Barbossa's face still had a puzzled look, after all, he didn't know anything about the magic source engine, if it weren't for the fact that the magic car of Flying City was popular throughout the Baiyun Empire, the magic source engine would only exist in books, after all, the existence of war puppets is a very unfamiliar existence for most people.

"Alright. Captain Barbossa, as the trainee captain of this battleship, in the past half a month, someone will introduce you to the use of this ship in detail, and you need to integrate your naval combat experience with this ship full of magical elements. Aslan smiled and looked at Sergei next to him, "It's good that you can talk a little bit about the simple principle of motivation now." ”

"Okay. I won't talk about this magic source engine first, but for those who don't know it. It didn't help me to say that, but I relied on it to generate power and push a total of four sets of propellers behind and on both sides of the hull. The rapid rotation of the propeller allows the hull to move quickly on the water. As for its speed, we have not yet conducted experiments, so we can only speculate that its maximum speed should be at 20 knots. However, this is due to the overconsumption of the Mana Source Engine, so the average speed should be at fifteen knots. Sergey said.

"What? Twenty knots at the fastest, fifteen knots at an average speed?" Barbossa almost couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart for a moment, the fastest and best pirate ship he had ever sailed was downwind, and the fastest speed was in eleven or twelve quarters, and that was under the premise of constantly rotating the bottom rowers. An ordinary warship, because of its large size, has a general speed of about seven or eight knots.

He is an old sailor, so he clearly knows the importance of speed in naval warfare, because there is almost no place to hide at sea, if your ship is faster than others, then it means that you have the initiative, you can choose to attack from any angle, at any time, and even when the situation is not good, you can choose to escape, in the case of the opponent's ship is slower than you, it is impossible to catch up.

"Yes. The result we calculated should look like this, because the hull of the ship is made of iron, and we have set up magic circles in some parts. In this way, the friction between the hull and the water surface is reduced, and the speed is increased. Sergey said.

At this time, Liu Bowen walked in from outside.

Compared with others, Liu Bowen came from the Ming Dynasty and knew the importance of naval warfare very well, especially the Poyang Lake water battle at the beginning, he still remembered it vividly, and naturally attached importance to the development of the navy, otherwise he would not have come in person.

"Your Excellency. The preparations for the outside are all ready. It's time for the final step. Liu Bowen said.

Aslan looked over and asked, "Is that going to be opened?" Then let's get out. ”

"Nope. No. As the first warship of the Violet Principality, this ship has no name on the outer hull, and according to the past tradition, it is officially named when it goes to sea. Barbossa, who was next to him, said.

"That's right. Aslan smiled and nodded: "Then it doesn't need to be said, this is the first battleship of our Violet Principality, and its name is the Feitian." ”

"Yes. I'll arrange it. Your Excellency, please wait on deck. After Liu Bowen finished speaking, he ran out.

"Then let's go up. This engraved name should be very fast. Aslan said with a smile.

When Aslan and Sergei walked to the door, they saw Barbossa still standing there behind them.

"Mr. Captain. I have already arranged this first sea trial, so I don't need you to control it yet. Although I am only a shipbuilder, I still know a lot about ships during this period of research. Sergei smiled and said, "You can wait with me on it." ”

"Nope. I'd like to see this, and even though I'm only a trainee captain now, I can't be less aware of this captain than the crew!" Barbossa said with a smile.

His eyes were full of interest in this big guy.

"Yes. ”

In the eyes of everyone on the dock, the black battleship with the blue flag fluttering quickly and slowly accelerated, leaving the port and sailing towards the sea that belonged to it.

Every captain wanted a ship that could conquer everything at sea, and he had thought so, but the wooden ships were too hard to withstand. But this ironclad ship made him very optimistic, and now the main question is whether it can be driven, no oars, no sails, whether this boat can be driven to the fifteen knots mentioned before, not to mention fifteen knots, in fact, as long as it is five knots, he feels very magical.

"In that case, let's go out first. Aslan said casually, and the man walked outside.

It's just that in the past, Aslan was accompanied by super security guard Zhao Yun, but now he has changed to a female elf with a black veil on her face.

The reason why it is certain that it is a female elf is because of the exposed pointed ears and the fiery figure, which makes many sailors peek from time to time.

There were still a lot of people gathered on the other side of the dock, and although almost an hour had passed, no one had left.

Because at this time, this iron guy was really floating on the lake, which made those who thought that this ship would sink just now, and their jaws fell directly to the ground.

Now they want to see if the ship can move.

"I remember that the Mana Source engine was built two months ago, and I didn't expect you to modify it so quickly. Aslan held the armrest and looked at the endless gallery lake in front of him.

"Actually, it's not too difficult, because of your model, many places are directly manufactured, especially with the 10,000-ton hydraulic press, which manufactures a lot of large support rollers and large crankshafts, in fact, we only weld the parts. Sergei said with a smile.

"That's good! Based on this battleship, our Violet Principality, except for the fishing boats and merchant ships, which are made of wood, are all made of iron and powered by a magic source engine. Aslan said, looking at Sergei and asking, "That's right." How long will it take you to build another ship like this now? ”

"The word of time. In fact, it should be a little longer than this time, because this time in order to speed up the construction of this ship, our dockyard even borrowed a lot of people from the construction corps. Three shifts were working in the dock all day long. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been built in just one month. At a normal rate, it would take about a month and a half to two months to build one. After all, it is very difficult to manufacture such a battleship. Sergey shook his head and said.

"Haha, it's very simple to lack people, now the Violet Principality lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of people. I will be fully cooperated with you, you go and arrange it, I will give you two and a half months. If this ship is successfully tested, the third mana source engine from our lab will be handed over to you. The second one came out a few days ago and has been shipped to the warehouse of Feihu Port to be used to make port cranes. Aslan said with a smile.