Chapter 855: The Fearless

It's sunny and sunny!

It's a great day to travel!

On this day, Arthur came to the Shipyard of Blood Harbor Town in the Kingdom of St. Martin!

"Vivi, this is where our Saint Martin warships are developed!" Arthur smiled and introduced the seemingly huge shipyard in front of Vivi to the side.

Arthur got news from David early this morning, telling him that the latest warship had been built and was ready to be launched for testing today, so Arthur wanted to come and inspect the new ship!

But what I didn't expect was that on the way over, I happened to meet Vivi who took Ikalem and Karu to visit and study in the city, and was going to copy some good places in St. Martin to Alabasta.

After hearing that Arthur was going to inspect the shipyard, Vivi proposed to Arthur to visit together!

Considering that both Vivi and Ikalem don't know much about shipbuilding, they won't write down the secrets of battleships just by looking at them, and that battleships can't be built just by looking at them. Arthur doesn't have much. Hesitantly, she readily agreed to Weiwei's request!

So, Wei Wei and her party followed Arthur to the cabin!

"It's really big!" Weiwei looked up at the huge shipyard in front of her, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Is this the largest shipyard in St. Martin?"

She has seen the shipyard. As a superpower on the great waterway, Alabasta naturally has a shipyard, and there are quite a few!

But it was the first time she had seen a shipyard as big as the blood port town shipyard in front of her!

On the other hand, although Ikalem's face did not change, the shock in his eyes betrayed him.

Obviously, he was also surprised by this huge shipyard!

"Although this place is big, it is not the largest shipyard in St. Martin. There are shipyards in St. Martin that are several times larger than this!" Arthur shook his head and said with a smile.

This is true!

With the development of St. Maarten, it is obviously not enough to meet the needs of St. Maarten for ships only by a blood port town shipyard!

That's why Arthur started building new shipyards many years ago!

Among them, the land of flowers with cheap labor and high quality and low price, and the original shipbuilding country in the West Sea, the birthplace of Meck, and the kingdom of Silas with many boatmen, has become the second of the kingdom's new shipyards!

Arthur established the Kingdom's Second Shipyard and Kingdom's Third Shipyard several times larger than the Blood Harbor Town Shipyard in two places!

The original blood port town shipyard has become the first shipyard in the kingdom, and the main business of shipbuilding has also been cancelled by Arthur, and it has been changed to a place specializing in the research and development of new warships!

"real?"

Wei Wei couldn't help but wonder.

"Of course, this is just a place for research and development of ships. There is another place in our kingdom for shipbuilding, and the shipyard in that place is bigger!" Arthur explained with a smile, and then added, "Well, I can show you when I have time. !"

"That's great!"

Hearing this, Weiwei nodded happily.

"Okay, let's go in and see now!" Arthur said sternly!

With that said, Arthur took the lead and walked inside the shipyard!

Seeing this, Weiwei quickly followed!

Soon, the group entered the shipyard!

At this time, David, the person in charge of the shipyard, was already waiting!

After seeing Arthur coming, David immediately greeted him and bowed respectfully, "Your Majesty!"

"Don't be too polite!" Arthur waved his hand and said with a smile, "Take me to see the boat!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" After David nodded with a smile, he made a gesture of invitation and said, "Your Majesty, please come inside!"

Having said that, David took the lead and walked towards a steel battleship in the shipyard with dozens of shipsmiths carefully examining it!

"Your Majesty, the one in front is the latest battleship "Dreadnought". Its displacement is 18,000 tons in standard and 22,000 tons in full load. Its dimensions are about 160 meters long, 25 meters wide, and 8 meters draft!"

"In terms of power, two steam engines "Steam Pioneer Type II" newly researched by Meike are used as the main power, and the "Tide Force Type II", which can convert 50% of the kingdom's latest research, is used as auxiliary power. !"

"The speed is usually about 50 knots, but because we loaded the double wind shell on the boat, we can even travel at a speed of 100 knots in a short time if necessary!"

"In terms of armament, there are 10 12-inch/45-caliber guns, 5 twin mounts, 27 12-pounder guns, 5 18-inch torpedo tubes, and four of the kingdom's latest steam mecha "Fengshen III" as Auxiliary force!"

"."

"Generally speaking, it is countless times stronger than the two types of ships, the "Ravager" and the original "Conqueror" developed by our kingdom last time!" Along the way, David briefly introduced to Arthur as he walked. Check out the approximate performance and data of the new vessel!

In the past ten years, St. Martin has not been without progress in battleships!

The ravager is the second steam battleship developed by St. Martin after the Conqueror!

However, unlike the Conqueror, the Ravager is not a hybrid of steam and sail, but is fully steam-driven.

In terms of performance, it is much higher than the original Conqueror, and it can almost hang the Conqueror. Therefore, after the Devastator came out, Arthur ordered people to start mass production of this kind of battleship to replace the original Conqueror!

But because the time is too short, there are many navies in St. Martin, and there are too many ravagers to be produced. Therefore, in the past ten years, the ravagers have only armed the core fleets of St. Martin.

The rest still use the original conqueror!

And this time, with the appearance of the Dreadnought, Arthur can imagine that the Ravager, a battleship that has only been developed for a few years, will soon take a back seat.

"This ship is no weaker than the warships of the early 20th century, and even much stronger in terms of speed!" Arthur listened to David's description of the new warships, and while nodding, he thought to himself!

"It's really strong!"

On the other side, Weiwei and Ikalem listened to David's introduction, and after the same thought flashed through their minds, they both showed a surprised expression!

Although they do not understand shipbuilding, it does not mean that they do not understand ships. In fact, as long as they are in the sea, they all have some basic knowledge of ships. Therefore, they know the data of the Fearless. What does it mean? what!

It can be said that it is a mobile sea killer!

"If only we could have such a ship in Alabasta!" Wei Wei couldn't help but have such a thought!

Immediately, she subconsciously glanced aside at Arthur!

Under the sun, Arthur's face appeared clear water chestnut, and his eyes were full of domineering!

In a trance, Wei Wei seemed to return to the day in her memory, she saw the scene of seeing Arthur bathed in thunder and lightning that day, that was like a god!

a long time!

Wei Wei just came back to her senses!

"Whoo~"

Taking a deep breath, Vivi quickly followed Arthur who had gone far.

But what she didn't know was that Arthur's figure was imprinted in her heart at this moment!