Extraordinary Sailing

"Ready. Fire!"

boom! boom!

First, there was a dazzling orange-red flash, followed by a thunderous bang, and finally, a bluish-white smoke that covered the sky. The fifty-pound giant iron cannonball was enough to destroy those small warships with thin hulls before the artillery era. Straight to pieces.

Although there is only one giant "Lizard Cannon" on the bow, and the firing frequency is a bit low, Olivia, who has a shooting talent, personally directs the artillery to shoot, which is enough to make it a veritable killer.

In the last glorious era of galleys hundreds of years ago, countries called this monster-like thing "Lizard Cannon" because it was ugly, short and thick, and had the size of a lizard while possessing terrifying power. Mouth-shaped muzzle.

To put it bluntly, this is a kind of [mortar cannon] that is very popular now. It is usually installed on a mortar boat to attack docks and port cities that are heavily defended and cannot be approached by large ships.

Moreover, the special mortar boats now have a maximum load of 330 mm caliber mortars, which can fire 200-pound (90 kg) shells with a range of 2,700 meters. The power is not comparable to that of the "Lizard Cannon".

However, this 50-pound "lizard gun" is almost the limit of this heavy-duty Calais with a displacement of 600 tons. The structural characteristics of the galley determine that it is not an excellent gunboat type.

On the way to the center of the "Eye of the Giants", the heavy Calais didn't need to find the target to hunt by itself. Those heroic battleships that seemed to have locked the "hatred" state came one after another.

However.

As long as it is not encircled by several warships, except for a few that can escape again, most of them become the prey of the "basilisk cannon", and then become the spoils of Ivan and the others.

Fortunately, during this period of time, they only saw a quasi-legendary warship belonging to the "Knight of the Mysterious Magic" from a distance, because the routes did not meet and the other party did not come here to chase them.

And after they captured another Clark sailing ship with a towering tower, they finally gathered enough materials to continue upgrading.

In the afternoon of the first day of the war, Heavy Calais had honorably completed his mission and received the second upgrade from the two great wizards.

only.

Because of the design concepts and combat methods of these ancient warships, the materials are not very particular, and they can hardly reach the level of the current large battleships. And as the "Armada" standard model, the Great Galen, which may be made of better materials, failed to let them meet.

Therefore, the expected goal of the first phase: a heavy cruiser with a displacement of 2,200 tons and a heavy artillery of more than 24 pounds is temporarily impossible to achieve.

Aiwen can only settle for the next best thing. By splicing the keel, thickening the ship board, and adding wood fiber reinforcement ribs, the original heavy-duty Calais is changed into a reinforced high-speed cruiser with a displacement of 1,100 tons.

Although the number of artillery equipment in these warships is not large, the caliber is also small.

But there is also an advantage. Because of the lack of technology and the limitation of steel production, the cannons used on most warships before modern times were bronze cannons, which were easier to cast and cost more. The efficiency of reactivation and refinement was far higher than that of cast iron cannons.

finally.

The new battleship completely cancels the forecastle and poop, increases the aspect ratio, and expands the sail area. A total of two artillery decks are equipped with eighteen 24-pound guns and twenty 18-pound guns, which are lower than the single-shot quality of a normal fourth-tier battleship. Be extra 30 lbs. The flexibility is far above it, and the speed has reached 13 knots.

Referring to the design concept of the Georgia-type rifle, the "Lizard Cannon" located at the bow was recast, using a hexagonal rifling design and firing a 32-pound hexagonal bullet.

On the premise of reducing the recoil, the effective range of this artillery has reached 2000 meters, and the rate of fire is once a minute, which has also become Olivia's exclusive position.

In battleship duels, this is a sniper gun with extremely high accuracy and a long range. Some quasi-legendary warships that are not good at attacking may not necessarily have this level of range.

If the heavy cruiser "Venus" is targeting the cutting design of the third-tier battleship, then this battleship is targeting the fourth-tier battleship.

Although it certainly does not have the 50-year service life of a normal battleship, as long as you are careful, it should be no problem to help them survive the "Eye of the Giants".

"After two large-scale upgrades and rebirth from the ashes, there is no opponent in the conventional battleship!"

Aiwen, Anita, Geros, Olivia, Angie, Milan, Stephanie, Parrot Ram and the others stood at the bow of the boat with their hips akimbo. up.

Milan held out his own crystal ball and suggested to others:

"The imagery of divination shows that our lucky point is in the northeast, and going to that direction should yield the greatest rewards."

Alvin waved his hand:

"Full Sail, let's go!"

Whoosh—

At this time, the "hatchet" was finally polished and shiny, cutting through the sea like a crossbow and rushing towards the densest inner circle of drifting islands.

Even though some outsider teams had the first-mover advantage, they were delayed for a whole day, but before tomorrow morning, it was enough to re-level the progress and return to the same starting line.

Generally speaking, it is an ideal state for an ordinary sailboat to run at a speed of 6 knots on the sea. In this ideal state, even if you want to cross this 1,600-kilometer-diameter sea without stopping, it will take at least 6 days. Not to mention searching, fighting, and detours, the time wasted is far more than that.

So what happened on the sixth floor of the [Clock Tower] on the sea was destined to be a protracted battle.

However.

When they drove away in the new high-speed cruiser.

A world that seems to be separated by tens of thousands of layers, some illusory sighs are also blown to pieces by the whimpering sea wind.

"Time and space. The trait of being able to enter the seventh floor is a bit difficult now."

at this time.

The attack progress of the vanguard was slightly faster than Aiwen and the others had imagined.

"You are the eagle soaring in the sky! You are the tree in the hidden forest! You are the sword in the warrior's hand! You are the shield that protects us in battle!."

The iron knight Macaulay Oston, who held the [Holy Sword Adrast] bestowed by the "Angel of Victory", chanted holy words in praise of the angel, and cut off a giant head with a clean sword. The head of a fish monster.

Click——

The first line of defense guarding a certain small drifting island crashed, and the thick fog that originally covered the island dissipated at the same time.

"Praise the goddess!"

"Speed ​​up the speed!"

A group of iron knights had already chanted the holy name of the goddess, and rushed to the island in the first time, as if a heavy armored chariot had flattened everything in front of them.

The many forces represented by the Church of the Seven Gods want to obtain [Ocean Secret Treasure Ancient Scroll] in order to be able to seize the opportunity in the trend of the great voyage, which is the icing on the cake.

If one's own strength is not enough, even a hundred [Ancient Scrolls] will not work.

But the "Iron Wall Knight" and the "Oathbreaker" who shoulder important missions are fighting for the "Scale Balance Holy Sword" that is related to the future path of their own master gods. The meaning is different, and naturally they are more desperate.

It was like a race to the death and began to push forward desperately.

but.

The divine weapon [Balanced Sacred Sword] was once owned by Demeter, the goddess of commerce, law, and abundance. He is also the god closest to the concept of "capital" in the history of the ancient continent.

The main vocations of Hecatele, the "Goddess of Kingship and Navigation" are: [Royalty] and [Navigation]. If power is related, it can only be that sailing promotes commercial prosperity, rules the people and maintains kingship by making rules (laws) .

The main priesthoods of the "God of Black Wings" Sisi include: [Injustice War], [Atrocities], [Plundering], and [Theft]. It can be said that each of the priesthoods is related to [Capital].

However, although the "God of Black Wings" has adopted the new titles "Lord of Gold", "Ruler of Capital", and "God of Capital and Wealth", for the time being, they are only preparing for the transfer of priesthood by relying on similar paths , rather than already having the corresponding capabilities.

Therefore, there is not much difference in the gathering effect between the two parties and that artifact [Libra Balanced Holy Sword], and no one can be sure who will win the battle.

The other direction of "Eye of the Giant".

The peak knight Don Douglas raised high the spear with a squirrel engraved on the tip [Holy Spear Ratatosk], and also praised the "Abetting Angel" under the command of the "Black Wing God".

"You are a word in the letter! You are the sole spokesperson of knowledge! You are the spear that stirs up great chaos! You are the sage who stirs the fire of thought."

A brilliant red divine light descended from the sky, smashing into pieces a large group of giant stone men covered with moss on a certain island.

"All treasures belong to my Lord!"

"Great Lord of Gold, Supreme! Most Noble! Most Divine! Most Holy!"

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However, those "swear-breakers" who rushed to the island right behind him gave outsiders a completely different impression of selfishness from the past. A shadow as fanatical as the Silver Knight before.