Chapter 29: Before the Voyage (Page 1/1)

Xiao Chen's "marriage proposal" to Luo Ling did not make much fanfare, but many people noticed that they had an extra pair of the same ring on their fingers. People who knew each other congratulated one after another, and others also secretly paid attention. Most people know that Xiao Chen and Luo Ling are a couple, and it is reasonable for them to get engaged now.

What they didn't know was that in the earth world, Xiao Chen and Luo Ling went to the gold shop together and ordered a pair of rings that were exactly the same as here. The other two also contacted their parents separately to prepare for the parents' affairs.

However, in the fiery preparations for the voyage, such a "little thing" quickly subsided.

Soon, the day of departure came.

On this morning, the dock next to the shipyard was crowded, the sailors were carrying the last fresh ingredients to the ship, and the soldiers were lining up in front of a viewing platform, and Xiao Chen was standing on the viewing platform, preparing to hold the ceremony of the departure of the fleet.

Xiao Chen took advantage of the gap before the ceremony to look at the two battleships under the morning light again, although these two battleships were the result of everyone's efforts to transform, but he spent more effort than others, he couldn't even remember how many times he had made models of these two ships, only remembered that they changed a little bit from the first two wooden sailing ships, and finally became what they are now.

The Houyi and Xingtian are moored in the temporary harbor of the shipyard, which is very eye-catching, like a reflection in a mirror.

They all have a silver-white hull that is unique in this world, unlike the sail battleships of that world, which only wrap copper skin to the waterline, both ships wrap the entire hull and upper deck with magic alloys, and even the superstructure and mast on the deck have silver-white metal frames to increase their strength, and what is even more exaggerated, if you look closely, you will find that these metals are painted with fine magic scripts, connecting the entire ship into a continuous magic circle.

The original Holy Sword and Holy Shield had a displacement of about 1,200 tons, while the modified Houyi and Xingtian had a displacement of 2,500 tons due to their metal skins and equipment.

The Holy Sword and the Holy Aegis originally had two decks, and before the renovation, their combat methods were mainly to shoot crossbow arrows and engage in hand-to-hand combat, but after the transformation, the original deck where the ballista was placed was removed, and two artillery decks were rebuilt.

It's not that Xiao Chen doesn't want to build a closed turret, it's that they don't have the time and technical reserves to do so. So it was possible to use only the most typical gun layout of a sail battleship.

On the two gun decks, two rows of 180mm pneumatic guns were added on each side of the hull, and the total number of guns reached 40, including the pneumatic guns on the bow and stern decks, although there were many fewer guns than the first class sail battleships of the same tonnage in the history of the earth. But the shells of the pneumatic cannon containing high-energy explosives are far from being comparable to the solid shells of the smoothbore guns of the sail battleships, not to mention the magic crossbow arrows on the original Holy Sword.

If it were to be used against ships like the southern city-states or the Sea Clan, such firepower would be superfluous. But considering that there are many unknown enemies in this world, such as legendary sea monsters, or powerful people with superior strength, it is not surprising that the firepower is deployed in this way.

Besides, there are no experienced naval gunners in the Chinese Tower, and all the gunners are selected from the Escort Army, and the results of live firing in the exercise are very adequate, so if you really fight, you need to use quantity to make up for quality. In this world, cannonballs can be loaded into storage props, and there is not much load problem, so this number of gun emplacements is designed.

Now that all the cannon doors are closed, the Houyi and Xingtian look quiet and graceful, but when they fight, they show their hideous faces.

However, these are not the most distinctive things about these two ships, the core secret of these two ships daring to cross the Raging Sea is that they both have a white cone in the middle of their second deck. The thing was more than a person tall, and it was flawless in itself, and there was no trace of splicing. It was connected to the magic circle that ran through the entire battleship, and it was the space stabilizer that was transformed from He Xiaoxi's time shuttle. He Xiaoxi dismantled her artifact into two and placed it on two ships, giving them the ability to sail in extremely harsh environments at the cost of the artifact's destruction.

There are many novelties that other ships do not have on this ship, such as the Star Orbit House from the Star Tower, which can be navigated day and night according to the stars, such as the hedron power room, which can be used as a supplementary power, where steam can be made through the spar energy to propel the ship's propellers, such as a cold storage full of ice circles, so that fresh ingredients can be stored for a long time, such as a warehouse with a space compression circle, which can load eight times as much cargo in the same volume. There is also a teleportation room with a large teleportation array, which not only allows the crews of the two ships to support each other, but also connects to cities on the mainland when the distance is close enough and the space is stable.

Xiao Chen also secretly compared these two ships with the modern ships in the original world, although the methods used were different, they still restored the functions of a considerable number of modern ships.

The sailors put the last supplies on board, transported them to the freezer, and then also came to the viewing platform for the pledge meeting.

Xiao Chen looked at the more than a thousand people below, including sailors, naval soldiers, marines, professionals, and masters of magic and martial arts. He spoke, "Everyone, you are all carefully selected warriors from our Chinese Tower.

Most of you have been fighting the Tower of China for several years, proving your loyalty and bravery in various fields. There are also some people who have joined us for less than a month, but you have also gone through layers of screening and testing to be able to stand here.

Since we are about to be in the same boat, we are compatriots and brothers in the same boat, and I will tell you our destination, so that you know what an important task you are carrying out and how important what you will do afterwards will be for humanity and for the world. ”

Although some of the people present vaguely knew the purpose of the trip, no one knew the details of the actual action. Hearing Xiao Chen say this at this time, many people showed excited expressions.

Xiao Chen said loudly: "I say that you are warriors because you are about to embark on an extremely difficult and glorious road.

We're going to the Pearl Islands in search of the Ghost Ship, we're going to cross the Raging Sea to the Western Continent, and we're going to the Ice Sea to find the Tower of Forge Souls. ”

Every time Xiao Chen said a place, the people below would unconsciously let out an exclamation, but it was just an exclamation, and no one showed fear and hesitation.

"We need to accumulate every bit of strength that can be accumulated, and provide a glimmer of opportunity and possibility for mankind to defeat the god of nature.

And I, Xiao Chen, will be at the forefront of you, no matter whether we usher in defeat or victory, I will continue to lead you forward!"

Xiao Chen took a breath and shouted, "Long live the Tower of China! Long live the human race!"

A tidal wave of voices rang out from the audience: "Long live the Tower of China! Long live mankind!"

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