Chapter 608: The Giant Ship
Metland Glory Calendar 1380, February 1.
The weather in the northern frontier of the Delun Empire has begun to improve, and the frozen rivers and lakes have thawed. Some anxious peasants have already begun to work in the fields. Those mines and forest farms that have stopped because of heavy snow and cold are also slowly recovering their vitality.
The island of Casica, on the other hand, is as hot and humid as ever, and full of overly vigorous life.
On the southeast side of the island of Casica, it is sparsely populated, with large areas of jungle and meadows interspersed between steep cliffs, and large herds of gray-white goats jumping flexibly between the cliffs.
Wildflowers bloom in splendor, butterflies and other insects fly through the grass and flowers, and the air is filled with a disturbing buzzing sound.
An Imperial army dressed in an iron-gray uniform and armed with a new assault rifle poured out of a forest.
With a little difficulty, they climbed down a cliff and scattered along the beach to both sides. They scared away large flocks of goats and countless waterfowl nesting on the cliffs.
A squad of artillery selected positions on several cliffs and erected new large-caliber mortars.
Beside these artillerymen, there were court knights in armor.
In the low wolf howl, a group of dark gray wolves led a group of large, mixed-breed mastiffs, led by a group of scouts, ran left and right, and every gap in the cliff that could hide people was seriously turned over and over by them.
It took more than two hours, and by the time the sun rose overhead, the wilderness beaches within a radius of dozens of miles had been completely under martial law.
A faint streamer flashed in the sky, and the huge Celestial Chariot sped over, it quietly suspended in the air for a short while, and then spit out a thin electric light, with a subtle ionization roar, and fell little by little in the sky.
On the ground, several signal soldiers waved the flags in their hands vigorously, guiding the Celestial Chariot to slowly land on a beach.
The metal shell of the Celestial Chariot squirmed like flowing water, and a gangway protruded from the cracked portal, and Salion, Duke Ross, Hesse, and Joe, along with a few of Salian's henchmen, slowly walked out of the gangway.
"Here, the view is good." Salian puffed out a thin cigarette in his mouth and looked around.
"This is a natural deep-water harbor, and if it is developed properly, the home fleets of the two Ice Sea Kingdoms can easily dock." Duke Ross wore a blood-colored dress, dozens of blood-colored mountain rhododendrons were stuck in his wide-brimmed hat, and the small folding fan in his hand swayed as quickly as a bee's wings.
"It's a pity, the navy of Cassica...... That's it...... Those merchant ships are more willing to go to the port of Tulum to have fun. So, although the sappers of the Cassica garrison had surveyed this natural harbor twenty years earlier, it never came in handy. ”
Duke Ross looked helplessly at the tumbling sea in front of him.
Qiao looked at the terrain around him as if he didn't understand, well, similar to Tulun Harbor, there are naturally several stone beams composed of reefs that extend far into the sea, and the longest stone beam protrudes into the sea for at least five or six miles.
At the end of the stone beams, there are several natural atolls that form a natural breakwater that holds back the waves from the deep sea.
The stone beams and breakwaters, together with two large cliffs on the left and one on the right in the distance, encircle a circle of calm and calm waters that are nearly 20 miles long and 10 miles wide.
The sandy beach near this inland sea, the terrain is also extremely gentle, the gentle sand and bushes, all the way to the northwest direction of the extension of seven or eight miles, this flat land is also more than twenty miles long, enough to build countless buildings, countless warehouses, workshops, taverns, hotels and so on.
It's a great deep-water port by nature.
But as the Duke of Ross said, it is located in the southeast of the island of Casica, far from the densely populated northern, northwestern, southwestern, and central areas of the island.
The massive construction of the port here is completely worth the cost.
As for the few warships of the big cat and kitten of the Garcican fleet, there is no need for such a large port.
And the merchant ships of the major chambers of commerce in the port of Tulum, since they have arrived in Kasica, with a little effort, they can return to the port of Tulum to unload, who would choose to dock at the southeast seaport of Kasica Island, where there is only bird?
Here, do you do business with mountain gods and wild ghosts?
"It's a good place, though. If there are enough warships, it is extremely easy to get in and out of the stormy ocean. Joe muttered.
Salian stretched out his long arm and put his arm around Joe's shoulder, and his palm slapped Joe's head hard: "Dear Marquis Jo von Witu, you see, the Republic of Gaul is constantly using trains to transport truckloads of soldiers to the Rhine Corridor. ”
"Those royalty and lords of the Lucian Empire have gone mad. They have lost the great plain of Rulé, and there is a famine in the country. They can't wait to retake the Great Plains of Rule, and they have organized millions of gray cattle that have been hoarded on the borders of the Great Plains of Rule. ”
"To the east, the lords of Lucia are expanding their armies, recruiting troops, borrowing money to buy arms and baggage."
"To the southwest, more than two dozen vassal states in Lucia have formed a combined army of millions under the slogan of avenging the two princes who were seriously injured by the bombing."
"Westside, needless to say. The mercenary regiment hired by the United Kingdom of Nice has also gathered hundreds of thousands of people. ”
"I'm busy with the deployment of troops every day, and every day I'm calculating where every new ordnance should be transferred and where it should be garrisoned......"
"Out of trust in you, I believe your nonsense, and I have brought someone with me to accompany you here...... You say you're going to show me a miracle, so I'll see! ”
Hesse laughed wildly with a big cigar in his mouth: "Your Highness, Joe is an honest boy, he said that there is a miracle, there will be one." ”
Salian squinted at Hesse: "If Joe can really show me miracles, the empire never skimps on rewards...... Well, it's almost time, let's get started! ”
Salian patted Joe on the shoulder hard.
Joe lifted the belt around his waist upwards, and he said in a deep voice, "Well, let's get started, indeed, no time can be wasted." Your Highness Salian, it took us several days to carry a large amount of steel, alloys, rubber, oil, and other materials into the Celestial Chariot......"
"But, here...... There are trustworthy people here. ”
Salian shrugged his shoulders.
The brothers Fawkes, Caesar the Big and Caesar Jr., as well as several of the henchmen brought by Salian, laughed at the same time.
They winked at each other - look at this smug boy, ha, these are all trustworthy people...... Could it be that he really has some earth-shattering secrets?
Fox sighed in his heart that Salian was too generous to Joe.
Leaving countless military aircraft to deal with, he allocated a huge amount of resources, filled the huge warehouse of the Celestial Chariot, and then accompanied Joe thousands of miles from Hyderabad to Garsica Island to make a fuss.
When Salian was dealing with military affairs and government affairs, even if Salian's favorite eldest son Isaac dared to make a fuss, Salian would teach Isaac how to behave with a metal-headed arm.
It's just Joe ......
Fawkes could only sneer in his heart: "Well, good luck Joe, Her Majesty the Empress believes this, Prince Mata also believes this, and now, even His Royal Highness Sarian has begun to be superstitious about this...... This kid's luck is really so good? ”
"Before, in Hyderabad, I didn't tell you why we came to Cassica with so many special resources...... Because at that time, even if I said it, I guess no one would believe it, or there would be a lot of research, research, or something. And, Hydrerabad...... Like a sieve, I don't want the secrets I've just told go all over the place. ”
Joe looked at Salian very seriously, and then at Fawkes and the others.
Sarian and the others twitched for a while, revealing extremely embarrassed expressions.
'Sieve'?
Hehe, you can't describe Hyderabad today.
Whether it is within the palace or various departments of the empire, these days, with the efforts of Mata XIII, the imperial officials have arrested an unknown number of officials and generals in the way of 'melon and vine copying'.
Sieve?
Hehe.
Not to mention those civil administrations, there are a number of unreliable and dangerous elements in the navy and army of the Delen Empire.
Another king of the captured El Order, known as the Great Man of the Majestic Tower, is being tortured by Mata XIII himself...... God knows how many more sensational insiders will be dug up in the back!
"So, I can only pretend to be mysterious...... I can only use the trust that His Highness Salian has placed in me, mobilize these resources, and ask you to accompany me to Casica. ”
Joe put his hands behind his back, held his stomach up, and laughed loudly: "Before the official start, I want to ask everyone, if here in Casica, the empire suddenly has a powerful, ultra-modern fleet that is enough to crush the combined navies of all the countries of the Metland continent......"
Salian's pupils lit up suddenly, and his iron-gray eyes spurted out a shiny blood light that made people dare not look at it directly.
He said in a deep voice: "Joe, don't sell it, show me what kind of surprise you have prepared for me...... If there really is such a fleet, then ...... Well, you lent Ferdinand 1.5 billion gold marks? ”
Qiao Gan laughed: "His Royal Highness Ferdinand and I will do some business together...... That's all, ah, it's not important......"
Salian put his hands behind his back, his right foot was a little excited, and he crushed a huge conch shell under his feet: "If I can see such a fleet, then, I will mobilize the secret funds of the War Department and hand them over to my father to operate, and give you a hundred percent of all the profits." ”
Joe's eyes widened.
Duke Rose's eyes lit up, and she giggled: "Your Highness, and, dear Joe...... I've been in a lot of trouble all these years, just one island of Casica, but I can't support many troops...... How many years have I not had a good set of jewelry? ”
"If there really is such a fleet, I think I can grit my teeth and come up with a little cash."
Hesse stared at Joe with a strange look.
If the Delen Empire could really be destroyed in a war...... Don't say all, even if it's just the Ice Sea Kingdom's home fleet, and most of the main forces of several other countries, the benefits that can be made here are too great.
Maritime Trade, Colonies, Stocks, Bonds......
Hesse licked the corners of his mouth vigorously: "Joe, let's say, what happened to you this time must be related to this Celestial Chariot, isn't it?" ”
Qiao pointed to the Celestial Chariot: "This big guy, it's not called the Celestial Chariot...... Its real name should be ......"