Chapter 567: Prepare for a War (8000)
Boom!
The rotating shells slammed into the side of the ship.
The ironwood shell was only slightly dented, and the shells were quickly deflected.
The anti-shock patterns engraved around it soon emitted a faint light, slowly repairing the damage caused by the impact.
The tiny vines gradually outlined scar-like patterns during the repair process, becoming the medal of this warship.
"Durability +1, remaining stored life energy is 98."
That's right, this is the most basic magic warship at this stage, the production technology that the Bay Territory obtained from the El Elves.
It is much more difficult to make ordinary wooden warships, and the key lies in the acquisition of materials.
Even ordinary warships, if they want to sail on the sea and withstand the beating of waves, they need very hard and light wood.
Ironwood is a common and very expensive wood.
Ironwood grows very slowly.
It will only grow 3 to 5 centimeters in every natural year.
It takes more than 50 years to grow into qualified wood.
During this process, pruning should be done in real time.
Remove the branches and leaves on the edge and keep a small part of the top.
Make sure that the wood that grows out is tight and has no defects such as wood knots.
This is just the first step in material selection.
Select ironwood over three meters for felling, and usually only two two-meter standard wooden boards can be cut.
Place it in a ventilated environment without light to dry.
After a year, the moisture evaporates to about 1/2.
Then, brush it with a layer of secret tung oil and let it dry slowly, once every three months.
During the drying process, deformed, bent, and cracked hardwood needs to be selected.
Do this 6 times, and it will be ready after a full year and 6 months.
Qualified hardwood ship materials are hard and light, compact and elastic.
Tap it with your fingers, and the sound is crisp. If you force it to 90 degrees, it can recover by itself without deformation.
The material made in this way not only has a strong ability to resist impact, but also can effectively resist the corrosion and erosion of seawater.
The secret tung oil applied not only has very good waterproof and fireproof effects.
It can also kill most of the parasites on the seabed, greatly reduce the parasites of barnacles, seaweed, etc. on ships, and reduce the cost of maintenance.
Each piece of such ironwood is worth up to 5 gold coins, and it is usually out of stock.
To build a five-masted warship, at least 12,000 such wooden boards are needed.
This means that the main manufacturing cost of a warship is at least more than 60,000 gold coins.
Moreover, this is only the manufacturing price of the ship's materials.
Whether it is protective modification, main mast manufacturing, sail installation, or preparation of large-scale long-range weapons and equipment, the funds required are 2-3 times that of the main manufacturing of the ship.
Compared with a siege machine costing three or four thousand gold coins, this kind of war machine on the sea is quite expensive.
This is why only those great lords and major forces at or above the level of marquis have the strength to build a large fleet across the ocean to the New World.
The magic warship manufacturing technology provided by the El Elves has made the originally expensive warship price rise to a higher level.
The process of Ironwood Demonization has reduced its already low success rate to only about 30%.
The manufacturing price of a single piece of wood has exceeded 20 gold coins.
The manufacturing price of each warship has been pushed up to more than 300,000 gold coins.
In addition to the material enhancement, the magic warships of the Gulf Territory are also blessed by the "Activated Warship" technology of the El Elves.
The manufacturing price of the warships is as high as 500,000 gold coins.
In most cases, gold coins represent combat effectiveness!
Because of this, the defense of the Gulf Territory's warships can crush ordinary warships such as the Japanese.
"You hit me with a shot, and I am unharmed."
In addition to defensive capabilities, the new generation of dwarf artillery and heavy crossbows have also extended the attack distance of the Gulf Territory's warships to more than 800 meters.
And they maintain a very strong precision and accuracy!
As long as they fall on the Japanese warships, they will definitely smash one or two big holes.
"I'll hit you, you'll break your bones."
The Varian stopped moving, and the rear was already riddled with holes.
A large amount of seawater poured into it, and the Japanese pirates on the ship fled in panic, and some tried to jump into the sea to survive.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Amid the sound of wood cracking, the Varian slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, and the whirlpools and waves that rolled up swallowed hundreds of Japanese who had no time to escape.
The sinking of the Varian did not scare the other Japanese warships.
They launched a crazy attack on the warships of the Bay Leader.
But their artillery was not lethal enough, and the range of their bows and crossbows was short, so they did not pose a substantial threat to the warships of the Bay Leader.
On the contrary, the soldiers of the Bay Leader, who were familiar with sea warfare, began to play the effect of training in an orderly manner, calling out the Japanese warships one by one and concentrating their fire.
The roar of artillery fire resounded in the darkness.
The shells crossed each other and rushed towards the target.
The killing effects of both sides were completely different.
The parts of the Gulf Leader's warship that were attacked were quickly repaired by the magic circle.
While giving the soldiers a greater sense of security, their morale also increased.
After the Japanese warships were attacked by artillery shells, they were quickly smashed with large holes.
The terrible shells kept jumping inside, ruthlessly crushing any object that blocked the way, whether it was the panicked Japanese or the artillery that was firing back.
One after another, the Japanese warships stopped and sank in the roar of artillery fire.
When the fifth Japanese warship sank, these Japanese pirates who were just surrounded by cruelty and fanaticism soon fell into endless panic and fear.
The remaining three seriously injured warships sailed towards the dock with difficulty.
Some Japanese pirates saw that the situation was not good, drove the lifeboat on the ship, escaped from the damaged warships, and ran towards the dock.
The soldiers of the Bay Leader who received the order were merciless and destroyed the three warships very simply.
The faces of the Japanese pirates at the dock changed drastically. They never thought that the invincible pirate fleet in their memory would be blocked at the doorstep and crushed easily.
The unspeakable panic and fear spread from the mouths of these Japanese pirates who fled to the dock.
They quickly abandoned the dock and the four transport ships that were still docked at the dock, and retreated to the stronghold in a panic.
After dealing with the opponent, the bay leader warship did not rush to approach the dock, but began to repair the damaged warships.
Only a few small transport boats rushed to the dock at a very fast speed.
The Japanese pirates fled, and they easily occupied the dock.
After checking the entire dock and confirming that there was no hidden danger, they sent a signal to the warships docked on the coast to let them approach.
A cautious combat style ensures that there will be no mistakes.
Glancing at the warships that slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, Matthew aimed his eyes at the somewhat dilapidated Japanese stronghold.
There was a commotion on the city wall, and the panicked Japanese pirates ran around.
Many people held up torches and tried to push out the cannons.
However, their old-fashioned cannons did not have the ability to fire on rainy days.
Moreover, because many pirate leaders were swept away, they fell into a chaotic situation without command.
Matthew did not speak to command the battle. He was just the last insurance, letting Arnold and Lyon, who were commanding the battle, play their roles.
They did not rashly launch an attack on the city wall.
They first explored the opponent's actions and situation, and then assembled troops outside the enemy's artillery firing range.
They pushed the modified self-propelled artillery outside the city wall.
Finally, they prepared to attack the stronghold step by step.
The overall operation was not outstanding, and there was nothing wrong with it.
This is also the style of the Gulf Leader.
Win steadily and win plainly.
If you can push forward with artillery bombardment all the way, you will never take the risk of running thousands of miles and fighting alone.
Unless it is absolutely necessary!
The attack with 3,000 combat troops was a natural victory.
When the self-propelled artillery blasted open the city gate and broke the city wall, the Japanese pirates who were still holding on to the city wall were already scared and fled everywhere.
Lyon did not divide his troops to pursue.
First, they took down the city wall and then controlled the city gate.
After confirming the situation in the city, they commanded the soldiers to encircle and kill the Japanese pirates.
After he saw the legendary orc Ironhide Grigg, who failed to break through the defense line guarded by the Bay Lord with the help of legendary magic, he understood a profound truth.
Before achieving complete victory, no matter how good the performance is, it is just empty fireworks.
It will be gone in a flash!
Half an hour later.
Matthew saw that the power of destiny he obtained stayed at the number of 150,000, and he knew that the battle was over.
This is also the case. No Japanese pirate escaped here alive.
The cavalry wandering around the stronghold ensured that no one would be left alive.
The blazing flames rose to the sky.
The stench of burning corpses penetrated the nostrils of every goblin slave.
They watched everything in front of them in horror.
The arrogant Japanese pirates, like their murdered compatriots, turned into charred corpses without any ability to fight back.
They were afraid of such a fate, which would befall them mercilessly.
They hid in the dilapidated wooden houses, trembling and shaking.
Some bold goblins only dared to peek at the Gulf Leader soldiers wearing bright silver armor and with terrible momentum through the cracks in the wooden houses.
They were not afraid of death, but they also hoped to continue to live.
After searching the whole city and confirming that there was no danger, Lyon reported to Matthew with the counted results.
"This battle sank 8 warships, captured 4 transport ships, killed 3,200 Japanese pirates, and captured 9,567 slaves."
"420,000 gold coins and a batch of high-quality rare metals were looted from the transport ships, with a total value of 3.8 million gold coins."
More than 4 million gold coins were earned in one battle!
Matthew was also quite surprised by the harvest, and signaled Lyon to continue processing, turning his attention to the trembling goblins in the city.
He saw that the goblins were in a very miserable state, most of them were skinny and on the verge of extreme hunger.
Matthew was very interested in goblins because he knew that these seemingly stupid and barbaric little creatures once had a very glorious history and civilization.
That was more than 6,000 years ago.
"Settle these goblins, let them recuperate first, see what professions and specialties they have, and by the way, ask them for information about the Japanese pirates."
After receiving Matthew's order, Lyon immediately began to make arrangements.
In terms of capturing prisoners and arranging slaves, the warriors of the Bay Territory are very professional.
After a while, wisps of smoke rose from various locations in the stronghold.
The extremely hungry goblins resisted the urge to go out and carefully watched the soldiers of the Bay Territory who were cooking porridge.
They did not dare to make any unusual movements until they heard a shout in the common language:
"All goblins, please pay attention, go to the nearest place to collect food and line up to receive food."
When they first heard this, all the goblins were indifferent.
Although they were very hungry, they were very vigilant, which was a side effect of the pain and torture brought to them by the Japanese.
However, when the broadcast was played back for the third time, the aroma of food spread throughout the stronghold.
Several hungry goblins could no longer bear it and made up their minds to rush out.
They had already thought about it, even if they died, they would die with a full stomach.
Many eyes stared at their movements, and when they saw them rushing through in a panic and then being yelled at to line up, they showed a little bit of pity in their eyes.
As imagined, they were not beheaded or kicked away.
They actually walked into the two long masts, lined up, and received steaming hot rice porridge.
The rich and sweet smell instantly made the goblin Bigo unable to bear it anymore.
He stretched out his dirty hand and scooped a little bit of slightly hot rice porridge into his mouth.
As soon as it touched his tongue, the warmth and strong fragrance rushed straight into his mind.
He could no longer resist the attraction of food, and picked up the bowl and drank it in big mouthfuls.
The hot tears in the corners of his eyes made the goblin Bigo feel a sour nose, and he couldn't help crying.
A goblin next to him secretly tasted it and carefully hid the bowl.
She looked at her companions around her vigilantly and walked carefully to a shaky wooden house.
After a while, a "Yaa" sound came from inside.
The surrounding goblins could no longer bear it, and rushed out of the dilapidated wooden house in the drizzle.
The originally insurmountable wooden fence was smashed to pieces by them in a few strokes.
Then, they lined up in a long line amid the loud scolding of the soldiers of the Bay.
Soon, each goblin received a bowl of steaming hot rice porridge.
They had not tasted this warm food for a long time.
Many goblins were crying.
Some were tasting it carefully, as if they were savoring the rest of their lives, and they had already considered this to be their last dinner.
But to the surprise of all the goblins, the soldiers of the Bay who had distributed the food did not arrange heavy labor for them like the Japanese, but said:
"All goblins should have a good rest, and when the sun comes out, continue to come here to collect food."
The soldiers of the Bay did not leave the stronghold, but began to patrol here in the form of a team.
The goblins, who suddenly realized their mistake, stared blankly at everything in front of them.
They did not imagine the future.
Instead, they were thinking whether they could still eat such food tomorrow morning.
The entire stronghold returned to peace.
Matthew silently stared at the map in the air, listening to Arnold and Lyon discussing the summary of this battle.
Just as Arnold said.
In this battle, the Gulf Territory had many first-mover advantages.
They explored the enemy's situation first and obtained very detailed intelligence.
When launching a surprise attack, the enemy happened to split into two groups, giving them the opportunity to defeat them one by one.
More importantly, the combat effectiveness of the Gulf Territory's warships is more than twice that of the enemy's ordinary warships.
It is not surprising that they won a complete victory.
However, as a veteran, Arnold still told everyone the specific situation to ensure that everyone would not be arrogant, but recognize the strength comparison between the two sides.
Lyon on the other side was carefully analyzing the next move of the Japanese.
He waited for everyone to finish discussing the situation of this battle before continuing to speak carefully:
"Although we acted very decisively and did not let any Japanese go."
"However, we cannot assume that the other side knows nothing about this side, and we must be prepared for the other side to attack with all their strength."
Don't underestimate any opponent and make the worst plan, which is Lyon's style of doing things and fighting.
Others also recognized Lyon's judgment, and some even thought.
"If the Japanese are really connected with our enemies, they will definitely notice our actions."
"After understanding our strength, they may mobilize more warships and soldiers to come and encircle us."
Not limiting their vision to the existing battlefield, but connecting to the judgment of a larger situation is the progress of these commanders and staff after learning and growing up.
Matthew did not wait for them to finish the discussion, and slowly closed his eyes and returned to the Bay Territory.
Unlike the dark clouds over the Japanese stronghold, the Bay Territory at this time is still sunny and sunny.
In the shipyard that is being expanded.
Dense figures are constantly busy.
Hundreds of workers were processing various materials for building warships.
Shu You looked at the pieces of hardwood being placed in the time-flowing magic circle, changing at an astonishing speed, and his mouth twitched slightly.
Even if she has adapted, the Gulf Territory uses the druid to "accelerate growth" on the ironwood to obtain a qualified hardwood material style.
He still didn't react to what was happening in front of him.
Lianna, who was still collecting data on the side, saw her silence and explained to her:
"The Lord once said that when the Gulf Territory needs something, it can be produced at any cost."
"The price attached to it can be temporarily ignored, all for the sake of higher efficiency."
Looking at Lianna's young face, Shu You's eyes inadvertently glanced at her arcanist emblem, and he couldn't help but feel incredible in his heart.
The shock to her from the bay tie continued to increase.
Watching one piece after another of hardwood being quickly transformed, after more than 10 follow-up processes and inspections, the installation and construction of the warship began.
The entire process, which originally took fifty or sixty years, was abruptly reduced to a workflow of five or six days.
Such a shocking scene fully demonstrated to Carlos the power of magic and arcane technology.
Carlos said "Let's smash it." He had a strange thought in his heart. Looking at the new warship that was almost completed, he couldn't help but said to Matthew who was walking towards him:
"The Gulf Territory always gives me the feeling that this is the real center of arcane development."
"Only here can magic find its widest and practical application."
Matthew shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, looked at the warship that was about to be completed, and said in a plain discussion and tone:
"Knowledge and technology have already appeared. I just don't want to make so much money and combine them all."
Don’t make that much?
Carlos rolled his eyes, recalling the fact that the Gulf Territory remained "open" about technology, and continued angrily:
"No one would be so generous, and knowledge shouldn't be so cheap."
A faint smile appeared on Matthew's face.
He knew that this was not what Carlos thought, but the real situation in other territories or the entire Netherese Empire.
No one would choose to "contribute" the "knowledge" they have worked so hard to study in a fairly cheap way.
In fact, even in the Gulf Territory, everyone still has this idea.
However, the Gulf Territory’s “strategy” is more interesting.
When a person contributes a piece of knowledge, he can receive 10 times the rewards and gains.
Their thoughts will disappear quietly, after all, the Gulf Territory has given too much.
"Don't think so much, you should think about how to train the troops as soon as possible. The Orc Wasteland is not peaceful at all."
Hearing Matthew's words, Carlos rubbed his brows with a headache and muttered helplessly:
"The losses were too great last time. Even if we recruit some new recruits with good qualifications, it will take at least 1-2 years to train them."
As he said this, Carlos looked at Beelzebub behind Matthew, feeling his increasingly powerful momentum, and asked after turning his eyes:
"The strength of the Gulf Territory soldiers has improved so quickly. Is there any secret or method you can tell me?"
As for the meaning behind Carlos's words, Matthew did not answer directly, but provided him with a hypothesis:
"We in the Gulf Territory do have our own techniques and methods for training soldiers."
"However, without the conditions provided by the Gulf Territory, the effectiveness of this training method will be greatly reduced."
"If the 8th Army feels that training new recruits is too troublesome, it can hand over this task to the Gulf Territory."
"As long as sufficient material supplies are ensured, the Gulf Territory is confident that it can help the 8th Army train a group of qualified soldiers within six months."
"At least, they can rely on the city's defense to withstand the next round of attacks from the orc invasion."
Carlos, with his eyes widened, felt his heart pounding. He was still a little unbelievable about Matthew's sudden "generosity" and couldn't help but ask:
"The Gulf Territory is really willing to help us train soldiers? And it only takes 6 months?"
Nodding as a matter of course, Matthew made a gesture to Carlos to follow him. His eyes glanced at Yaya, who was wandering around with Orianna and Guoguo, and continued with a smile:
"There is no need for such a joke between us, of course what I said is true."
"You can follow me into the military camp first and take a good look at the training methods of the Gulf Territory soldiers. If you are satisfied, then discuss the training conditions."
Nodding eagerly, Carlos reluctantly left the shipyard, having already made up his mind.
"We must report the Gulf Territory's production methods and concepts to the family."
Production in the Gulf Territory seems to be shortened in exchange for gold coins.
The explosive production ability displayed by the other party in a short period of time far exceeded his imagination.
If we continue to produce slowly and leisurely as before, we will soon lose the "market" that the Gulf leaders call.
Judging from the warships in front of them, if the Gulf Territory is willing to sell them, even if the price is doubled.
There will also be a lot of lords, crying and shouting, using the gold coins in their treasury to buy it.
By purchasing these warships, you have a "ticket" to travel to the New World for adventure and money.
Sometimes, the appearance of something at a special time period itself represents a higher value.
Just like what Matthew said about training soldiers.
With complicated thoughts, Carlos followed Matthew to the barracks.
As soon as he entered the door, he heard deafening shouts.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The soldiers lined up in neat rows and rushed forward, which made Carlos shudder. He looked at these neatly lined soldiers with envy, passing by him with an indescribable strong demeanor.
Matthew shrugged his shoulders, pointed at these soldiers and said to Carlos:
"They have only been training for three months..."
"I agree, tell me what conditions you have!"
Carlos agreed without hesitation.
Although he didn't know why Matthew helped him so much, he would never be hypocritical.
Then, Carlos looked through the information in his hand helplessly, and couldn't help shuddering:
"Good man, you are really ruthless! Do you really need so many things to train these soldiers?"
Nodding as a matter of course, Matthew took the list without any hesitation and calculated it with Carlos one by one:
"10 gold coins per person, this is not expensive at all."
"Each of them can learn at least three combat skills and specialties."
"You can arrange them to learn which combat skills according to their different arms."
Subconsciously widening his eyes, Carlos looked at the thrusting movements of the soldiers next to him with the corner of his eyes.
He felt the unusual swiftness and fierceness, and nodded in agreement without hesitation.
Having combat skills and not having them are two completely different concepts!
"10 kilograms of magic food for each soldier, high-intensity training requires more nutritional supplements."
No problem!
"1,000 kilograms of food for each soldier, the principle of eating more and training better should not need my teaching..."
You are right!
"Each soldier will receive a set of enchanted armor and weapons."
"The weapons and equipment produced by the Gulf Territory are of good quality and affordable. Don't you like them?"
You're right!
"Each soldier will receive 5 bottles of blood-activating potion. The Gulf Territory will help them complete the blood-seeking training. You should know this better!"
You're so cruel!
"..."
After listening to Matthew's words, I saw that the training price for each soldier was as high as 100 gold coins.
The total training price of the nearly 150,000 new recruits of the Eighth Legion will exceed 15 million gold coins.
Carlos still felt that this guy was right, and took a breath with a headache.
Carlos, who was a little undecided, followed Matthew all the way into the military camp.
He was brought to a place that shocked him even more by Matthew before he noticed it.
This is a very wide training ground.
A combat unit of 3,000 people is facing the attack of tens of thousands of enemies.
The attacking force is not only numerous, but also has siege equipment such as well-rams, battering rams, catapults, and ladders.
There are even combat units such as large steel golems and shock golems.
The fighting atmosphere between the two sides is quite real, and the collision of weapons and guns is also very accurate.
Carlos saw some soldiers injured and "death" with his own eyes, licked his dry lips, and said softly with some resentment:
"As long as you can guarantee that the new recruits of our Eighth Legion can also enjoy such training methods and achieve such training results."
"Then I will try my best to lobby for you..."
With a slight smile on his lips, Matthew nodded calmly, but actually muttered in his heart:
"Ha, in this way, the money for the transformation of the new training camp."
"The new batch of "experiments" for learning expertise are all in place."
The advantage of the Bay Territory is not so easy to take
Of course, Matthew will not cheat Carlos.
After about July and August, the orcs who have accumulated strength for another year will set off another wave of attacks.
The Netheril Empire, which finally gathered its strength to suppress the orcs in the west, will face more deadly threats and blows.
The improvement of the 8th Legion's strength can greatly curb the invasion of the orcs.
With them in the front, the Gulf Territory behind will naturally be able to bear less pressure.
Although the development of the Gulf Territory is not bad, it is far from being able to stand alone.
Recently, with the surge of the Dragon Madness, the barbarians in the east are about to start a new round of turmoil.
This will be the place where the Gulf Territory will use its troops in the first half of the year, except for the sea war.
This time, the barbarian army that is coming in a mighty way is no longer the small tribes in the past two years.
Just when the Gulf Territory stepped up the training of soldiers and built magic warships at a rate of almost one ship per week.
The news that the Japanese stronghold was captured has been sent back to the North Pirate Island.
The Japanese pirate generals who received this news became angry.
They are not soft eggs who swallow their anger after being beaten.
The East Coast Islands have been active for so many years, and even if they have encountered powerful opponents, they dare to fight back.
For such a blatant provocation by the Bay Lord, many Japanese shouted and shouted to retaliate quickly.
However, although their slogans were loud.
But when they really had to take action, they all started to find excuses.
They were not fools. The Bay Lord quietly killed 8 warships, and it had a combat power of at least 16 warships.
Now is a good time to go to the New World to take risks and make money.
No one would be willing to spend precious warships and put them into a battle that is bound to suffer losses.
It just so happens that the Eastern Channel is being cleared again.
A large number of merchant ships are like fat sheep, waiting for them to harvest and make a fortune.
No one would be willing to do such a thankless job.
However, there are two pirate generals who are exceptions!
One is a lackey of the Pfizer Chamber of Commerce.
The other is the owner of the Japanese stronghold.
The two guys have agreed to mobilize the fleet within two weeks.
At that time, they will eat up the warships of the Bay Territory in one bite, and plunder the rich Bay Territory by the way.
Both public and private!
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