Chapter 291. The invincible galleon of Galen!!
As soon as he learned that more than 20 sails were approaching the island, Chopin could not care about holding a banquet, and rushed to the coast with his soldiers as soon as possible.
Ten imposing ocean-going warships, eight smaller transport ships, and six modified armed merchant ships, this is the formidable lineup that Chopin and his team will face.
Standing on the coast, looking at the army of battleships in front of him, Chopin had a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth, and said lightly: "In order to deal with us, Fordes has really invested a lot of money."
A full twenty-four warships, even if the sails in the rear that were not regular enough in the Endless Sea were removed, but those ten ocean-going warships were the absolute main force of the large-scale naval battles on the Endless Sea.
Such a fleet, even if Forders wants to take it out after controlling the entire "Tianxin" Kingdom, it is by no means so simple.
Chopin never imagined that this great enemy, who had only heard of him and could not see anyone, would send such a fleet against him.
"Your Majesty, with the few warships we currently have, if we want to deal with the current situation, I'm afraid it's not so easy."
Unlike Chopin's relaxed appearance, Twill, a famous admiral in French history, had a surprisingly solemn face at this time, staring at the rapidly approaching fleet on the sea, and at the same time, his brain involuntarily ran rapidly, considering all the measures that could be dealt with and possible changes.
However, no matter how much he deduced, the conclusion he came to was quite bad, after all, no matter how subtle and proper his command was, he could not use one battleship as ten warships after all, but at the moment the French Imperial Navy could use only a handful of warships, even if there was such a powerful weapon as artillery that surpassed this era, in such a situation, it was difficult to make a difference.
The power of artillery is certainly amazing, but such a warship with a typical medieval style in front of you should not be underestimated, after all, it is far from as simple as you want to directly use artillery to sink the sails at sea.
Even in the eighteenth century, in the famous naval battles, the number of battleships sunk by artillery was only a handful, and most of the battleships were severely damaged after being attacked by heavy artillery fire, and then forced to stop by enemy ships.
Therefore, in Twill's view, the current situation can be described as quite unoptimistic.
After all, once these warships were approached and engaged in a continuous battle, then no matter how brave the Imperial Navy under his command was, in the face of such a situation, I am afraid that it would be more than lucky.
It seemed to see the worry in Twill's heart, but Chopin smiled and said, "Don't worry, this time, they are killing themselves."
Seeing the puzzled expression on Twill's face, Chopin didn't say more, and then saw him stretch out his right hand, and where he was, a battleship phantom formed by the convergence of many golden points of light was quietly dormant.
"It'sā"
Looking at the battleship model constructed by countless points of light in Chopin's hand, Twill was also obviously stunned for a moment, and then did not give the other party too much time to be surprised, with Chopin's mind moving, the scorching brilliance overflowed in all directions, and in the rippling golden ripples, a giant battleship also landed firmly on the sea.
The giant battleship was constantly shaking with the fluctuations of the waves, and the snow-white sails were already hanging high, and at this time, under the continuous blowing of the sea breeze, they began to vibrate at a high speed at a certain tiny frequency.
Thousands of tons of behemoths were pressed down abruptly, and even though seawater was a good buffer medium, it could not completely offset this huge impact for a while.
Bursts of waves kept stirring, setting off one white practice after another, like a crazy beast, releasing the wildness and unrestrainedness in their hearts.
And the Galen sailboat, which was once invincible in the era of sails and even more buggy in the game of Imperial War, has finally arrived.
This lion, who showed his majesty in the sailing era of the previous life, will eventually bloom more brilliantly in this other world.
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When he saw the drifting island in the distance, Jeffrey was so excited that he could imagine how excited.
With the order of Fordes, in order to hunt down Chopin, he began a months-long sea drift.
However, after such a long time, he still did not find any trace of the other party, which made Jeffrey fall into despair for a while, and the captains of more than a dozen warships under his command who had been forcibly arranged to this pursuit before also began to express strong dissatisfaction, and they all wanted to leave.
From the very beginning, these warships and crews who were forcibly arranged were very dissatisfied, but because of Fordes's current prestige in the West Sea, there was no change.
However, in the past few months, and the area they are in is getting farther and farther away from the control of the "Heavenly Heart" Kingdom, these guys' minds will inevitably become active, and they will begin to oppose him openly and secretly one by one.
In fact, Jeffrey was willing to continue the search like this, he was tired of such days, but there was no way, when he thought of the nightmarish scene he had seen that day, he did not dare to think about it at all.
His intuition told him that if he fled like this now, no matter where he fled, it would not take long for him to be captured by Fordes, and the subsequent torture would be a hundred times more terrible than death.
And after making up his mind to continue the pursuit, the captains of the dozen or so battleships that were completely out of his control and deliberately opposed him naturally became a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.
So against these guys, Jeffrey directly launched a bloody purge.
It is also for this reason that in the following time, the captains of the remaining battleships who survived by luck saw him as if they had met the devil, and they were always submissive, and they didn't even dare to breathe.
It's not that these guys don't want to run, but the henchmen who originally belonged to them were completely disrupted at this time, mixing with the sailors of the rest of the warships, and on each battleship, Geoffrey also arranged a nightmare existence - the Knights of Judgment!
With the existence of these creatures who do not know pain, are fearless of death, and only obey orders, no one dares to make any moves, especially after the body of a guy who has no memory and wants to escape is torn apart by a knight of judgment, and no one dares to challenge his patience.
However, even though he really controlled the entire fleet, Geoffrey's mood was still not good, because he still could not find the existence of Chopin and his party.
But this time, the other party couldn't escape his palm no matter what, Jeffrey thought to himself.
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In those days of almost fantastic sailing, the strength of Galen's sailing was unquestionable.
As a modified version of the Caravel and Carrick galleons, the Galen was originally built for ocean voyages.
The lowered bow and the extended hull gave the galen unprecedented stability on the surface. Its unique construction reduces the wind resistance on the port side, allowing for increased sailing speed and ease of steering.
Compared to the Caravel sailboats of the past, the Galen sailing yacht was more slender and narrow, and its square stern tower replaced the traditional curved stern, making it more suitable for ocean sailing. And its weight is also what makes it unique.
In addition, the Galen sail has a very strong hull, making it suitable for many different aspects of ocean exploration, ocean trade and naval warfare.
The era when the Galen galleon was built coincided with the Age of Discovery, when Western European countries were vying to establish maritime power. Therefore, the advent of the galleon also had a certain impact on the development of the situation in Europe.
As a dream warship of the Age of Sail, Galen galleons were mostly equipped with three to five masts, and most of the others were equipped with crosssails as sails, except for the last mast, which used a spinnaker.
The versatile galleons can be easily converted into commercial and military sailboats, but they are more used in military applications than for ocean trade.
In the 16th century, Spain's armada consisted mainly of galleons. However, John Hawkins of England defeated the Spanish Armada.
Even the majestic "Karak" type sailing ships of the Invincible Armada were defeated in naval battles by the British fleet of smaller tonnage "Galen-type" sailing warships because of their poor maneuverability. This naval battle marked the decline of Spain's maritime supremacy and the rise of the British Empire.
However, until the beginning of the 18th century, Europeans continued to use Galen sailing ships as sailing vessels. However, with the advancement of science and technology, many new ships such as steamships were introduced, and the Galen sailing ship was gradually abandoned, and finally withdrew from the sailing stage.
In the game "Imperial War", the Galen sailing ship is perverted and completely unreasonable, even if it is a so-called third-class battleship, it is afraid that it will be more than auspicious to bombard with the Galen sailing ship, and the large-caliber artillery salvo of four rounds can even directly blow up the third-class ship.
However, the Galen sailing ship that Chopin summoned at this time was different from the Galen sailing ship in history, and after the system was upgraded, the Galen sailing ship that was selected as the flagship also changed greatly.
Originally, the length of the Gaia sailboat extracted by Chopin was less than 50 meters, the draft was about 7 meters, and the displacement was more than 1,000 tons, but after becoming the "flagship", the length of the Galen sailing ship was close to the 60-meter mark, the draft had reached about 9 meters, and the displacement was a terrifying 2,500 tons, but its sailing speed was not greatly reduced because of this, and it still had a very good sailing speed of 8 knots.
The original 120 sailors on board the ship had now become 200, and all of them were extremely experienced sailors.
As for the 48 24-pounder guns originally carried on the two decks, they have now become three decks, with 72 24-pounder guns.
The original firepower of the galleon was quite impressive, and at this time, as the "flagship", it has been further improved, and anyone who is against it will feel in the battle what real despair is!
In addition, after becoming the "flagship", the "Gaia Sailing" also has two special abilities, the first is "Riding the Waves", after activating the special effect of "Riding the Waves", the sailing speed of the "Galen Sailing" will be accelerated by three percent, and as for the duration, it will reach an astonishing half an hour.
The second is the "Breaking Army", after starting the "Breaking Army", the range of all shells fired from the "Galen Galleon" will be increased by half, the power will be doubled, and the duration will be five minutes.
These two special abilities, to a certain extent, are the abilities given to the "flagship" by systematically borrowing from the forces of this world.
And as a flagship, the Galen sailboat can be continuously improved.
Such a giant warship is completely a fortress of war on the sea.
And when Twill saw the galleon in front of him, the whole person seemed to see a golden treasure, and the blazing light in his eyes made Chopin startled.
As a former admiral of the French Empire, if it had been before, Twill would not have become so excited by seeing a mere Galen galleon, as for the reason...... It was actually the French Imperial Navy that Chopin now controlled...... It's terrible.
Not to mention the first and second class battleships used to support the scene, there was not even a decent battleship, only a lone brig sailing ship, plus a few heavy Canadian battleships.
In the fierce battle with the navy led by Roman a few months ago, if he hadn't made a desperate gamble and concentrated a large number of artillery bombardments, it would have been absolutely impossible to defeat the other side.
However, such results are difficult to replicate after all.
However, with such a big killer, Twill's confidence suddenly doubled, and the firepower of the seventy-two 24-pounder guns on the galleon Galen alone was now doubled by the combined firepower of all the warships under Twill's control.
Although there is still an obvious disadvantage in numbers, as long as the galleons are protected from the opposing warships, and the artillery fire carried on the galleons is allowed to vent to the fullest, there will be no suspense about this collision at sea.
It's just how to ensure that the firepower of Galen's galleons is pouring and not letting the opposing warships approach, but we have to carefully evaluate one side.
However, before Twell could think of the next way of engagement, he saw His Majesty's palm stretched out again, and then in his stunned expression, five heavy Canadian warships, like the most loyal guards, appeared next to the "galleon".
At this time, Twill could only silently mourn for the approaching warships and navy in the distance, because even he could not see any possibility of victory for the other party......
ps: Thanks to "Rym" for the 100 coins, thanks to the "Poor Lonely" for the 500 coins.
Well, after writing for so long, Galen finally appeared.