On the Seven Towers

When the Ayr's Shield, Houyi and Xingtianhao approached Ayr City, more and more ships began to appear on the surrounding sea. Xiao Chen could tell that this was a very busy port. Before they could see the shadow of land, they encountered more than a dozen ships. The shipbuilding technology on this continent had already entered the steam age, and ships of large and small sizes sailed on the sea with smoke from their chimneys.

Mao Kai has checked the power system of the Ayr's Shield. This ship uses a reciprocating steam engine. Although the structure is somewhat different from the reciprocating steam engines in Earth's history, the principle is the same. The biggest difference lies in the fuel. The steam engines here in the Western Continent can burn two types of fuel. One is naturally coal, and the other is magic crystal. Xiao Chen asked Balivian whether the power in this magic crystal could be Not the power of the devil?

Balivian said of course that if the saint believes that these crystals are energy that can be used, then there is no problem. The same energy is dispersed in the world and used by people to perform the devil's witchcraft, which is the power of the devil. But if Turned into crystals and used in man-made machines, it is energy that can be utilized. These energies are not meant for human use.

The main fuel of the Aiel's Shield is spar, and the auxiliary fuel is coal. The former is more efficient and very economical, but coal is cheaper, so it usually mainly burns coal when sailing in the open sea, while when sailing in the near sea, Use spar. If encountering bad sea conditions, spar will also be used to enhance power.

According to Balivian, the Ayr's Shield's power system is not particularly advanced, and some more advanced warships and merchant ships have begun to use equipment similar to steam turbines.

This made Xiao Chen and others very surprised. They had never thought that there would be a magic continent and a technological continent in the same world.

Houyi and Xingtian look like two large sailing ships from the outside. Such ships have been gradually eliminated in the Western Continent. In addition to fishermen who also use some small sailing ships, most of the wooden sailing ships are used by small chambers of commerce or pirates. in use.

Therefore, the Houyi and Xingtian attracted the attention of many passing ships. But because they were led by the Aiel's Shield, no ship came to inquire. Maybe they just regarded them as a converted old ship of a certain chamber of commerce.

By this afternoon, the fleet was very close to the port. From the Houyi, we could vaguely see land appearing between the sky and the sea, and now rocks and small islands began to appear on the sea. At this time, a huge ship approached in the distance.

"That's a warship." Balivian used a word that Xiao Chen had never heard before. After confirming with him, Xiao Chen understood that this word specifically refers to a warship of this size. After observing the ship, he decided to translate the word into cruiser.

Compared with the Earth warships in Xiao Chen's memory, this ship obviously has thicker armor and larger and more turrets. The hull is about 1,780 meters long, but it is equipped with six main guns that visually exceed the 200mm triple-mounted gun, and nearly eight 200mm twin-mounted secondary guns. This ship is like a hedgehog. , covered with densely packed gun barrels.

Ma Anmin, who was beside Xiao Chen, said, "Let me go, is there a guy from the Multi-turret God Cult who traveled through time to this place?"

Xiao Chen said: "Why do I feel a numb scalp when I see this ship? Do I feel like I am a child in front of a strong man, who may be beaten at any time?"

"They shouldn't be able to penetrate our shield, right?" Ma Anmin said.

"Probably..."

"You have to know that monsters of this level have never been developed on earth because the power is not enough, but magic crystal is a very efficient power. Therefore, it can make such an iron lump run.

Such a ship is enough to play a very important role in the First World War on Earth, no, no, even in World War II. "

"This is the Red Cloud, the flagship of the Aier City fleet. A battleship built six years ago. It is also one of the most powerful battleships in some of the surrounding cities." Balivian was shocked when he saw these visitors from the Eastern Continent. With an expression on his face, he said proudly, "This is not our largest and most cutting-edge battleship. I heard that the two latest built battleships, the Wavebreaker and the Chopper, are more than half the size of this ship, and their firepower is nearly doubled. If you don’t use the power of the devil, you won’t be able to compete with such a guy.”

Ma Anmin said: "No, you don't understand. There are much more powerful battleships in my hometown. The two you see are just things we bought and modified temporarily."

He said to Xiao Chen: "If we can get this ship, or even the Breaking Waves, and then perform our magical modifications, it will definitely become a much more powerful weapon than the Houyi."

Xiao Chen said: "Yes, if my guess is correct, we may not have such cooperation opportunities."

This cruiser did not ignore the existence of Hou Yi like other merchant ships, but sailed directly towards them.

Those ferocious cannons were adjusted to lock the direction of the Houyi and Xingtian.

Xiao Chen did not dare to neglect and hurriedly ordered the two ships to prepare shields. Once these guns suddenly fired, they could hit the hull of the Houyi in an instant. As long as the opponent's artillery-making technology matched their shipbuilding technology, one round A shelling can send the Houyi into the sea. In this case, there is no time to open the shield. Xiao Chen didn't dare to take such a risk, so he raised the shield without thinking that it might make the other party suspicious.

Two vaguely visible spherical light curtains wrapped the two ships inside.

This action surprised the people on the warship. They obviously didn't understand what was going on. So they kept their distance and began to contact the Shield of El with flags to ask them to explain.

Balivian saw the flags and asked Xiao Chen, "Master Xiao Chen, the other party wants me to explain your origins. What should I say?"

Xiao Chen said, "You can tell the truth and tell them that we are from the East Continent, but we are not subordinates of gods or demons. We are coming to the West Continent to find allies to fight against the God of Nature who is about to awaken. So please don't attack and take us to the port. We need to talk to the mayor of El City."

"Such a complicated meaning cannot be expressed by flags. Let's go over and tell them the situation here." Balivian's flags told the people on the Red Cloud that they would send someone to explain the problem, and then put down a small boat and carry the messenger to the Red Cloud.