Chapter 60: The Fog
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Following King Chuang to the harbor, a golden warship was slowly moving out of the dock in the morning light. The huge hull was a bit exaggerated, and the Eternity was noticeably shorter next to it.
"This is the new ship?"
"Yes."
"I don't remember any plans for this ship?"
King Chuang said: "This was decided a few days ago, because I couldn't contact you, so I didn't tell you." Both Eagle and Red Moon agreed. β
I nodded and said, "It's not a question of who agrees, you are all guild leaders, and you don't need to ask me if you decide this matter." I just wonder, how did I come up with the idea of building such a large battleship? Do you have a number of jΓΉ parameters? β
"Yes." King Chuang touched his body for a long time, took out a book of materials, and handed it to me. "The total length is 737.9 meters, the width is 139.1 meters, the draft is 23.7 meters, the side of the ship is 16.1 meters, and the full load displacement is 137,000 tons. Equipped with 6 sets of 24 powerful underwater thrusters. The entire ship is mostly built of black steel, with a gilded exterior for magical resistance and rust resistance. The thickness of the armor in the ordinary position of the hull is 739 mm, and the thickness of the armor in important positions such as ammunition depots, turrets, engine rooms, and conning towers is 819 mm. The main armament is 5 5-pack turrets, using a front 3 rear 2 layout. The turret is a 520 mm caliber Shenmu Dasu, with a firing range of 130 km. In addition to the main gun, it is equipped with 1 main magic light cannon and 270 micro close defense magic light cannons. There are also nearly 1,000 guns of various sizes on board, and 32 magic crystal cannons. All cabins are fitted with a 1 cm layer of porous asbestos. The seal is made of fine hardwood, and the outer cover is covered with leather and sponge for sound insulation. In addition, we used all the technology you bought from the bottom of the sea, especially the crystal resonance system. Better than radio. We actually passed yΓ n, and it can be used normally within 2000 kilometers, and there is no noise at all. In the future, we will be able to keep in touch at sea. By the way, because the propulsion technology is very perfect, and we have the observation scope imported from Germany and the crystal communication technology you bought, so we removed the mast and left only a flagpole, which looks more concise. β
"Yes, that's good. The performance is great, but why did you think of building such a big battleship? β
"Actually, it wasn't our idea. Rather, it is the mention of General Wu. β
"What did General Wu say?"
"That's right, that's what General Wu meant. He said that in the past, the strength of the armed forces at sea depended entirely on the size of the capital ship. The larger the battleship. The more firepower, the more useful it is. Later, with the development of aircraft technology and missiles, large warships gradually ceased to be suitable for the modern battlefield. But there are no missiles in the actual sense of the word in this game, and the suicide missiles of Little Japan actually have no practical value, as for the plane, although it can be replaced by flying beasts. But it lacks enough destructive power. To make matters worse, the current power of anti-aircraft weapons is too effective for those flying beasts, so the effect of air strikes is not obvious. Under this premise, maritime supremacy still has to be maintained by giant ships and super artillery. So, we accepted General Wu's construction yΓ¬ did our best to get a big guy. β
"What's this big guy's name? Did you get a name? β
"Two names were prepared. One is called the Tyrant and the other is called the Hurricane. Do you pick one? β
"Isn't there one on the Hurricane?"
"I was sunk by Little Japan last time, don't you remember?"
"I'm not impressed! I think it's better to call this the Tyrant, and the sunken Hurricane will be the same again. Lest it be messy. β
"That's fine. Anyway, both names are ready-made, I'll find someone to weld them to the hull. If there is no problem, I'll go and gather the fleet. β
I nodded. "Go ahead, I'll walk around here."
After King Chuang left, the port gradually began to live. On the one hand, everyone began to go online gradually, and on the other hand, King Chuang gathered everyone. The whistles of the warships in the harbor sounded, and the battleships in the dock also drove out one after another. I saw quite a few new ships in the fleet, and there were quite a few new warships launched during this time. Among them, there is also an Eternal-class one, named Thor, which replaces the sunken Victory.
Hundreds of warships sailed out of the harbor one after another, and the sea of Aisin was full of warships. The naval NPCs in the alliance are also stepping on the ships one after another, and some are still loading the warships without anchorage. Such a huge fleet is not raised by ordinary people, and every time they go on an expedition, the supply fee is scared to death. Fortunately, we have been fighting to feed the war, and we can barely bear it.
By the time I got to the bridge of the Tyrant, the Tyrant was too large and was still busy making a U-turn. It was hard to get this big guy out of the port, and the surrounding warships had been waiting for a long time. It seems that the ship in the future cannot be bigger, otherwise it will be a problem to leave the port.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the huge fleet led by the Tyrant left Isenger and sailed towards the location of the intelligence target. Unexpectedly, the red moon happened to be online at the port, and it was only natural that it would set off with us. In addition, several dragon players such as Lin Yue and Sun Yan also followed, saying that they wanted to see the naval strength of the Descending Society.
The location given by the intelligence sent by Atlantis is in the Pacific Ocean, and the possibility that such a large fleet of ours will pass through the Sea of Japan without encountering Japanese warships is basically zero, but we are not afraid of encountering Japanese warships.
In order to cross the storm zone, I specially got a piece of Biling's skeleton and put it on the Tyrant, but when I crossed the isolation zone, it was really calm, and the sea was as calm as a lake, and there was no strong typhoon weather like the last time. We had to be careful about the journey out of the storm zone, the Japanese fleet had to expand to the periphery of the storm zone, and from now on we could encounter the small Japanese fleet at any time.
After a quiet flight for a while, the communication crystal suddenly rang. "The Conch calls the Tyrant. Please answer. "The Conch is a fast reconnaissance boat only twelve meters long, equipped with a very large side viewing platform and several thrusters, which is specially responsible for the fleet's forward reconnaissance. Anyway, this kind of boat is fast, and when it encounters a problem, it turns around and runs. No one wants to catch up.
The player in charge of the communication crystal pressed the crystal and began to reply, "This is the Tyrant. What's the situation? β
"A strange patch of fog ahead."
"What's so strange about fog?"
"We're having the upper hand now, but the fog is coming at us. I don't think normal fog can go against the wind. β
"How big is the fog?"
"I don't know. The observation area was full of fog, and a thick layer on the entire surface of the sea, about 200 meters high, pressed over it like a wall. β
"Don't go in yet, you'll be right back." I took the crystal command.
"Understood, evacuate immediately. End of communication. β
We sailed for a few more minutes, and the reconnaissance boat rushed back from directly ahead, and no one could hit it even if it circled in front of the enemy at such a speed. The speedboat entered the ship through the large entrance behind the Tyrant, and in a short time the ship's observer was on our bridge.
"President."
"Where is the fog you see?"
The mm walked up to the chart and said a little above: "Here." β
A large group of us gathered around and looked at the charts. In fact, only me, Hongyue and King Chuang understand it, and those dragon players are purely joining in the fun. Hongyue said: "It's not far from us!" β
I shouted into the observation room above my head, "Do you see anything?" β
A voice from above said, "It seems to be a shadow, probably the fog." β
King Chuang looked at me and asked, "Shall we get out of the way?" β
I haven't spoken yet. Hongyue said first: "We don't know how big this fog is, it may be too late to bypass it!" β
I finally said, "Order the ships, close their formations, and get as close as possible." Small ships can only recover all of them, and in addition, reduce the ship's speed to three-quarters of the standard speed. β
The huge fleet gradually began to move closer together. The boat was gradually put away. By the time we were ready, the fog was already visible to the naked eye. It was really like what the observation ship had reported, like a wall, big and scary. The rolling fog was thick and thick, and what was inside was completely invisible. It's not a good feeling at all.
King Chuang looked at the fog wall and said, "This is definitely not a weather phenomenon. β
"Nonsense. There will be no fog that can move forward against the wind, not to mention that Biling can't dispel the fog, how can it be a simple weather phenomenon? I looked up and shouted again, "How far are we from that fog?" β
"Three kilometers."
"Ordered the ships to slow down by a quarter more."
"Yes, the ships have slowed down by a quarter."
I saw the fog crush over like a wall. A lot of players ran to the window to look outside. The fog quickly devoured the ground warships like a monster, and the strange atmosphere made people breathless.
"The ships report on the situation."
"Eternity, one qiΔ is normal."
"Flashing number one qiΔ is normal."
"Thor's one qiΔ is normal."
"The anchovy shark is normal."
ββ¦β¦β
It seems that there is nothing wrong with the fog itself, and all the battleships have entered the fog normally. As long as we keep course, there should be no problem, this fog can't cover the entire Pacific Ocean, we can always get out of the ground.
I was thinking about the good and the bad news arrived. "President, come and take a look at the situation of death."
It was the navigator who called me, and we all gathered to find that the compass, the sea direction marker, was spinning wildly. King Chuang was the first to shout: "Damn! What's going on? β
The player next to him said, "Don't panic, the player's map has a compass function." β
As a result, another player exclaimed, "No! The compass on my personal map is jumping! β
"This is a big problem!" Hongyue looked at the fog around and said, "We're lost!" The observation hand above? Can you see anything? β
"It's all fog. The view is completely obscured, and nothing can be seen! β
"Can't you turn around now?" A dragon player asked.
King Chuang explained: "Without a compass, we can't determine the angle of turn, and we might be able to get out without turning around." Make a U-turn and really get lost! β
Not......! The Eternity on our left suddenly sounded its whistle, and the sound of the whistle immediately attracted everyone's attention. All of us turned our eyes over there to see what the Eternity was up to. However, we can only see a general idea of what the Eternity Land looks like, and it is vaguely not very clear.
"What's that?" A player suddenly points to the left front of the ship. Everyone looked over, and they could only see a faint outline, as if something was leaning up.
"***, it's a ship!" King Chuang jumped to the helmsman's position with a lunge and squeezed the helmsman aside. "Right full rudder, thruster full speed. Whistle. The battleship behind it was ordered to make an emergency stop. β
Almost as soon as King Chuang finished shouting, there was a loud crash to our left, and the Eternity shook violently. The one in front of him was knocked to the ground and suddenly flew sideways, obviously not the opponent of the Eternity. But the Eternity was suddenly knocked to a halt, and the battleships behind it couldn't stop. There was another boom. A battleship crashed into the rear of the Eternity. The Eternity was slammed forward, and it slammed into the ship in front of it.
The sudden appearance of the ship could no longer withstand the second impact, and was broken in two with a loud metal twisting sound. The Eternity's razor-sharp ramming angles designed for battle cut the poor ship in two. We didn't have time to care about the Eternity, when the whistle sounded again in front of us. The ship that just popped up was not a separate ship, it was part of a fleet. Hearing the whistle and the impact sound here, the other party also sounded the whistle. It's a pity that it seems to be a little late. The dark shadow was already in front of us, and at this rate we were going to cut that guy in half.
King Chuang slammed the steering wheel and struck it to the left. "The whole machine is reversing urgently, driving the side push engine, and the left rudder is full."
The Tyrant suddenly went from a full rudder on the right to a full rudder on the left. A huge wave twisted out on the surface of the sea, and the other party also cleverly accelerated and rushed forward, hoping to cooperate with us to avoid the impact. The Tyrant shuddered slightly with a loud bang. The Tyrant brushed against the stern of the other ship as it scraped against the stern of the other ship, but unfortunately, there was more than one ship on the other side. We dodged the first one but couldn't dodge the one behind. With a bang, an unidentified ship was knocked into the air by us. The sheer force slammed the bow of the ship into the hull. The Tyrant shook violently. But there doesn't seem to be much of a reaction. After all, we're too big.
For the next few minutes, there was a flurry of crashes and whistles, and it sounded like at least a few hundred ships had crashed together. There was no way to give instructions in the crystal communication, and the communication channel was so chaotic that it was impossible to hear who was saying anything.
I yelled at the communication crystal, "Everybody be quiet. "The communication frequency was quiet all of a sudden. I continued: "The ships report in order of rank. β
"The middle of the port side of the Eternity is dented, three people fell and were injured, no other losses, and the report is complete."
"The bow of the Flash was deformed, and the tail rudder was damaged. One crew member was injured in a fall, and there were no other injuries, and the report was completed. β
"The loading crane on the left rear side of the Thor was deformed, one crew member was seriously injured, one person fell into the water, and it is being salvaged, and the report is complete."
After all the reports were completed, King Chuang also reported: "Three people on this ship were injured by a fall, and one person was injured in the head by a falling wrench, and the hull of the ship was not damaged." β
I sighed. "It's good that our battleship is tough enough!" Glancing at the battleships huddled outside, he said, "Who did we bump into?" β
Red Moon pointed to the emblem on a metal fragment hanging from the railing outside the bridge. "I think it's the South Korean fleet! That seems to be their logo. β
"The Korean fleet? What did they do in the South Pacific? King Chuang left the command, and Hongyue and I went outside to have a look. β
I went down to the deck with Red Moon and a whole bunch of dragons, and there was a ship with half the bow rushing up to our deck. There were quite a few people running around, looking panicked. They did not have a communication system, it was inconvenient to contact them in the event of an accident, and there was no unified command center. I walked over. Let the Phantom translate for me. "Are you Korean players?"
The other party was very nervous and looked wary when he saw us. "Who are you?"
"We are the Chinese fleet."
"Whew!" The guy let out a sigh. "I was scared to death, I thought it was Japanese!"
"I told you which guild you belong to?"
"Of the Heavenly Pole Alliance."
"What? Are you from the Guild of Park Eun? "This world is so small, you can meet here!
"Do you think we're president? She is also in the fleet. I just don't know where it is. The fleet is all in disarray! β
"It's okay, I can find her."
Ran back to the bridge and used the communication crystal to ask the ships to find nearby warships, and who found Park Eun reported. After a while, it was reported that it had been found, and it turned out that Park Eun had collided with one of our destroyers in the back. I asked for the approximate location, spread my wings and flew over. This is a real look, the warships below are all huddled together to form a small steel island, and the scene is chaotic. The South Korean fleet suddenly came up from our left, and the first to collide was the Eternity, after which both sides were huddled together and collided with each other. Although I have ordered an emergency stop, the battleship does not stop just like stopping. The inertia of a battleship weighing 10,000 tons is incomparably powerful. The light ones cut the Koreans' thin ironclad battleships into pieces. At that time, the South Korean battleships were relatively far ahead, and our warships basically hit the side of the opponent with their bows, so the damage was not great.
I finally found the ship that reported the ground. The entire bow of the destroyer was inserted into the South Korean battleship in front, and it seemed that it had hit a lot. I landed at the point of impact, and sure enough, I found Park Eun. The little girl's head was wrapped in bandages, and it seemed that the injury was not light.
"Park Eun?"
"Purple Sun? It's you! Park Eun looked at me in surprise. Don't tell me that this is your fleet. β
"Unfortunately, that's the case!"
"Oh my God!" Park Eun sat on the ground. "Half of my fleet has been reimbursed by you, how are you going to compensate me?"
"Isn't it? You also rely on me for this? I couldn't see anything in such a fog that you suddenly appeared on our route. What should I do if you call me? If I hadn't started slowing down, you'd all be knocked apart! β
"It's almost the same as scattering now!"
I looked at the impact incision and said, "It's okay, it's not that it can't be saved." Use pontoons to prop up the boat, as long as you can get it back to port. It can still be fixed. β
"What about the repair cost?"
"Didn't I tell you? It was an accident, and I didn't mean to hit you. Besides, your warship hit me too! One of your battleships has climbed up to the foredeck of my flagship. Who am I looking for? β
"5555 ~ My fleet! I was going to have a long and short time with Little Japan, but now I'll let you reimburse! β
"I'm also here to fight devils, otherwise do you think I'm bored to bring more than 200 warships to the Pacific Ocean for sightseeing?"
The underworld-like middle-aged man behind Park Yin came up and said, "Miss." The immediate task now is to secure the ships first, and then separate the ships of both sides. It's dangerous to be connected like this! β
"Yes, this needs to be dealt with first."
I immediately said enthusiastically: "The anti-sinking float is not enough, I can support you." β
"Of course you have to support, it's all your fault!" Park Eun glanced at his flagship, "Take me to your flagship, right?" It's too chaotic here, I'm afraid it won't be able to separate for a while! β
"Alright then!"
Park Eun explained the matter to the middle-aged man, and then followed me back to the Mujun. When she saw my new ship, she couldn't help but make a fuss again, but it was soon recovered. "Sister Hongyue is also there?"
"Isn't this Park Eun? This can't be your fleet, right? β
"It's my fleet, but now you've become a wounded soldier!"
"That's unfortunate!"
I interrupted their conversation and said, "How did you get here, Pu Eun?" β
"Don't mention it! We inexplicably got into this fog at noon yesterday and have been going around in circles, I don't know if the area is too big or what's going on, anyway, we just can't get out. Everything that gives directions is jumping around. The fog obscured the sun and the stars, so you can't even look at the stars pointing in the direction! What about you? β
"We've only been in for more than ten minutes, and you suddenly appeared and had a close contact with us!"
"Can I be blamed for this? You don't turn on the lights or blow your horns. How do I know what's there! β
"Aren't you running around in the dark?"
"We've been in for a long time, it's normal for us to let our guard down, and you've only been slacking off for ten minutes, which shouldn't be."
"Forget it, it won't be able to get a result, so let's talk about what to do?"
Pu Yin said: "We have all the ways we can think of, and we can't do any of them!" β
"Did you call someone to help?"
"It's called, but it's useless! We encountered fog in the Tsushima Strait yesterday, but you said this is the South Pacific, so you can see that this foggy area can move with us. It's not clear where we're going to move, so where are people going to find us? β
"Did you consider going your separate ways?"
The real face is over, it's useless! Separately, seven battleships were missing. The others are colliding again! The people on the missing ship all died inexplicably and returned to the city to be resurrected, and I don't know if I ask them. β
"I won't give all of my warships here, will they?"
"If you can't leave, you can only commit suicide and go back! Of course, you can't take a single ship with you! β
"That's not going to work! My battleship is very expensive, and I have to rebuild it! Besides, I don't have time left, I'm about to complete a mission! β
A dragon player suddenly said, "Why don't we drop anchor?" β
"Huh?"
"Yes, anchor. Anyway, the fog is moving, and we don't move. It moves away on its own and we come out. β
King Chuang said: "It's useless." This is the deep sea area of the South Pacific, and our anchor chains can't reach the bottom of the sea. β
"Wait, I've got a solution." I'm going to do them. "I don't need to anchor, I'll just go down."
"Huh? Do you go down? β
"My pet Ayana is a mermaid. Although she doesn't have any sense of direction on the water, she knows the topography of the seabed, and she can find directions along the bottom of the sea. β
"Then how are you going to take us away?"
I said, "I'll take a rope down and hang it at one end." The other end was tied to my waist. I'm moving underwater, and you just have to float along. If you get out of the fog area, you'll know with a few pulls on the rope. β
"It's a good idea." They all agreed.
A report suddenly came from the observation room above: "President, a black shadow has been found ahead, and it is suspected that it is a battleship!" β
"Honk your horn!"
The boat was in chaos, and I rushed to the loudspeaker and shouted with the announcement: "Don't come, there's a fleet here!" β
The whistles sounded almost simultaneously on both sides, but everyone knew they couldn't dodge. The battleships on our side are all crowded together, and no one can move, and the battleships on that side are still very fast, and there is no way to dodge. As the shadows grew clearer, we could all see clearly that they were some warships, and apparently another fleet.
Inevitably, there was a rumbling crash again, the Tyrant shuddered, metal twisted outside, and the scene became more and more chaotic. A large battleship actually collided with a sinking South Korean battleship and suddenly jumped, and a guy rushed to the front deck of the Tyrant and landed on it. The battleships collided one after another, and all of them were piled together. However, it was the South Korean fleet that was unlucky for this impact, and our battleship was not directly hit but only shocked by the transmission, and the damage was almost zero.
Park Eun couldn't help but start swearing, and dragged the intercom over my ground and shouted, "Who bumped into it again?" Don't have eyes? β
I snatched back the intercom and replaced it with an internal channel: "Go and see whose fleet it is?" β
After a while, there was a response: "President." The other party claimed to be the open sea fleet of the U.S. Lake Guild. β
"Sue them, our position here, let their president meet with us."
"Got it."
A few minutes later we met the other president on deck, and he was amazed to see us. Park Eun doesn't know English, so I have to translate it, anyway, the phantom can speak any language.
"Are you Chinese?" The other party asked.
I replied, "I'm Chinese, and she's Korean." Ten minutes ago, our fleet just collided with each other, and we were discussing the aftermath and you bumped into it again! β
The other party smiled awkwardly: "We can't see it either, we have begun to slow down when we hear your whistle, but the distance is too close, we can't dodge at all!" β
"Don't discuss the reason, it's already bumped into each other anyway. Now the question is that as far as we can separate, the devil knows if there is still a certain fleet coming towards us. β
King Chuang said: "I have ordered the warships on the periphery to sound their horns every short time, and judging from the volume of the whistle, no one will collide with them again." Hearing the sound and then slowing down is definitely too late, except for the other party to go full speed ahead. β
"So,...... Excuse me, what's your name? Suddenly, I realized that I hadn't asked the other party's name yet.
"Johan." He held out his hand.
"My name is Ziri, this is King Chuang, this is Hongyue, and her name is Pu Yin."
"Hello."
"I think we should get rid of all the battleships as soon as possible, and those who are not stuck should leave first, so that we can save the ships that are stuck with each other."
King Chuang pointed to the ship on our deck: "What should we do about this?" β
I said to the dragon players in the back, "Excuse me, we can't move these big guys." β
Sun Yan walked up and said, "Leave it to us." I can't drive a boat, but I still have the strength. Come on, everybody, move this thing away. β
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