Chapter 1202 Battleship Construction
Chapter 1,202 Battleship Construction
The human coalition naturally resolutely denied this accusation, and at the same time expressed sympathy for the huge losses of the dwarves. (--Net) It's just that sympathy is sympathy. When dividing the fruits of victory, they did not show mercy. On the contrary, they became more careless and almost completely excluded the dwarves. That was the original territory of the dwarfs. The living environment was too harsh, otherwise they might not even be able to keep that little bit of territory.
The attack by the high elves and the disappearance of Master Thor and the Sky Splitter's drawings have become a historical case that has been entangled for nearly a thousand years. It is only in the past three or four hundred years that the relationship between the dwarves and the human kingdom has slightly eased, and at least normal trade has resumed.
However, just when the dwarves had lost hope in reappearing the Sky Splitter, a blueprint of the Sky Splitter appeared in their eyes again. One can imagine what a huge impact this would have on the top brass of the Dwarf Kingdom. shock. As for how to deal with this matter, if the complete manufacturing blueprint of the Sky Splitter is obtained, the top leaders of the Dwarf Kingdom are divided into two groups.
One group reacted fiercely, believing that the Sky Splitter originally belonged to the dwarf clan, and should require the Tower of Dusk to return the Sky Splitter's manufacturing blueprints unconditionally. As for the complete blueprint of the Sky Splitter that the Tower of Dusk offered to help create the Sky Splitter in exchange for it, they disagreed even more. A weapon as powerful as the Sky Splitter should only belong to the dwarves. How could it be in the hands of the greedy humans?
They even made suggestions, hoping that the dwarf king Odin would order to summon all the best dwarf warriors to go to the Breeze Plains to retrieve the manufacturing blueprints of the Sky Splitter. In their view, the Tower of Twilight is just a local human force, just like the tribes in their own kingdom, which cannot compete with the dwarf kingdom.
But in contrast, the other faction, which should be considered a moderate faction, advocates cooperation with the Tower of Twilight in order to obtain the complete blueprint of the Sky Splitter. After all, now is no longer the war-torn era just after the Dark Ages. Even if they create a real Sky Splitter, they may not necessarily use it as a basis to launch a war.
In this era, the Sky Splitter is more of a deterrent force, which can improve the status of the Dwarf Kingdom on the mainland to a certain extent. And once the dwarf kingdom uses the Sky Splitter to start a war, I am afraid that it will soon become the public enemy of the entire continent. No matter how powerful the Sky Splitter is, it is impossible for the dwarf kingdom to have the power to challenge the countries on the mainland. --net
The dispute between the two factions made the dwarf king Odin not know what to do for a while. After all, the dwarf kingdom is not a kingdom with a centralized monarch, but is composed of a coalition of tribes. Although the dwarf king Odin has a very high reputation, he cannot ignore the opinions of the tribal leaders.
However, fortunately, in this dispute, the moderates still have the upper hand. Although the dwarves have bad tempers, not all of them are militants. It is precisely because of this that the order for the magic crystal cannons placed by the Tower of Dusk was successfully executed, allowing Belika to successfully transport the first batch of magic crystal cannons back.
In fact, it should be said that the dispute caused by the Sky Splitter's blueprint in the dwarf kingdom was also within Lin Li's expectation. After all, the Sky Splitter was too important to the dwarves. However, Lin Li believes that the dwarves will eventually make the choice they want. Even though some of them are now saying that they want to take back the drawings, if they really see the strength of the Dusk Tower, I am afraid that most of them will. Shut up obediently.
Therefore, Lin Li was not too worried about cooperating to create the Sky Splitter. This could actually be said to be a certainty, and the only problem was only time. On the Jindu Kingdom side, the purchase and sale of magic crystal naval guns, unsurprisingly, encountered some troubles. The people of Jindu Kingdom are not fools. Selling the magic crystal naval gun to the Tower of Twilight is a naked act of subsidizing the enemy to them.
The Tower of Dusk and the Kingdom of Jindu are in a hostile relationship. Both parties are well aware of this, and it can be said to be well known on the Qingfeng Plain. Everyone knows that sooner or later a war will break out between the two. . And under such circumstances, if the Kingdom of Jindu still sells its magic crystal naval guns to the Tower of Twilight, it would be the most stupid act in the history of Anriel Continent.
However, regarding the previous incident on Cage Island, the Kingdom of Jindu asked for help from the Tower of Dusk and the forces in Qingfeng Plain, but agreed to many conditions. Although Tower of Twilight did not propose the purchase of Jindu Kingdom’s magic crystal naval guns at that time, it also left a foreshadowing. Unless Jindu Kingdom is willing to bear the label of being unfaithful, otherwise it will really have to be stupid. lack.
From a political perspective, as long as there are sufficient benefits to the country, it is not a big deal even if the Kingdom of Jindu breaks the agreement. After all, in the more than 1,300 years since the end of the Dark Ages, various kingdoms have been constantly signing agreements, and then constantly tearing up the agreements. Everything is just a cloud in the face of interests.
But now, if the Kingdom of Jindu wants to develop on the Qingfeng Plain, it has to show an image of keeping its promises, otherwise it may really be difficult to move forward on the Qingfeng Plain. --Net Moreover, the Kingdom of Jindu is not yet ready to go to war with the Tower of Dusk. If it directly rejects the so-called legitimate demands of the Tower of Dusk, it would be the same as breaking up.
However, as the special envoy of Jindu Kingdom, Kantoli is not helpless at all. Faced with the request from the Tower of Twilight to purchase magic crystal naval guns, he did not refuse directly, but played the trick of procrastination extremely skillfully. Their magic crystal naval cannon was compared with the magic crystal cannon of the Dwarf Kingdom. Although the principle was similar, it was larger in size and more difficult to manufacture, and these became Kantoli's excuse for delaying.
"I know that according to the previous agreement, we should not refuse your request to purchase magic crystal naval guns. However, our magic crystal naval guns are very difficult to manufacture, and they are bulky and inconvenient to transport, so please be patient. Wait. I can't dismantle the magic crystal cannon on our battleship to you." Kantoli said helplessly when facing the envoy from Jindu Kingdom.
It has to be said that Contoli's excuse is not completely nonsense. If Lin Li relied on the Ring of Endless Storm with infinite space, no matter how many magic crystal naval cannons he had, he could mount them at once. However, Jindu Kingdom does not have such a heaven-defying storage item as the Ring of Endless Storm. It still needs to rely on the cargo hold of the ship to transport goods. It is indeed difficult to transport a large number of magic crystal naval guns.
As for the difficulties in manufacturing, there are indeed some. After all, the magic crystal naval cannon of Jindu Kingdom is not simply an enlarged version of the magic crystal cannon. Many technologies in the alchemy field are used in it. Otherwise, would the Dwarf Kingdom still need to worry about the Sky Splitter? It could just build a huge magic crystal cannon.
However, the Tower of Twilight is responsible for discussing this matter, but the cunning and cunning Grean, this fat old man is not that easy to fool. Remove the magic crystal cannon from the battleship? Great, that also saves transportation! Greg's response almost made Cantoli lose his temper.
Faced with Kantoli's delay, Grean was not impatient and sent a message directly to the forces that were trading with the Kingdom of Jindu. Almost overnight, all forces temporarily stopped trading with the Kingdom of Jindu, leaving the Kingdom of Jindu unable to buy a single piece of copper on the Qingfeng Plain.
If it had been before the battle on Cage Island, maybe some of the forces in Qingfeng Plain would have violated the Tower of Dusk. But the battle on Cage Island made everyone from all factions see the strength of the Twilight Tower. The president of the high-level holy domain was so powerful that he could severely damage the dragon corpse's sky city with one blow. Who would dare to fight with such a person? The forces are the enemy.
Now, it depends on how long Jindu Kingdom can persist. After all, Jindu Kingdom also has great demand for the resources of Qingfeng Plain. Judging from the latest news, Kantoli has begun to gradually relent, first promising to trade one magic crystal naval gun with the Dusk Tower every month, and later increasing it to two. But this does not satisfy Greg. Two magic crystal naval guns a month may be quite impressive in the eyes of others, but it is far from meeting the firepower needs of the Sky City.
The Sky Splitter and the Jindu Kingdom's magic crystal cannon didn't seem to have much effect, but Lin Li knew very well that whether it was the Dwarf Kingdom or the Jindu Kingdom, they would eventually bow their heads.
Therefore, Lin Li did not pay too much attention to these two matters. After instructing his subordinates to install the first batch of magic crystal cannons in the Sky City, he immediately set off for the Port of Oatlan on the southern coast of the Breeze Plains. Alteran Port is a newly built seaport in the Tower of Twilight. It is very close to the Terra Mine. It was originally only used to dock the battleship captured from the Kingdom of Jindu. The main mission of that warship is to guard the coast of the Terra Mine to prevent anyone from attacking the mine from the sea.
However, after Lin Li obtained the navigation information of Jindu Kingdom, he invested a lot of wealth to expand the port of Oatland and built a large-scale shipyard in the port. Although there is no maritime trade in the Tower of Dusk now, facing the Jindu Kingdom with a powerful fleet, if you want to truly protect the security of your coastal areas, you cannot rely solely on the modified warship.
What's more, although the modified warship has been modified beyond recognition, its foundation is still the alchemy giant ship of Jindu Kingdom. This makes many aspects of transformation subject to considerable restrictions, which is far less free than building a brand new warship by yourself.
Moreover, Lin Li had a vague feeling in his heart that one day he might need an extremely powerful battleship to be able to cope with the coming crisis. Lin Li couldn't think of the real reason why he felt like this. It was just a pure hunch, or it was influenced by the world created by Gresco.
After all, since Gresco created such a world and left behind such a powerful Star, he must have wanted the inheritors to learn something from it. It was definitely not just for the inheritors to watch a show. Although Lin Li still can't figure out Gresco's intentions, he might as well make more preparations.
After Lin Li arrived at the shipyard in Alterland, the battleship in the shipyard had just completed its basic frame. The huge hull alone made everyone who saw it secretly gasp. Compared with the giant alchemy ships of the Kingdom of Jindu, the newly built warship in the Tower of Dusk is probably comparable in size to four or five such giant alchemy ships. When Lin Li saw the real thing for the first time, he even thought of the aircraft carrier known as the giant of the sea in the world before he traveled.
Seeing the president appearing in the shipyard, several people in charge of building warships couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. After all, the construction progress of this battleship was much slower than they expected. After all, no matter how experienced they were, this was the first time they had built such a huge battleship.
Fortunately, Lin Li did not blame them for their slow progress. Instead, he summoned all the people in charge and many shipbuilding masters to make significant modifications to the original battleship design. Fortunately, this battleship has only completed the construction of the hull, and many other things behind it have not yet started. Otherwise, a lot of additional work would inevitably be required.
The modification plan proposed by Lin Lixin, UU Reading www.uukｎshu.net was derived from the inspiration he got from the Star. In addition to fully controlling the Star, he already had a very clear understanding of the entire structure of the Star. A comparison of the two made him realize that there were too many areas for improvement in the battleship he originally designed.
For example, the most basic power system of the battleship, the power system used by the Star, is actually very similar to the power system of the City in the Sky. However, Lin Li has always believed that it is difficult to perfectly transplant the power system of Sky City to a battleship. After all, it involves not only the problem of scaling up and down, but also the transmission and matching of power and many other issues. solve.
Therefore, Lin Li had not considered transplanting the power system of Sky City to this warship under construction before. Instead, the design of this battleship still follows the design of the power system of the Jindu Kingdom's alchemy giant ship. However, what kind of battleship should be paired with what kind of power system? This is a standard that the Kingdom of Jindu has developed its navigation technology for thousands of years and paid a huge price to determine.
Lin Li wants to build a larger warship. Although he has made certain modifications to the design of Jindu Kingdom's power system so that the power system can support the operation of this larger warship, there will definitely still be many problems. . There may be some problems that are not visible at the moment. They will only be exposed one by one when the battleship is launched and sailed, but by then it will be too late to modify it.