Mrs. Tasia accompanied Luke to the "first plane", and the crew also boarded the ship one after another. Everyone was very excited, knowing that this was a steel battleship, but they didn't dare to touch any place with their hands, for fear of damaging the equipment.

Luke had the crew familiarize themselves with the ship's handling with the engineers who came with them, and then took Mrs. Tasia to the bridge of the "First Machine".

Unlike the open bridge of the wooden sailing ship, the entire hull structure of the "First Engine" is filled with the rudiments of a modern ship, and the bridge is well protected and has a very good view. The command system and pipeline communication system are reasonably concentrated on the bridge, so that the captain can understand the situation of the battlefield and the ship in time, so as to make timely judgments.

Luke gave Lady Tasya a manual: "This is the manual for the operation of the 'First Machine'-class capital ship, and you and your crew must learn as you sail to at least be able to fire the guns accurately when you reach the Isle of Glory." ”

Mrs. Tasia took the manual and looked at the ship's main gun.

Although there was only one main gun, it was the latest breech-loading gun. It is equipped with a semi-automatic loader with a caliber of 240mm, the rate of fire can reach 1 round / 32 seconds, and the effective range is 7500 meters.

This is a shipborne main gun specially developed by Imperial Heavy Industries for all-metal steam warships, but the battleship that can load this gun has not yet been researched by the Empire, and the wooden dome ships in service cannot withstand the recoil of this gun at all.

"Chief Inspector, within the range of the main guns of the 'First Machine', not a single artillery gun on Brilliant Island can hit us. When Lord Jeff sees the ship, he will know what to do. ”

Luke looked at the fishbone island and the pitch-black ocean outside, nodded and said, "I also think he knows what to do." The 'First Aircraft' is only a model of this type of capital ship, and we will build more 'First Aircraft' in the future. You are the first captain of this ship, so give your ship a name. ”

Lady Tasia's mood finally calmed down, the straight pupils in her eyes shrank into a line, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "'Loyalty'...... It will represent my loyalty and that of Fishbone Island Naga to Chief Inspector You, we fight for you and sweep away all enemies at sea for you. ”

"Loyalty...... Good name! ”

The next day.

When the eastern sun illuminated the sea, Lady Tasia declared Fishbone Island closed for wartime. Naga laid mines around the island, preventing no ships from entering or leaving.

Then all the anti-smuggling fleets in the Cape District left the port and headed for the deep sea. Most of the ships in the fleet can be seen raising their sails, and the sides of the wooden hull are covered with dense gun doors. It is certainly spectacular to see the sky covered by the sails from afar, but everyone knows that this is the last sound of the sail battleship before the curtain falls.

The people on the island don't know if the fleet will be able to return after leaving.

Four reconnaissance airships took off from the interior of the island and chased after the fleet ahead.

The naval battle of Brilliant Island begins.

After the anti-smuggling fleet of the Cape District moved away from Fishbone Island, it joined up with the "Loyalty" waiting here. The "Loyalty" raised the flagship flag and summoned all the captains of the fleet to the "Loyalty" for a meeting.

After a short operational meeting, the fleet formed a defensive cruise formation at sea and surrounded the "Loyalty" in the middle of the fleet. Four reconnaissance airships expanded the detection range, and the entire fleet avoided the busy route, moving in a large arc in the direction of Brilliant Island.

Early morning of the 24th.

Brilliant Island wakes up from its slumber in the face of the rising sun.

This small island, which covers an area of less than 100 square kilometers, was originally called Guano Island. Because it has rare fresh water in this area, it attracts birds. When the first voyagers landed on the island, they saw the guano island, which was full of guano and gave it the name of guano island.

Later, with the rise of the world's great voyages, more and more ships chose to repair and replenish fresh water here, and over time, Guano Island prospered.

Later, Jeff's father took his pirate fleet and fought for control of Guano Island, which was then renamed Brilliant Island. Jeff Sr., who owns the Isle of Splendor, has grown rapidly to become one of the most pirates in the seas.

But the old Jeff saw the changes in the ocean, and the living space of pirates in the future will only get smaller and smaller. So the old Jeff made a bold decision, when the Golden Shield Empire attacked the Republic of Leo, he spent almost all his wealth, so that the empire recognized his legitimate rule over the Brilliant Island, and was canonized as a Baron of Glory by Augustine the Great.

Jeff Sr. then took advantage of the location of Brilliant Island and made it a staging post for the Imperial fleet. In just a few years, he not only earned back all the money he spent on buying the jue, but also made a lot of money.

The war ended, and the Golden Shield Empire withdrew its troops from Leo. Although the war was not won, the Imperial Navy still had absolute strength in this important sea. Old Jeff relied on the relationship between left and right, black and white, and Brilliant Island gradually lived up to its name.

Now that the island is in the hands of Jeff, he has spent a lot of money to build a palace on the top of the hill on the island, and then collect treasures to decorate the palace. The daily life is to sit on the golden throne at the top of the palace and admire the bustling city and busy port at the foot of the mountain with a beautiful woman in your arms.

Today Jeff woke up, he was wearing a gold-silk nightgown, and his eyes were still a little hazy. Barefoot on a velvet blanket, he took out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet and walked out onto the open terrace.

Here is his golden throne, he sat down, and the woman who slept here last night immediately lay in his arms.

Jeff stroked the woman's delicate skin, bit the cork, and took a big sip of the liquor inside. There are a lot of ships coming to supply in the distant port, and this kind of lying down to make money is very boring.

Jeff kissed the woman in his arms, and a butler came to his side.

"Dear Baron of Glory, good day! Yesterday the commander of the Saxon engineering fleet, Adelaide Jonas, came to visit, but you were drunk, and he could only leave with regret.

I don't know if you have time to see him today, but Captain Jonas will be leading the fleet out of Brilliant Island tonight. ”

"Saxon Engineering ......" Jeff pouted, "I don't like them very much." They cruised back and forth in this area, constantly harassing the passing ships, as if they did not know who was the boss of this area. ”

The old butler knew Jeff's character, and he persuaded: "Behind the Saxon project are the Imperial Cross Society, and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet must take care of them." Maintain good relations with all parties, and Brilliant Island can make money comfortably. ”

Although he was very unwilling, Jeff couldn't help but admit that the old butler was right.

"Alright, invite Captain Jonas here for lunch at noon, and you can prepare another gift for me to leave the Saxon engineering fleet happy."

"Master, you have the same wisdom as the old master."

"Let's go down, my beauty and I still have a ...... of morning activities"

Jeff didn't finish his sentence, and his eyes looked straight at the sea in the distance. Under the light of the newborn sun, a fleet was speeding along the sea breeze.

Not the merchant fleet!

Although Jeff is pampered, he can see at a glance that a fleet is used for war, or for maritime trade.

A fleet of warships came in a menacing manner, making Jeff feel murderous. He immediately pushed the beauty in his arms away, picked up the monocular next to him, and walked to the edge of the terrace to watch.

Adonis-class steam battleships!

Jeff recognized the four battleships in front, which were battleships built by Saxon engineering. Is it a ship supported by the Saxon engineering? Why didn't I get a notification?

The butler also noticed the approaching fleet, and he followed old Jeff across the oceans, much more knowledgeable and experienced than Jeff.

"It's an offensive formation, someone is going to attack us!" The old butler reached out and released a magic firework into the air.

As the fireworks exploded, the sirens sounded first at the hilltop palace, and soon the harbor below the hill also sounded the siren. The defenders of Brilliant Island hurried to the island's defensive batteries, turning their guns as fast as they could at the fleets rushing towards the sea.

Jeff was a little flustered: "Why did the Saxon Project attack us?" ”

At first, the old butler thought it was an attack by the Saxon Project, but when he saw that the Saxon Project fleet in the harbor was still parked on the dock, he shook his head and said, "No, it's not the ship of the Saxon Project that is coming!" Looking at the composition of ships, it is not the Golden Shield Empire, or the Navy of the Republic of Leo.

The master can rest assured that the steam warships in this fleet, except for the Adonis-class steam warships, are very backward, and they cannot break through the defense system of Brilliant Island. ”

The incoming fleet in the telescope gradually became clear.

Jeff identified that most of the fleet was merchant ships, many of which were sail-propped.

It is impossible to carry out an operation to seize the island with this kind of strength, and as for the ships in the harbor, let yourself be blessed.

At this time, there was chaos in the harbor where the alarm sounded. The ships that were repairing and replenishing were urgently activated, scrambling to leave the harbor in order to get away from the impending battle.

The Sachs Engineering fleet is moored together. They arrived on Brilliant Island yesterday, and most of the ships did not finish resupplying. And half of the sailors have just disembarked to indulge, and the other half have not yet come back from their drunken state.

The entire fleet was paralyzed, motionless against the docks.

At this time, the approaching incoming fleet raised its fleet flag and waved its flag towards Brilliant Island.

"We are the Anti-Smuggling Fleet of the Cape District under the Golden Shield Empire's Secret Intelligence Bureau of Angry Waves City, and we have come to Brilliant Island this time to exterminate a pirate fleet. The pirate fleet is anchored at piers 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20, please leave immediately if you have any unrelated ships and personnel around.

Our target this time is only the pirate fleet, and anyone who attacks our fleet and ships will be considered a declaration of war against the Empire! ”

Flags were sent to Brilliant Island in succession.

Jeff identified the ships docked at the docks in the harbor, and then said to the butler, "The Saxon Engineering Fleet!" They blockaded the Haijiao Port of Fury Wave City, but they didn't expect to be blocked by the anti-smuggling fleet of the Haijiao District on our Brilliant Island.

You said...... They arrived yesterday? ”

The old butler replied: "Yes, the Saxon engineering fleet arrived yesterday on the island of splendor. ”

Jeff laughed: "The anti-smuggling fleet in the Cape District is here in time, and the Saxon engineering fleet is going to end today." I've long heard that the meteorite of the Secret Intelligence Bureau of Angry Waves City is very powerful, and I have to admit it this time...... It's really amazing. ”

The old butler asked, "Master, what shall we do?" Will the Cape Anti-Smuggling Fleet wipe out the Saxon engineering fleet? ”

"What can we do?" Jeff shrugged: "The Anti-Smuggling Fleet in the Cape District is subordinate to the Imperial Angry Waves City Secret Bureau, as an Imperial Baron, can I take the initiative to attack?" ”

The old butler said worriedly: "But if the entire Saxon engineering fleet is sunk on Brilliant Island, and we don't do anything, we will completely offend the Saxon engineering." Now the new nobles of the empire are very much used by His Majesty......"

"But the chief inspector of the meteorite is the eldest princess's person." Jeff was also very embarrassed: "Wait...... I think Captain Jonas will come to me soon and see what price the Saxon Project can offer. ”

Jeff continued to stare at the incoming fleet with his binoculars, and then a battleship appeared behind the fleet and caught his attention.

The battleship was covered in a metallic sheen, and its hull shape and structure were very different from those of other ships. Although it is much smaller than the surrounding ships, it exudes a sense of oppression far greater than that of other ships.

Is it a new type of wooden dome?

Jeff looked at the Adonis-class steam battleship at the front of the fleet, the wooden dome was simply ugly compared to the mysterious battleship.

Jeff turned his gaze back to the mysterious battleship, and the more he looked at it, a terrible guess rose in his mind.

Can...... How is this possible!

No country in the world has announced that it has successfully developed all-metal steam warships, and even if the Empire really secretly built such warships, shouldn't it be equipped with the Imperial Navy first?

How could it be given to an anti-smuggling fleet first!

No, no, no, this is definitely not an all-metal battleship, it must just be a thicker armor plate.

Jeff comforted himself.

Then the old butler beside him said, "Master, Captain Jonas is here. His clothes and condition were very sloppy, and he must have just climbed out of some woman's bed.

I think we can make the conditions a little higher, and if we can get a dozen Adonis-class steam warships, we can greatly improve the strength of our fleet. ”

But just as Jeff was about to smile on his face, an explosion rang out in the sea in front of the harbor.

Shelling!

Seeing the splash on the sea, Jeff didn't know where the shelling was coming from. He immediately picked up his binoculars again and searched the sea, and found that the shelling had come from the mysterious warship.

He was stunned......

The battleship was 7,000 meters from Brilliant Island!

And what kind of huge recoil will be generated by firing a shell to 7000 meters, the wooden structure of the hull cannot withstand such a large recoil, only ......

Only all-metal battleships.

Jeff stared at the mysterious battleship, its metallic sheen in the sunlight was extremely glaring.

"Tell Captain Jonas that I don't have time to see him!"

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