[Chapter 215 Skyfire Light Cruiser]
“Shipyard… Do you want me to help you build a warship?” Tony Stark immediately guessed David’s idea, thinking of the Winter River next to Winter Town, which is extremely wide and seems to be quite deep. At present, it seems that it is possible to go directly to the Dark Elves’ Evernight Empire along the river.
In this case, it is not surprising that David wants to develop the navy.
“Stark Industries has not taken over the work of warships. I may need some time to figure out what is needed to build warships.”
Because it is built in Winter Town, he cannot directly introduce relevant technology, purchase factories, and recruit corresponding personnel as he does in his own world.
Tony Stark insists on using automated production lines in Winter Town and relies on Jarvis, an artificial intelligence, to manage it. The main reason is that he can take care of it alone.
There is another important reason, that is, not long ago, Tony did not think that he would become the main arms supplier of Winter Town, helping David to establish the Kingdom of Winter, or even the Winter Empire, and then unify the whole world.
Now his thoughts have changed a little. He feels that helping David build a huge empire is not a bad thing for the world. In this process, he seems to be able to continuously demonstrate his own value, which is also a good experience for him.
“What kind of warship do you want to build? Battleship? Aircraft carrier? Missile destroyer?”
“No need to be so exaggerated.”
The Winter River is very wide. Standing on this side of the Winter River, you can’t see the other side if the weather is slightly worse. This width will give people the illusion of being at the seaside.
David also explored a distance upstream. According to the area he explored, the width of the Winter River is narrower than the corner next to the Winter Town, but the width is still amazing.
It can be said that the width of the Winter River is enough to accommodate any kind of surface ship on the earth. The real limit for these ships to appear on the Winter River should be the water depth.
He needs to conduct additional exploration of this data. It is not without the idea of asking Tony to get some detection equipment.
“Even if you build an aircraft carrier, Winter Town currently does not have enough sailors and naval aviation.” David’s idea is to use the warships transformed by Skyfire as the main combat force, supplemented by small ships driven by sailors trained by James Norrington, and then train and train more sailors while building larger and stronger warships.
When the sailors are almost trained, the navy should have a prototype.
He doesn’t have to worry about the navy being trapped in a river. Through the description of the dark elf Cecil, David already knows that it is possible to go to sea by sailing west along the Winter River.
In other words, Winter Town actually has an “outlet to the sea”, and the Winter Navy is a veritable navy!
“So, you just want me to build some small boats?”
“We will build large ships in the future.” David thought that since Tony was not satisfied with just building some small boats, he would paint a big picture for him: “We will even build space battleships in the future.”
“…” Tony looked like you were fooling me: “Space battleships and surface ships are not the same thing at all!”
“They are all ships… There is no difference.”
David noticed that Tony had an expression of “I’m not stupid, I would believe you”, but his eyes were rolling around, and he was obviously tempted.
Scientists like Tony can’t resist the temptation of advanced technology and the use of various advanced technologies!
It is not easy for him to build space battleships in his own world, and he has to face difficulties in all aspects.
But here in Winter Town, not only can he get the full support of David, the lord, but he can also get in touch with advanced technology from other worlds at the first time.
Apart from anything else, the Cybertron technology alone is enough for him to study for a while! In Winter Town, he can even directly ask the Cybertronians for their technical knowledge.
How can he have these advantages in his own world?
“Small ships, right? Leave it to me!”
He doesn’t have to worry about the raw materials. The Cybertronians of Digger can easily provide him with a large amount of raw materials. All Tony has to do is design a reasonable automated shipyard!
“But there is a problem.”
“What?”
“What are you going to use as the power for these ships?”
“This…”
Large warships on Earth all use heavy oil; small boats use diesel, and a small number use gasoline.
He didn’t find this kind of thing in Winter Town, and of course he didn’t go out of his way to find it.
“Use crystal ore!”
David felt that crystal ore was the main resource given to him by Goldfinger. Whether it was used as energy or as a reinforcement material, the effect was very strong.
If it weren’t for the fact that the current inventory was not enough, he wouldn’t have needed to ask Tony to help him build the Ark Reactor.
Of course, the completion of the Ark Reactor ensured the basic electricity use of Winter Town, and also allowed David to use the crystal ore in several specific directions-weapons and energy.
As for the use of crystal ore, the crystal ore engines made by Sheldon, Leonard and Howard have been improved and upgraded, and after Tony came, they have undergone a huge version upgrade.
The latest third-generation crystal engine can fully meet David’s requirements. Tony has already begun to consider replacing the Harrier fighter in Winter Town with a crystal engine for various tests.
After discussing the shipyard, David has solved the problem of the Winter Navy.
The next step is to wait for James Norrington’s report, and then provide him with various support according to Norrington’s requirements.
To David’s surprise, he just chatted with the Avengers for a while, and when he left Stark Manor, Skyfire had already returned.
“You are a bit efficient!”
“It’s just scanning a few battleships, which doesn’t take much time.” More importantly, Skyfire, who has returned to his peak state, can use the teleportation ability relatively freely, which allows him to reach the target location in a very short time: “I originally wanted to scan the battleship New Jersey, but that ship is a bit too big.”
“Can’t turn into a battleship?”
David remembered that Cybertron’s compression technology was very strong in this regard. The size of the platoon gun was not much larger than that of other Autobots, but after turning into an aircraft carrier, a large number of Autobots could be loaded on the ship.
“It’s not that I can’t transform, but overusing compression and amplification technology will affect the strength of my structure and waste more fire energy.” Tianhuo explained that it’s not that I can’t transform, but becoming too big will affect my combat effectiveness.
If the artillery platoon becomes an aircraft carrier and also serves as a transport officer, then Tianhuo forcibly transforming into a huge battleship really has no practical significance.
“So…which ship did you choose in the end?”
“I scanned an old battleship in a place called London, and the size is also suitable.”
Tianhuo and David came to the dock of Winter Town together, and then transformed into a light cruiser under David’s gaze.
David had guessed which battleship it was when he heard about the old battleship in London before. Now, when he saw the battleship that Tianhuo transformed into, it was indeed the one he thought of.
Belfast light cruiser!
At this time, the light cruiser was parked on the river not far from the dock. Because of the draft, Tianhuo could not dock at the dock.
Seeing this situation, David realized that the dock had to be expanded and renovated, and another military dock had to be built.
There are more things to do, so I keep them in mind and write them down in my schedule when I go back, so as not to forget them when I get busy.
I asked about Skyfire’s condition, and Skyfire said that he is in a very good condition now, with strong fire and abundant energy. At this moment, he can fight hundreds of Decepticons alone. With his help in defense, no one or force can attack Winter Town from the Winter River.
“By the way, I will stay here in the future. It’s nice here, and I can get more sun!”
Skyfire said that David should just do his own thing, and he will stay on the river in the future. When he is needed, he can just come to the river to find him.
Although his temper is not very good and his body has recovered to its peak, he is an old Transformer of very old age after all.
When there is nothing to do, it is very pleasant for Skyfire to stay there quietly and bask in the sun.
Moreover, the peaceful and beautiful natural scenery of Winter Town also greatly relieved his emotions. As long as no one comes to provoke him, he can also be very “calm”.
David stood on the shore and watched Skyfire, who was silent and didn’t know if he was asleep, for a while. He had to let Elias tell the people in the town about the warship that Skyfire had transformed into and stopped on the river.
It would be best to post a notice or something to tell the residents of the town that the huge metal warship on the river was their Winter Town warship, and there was no need to panic or worry about it.
Originally, Eva was responsible for this kind of work of spreading the message, but today Eva was not there, so David gave it to Elias.
The etiquette officer certainly knew what was going on, and David said that he wanted to go back to Glamorgan Castle to rest for a while, so Elias, the etiquette officer, could leave for a while.
So Elias went to find Weatherby, and David walked towards Glamorgan Castle…
Eva had just woken up not long ago, and through the light reflected from the window, she knew that it was already late.
With Eva’s physical fitness, she had actually recovered almost completely. She got up and dressed directly, wanting to see if she had missed any important work?
Although she had taken a step closer to David, the lord of Winter Town, she was not ready to give up her original job.
She hoped that she could continue to serve as David’s secretary and help David reach a higher peak step by step.
At this moment, Eva felt that the holy light in her body seemed to have undergone some changes. Then a ray of light descended from the void, and she felt that her body seemed to have undergone some changes.
“Is this… the baptism of holy light?”
(End of this chapter)