When the news came, Zhang Hao and Gundam were still inspecting the new dockyard. There are two newly expanded docks, both of which can produce 20,000-ton warships. Of course, it can also produce 10,000 tons.

To put it in a jargon: backward compatible!

The construction of a new dock has been completed, and the keels of two 10,000-ton warships have been laid. During the period of construction of the dockyard, the Ocean Group has completed the design of the 'all-spirit stone-driven battleship'.

In fact, it is not so difficult to change the design, the reason why Zhang Hao said seriously, on the one hand, is to fool Gao Gao Shang - how can he raise the price without fooling, on the other hand, it is also to prepare for his future technological development, which must be careful and serious.

Judging from the current situation, although the cost of fuel for a battleship powered by Lingshi is more than 200 times that of fuel oil, the endurance of Lingshi-powered warships is more than 20 times that of fuel oil, which is enough to sail around the world. And this is also what Zhang Hao has been thinking about recently.

Gundam Shang ordered five steel warships at once, including a 20,000-ton one.

And after the design is completed, the cost of the battleship driven by the all-spirit stone also comes out.

For 10,000-ton warships, the reserve price of ordinary warships is 60 million high-grade spirit stones, and the cost of spirit stone battleships is as high as 70 million high-grade spirit stones.

At the 20,000-ton level, the reserve price of an ordinary warship is 110 million high-grade spirit stones, and the battleship driven by spirit stones is as high as 130 million high-grade spirit stones.

The power output level of the two is similar, but the structure of the battleship driven by spirit stone is simpler, so it also reduces the cost of the hull a lot. This is also one of the reasons why the price increase is not high.

Another reason is that Dayang Group only uses ordinary steam turbines driven by spirit stones. The high-end ones are useless, and the good ones must of course be used by themselves.

After learning the final cost and finalizing the order for five warships, Gundam Shang was very excited. Because the structure of the Lingshi battleship is relatively simple, the Ocean Group guarantees that the five warships will be completed within three months.

However, if the battleship wants to start, a battleship needs at least thirty people, and now Gundam Shang is obviously not manpowered.

Considering that the return road should not be too peaceful. And if you want to give full play to the capabilities of the battleship, each battleship must have at least 500 people.

Gao Shang immediately sent people back to the Liang Dynasty, on the one hand, to inform His Majesty of the situation here, and on the other hand, to ask the Liang Dynasty to send at least 5,000 excellent sailors. The battleship always has to sail back, and it is impossible to fly back.

Also, ask for money.

Although I prepared a lot of money before I came, it was still a little insufficient. After a period of understanding, Gundam Shang found that in order to make good use of the battleship, he had to buy a shell production line, a black iron production line, and so on from the Daeyang Group. It is also necessary to purchase a large amount of machinery and equipment. None of this is small money.

The Liang Dynasty is far away from the country of Qixia, and many things must be self-sufficient, otherwise the battleship is a disposable.

So we also need Dayang Group to help train a group of maintenance engineers and so on - it all costs money, money, money!

Zhang Hao was discussing the future of the battleship with Gundam Shang, when news came from the ports of Dongfang and Surabaya.

Zhang Hao was stunned for a while, left Gao Gao Shang and hurriedly came to the temporary office of the Dayang Group at the port location. At this time, there are already many people waiting. Bai Yutang and the others came here directly, instead of waiting in the county seat of Ninghe County.

Waiting for Zhang Hao to come in, Bai Yutang immediately got up to greet him and directly told him what happened in the east.

"This is at noon today, and no one expected that the Loose Faction would launch an attack at noon. On the side of the Xiaoyao faction, they actually dispatched 12 10,000-ton Xuantie warships in one go, and bombarded the port of Surabaya without the preparation of the Xuanzhen Sect.

According to the information so far, all the warships in the port of Surabaya have been sunk, and the officers and men of the naval officers and men of the Weihai fleet in the port of Surabaya and in the sea have also suffered heavy casualties.

After the bombardment of the port, a landing battle ensued. Now the port of Surabaya is in ruins!"

Zhang Hao gasped and turned his head to look at the map that had just been hung on the wall, and there was a lot of new information on the map. The most important of these is the Port of Surabaya.

Since the country of Shaoze and the country of Canglan jointly defeated the country of Langya, the two countries have divided the country of Langya. However, the port of Surabaya, located in the center of the division between the two countries, was given to the Xuanzhen Sect. In this way, the dispute between the two countries can also be isolated, and the Xuanzhen Sect has also obtained an excellent port.

Suffice it to say, everything is so perfect!

And after the Xuanzhen Sect rectified the port of Surabaya, the Weihai fleet was transferred to the port of Surabaya. How could the dignified Holy Land Xuanzhen Sect always use the port of the Ocean Group.

But this perfection was broken at noon today! No one expected that the Loose Sect would choose to sneak attack at noon and wipe out the entire Weihai Fleet in one go! And the landing battle in the later stage caused heavy losses to the naval officers and men of the Xuanzhen Sect, and almost wiped out the entire army.

After Zhang Hao read the report, he sighed and said with a solemn face: "The Xuanzhen Sect is going crazy. The resources invested by the Weihai Fleet before and after are beyond imagination. Just the quota promised to us in the infant period is as high as 4,400!

The ammunition and various items purchased from us before and after also exceeded hundreds of millions of spirit stones.

Seeing that the fleet began to make a profit, it was killed in one go, and even the sailors were killed a lot.

Xuanzhen Sect, I can't help it!"

Bai Yutang also nodded, "Not bad." There is no doubt that a great war will break out next! Now what we want to discuss is, what should the Ocean Group do in this war?"

Zhang Hao shook his head with a wry smile: "Is there still a choice? I can only stand on the side of the Xuanzhen Sect and fight the Xiaoyao Sect together." And we are now likely to face the following problems:

First, the fleet of the Loose faction is very likely to continue to sneak attack. The country of Canglan is close to each other, so we should be prepared, so it is very likely that the fleet of the Loose Faction will sneak attack us and attack Black Scale Island. The whole of Dayang Group must be ready!

Second, now the forces on the Xuanzhen Sect's side are left with four fleets. Our Atlantic Fleet and the Arctic Ocean Fleet, the Pearl Fleet of the Land of Qixia, and the Thunder Fleet of the Land of Canglan.

The Thunder Fleet is no more than three old ships, which can almost be ignored.

If the prediction is good, the Xuanzhen Sect will send someone in a day or two at the latest, and let our fleet set off to attack and blockade the sea forces of the Xiaoyao Sect. It's going to be a big battle like never before!"

The crowd was silent for a long time. Dugu Junjie spoke: "If that's the case, we'll activate the torpedo." Torpedoes attack battleships from below the surface of the sea, with a higher success rate. Moreover, the explosion under the surface of the sea is something that an ordinary Black Iron battleship cannot withstand with that kind of force. Even a steel battleship can't withstand it!"

Zhang Hao nodded: "This is what I want to discuss today." I mean...... This time, I would prefer that the fleet would have an open fight with the other side.

Now that we have maintained enough advantages, we should seize the opportunity and try to train in this situation. ”

Dugu Junjie thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. "It is true that the troops should be trained. Then I'll tell you to get ready. ”

"It's not just about training, it's about testing weapons!" Zhang Hao added, "It's also an opportunity, an opportunity to experiment with all kinds of weapons and all kinds of tactics." It's an opportunity to make a name for yourself.

This time, in order to make a name for ourselves, we must try all the tactics discussed before to increase our heritage. And take this opportunity to train and promote a number of outstanding naval generals. Lay the foundation for our future development. ”

"Understood. Dugu Junjie nodded.

Then Zhang Hao looked at everyone: "Everyone, I think that in addition to the war at sea, the war on land cannot be avoided in our Ocean Group. It cannot be ruled out that the Xuanzhen Sect will also send a land legion to the expedition. The worst of the worst always requires us to transport supplies by land. And this will inevitably become a thorn in the side of the carefree.

This time, the scale of the war will be difficult to control.

Everyone needs to be prepared, maybe it's going to be a ...... World war!

Between the Xuanzhen Sect and the Free Sect, dozens of countries will be involved in the war. ”

Dugu Junjie suddenly said: "The scale of this war may be counted as the Continent of Conquering Earth. In the Continent of Turbulence, the rivalry between the Holy Fire Sect and the Red Lotus Sect also involved us. I'm afraid that the scope of the later war will not be limited to the Fertile Continent!"

As soon as Dugu Junjie's words fell, everyone's faces instantly became serious.

Everyone's brows jumped. An unimaginable pattern of war appeared in front of everyone. This...... It's a pattern of war like never before!