Africa Big 6, the competition between merchant players from various countries is becoming increasingly fierce. 【Full text reading】This chapter is provided by the Internet to read onlineThe vast majority of the "blank" territory of the entire Africa Big 6 has been divided, and the rest is to snatch benefits from other people's bowls. Where there are merchants, there are interests, and those who follow them are always indispensable to the army, and naturally there is also armed conflict.

In the world of Empires, whoever has the strongest army is the boss. Those who think that as long as they are not afraid of death, they can walk sideways everywhere, and those who think that they can defeat their opponents by their own cleverness, are just jokes. In the face of absolutely strong military power, everything looks so pale and powerless, it will break at the first stab, and it will not play any role. A country that sails on the seas does not have a single warship, does not even make a sound, and has no qualifications to beg for mercy, let alone fight.

For this reason, in addition to the fact that players like to fight in the game, their biggest "amateur" hobby is to analyze the strength of the naval fleets of players in various countries, and compare who is stronger and who is weaker. For those players who are well-informed, have vast magical powers, fight day and night on the front line of intelligence, and like to be in the limelight, digging out the strength of warships of various countries and posting them on the forum to show off is undoubtedly their biggest hobby.

Through the relentless digging of millions of players, they have created an accurate comparison of the naval fleets of the countries of the world in Empire. Although the data may not be absolutely accurate, it is not much different from the real situation.

Comparison of the naval fleet strength of the three major imperial blocs, the two major power blocs, and the two regional powers in "Empire":

Asian Fleet, North American Fleet, European Fleet;

South American Fleet, Middle East Fleet;

Indian fleet, Australian fleet.

1. Asian Fleet

The Asian fleet is divided into the Chinese fleet and the Yayo fleet.

The Chinese fleet currently has three major fleets: the Pacific Fleet, the Indian Ocean Fleet, and the African Fleet, with a total of 17,000 new gunboats.

The Chinese Pacific Fleet has 5000 gunboats. They are stationed in Keelung Port in Taiwan, Changi Port in Singapore, Jeju Island in South Korea and other military ports. China's Indian Ocean Fleet has 700 gunboats. They are stationed at the port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka, Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, and Socotra Island in the Gulf of Aden. The African fleet has 5000 gunboats. Stationed at the Port of Cape Town.

The Chinese fleet, although the largest in total. But scattered across three oceans. So it doesn't look much better than the North American fleet.

The Ayo fleet currently has dozens of fleets of various nations. The number of new gunboats was small. Mainly old-fashioned warships. The exact number cannot be counted. They had about 400 gunboats and 70,000 old warships.

2. North American fleet

The North American Fleet currently has two major fleets: the Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet. A total of 14,000 gunboats.

The North American Pacific Fleet has 6000 gunboats. Active in the United States and Canada on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. It is mainly responsible for guarding the Chinese Pacific Fleet and the South American Fleet. The North American Atlantic Fleet has 8000 gunboats. Active on the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada. It is mainly responsible for the alert of the South American fleet. as well as the British, German, French and other national fleets in Western Europe and the Russian fleet in Eastern Europe.

After the opening of the Panama Canal, the two fleets under the North American Fleet were finally able to merge together and wield a unified maritime military force.

3. European fleet

The European fleet is divided into the Eastern European fleet and the Western European fleet.

The Eastern European fleet is dominated by the Russian fleet with a total of 3,000 gunboats.

The Western European fleet is dominated by the German, French, and British fleets, as well as the Spanish fleet, the Italian fleet, the Portuguese fleet, the Dutch fleet, the Greek fleet, the Belgian fleet, the Danish fleet, the Swedish fleet, the Norwegian fleet, the Finnish fleet, and the Icelandic fleet.

The European fleet is mainly deployed in the Mediterranean, Gibraltar and northwestern Africa, while facing competition from the Middle East and China. 4. South American fleet

The South American fleet is based on countries: the Brazilian fleet, the Argentine fleet, the Chilean fleet, the Venezuelan fleet, the Colombian fleet, the Ecuadorian fleet.

5. Middle East Fleet

The Middle East Fleet is divided into countries: the Egyptian fleet, the Saudi Arabian fleet, Iraq, Iran.

The biggest enemy of the Middle East fleet is the Crusader fleet from Europe, and secondly, they are also wary of the Chinese fleet in the Indian Ocean.

6. Indian fleet, Australian fleet

Among the countries, India and Australia are very special exceptions. They are all regional powers, but they are not part of any military bloc. There are also no allies that produce within China's sphere of influence.

However, the Indian fleet and the Australian fleet do not take the initiative to provoke trouble. The Chinese fleet will not move them casually.

Except for the naval fleets of the above countries, which are also worth mentioning, the rest of the countries are all countries with little strength. Like Japan, there are only 10 gunboats, which are still used as the Navy's honor guard to support the scene, and they can't fight. Even the weakest small country in Asia would not take the Japanese navy seriously. Because the deployment of the 6th Army is too complicated and the Air Force has not yet been developed, players only compare the strength of the naval fleet. They gather the latest capabilities of each fleet on the forum. Analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of countries and predicting who will win and who will lose in the future often quarrel over a simple data.

Whether it is a Chinese player, an American player, or a European player, there is no difference in the hobby of gossip. They not only quarrel in forums in their own countries, but also often go to other forums to quarrel.

March 29th. A sensational post appeared on the official forum of Empire China - "Great news. Zhoushui Shipyard Ironclad Ship Empire No. 1 was launched, who competed with it-! Inside, there is a high-resolution photo of the ironclad battleship, some brief introductions, and a video video of the ironclad ship being launched into the sea.

As soon as this post came out. It was an instant sensation, and the click-through rate soared by hundreds of thousands of points in just a few dozen minutes. After watching the presentation of this ironclad ship, the Chinese players were stunned in shock, and then ecstatic.

I also know what this post is about. It's amazing. Get your hands on the ship's attributes.

Ironclad battleship

Displacement: 9000 tons

Armor: 400 mm thick composite armor

Weapon system:

Main gun: 300 mm gun, combined main turret. 4 seats. On the central axis of the main deck, an armored turret capable of 360-degree omnidirectional rotation is equipped. Use armor-piercing bullets and flowering bullets.

range.

Secondary gun: 150 mm small gun, door.

Three more torpedo boats were carried. Torpedo tubes: 10

Power system: 10 boilers. Two three-cylinder reciprocating steam engines (8,000 hp). Twin propeller propulsion, maximum coal load of 1200 tons.

boat

Steering rudder systems, anchoring systems, rotating armor systems, loading ammunition, pumping and raising and lowering ship-based dinghies.

Synopsis: The iron armor is extremely thick, giving it strong defense. Hold off the enemy's ferocious fire. With a sophisticated weapon system, it has incredible attack power and can easily shred through the armor of enemy ships. The first generation of ironclad battleships, the creation of sea power.

A Chinese ironclad battleship was launched, and it was extremely powerful, extremely thick with steel armor, and powerful firepower, all of which were exciting.

There is also a short video of combat tests on the ground video of the ironclad ship after it is launched and goes to sea: an ironclad ship Vs a five-masted gunboat.

In this video. Two battleships met.

In size, the ironclad was about the same size as the five-masted gunboat. However, the ironclad ships have few cannons, but the five-masted gunboats have a lot of bronze cannons.

The ironclad ship did not move like a mountain, the gunboat fired first, and dozens of light and heavy bronze cannon shells came out and hit the ironclad ship and the sea area around the ironclad ship. Such a fierce attack only made the sea area near the ironclad ship shake slightly, and some dimples were made on the surface of the ironclad, and the ironclad itself did not even move.

The ironclad simply ignored the fierce attack of the five-masted gunboat.

Subsequently. The main and secondary guns of the ironclad ship moved slowly, booming. The five-masted gunboat slowly sank in a violent explosion and gunsmoke.

After watching the video, almost all of them gasped and were pleasantly surprised.

As soon as the ironclad ships came out, the old gunboats were completely useless. Because the smoothbore guns of the old-fashioned wooden gunboats that shoot iron balls, hundreds of iron pellet shells cannonballs cannonballs can't penetrate such a thick deck, and they can't hurt the ironclad ship at all. But ironclads can easily smash wooden gunboats to pieces.

Players across China are boiling. There was such an ironclad battleship in hand. It is also enough to outperform dozens and hundreds of gunboats. It will become the most ferocious and terrifying maritime weapon of the Chinese player's naval fleet. Moreover, China will not build just one. In a few days, one after another "Empire 1" will be launched in a steady stream and dominate the world's oceans.

The players of the allies in the entire Asian region are also boiling, as allies, the Chinese fleet is strong, it is their strength. The Indian players were silent, and in front of this ironclad ship, they were speechless.

The news quickly spread to Europe and the Americas. European and American players looked at the attributes of this ironclad ship, and their hearts were shocked, and they looked at each other. They were actively preparing for the Great War, and the time of the First World War was approaching day by day, but China had built their first ironclad battleship at this critical time. But now, where are the ironclads of Europe and the United States?