The Chongming fast cruiser has a displacement of 5,400 tons, two twin 200-mm main guns, two six-link torpedo launchers, twelve twin 80-mm secondary guns, and 30 anti-aircraft guns of various types. The speed was thirty-two knots, and the number of officers and men was 424.

Niu Delu gave an order, the whistle sounded, and the battleship sailed out of the fjord, breaking the waves.

"This—this, is this, the feeling of a battleship? really, really, awesome, awesome!"

On the side of the bridge, it looks like a small platform with ears, and the plush clings to the railing, and the expression is a mixture of pleasure and pain, enjoyment and fear.

The Chongming, which was moving at full speed, vibrated extremely strongly, and Gao De was very suspicious that the battleship would fall apart before it reached Crouching Tiger Island.

Asked Niu Delu, the fat man showed a helpless expression: "The installation of the steam engine, which warship is like this, so it rarely runs at full speed." ”

Reducing the output of the steam engine to three-quarters, the battleship finally stopped swinging.

At this speed, the Chongming had to run for at least an hour and a half to reach Crouching Tiger Island, Gao De was bored, and talked to Niu Delu about the Ming warship, which could make the fat man talk endlessly.

"Two hundred years ago, when my Ming Navy Division suppressed the Fusang Rebellion, there were many masters in the Warship Factory who knew how to install steam engines. Niu Delu sighed unusually much, "When I built the mountain-shaped battleship twenty years ago, I was able to gather a knowledgeable master, but that was also the last round." ”

"My Chongming is only eighteen years old, and the craftsmen have been passed down from generation to generation, so it won't be their turn to take the lead. Either there was a problem with the steam engine, or there was a problem with the shaft or the gun. Ten years ago, the emperor wanted to change a batch of warships, but the military department could not get enough qualified craftsmen. Not to mention fighting with the Bato people and the New World, if the Fusang people rebel again, the current Daming Sailor will not be able to fight again. ”

Niu Delu's fat face squeezed out the folds of worrying about the country and the people, and then came to his senses: "I have lost my word, with Her Majesty the Empress here, how can the Fusang people rebel." Even if there is chaos at sea, Your Majesty will definitely be able to solve it. The lowly and the like are not qualified to think too much, they only know how to be loyal and worthy of their salary. ”

The empress is a sage with the power to destroy the country, but it is up to the empress to suppress the rebellion herself, and this Ming is almost the same.

Gao De's face was indifferent, but he was muttering in his stomach. The Ming Dynasty has lasted for thousands of years, and it still looks like a brocade of flowers on the surface, but the inside is rotten everywhere.

Naturally, the warships of the Ming Dynasty were not directly built by throwing raw materials into the mold of some warship, but were assembled by a number of molded products such as steam engines, transmission systems, control systems, welding tools and various weapons, just like locomotives and steam cars. It is said that the molds used to build large steam engines and cannons of more than 300 mm are the size of a building, and if it weren't for Gao De's too many things, he would have gone to various workshops of the military department to visit these giant molds one by one.

Speaking of which, can the Ming Dynasty rely on mold machinery to push the society into the steam age with giant ships and cannons? Relying on a thousand-year-old history? Previous dynasties didn't make it this far to the tech tree. Even if there is the same mold machine, almost every generation of dynasties has started from scratch? Start with the simplest and most basic mold machine? Accumulate little by little on the black box that you don't know at all, and build up a railway network and chariots and planes all over Aurora from small to large? and even tens of thousands of tons of warships.

But that's about it......

Gao De sighed secretly, it is impossible for Daming to have a second millennium? It is impossible to build up the space technology of a rocket ship just by knowing it. More importantly, these technologies are not useful against Chaos? The ancient lost civilization that left behind the molds all over the ground is probably destroyed by chaos. Generations of descendants have survived on the wreckage and ruins of civilization, and they have survived for I don't know how many tens of thousands of years, but they have not even caught up with a single hair of their ancestors.

I was fascinated for a while, and I didn't wake up until the fluffy whale yelled.

Gao De shook his head self-deprecatingly? Are you just a mere mortal with a lifespan of only a hundred years? How can he be qualified to take on such a grand and heavy matter, so he is like Niu Delu, he can ask for a loyal duty, and he will not be worthy of his salary.

Where is the whale, is it a pod of dolphins chasing the battleship? Although he tried very hard to jump into the water, he was quickly left behind the white waves pulled out by the battleship.

Niu Delu stared at the compass clock hanging above the bridge? Skillful issuance of orders. Battleships avoid reefs and shoals and cross islands? The line between sea and sky ahead is getting wider and wider. Gao De looked at the compass clock, and couldn't help but think about it.

Obviously not Earth here? But gravity and magnetic poles are no different from Earth's? Although it is very painful for him to investigate the truth of the world? But the scientific outlook he formed in his previous life made it difficult for him to ignore the truth, which in turn made him more reverie about his true identity.

Fortunately, Wang Kunlun interrupted him again: "Isn't the Admiral going to see how the cabin below will be changed?"

The reason for choosing this cruiser is that it is fast, and second, there are not only seaplanes and high-power radios on board, but also an entire floor of cabins under the bridge that are empty, which can be converted into headquarters and commander's cabins. Originally, this cruiser was built according to the specifications of the formation command ship, but after it was built, it was found that it was shaking at full speed, and in addition, Jinghaiwei did not have the need to go to sea in a large formation, so it was reduced to a patrol ship doing all kinds of hard work.

Now this battleship has been selected by Gao De as the flagship of the Admiral Yamen of the Falling Star Sea, and it is also the way for the ship to return to the right place, and Niu Delu did not run may have something to do with this reason.

"You just have to make up your mind," Gao De said casually: "You do things, I don't worry." ”

"Admiral ......" Wang Kunlun couldn't help but pour bitter water again: "I can also take the idea of the Admiral Yamen of Huanggang, could it be that the Admiral is ready to let me do things in the Admiral's Yamen in a single day, and patrol the sea on the ship on two days?

"Don't want to run at both ends?" Gao De's boss is very sympathetic to his subordinates, "Then I have to hand over the elephant training place to the camel and promote Liu Xiaopang to share your work." Do you want to stay in the yamen, or stay on the ship?"

Wang Kunlun twitched the corner of his mouth, doesn't this mean that the camel and Liu Xiaopang are going to be on an equal footing with him?

"I'd better run at both ends," he said with a wry smile: "But my main job is to help the Admiral take care of the details on the shore, and this stall on the ship belongs to patrolling the sea and anti-smuggling, and none of us are suitable for this group, so the Admiral still has to find someone else to sit in." ”

"Talent is rare," Gao De glanced at Niu Delu and threw out the hook. "At least there is a full-time commander for patrolling the sea and anti-smuggling, but where to find a sailor commander who is both powerful and simple, and only knows loyalty and patriotism. ”

Niu Delu stared out of the porthole like a sculpture, as if he hadn't heard anything, except for a few shakes in his Adam's apple.

Gao De's move is just a temptation, if Niu Delu has a self-motivated heart or ulterior motives, and must strive to show that he will strive to win him, then he still has to observe carefully. If you don't eat such an obvious hook, it means that this guy really just wants to eat the imperial food in peace, then ...... It's really available.

The next voyage was silent all the way, and when the figure of another island surfaced on the sea, I only looked at the silhouette of the two heads high and low in the middle, like a tiger lying on the ground waiting for an opportunity, and I knew that it was Crouching Tiger Island.

The battleship slowed down quite a distance from the island, lowered its mobile sampan, and carried Gao De and the others to the island with the supplies prepared in advance. The island had only a dock for small boats, and warships could not moor.

There were already hundreds of people waiting on the dock, and the slender figure in the lead was Lu Jiumei, seeing Gao De's tearful eyes, he looked excited. Seeing that her originally fair skin was tanned red and black, and her lips were dry and peeling, you knew that she was having a hard time.

Pretending to glance at the others casually, these people were the people gathered by Lu Jiumei herself, in addition to her clansmen, there must also be people from the Absolute Soul Valley. For example, the girl in the Tsing Yi dress dressed like a servant is Li Rongniang.

"Look at you, you have to be strong," Gao De seemed to comfort her, but it was actually a loss to her, "I have to go to the island in a hurry, and I am not fully prepared, I have suffered enough in the past few days, right?"

"I ......" Lu Jiumei was so aggrieved, but she couldn't show it, who let Wang Wushu force her to grab this task. It's a pity that Wang Invincible didn't appear in the Valley of Desperate Souls in the past two days, and she didn't have anyone to find someone to vent her bitterness.

She could only swallow her tears and said respectfully: "Lord Gao is right." ”

Gao De beckoned Wang Kunlun to bring the fresh water over, and Lu Jiumei took this advance team to the island and was responsible for surveying the terrain and setting up a camp. I didn't expect to find fresh water on the island, so I had to send a report in a hurry. Although some water was brought over by gyroplane, it was only a drop in the bucket. At present, the use of warships to transport water can only alleviate the urgency of the moment.

Transporting water is a trivial matter, and the area of Wohu Island is not small, estimated to be thirty or forty square kilometers, but large ships cannot be moored. At that time, thousands of people will have to be transported to the island to build corresponding living facilities, and the materials that need to be transported are massive, and it is impossible to rely on sampans to move ants all the time like now, so the first thing is to build a deep-water dock for this island.

"The place has been found," Lu Jiumei scooped a spoonful of water and drank it to her heart's content, regardless of her unkempt appearance, unfolded the drawings she had drawn and reported to Gao De, and among the people she brought with her were craftsmen who surveyed the terrain to determine where the wharf was built.

"It's the most suitable place here, as long as it stretches out more than 200 meters into the sea, even if the tide is low, it can stop a 10,000-ton ship. ”

Lu Jiu's eyebrows pointed at the rather finely drawn map, and the remarks on it were quite delicate, which was her own handwriting. is the same as her arresting style, she must do everything herself, go all out, and she is really a capable girl.

"The slope above is suitable for building a camp, but there are still two problems," Lu Jiumei was extremely focused, "One is that such a long wharf has a lot of work and takes a long time to build. Second, there is no fresh water, not to mention gathering tens of thousands of people in the future, but it is difficult for hundreds of people to persevere, and the well must be dug out first. ”

"The matter of the dock is simple," Gao De thought about when he came, "just sink a few boats, fill the warehouse with fresh water when the ship comes, and solve the water problem temporarily by the way." ”

"Shipwreck?" Lu Jiu glared, completely unexpectedly that Gao De would open such a brain hole.

"What's the matter?" Gao De said disapprerovingly: "According to the normal progress, it will take a whole year or two to build the dock, how can we spend so much time here." As long as it can be loaded, it is not so particular. ”

Lu Jiumei echoed ignorantly, and when Gao De took the map and looked at it carefully, she secretly took the afterglow to look at Gao De, and there were strange ripples in her heart.

It's like that......

is really like Wang Wuving, they all don't care about the existing rules, and they always have an earth-shaking sense of oppression when they do things, and the people below have to work hard to catch up to keep up.

Immediately, she shook her head slightly, after all, it was not the same person. In contrast, Wang Invincible's pattern is larger and larger.

"There's a third question," Gao De frowned slightly, "the scheduled dock is several kilometers away from the teleporter, and a road must be built. Although it is only a minor issue, it is also quite time-consuming and labor-intensive. ”

"Your Excellency's words are wrong," Lu Jiumei retorted: "The teleporter may not be directly aimed at that ancient ship, if the size of the ancient ship known to the adults is fine, it can almost penetrate the entire island, so why do you have to dig down from the teleporter." ”

"Makes sense," Gao De nodded, "but I think it's bad." ”

He raised his eyes to look at Lu Jiumei, his gaze became eager, "Your preparations are so meticulous, you are the on-site supervisor of the excavation project!"

"My lord......" Lu Jiumei's body almost softened, and her face tanned after only a few days here, Gao De wants her to become a Kunlun slave?

"Don't thank me," Gao De only surprised her, "you deserve it." ”

"Thank you, Lord Xie. Lu Jiumei choked and tried not to let herself let out a sad sound, she began to regret that day when she took over the task of the empress in the Qianming Palace.

"I'll go inside the ancient ship first," the excavation work can't be carried out now, and Gao De is not in a hurry to finalize all the details, "Look for any clues that can be used for reference." ”

When Granny Yao came to the island, she had already done a preliminary survey and came to the conclusion that it was the premise for determining the excavation project. Granny Yao confirmed that the teleporters in the cave were the same as those in Zhongjing's underground, they were all short-distance teleportation, and the maximum teleportation distance was only about ten kilometers. Judging by the size of Crouching Tiger Island, it is very likely that the Black Shark is buried deep underground directly opposite the island.

With the scientific and technological level of Gaode in his previous life, drilling can be drilled to a depth of more than ten kilometers underground, but it is impossible to dig a channel that can transport personnel and materials, and even dig out a warship several kilometers long from such a deep place.

In this world, it is impossible to directly get a huge warship more than ten kilometers deep to the ground, but it is no problem to dig a passage, Gao De can use transcendental beings including Yu Linwei and even the alternate Xingtian. Teleporters can solve the problem of people coming and going, but if they are too frequent, they will be completely blind if they fail. All teleporters are ancient creations like mold machines, and no one knows when something will go wrong, and there is no way to carry materials and equipment.

Until then, the most critical task is to determine the exact location of the Black Shark.

Gao De took the plush to the teleporter cave, and Wang Kunlun and Lu Jiumei dispatched the scene to prepare for the preparations. The Chongming, anchored on the sponge in the distance, gently undulates with the waves, and seems to be unusually quiet.

"If you fire at this time, you can blow them up. ”

In the bridge, the first mate said to the chubby Niu Delu, "If you call a few of the captains of the Imperial Harbor to come and help, there will be no one alive on this isolated island." ”

"Cannons can't solve the problem," Niu Delu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Those people are the same as the people of the Fang family, even if they are blown to pieces, they can be restored to the same as before, they are not people!"

"This is muddy water," he turned to look at the others on the bridge, "we are forced to have no choice but to go this way, and if we can fool the two sides, we can fool the past." ”

"I don't think the boss wants to fool this little white-faced admiral," the sailor leaning on the rudder bit his cigar from the open sea, his posture was quite inconsistent with his identity: "The main commander, the little white-faced face has promised his chips, just wait for the leader to find time to show his loyalty." ”

"I, I'm ......" a layer of fine sweat escaped from Niu Delu's forehead, "I am the leader of my brothers after all, and everything must be done first for the well-being of my brothers, how can I only care about my own future." ”

"That's good, what I said just now was just a joke," the first mate grinned, revealing two pairs of gold-inlaid teeth, "The future of the imperial court is just a layer of skin on our body, and our wealth is beyond this layer of skin." The boss is right, now we can fool the past. But when we can't fool around, the boss should know which side of our lifeline is. ”

"Yes, yes," Niu Delu lowered his eyes and replied. Although he tried his best to hide it, the depressed look still penetrated his fat cheeks, and the helplessness was clearly written.