Chapter 282: The Fleet Begins to Grow
Sandy had every need to be suspicious, because a million gold coins was enough to scare a lot of people to death.
Even Brigadier General Norrington may not be able to come up with such a large amount of money at once......
Feng Yi smiled indifferently, reached into his arms with his left hand to make a touching motion, and then handed the silver ticket he took out and the previous synthesis pile into Sandy's hand.
"Deal!"
Looking at the thick silver tickets shining with gold edges, Sandy couldn't help but shudder.
Sky! One million gold coins! It was the first time in his life that he had seen so many gold coins!
And what's more, at least a third of these coins will go into your pocket!
"I need to prepare all these ships within an hour, including the modification of the ship's name, the placement of guns and ammunition, etc."
Feng Yi glanced at Sandy's greedy look, and there was a trace of disdain on the corner of his mouth.
How can your own money be so easy to earn? Sooner or later, the whole of Port Royal will be in his pocket!
In fact, Feng Yi has always had a simple concept of numbers about money, he is not calculating, and he is not a miser.
In his opinion, money is to be spent, and as long as it can create corresponding value, then he will not be stingy.
Sandy gritted his teeth and nodded, "Yes!" I will immediately have most of the shipwrights and slaves gathered and fulfill your request within an hour! ”
Port Royal isn't actually a very good port, but its long coastline is suitable for building a huge dock system, which is why it has the status it has today.
The waves crashed against the cliff face, and the other piers of Port Royal were silent, but Pier 1 was brightly lit and full of people.
Countless figures were busy with the sound of whips, shouts, and urgings, and in the dim light before dawn, some huge shadows were lying around the bridge.
Those shadows were none other than Feng Yi's fleet that was about to take shape, and in the faint light, there was a fiery red light flickering on both sides of the ship's side and on the flag symbolizing power on the highest mast.
If you look closely, it's a bizarre and somewhat frightening pattern.
On the outside, a circle of blood-red edges resembling clusters of flames swirled, and inside was a ghost face pattern that was almost identical to Feng Yi's hideous mask.
The whole pattern can be seen from a distance even in the dim sky under the action of the fire powder.
The ship will be set up in no time, and the next step will be the selection and assignment of the crew.
At this moment, many people had gathered one after another, but Feng Yi didn't pay much attention to it;
The standards have been explained, and the specific ones naturally have Ian's people to prepare.
What Feng Yi was really interested in at this time was the construction principles of those crystal cannons and crystal guns, or more precisely, the construction principles of those crystal cannons and crystal guns, as well as the raw materials for ammunition.
Walking to the sixth-rank battleship, stroking the sword marks on the gangway, the corners of Feng Yi's mouth couldn't help but hook up a satisfied smile.
It was true that this battleship had weathered the storm, but only a ship that was thoroughly accustomed to the violent temper of the Caribbean Sea could use its strongest strength, and could be as nimble as a swimming fish.
Picking up a crystal gun from the side and examining it carefully, it was found to be very similar in appearance to the original smoothbore gun, but its construction was somewhat shocking.
The whole gun does not have the slightest gap, the whole is an all-in-one machine;
There is also no lighter, and the facilities resembling hammers and firing pins are all of a bronze-colored crystalline unknown material.
This made Feng Yi very depressed, and he couldn't figure out where the ammunition was stuffed in, could it be that it was stuffed into the barrel from the front muzzle like a breech gun?
At this time, Ian walked briskly to the battleship from a distance with a booklet.
Before Ian could speak, Feng Yi asked suspiciously, "Ian, where did the ammunition for this crystal gun come from?" ”
Ian couldn't help but be stunned, he really didn't expect Hades to ask such a question......
Although he couldn't laugh or cry, Ian quickly replied:
"Hades, the crystal bullet is stuffed through the muzzle of the gun, and the gunner usually needs to use the hook to fix it to the firing groove deep in the barrel;
However, if a gunner is skillful, quick enough, and experienced enough, he can complete the reloading process without the assistance of a hook. ”
Feng Yi sighed lightly and nodded thoughtfully, it seemed to be similar to what he thought.
However, such a constraint is in line with the fairness of the game, otherwise a large number of gunner troops who do not need much strength to operate crystal guns appear on the battlefield, and the rate of fire of the guns is still very fast, it will be a disaster for the enemy at all.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not good to judge which is stronger or weaker than the crossbowman and the gunner, and it can only be said that each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
There is no limit to the strength of a gunner, and if an archer is at the fourth rank or above, the range of the arrows he can shoot is not much different from that of a crystal gun.
Moreover, the archer's rate of fire is five or six times that of the crystal gunner, and with this advantage, the gunner has almost no room to play.
As for the archers of the fifth order and above, except for those who are proficient in the use of crystal guns, the rest of them can only be severely suppressed.
However, with a sharp weapon like a crystal cannon, the crystal clan can recover some disadvantages slightly.
Feng Yi thought as he came to the back of a crystal cannon......
This sixth-class battleship has three floors, and there should be a total of more than eighty crystal cannons on it, in addition to that, there are eight large hunting crossbows.
The length of the hunting crossbow was even longer than that of the crystal cannon, and the arrows on it were nearly three meters long, as thick as an adult's arm, and it was a necessary weapon to hunt and kill the large beasts of the sea.
Compared to the large hunting crossbows, which can flexibly adjust the firing direction, the crystal cannon is undoubtedly extremely clumsy in this regard.
These crystal cannons are similar in appearance to front-loading smoothbore guns, but they are shorter, only about one meter and a half;
On the upper deck and on the middle deck, crystal cannons are fixed to the deck, and the muzzles protrude from the battlements or square muzzles of the side chord female walls.
After observation and Ian's description, Feng Yi learned that this crystal cannon was similar to a crystal gun, and its firing principle was driven and maintained by mysterious crystal energy, and it had nothing to do with firearms at all.
And Ian also solved Feng Yi's long-standing confusion at the same time.
It turns out that the casting of crystal cannons, crystal guns, and the production of ammunition all require something called spar;
The difference is that crystal cannons and crystal guns require the condensation of other minerals in addition to the addition of spars;
Ammunition, on the other hand, is made entirely of hedrons.
The spar was crystal white, and it contained strange and extraordinary energy, which was mined from the crystal ore.
It's just that crystal ore is very rare, so every time a new crystal ore is discovered, it will cause a devastating war;
And the battles that have arisen around the discovered crystal ore are also innumerable, after all, the strategic significance of a crystal ore is too great;
Even if it's just a crystal mine with very small reserves, it is worth a lot of forces.
Feng Yi had never heard of this crystal mine when he was in Shenzhou, and he rarely visited the official website forum, so he didn't know anything about it.
However, according to Feng Yi's guess, the appearance of this crystal ore should be something made by the system in order to maintain balance;
After all, the Shenzhou army is extremely powerful, and some other countries or dynasties also have strong armies;
But there are still many forces that are not very good at hand-to-hand combat, and they rely on historical firearms.
In order to compensate for this shortcoming, it is understandable that the system will come up with a substitute.
And the reason why no firearms were made should be due to the fairness of the game.
After all, there are countless victories in various military technologies in the real world, and if primitive firearms can exist, then there is no reason why the thermal weapons behind them will not appear.
Technical control is a group of crazy people who have no scruples, as long as they can do it, then they will not think about the consequences;
When the time comes, semi-automatic rifles, grenades, repeating guns, and even airplanes and modern ships may be able to be pulled out by them.
That kind of scene makes people shudder when they think about it, just like during the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Coalition in history, the soldiers and righteous soldiers died with their flesh and blood with a sense of courage......
Although the aborigines are strong, how can they resist the ravages of planes and tanks, except for the toughest people?
This is probably the reason why the system stipulates that there will be no thermal weapons, right?
"Hades, it's all counted.
This Ghost Voyage is 116 meters long and 18 meters wide, and can accommodate 1,200 crew members, with a maximum capacity of more than 4,000 people;
There are a total of 88 crystal cannons, of which 52 are distributed on the upper deck and 36 are distributed on the middle deck.
Everywhere is in good condition and there are no hidden concerns.
In addition, the Left Guard, the Right Guard, and fifteen other ships are in good overall condition, and can go to sea at any time as long as the supplies are procured and the crew is in place.
The entire fleet needs a full crew of 8,000 people, and can accommodate more than 20,000 people at most.
As for the overall firepower of the fleet, the eighteen warships had a total of 406 crystal cannons and 60 hunting crossbows.
At this time, the ammunition and crossbow arrows have been transported, and with the 10,000 gunner troops that are about to be armed with 10,000 crystal guns, the combat power of our fleet is enough to shake an ordinary medium-sized pirate fleet! ”
Ian's voice was slightly excited and trilling, and his eyes were endlessly hot.
Such a fleet was something he never dared to imagine.
The entire fleet starts with sixth-class warships, and the last is also fourth-class warships, how can such a composition not be called an elite fleet?
And the more than 400 crystal cannons are even more terrifying, which is a weapon that a medium-sized pirate fleet may not have......
Although he didn't know what Hades' goal was, Ian was confident and fearless at the moment, even if it was attacking the cruising fleet of the British Royal Navy......
"Excellent! It's getting dark, assign people to complete the supply procurement as soon as possible, and when the personnel are in place, you will be ready to go to sea! ”
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