Chapter 318 Mirage Dragon

[Thank you for your sincere opinions, and reply here.

1. The production of guns is not that simple. If you haven’t skipped and read, you should find that the protagonist hasn’t solved the spring problem yet. It has only been developed for less than a year, and many things are not complete.

The spring is the core component of the gun. Maybe everyone thinks that springs are very common, but springs have a high technical content. Requires special steel and equipment.

In addition, without sensitive explosives such as thormer, the force of the inner spring of the gun is not enough to perfectly excite the bullets of ordinary gunpowder.

In fact, there are still countries that cannot produce bullets.

"Common" does not mean "simple". Everything we have now is the result of a hundred or two hundred years of accumulation of countless knowledge.

2. Some readers put forward some professional suggestions, which Tianya accepts with humility. But this is a fictional world after all, and there are always some separate settings. Please read the full text carefully.

Thanks for the comments. 】

As the sun rose, Liu Xinyu started a day's court meeting with a crown without orbs.

Although several days had passed, the officials still felt a little glaring when they looked at Liu Xinyu's crown. The hole left by the deduction of the pearl is like a scar!

But Liu Xinyu got used to it. She glanced around, "Guys, since the surrounding countries are not benevolent, don't blame us for being unrighteous! They are afraid of the spread of our industrial and commercial influence, but we will do whatever the enemy is afraid of!

From now on, we start to make the following arrangements.

First of all, the construction of domestic black iron factories, etc., has been accelerated. Within a month, at least ten black iron factories will be added, and the cost price of black iron will be reduced to less than one-tenth of the current price.

Dayang Group is going to disclose related technologies, and all commercial firms in the country can receive them. However, it must be filed with Dayang Group and the country; if any unpleasant things happen in the future, you will be responsible for the consequences.

It is estimated that within three months, the price of black iron will be reduced by half again!

Secondly, the black iron increased, and a large number of war artifacts began to be built.

Third, within one month, the black iron currency system will be gradually abolished in China, and a currency system in which banknotes and spirit stones coexist will be gradually adopted in the future.

Fourth, expand the influence of industry and commerce, especially the social status of the industrial and commercial class, new ideas, etc., including the influence of aristocratic ideas, constitutional monarchy, etc., and fundamentally shake the foundations of other countries.

Fifth, the current Danyang Country is completely blank. Within half a year, we will support a batch of industrial and commercial classes to come out, and shake the foundation of the country of Danyang!

Do you have anything to add? "

Prime Minister Zhao Duo immediately said: "Your Majesty, there are no nobles in the country of Danyang now. If we promote the development of the country of Danyang, will it backfire and make the country of Danyang stronger?"

Liu Xinyu thought for a while and said, "I think the possibility is very low. Because although our five-nation coalition forces robbed the nobles of the Danyang Kingdom before, they didn't kill them!

And nobles who have nothing will be even crazier!

This time the kingdom of Danyang is repeated, and there are shadows of these nobles behind it.

In addition, the royal family of Danyang Kingdom is intricate and complex, and it is a huge noble in itself. Those clan elders, clans, etc., do not want to see the mud legs of the past stand up!

Today, the great emperor of Danyang Kingdom has not changed, and many old ministers are still there. The domestic political environment does not allow the emergence of reforms and the rise of the industrial and commercial class!

Maybe Danyang's Congress will follow our example to develop industry and commerce, but it will not allow the rise of the industrial and commercial class. That's when the real big trouble came!

And what we want to do is to provide a hope, the only hope, to the industrial and commercial classes of all countries. Qixia Country is their future! "

Wu Fanghai stood up, "Your Majesty, if the output of black iron increases, the cost of steel will also decrease. At that time, the old minister wants to arm all the soldiers with steel.

In addition, railways are very important for troop transport and material transfer, so railways should be built to connect the country and checkpoints.

There are also artillery, etc., and many, many are needed. The centralized and large-scale use of artillery is enough to change the direction of war. "

Liu Xinyu nodded, "Dayang Group and the Zhang family are hurrying to produce locomotives, steam turbines, steel, artillery, etc. I also want to tell the general that the Zhang family has recently produced a 460mm artillery.

The 460mm artillery shell has a diameter of almost half a meter and a length of 1.8 meters. The self-weight of the shell is about 1.4 tons, and the charge of the explosive warhead is about 500 kilograms.

Moreover, the range of the 460mm artillery has reached an unprecedented - 20 kilometers!

In addition, the Zhang family has also upgraded all the 100mm and 300mm artillery, with a range of more than 20 kilometers!

According to the information provided by the Zhang family, the speed of the 460mm artillery shell can reach 2.2 times the speed of sound, the speed of the 100mm artillery can reach 3.2 times the speed of sound, and the speed of the 300mm cannon can reach 2.9 times the speed of sound. "

In the court hall, everyone opened their mouths in surprise. After a series of wars, almost all the people in the court have seen the power of artillery with their own eyes, and have a deep understanding of the new war and the brand-new weapon of artillery.

What does the 20km range mean? Means blow out of sight, literally out of sight!

The world's atmosphere is thick and water vapor is abundant, resulting in relatively low visibility in the atmosphere. For ordinary people, the image will start to blur when it exceeds ten kilometers, and it is almost foggy when it exceeds 20 kilometers. Only masters with the help of spells can barely see farther sights.

In the past, the two armies were stationed against each other, and the general distance was about 30 miles, or about 15 kilometers. In other words, while the enemy is still stationed, the shells will fall!

Just think about it!

The distance of 20 kilometers can only be crossed by the attack of the Yuanying stage, but we have a row of artillery here for playing.

Afterwards, many things were discussed in the court. Liu Xinyu was cruel this time, and did not play any games of long-distance and short-term attack, but directly planned to instigate rebellion and win over the industrial and commercial class. This is to prepare to fundamentally take over the Western countries in one pot.

Winning over nobles and such has made Liu Xinyu disgusted. Even if they win over now, it will be a big trouble in the future! In many cases, the selfishness of nobles will lead to many strange things. And the battle situation in the Land of Canglan gave Liu Xinyu a new warning:

Most of these aristocrats are typical examples of failures in success and failures!

Winning these nobles to do things, who the hell knows what kind of bird it will develop into in the end. Halfway through the cooperation and asking for money at the critical moment, it is too childish for nobles.

But no matter what, Qixia Kingdom's counterattack began. And this kind of counterattack comes from the 'civilized form'. This is a new age thinking, a challenge to the old age thinking.

The wheel of history has come to a fork in the road!

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When Qixia Kingdom began to exert its strength, Zhang Hao once again saw the magnificent sunrise on the sea.

The long red clouds dyed the sky red, and the sea reflected the color of the sky; a round of red sun slowly stood out between the sea and the sky. There is some fog on the sea today, but it also makes the sunrise more majestic.

In a short while, three rainbows appeared on the sea.

The sailors cheered. It was just the first day, and everyone was a little excited. Especially some sailors who went to sea for the first time and served on the Iron Duke battleship.

The Iron Duke, with a standard displacement of 12,800 tons, was sailing on the left side (east, the fleet was heading south), just shrouding the Zhiyuan battleship in the west, which was a whole circle smaller, in the shadow.

The morning sun was very low, and the shadow of the Iron Duke almost perfectly covered the battleship Zhiyuan, which made the sailors of the battleship Zhiyuan very dissatisfied. Everyone slowed down a little, and finally saw the majestic sunrise.

The voyage in the middle of the night has already traveled more than 500 kilometers south. Here, it still belongs to the coastal waters of the country of Qixia, and has not encountered any sea monsters overnight.

But it's hard to tell what's next. As the battleship went all the way south, it had already left the familiar sea area. In the past several voyages, they all proceeded along the seashore—the longest distance was only two to three hundred kilometers.

Dugu Junjie is the commander of this fleet - although there are only two ships, and they are on the Iron Duke. And Zhiyuan promoted an outstanding talent——Zhao Yuhang.

Zhao Yuhang himself is also a guard of the Zhang family, and recently broke through to the early stage of Jindan. He performed extraordinary in the previous sailing and training, and was promoted by Dugu Junjie and affirmed by Zhang Hao. Now, he is the captain of Zhi Yuan.

But Dugu Junjie quickly ran to the stern of the Iron Duke and shouted, don't destroy the formation just to watch the sunrise. The two warships must take care of each other, one left and one right, and then there will be a next downgrade.

So the sailors of the battleship Zhiyuan who had just cheered a few times could only run back into the shadow of the battleship Iron Duke. Fortunately, Dugu Junjie is not a rigid person, and he promised to change their positions tomorrow morning.

The sunrise in the morning brought a little joy to everyone, and many people even practiced in the rising sun. But at noon, when the scorching sun was scorching the steel battleship, everyone became wilted.

At this time, surrounded by a vast, uniform sea, an unspeakable loneliness began to spread among the crowd.

The battleship has been at least 1200 kilometers away from the mainland, which has completely penetrated into the depths of the green sea of ​​death. Everyone began to be vigilant, but so far they have not encountered a powerful sea monster. There were also only some small sea monsters, etc., who followed curiously to have a look, but they disappeared soon.

The battleship continued to head south, guided by the compass and Zhao Dahe's star-stretching technique, advancing all the way. By the way, since Zhang Hao's guidance, Zhao Dahe has perfected the star-stretching technique, taking the sun and the moon into consideration.

The wind and waves along the way were calm, and it was already evening.

Zhang Hao frowned slightly, this green sea of ​​death seemed calm and disturbing. Especially against the background of the vast sea and boundless loneliness, this kind of anxiety is even more impetuous.

For the monsters in the ocean, the steel battleship is a golden mountain that can run, and they have no reason to turn a blind eye. The influence of the previous battle with the sea monster in the offshore should not be enough to frighten the entire Green Sea of ​​Death.

"Perhaps, judging by the scale of the green sea of ​​death, it's just the edge right now!" In the end, Zhang Hao could only comfort himself and others in this way.

The setting sun gradually sinks into the sea level, and the setting sun at this time is extraordinarily large and bright.

However, at this moment, the sailor on the observation deck suddenly screamed: "There is something in the sea. There is a black shadow there. It is so big, I am afraid it is about a hundred meters away!"

"Prepare for battle!" Dugu Junjie roared, and then came to the ship's side to observe.

To the left of the Iron Duke, in the shadow cast by the setting sun through the Iron Duke, a deep darkness followed the ship. The shadow looked about 100 meters away, vaguely showing a slightly ferocious snake shape.

"Jiaolong?" Zhang Hao frowned slightly.

"It's not like!" Dugu Junjie shook his head, "Jiaolong can't be so quiet, and this shadow... also has some characteristics that Jiaolong doesn't have.

I have recently researched a lot of information about Jiaolong. Jiaolong has the nature of a snake and is good at hiding. Such and such should not be Jiaolong.

It should have been a long time since I saw it and the boat, and it is only now revealed. I don't know if they are observing us, or are they really harmless? "

Zhang Hao nodded slowly: "Be careful, don't take the initiative to provoke, but stay vigilant and let the soldiers take turns to rest, maybe the other party is waiting for us to get tired.

We don't know anything about the sea, so be careful. By the way, keep a good logbook.

Also, have someone check the bilge compartments, etc., to see if anything unusual appears. "

Dugu Junjie nodded and arranged to go.

After a while Zhao Dahe came over. Zhao Dahe looked at the black shadow in the water and frowned slightly. At this time, the sky was already dark, and the shadows in the water were already very blurred.

Zhao Dahe observed for a long time and asked, "Have you observed dragon horns?"

Zhang Hao thought for a while: "It seems that there is such a thing, but now I can't see it clearly."

Zhao Dahe nodded: "If my memory is correct, we may be in trouble. We met... Mirage Dragon! Mirage Dragon has a gentle personality and is said to be a little timid, but its ability should not be underestimated. Moreover, different Yu Jiaolong, mirage dragon is a real dragon!

Of course, whether there are dragons in this world is still uncertain. But it is certain that no matter how bad the Mirage Dragon is, it is better than the Flood Dragon! "

"Mirage Dragon..." Zhang Hao's eyes became alert.

There are many legends about the sea, even Qixia Country has some legends. And one of the most well-known legends among the many legends is the mirage dragon. Mirage dragons are often associated with mirages and overseas fairy mountains.

Everyone agrees that the mirage released by Mirage Dragon must have a prototype, or even copy it as it is—that is to say, there must be such a miraculous world, which should be the legendary fairy island!

It was getting dark and the sun had completely disappeared. But tonight's sky seemed extraordinarily gloomy, full of stars, all hidden.

Suddenly the sailor who was navigating screamed: "The compass is spinning! We have lost our direction!"

Zhang Hao took a deep breath: Regardless of whether it was mirage dragon or not, at least the battleship is in trouble!

Dugu Junjie was very calm: "Keep the rudder still, let's move on!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw waves emerging from the sea, pushing the battleship to move, and the direction... could not be maintained. This time, the battleship really lost its way. And at this time, it was less than a day before everyone set off!

At this time, Zhang Hao could only look at Zhao Dahe. Whether the star-stretching technique is effective depends on the present.

Zhao Dahe has been busy for a long time, taking his disciple Zhao Ke, and several assistants of the Zhang family guards who have been trained recently, to get busy on the deck.

A newly created Zhoutian star map was carried out - this week's sky map has a diameter of more than two meters, a circle, and the Zhoutian stars are rearranged on it. Every Zhoutian star is embellished with star fine gold; the stars are connected with fine gold formations to form a complex formation.

Then Zhao Dahe took out his one-foot-sized, ancestral star compass. He sat cross-legged on the star map, with the compass floating above his head, and the faint light of Zhoutian stars emerged in front of him, gradually covering Zhao Dahe.

Suddenly, a faint, blue-white light shot in from the outside world, pointing on a star in the phantom of the formation, and then another...

After about a cup of tea, four rays of starlight had already fallen, and the star map suddenly circled, and the phantom of the North Star on the compass slowly appeared behind Zhao Dahe's head, and the North Star suddenly burst into a ray of brilliant light directly into the void, and after a while, a brighter light returned , Linked to the Polaris of the formation.

Zhao Dahe slowly raised his finger in front of him, and stopped talking.

"Full speed ahead!" Dugu Junjie shouted!

The battleship began to accelerate, the Iron Duke exploded with 95% of its power, and the Zhiyuan battleship exploded with 105% of its power. Both of them were running side by side, moving towards the direction of Zhao Dahe's finger.

While advancing, Zhao Dahe's fingers slowly turned, while Dugu Junjie adjusted the direction of the battleship.

The waves began to roll, and suddenly there were shocking waves hitting the battleship, as if to push the battleship away from the correct direction.

Suddenly, the night sky in the far west hangs upside down... No, it was a wave tens of meters high, coming in like a mountain peak, as if it wanted to take the battleship under the sea.

Dugu Junjie roared: "Open the barrier with all your strength, turn around and hit it!"

The two warships kept a distance of more than ten meters and turned side by side. Because it is turning to the right, the turning radius of the Iron Duke is larger, so the Iron Duke exploded with 100% thrust.

Under the command of Dugu Junjie, the two warships turned side by side, accelerated side by side, and then... rushed towards the monstrous waves side by side.

"Boom..." As if the sky was falling, boundless waves crashed down, and even the Iron Duke battleship was almost photographed underwater—the waterline once exceeded the limit load waterline, and the hull made a unique steel creaking sound. However, with the help of the defensive barrier, the battleship was safe and sound after all.

But just after passing the first wave, I saw the second wave appearing ahead.

"Cannon!" Dugu Junjie roared angrily, and the cannons on the bows of the two warships were quickly raised.

"put!"

The bow of the Iron Duke has three 460mm main guns and three 300mm secondary guns, and the Zhiyuan has three 300mm main guns. A total of 9 extra-large shells rushed out crazily.

Amidst the explosions that filled the sky, the wave crest ahead shattered.

Faintly, amidst the sound of explosions and waves, there seemed to be a dragon chant flashing past.

Zhang Hao could hear it, and Dugu Junjie, who was already in the late Golden Core Stage, could of course hear it more clearly. Dugu Junjie suddenly pointed to the front right, approximately in front of the battleship Zhiyuan: "The battleship Zhiyuan is 800 meters ahead, attack continuously!"

This time, amidst the flames flashing, a 'long creature' was blasted out of the sea, and a miserable dragon roar came out in mid-air. The power of a cannon explosion underwater is several times stronger than that of an explosion in air. This power is enough to make the spirit transformation period panic.

The creature screamed and was about to fall back to the surface; but just as it touched the water, a third wave of shells came. So, it was blown into the air again.

The two warships approached rapidly, and gradually separated, trying to surround the creature.

On the side of the ship, the barbed 'ballista' is ready. Built with the latest technology, these ballistas are propelled by tiny barrels and explosive charges.

The arrows have a dense formation, with extraordinary abilities such as armor-piercing and ban-breaking, and are made of the best steel.

The steel in the arrow part has a purity of 99.9% and has absorbed the aura in a saturated state. This is the most powerful material in the Zhang family at present—ordinary steel, which only absorbs one-tenth of the aura.

As long as he is shot by this crossbow, even in the stage of transforming into a god, his skin will peel off. Humans really have a unique advantage in the invention and creation of weapons.

The arrows shone with a cold light, even in such a dark night, there was still a palpitating cold light.

When the distance is close to about 300 meters, the artillery is a little weak; but at this time, it has already entered the range of the crossbow.

A series of crossbow bolts carried ropes, and rushed into the night sky and into the sea like lightning. When these powerful crossbows built with the Zhang family's top technology exploded, there was even a sonic boom!

Most of these crossbows propelled by gunpowder fell through the cracks, but one or two made teeth-gritting sounds, as if they were tearing something apart. Then there was an even more mournful dragon chant on the sea.

Dugu Junjie was overjoyed: "Catch the alive!"

But at the next moment, a slightly petite mirage dragon suddenly appeared in the sea, it tore through the rope of the crossbow bolt with lightning, and dived into the deep sea with the injured dragon.

The sea is calm. But still no starry sky. A dense fog appeared, and gradually, beyond the barrier of the giant ship, you couldn't see your fingers!