774 Chapter 774: Armored Ship

Jenny knelt in front of Aslan, he looked up at Aslan, the superior in front of him was so young.

He waved his hand, and the soldiers escorting him took a step back respectfully.

"You are not a pirate from the northern continent, are you? Why are you here?"

Jenny was full of beards and couldn't see her face clearly. He glanced at the beautiful young woman sitting next to him, and a flash of enthusiasm flashed in his eyes, but when he saw Aslan's majestic eyes, he immediately lowered his head and said respectfully .

"We escaped from the southern part of the mainland, and the magic capital is cleaning up the coastal islands and pirates."

"I'll just say it! I've cleaned up all the pirates here, and all the pirates who escaped have gone to the northern region." Aslan said to Duke Medea with a smile.

"The monitoring of the territorial waters is not enough! The size of the navy must continue to expand." Duke Medea said coldly.

In front of her outside, she will always look like that cold and glamorous iceberg beauty.

After hearing her words, Jenny couldn't help shivering.

He is really cold. When Duke Medea said this, he also drove the surrounding water elements.

In fact, not only him, but even ordinary soldiers around him felt cold.

Aslan rubbed his temples with a headache, it was indeed difficult to rely on the existing navy.

The Kingdom of Cleveland has not developed a navy for many years. For the Duke of Walker, in order to reduce military expenditures, the navy was cut directly.

"Why did the city of magic encircle and suppress you? I remember that the city of magic doesn't have a strong navy?" Aslan asked curiously.

Jenny's eyeballs started to roll around, obviously thinking of some bad idea.

An officer next to him raised the butt of his gun and hit Jenny in the face without saying a word.

"Be more disciplined, and don't make bad ideas."

Half of Jenny's face was swollen. If he wasn't a great swordsman, the butt of the gun just now would have made him faint.

He lowered his head, glanced at the officer secretly, and said in a low voice.

"Your Excellency, this matter contains important secrets, and there are too many people here."

"Ha!" Aslan couldn't help laughing, he waved his hands and said, "You all back down."

He wants to see what tricks this guy can play.

"Your Excellency, can I come closer?" Jenny asked in a low voice.

Aslan nodded, a charming smile on his lips.

Jenny looked terrified at the smile.

When he was less than one meter away from Aslan, under Aslan's playful gaze, the string in his heart broke completely, and the last trace of killing intent disappeared without a trace. He prostrated himself on the ground and said softly: " It’s a visitor from another world, I got the news, it seems that a certain force called Gonza has occupied a certain island, which attracted the crusade from the magic capital, I heard that the Free Magic Alliance suffered heavy losses in that battle.”

"Oh!" Aslan nodded, patted Jenny on the shoulder, and asked, "Are you familiar with the sea area in the southern part of the mainland?"

Jenny was shocked and nodded quickly.

"I have been in the southern waters of the mainland for more than ten years, and at most I have more than a dozen warships."

Aslan's eyes began to flicker, and Duke Medea immediately guessed what bad idea Aslan was planning again.

Nuomiri waved his hand and ordered Jenny to be taken down, intending to spare his life.

Back in the captain's office, Gwenaville handed Aslan a copy of the combat data.

"Dad, this is the data of the first battle of the Billy-class frigate. It's not bad." Gwennaville said a little excitedly.

Aslan glanced at it, nodded and said, "It's not bad, but now the Imperial Navy is in full swing. Pirates don't just happen by chance. Moreover, the capital of magic is vigorously developing the navy, and the navy can't hold back."

Gwenaville's small face was tightly wrinkled, and her small mouth couldn't help but pouted.

"Steel warships are impossible." In the end, Gwenaville only gave such an answer.

"What about the ironclad ship?" Aslan asked tentatively.

"Is there a difference?" Gwenaville asked because she didn't know.

Duke Medea and Nomiri also looked at Aslan with puzzled eyes.

Obviously, they all regarded the Billy-class frigate and the ironclad ship as the same type of warship.

"The ironclad ship, also called the armored ship, was an early steam-type warship covered with hard iron or steel armor. Since wooden warships were unable to withstand the bombardment of increasingly powerful shells, the ironclad ship came into being."

"From the perspective of Blue Star's history, in November 2859, the world's first main iron-clad battleship Fa Cai, led by the Navy of the Economic Union, set sail for the first time. The Erez Royal Navy has been planning to develop armored warships since 2856, and in 2857 The draft of the armored frigate was successfully drawn up, but in early 2859 the Royal Navy chose to build two iron-clad frigates, and in 1861 decided to develop towards an all-armored fleet.”

"During the Blue Star World War, after the first confrontation of ironclad ships, there was no armor in the age of sailing, that is, the existing wooden hull battleships in the mainland were obviously at a disadvantage, and ironclad ships replaced them, and became the most powerful ships in water warfare. "

"The focus is on armored ships, which serve as transitional warships for our existing navy." Aslan's last sentence emphasized his tone.

Gwennaville blinked and asked: "Dad, what you said is still a wooden-hulled warship as the main body, with an additional layer of armor on the outside."

Aslan snapped his fingers to show that the answer was correct.

Duke Medea and Nomiri fell into deep thought at the same time.

"Still using the magic engine, coupled with the turret structure, is indeed a trick, but such a battleship is at a disadvantage against Blue Star's artillery!" Gwennaville reminded.

Aslan nodded and said, "That's right, but it's enough to bully the existing mainland warships, and it's mainly used to train naval forces, and the main force is still steel warships."

Gwennaville completely understood, and began to silently calculate how long it would take for the shipbuilders on hand to produce a first-hand armored ship.

It is produced with industrial equipment, and then the steel keel is customized in advance. In fact, the workers are mainly engaged in assembly.

It's just that the layout of the fort and the magic turbine need to be redesigned.

"Father, I made an estimate. Rebuild the dock and send all those old shipwrights to build armored ships. A thousand-ton armored ship will only take fifty days at most, and with the craftsmen and equipment we have, It is enough for ten armored ships to start work at the same time." Gwennaville exclaimed excitedly.

"Very good, let's do it like this, mainly high-speed ships, and the main guns can also be replaced with three-based gunpowder-based naval guns." Aslan said the request for excessive warships.

Gwenaville nodded quickly, and at the same time took out a small notebook to write it down.

Three-base gunpowder is a smokeless gunpowder improved from explosive crystals. It is better than the original double-base gunpowder in terms of power and kinetic energy, and has already started mass production.