Chapter Seventy-Four: The Far East

Gangzi's main purpose in coming to the Emerald World this time is to dig people up, and the druids, a race with strong melee ability, must have taken some away, but Rasf's identity is too special, and he was afraid that he would not obey discipline in the future, so he deliberately suppressed his arrogance, so that he knew who had the final say on the "Flying Henan People".

Now Lasf really doesn't have the momentum of "I join you to see you" when he first came, and he began to follow Gangzi step by step to faithfully complete his role as a guard.

However, Gangzi was not satisfied with a druid, he asked Lass to select 50 powerful druids from the druid race to become a member of the "Flying Henan", and form a "beast attack group", which was responsible for the broadside battles and land battles that might occur in the future. As the leader of the druids, it is not difficult to pick 50 druids with strong combat ability.

The war between the elven kingdom and the orc kingdom has also gradually come to an end in the nearly year's fighting, and the elves who control the sea area can land on the coast of the orc kingdom anytime and anywhere to attack their weakly defended areas. After the loss of 70,000 orc soldiers, the orc kingdom was a heavy blow to the national strength, and in addition, to maintain the orc's rule over the various grassland races, the army was already tight. They had begun to be gradually expelled from the coastal lands by the elven army, and even the Orcs had to move their capital to avoid the bombardment of the elven fleet.

In the battle on land, the elven army joined by the druid attacked the forest and advanced the battle line ten miles outside the forest to prevent the enemy from destroying the elven forest in the future.

The Orcs were defeated by the elves in front of them, and rebellions broke out in the rear, and those races that had been enslaved by the Orcs took up their weapons to resist the tyranny of the Orc Kingdom. In particular, the orc kingdom was forced to move the capital by the elves, which revealed the fatigue of the orcs, so the minotaurs, gnolls, and lizardmen all established their own kingdoms, and the orc rule was shaky.

Finally, the Orc Kingdom, under the pressure of being embattled, sent a letter of peace to the Elven Kingdom.

At this time, Gangzi also clapped his hands to complete the transformation design drawings of the "Flying Henan People".

Since the World Tree is willing to provide its own branches as materials for the transformation of the "Flying Henan People". Therefore, Gangzi is even more bold in this transformation.

re-laying of watertight compartments below the waterline; Originally, the two-tier gun deck was increased to three, so that the number of side guns increased to 60, and the amount of fire was greatly increased.

In addition, Gangzi promised that Joy Joyce and Mark Brook would board the "Flying Henan", so the gun emplacements needed by the tree people would also have to be increased. The bow and stern of the ship needed to be extended outward, so Gangzi changed the structure of the stern building and the weight matching of the hull according to the design of the "Jungle Corner", and simply integrated the front and rear gun emplacements into the hull of the "Flying Henan".

Due to the addition of a deck to the "Flying Henan", its hull is even taller, and when the elevator is lowered to the lower end of the gun emplacement, the canopy of the treemen will all enter the lower deck of the hull. Gangzi's design was due to the more intense naval battles on the main map. Unlike the orc's javelin, artillery attacks can cause a lot of damage to the treemen, and the losses of the treemen are irreplaceable, so the two treemen will be closely protected in times of crisis.

In Gangzi's pen drawings, the "Flying Henan People" has changed a lot, the water building is higher, and the hull has become longer, which corresponds to the increase in weight, and those need a power system that can be called "Flying Henan People" to run. Gangzi originally preferred to replace soft sails with hard sails. However, the soft sail is the symbol of Western sailboats, and the hard sail is a new type of oriental sail mode with the emergence of the Gangzi series of hard sail warships, Gangzi is not sure whether this cross-system transformation will have an impact on the promotion of the "Flying Henan People", so it continues to retain its original power system. And increase the height.

Of course, Gangzi also has his own unique transformation of the power system of the "Flying Henan People", due to the addition of the rear deck, he moved the center mainsail and the rear mainsail backward in terms of counterweight, so that the central mainsail and the front mainsail are far away. He then erected a sub-mast in the center of the two mainsails, equipped with stiff sails, on each side of the ship. The stiff sail has very good maneuverability, and its sail surface is spread out on the mast. The whole can be offset outboard, and the sail above the deck is very small, with most of the sail spreading outboard.

In this case, the two stiff sails are raised, and by adjusting their stress surfaces, not only can they withstand the wind to provide power, but they can also change the direction of the blowing wind so that they all act on the front mainsail. When sailing at sea, two tree people can be raised to the upper deck when the wind is downwind, and the "Flying Henan Man" will have the equivalent of 7 sails to power it; And when the wind is headwind, put down the tree man, and the adjustment with two hard sails can also be called the "flying Henan man" to drive a good speed.

After repeated calculations and considerations by Gangzi, it was true that there were no omissions in the transformation drawings of the "Flying Henan People", and the "Flying Henan People" was driven into the Elf Shipyard, and the superstructure and hull deck were all stripped away, leaving only the skeleton.

Since the wood is used for the transformation of wood, the branches of the World Tree are agreed between Gangzi and the World Tree. His request to collect suitable wood from the World Tree was approved by the Elven Council and the Treant Council. Thick branches of the World Tree were sawn down by the climbing druids and transported to the docks of the Elven Shipyard.

The construction of the three three-masted elven treemen battleships has been called the elven shipyard has a certain amount of experience in the construction of three-masted battleships, and the branches of the world tree are extremely affinity for the forces of nature, and the elves can cut and shape them at will to change its arc. The dwarves were also requisitioned into the Elven Shipyard by Gangzi in order to craft Liuding and various iron parts for shipbuilding at any time. There were also a large number of tree men who came to help, among which Joey and Mark were the most active, and the two of them lived directly next to the "Flying Henan People", specializing in the handling of materials and tools.

With the collaboration of elves, dwarves, druids, and treants, the new "Flying Henanese" quickly took shape.

In addition to staring at the short-range construction of warships every day, Gangzi also launched his own human trafficking plan.

Although the "Flying Henan" is still under construction, in Gangzi's design drawings, the cabin of the "Flying Henan" can accommodate up to 500 sailors, and if you add the cargo hold and ammunition compartment, you can take more elves away, but this will make the hull space too crowded. When sailing at sea, the squeezed space is not a good thing for passengers.

The number of crew members is located 500. Among them, the Black Sail Sailor occupies 20 places, Rasf's druids take up 50 places, and the remaining 430 places, Gangzi is ready to recruit all of them into elves. In this case, it is assigned to various shipyards for rib processing; the cultivation of firewood in the islands of Jihuo and the Applegas Islands; The repair of the capital ship should be barely enough, and by the way, two warships under the command of the elves will be assigned to Bucknar and Kristol.

In this way, 430 elves are still a bit tight, but the "Flying Henan People" can hold so much. Just try to be as budget-conscious as possible.

The return of the morning glory elves after traveling has brought earth-shaking changes to the elven kingdom, and this ocean has been incorporated into the territory of the elven kingdom. So this time, when Gangzi proposed to take more elves away, the elf king happily unified his request.

"The elves who go with the 'Flying Henan' this time are better to be a whole family, I have a very large closed archipelago territory, and they can build an elven village there, so that they don't have to go through the pain of parting and waiting."

"You're right, you've been gone for more than 20 years, it's been too long."

"I want to recruit a few elven magicians in the Elven Magic Association and set up an elven magic branch in my territory."

"You mean the little tricks invented by the young elves? They did come up with a couple of very interesting and useful spells. But trying to blow the enemy down with the wind is far less swift than with a bow and arrow, and if anyone wants to go with you, I have no problem here. ”

"Also, Rasf left with me this time. You already know. ”

The Elven King let out a sigh: "Although I know that it is the elves who are at fault, it is indeed the best choice for the elven kingdom for Lasf to leave for a while, and when he comes to lead the druids again next time, the elves and the druids will definitely be like brothers." ”

With the support of the Elven King. Gangzi's recruitment of elves is very smooth, and there are elves who like to stick to the rules and settle for the status quo, and there are also elves who like to take risks and have the courage to explore. So the 430 elves that Gangzi asked for were quickly recruited. And handed over to the morning glory elves for nautical training.

And the new "Flying Henan People" finally showed its proper appearance after half a year of construction and outfitting.

The total length of the ship is 55 meters, and the total length of the front and rear spinnakers reaches 80 meters; The three-tier gun deck has sixty gun emplacements, and the other two treant batteries are housed by the ancient tree planters Joy Joyce and Mark Brooke, and the total artillery delivery capacity is equivalent to that of a British second-class warship with 80 guns.

The livery of the new "Flying Henan" also adheres to the consistent style of the elven battleship, which is exquisite. On the wall of the ship, the elves painted Gangzi's contribution to the elven kingdom in the form of murals: the chain of ships broke the canoe group, the bow of the "Flying Henan People" fired a salvo, the water column splashed, and the boats shattered; the Elven King City under the shroud of the World Tree; Unicorn Lake's Treant Thrower Boot Camp; "Horn of the Jungle"; the fourth naval battle between the elves and the orcs; Elves, Treants, and Druids under the World Tree. Other places, including the galley and cargo hold, became a place for the elves to show off their talents.

And Gangzi is more concerned about whether the soul of the "Flying Henan People" has been stimulated. However, when he landed on the bridge, he was not prompted.

Alas...... The rules of the two worlds are different, and there is no such thing as attribute in the Emerald World, but I can still feel that the "Flying Henan People" is different from before, and there is a force flowing throughout the hull, which is the same feeling as in the Black Pearl. It is certain that the transformation of the "Flying Henan People" is very successful, otherwise I am sorry for the World Tree, which is a unique and highly matched ship building material of the "Flying Henan People", but the specific attributes of the soul of the "Flying Henan People" can only be viewed when you return to the main map.

I'm really looking forward to it.

However, because it was built by hand, the "Flying Henan" also needed more responsible and repeated sea surveys to determine that it had the ability to sail and fight.

The "Flying Henan People" has entered the stage of sea survey, and its successful transformation has also aroused Gangzi's greater ambition - a giant treasure ship.

The Giant Treasure Ship belongs to the first-class warship, and for the Elven Shipyard that can carry out the transformation of the second-class warship, they should, maybe, and probably be competent for the construction of the giant treasure ship. Anyway, it doesn't cost drawings to build a battleship by hand here, so Gangzi spent three months hand-drawing another set of drawings of the giant treasure ship in his hand and handed it over to the Elf Shipyard.

Participating in the transformation of a huge warship like the "Flying Henan People" has made the elf boatmen like a dream, but they didn't expect Gangzi to come up with a bigger one. And it's not a transformation, from the initial laying of the keel to the final handover of the ship to the elven shipyard, the elven shipwrights are all excited, "This will be a great ship, we ask Admiral Gangzi to allow us to build two ships at the same time, one will be handed over to the Admiral after completion, and the other will be dedicated to our king." ”

Two ships built together? I didn't expect the elf boatmen to be more ambitious than my brother, yes!

So the elf shipyard was even more excited to devote itself to the construction of a giant treasure ship after the excitement of building the "Flying Henan People" had not passed.

It's just that the giant treasure ship was built from scratch, and the elven shipwrights were very cautious. The construction speed was much slower, and after Gangzi resided in the Emerald World for four years, the frame of the giant treasure ship had not yet been completed. However, Gangzi could not wait for the completion of the giant treasure ship in the Emerald World, because the Hangzhou fleet of the ASEAN Association was about to lose its control of the Pacific Ocean.

In the Pacific War, the purpose of the ASEAN Association was the same as Gangzi's original proposal, to give up the South Pacific, which did not have much oil and water, to firmly occupy the western half of the North Pacific, and to control the theater of operations in the eastern half of the North Pacific, "with Albatross Island as the base point." The sea area between Albatross Island and the west coast of the United States is a pot of porridge, and no one wants to make a profit in it. ”

In the place of battle, the battle situation did develop according to the idea of the ASEAN, and the partial division led by the Black Pearl continued to appear in the coastal waters of Australia and the Americas. None of the member organizations of Western independence dared to send their own fleets to support the Seattle fleet, so the Seattle fleet was not much stronger than the Hangzhou fleet in terms of overall strength. In addition, the captains of the Hangzhou fleet are all old fritters who are used to naval battles with Han players as the main body, and the level of naval warfare is much higher than that of the captains of the Seattle fleet, who have not experienced a big war. Therefore, even though the Seattle fleet had the legendary battleship "The Flying Dutchman", it did not take much advantage of the Pacific War.

The Pacific Ocean is just too big. The stealthy "Flying Dutchman" was slow, and the Hangzhou fleet could calmly avoid the waters it affected and attack the leaks of the Seattle fleet.

Admiral Hugh Hobert, who did not dare to expose the "Flying Dutchman" to the sea at will in the war zone. He could only drive the "Flying Dutchman" slowly, and at the same time urged his senior ship designer to quickly produce drawings of three-masted merchant ships and rebuild more three-masted warships to expand his fleet.

And just after two months of stalemate in the battle between the two sides, the situation in the entire Asian sea changed abruptly, and Hugh Hobert saw the best opportunity to defeat the Hangzhou fleet.

Why was the Hangzhou fleet able to control the theater of operations in the waters on the side of the United States? It is because of the existence of Albatross Island, Albatross Island is different from territory, as a fiefdom, once it suffers from an external attack, it will attract a counterattack by the Han Navy, not to mention that Albatross Island itself is stationed with warships from the Han Qingzhou. Although there are only three three-masted warships, behind it are the Qingzhou Navy and even the Dahan Navy, and the Seattle fleet does not yet have the capital to fight with the navy of the same country.

The Hangzhou fleet of the Association took advantage of this, rooted the main force of the fleet near Albatross Island, and constantly sent a small fleet to infiltrate the eastern Pacific to break the battle with the Seattle fleet. If Hugh Hobert dares to use the Seattle fleet to encircle and suppress, the Hangzhou fleet will move forward as a whole and pull the Seattle fleet back.

Therefore, the battle in the Pacific Ocean has not occurred so far without a decisive battle of the capital ship group, and it has always been a small-scale melee with the brig-class warships as the main body, and this kind of battle has a great advantage over the Jimo fleet equipped with the Han five-class battleship, coupled with the skillful formation switching and cooperation of the Jimo fleet, in the battle in the Pacific, the ships of Xidu will basically retreat immediately when they see the hard sail battleships under the banner of the Jimo fleet.

In the Pacific War, the Han players were responsible for the offense, and other national organizations were responsible for the defense, and under the dispatch of the Hangzhou ASEAN Military and Political Command Center, the form was very favorable to the ASEAN. However, all these advantages were nullified by the appearance of a fleet.

In the "rise of the nation," Britain, which is recognized as the number one maritime power, announced the establishment of the Far East Fleet, and the first fleet has arrived in Luzon, the Philippines, with a total of 10 second-class warships, 30 third-class warships, 70 fourth-class warships, and 500 other auxiliary warships and ships. The second fleet, which has also sailed out of the Red Sea into the Indian Ocean, is headed for the Philippines, which is the flagship of the British Far East Fleet

Led by the "King of the Seas", there was a fleet of three second-class warships, five third-class warships, and a large number of transport ships and auxiliary vessels. (To be continued......)