The afterglow of the setting sun shone from the west, dyeing the sea surface blood red. ▲∴，
However, if you look carefully, you will find that the blood-red color on the nearby sea is not entirely dyed by the setting sun.
Among the broken wooden boards floating everywhere on the sea, there were corpses wearing gray and black clothing.
From these corpses, pools of dazzling bright red blood flowed out, dyeing the color of the sea surface even more thrilling.
However, this miserable scene fell into the eyes of Remito Russell, but it could not cause the slightest flutter in his heart.
His eyes were passing by the corpses floating on the sea and the huge ships that were sinking rapidly due to severe damage, causing huge whirlpools and taking the corpses into the deep sea. Russell couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly. .
This is the seventeenth day that he has led the third fleet of the Candela Empire Navy to cooperate with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet. The group of pirates they encountered today is the thirteenth group of pirates they have encountered in these seventeen days.
Just like the previous encounter with the twelve groups of pirates, there was no need for the Candela Imperial Navy fleet to take action. When the traces of these pirates were discovered, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet immediately launched a fierce offensive. They were still a full mile away from these pirate ships. These pirate ships were defeated thousands of meters away.
These poor pirates didn't even touch the edge of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet from beginning to end, and they were all bombarded into the sea.
Except for some pirates who were quick to see the opportunity and fled the battlefield first in small boats, the rest of the pirates were not spared and all fell into the deep sea.
Their fate awaits. Or fall into the mouth of a shark. Or just drown.
Russell had no mercy for these pirates. But every time he witnessed the fierce offensive of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet, he could not help but feel the veins on his forehead beating.
If these pirates were replaced by the Candela Imperial Navy fleet, would the result be any different
At the beginning, Russell was still imagining many ways to deal with the offensive of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet in his mind.
For example, by encircling them one step in advance, they would not give the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort fleet time to develop its range advantage.
For example, even if they are seriously damaged, they must approach the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet as soon as possible, try their best to start a close battle, and win by relying on their numerical advantage.
Another example...
But after witnessing the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet bullying these pirates time and time again these days, Russell gradually overturned all his assumptions.
Now he was sure. Even if these pirates were replaced by the Candela Imperial Navy fleet, the result would not change at all.
The only difference is probably that the Candela Empire Navy will last longer than these pirates.
As for whether more people can escape, it depends on the mood of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet.
After all, the terrifying frigates of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet can sail at sea much faster than ordinary wooden ships such as the Kandra Empire naval fleet and pirates. If they want to pursue them, there is no possibility of escaping.
As for the head-on challenge
What a joke!
The terrifying magic artillery of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet will completely defeat you before you can even touch their sides!
And with the super speed of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet, it is simply impossible to encircle them!
So Russell and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet acted together for seventeen days, and thought about it for seventeen days, and finally came to a fact that he was very reluctant to admit, but had to admit.
In his mind, the Kendra Empire's naval fleet was originally powerful and invincible. If they meet the enemy's escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce head-on, they may not be able to fight back.
Every time I think of the descriptions of the pirates' escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the sealed files of the Naval Staff. Russell felt that the description was extremely appropriate.
This fleet is as if it came from another world and has simply surpassed this era!
After turning around and ordering his fleet to clean the battlefield together with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet, Russell signaled his flagship and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet flagship to approach, then changed to a small boat and boarded the flagship of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet.
Although the two parties have nominally cooperated for half a month, this is the first time Russell has personally boarded the frigate of the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce.
From the perspective of a bystander, he already felt that this frigate was huge. When he actually stepped on the deck of this frigate, Russell felt the huge difference between this frigate and the ships of the Candela Empire Navy Fleet.
The difference that impressed him most was that stepping on the deck of this frigate would make you feel particularly solid, as if you were stepping on solid land. It was not like you could easily feel the waves on those wooden sea ships. The bumps it brings.
The reason for this difference is, of course, that this frigate is almost entirely made of steel, and its weight is far greater than that of a wooden ship. Of course, it will appear more stable on the sea.
"Master Leslie, can you tell me the approximate total weight of this ship?" Russell suddenly asked after greeting Leslie for a few words.
Leslie was stunned, thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "I don't have any accurate data. However, the set displacement of this ship when it left the factory was about one thousand tons, and its net weight should be more than six hundred tons. "
"Six hundred tons!" Russell took a deep breath, and a look of shock appeared on his face involuntarily.
The largest ship in the Candela Empire's naval fleet is the Thunder-class battleship. According to manufacturing standards, the total weight of wood required is estimated to be less than one hundred tons.
This weight is not even one-sixth of this frigate!
Although the density of wood is certainly not comparable to that of steel, the gap is still extremely exaggerated.
So regardless of the size of the Thunder-class battleship, it does not seem to be much smaller than the frigate, but even if we ignore the magic cannons and other military magic machines with terrifying attack power carried on this frigate, it is just a head-on attack. The Thunder-class battleship is probably It couldn't withstand a slight bump from the frigate.
In comparison... no. This is not qualified for comparison at all!
Russell forced down the shock in his heart. Silently he looked down at the solid deck beneath his feet. Looking up again at the high platform of the thick steel main city in the middle of the deck, a question flashed in my mind.
If just such a frigate consumes more than 600 tons of steel, then the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet in front of him now has a total of twenty frigates.
If calculated, it is an astonishing more than 12,000 tons of steel.
Not to mention that the steel used to build these frigates is obviously completely different from ordinary pig iron. It not only has strong impact resistance, corrosion resistance and embroidery resistance, but even if it is only more than 12,000 tons of pig iron, Russell cannot imagine how it is cast.
Although it can be seen that this frigate is made of steel plates connected together, but how are these steel plates cast? How did Xinfei Chamber of Commerce perfectly combine these steel plates? How about making them so close that they seem to be a whole
Russell had been holding these questions in his mind for half a month, and now he asked Leslie in person, hoping to get an answer that would make him understand.
Leslie, however, smiled and shook her head.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Russell, these things are the secrets of our Chamber of Commerce. I have no comment. And actually, even if I want to tell you against the rules of the Chamber of Commerce, I don't know how to say it, because... I don't understand it at all."
"Don't understand?" Russell frowned slightly, looking slightly unhappy.
Leslie was reluctant to say that he could understand, after all, this might indeed involve the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's business secrets.
But he said he didn't understand. This is a joke!
He is the commander leading the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. How could he know nothing about this ship
"I really don't understand." Russell could see the unhappiness in his heart. Leslie explained with a smile. "The construction of this ship involves a lot of very professional magical mechanical knowledge, which I have never studied. All I know is how to use this ship, not how to make it."
Russell was silent for a moment, nodded, and admitted that Leslie made sense.
Not to mention that this frigate must have extremely amazing technical content. Even if it is a Thunder-class battleship, he, the deputy chief of staff of the Naval Staff, knows almost nothing about its manufacture.
But when he asked Leslie this, he didn't expect to get a direct answer from him.
After pondering for a moment, Russell said sternly to Leslie: "Sir Leslie, through this cooperation, I have a deep understanding of the outstanding capabilities of your new frigates. I am very interested in these frigates, and I hope you can tell me Tell President Xu that our Kandra Imperial Navy hopes to formally cooperate with your New Flying Chamber of Commerce. We have many things to discuss about these frigates."
Leslie smiled slightly: "Lord Russell, if you are interested in these frigates, I think the president will be very happy to discuss it with you. But when it comes to cooperation... I don't think it is necessary to bother."
"Oh? Mr. Leslie, what do you have to say?" Russell was a little surprised.
"It's too much to talk about." Leslie waved his hand, with a hint of cunning in the smile on his face. "Since the Candela Empire Navy Fleet is interested in the frigate, it's very simple. Just buy it directly from our Chamber of Commerce."
"Buy it directly?" Russell was startled, looking extremely surprised. "Could it be that... your new aircraft merchant association is willing to directly sell these powerful frigates?"
"Of course, we are a chamber of commerce. If someone is willing to buy our stuff, why can't we sell it?" Leslie shrugged and said with a relaxed expression.
Russell looked at Leslie up and down with a strange look on his face to confirm that he was not joking. Then he took a breath and asked cautiously: "So, Mr. Leslie, your new aviation chamber of commerce will price this frigate...probably. how much?"
"Not expensive, not expensive." Leslie stretched out two fingers: "Two million gold coins per ship."
Russell's vision suddenly went dark, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
Does this damn Xinfei Chamber of Commerce dare to be any more evil? (To be continued...)