When the news came, Zhang Hao and Gundam were inspecting the new docks. There are two newly expanded docks, both of which can produce 20,000-ton warships. Of course, they can also produce 10,000-ton warships.
To explain it in a professional term: backward compatibility!
The construction of the new dock has been completed, and the keels of two 10,000-ton warships have been laid. During the period of construction of the dock, Dayang Group has completed the design of the "full spirit stone driven battleship".
In fact, it is not that difficult to change the design. The reason why Zhang Hao said it seriously is that on the one hand, he is trying to deceive Gundam. How can he raise the price without deceiving him? On the other hand, it is also to prepare for his own future technological development, so he must be careful and serious.
Judging from the current situation, although the fuel cost of a battleship powered by spirit stones is more than 200 times that of fuel, the endurance of spirit stones is more than 20 times that of fuel! More than 20 times, it is enough to sail around the world.
.And this is what Zhang Hao has been thinking about recently.
Gundam ordered five steel battleships at once, including a 20,000-ton class one.
After the design was completed, the cost of the fully spiritual stone-powered battleship was also announced.
For a 10,000-ton battleship, the base price of an ordinary battleship is 60 million high-grade spiritual stones; the cost of building a spiritual stone battleship is as high as 70 million high-grade spiritual stones.
For a 20,000-ton warship, the base price for an ordinary battleship is 110 million high-grade spiritual stones; for a battleship driven by spiritual stones, the price is as high as 130 million high-grade spiritual stones.
The power output levels of the two are similar; however, the battleship powered by spirit stones has a simpler structure, which also reduces the cost of the hull. This is also one of the reasons why the price increase is not high.
Another reason is that Dayang Group only uses ordinary spiritual stone-driven steam turbines. The advanced ones are useless. Of course, you have to use the good ones yourself.
After learning the final cost and finalizing the order for five battleships, Gundam was very excited. Because the structure of the Lingshi battleship was relatively simple, Dayang Group guaranteed that the five battleships would be built within three months.
However, if a warship is to be launched, a warship requires at least thirty people, and there is obviously not enough manpower on Gundam's side.
Considering that the return journey will not be peaceful, and to fully utilize the capabilities of the battleships, each battleship must have at least 500 people.
God Shang immediately sent people back to the Liang Dynasty. On the one hand, he informed His Majesty of the situation here, and on the other hand, he also asked the Liang Dynasty to send at least five thousand outstanding sailors. The warships always have to sail back, and it is impossible to fly back.
Also, I need money.
Although he prepared a lot of money before coming, it was still not enough. After a period of understanding, Gundam discovered that if he wanted to make good use of the battleship, he would also need to purchase artillery shell production lines, black iron production lines, etc. from Dayang Group. He also needed to purchase
A lot of machinery and equipment. These are not small amounts of money.
The Liang Dynasty is far away from the Qixia Kingdom, and many things must be self-sufficient, otherwise the warships will be disposable items.
So we still need Dayang Group to help train a group of maintenance engineers, etc. This costs money, money, money!
While Zhang Hao was discussing the future of warships with Gautama, news came from the east, the port of Surabaya.
Zhang Hao was stunned for a while, left Gouda Shang and hurried to the port location, the temporary office of Dayang Group. At this time, many people were waiting. Bai Yutang and others came here directly instead of in Ninghe
Waiting there in the county town.
When Zhang Hao came in, Bai Yutang immediately stood up to greet him and directly told him what happened in Dongfang.
"This happened at noon today. No one expected that the Xiaoyao Sect would launch an attack at noon. The Xiaoyao Sect actually dispatched 12 10,000-ton black iron battleships in one go. The Xuanzhen Sect was not prepared.
Next, bombarded the port of Surabaya.
According to current information, all the warships in the Surabaya Port were sunk; moreover, the naval officers of the Weihai Fleet in the Surabaya Port also suffered heavy casualties.
After the Xiaoyao faction bombarded the port, a landing battle ensued. Now Surabaya Port is in ruins!"
Zhang Hao took a breath of air and turned to look at the map that had just been hung on the wall. A lot of new information was marked on the map. The most important one was Surabaya Port.
Since the Kingdom of Shaoze and the Kingdom of Canglan jointly defeated the Kingdom of Langya, the two countries have divided the Kingdom of Langya. However, the Port of Surabaya, located in the center of the divided area between the two countries, was given to the Xuanzhen Sect. In this way, the two countries can also be isolated.
The country's disputes broke out, and the Xuanzhen Sect also gained an excellent port.
It can be said that everything is so perfect!
After the Xuanzhen Sect rectified the Surabaya Port, the Weihai Fleet moved to the Surabaya Port. How could the Xuanzhen Sect, a dignified holy land, always use the port of Dayang Group?
But this perfection was broken at noon today! No one expected that Xiaoyao Sect would choose a sneak attack at noon and destroy the entire Weihai Fleet in one go! And the later landing battle caused heavy losses to the Xuanzhen Sect's naval officers and others, almost
completely annihilated.
After reading the report, Zhang Hao sighed and said solemnly: "The Xuanzhen Sect is going crazy. The resources invested by the Weihai Fleet are beyond imagination. The number of Nascent Soul Stage quotas promised to us is as high as 4,400!
The amount of ammunition, various items, etc. purchased from us before and after has exceeded hundreds of millions of spiritual stones.
Seeing that the fleet was starting to make a profit, it was killed in one fell swoop, and even many sailors were killed.
The Xuanzhen Sect will definitely not be able to bear it!"
Bai Yutang also nodded, "Yes. A war will inevitably break out next! There is no doubt about this. What we want to discuss now is, what should Dayang Group do in this war?"
Zhang Hao shook his head with a wry smile: "Is there any choice? We can only stand on the side of the Xuanzhen Sect and attack the Xiaoyao Sect together. And now we are very likely to face the following problems:
First, the Xiaoyao faction’s fleet is very likely to continue sneak attacks. The country of Canglan is close, so we should be prepared; then the Xiaoyao faction’s fleet is very likely to sneak attack on us and the Black Scale Island. Dayang Group must be prepared!
Second, there are only four fleets left on the Xuanzhen Sect's side. Our Atlantic Fleet and Arctic Fleet, the Pearl Fleet of the Kingdom of Qixia, and the Thunder Fleet of the Kingdom of Canglan.
The Thunder Fleet only consists of three old ships and can almost be ignored.
If the prediction is good, Xuanzhen Sect will send people in one or two days at the latest to let our fleet set off to attack and blockade the Xiaoyao Sect's maritime power. It will be an unprecedented war!"
Everyone was silent for a long time. Dugu Junjie spoke: "If this is the case, we will use torpedoes. Torpedoes attack warships from below the sea surface, and the success rate is higher. Moreover, ordinary black iron warships cannot withstand the force of the explosion under the sea surface. Even if it is
Even steel battleships can’t bear it!”
Zhang Hao nodded: "This is what I want to discuss today. What I mean is... try to use torpedoes as little as possible! This time, I hope that the fleet can fight the opponent openly.
Now that we have maintained a sufficient advantage, in this case we should seize the opportunity and try to train our troops."
Dugu Junjie thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. "We should indeed train our troops. Then I will inform you so that everyone can be prepared."
"Not only training, but also testing weapons!" Zhang Hao added, "This is also an opportunity to experiment with various weapons and tactics. It is also an opportunity to become famous.
This time, we need to build up our reputation, and we need to try out all the tactics we have discussed before to increase our knowledge. We also need to take this opportunity to train and promote a group of outstanding naval generals for our future.
lay the foundation for its development.”
"I understand." Dugu Junjie nodded.
Then Zhang Hao looked at everyone: "Everyone, I think that in addition to wars at sea, our Ocean Group cannot avoid wars on land. We cannot rule out the possibility that Xuanzhen Sect will ask us to send land legions to go on an expedition. The worst, the worst, always
We need to provide land transportation of materials. This will inevitably become a thorn in the side of Xiaoyao Sect.
This time, the scale of the war will be difficult to control.
Everyone should be prepared, maybe this will be a... world war!
Between the Xuanzhen Sect and the Xiaoyao Sect, dozens of countries will be involved in the war."
Dugu Junjie suddenly said: "The scale of this war may also include the Tuotu Continent. The Tuotu Continent, the struggle between the Holy Fire Sect and the Red Lotus Sect also involves us. I am worried that the scope of the later war will not be limited to the Fatty Continent.
Earth Continent!”
As soon as Dugu Junjie finished speaking, everyone's expressions instantly became serious.
Everyone's eyebrows jumped wildly. An unimaginable war pattern appeared in front of everyone. This... is an unprecedented war pattern!