Chapter 211: Breaking the old and creating the new
The general content of this document drafted by the commander of the Great Goblin was to build the Second Goblin Empire to follow the pirate model, disband the large fleet that is large and difficult to move, and form a smaller fleet to attack and cruise on the sea, seek opportunities to annihilate the living force of pirates, and gradually compress the living space of the opponent until the piracy activities shrink and suffocate to death.
Considering that Modo Blackwater is one of the only remaining senior admirals, no matter how ridiculous it is, it is impossible for the military department to reject it without carefully analyzing the feasibility. Today, he personally ran to the dock to meet the commander of the big goblin after returning to the sea, and it was precisely because the military commander was hesitant that he planned to ask Modo Blackwater in person.
There's a famous saying in the old world that a bad idea sounds like a good idea until it turns out to be a bad one.
Modo Blackwater's naval reorganization plan can be attributed to casting a wide net to catch small fish, and the Goblin Navy has suffered many setbacks, but the overall strength is still steadily improving. The Goblin Navy, which had only a hundred or so second-hand wrecked ships in the beginning, has expanded to a huge scale of nearly 2,000 warships, and over time, the Goblin Navy's military strength will become stronger and stronger, until it can match the powerful opponents of the Great Powers, such as the Yaling Royal Navy and the Elven Federation Navy. Of course, the number of warships and not the quality of the navy is the question of whether it is necessary to change this established course and try a new and untested approach is a very difficult choice.
"Modo, do you think we can defeat a pirate fleet of the same size by forming a small fleet?"
Sitting on the sponge seat of the four-wheeled carriage wrapped in red velvet, the chief of the military department quietly asked the big goblin commander, looking at its dark green face as cold as an iceberg, apparently deliberately hiding the true thoughts in his heart, so that people could not see the change in feelings.
Modo Blackwater, who is a low-ranking soldier, is a more professional soldier, or it can be said that he has not put much effort into learning to read words and colors, and replied cheerfully:
"There are certain difficulties, our sailors need to be intensively trained, and the navy needs better weapons and equipment."
Hearing this, the chief of the military department touched the short beard of his chin with his fingers, and after pondering for a few minutes, he spoke:
"For the time being, two small fleets will be formed, and you will be responsible for selecting the commander and the battleship, and I don't want to see the report of defeat again."
Knowing that he was in big trouble, the big goblin commander who smiled bitterly nodded and said:
"Yes, Your Excellency, Modo promises to fulfill your commission."
Reform of the military system is not a trivial matter, and the chief of the military department cannot cover the sky with one hand; for example, a certain bigwig pats his chest and decides a major state matter; this kind of thing is too rare under the rules of a normal state, and policy decisions are often the product of compromise under the fierce game between parties with different opinions.
As the Second Goblin Empire increases its investment and support for the navy, the nature of this armed force is not as simple as before, and if you want to talk about tribal factional contradictions or something, it can actually only be regarded as an appetizer, which is more mixed with royalists and republicans, as well as the momentum of infiltrating the navy with the wind and the wallgrass faction. In the face of increasingly intricate entanglements of interests, the military chief has to be more careful to avoid stepping on mines, and God knows if a certain inconspicuous guy is a wedge that a powerful behind-the-scenes actor deliberately shoves in. Modo Blackwater's small fleet plan is undoubtedly correct purely from a military point of view, and as soon as the political factors that have never been washed away are mixed in, the unfolding of many things makes it completely impossible to see the prospects.
As one of the last remaining veteran admirals, Modo Blackwater has dealt with the Royal Navy, the Elven Federation Navy, and a variety of pirate fleets, and although he has a few excellent records of great victories, his actual combat experience is unquestionable.
I don't know what the military chief is worried about, but since he has entrusted himself with the task of forming an experimental fleet, Modo Blackwater will naturally devote himself to getting things done. After a half-month tactical exercise, the two small fleets went out to the open sea to look for enemy fighters.
For the pirates adrift in the Aether Sea, the Second Goblin Empire is simply a legendary monster Hydra, which is large and slow and clumsy, but is born with a pair of highly poisonous teeth, and a bite from it is enough to kill, and the most terrible thing is that this monster has been cut off by someone, and soon it can grow another one, so although the pirates despise the various clumsy expressions of the Jing Navy, they are inevitably deeply afraid of their huge war potential, Opponents with endless recovery abilities are the most headaches
As the depth of the water changes, the color of the waters gradually changes from blue to delicate light green like new shoots, and the seaweed farms are thriving under the blazing sun of Wake Reef, but the dozens of boats and boats of all sizes that are busy on the surface today are not here to harvest these luxuriant algae.
"Will, this is the last one, we have registered, and all the wrecks that can be salvaged are out of the water."
Amid the noisy and noisy sound of labor horns around her, Vina Dubov reached out and pushed her white straw hat to report to Luo Zhengdao, who was lying on the side of the ship looking down at the construction site. Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao straightened up and said:
"Well, it's not cheap to hire so many Shahua fish people to work, but fortunately, it's worth the money, thanks to the good location of the goblin battleship, salvage is really a time-consuming and laborious hard work."
The relative scarcity of metal resources in the New World does not mean that the ore reserves are insufficient, but that the mining and smelting of metals are not up to par, and the production of the new world is low. Just like the expensive titanium products that were widely known in the old world, the abundant resources contained in theory and the abundant resources available in reality sound similar to the meaning, but in reality they are not the same thing at all. This also leads to a number of follow-up problems, such as the lack of metal materials available, the lack of cheap metal welding technology, the absence of deep submersibles capable of underwater navigation, and the lack of a sonar system that can be painfully opened. If the previous necessary conditions are lacking, not to mention that Luo Zhengdao will definitely not be able to build such a high-tech thing as a submarine, even if it is barely built, it is difficult to say how clumsy the performance will be, and it is estimated that it is likely to become an expensive furnishing!
A light device like a diving suit can dive no more than 100 meters at most, and if it goes deeper, it will be suicide, and if you don't go into the water to explore the wreck, you can't determine the exact location, and fix the rope to prepare for lifting, and you can't catch a goblin warship sunk in deep water with a pontoon in hand.
Fortunately, the New World is a place where magic is popular, and if science can't solve problems, magic may not work. However, the price factor is another obstacle, and it is obviously much more affordable to hire a Sawa Fishman to do the same kind of work than the expense of hiring a mage with underwater breathing spells to make a special trip, which is definitely not saved.
Race relations in the New World are extremely complex, and there are not many cases of harmony between different races, but it is not uncommon for swords to meet, and long-term hostile relations have further deteriorated race relations, which is a vicious circle.
The semi-civilized intelligent race like the Sawa Fishmen who strive to be in the upper reaches is really embarrassed in the reality of the New World, and they can hardly even obtain the status of second-class citizens. Yaling and elves have always been above the top, although they feel that human beings are much inferior to them, but they also have a glorious history of thousands of years of hegemony in the human dynasties, and they can still maintain a polite greeting on face when they meet, and the grass platform team regime like the Shahua Fishman Kingdom wants to take the initiative to make friends with the powers, and the other party is too lazy to raise his eyelids to take a look.
Luo Zhengdao, whose soul traveled through the new world, didn't get the memory of Will Needham, and his way of thinking was still stuck in the logic of the old world pragmatism, ideology or something, can that thing be eaten? Because of this, Luo Zhengdao doesn't care whether the Sawa Fishman is an inferior race, anyway, the one who accepts the money and is willing to work hard is a good fellow, except for the safety considerations that do not allow the Sawa Fishman to settle near Wake Reef, short-term stay and trade are all unrestricted. This is also out of the self-confidence of the traverser, Luo Zhengdao does not think that with the brain power of the Shahua fish man, he can design any advanced conspiracies and tricks to fool him, and the strong side certainly has the margin to maintain a tolerant attitude.
Of course, the Sawa Fishman is very envious of the status of human beings who can sit down and talk with Yaling and elves, and Akuru IV, who has seen the world, is also self-aware, and Sawa Fishman has no capital to hope that the great powers will put down their bodies and accommodate themselves.
The aristocracy in exile who was honored by the great powers was looked down upon because they had enough use value. Now that he can find some technology and materials urgently needed by the Fishman Kingdom from Wake Reef, Akuru IV is already satisfied, he knows very well that it is unrealistic to ask for too many things, and the cooperation with Luo Zhengdao has always maintained a good attitude.
Unspeakably, the attack of the goblin fleet has really delayed a lot of things, the fishing boats cannot go to sea, the seaweed farms and fishing industry losses are not small, the backlog of products in the paper workshops is also piled up in the warehouse, and the trade in salt trafficking with other pirate gangs has been interrupted for several days. If it weren't for the newly opened distillation tower, which processed crude oil day and night, and finally sold a part of the refined oil as a special product in wooden barrels, whether it was used as a daily necessities to light fires, or used as arsonist props, it was very suitable. The profit of this new business is considerable, and the financial deficit that can only be entered but not can be wiped out is impossible, and it is estimated that this will be so financially strained that Luo Zhengdao even has the heart to hang himself.
Striding from the stern, Zola Hegel could not hide his excitement and exclaimed:
"Haha, the greenskins have left so many cannons, they have finally done a good thing. Your Excellency, do you think the third ironclad ship is ready to start? ”
Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao tilted his head and looked at the boatswain, and said slowly:
"Zola, what are you anxious about? We're all going to reload the ironclads, and now it's the mess I left behind when I left, did those bastards get the news? ”
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