Otherworldly Castle Era

Above the endless ocean, I saw a clear sky and a cloudless sky, but in the ocean, there were thousands of clouds and sails rising and falling.

Standing on the bow of the super battleship, Li Bao looked at the endless warships and sea ships surrounding him, and he couldn't help but feel bold. He commanded such an invincible fleet, and felt that although the world was big, there was no place he could not go.

The defensive fleet has the only super battleship in the entire fleet, and the only one in Xia State. This super battleship is the flagship of the defensive fleet and the flagship of this expedition to the sea. It is Li Bao's ship.

The super battleship is 75 meters long, 16 meters wide at its widest point, and its full load displacement reaches a terrifying 5700 tons, and its weapons are not inferior to her terrifying displacement.

The first-class naval guns with a caliber of 180 millimeters and weighing three tons were equipped with 38; the second-class naval guns with a caliber of 160 mm and weighing more than two tons were also equipped with thirty-eight. Doors; the last is a third-class naval gun with a caliber of 140 millimeters and a weight of nearly two tons equipped with thirty guns.

In order for this huge ship to obtain the combat effectiveness that matches its size, the first-class naval gun with an effective range of up to one thousand two hundred meters is specially equipped for it, which other warships do not have.

The hull of this super battleship has seven floors, including two superstructures. The bottom three floors from bottom to top are the ballast anti-settling layer, the material storage layer, and the sailor’s living layer, and above it belongs to the combat area. .

The fourth and fifth floors and the first-floor superstructure are all artillery floors. The fourth floor is equipped with first-class naval guns, the fifth floor is equipped with second-class naval guns, and the lower floor of the superstructure is equipped with three Class naval gun. The uppermost superstructure is the combat command and officer residence.

This design makes the center of this super battleship lower, because the heavier the artillery, the lower it is. If you add the powerful power provided by the five high main masts, such a battleship alone is invincible. Synonymous with. Anyway, Li Bao couldn't think of a rival in this world.

You must know that this is just a sailing battleship, not a later ironclad ship, let alone a distant dreadnought ship. The full displacement of up to 5,700 tons even exceeds that of a destroyer in the steam turbine era.

In fact, the design concept of all the warships of Xia Guo is the same as this super battleship, including the battleships of the main force of the fleet and the frigates of the escort.

In this expedition, apart from the supply ships and transport ships for transporting materials and soldiers, the exploratory fleet and transport fleet were dispatched by sea, with a total of 36 battleships large and small.

There are one fast battleship, two cruise ships, and three destroyers in the exploratory fleet; one super battleship, two battleships, three fast battleships, six cruise ships, six destroyers, and twelve frigates in the defense fleet.

This is the entire naval power of Xia Guo. All participated in this expedition, not even one ship remained. Do not! If you insist, there are actually three old-fashioned destroyers serving as training ships still remaining in the naval port.

These three old-fashioned destroyers were built by Xia Guo himself based on the frigates awarded by the system before the system rewarded the warship drawings. After the design of a full set of sailing warships, it was discovered that these three self-built ships had many problems, and they served as recruit training ships.

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In the early morning, the Golden Crow had not yet jumped out of the sea, but the sea was already bright. Li Bao walked out of the cabin and walked across a clean and spacious deck to the female wall at the bow, looking north.

Zhao Tao came up from the lower deck and saw Li Bao in a light robe standing alone by the wall. He walked over to see the courtesy: "I have seen the general. The sea breeze is a bit cold today. Please pay attention to your body, the general."

Zhao Tao had always been with Li Bao, but after the expansion of the navy, Li Bao recommended him to be the commander of the exploratory fleet. Now he is also a general with the rank of major general and served as Li Bao's deputy in this expedition.

Li Bao waved his hand to show that he was all right. He looked back at Zhao Tao and saw that he was dressed in military uniform. He had been up for a long time since he wanted to come, so he asked, "Zhao Tao, how long will it take to reach the first goal?"

"General Enlightenment, the fleet departed from Linhai Port at noon yesterday, and now the target of 300 kilometers from Linhai Port is not far away." Zhao Tao secretly calculated, and replied: "By the evening of today, the fleet should arrive at the target sea. ."

Because the transport fleet loaded with the Second Division dragged down the fleet, the entire fleet could only move forward at a speed of five knots per hour, even if it was sailing northward.

Otherwise, there are only two warships in the fleet, and the speed of ten knots should have almost reached the target overseas this morning, but if there is no reality, it is impossible for a warship to abandon the target of protection and move forward alone, right?

In addition, although there were warships on the sea route, the real targets belonged to the soldiers of the Second Division who were vomiting dimly on the transport ship. The warships would attack at most and provide support firepower on the other side.

After all, there is no opponent in the sea. Even if the indigenous has some primitive warships, when facing this invincible fleet, if you don't know how to escape but instead rush up to attack, the result can be imagined with your toes.

Therefore, the reason why Yang Song included the navy in this expedition was because of the training plan, and the navy also had to practice—training for joint land and sea operations.

Even if **** and shore fire support are not considered the main combat methods of the fleet, they are also an indispensable part of the military system.

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In the evening, the fleet arrived at the open sea of ​​the first target on time.

This is a town near the sea, located in the north of the current Fulimet country. It is another city of one of the coalition forces united by multiple lords, and is also the residence of the lords of this force.

There are so many territories in this world. Although Xia Guo has collected intelligence for each territory, no general will go back to remember the names of these territories.

However, for these cities that Linhai was selected by Xia Guo as the target, Li Bao patiently gave them individual names.

Xia Guo’s expedition fleet stopped at a distance of 20 kilometers away from the target ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ approaching night, the reconnaissance ship sent in front of the fleet quickly sent back information about the target.

After receiving the information, Zhao Tao reported to Li Baohui as soon as possible: "Report to the general and report to the ship. Shouhai City is unprepared."

"Shouhai City" was the name Xia Guo gave to the target, indicating that it was the first target of this expedition to the sea. I don't know whether it was a honour or a pain. Anyway, this city must be remembered in the annals of history.

"Okay, I got it." After Li Bao got the target and was unprepared, he turned and walked into the room with his back facing Zhao Tao and ordered: "Order the fleet to fix up here tonight, and launch an offensive at seven o'clock tomorrow morning."

It won't work if you don't trim it. It's just the second division that has been drifting on the sea for less than a few days. At this time, there is not much combat effectiveness.

After all, human beings are terrestrial creatures, and it is difficult to adapt to life on the sea without training, let alone the second division that catches ducks to the shelves.

When Li Bao was about to fight, it was impossible for Li Bao to transfer the fleet just because of this difficulty, but he still recorded this silently, and prepared to report the results of the training to Yang Song when the training was over.