The afterglow of the setting sun shines from the west, staining the sea a blood-red color.

However, if you look closely, you will see that the blood-red color on the surface of the nearby sea is not entirely dyed by the setting sun.

Among the splintered wooden planks floating here and there were stripes of corpses dressed in gray and black costumes.

From these corpses, pools of dazzling red blood flowed, dyeing the color of the sea even more thrilling.

However, this miserable scene fell into the eyes of Remito Russell, but it could not cause the slightest throbbing in his heart.

Looking at the corpses floating on the surface of the sea and the surrounding ones that were sinking rapidly due to the damage of Yan zhòng, bringing up huge whirlpools one after another, and at the same time bringing the corpses into the deep sea, Russell couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.

This is the seventeenth day of cooperation between the Third Fleet of the Candela Imperial Navy and the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and the group of pirates he encountered today is the thirteenth group of pirates they have encountered in these seventeen days.

Just like when they encountered the twelve groups of pirates before, there was no need for the Candela Imperial Navy fleet to intervene, and when the traces of these pirates were discovered, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet immediately launched a fierce attack, and they had already defeated all these pirate ships at a distance of a thousand meters from them.

These poor pirates didn't even touch the side of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet from beginning to end, and they were all blown into the sea.

Except for a few pirates who were quick to see the opportunity and fled the battlefield in small boats, the rest of the pirates were not spared, and all fell into the deep sea.

Await their fate. Either that or fall into the mouth of a shark. Or just drown.

Russell showed no mercy for these pirates. But every time he saw the fierce offensive of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet, he couldn't help but have a bruise on his forehead.

If these pirates were replaced by the fleet of the Imperial Candela Navy, would the result be any different?

At first, Russell still had a lot of ways in his mind to deal with the offensive of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's convoy.

For example, one step ahead of the encirclement, not to give the new flying chamber of commerce escort fleet time to unfold the range advantage.

For example, even if Yan zhòng is damaged, he must try his best to get close to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to escort the fleet, try his best to start a close battle, and win by virtue of his numerical advantage.

Another example......

But after seeing the situation of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet bullying these pirates again and again these days, Russell overturned all the assumptions in his heart little by little.

Now he can be sure. Even if these pirates were replaced by the Candela Imperial Navy fleet, the result would not change anything.

The only difference is that the Imperial Candela Navy will hold out a little longer than the pirates.

As for whether more people can escape, it depends on the mood of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to escort the fleet.

After all, the terrifying frigates of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Frigate could sail faster at sea than the Candela Imperial Navy fleet and the ordinary wooden ships of the pirates, and if they wanted to pursue them, there was no possibility of escape.

As for the head-on hard shock?

Are you kidding!

The terrifying magical artillery of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort Fleet will completely defeat you without even touching their edge!

And with the super speed of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet, it would be impossible to encircle them!

So Russell and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorted the fleet together for seventeen days, and after thinking about it for seventeen days, they finally came to a fact that he was very unwilling to admit, but had to admit.

In his heart, the originally powerful and invincible Candela Imperial Navy fleet. If you face the enemy head-on, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce will escort the fleet, I am afraid that there will be no way to fight back.

Every time I think of the sealed archives of the Naval Staff, the pirates described the New Flyer Chamber of Commerce to escort the fleet. Russell felt that the description was very apt.

This fleet, as if it came from another world, is simply beyond this era!

After turning his head and ordering his fleet to clean up the battlefield with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet, Russell motioned for the flagship under his seat and the flagship of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet to approach, and then changed to a small boat and got on the flagship of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet.

Although the two sides have nominally cooperated for half a month, this is the first time that Russell has personally boarded the frigate of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

From the perspective of an onlooker, he already felt that this frigate was extremely huge, and when he actually stepped on the deck of this frigate, Russell felt the huge difference between this frigate and the ships of the Imperial Navy fleet of Candela.

One of the profound differences that made him feel was that stepping on the deck of this frigate would make you feel very grounded, as if you were stepping on solid land, not at all like being able to feel the bumps of the waves on those wooden ships.

The reason for this difference is, of course, that the frigate is made of steel almost all over its body, and its own weight is much higher than that of a wooden sea ship, which of course makes it look more stable on the sea.

"Lord Leslie, can you tell me what the total weight of this ship is?" and after exchanging a few words with Leslie, Russell suddenly asked.

Leslie was stunned, thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I don't have any exact numbers either." However, the set displacement of this ship when it leaves the factory is about 1,000 tons, and its net weight should be more than 600 tons. ”

"Six hundred tons!" Russell took a deep breath, and his face involuntarily hung with surprise.

The largest ship in the Candela Imperial Navy's fleet was the Thunder-class warship, and according to manufacturing standards, the total weight of wood required was probably less than 100 tons.

This weight is not even a sixth of this frigate!

Although the density of wood is certainly not comparable to that of steel, the difference is still extremely exaggerated.

So don't look at the size of the Thunder-class battleship, it doesn't look much smaller than the frigate, but even if you put aside the magic cannons and other terrifying military magic machinery carried on this frigate, just a head-on hard shock, the Thunder-class battleship may not be able to withstand a light collision from the frigate.

Comparative...... No. This is not qualified to compare at all!

Russell forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart. Silently looking down at the solid deck beneath his feet. Looking up at the thick steel platform in the middle of the deck, a question flashed in my heart.

If just such a frigate consumed more than six hundred tons of steel, then the New Flying Chamber of Commerce convoy in front of him now had a total of twenty frigates.

That's a staggering 12,000 tons of steel.

Not to mention that the steel used to build these frigates is obviously completely different from ordinary pig iron, not only has a strong ability to resist impact, corrosion and embroidery, even if it is only more than 12,000 tons of pig iron, Russell can't imagine how it is cast.

Although it can be seen that this frigate is made of steel plates connected and cast, how are these steel plates cast? How did the new flying chamber perfectly combine these steel plates? How about making them so close together as if they were originally a whole?

Russell had been holding these questions in his heart for half a month, and now he asked Leslie in person, hoping to get an answer that he could understand.

Leslie, however, shook her head with a smile.

"I'm sorry, Lord Russell, but these things are the secrets of our Chamber of Commerce, and I have nothing to say. And in fact, even if I want to sue you for violating the rules of the Chamber of Commerce, I don't know what to say, because ...... I don't understand at all. ”

"Don't understand?" Russell frowned slightly, his expression slightly unhappy.

Leslie was reluctant to say that he could understand it, after all, it might indeed involve the trade secrets of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

But he said he didn't understand. It's a joke!

He was the commander who led this new flying chamber of commerce escort fleet, how could he not know anything about this ship?

"I really don't understand. I saw the unhappiness in Russell's heart. Leslie explained with a smile. "The construction of this ship involves a lot of very specialized knowledge of magical mechanics, which I've never studied before. All I know is how to use the ship, not how to build it. ”

Russell was silent for a moment, then nodded, acknowledging that Leslie had a point.

Not to mention that this frigate must have an extremely amazing technical content, even if it is a Thunder-class battleship, he, the deputy chief of staff of the Navy, can be regarded as almost ignorant of its construction.

However, he asked Leslie about this, and he didn't expect to get a direct answer from him.

After pondering for a moment, Russell said to Leslie: "Lord Leslie, through this cooperation, I have a deep understanding of the outstanding capabilities of your New Flying Chamber of Commerce frigate. I am very interested in these frigates, and I hope that you can convey to me President Xu, just say that we, the Candela Imperial Navy, hope to officially cooperate with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. We have a lot to talk about about these frigates. ”

Leslie smiled slightly, "Lord Russell, if you are interested in these frigates, I think the Lord will be very happy to discuss with you." But what do you say about cooperation...... I don't think it's necessary to go through the hassle. ”

"Oh, Lord Leslie, what do you think?" said Russell, surprised.

"I can't talk about it. Leslie waved her hand, a smile on her face that took on a hint of slyness. "Since the Candela Imperial Navy fleet is interested in frigates, it's very simple, just buy them directly from our Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Buy it directly?" Russell was stunned, his expression extremely surprised. "Could it be...... Are you new pilots willing to sell these powerful frigates directly?"

"Of course, we have a chamber of commerce, so why can't we sell someone who wants to buy our stuff?" Leslie said with a relaxed face, shrugged her shoulders.

Russell looked Leslie up and down with a strange look on his face to confirm that he was not joking, then he took a breath and asked cautiously, "Then Lord Leslie, what is the price of this frigate for your new flying chamber...... How much?"

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive. Leslie held out two fingers: "Two million gold coins for one ship." ”

Russell's eyes suddenly darkened, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

This damn Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, do you dare to be more black-hearted? (To be continued......