Chapter 377 The prototype of the alien warship (1)
Aisha, who entered the soul space for the first time, saw Lin Zongzong in the conference room, her eyes widened in disbelief, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
After a while, Ayesha rubbed her face with her palms and stammered: "I, I remember you stabbed me on the head with something, and then we came here?!"
Todd, who was busy sorting out information and data, sat in front of the computer, pointed to the conference table and said: "Sit down anywhere, I will bring the next person in now."
"Next person?"
In just a moment, a young man in Arab attire suddenly appeared next to the conference table, it was scholar Abu Ben Sabah al-Kindi.
Kendi had just entered the soul space and greeted the king respectfully, but when he saw Ayesha, his face suddenly changed and he shouted angrily: "It's you! I've been looking for you for a long time! If it weren't for you
, I won’t be thrown into jail at all!”
Faced with Kendi's accusation, Ayesha rolled her eyes indifferently.
Todd knocked on the table with the folder and said to the two of them: "Let the past be bygones. I have brought you here today because I have something more important to talk about!"
Seeing that Kendi's anger had calmed down a bit, Todd summoned Terrence and Elijah in again.
Looking at the four "guests" with confused expressions in front of him, Todd turned on the 3D projector in the conference room and said, "I called you here today to talk about the future military pressure in Muxi City."
Terrence straightened up and asked strangely: "Military pressure?"
Todd turned his attention to Ayesha: "First of all, I have a question for you. If the current Southern Empire and Muxi City go to war, who will have the advantage on the battlefield?"
Seeing everyone focusing on her, Ayesha crossed her arms and said without any hesitation: "I don't know about land, but Muxi City's fleet on the sea can't even hurt the smallest warship in the empire.
Every cent."
Elijah, who was responsible for participating in the hull design, couldn't sit still at this time. He stood up from his chair. Just as he was about to ask Ayesha something, Terrence next to him coughed heavily and said, "Let her speak.
over."
Seeing the disbelief of the people in front of her, Ayesha cleared her throat: "In the empire, commonly used battleships are divided into four levels. The fourth-level battleship is called a reconnaissance ship, with a length of 32 meters and a capacity of 140.
It has 20 gun warehouses and is often used for coastal security, enemy reconnaissance or merchant ship attacks."
"The third-level battleship is also called a cruiser. It is generally a double-masted ship with a hull length of 40 meters, a crew of 220, and 28 gun bays. It is often used for long-distance raids and naval battle cooperation."
"The second-level battleship is called a battleship. It has two-masted and three-masted types. The hull length can reach 48 meters and the gun bay can reach up to 40. It is the backbone of the Imperial Navy. I don't know this level.
No matter how powerful the battleship is, when I see the battleships, they always move around."
Todd asked: "What about the first-level battleships?"
"I have no idea."
"you do not know?"
Ayesha shrugged: "I just heard that the empire has installed battleships that are bigger than the battleships, but I have no way of knowing how many and powerful they are."
Todd pursed his lips and nodded: "Can you show the warships you know in the form of models?"
Ayesha's eyes widened: "Model? Display? What do you mean? These types of battleships are all in my mind. How can I take them out?!"
Todd pointed to the 3D modeling machine in the middle and said: "Try to recall the details of those ships in your mind, and then 'push' them onto this platform."
"Your Majesty, you are joking, right?"
Even so, Ayesha still followed Todd's instructions and began to recall the appearance and structure of the imperial battleship.
A few moments later, a light blue single-masted battleship appeared in front of everyone's eyes in the form of a 3D projection.
Seeing that the things in her mind actually appeared on the table, Ayesha suddenly shouted excitedly: "This is amazing!"
Others' faces were not so good.
Terrence looked at the structure of the ship carefully, and after a long time he exchanged a look with Elijah.
On the other side, Todd asked Kendi: "When you were back home, did you know about the manufacturing of imperial warships?"
Kendi shook his head: "My research direction does not include shipbuilding, but I know a little about sails, navigation, and hull stability."
Todd still refused to give up: "What about the artillery?"
Kendi sighed: "Muskets and artillery are strictly confidential technologies of the empire. Only scholars and craftsmen with special permission can have access to these things. And if you once engage in work related to these weapons, you will have to live in a lifetime
In the inner city, there is no way out."
Todd rubbed his temples with a headache, and then turned his attention to the master and apprentice: "Compared with the shipbuilding skills of the Southern Empire and Muxi City, what is the difference?"
Elijah stared at the model: "Watertightness, corner sails, guy ropes, balance, hull... The Southern Empire is indeed better than the North in terms of shipbuilding design. If I were to evaluate it, the shipbuilding technology in the North is still at the level of Gutero.
period, but the South has entered a new era."
"You should know that what I want to hear is not praise. Is there any way in Muxi City to narrow or eliminate this gap?"
Elijah nodded: "With the design drawings in hand, Muxi University can start the research and development of the new hull."
Todd asked again: "How long does it take from the beginning of development to final use?"
Elijah turned his head, discussed and calculated with his master Terrence, and finally gave Todd a number that made him despair - seven years.
"Seven years?! How come it takes so long?!" Todd exclaimed in surprise.
Ayesha, who was fiddling with the 3D projection system, glanced sideways at Todd: "This number is not wrong, and I think they are a little optimistic. From design to experiment to launch, a ship involves countless modifications.
And rework. Just the materials for the hull, sails, and drying will keep you busy for a long time. If you don’t believe it, I once heard someone say in a tavern that even a single-masted battleship of the lowest level can
It is a skilled imperial shipyard, and it will take a year to complete."
Having said this, Ayesha blinked: "And, my lord, have you forgotten a big trouble?"
Todd frowned: "What?"
"artillery."
Looking at the dull expressions of everyone, Aisha said with a smile: "There is a saying in the imperial proverb that a warship without artillery is like an eagle that has lost its beak. The artillery of the imperial warship is divided into eagle cannon, snake cannon, and cannon.
Mortars, and each type of artillery has more than ten categories, so it is simply not possible to manufacture and install them in a short period of time."
Todd closed his eyes, leaned his back on the chair, and sighed heavily.
"As early as a thousand years ago, when the Tyros were still busy dealing with barbarians, many empires in the south had already discovered the secret of gunpowder." Aisha turned the model of the ship's hull with one hand and held her chin with the other.
: "A thousand years of careful research by countless scholars, a lot of testing and processing, countless data and samples. This is the empire's advantage. Mu Xicheng has no way of copying it at will."
Ayesha's words were a bit too slap in the face, Kendi felt uneasy, Terrence was shy and helpless, Elijah was slightly angry, and Todd was the only one with a calm face and sharp eyes.
Because, he heard a key word from Aisha's mouth - the advantage of the empire.
If the Southern Empire's advantage lies in superior technologies such as muskets and artillery, then where does Muxi City's advantage lie?
Todd's eyes lit up.
Alien species are Muxi City’s biggest advantage!
Todd finally woke up at this time. During this period of time, the fixed mindset had restricted his thinking. He always thought of using technological advantages to defeat his opponents, but he forgot that in the conventional technology tree, Muxi City was already far behind the Southern Empire.
.If you want to win, you can only choose a new, or even hidden, military technology line.
This technology line is alien technology.
Turning his attention back to the hull in the 3D model, Todd suddenly said to everyone: "I want to build a heterogeneous battleship composed of parasites, bacteria and viruses!"
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