Because those warships are all first-class warships that once crisscrossed the sea.

Combining strong strength and high cost, the first-class ship is the giant of battleships, the flagship and absolute core of the fleet!

However, although the combat effectiveness of the first-class ship is unmatched, as a navigation tool, its performance is quite unsatisfactory.

Slow speed, sluggish steering, and poor maneuverability are largely due to the fact that the massive thickened hull and the combined weight of 100 guns have left the first class ship with too deep a draft.

However, this is not all about the disadvantage, the thickened oak hull makes it extremely difficult for the first class to sink and hold up longer in artillery battles; The three-tier gun deck carries more than 100 18-pounder, 24-pounder, and even 32-pounder shipboard cannons capable of delivering devastating broadside salvos to wipe out any invading enemy.

In reality, maneuverability is not the real lifeline of a first-class ship. The fatal flaw of the first class ship is its staggeringly high price. The cost of building and maintaining such a behemoth, plus the casting of more than 100 guns, is already astronomical; If a first-class ship goes to sea and has to pay supplies and salaries for seven or eight hundred seamen, gunners and sailors on board, this is simply burning money!

Therefore, in that era, only a few of the richest countries in England and Spain could afford to raise these old ships, and only a few of them.

As a result, the First Class ships never went overseas to perform trivial tasks such as protecting merchant ships, clearing pirates, maintaining law and order, and they were born to fight big battles.

However, after just a few glances at the rest of the first-class battleships, his attention was all focused on the first-class battleship at the top

In the era of sail warships, there was a "super battleship" that well interpreted what it means to "have more guns is justice!" ”

It is the Spanish "Holy Trinity" super-first sail battleship with the largest number of guns in human history and equipped with 140 standard guns.

Although there are two super warships in the game to pay tribute to the game's designers, the largest warship in history, and the real super first-class sail battleship, is none other than the "Holy Trinity", which is also the embodiment of the pride and strong sea power of the Spanish Empire.

The opening of the Age of Discovery in the 15th century was the most glorious period of Spain, but in the 18th century, Spain was declining in successive wars with other maritime powers, and in order to reverse the situation at sea, Carlos III of Spain implemented enlightenment after his accession to the throne in 1759, and the domestic economy developed.

After more than ten years of economic development, the Spaniards felt that it was time to regain their maritime might, so the Spanish invited Irish ships to design a first-class sail warship, the requirement of which was "a large number of guns" and "made the opponent feel extremely powerful".

(During the period of sail warships, the number of guns was the main factor to measure the combat power of a battleship)

On March 3, 1769, the "Holy Trinity" was completed in the shipyard of Havana, Cuba, with an initial tonnage of nearly 5,000 tons, a length of more than 60 meters, a width of more than 16 meters, a draft of more than 8 meters, and a standard crew of 1,050 people, which was larger than the British Victory and similar French warships of the same period.

On February 14, 1797, the Nightmare of the Seas took part in the Second Battle of St. Vincent as the seat of the commander of the Spanish fleet at the time, the flagship of the Spanish fleet.

However, due to being outnumbered, the "Holy Trinity" was finally besieged by 5 74-gun battleships and 1 90-gun battleship (6 ships with a total of 460 guns) of the Royal Navy of the British Empire.

However, the splendor of God did not always shine over the legendary ship, and in the subsequent Battle of Trafalgar, the naval battle of the century, they met the legendary British Vice Admirals Nelson and Wernerve.

After more than two hours of naval battle, the Holy Trinity, unleashed a large number of shells on the Victory, and although the famous battleship was all over the ground, at the same time, almost all the other ships in its fleet were wiped out, and only the Holy Trinity remained. In this way, in the storm, it was too bulky to escape, so it began round after round of artillery bombardment with more than a dozen enemy warships.

The naval battle lasted for a long time, and each ship had varying degrees of destruction, but the "Holy Trinity" was too bulky, slow to turn, and coupled with its huge size and position, it became a target for the British ship, and the crew suffered heavy damage, moved slowly, and the ship's mast was all broken. Coupled with the long-term attrition, the sailors on the ship were unable to do their best, which made the morale of the entire battleship significantly decrease. Under the shelling of more than a dozen warships, the Holy Trinity finally chose to surrender to the Neptune.

At that time, most of the crew was killed and wounded, all the masts were blown off, almost all the guns were damaged, and finally they were sunk by a storm on the way back to England.

Although the "Holy Trinity" had such and such shortcomings, his powerful and almost unrivaled firepower really made Chopin's heart move.

And in this other world, artillery has not yet been manufactured, the means of attack at sea are nothing more than large equipment such as trebuchets and ballistas, these large instruments that are enough to dominate in the era of cold weapons are amazing, but for thermal weapons such as artillery, it is a little stretched, whether it is range, or power, the power of artillery is far stronger than the former, plus there are many warships on their side that can protect the "Holy Trinity", a super first-class battleship, so once recruited, This battleship is almost absolutely invincible in this other world.

Looking at the 3D picture that came to mind, Chopin did have a strong urge to recruit this "Holy Trinity", but the conditions required to recruit this legendary battleship made Chopin sigh a little.

Eventually, he turned his attention to the page of recruiting artillery.

In the battle with Colderson, although Chopin won the victory with an absolute advantage, whether it was the "trial knights" who were ambushed or the "nightmare ghost" that appeared at the end, Chopin was more or less worried in his heart, and his vigilance against Forderson also went up to a new level.

And at the last moment of the confrontation, the "nightmare ghost" was even more stubborn against the fire of dozens of artillery guns, and the soldiers next to Chopin rushed forward, but there was no enemy of the other side at all.

In the end, after paying the tragic sacrifice of dozens of soldiers, the "nightmare" struggled to fall down as the 24-pounder Guards Infantry gun continued to roar hot.

Although the "Nightmare Ghost" is powerful, if there are only one or two, if they want to play any role in the huge war, they can only carry out such an assassination mission, and the undead warriors like the "Judgment Knight" can certainly play a lot of harassing role on the battlefield, when under the terrifying power of artillery, the role they can play is minimized.

However, what Chopin didn't know was how many of Forderson's subordinates, such as "Nightmare" and "Judgment Knight", and what made Chopin's heart palpitate even more was whether there were more terrifying existences on the other side besides "Judgment Knight" and "Nightmare Ghost".

Therefore, the expansion and recruitment of artillery is also imperative.

The French artillery was all cast in brass, and the quality was generally preferred by other countries at that time, and the French artillery was absolutely superior in numbers, and the quality of the gunners had been tested by the actual combat of the Revolution, coupled with Napoleon's correct use of artillery, which made this large but not well-equipped artillery a killer weapon.

"Designation: 24-pounder rocket launcher."

Introduction: In the 17th century, Britain, France and other countries invaded India and were stubbornly resisted by the Indian people. In these battles, rocket artillery played a great role, causing heavy casualties to the British army. ”

"The British, after conquering India, brought the captured rockets back home. At that time, during the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon was trying to land on the British mainland, and because the British Army was insufficient to destroy the enemy at sea, he was in urgent need of weapons that could effectively attack the French landing ships. Indian rockets caused artillery colonel William Murray, who worked at the Royal Laboratory of the Arsenal in Woolwich. With great interest, Congreve believed that the rocket was the best weapon against Napoleon, and immediately set about reworking it. After several years of exploration, in 1805 Congreve created a practical rocket launcher with a new type of gunpowder, with charges ranging from 1 pound to 300 pounds, initially with a tail flame to kill the enemy, and later equipped with a blasting warhead. ”

"Congreve rocket artillery was widely used in the Napoleonic wars as soon as it was equipped. First of all, the French fleet was attacked at Buren, and the results were good. Later, under the personal command of Congreve, the British Royal Navy fired about 25,000 rockets at Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, almost leveling the city. At the Battle of Lepzig in 1812, the British rocket artillery unit of the Swedish army "scattered a squad of French troops like a pile of ants" with a single heavy fire. ”

"Number of recruits: 24."

"Recruitment Price: 2000 Energy/Gold."

Congreve rockets were initially equipped for the Navy to be fired by naval artillery and marines from warships or specialized rocket sampans, and later were equipped with Army cavalry artillery units to form separate rocket artillery companies. Rocket artillery is characterized by a fast rate of fire, a long firing range, and flexibility.

The top-of-the-line 42-pounder rocket launcher at that time had a firing range of an appalling 2,500 meters.

However, although it occupies a great advantage in range, relatively speaking, the power of rocket artillery is also much weaker than that of the same artillery, but the main role of rocket artillery is to use the brilliant firework to render an amazing power and give the enemy a great blow to morale.

After recruiting five teams of rocket launchers in succession, Chopin set his sights on the mortars.

"Designation: 8-inch mortar."

"Description: Mortars first appeared in the 13th century and fired stone projectiles. In battles such as the Siege of Constantinople in 1453 and the Siege of Scotland in 1489, large-caliber mortars were used on the besieging side. Because the metal casting process is not exquisite, it is impossible to cast long-barreled guns, so in terms of its ballistic characteristics and body diameter ratio, many large-caliber guns before the 50s of the 19th century are mortars. ”

"Due to the large angle of fire and high ballistic arc of the mortar gun, it is mostly used to bombard targets with close distances, obstacles such as mountains in the middle, and cannot be fired horizontally."

"However, the mortar is actually still a kind of body-barreled artillery, with a complete recoil, but the tube is very short and the double diameter is small, but it is not fundamentally different from the structure of howitzers and cannons."

"Number of recruits: 24."

"Recruitment Price: 1500 Energy/Gold."

The glory of the mortar lasted until the 50s of the 20th century, and later in the First World War, the 600-mm "Karl" heavy mortar appeared, which was the largest caliber heavy mortar built in the history of warfare.

Compared with the high range of rocket artillery, the power of the mortar is much higher, of course, its range is only about 500 yards.

After recruiting two teams of mortars in one go, Chopin replenished a large number of cavalry cannons and howitzers, and when all these cannons were recruited, the energy plundered from the "undead space", all the taxes accumulated during this time, and the energy absorbed by the "Judgment Knights" were basically consumed at this time.

However, with the recruitment of these artillery, warships, and troops, France at this time has reached its strongest state after coming to this other world.

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Just when Chopin was not excited about the guns and battleships, the endless sea was a different scene.

Because of Chopin's help, he drove out the palace of the "Shengyao" kingdom of Colderson, but at this time, it fell into a huge silence, and the oppressive atmosphere spread silently, making all the officials in the hall a little breathless, and the root cause of all this was the news that was soon transmitted back from the "Iron Tower" kingdom.

When Chopin sent troops to the "Spark City", the "Iron Tower" kingdom had been broken by Jeffrey, another general under Forderson, three days ago, and the "Iron Tower" kingdom army resisted with all its might, but in the face of the surging "Knights of Judgment", it was powerless to return to the sky, and tens of thousands of troops all fell, dyeing the "Iron Tower" kingdom into a scarlet blood, and in the end, none of the "Iron Tower" royal family escaped, all destroyed.

And the fall of the "Iron Tower" kingdom also officially announced the complete destruction of the original three-legged situation in the West Sea, and the "Shengyao" kingdom has been crumbling after the previous battle, and what makes it a little dreamlike is that what can really dominate the entire West Sea at this time is the "Tianxin" kingdom that seemed to be at an absolute disadvantage a year ago.

The West Sea has changed the sky......

ps: Thanks to the "rym" pro for the 100 coin tip, thanks to the "poor lonely" pro for the 100 coin tip.