Jenny knelt in front of Aslan. He raised his head and looked at Aslan. The superior man in front of him was too young to be true.
He waved his hand, and the soldier who escorted him took a respectful step back.
"Aren't you a pirate from the northern continent? Why are you here?"
Jenny's face was full of beards, and his appearance could not be clearly seen at all. He glanced at the beautiful young woman sitting next to him, a flash of fanaticism flashed in his eyes, but when he saw Aslan's majestic gaze, he immediately lowered his head and said respectfully
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"We escaped from the southern part of the mainland, and the Magic City is cleaning up the coastal islands and pirates."
"I'm just telling you! I have cleaned up the pirates here, and the pirates who can escape have all gone further north." Aslan said to Duke Medea with a smile.
"The monitoring of territorial waters is not strong enough! The size of the navy must continue to expand." Duke Medea said coldly.
When she is outside, she always looks like a cold and charming iceberg beauty.
Jenny couldn't help but shudder after hearing her words.
He was really cold. When Duke Medea said this, he also stirred up the water elements around him.
In fact, not only him, but also the ordinary soldiers around him felt cold.
Aslan had a headache and rubbed his temples. It was indeed difficult to rely on the existing navy.
The Kingdom of Cleveland has not developed a navy for many years. In Duke Walker's case, in order to reduce military expenditures, he directly cut off the naval force.
"Why is the Magic City encircling you? I remember that the Magic City does not have a strong naval force?" Aslan asked curiously.
Jenny's eyes started to roll around, obviously he was having some bad idea.
Without saying a word, an officer next to him raised the butt of his gun and hit Jenny in the face.
"Behave yourself and don't make bad decisions."
Half of Jenny's face was swollen. If he was not a great swordsman, the butt of the rifle just now would have knocked him out.
He lowered his head, scanned the officer vaguely, and whispered.
"Your Excellency, this matter contains a major secret. There are too many people here."
"Ha!" Aslan couldn't help laughing, waved his hand and said: "You all stand down."
He wanted to see what other tricks this guy could do.
"Sir, can I come closer and speak?" Jenny asked in a low voice.
Aslan nodded, with a charming smile on his lips.
Jenny was frightened by this smile.
When he was less than one meter away from Aslan, under Aslan's playful gaze, the string in his heart completely broke, and the last trace of murderous intention disappeared without a trace. He suddenly fell to the ground and whispered: "
They are visitors from another world. I got news that a force called Gonsa Kingdom occupied a certain island, which led to a crusade from the Magic City. 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 areas in the southern part of the continent?"
Jenny was excited 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 twinkle, and Duke Medea immediately guessed that Aslan was planning another bad idea.
Nomeli waved her hand and asked people to take Jenny down, preparing to spare his life.
Returning to the captain's office, Guineaville handed Aslan a copy of combat data.
"Dad, this is the first battle data of the Billy-class frigate. It's pretty good." Guineaville said with some excitement.
Aslan glanced at it, nodded and said: "It's indeed not bad, but now the Imperial Navy is waiting for a lot of development. The emergence of pirates definitely does not happen occasionally. Moreover, the Magic City is vigorously developing the navy, and the navy cannot delay it."
Guinevere's little face wrinkled, and her little mouth couldn't help but pout.
"Steel battleships are impossible." In the end, Gwennaville only gave this answer.
"What about the ironclad?" Aslan asked tentatively.
"Is there any difference?" Guinevere asked without knowing why.
Duke Medea and Nomeri also looked at Aslan with doubtful eyes.
Obviously, they all regarded the Billy-class frigate and the ironclad as the same type of battleship.
"An ironclad ship, also called an armored ship, was an early steam-powered warship covered with hard iron or steel armor. Because wooden warships were unable to withstand the bombardment of increasingly powerful artillery shells, the ironclad ship came into being."
"Looking at the history of Blue Star, in November 2859, the world's first main armored battleship Fortune, led by the Navy of the Economic Alliance, set sail for the first time. The Royal Navy of Erez began planning to develop armored battleships in 2856, and in 2857
A draft of the armored frigate was successfully drawn up, but in early 2859 the Royal Navy chose to build two ironclad frigates, and in 1861 decided to develop towards a fully armored fleet."
"During the Blue Star World War, after the first battle between ironclads, there was no armor in the era of sailing ships, so the existing wooden-hulled battleships on the mainland were obviously at a disadvantage, so ironclads took their place and became the most powerful ship in water warfare.
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"The focus is on armored ships, which serve as transitional warships for our existing navy." Aslan's last sentence emphasized his tone.
Guineaville 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 indicate that the answer was correct.
Duke Medea and Nomeri fell into deep thought at the same time.
"Still using the magic engine, coupled with the turret structure, it is indeed promising, but such a warship will be at a disadvantage against Blue Star's artillery!" Guineaville reminded.
Aslan nodded and said: "Yes, but it is enough to bully the existing mainland warships, and it is mainly used to train naval forces, and the main force is still steel warships."
Guineaville completely understood and began to silently calculate how long it would take for the shipwrights on hand to produce an armored ship.
It is produced with industrial equipment and the steel keel is customized in advance. In fact, the workers are mainly responsible for assembly.
However, the layout of the forts and the layout of the mana turbines need to be redesigned.
"Dad, I made a calculation and rebuilt the shipyard and sent all the old shipwrights to build armored ships. A thousand-ton armored ship only takes fifty days at most. And with the craftsmen and equipment we have on hand,
It’s enough to allow ten armored ships to start work at the same time.” Guineaville shouted excitedly.
"Very good, let's do it this way. It will mainly be a high-speed ship, and the main gun can also be replaced with a naval gun based on three-based gunpowder." Aslan stated the requirements for excessive warships.
Guineaville nodded quickly and took out a small notebook to write it down.
Three-base gunpowder is a smokeless gunpowder improved from explosive crystal. It is better than the original double-base gunpowder in terms of power and kinetic energy. It has been put into large-scale production.