The clatter of hardwood cracking overshadowed the thunder, and the swift's fragile body was torn from the middle like an origami boat in a child's hand.

Countless cargoes fell into the sea, the sailors screamed in horror and sank to the bottom of the sea, and a huge whirlpool instantly appeared in the dark and cold waves, and the steel Zhiyuan was crushed alive.

Countless sailors sank into the sea, looking at the faint blue light on the surface of the sea, and before they died, they had only one thought: "How can it be Chinese? How can it be Chinese? And why don't these Chinese have braids? Doesn't it mean that the Chinese in the East are as timid as mice? How can it be like ......this?"

With doubts, the sailors sank into the sea and disappeared all consciousness.

At the end of the battle, the storm on the sea gradually became smaller, the five clippers in the rear began to approach, the boilers of the Zhiyuan began to depressurize, and the speed of the ship gradually slowed down.

Kevin and his technical team rushed out of the boiler room with a stinky sweat, and the folders were full of first-hand data, and all the advantages and disadvantages on the Zhiyuan were under control.

"Passed...... I can give 70 points for our battleship! There was no problem with the extreme sailing boiler just now, which is great......"

As soon as he ran to the deck, Kevin's second half of the sentence was blocked back, and the folder in his hand fell into the rain with a click, and the distressed Cai Bixuan ran over and grabbed it in his arms.

Kevin trembled and pointed at Lin Zhen and yelled......, "What are you doing?"

Lin Zhen had just exploded the head of a sailor on the sea, and five or six soldiers behind him were holding rifles and firing at the survivors in the sea one by one.

As the waves undulated, the survivors clung to the barrels and planks, pleading, but the desperate soldiers showed no mercy, killing one survivor after another with rifles in their hands.

"They're not soldiers, they're just innocent sailors! How can you slaughter civilians? It's a crime......"

Lin Zhen plucked out his ears and said indifferently, "Then what do you say? Rescue them on the ship, then give them a cup of hot coffee, and finally send them to the Marshall Islands when the rain stops? Let them give our secrets to Britain and France, and finally encircle and suppress us all over the world?"

"Put away your little mercy and mercy, did you know when the French did not declare war on the Ryukyus? Did you see it when they bombarded civilian areas with artillery? What mercy did you have for the army when they entered the city and insulted us Chinese women?"

"Don't think that war is a gladiatorial battle between knights, this world is no longer in the Middle Ages, do you understand the national war? War has evolved into the strangulation of the comprehensive national strength of two nations and two countries from top to bottom...... You don't understand that future wars will be waged in any industry of the country, and you won't be able to tell the difference between victory and defeat without squeezing out the last bit of strength!"

Lin Zhen waved his hand, "You don't understand, you are just an engineer, the rise of the Prussian nation does have your efforts, but you will never become a leader, if this country is handed over to a good person like you, it will be unlucky!"

After saying that, Lin Zhen raised his hand and shot it, and a sailor on the water who tried to escape was shot in the back of the head and became a floating corpse.

Xiang Ying walked to Kevin's side and said lightly, "Prussia and France are now on the verge of war, don't you really have any awareness?"

"The Spanish heir crisis, now it seems that the French have the upper hand for the time being, but is the Prime Minister Bismarck the one who suffers? I firmly believe that now the whole situation is under the control of the Prime Minister, and Napoleon III will definitely lose!"

"The conflict in the Strait of Dover has given in, but the prime minister of the Spanish heir crisis has backed down...... Don't you see anything wrong at all?"

Kevin is an engineer, he doesn't understand military politics at all, and his eyes are confused when he listens to Xiang Ying's words, "What do you want to say?"

Xiang Ying smiled, "The prime minister is showing weakness, this is a typical strategy to lure the enemy into the depths, he is carefully preparing traps step by step, so that the French emperor is in a state of anger step by step, I think his final result is to force Napoleon III to speak inappropriately, so that the entire German nation is the same enemy......"

"Because only by stirring up national hatred can the loose German Confederation have a unified national spirit...... The war has begun, Prussia and France are now on the eve of war, and it is estimated that all the arsenals are now at full capacity, and all the reserves must have received secret mobilization orders!"

"Of course, the battle between the two European powers will definitely not be fought without a year or two of material preparations, but the dark war has actually begun...... There was nothing wrong with what we did today!"

Kevin was silent, although he was not good at conspiracy and calculation, but he was not stupid, he had a very clear understanding of Xiang Ying's analysis in a blink of an eye.

In fact, France and Prussia have been enemies of life and death for a hundred years, and washing away the shame brought by the Napoleonic family to Germany is the dream of every Prussian person, and the war against France has long become the common desire of this nation.

But Kevin just couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart, and finally could only sigh and say, "I'm not a politician, and I don't understand the military, I can't stop you...... But I still think that such an act is despicable and immoral! Is it necessary to lose the noble chivalry in the end of war?"

After saying that, Kevin turned his head and went back to the cabin to sulk, leaving Lin Zhen and them standing on the deck in embarrassment, at this time, people suddenly found that the wind gradually stopped, and a round of bright moonlight was sprinkled on the sea, if there were no wreckage on the sea, it would be good if there were no wreckage on the sea, otherwise this picture must be extremely beautiful.

"It's already half past four in the morning, and we can't leave a single place to clean up the battlefield, and all the ships check for damage, and in two hours we have to set sail...... This is the main golden waterway, and it is too dangerous for countless merchant ships to pass through it soon after the storm stops......"

The map was unfolded, and Xiang Ying and the others began to survey, and now the fleet was located west of the Marshall Islands, which was the most golden trade route from the Caribbean to Europe.

"Cai Bixuan, what's the situation with the Zhiyuan?" asked Xiang Ying without raising his head.

"After four shots from the main gun last night, as well as boiler pressurization tests, 16 knots high-speed cruising...... In general, the systems were put to the test, but there were some surprises with the last gun launch......"

"Professor Kevin personally discovered that there was a slight loosening of the six link rivets on the keel, and the preliminary judgment was that it was the effect of the recoil of the salvo of the twin main guns...... The data is already on record, and I propose to stop firing salvos from the bow guns from now on, and always choose single shots......"

People listened to Cai Bixuan's report, and the pen in his hand was rustling shorthand, which is the most precious first-hand information, and how to design and upgrade the second ironclad ship in the future depends on these data.

The sailors were cleaning the battlefield, the captain's room was in a tense meeting, and gradually the eastern sky revealed a hint of fish belly white, and a new day began.

At the end of the meeting, Lin Zhen suddenly proposed, "This unexpected encounter has made us discover so many problems, which shows that it is impossible to do new weapons and equipment without comprehensive testing...... It's like the recoil of the main gun, what if you don't find out in time that the keel is broken or twisted during a high-intensity battle with the enemy?"

"We have to be responsible for the Ryukyu military and civilians! We must also be responsible for the prime minister! Money cannot be spent in vain, and we must not be wasted!"

The eyes of the people present lit up, and they all understood Lin Zhen's subtext, and finally the young Liu Anchen couldn't help but speak, "My lord, what do you mean? Do you want to use the enemy's merchant ships all the way to train your troops?"

"Oh my God, you're trying to make your way to South America!"