In order to develop the maritime strategy, the Cornai government soon organized the establishment of the Ministry of Marine Resources, studied and formulated a national marine development strategy and plan, and gave the Ministry of Defense the task of preparing for the construction of a new type of navy in the shortest possible time. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

To build the navy, the choice of the commander of the navy is naturally the key, but after this rumor was released, the Gui clan and the Four Clans Alliance did not have any interest in it. After all, the navy is a new type of military in Guiguo, and I don't know how much energy it takes to prepare for its construction, and these two major forces are not very interested in it. However, when the president of the court of the Republic heard the news, he did not hesitate to give up his post as president of the court and desperately wanted to become the commander of the navy.

"I don't care! Who commanded the Ark back then? Who brought you here across the ocean? Who has more experience in commanding warships than I do? Who knows the sea better than I do?! Whoever likes to do this position of president of the court! This position of commander of the navy must be mine!"

Modern yelled excitedly at Arden in Congress, regardless of any image, desperately trying to fight for this position. Although he is nearly 70 years old, he is full of energy and strong after cultivation, and he is not inferior to young people at all.

Forced by Modern's resolute attitude, Agern had no choice but to convene a convention meeting to re-study the issue of Modern's appointment. Everyone was also quite helpless, and even Linda was speechless, so in the end he had to agree to Modern's request, let Arden operate secretly in the parliament, and elected Mendest, another relatively calm member of the autonomous group, to the position of president of the court. Modern was demoted to become a naval commander, and finally got what he wanted!

However, Modern is also genuine, as a veteran member of the Convention, he is not only an experienced navigator, but also good at overall leadership. He soon developed plans for the formation of the Navy of the Republic.

Although Gui is a coastal country, for a long time, the previous royal family focused on the land, did not attach importance to the development of sea power, did not have any maritime strategic thinking at all, and only organized a demon hunting team to go out to hunt demons. The main reason for this was that Gui Guo's main energy was focused on the struggle with the Yue State on land, and there was no surplus force for overseas development, and it was also harassed by pirates on the Troubled Reef Island, so it had no choice but to adopt a policy of closing the country in the direction of the sea.

Therefore, when Modern began to form a navy, there was not a single suitable warship in the entire Gui Kingdom, except for seven or eight small warships dedicated to the old royal family, and dozens of civilian armed sailing ships that were not quite in shape.

"Kannai, I want money! I want to build ships, I want to build a new fleet!" Modern rushed directly to the official residence of the Katsujo government with a strong desire and made a request to Kannai.

Kang Nai nodded, the money that Modern asked for was not a small amount, although he was a little distressed in his heart, but he did not refuse his request. Now the republic is in ruins, there are many things that need to be done, money is used in many places, and the formation of a navy is even more money-burning. However, since it is to return to Blue Star Island, he will fully support it no matter what the cost.

Under the leadership of the government, a large amount of money was invested in the maritime industry and the construction of the navy. Leo and Bizet, who are in charge of industry and science and technology, have specially allocated a large amount of financial and material resources to support the Navy's industrial construction and equipment research and development. Soon, several ports in the coastal area of Xiaoyu County quickly built several shipyards and equipment factories, ships were built on slipways, and various achievements in marine scientific research began to be continuously produced and put into naval construction.

During the period of Xiaoyu County, the Blue Star Clan successfully manufactured steam engines, steel forging technology, electronic communication equipment and other products. After the founding of the Republic, the Ministry of Science and Technology, headed by Bizet, succeeded in copying a large amount of earth science and technology after a year's efforts, and succeeded in manufacturing radars, steam turbines, electric motors, and other equipment, so that part of the Republic's scientific and technological level reached the level of the early 20 th century on the earth.

Of course, in order to make the level of social development of the entire republic reach the level of development of the earth during this period, the development of science and technology alone is far from enough, but the doctrine of the Navy has the support force for rapid development, a large number of new technologies have been applied to the construction of the Navy, and the traditional Xiuzhen Navy is gradually being changed.

The old Gui State Navy warships, even if they were equipped by the royal army, were no different in appearance from ordinary sailing ships, except that they were larger in size and used a lot of equipment such as formations and magic weapons. However, the cost of this kind of warship is extremely expensive, just a set of all-round protection formation magic weapons covering the entire ship, it requires tens of thousands of spirit stones, not to mention other auxiliary wind spirit power sails, concealment magic weapons, and large magic weapons such as long-range arrows and crossbows.

The cost of a medium-sized Zhenzhen warship is enough to equip three thousand-strong regiments, but its role in naval warfare is extremely limited. After all, the Xiuzhen War is different from the naval battle between mortals, and it needs to decide the victory or defeat of the naval battle through the battle of warships, and relies more on individual combat between monks. Moreover, the Xiuzhen soldiers did not rely on warships like mortal soldiers, even if their own warships were sunk, as long as they could kill more monks on the other side, they would still be able to achieve victory.

Therefore, in addition to being equipped with certain space magic weapons, protective magic weapons and acceleration magic weapons, the naval warships of the Xiuzhen army are similar to ordinary human sailing warships in other aspects, and the combat effectiveness of the battleships themselves is not strong, but relies on the monks on the ships to fight.

But the modern warships to be built are different, and the mortal army through the combination of guns and defensive weapons, the new warship is also a combination of the cultivation of magic weapons and modern ships, under the transformation of the Blue Star Autonomous Regiment people's integration of technology and cultivation, the warships of the Republic must be epoch-making products.

In March of the 17th year of the Blue Star Era, the first new warship completely designed by the Blue Star Autonomous Group was finally launched at the Xiaoyu County Shipyard. This battleship was named "Journey", which was a demonstration of the overall scientific and technological and industrial strength of the Republic at this time.

With a length of 150 meters and a width of 20 meters, the "Journey" far surpassed other sailing warships in terms of volume, with a displacement of an astonishing 6,000 tons, almost surpassing the warships of all neighboring countries at the same time. Unlike other warships of the same period, this warship did not have a single mast or sail on it, and its power system was paddle wheel driven, and two huge steam engines could give the battleship a maximum speed of 18 knots, comparable to the Xiuzhen battleship powered by spiritual magic weapons. With the addition of the underwater water displacement auxiliary power method, the speed can reach an astonishing 30 knots or more.

The main guns of the "Journey" were four twin 150-mm guns mounted in the bow and stern. Converted from the guns of the Van's artillery units, this has a range of 12 km, a rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute, and can penetrate 5 mm of steel plates at maximum distances, and two or three guns can destroy a sailing ship. In addition, the battleship had 8 single-mounted 80-mm secondary guns, 16 20-mm machine guns, and 20 heavy machine guns. All the weapons on the ship are extremely accurate under the aim of the monk's water magic, and the range far exceeds that of ordinary monks' magic weapons and spells.

In addition to its powerful attack capabilities, the battleship's defense is also strong, and the deck, hull, and vital parts of the battleship all use a certain thickness of armor, which can withstand the close attacks of ordinary Qi Realm monks.

But if it were just these equipment, then the warship could only run rampant in the mortal world at best. But under the genius creation of the Blue Star Autonomous Regiment, they equipped the "Journey" with a true cultivation weapon. This is a formation magic weapon similar to the spiritual power shield of the army battle array, using spirit stones as energy sources, and when opened, it can form an invisible spiritual shield around the surface of the ship's hull, which can resist some powerful long-distance spell attacks, and even resist the full strength of the earth realm monks at close range.

The launch of the huge sea steel giant beast of the "Journey" finally made the Republic have a powerful weapon that can deal with sea cultivators and sea monsters, and most of the sailors who operate this battleship are cultivators who have undergone a certain amount of training, which makes the power of the battleship to a higher level. Its appearance almost overnight made all the warships of the entire surrounding countries obsolete!