It's less than three days' voyage from the sea area of Skull Island. According to the original battle plan, the fleet will almost stop when it arrives here, and prepare to wait for the other fleets to arrive at the designated location one by one, and then jointly launch the scheduled general attack.
"Why haven't the other two fleets arrived yet?" Next to the panda, Yunero, who transformed into an ordinary person with a magic pendant, frowned and whispered. "Didn't they make an appointment to reach the designated position today and launch a general attack? Why haven't they arrived yet?"
After a while, he couldn't help but look at Panda: "Panda, help me ask in the chat channel."
Panda nodded and opened the chat channel: "Yuguo, why haven't you arrived yet?"
"Our Elanz fleet is almost in place, and the Molai fleet is beside us, but the shadow of the Thracian fleet has not been seen." Liu Daoqing made an annoyed expression, "We are looking for them!"
"What? The Thracian fleet must be quite large. Where have they gone?"
"I don't know! The knights of the birds are scattered everywhere, searching everywhere... The Thracians are too unreliable! It's enough to be late for dinner, but also late for war?! How did they do it? !"
Looking at the text of the chat channel, Yuneruo frowned, opened the private chat channel again, and asked, "Acao (Grey Cao), how is your situation on your side?"
"Not good." In the private chat channel, Ge Li Cao reluctantly replied, "The fleet of the Mermaid Kingdom is in good condition, but the combined fleet of the Chamber of Commerce is a group of rabble, messy! I guess it will take another day, they to reach the destination.”
Yunero sighed deeply and pinched the center of his eyebrows with his hand.
He never imagined that something went wrong before the well-established joint siege had even begun.
Although in terms of the current situation, the traversers still have an absolute advantage, but he has some ominous premonitions about the outcome of this crusade.
(Perhaps... I really should just kill Skull Island with a few buddies, as Panda suggested before...)