In the process of flying to the beach with Zhou Jiale in this hot air balloon, Ye Tianlong found that because the space of the hanging basket under the hot air balloon was too small, they were in the way when they carried out various operations. So Ye Tianlong and Zhou Jiale complained that instead of engaging in this kind of simple hot air balloon, it is better to directly engage in the entire airship! It's a lot more space, and it's much easier to control.

Zhou Jiale said that he would consider this suggestion, but it may not be so easy to get an airship, after all, the Xinghan Empire had already seen from the development of the air forces of other countries that the airship was far from an airplane, so he didn't do any airship at all, but directly went on the horse to study various fighters, so if he wanted to find someone who could build an airship, he might have to look for it abroad.

In this way, the two chatted and controlled the funny No. 1 hot air balloon to slowly fly in the sky, and spent more than half an hour to come to the beach where Zhou Jiale docked the ironclad ship.

Ye Tianlong looked from the air and found that the length of this ironclad ship was about 100 meters, which made him can't help but glance at Zhou Jiale beside him, after all, a battleship of this size is definitely big enough, I'm afraid that even if everyone in his camp is put on this battleship, it can be fitted.

According to Zhou Jiale, the caliber of its main gun is one hundred and fifty millimeters, and it is also a rear-loading gun, which is more advanced than the front-loading guns equipped in the camp now, but it is also limited, after all, it is too advanced to be used in the riding and slashing world. This is still because Ye Tianlong's authority has been increased after he became a regular, otherwise according to the previous situation, I am afraid that even these extremely old rear-loading artillery pieces will not be able to be used in the riding and slashing world.

In addition to the twelve main guns, there are also twenty 80 mm caliber secondary guns on this ironclad ship, it can be said that this battleship is covered with artillery, and the firepower is terrifying, just to control those naval guns, it is estimated that hundreds of people will have to be arranged, but where are there so many qualified gunners in Ye Tianlong's camp now!

This is why Ye Tianlong only wanted to get a few small boats to make do with it at the beginning, but there was really a shortage of manpower, and the boat was too big to play!

After controlling the funny No. 1 hot air balloon to the ground, Ye Tianlong felt the huge size of the ironclad ship in the process of boarding the ironclad ship, just the height of its hull, it was nearly ten meters high, such a high hull, and then if you ran into some pirates, those pirates wanted to get close to play the gang war, it is estimated that it would be difficult to climb up, after all, the hull of this ironclad ship is made of steel, high and smooth, and it is extremely difficult to climb.

Perhaps Zhou Jiale also knew that their enemies at sea at this stage should only be those pirates and the like, so he even thoughtfully installed a sharp ramming angle at the bow of the ship, so that this ironclad ship could actually use ramming tactics.

As for its power, it is steam power, which is definitely advanced compared to the wooden warships in this world that are still using sail power. However, if it is powered by sails, I am afraid it will be difficult to drive such an ironclad ship with an astonishing weight.

When Ye Tianlong got on the ship, Luo Chenguang and the others also happened to come out of the steam boiler room in the middle of the battleship, and a group of people had obviously visited the battleship carefully.

Considering that Luo Chenguang, a veteran, was the only professional among them, Ye Tianlong asked him about the situation of this ironclad ship, wanting to know if this thing could be used, and if it couldn't be used, let Zhou Jiale get it back as soon as possible and change a few small boats.

In the face of Ye Tianlong's inquiry, Luo Chenguang said that this ironclad ship was barely usable, but some improvements were needed in some places, especially its hull armor, Luo Chenguang felt that the current armor was too thick, such as the frontal armor of those main turrets, and the thickness even reached the level of more than 1,000 millimeters.

If there are ironclad ships of the same level in the place, then this armor thickness is naturally a good thing, which can improve the defense of the battleship and the survivability of the battlefield.

But the problem is that the countries in the world of mounted and slashing warbands are only a few wooden-hulled sail warships, and the weapons on the warships are only some large bed crossbows and catapults, and most of the time they even rely on the crossbowmen loaded on the ships to shoot at each other at very close range.

With this level of firepower, your own warships don't need such heavy armor at all, such as the heaviest main turret armor, which can even cut off about 90% in one go.

After removing these excess armors, the speed and flexibility of this ironclad ship can be greatly improved, but its name is estimated to have to be changed, because the name that Zhou Jiale gave to this ironclad ship is actually Steel Sea Dragon No. 1.

Luo Chenguang felt that the word steel on the modified battleship could be removed, so he directly called the Sea Dragon.

Zhou Jiale is not the kind of stupid person who does not listen to persuasion, after listening to Luo Chenguang's evaluation of this battleship and various areas that need to be improved, he also accepted some of the improvement suggestions that sounded very reasonable, and he was ready to get this ironclad ship back for transformation later.

And it was also at this time that Ye Tianlong and the others learned that in order to build this ironclad ship, this kid actually secretly used one of his own shipyards, and fortunately this shipyard was located abroad, otherwise if it was in the Xinghan Empire, which had strict management of firearms, anyone would be beheaded by the whole family in minutes if they engaged in this kind of big guy with huge lethality.

Ye Tianlong and the others also curiously asked Zhou Jiale how much money it cost to build this ironclad ship, but this kid refused to say, it seems that he spent a lot of money, and he didn't know whether it was his own pocket money or his parents' money, if it was the latter, when his parents found out about it, this kid would definitely not be able to escape a beating.

After visiting the ironclad ship, Ye Tianlong quickly returned to the camp, and then waited for the newcomers to go online yesterday while eating breakfast.

However, these guys seem to be looking forward to going to Oudasang Town to open their eyes, Ye Tianlong has only eaten a small half of breakfast, and these four people are all online, and then they began to urge Ye Tianlong to set off.

Ye Tianlong was so upset by the quarrel of these four guys that he could only eat a few bites hastily, and then took a few people to prepare for the road.

This time, because most of the others were busy with their own affairs, Ye Tianlong only brought Jiang You a veteran team member, and the four newcomers had not yet practiced their riding skills, so they were all arranged by Ye Tianlong on those grain trucks. In charge of driving the carriage were ten people with good carriage posture skills.

As for the team responsible for escorting the grain convoy, or the personal guards under Ye Tianlong, the thirty-nine Khan guards of Kuset, after all, there is only such a team in the camp now that is truly well-trained and completely armed.

After the four newcomers saw the personal guards under Ye Tianlong's command, they were all very greedy, because these thirty-nine Kusher Khan guards were really armed to the teeth! Not only are the riders wrapped in heavy iron armor all over their bodies, but the war horses under them are also the same, like the eyes of the war horses, all of which have delicately made grid-like protection, and the four hooves of the horses are also wrapped in iron armor.

It was precisely because the personal guards under Ye Tianlong's command were so well-equipped that there were no outlaws who dared to jump out to find trouble on the way to Oudasang Town last time.

Under the envious gaze of the four newcomers, Ye Tianlong led ten of his personal guards to set off first, responsible for opening the way ahead. And the ten wagons loaded with grain also quickly began to move slowly under the escort of other guards.

At the same time that Ye Tianlong and the four newcomers were about to go to the small town of Odasang to open their eyes, the army of the Swadia Kingdom had already surrounded Rudburg, and the first batch of siege troops for testing were also sent by King Harauth.

Because it was cannon fodder for temptation, Harlaus didn't send any elites, most of them were young and strong militiamen who had been forcibly recruited by him all the way, and the equipment was extremely simple, and the number was about five hundred.

Five Swadia sergeants dressed in sleeveless armor and carrying two-handed swords on their shoulders were the supreme command of this unit, which consisted of about fifty regular soldiers of the Swadia Kingdom.

Under the threat and urging of the regular Swadian soldiers, most of the young men who were only wearing a thin cloth and holding only a pitchfork, kitchen knife and wooden stick in their hands could only slowly approach Rude City.

And the siege equipment of these people is only eight simple wooden ladders, and the real good things are hidden behind Harlaus! Prepare to wait until you find out the reality of the enemy army and hand it over to the real elite of your subordinates to use.

As if to boost the morale of the cannon fodder who had been brought in, a dozen heavy trebuchets in the rear also began to throw boulders at Rudburg as they advanced.

Svadia's artillery crews were obviously also professional, and in the first round of fire, they successfully hit three shots, two of which smashed on the stone walls of Fort Rud, making a loud bang, and one of them jumped over the city walls, smashing into the houses behind the walls, and I don't know which house they hit, but after the boulder fell, a cry could be faintly heard.

However, the defenders of Fort Ruud were not just beaten back, and soon a huge stone was thrown by the trebuchets in the city, and smashed into the enemy artillery positions outside the city.

One of the trebuchets was hit by a flying boulder, and it was smashed and disintegrated on the spot, and a large number of broken pieces of wood were shot in all directions like bullets out of the chamber, beating the Swadian artillery around this trebuchet all over the body, and howling miserably!

As the cannon fodder unit approached within five hundred meters of Fort Ruud, the trebuchets in the city quickly switched to the cannon fodder, and more than a dozen large bed crossbows began to shoot at them.

The bolts fired from these large bed crossbows were about the thickness of a gun, and their lethality was astonishing, and if hit, they could penetrate the bodies of at least three or four enemy soldiers.

In the face of the strong firepower of the defenders, the morale of these cannon fodder began to decline rapidly, but because they all had families controlled by the Swadia army, they did not dare to flee at all, so they could only continue to rush up.