Chapter 430: Receiving the Fleet
Church of the God of War.
The Holy Son Loki frowned and looked at the magic map in front of him with a solemn face, on which the red territory representing the Kingdom of Star Fir originated from a corner of the Black Frost Rock Mountain Range, and then rapidly expanded and became out of control. In a short period of time, it has become a country with more than 3 million square kilometers.
Recently, this newly born country has defeated hundreds of thousands of coalition troops in one fell swoop, and then Qin Feng personally led a large army to rush all the way, exterminating the ten small countries that participated in the war one by one, and even a number of independent lords and nobles around were not spared, and the troops did not stop until they reached the seaside.
After this battle, more than 1.5 million square kilometers of land were incorporated into the territory of the Star Sequoi Kingdom, including a number of natural and excellent ports by the sea. Moreover, the climate in this area is not particularly cold, and the products are relatively rich, with a total population of about 20 million, which effectively alleviates the dilemma of insufficient population resources in the Xingshan Kingdom.
Therefore, according to the relatively relaxed standards, the Star Fir Kingdom is now eligible to be upgraded to an empire. Although with the inherent thinking inertia of the world, the newly born empire cannot be compared with those empires with a long history and profound heritage in the middle of the continent in terms of comprehensive strength, but an empire is an empire.
What's more, the powerful military power displayed by the Star Cedar Kingdom is by no means something that ordinary second-rate countries can compete with, and if it wants to curb its rise, even the God of War Church has to invest enough strength.
Templar Bishop Lavlov stood to the side with a disgraced face, not daring to come out, and the other high-ranking bishops were also silent.
His Royal Highness the Holy Son went out for the first time to experience, and he suffered such a defeat, most of the tens of thousands of elite legions of the Church became prisoners of the Star Fir Kingdom, this face is indeed a bit big, and even the Pope asked about it a few days ago.
“…… What was the result of the negotiation with Qin Feng? ”
After a long time, the Holy Son Loki finally spoke.
A high-ranking bishop hurriedly spoke: "The lord of the country has already said that he will not interfere in the religious issues of the people in the newly occupied areas, as long as they do not make trouble and obey the jurisdiction of the royal government, we are allowed to pay for the redemption of those captured warriors." The condition is that there will be no more conspiracies against him in our church. ”
Loki breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, most of the people in the ten small countries believed in the god of war, so this issue was quite important to him, as was the matter of redeeming the prisoners of the Church Legion.
"Okay, that's it."
Loki promised that the land that had been lost would definitely not be able to be recovered, of course, it was not the church's asset in the first place, so there was nothing to worry about, as long as the number of believers did not decrease significantly.
He glanced at Lavlov with some disgust, no matter how loyal this guy was to him, it was undoubtedly a very dishonorable act to abandon his army as a deserter. If it weren't for the past feelings, the Templar would have been demoted this time.
"I'll leave the matter of ransom of the captives to you this time, don't let me down again." Loki said lightly.
"As you wish." Lavlov respectfully agreed.
……
On the east coast of the kingdom, the port of drift ice.
A huge fleet of magical warships sailed from the end of the sea and sky, slowly entering the harbor, followed by an even greater number of auxiliary warships, looking like the aircraft carrier battle group of the superpower of the main world from a distance.
No matter which world it is in, the deterrence and lethality of a warship are directly related to its size, and in the Xingmeng world, such a magic giant ship with a size of 500 meters already belongs to the well-deserved overlord-class existence in naval warfare.
Audrey silently counted them, and there were six main ships, twelve second-class warships, twenty-five auxiliary ships of all levels, and fifteen military high-speed transport ships. For a kingdom, a fleet of such specifications is already an out-and-out high configuration.
What's more, these warships are the masterpieces of the dragon-blooded dwarf masters, and even in the naval fleet of the Grossas Dragon Empire, the number of such sophisticated giant ships is very limited.
“…… Your Majesty, half of the fleet you ordered last time has already arrived. ”
Witzler's tone was clearly flattering: "The remaining half will be completed and delivered in half a year, and all aspects of the configuration will be completed according to your requirements, you can rest assured." ”
Before Qin Feng could speak, Audrey next to him asked in disbelief: "This fleet...... Just half? ”
"Well, half."
Witzler affirmed: "According to His Majesty's requirements, all warships are built in our subordinate planes, where the speed of time is much higher than that of the Star World, and our shipbuilding workshop has also suspended the orders of some ordinary customers, and has allocated personnel to give priority to completing His Majesty's orders." ”
Audrey: "......"
The cost of such a magic giant ship, she still has a rough idea in her heart, whether the annual military expenditure of a kingdom of the same size can afford one is a question, how can this guy Qin Feng have such terrible financial resources?
Qin Feng smiled faintly and said, "After the receipt of this batch of warships is completed, let's discuss the procurement plan for the next batch of warships?" In addition, I think that the kingdom still needs a batch of floating magic energy transport ships and large floating fortresses, and you should be able to provide all these equipment, right? Magic crystals are not a problem! ”
Witzler was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed: "Of course, if Your Majesty is willing to buy more warships, it would be great!" ”
Nothing else, large floating fortresses are out-and-out strategic weapons, not to mention the extremely high cost, and in most cases they are not allowed to be sold to human countries. Of course, any rule can be changed, and for such an unprecedented super tycoon client, Witzler feels that everything is negotiable.
Audrey couldn't help but ask, "Even if you can afford to buy so many warships, what about the people?" Your kingdom's navy is still in the works, isn't it? Is there such a large number of professional technicians to control the fleet? ”
Qin Feng said: "At present, there are already 10,000 qualified sailors, and the rest can be recruited from the outside world, and the insufficient gap will be temporarily replaced by the crews sent by the Dragonblood Dwarf Continent, and when our naval personnel training is completed, the problem can be solved." ”
Those 10,000 people are naturally all elites trained in batches by the primary mirror country, and as for the high-level generals, they are all trained by the intermediate mirror country, and these people are scattered and assigned to many key positions on each ship, which can immediately ensure effective control of the fleet.
Moreover, the newly established Naval Academy of the Kingdom is stepping up the training of officer cadets, and the teachers who serve are all instructors sent by the Dragonblood Dwarf Continent. When all the required crew training is completed in the future, and then high-intensity training for a period of time, and a few battles to run in, you can become a powerful navy.
A moment later, the first magic giant ship docked, and Qin Feng immediately boarded the ship with everyone to observe.
Near the island, three magic towers with ultra-long-range attack capabilities are clearly visible, in addition to a large number of magic ballistas, the huge hull can house thousands of elite warriors, in every way, it is no less than a sea city.
Seeing this fleet, Audrey had a more intuitive understanding of Qin Feng's ambition in her heart, if the huge navy he envisioned could really be completed as scheduled, perhaps more than half of the coastal countries on the mainland would not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed, the difference was only in the time of time.
"The next batch of warships may not be too smooth." She said it meaningfully.
Witzler glanced at her and smiled slightly: "We dragon-blooded gnomes only do business and don't care about the war within the human world, of course, if anyone thinks we are easy to bully, then our Super Crystal Splitting Demon Guide Cannon will make them understand their duty." ”
Audrey was silent for a moment, then shook her head and said no more. The continent where the dragon-blooded dwarf lives is more than 100,000 miles away from the Xingmeng Continent, and with a strong military and a strong man, there is naturally no need to worry about anything.