Chapter Fifty-Six: A Pirate's Lair That Is Easy to Defend and Difficult to Attack
Looking at the inner diameter of the cannon, which is only ten centimeters thick, what can the layman Xiwa say. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info this world, although it is a bit of a simple lathe, but the popularity is not high, and most of the various craftsmen he has seen rely on one hand to eat.
In fact, the kobold man just used some pig iron, fired it into steel in a crucible furnace, and then poured it with the iron method. The plaster wrapped outside the iron fan is done with a little care, and the finish is also very good, and finally it is enough to turn it with a milling machine. The cannon was a little patterned on the surface - deliberately made with corrosive acid.
Xiwa is still very happy, although this cannon is a bare plate, not even a pattern, and it is smaller, but at least it looks like the material and workmanship are quite good, and as Liu Jingtian said, it is all made of steel.
However, he still wanted to struggle to see if he could get his hands on the six-pounder cannon: "No, no, no, it's still too small...... How can you sell us what you don't use yourself, how can you treat your reliable comrades-in-arms like this?"
Liu Jingtian didn't expect this product to be so difficult: he originally wanted to suffer a small loss, trying to save his worries. Unexpectedly, this guy kicked his nose in the face. It seems that the second set of tactics is going to be used!
β...... Reliable comrades-in-arms, right...... I understand, let's get here today, I still have some things to do, let's talk in a few days......"
Before he could finish speaking, he left Siwa where he was, turned and flew away.
There is a little uneasiness on the human side, but the negotiator suddenly picks on the other, and there is nothing to do but wait.
Then their small restlessness turned into a big one after a few days......
It didn't take long for many people to see several boats with torches appearing from the upper reaches of the Ink Emerald River and entering the Lizard Fortress...... The worst part is that the boats are all driven by demons - the Fallen, Demon Cultists, and even Winged Demons!
They entered the Lizard Fortress generously and left with heavy wooden crates, looking quite close to the kobolds......
Siwa is not calm and does everything possible to ask for negotiations...... Liu Jingtian, who refused to show up, just told others to pass on the word in a gloomy manner: "We didn't do anything, we just sold some things that we didn't use ourselves~"
Some people had no choice but to relent, gave up all kinds of non-dividing ideas, and finally got their hands on only ten small cannons.
Tersfil: "I didn't expect you to really use those demon captives to trick them!"
"Where, your magic also helps a lot, Kukuku~"
"Don't laugh, what if they hate you and treat you like an enemy of humanity?"
"It's unfortunate...... I'm afraid that the native humans are going extinct, Kukuku~"
β......β
With the launch of the largest four-masted ship, the pre-war preparations were almost complete.
The greatest credit for this four-masted ship is Xu Ping'an, so everyone gave him the naming right, so the name of the ship was named the Golden Leaf - everyone said that this person may have wanted to smoke.
The Golden Leaf has a length of thirty-three meters, a draft of three meters, and a full load displacement of more than four hundred tons.
Four masts, No. 1 and No. 3 masts are on the left side of the center line, and No. 2 and No. 4 masts are on the right side of the center line, each mast has a square hard sail, and a large number of solid mast ropes are installed in order to increase the length of the mast.
The other designs are similar to the previous Wangcai number, only with much larger proportions.
The boat is fast and requires very few people to operate.
The sails and hull structure of the two Wangcai that were launched earlier are very similar to this golden leaf. This is convenient staffing, and it only took a few weeks to run in the sailors, and they already dared to go to sea.
Midsummer is slowly coming, and outside the port of Samri, there are gradually more passing by, or maritime merchants who come to trade.
Not enough, these maritime merchants, often the first thing they see, are some strange-looking kobolds...... They didn't even hesitate, and they ran away as soon as they hoisted their sails......
Luckily, the 'experienced' old captain Hu Ge usually trains the dog-headed sailors in the vicinity. At this time, it is natural to quickly pull the sail to catch up and 'solve all kinds of misunderstandings'......
Although there is no local stalk of "Taoist friends, please stay", there will be no such thing, very stupid and naΓ―ve guys, who will stay and wait for you.
As a result, the kobold's foresight of "only building clippers" came in handy......
I have to say that Captain Hu Ge and the captain of the Siwa mercenary group have a fairly good reputation.
Most of the shipowners ended up being honest, real or false: Didn't they just need supplies to fight the demons? I'll pay for it, and you're still willing to pay for it...... Next time, if I stop by the road, I'll bring you more.
The few who fled desperately had no way to continue pestering. I had to shout a few voices, shoot a few arrow letters, and let them go. It was only by chance that there were two pirates mixed here...... Then I have to laugh and accept!
So, piecemeal, the Lizard Fortress really scraped together a lot of war materials, and even got a hundred and ten large animals one after another.
When the 'Golden Leaf' was finally ready for battle, the war materials were also successfully gathered.
However, on the other hand, this series of "Taoist friends, please stay" has had a far-reaching impact.
When those 'passing captains' were chased by the hideous-looking alien clippers little by little, but they couldn't escape anyway, everyone suffered tons of psychic damage...... There are even more 'clever' guys, who decisively jump into the sea to escape and try to swim to shore...... Each of them succeeded, and of course they were soon 'gifted back to the ship', completely ruining their reputations.
It wasn't long before the forgotten Port Samri became famous again among the nations, as everyone called it 'Sad Harbor'.
The boats are complete, and after practicing for two months, the dog's head of "Taoist friends, please stay", and his proficiency has skyrocketed.
On a dark and windy night, fifteen hundred kobolds, on a large and three small warships, plus a captured pirate ship, set out with the whole army.
Target - Gotland!
The leader, Liu Jingtian, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Captain Hu Ge, join in the fun, Brother Long.
Because several ships do not pick the direction of the wind - the captured pirate ship is directly thrown behind and let it chase slowly.
Moreover, these ships are quite fast, and there is a "round-the-clock pilot" in the sky to correct all kinds of mistakes, and the speed of the fleet is so amazing that it can sail nearly 400 kilometers in one night, and it takes less than four days, and the 'pirate island', which is boasted of being full of gold and silver, is far away.
At this time, it is the time when the night is low and everything is silent.
Relying on the eagle's eyes and wings, Liu Jingtian arrived to reconnoiter as early as daytime.
"Cut, it's worthy of being a bandit, I found a strange island, and it looks like it's very troublesome. Fortunately, the old man has wings, otherwise he will definitely be pitted very miserably. β