Due to the existence of teleportation magic, the Magicians' Association has long had the business of directly transmitting letters, so that this world was completely equivalent to the early days of the Earth Telegraph Network in terms of communication more than a hundred years ago. In the past year, when transcoding and communication have become more and more widely accepted, there is a trend to march into the wireless telegraph network, after all, every gas magician above the third ring is equivalent to half a monkey version of the wireless telegraph station.

That is to say, the same ship arrest incident occurred on the earth during the ironclad period, and it was not easy for the two sides to interrogate, and it would take at least ten months to negotiate the result. But in this world, it only took half a day from the ironclad ship towing the merchant ship out of the shallows, to the complete collapse of the rescue costs between the Tro Territory and the Red Mountain Kingdom.

Then the two sides can argue with reason. The Red Hill Kingdom said it would not accept blackmail. Tro Ling said that this is a new international navigation order, and the rescue must be paid, otherwise the ship will run aground without help, which will be everyone's loss. Of course, the Red Mountain Kingdom is not stupid, and when there were no ironclad ships, maritime trade was never heard of being reduced due to several shipwrecks.

Then, naturally, the statements of both sides are becoming more and more tough. The Red Mountain Kingdom scolded the shamelessness and demanded to give up the 'unreasonable demands' and release the merchant ships immediately, otherwise they would bear the consequences. Trollin said that he was willing to release the ship only after receiving the goods, and that 'payment' is the basic concept of free trade, and he is not afraid of any threat in order to defend free trade.

In the end, the core points of the two sides in this cable negotiation can be summed up in two sentences: 'don't run if you have the ability' and 'come when you have a kind'

And because the starting point of this incident was the nature of a civil commercial dispute, both parties initially negotiated the price in the form of public shouts through the official channels of the Wizards' Association. The Red Hill Kingdom had intended to characterize it as blackmail and gain widespread international recognition. However, Tro Ling planned to show off his muscles, after all, the Blue Mist Elixir and the merchant were still being seized, and they were generally losing for a while. If you don't get back to the scene, don't talk about it internally, I'm afraid that the second seizure incident is not far off.

As the smell of gunpowder in the negotiation speech became stronger and stronger, whoever switched to private secret chat first was suspected of admitting intimidation, so until the 'appointment was successful', the entire negotiation process was public. It can be regarded as a counterexample for both parties involved in similar incidents in the future.

Therefore, when it comes to this, if the Red Mountain Kingdom can't send troops quickly, it will lose face in the kingdom union. And if the Tro Territory should not fight, it is the same.

The next day, the three largest wooden ships under the royal family of the Hongshan Kingdom left the port, led by the Nine Rings. And because of the rush of time, the method of transmitting supplies in space while driving was adopted. Although it was under the banner of rescue, everyone understood that no one cared about the life or death of the stranded ship, and the important thing was to fight the ironclad ship of the Tro Leader and win.

By the way, both the Crocodile Leader and Iss went on the expedition with the ship, and Jiao Ming sent a portal on the ship to exceed the Viscount's obligations.

The Hongshan Kingdom, as a kingdom that uses sea trade to carry out national transportation, still has considerable experience in ship warfare at sea, but unfortunately, this time the battle situation was greatly beyond the expectations of the high-level leaders of the Hongshan Kingdom. When it took two days to rush to the target sea area, and under the guidance of the floating reconnaissance qi magician, he went straight to the Tro Collar ironclad, and received a baptism of gunfire.

However, what is the cannon, the high-level of the Red Mountain Kingdom is not lonely and completely unknown, but they did not expect to suffer a fairly accurate blow at such a distance, but the royal family is still in a hurry to use an earthen barrier to completely resist the cannonball. This is not a joke as a housekeeping skill.

But it was said that Tro was leading the ironclad ship. Due to the lack of actual combat experience, and the overall project is all based on Evan's words, although the overall design idea is a big ship that can fire, but 'one person is short-minded', and there are inevitably problems in many aspects.

The first is the issue of vessel steering. Five minutes before the discovery of the ironclad ship in the Red Mountain Kingdom, the gas mage scouts equipped with high-precision binoculars here discovered the three large wooden ships of the Red Mountain Kingdom. However, because the gravity of the air magic refers to the floating tray, it is only suitable for one-way progress, not for turning in circles, so it has to use orthodox propulsion to cooperate with rudder adjustment.

The other is the artillery arrangement. For example, there are a total of five large-caliber guns, one in the bow, and four in a row. At this time, a group of untrained crew members made mistakes in adjusting their direction and delayed time, resulting in only three guns on one side to exert their power.

On the side of the Red Mountain Kingdom, in order to establish an image internally and deter the enemy externally, the earth barrier is propped up in front of the three ships, and the overall appearance can be described as excellent. The others didn't want to snatch the wind bucket either, so they didn't make a move.

When three shells came in one round of shelling, the strong physical impact was nothing, but the violent explosion of chemical energy and fire magic mixed made the corners of this reckless Nine Rings twitch the corners of his mouth, but he could still point fingers and talk and laugh with the people around him. When the second round came again and again, and slammed into the earthen barrier, the nine-ring man raised his eyebrows and ordered the crew to speed up to catch up with the ironclad ship for a broadside battle.

In fact, the three wooden boats were coming head-on, the frontal area was not large, and the distance between the two sides was quite long, and among the six shells, five were obvious close misses, and only one could hit is debatable. But in order to be reckless, this top of the Nine Rings resisted completely, and he was even more embarrassed to remove the barrier at this time.

The third round was three shots, and the nine-ring qi magician just wanted to raise his foot and take a step forward, but was stopped by the person next to him, and his eyes exchanged silently for a moment, but he secretly sighed and retracted his steps.

After the fourth round of shelling, the ironclad ship finally adjusted its position, and the five cannons fired in unison, making the face of the Nine Rings red, as if he was drunk in an instant.

In the fifth round, there was an unusual burst of fire on the ironclad ship, and only four shells were fired, but it was actually a cannon that had a problem. However, even so, it was not pleasant to resist eighteen shells in a short period of time, not only did a blood-red circle of light appear around the head, but after the sixth round of shelling, the earthen barrier was removed, and after urging to speed up the pursuit, he went back to his room to rest.

The high-ring magician was not blind, but no one commented much, but according to the order of the other royal family who took over the command, everyone entered a state of readiness. At the same time, a problem was discovered, the distance between the ships on both sides seemed to show no sign of decreasing at all.

Most people's first thought was that the ironclad was on the run, but quickly dismissed it and realized that it was a 'teasing'. The meaning behind it is completely unoptimistic, and under the speed advantage, whether it is to lead oneself into an ambush circle, or simply keep a distance and shell attrition, it is completely invincible.

Soon, another round of shelling was repeated, and a possible hit the 'Enhanced Arrow Protection Magic' set up by the air mage, and was detonated at the moment of contact. A strange explosion of fire appeared in the air in front of the ship, reflecting the faces of all the magicians on the deck.

Almost at the same time, three huge columns of water rose up, and the splashes were scattered by the wind on the surface of the sea. The location of a ship was not coincidental, and the splash of water fell on the Central magicians who were watching the bustle at the back of the deck, making the group embarrassed. The others didn't dare to snicker when they saw it, but only approached the earth mage slightly and reminded him to get ready to 'play the umbrella'.

However, most of the magicians were waiting for the inevitable battle, but the command level could not help but do nothing, and had already held a small meeting to think of other methods.

Everyone knows the situation in China, and they understand that this is a battle that cannot be lost. And the battle situation was not as crisp and neat as expected, and the psychological pressure surged. At the same time, it is obvious that this kind of situation of not being able to catch up with people and fighting back is quite depressing. No matter how good-tempered a person is, he is also angry at this time.

Therefore, the atmosphere of the discussion was quite lively, and two interim solutions were reached.

The first is that 'technology does not work magic', and the plan for the enhanced condensate cannon has been pushed to the forefront. The reason why it is a 'strengthened version' is because this thing has long been known to everyone under the encouragement of Yisi, but in terms of range, it is obviously unable to hit the ironclad ship, so I have to listen to the advice of some people with a little shooting experience and try to lengthen and thicken the barrel.

The second is to increase the speed of the ship. Jiao Ming was invited into the palace with the most urgent royal decree, and after signing a confidentiality agreement, he was granted permission to watch the Hongshan Kingdom's ship's qi system magic power array. Although he scoffed at this process, Jiao Ming still maintained a superficial respect, and then said that he could not do anything.

The air magic power circle is simply an upgraded version of the floating circle, which completely flattens the space to eliminate gravity and changes it to a slightly skewed gravitational direction, which is to create a slope out of thin air, and then drive the external structure of the ship or airship to achieve displacement.

Jiao Ming studied under Emily, and his main research direction was spatial teleportation, and it was already the limit to be able to understand the function of this power circle, and there was really nothing that could be done to improve it. And even if there is an improvement plan, those wooden ships may not be able to stand it, if the whole ship is reinforced by the method of water system enchantment, not to mention the cost, and the time is not allowed.

And when the Red Mountain Kingdom was discussing the counterattack method, the ironclad ship of the Tro Leader was also uncomfortable, and several powerful enchanted cannon barrels still couldn't withstand this level of continuous fire after all, and they had to find a way to cool down. And the discarded cannon barrel exploded because the method of transporting seawater up was too simple and crude, and the flow was not well controlled, resulting in uneven heat and cold.

After personally confirming the situation, the captain had to give the order to slow down the pace of the firing and at the same time, in accordance with the preset battle regulations, temporarily fill the part of the damaged barrel explosion with earth-based condensate. Even if the range is greatly reduced, it is good to fill the façade and gain experience, after all, relying on teleportation circles, the shells are almost infinite.

In this way, the battle situation has entered a relatively relaxed rhythm from the initial fierceness.

The Red Mountain Kingdom began to return fire with artillery fire under the attack of many earth system eight rings. Although the range problem was solved, the problem of the deck being crushed by the reaction force of the cannon was quickly solved by the method of water enchantment and enlarged gun mount. But there is still no way to align it, and there is no one in ten when it hits a close miss.

However, the ironclad ships of Tro Ling are in the mentality of collecting data and accumulating experience, and the five cannons are fighting in turn. Looking at the speed of the three wooden ships, with peace of mind, several old craftsmen of the research institute were also released to detect the cannons in operation in real time. After all, even with the industrial power of Troll, this highest-grade cannon steel at the current level cannot be used for destructive limit experiments at will.

The tasteless 'kite-flying' boat battle continued for a day and a night, though thanks to teleportation magic, neither side had any problems with supplies. But in the end, it was the cannon barrel on Troll's side that couldn't hold on first, was completely scrapped, and then simply left the battlefield with a speed advantage.

Everyone on the three wooden ships of the Red Mountain Kingdom looked at the ironclad ships that calmly accelerated and disappeared on the horizon, and there was no joy at all in defeating the enemy, only the humiliation of being played.

On the way back, at the high-level meeting, everyone was still patient, and after a few simple words of temptation, they tacitly reached the conclusion of 'winning a big victory'. After all, the nominal purpose of this ship battle was to rescue the seized ship, and that ship was ignored by both sides at the beginning of the war, and left there unattended.

As for the lower Central magicians, some of them were a pity that they couldn't get into the broadside battle and won the battle, and the rest were secretly glad for the same reason, but everyone had a headache at the sea breeze that blew on the deck for a day and a night, a real migraine.

Immediately afterwards, the Red Hill Kingdom declared victory in the war, announced the results of the war, and rescued the seized ships and men, as for the unmentioned cargo, it was self-explanatory.

As if in response to this declaration of victory, another Tro Leader ironclad ship that had not known when it was launched and detoured to the outer sea route shelled the famous harbor city of the Red Mountain Kingdom, and then shook off the pursuers and left calmly. Almost at the same time, the Tro Territory also declared victory in the war, and that 'one-on-three draw' was just a bait to attract the Red Mountain Kingdom, and by the way, to test the reality of the Red Mountain Kingdom.

At this point, the round of confrontation is over, and the major forces in the United Kingdom can be said to have dropped their jaws. No matter how much water there is in the battle results claimed by both sides, an ironclad ship that is ambushed in the open sea and can sneak attack the long coastline of the Red Mountain Kingdom at any time cannot be faked. This is not only like a fish in the throat, but also the fish bones are poisonous, and they can't be taken out at all.

On the other hand, in the space of two and a half years, the Tro Leader won the war against the two kingdoms. Although the former Folke Kingdom was not ranked at all, the latter opponent, the Red Mountain Kingdom, not only ranked in the top three in terms of overall strength, but also had a strong point in the ocean. How can such a rise not make people frightened?

On the other hand, in the space of two and a half years, the Tro Leader won the war against the two kingdoms. Although the former Folke Kingdom was not ranked at all, the latter opponent, the Red Mountain Kingdom, not only ranked in the top three in terms of overall strength, but also had a strong point in the ocean. How can such a rise not make people frightened?