Eight years is not a long time. The heroic spirits who joined us back then were still young. It is not a short time. With enough benefits and strong calls, the Northland, which has experienced several defense wars, has completely taken off.
Already.
The newly born Lan Alliance is probably only one step away from the super empire and needs a war to prove its strength.
This is not a peaceful earth. When everyone knows that the Holy War is coming, any bit of national power that is increased will naturally be thrown into the field of war.
The Beidi Lan Alliance has made a lot of money in arms in recent years, but the most advanced and mature weapons and equipment are always only used by its own people... What? Advanced weapons that have not yet been marked have appeared on the battlefields in other regions? The Lan Alliance
Have you ever seen a soldier yourself?
Hey, those new weapons may be seen in a while, or they may never be seen, such as the super super goblin death RPG with a range shorter than the explosion radius, or the inadvertently purchased goblin fuel that is absolutely unstable.
A super flamethrower, it is said that after three seconds of firing, it will explode... That thing seems to be called the super bomber, and it is actually being purchased in large quantities by some countries.
In recent years, the military observers, arms dealers, and great engineers of the Lan Alliance have traveled all over the world, and various types of weapons and equipment that have passed actual combat tests have been formed one by one, but there are some things that they cannot buy.
"The New Polaris Fleet is the most advanced floating battleship in the entire Lan Alliance. Compared with the first-generation Northern Lights Fleet, its hull is longer, its armor is thicker, and its artillery fire is stronger..."
"I know better than you, you don't need to explain to me."
Dismissing the engineer who was chatting away, I began to carefully check the ship's data.
New Polaris, the No. 1 Beidou-type mothership, has a length of 302 meters, a width of 60 meters, twenty magic crystal-charged heavy guns, four mage towers for maintaining protective formations, one offensive mage tower, and two bow units.
The super main gun has a maximum range of nearly 30 kilometers and has a built-in shipyard. It can accommodate sixteen Vulture-shaped assault ships, four Hurricane II-shaped cruisers, and forty dwarf Phoenix fighter jets.
If this doesn't look good, compare it to the data of the Northern Lights prototype from that year, and the difference will be obvious.
Northern Lights. Super heavy battleship, 243 meters in length, 40 meters in width, nine magic crystal-charged heavy guns, seven medium-sized mage towers, one super mage tower, thirty-two small and medium-sized engineering heavy guns, and a bow super main gun.
The longest range is nearly 30 kilometers, and it has a built-in shipyard that can accommodate three Vulture-type assault ships.
The Northern Lights back then was a prototype carefully developed by the Oran Empire. It was indeed very powerful. It could be used as a powerful gunboat. It also had a mage tower on it to enhance the combat power of the spellcaster. It also had a reserve compartment for small ships inside.
The functions are complete. However, in actual combat, many problems have been exposed.
When used as a gunboat, the super main gun is so powerful that even a demigod-level behemoth cannot bear it, but it consumes a lot of magic energy. A deficient mage tower can easily become a decoration, and if it is attacked by an aerial knight,
They can only rely on the engineering cannons removed from the city walls. The ground-mounted artillery is used to shoot down the knights. The range and accuracy are so bad that they can be ignored.
As for launching a surprise attack on the ground, the main guns should not be used casually. We must still rely on those engineering artillery. They are simply the battleship version of ground attack aircraft. It is too dangerous and wasteful. As for those Vulture assault ships, I am afraid no one can count on them.
The prototype of the Northern Lights can be a typical theoretical drawing machine. It looks beautiful and has comprehensive design functions, but it is full of problems when used. All-powerful means unable to do anything. If I hadn't converted it into an undead with unlimited battery life.
The battleship may have sunk long ago.
The new Northern Lights is obviously a functional battleship.
He gave up the large mage tower that was too expensive and impractical, and only chose the functional protective mage tower. I am afraid that the main task of the mage on board the ship is to provide protection for the battleship and maintain various protective spells. That offensive mage tower
The tower will probably only be activated when the Archmage moves in.
Then it completely eliminated the engineering artillery from the backward era, which can consume magic minerals. The number of gem-powered magic crystal-charged heavy artillery was doubled, the energy-consuming mage tower was abandoned, and the firepower of the twin-mounted naval guns could also be doubled.
, the power of medium and long-range artillery fire can be said to be doubled.
Ground attack and air defense obviously mainly rely on carrier-based aircraft and offensive ships. The change of type from gunboat to mothership undoubtedly shows that this is its most important combat performance.
And I saw from another information that he actually recruited nearly a hundred gryphon knights and 12 aurora knights, which undoubtedly shows his determination to strengthen the aerial knight duel... I am afraid that even if there are two dragon knights, it will
will be shot down quickly.
The engineers of Lanmeng are not stupid either. Even if I don't care, they have learned lessons from actual combat. They did not hesitate to give up the old era of ship-based magic groups and artillery bombardments, and chose the aircraft carrier battle between motherships and carrier-based aircraft.
group to strengthen its air and ground support capabilities and maximize the strategic significance of floating battleships to the entire battle situation.
"All seven are motherships?"
I remember that the few ships still under construction at that time probably did not have aircraft carrier models.
"The Beidou type are all aircraft carrier gunboats with certain artillery capabilities. The old models were either sold or directly modified. The new motherships are mainly carrier-based aircraft, and actual combat has also proved the advantages of this combat method.
,However, due to the limited production capacity of our shipyard, only four carrier-based aircraft have been deployed..."
I nodded and didn't even ask why. Shipbuilding costs money and requires sufficient industry, magic, and alchemy foundations. The industrial foundation in the North is weak. I am very satisfied with being able to do this. It seems that over the years,
I really made a lot of money from the arms trade.
After the mothership is built, it takes time and effort to prepare the assault boats and small fighter planes, and it does not happen overnight.
"Then the other three motherships are empty?"
"No, this time Your Highness Renee brought a dozen infantrymen, including the Avalanche Chapter, the Silver Cross Knights, the Knights Chapter, and the archers and spellcasters of the Northland elves. They will play a role in the landing battle.
Effect. Then the fleet is followed by sixteen adult dragons, but they are all young dragons about ten meters long."
I nodded with satisfaction. At least for now, it sounded relatively reliable. Renee and her fleet had already arrived in front of us, but the New Northern Lights was sent to pick them up.
As for those giant dragons, as the connection between the Lan League and the Underground Dragon City becomes closer and closer, the black dragons and red dragons in the underground world have become mercenary soldiers of the Lan League. In addition to the super expensive salary, these big guys have nothing to do with their mother.
The ship's fit is extremely high, its attacks are quick, its air combat capability is strong and it can cast spells, which makes up for the lack of flexibility of the mothership battle group, and is very popular with the military.
Of course, the old dragon is still very reserved, and Xiaohong's underground dragon city cannot command them. Those little black dragons and young red dragons who have no house (dragon cave) and no wife (treasure mountain) have no moral integrity.
There is also the so-called dignity of the dragon clan,
Now that the Dragon Queen has given orders, it is possible to live up to the standards and make money. The intensity of human war is not too high for the Dragon Clan. The danger to life is less than when encountering a dragon slayer during a robbery, the income is stable and high, and there is a good reputation and honor.
, why not do it.
"It seems that Renee is not just here to rescue this time..."
If they were purely here to rescue people, it would be very convenient if the battleships were all empty, and it would be very convenient to leave with people loaded on them. These ships, with heavy firepower and powerful warriors, naturally planned to put up a good fight.
"His Majesty said that this is the first head-to-head confrontation of the Holy War. We, the first fleet of the Lan Alliance, must show style and momentum..."
"...Then the little goblin broadcasts the whole process, which is convenient for selling arms?"
The young captain of the New Northern Lights smiled and did not answer, but this silence proved my guess.
"The reduced version of the mothership has been mass-produced?"
"...the first one was delivered to Bayer two months ago, but please don't call it the shrunken version. This is Bayer's commercial version."
I smiled and didn't say anything else. The mothership had a limited carrying capacity and it was here to rescue people. Renee wouldn't be stupid enough to fill it with elite soldiers. She probably just brought a regiment of each unit.
We plan to use the battlefield to collect data and consider the adaptability of various arms of the Lan Alliance facing the abyssal arms.
"It's really getting more and more decent..."
I sigh a little, maybe Renee is not an all-powerful queen who is good at handling government affairs, but in the military, constant victory brings endless honor to the knight princess, and her outstanding vision always makes correct and far-sighted decisions. With the development of Lanmeng
Step by step, her reputation became louder and louder, and she vaguely gained the prestige of a leader of the younger generation.
"It seems that I have really chosen an excellent successor."
One day later, the New Northern Lights reunited with the Beidou Fleet, and I also met Renee again, but this time, her situation was a little strange. (~^~)
ps: Well, it seems that I am in good condition today, so I just updated twice and finally made up for what I owed before.
