"What's the problem if the bow of the ship is like this?"
"Quick, quick, have you finished checking the rune series?"
Su Li's roar came from the dock by the river. It was noisy inside, and only roaring could transmit the order.
In the messy dock, a tall tower stands on the water.
Only when we looked at it from a distance did we realize that this huge thing was actually a ship.
The ship is square in shape, estimated to be more than one hundred feet long and sixty feet wide. It stands on the water like a moving city.
This behemoth is of unknown height. In addition to the deck, there are floors going up. Each floor is one or two feet high. There are five floors in total.
There are undulating parapets on the edge of each floor, and the cold edge of the rune ballista is exposed in the squares below.
On the deck, there are countless catapults arranged along the edge, tens of meters long. The largest one is in the center of the deck. The swing arm is nearly a hundred meters long. It is unimaginable that it will explode between swings.
What a power.
This is a building ship, a silver-class five-story armed building ship known as an ancient aircraft carrier. It can carry more than 5,000 combat soldiers at full capacity.
Su Li looked at this behemoth, his eyes full of pride and satisfaction.
"This is the dragon tower ship, a silver-class dragon tower ship. It uses the dragon's spine as the keel. It is a five-story, five-tooth tower ship. The deck and hull are all made of permanent city walls. It carries three hundred beds of bronze-class rune crossbows and three silver-class rune crossbows.
Ten beds.
It carries thirty new bronze-level rune catapults of the first type and three new type two rune catapults.
Full of supplies, not counting sailors, one thousand spearmen, one thousand swordsmen, one thousand crossbowmen, and two thousand longbowmen.
The fully loaded trial voyage begins today!"
Su Li's voice echoed in the huge shipyard, and with the sound, his raised right hand fell down.
"start sailing!"
Hey, hey, hey!
The Ning'an flag at the top of the mast roared, and the big and small sails were raised one after another.
"Bang the drum, the wind will rise!"
A low shout echoed in the dock, and as soon as he finished speaking, the big drum on the bow of the ship roared.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Along with the rhythm of the drums, the dragon's head clashed with its horns and let out long dragon roars, as if to accompany this scene.
Along with the rhythm of the drums, the runes on the sails lit up inch by inch, spiritual energy surged, and an invisible wind spiritual force attracted strong winds to inflate the sails, pushing the behemoth ship, and the tower on the water moved slowly.
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At some point, Su Li had reached the top five floors of the building. Looking down at the building, Su Li felt proud in his heart.
"How is the rune working?"
"The operating power is 50%, no major faults have been discovered, and 37 minor faults have been solved."
A person stood up from behind and reported.
"Stress conditions of the hull structure."
Su Li continued to ask questions. The person who just stepped back to his original position, and the person who just came up stepped forward to reply.
"The structure is evenly stressed, but there is some distortion in some parts. It is currently undergoing emergency treatment by Rune. After the sea trial is completed, the structure can be adjusted or the strength of the structural materials can be improved."
"Continue to monitor, this trial voyage can only succeed and cannot fail."
Su Li nodded slightly.
At this time, this behemoth was already slowly moving under the strong wind that was born out of thin air. The speed became faster and faster, and it slowly left the dock and came to the waterway.
"Stop the energy output, use the propellers to fetch water, and raise the sails to take advantage of the wind."
"yes!"
The spiritual energy fluctuations on the sails gradually subsided. The sailors on the ship looked at the wind flag, slowly turned the large and small sails, and used the force to move forward.
This first building ship was named Jiaolong. It was a five-story, five-story ship with nine rails and twelve sails.
Under the control of a skilled sailor, the twelve sails can be controlled and the ship can be propelled by the wind regardless of the wind or the wind.
This superb and ancient skill is so magical that as long as there is wind on the water, the ship will not lose power.
In the cabin, there are no wooden paddles like crab legs, instead they are powered by extremely fast and more advanced propellers.
The shaft of the paddle is connected to the array of dynamic bicycles inside the cabin. Sailors can rotate at high speed just by pedaling the bicycle or pulling it with animal power.
Driven by the two power sources, the building ship continued to accelerate, riding the wind and waves.
"The speed has exceeded ten knots!"
Someone suddenly said.
"Full sail!"
"yes!"
Under Su Li's command, the speed of the Jiaolong continued to increase, and the wind full of moisture blew on his face, blowing his hair and fluttering his clothes back.
Ten sections...Fifteen sections...Eighteen sections!
"Now against the light wind, we have reached the estimated maximum speed of 18 knots.
If the sail is sailed with the wind, the speed can reach up to twenty-eight knots."
"Turn on the water-breaking array on the bottom of the ship, turn on the sails to blow up, and test the ultimate speed!"
"yes!"
Su Li gave an order, and the complex runes engraved on the sails lit up again. The invisible wind energy surged, setting off waves of strong winds. The sails swelled and turned into power to push the Jiaolong forward.
The complex runes engraved on the bottom of the boat also lit up layer by layer. When they were all lit up, the rich water spiritual power gathered at the bottom of the boat.
At this moment, the water was no longer a resistance to navigation, but began to push the Jiaolong forward.
The wind helps the water, and the water helps the wind. Among them, the speed of the Jiaolong building boat is getting faster and faster. There is nothing better than riding the wind and waves.
The speed that had reached the limit before increased again.
The strong wind whistled in Su Li's ears, and the Dragon Boat raced on the water.
At this time, the output power is...50%!
"Director, the output power has reached 50%, and the spiritual power consumption is extremely high. Do you want to operate it at full capacity?"
Su Li closed his eyes slightly, feeling the strong wind. Hearing the words, he did not answer directly, but asked instead.
"What's the speed now?"
"The real-time speed is thirty knots and has stabilized."
Su Li murmured to himself after hearing this.
"Thirty knots, fifty-five kilometers per hour, what is the estimated maximum speed with full load?"
"Estimated to reach thirty-six knots."
“What about tailwind running at full capacity?”
"This depends on the wind strength. If the wind is normal, it is expected that the speed can be increased by two to three knots."
The man just finished speaking and saw Su Li frown slightly, thought for a while and continued to explain.
"The formation on our sails is already driven by the wind and coincides with the tailwind. As long as it is not a headwind or a very high-level typhoon, it will not increase the speed much.
And these two to three knots are still the acceleration generated by the wind pushing the hull."
"That is to say, under normal circumstances our maximum speed will not exceed forty knots, right?"
"Yes, unless we create a gold-class seven-story ship and use the characteristics of the gold-class ship to accelerate, based on the characteristics of the silver-class ship and the existing rune formation, the forty knot is already the right time, place and people.
All at the peak speed under the most ideal conditions.”
After hearing this, Su Li pondered for a moment, then raised his hand and then lowered it.
