Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 423 Warship Transformation (Thanks to Kael for the February ticket)

The warships in this world are more classic (original) classic (original) sail wooden boats.

Small warships have 3 masts and large warships have 5 masts.There are holes in the bottom of the warship, and 8-12 huge oars stick out.

When the wind is flowing, the warship opens the sails and advances quickly; when the wind is against the current or against the current, it paddles forward; if it is against the wind and against the current, the warship will break down and stop temporarily.

But there are still some differences between the warships in this world and the ancient warships in Xiao En's previous life.

From the appearance, the warships in this world not only have a large bow but also have a thick layer of iron skin. The ram angle of the bow is also highlighted by it, which is very suitable for collision.

In terms of size, the hulls of warships in this world are extremely strong, and their load capacity and tonnage are much larger than those in the previous life.

This is mainly related to the combat personnel on board.

The main combatants on the ship are all bronze, silver or even gold-ranked fighters, not only have amazing destructive power, but also carry a very high load. (When Windsor was at the silver level, wearing the gold-level wristbands was a heavy burden. The bronze-level [fighting partner trainer] Zu De could barely lift the small wristbands.)
If the warship's load capacity is not high, it is estimated that it will be directly sunk by the soldiers on board before it goes to sea.

The strength of the warship is also quite high, almost no less than the inferior city walls.Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if the entire ship fell apart if it was collided by the enemy's high-level fighters.

Therefore, these warships docked at the military port are basically reinforced with magic circles drawn by magicians.The light of the earth or water magic circle can be seen from a long distance.

The largest warship docked at the military port is called "Violet". The Violet is 148 meters long and 60 meters wide. Standing tall among all the warships, it can be regarded as a giant-level existence.

After boarding the Violet, Earl Powell boasted: "Three, this warship is the famous Violet. It ranks among the top three in terms of tonnage among all warships in the entire sea area, second only to the Camellia of the Kingdom of Anjou. and Iris.

The Violet has participated in countless sea battles and destroyed countless small and medium warships. It is our main warship. "

As Powell spoke, he led the three of Sean to the deck of the "Violet".

On the deck, the captain, first mate, second mate and many crew members lined up here, and when they saw Xiao En coming, they all saluted him neatly and respectfully.

Sean returned the salute to them, and roughly observed their strength level.

The captain of the Violet is a silver-ranked soldier, the first and second officers are at the bronze rank, and the rest of the crew, except for the two black-iron mid-rank captains, are all black-iron warriors who have just unlocked fighting spirit.

These crew members will not board the enemy ship to fight in the boarding battle. They are mainly "oarsmen" who serve the main battle force and operate the oars.

As for the main battle members who participated in the boarding battle above the bronze rank, they usually enjoy it in Kapoor Port, and they will not board the ship until the official battle begins.

Occam Sparks naturally also noticed the strength of these crew members, turned his eyes and said to Sean: "My lord, I now have a general understanding of the specific situation of the warship, and I have a very good idea to transform it!"

"What do you think? Let's hear it." Sean asked hastily.

"It's like this," Occam looked at the crew in front of him: "When the naval battle officially starts, we don't want any of these crew members except the one at the helm!"

"No? How can this work?" Earl Powell, the ship's captain, first mate, and crew were all taken aback.

Without a crew, you can't expect the warship to run by itself, right?
Sean somewhat understood what Occam meant, and said with a smile, "Occam, continue."

"We can do this. Then that"

Occam moved closer to Sean's ear and told all his ideas.

In Occam's vision, the main combat members of the Bronze and Silver ranks who stood on the deck in naval battles can all be removed and replaced with [ship-mounted artillery] and gunners who operate the artillery.

Then these bronze and silver rank main battle members took off their armor and acted as oarsmen.

When the war officially begins, the Anjou Navy will definitely choose a smooth day. (This kind of combat method that focuses on boarding battles will have at least 30% higher combat effectiveness against the wind than against the wind and the current).

The two fleets met at sea. After the Anjou navy entered the range, their own navy turned 90 degrees to form a "horizontal line" formation and used artillery to sink several enemy ships, and then turned away from the enemy fleet again.

At this time, our own fleet is in the same direction as the enemy's army, and the wind is smooth, and with the bronze and silver rank oarsmen paddling, the enemy will definitely not be able to catch up with them.

The enemy can't catch up, so you can "kite" the enemy fleet from a long distance.

What's more, the bronze and silver warriors don't wear armor, which saves a lot of load on the entire warship, and these saved loads are just used on the [ship-mounted artillery].

Simply the perfect plan!
"This plan is very good! Doing so can also save a lot of cost for ship renovation." Sean's eyes lit up, "Let's go to the cabin and perfect this plan now."

"Okay, my lord!" Occam, Mussoni and Earl Powell replied one after another.

In the cabin, the four of Sean seriously discussed the plan made by Occam.

Finally, Sean asked Powell: "Powell, do you think Occam's plan is feasible?"

Powell closed his eyes and thought about it. After about 10 seconds, he opened his eyes and replied:
"His Royal Highness Sean, I think this plan is feasible! Besides, the Anjou Navy doesn't know our new combat plan, so it will definitely suffer a lot, but..."

When Powell said this, he suddenly stopped.

"Powell, if you have something to say, don't hesitate." Sean said with some dissatisfaction.

"That's right, Your Highness Sean." Powell smiled apologetically: "Although the plan is highly feasible, the ship also lacks the most basic protection."

"The most basic protection?"

"Let's use an analogy, if the enemy's troops catch up with our fleet by some means and start a head-to-head battle, then our combat power will be almost zero, and we will lose one if we catch up. We can't afford it. "

"You say this makes sense." Sean nodded: "Then do you have any solution?"

Powell thought for a while and replied: "Of course! When the war officially started, we had 100 cannons, and we could deploy them on 10 warships. We can also arrange the remaining 10 warships as we did in the show.

These 10 warships arranged in the old style are responsible for protecting the warships equipped with artillery on board. If there is an enemy who can catch up, let these warships go up.What do you think? "

(End of this chapter)