Chapter 370: Preparing for the Battle of the Twin Seas
"What the hell is that?"
"Let me see?"
On a ship bound for Kurast, the two men on the watchtower shouted as they saw a sail suddenly appear on the distant sea. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
There were seven other ships of the same size around the ship, and they were also equipped with corresponding weapons, but these weapons were not guns, but catapults, large crossbows, and the like, and there was no doubt that these ships did not belong to the Huls Federation Navy, they came from Kegistan, and all of them were adventurers who went to Kurast to 'pan for gold'.
In the face of the treasures everywhere, countless people who could not survive in Kaijistan began to gather in twos and threes, and more and more such people, and finally I don't know who proposed to pay for a large sea ship to come out together, yearning for that distant, but rich Kurast.
However, when this group of people set out, some of them had already set off, and then they were constantly attacked by these rogue bastards from Kegistan on the coastline of the Huls Federation, and Kurast was not attacked because of the protection of warships, and the port of Rugoin, which was also located on the shore, was attacked by these guys.
Fortunately, there were a few shore defense guns on the port of Lugoin, so that those guys did not land smoothly, although the defense corps in Lugoin could completely destroy these guys, but if they were landed, there would be some losses, which was not to be seen.
Because many places have been attacked to varying degrees, and this weakness comes from the lack of naval strength, and the proposal from Ray and others has not received a moment of attention, although Speaker Moses strongly supports this proposal, but two-thirds of the councillors think that this is unfounded, they have never perceived that the threat will come from the sea, in their eyes the threat is only those fallen demons that may appear everywhere at any time, and the demons that invade from the border.
But now, the enemies of the Hulse Federation, strictly speaking, the human race here have a new enemy, that is, those powerful humans in the distant Kaijistan, these people command to satisfy their own desires, and never care about the life or death of others, such a guy will be a disaster if he enters the Hulse Federation.
In this attack, some of the guys from the sea attacked a councilor's newly built territory, because it was close to the sea and rich in sea salt, and salt was a very violent industry here, not only for daily cooking, but also for some alchemists.
After the devastating blow to the family's pillar industry, the MP immediately became a staunch supporter of the development of the navy, and spared no effort in parliament to support the passage of the navy bill.
However, there are still many councillors whose industries are not located near the coast and have no awareness of the threat from the sea, and these hospitals believe that the development of the navy is not worth the cost, and it is better to increase the armament of various places to deal with possible monster attacks.
For a while, in the council hall, the members of the Huls Federation were arguing about this naval development proposal, and Selina, as the representative of the Hall of Stars, sat in her place without saying a word, enjoying the farce below.
Before Serena came, she thought that her master Chen Chen had asked for advice on how to deal with some situations, Chen Chen had long expected that such a thing would happen, so he asked Selina not to get involved, but Chen Chen also knew that in the end, these councilors could not argue with a result, and it was very likely that they would ask questions on behalf of Selina who was sitting there in the Star Hall at the end, so Chen Chen made a map, and what was marked on this map was that after the coastal defense line was breached, the coastline of the Hulse Federation would be attacked by the sea, At the same time, it will also use the captured coast as a springboard to launch attacks inland, at least within a range of nearly 100 kilometers from the coast.
Chen Chen asked Selina to take out this map when she was questioned by the councillors, but don't say anything about it, if these councillors still have a sense of distress, they can naturally understand the seriousness of the situation on the map, if they can't see that the Star Hall will not intervene at this time, as the highest force agency of the Huls Federation, Chen Chen no longer intends to let the power of the Star Hall interfere in the affairs of the Federation at will, of course, when life and death are at stake, the Star Hall will definitely use the power of thunder to calm the crisis.
"Miss Selina, I don't know what kind of attitude Lord Chen Chen has towards these things," a councillor asked Selina who was sitting there watching the show without surprise.
Selina smiled slightly and said, "Please don't care about my existence, my master has already expressed his position before, and our Star Hall will not interfere in the affairs of the Federation until the last resort..."
"But the proposal for the development of the Navy came from the Hall of Stars," another councillor said.
Selina said: "That's right, it's from the Hall of Stars, but the zombie star point is just the last suggestion for federal affairs, and we won't be dictating to federal affairs after that." ”
"But, Miss Serena..."
"Stop..."Selina didn't wait for the councilor to finish speaking, she directly waved her hand to interrupt, and said, "You can decide this matter yourself, but my master asked me to bring something for everyone before I came," said Selina took out the map from her Sumeru ring, and then asked the two female disciples of the Star Hall behind her to hang it on the curtain plate below.
"This is..."
When these councillors saw this map, they were all stunned by the information presented on it, and looking at the distribution of the situation of friend and foe on the map, all the councillors, especially those whose family residences and industries were within a radius of nearly 100 kilometers from the coast, broke out in a cold sweat.
"Miss Serena, is this really going to happen?" A lawmaker asked cautiously.
Selina pouted and said, "I don't know if it will happen, but my master has a saying that 'there are a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no thousand days to prevent thieves', and there is always a mistake in Baimi, so what..."
After seeing this map, Empress Doria and King Alva thought that if there was indeed a strong navy, then any point on the opponent's long coastline would become the opposite of a naval attack, and the situation between friend and foe immediately changed completely.
After looking at this map, the opposition in the meeting suddenly disappeared, after all, those legislators whose families were in the interior were in the minority, and they would not risk offending the majority of the legislators to veto proposals that were obviously beneficial, so after three months of bickering, the Navy bill was finally passed in a while.
However, the government and military represented by Empress Doria began to argue with the parliament on the increase in the number of ships, and finally after nearly two weeks of coordination and compromise, the final number of naval fleets was determined.
The construction of the navy was divided into three phases, the first of which was to form a coastal defense fleet with ten warships currently in existence, which was used to protect the long coast before the coastal fleet was formed.
The second part is to build warships, based on the existing warships, to further upgrade these warships from the manufacturing materials, firepower, defense and power, and to transform the materials used from wood and metal and grease to all made of metal, Chen Chen knows that there can be a structure called a watertight cabin in the construction of warships in the previous life, with this structure can ensure that the steel battleship can easily float on the water and become a super overlord on the water, Chen Chen remembers the drawings of the steel battleship in the previous life, After drawing it from memory, it was handed over to the craftsmen in charge of construction, and these craftsmen were very shocked when they saw Chen Chen's drawings, they never thought that steel could still float on the water.
The hull is solved, and Chen Chen also provides a new drive circle in terms of power, there is no so-called engine in this world, although Chen Chen knows the principle, but it is really unnecessary, and there is no fossil energy that can be used as fuel, but the drive circle can provide continuous and powerful power to the battleship, according to Chen Chen's conservative estimate, if these warships are built, each of them is about 10,000 tons, and the speed of these warships will be more than thirty knots, and the so-called 'battleships' will be thrown out of the current I don't know how many streets.
In terms of firepower, all the technologies used by these battleships are the magic cannons produced by the stars, and there are two kinds of cannonballs, one is gunpowder cannonballs, and the other is more powerful magic cannonballs, and the caliber of these cannons is also unified, the caliber of the main guns of the first-class battleships is more than 200 mm, and the secondary guns are 155 mm.
The main guns of the second class battleships are all 155 mm caliber, and the secondary guns are 105 mm, and so on, the smallest frigate will also be equipped with a 75 mm caliber main gun, of course, this small and medium-sized frigate is used as the main force of patrol.
Because everything is inseparable from magic and magic circles, there is no problem at all in creating a triple main cannon, and the Star Hall has already taken out samples of various calibers, when Chen Chen was considering building a navy, he asked Keith to lead people to start researching the manufacture of battleship main guns, and with the existence of the cheating device of the Tower of Time and Space, when the outside world saw that the time was very short, he took out sample cannons of various calibers, and they were all forty-five times the length of the body tube, and the maximum range exceeded 10,000 meters.
When the drawings of these warships were placed on Empress Doria's table, Doria was shocked to read them and only said to her daughter Miria, "If these warships are built, our navy will dominate the seas..."
Of course, the cost of such a battleship is also expensive, the cost of each first-class battleship is tens of millions of gold coins, of course, the high cost also brings excellent performance, I didn't expect the first battle after the first first-class battleship was built, and the result of the battle surprised everyone.
Even if the Hulse Federation has money, it is not directly built thousands of such first-class warships to fill the entire ocean, the first batch of first-class warships are built in the four-plus-four model, and the second-level warships are built in the ten-plus-ten model, and the third-class warships and frigates, as well as some auxiliary ships, are handed over to some civilian shipyards to build, but the construction standards are strictly controlled.
When the construction of these warships began, in order to train a large number of workers, the shipyards began to recruit a large number of civilians, so that some civilians living below the poverty line immediately had a livelihood, and because the construction of warships would also involve a lot of industries, so that the money allocated by the federal government of Huls immediately injected vitality into the related industries, and the coastal shipyard area soon prospered.
The battleship began to lay the keel in the dock, but after all, it could not quickly form a combat force to defend the coastal defense, and the coastal battery became an indispensable means of defense at this time, which is also the third part to do, build the battery in the key parts of the coast, and install the guns that need to be tested where to test, and the data obtained will become the basis for the improvement of the artillery.
Of course, there must be someone to control the warship, so in Chen Chen's meeting, the military academy of the Huls Federation was officially established, and the military academy officially distinguished the army and the navy, but no one rushed to serve as the dean of the military academy, and finally in Moses Speaker' Invite' Chen Chen also had to be the dean of the first military academy, but this is also a well-deserved thing, after all, the military system of the Hulse Federation is basically inherited from the army of the original star leader, although they have been adjusted, but the core things have not changed.
From the moment Chen Chen became the dean, Chen Chen transferred some veterans and outstanding officers from the army to serve as temporary instructors, and several of Chen Chen's own apprentices also came over from time to time to play the role of some instructors, after all, they were taught by Chen Chen himself.
Just when the neighboring countries of Hulls were in full swing to strengthen their coastal defenses, those guys in Kegistan had already begun to prepare for the plan of the southern invasion, because the people who had gone out before had not returned, so these guys were very unsure, so they would postpone the time of departure, although they did not know that those guys were wiped out when they dared to land, but for the sight of the wealth of Kurast and the Hulse Federation that circulated there made their hearts continue to eat away at their reason, There will come a moment when greed will triumph over reason, and a battle that will break out in the Twin Seas will be inevitable...