Chapter 1002: Sea Power (Additional chapter for those who have accumulated 400 monthly tickets)
At the same time, on an island far away from the mainland...
"What? You found ships in the coastal area? And there are three of them?!"
As he was speaking, the figure behind the curtain could no longer sit still, and walked out quickly with a series of "dong dong dong dong" sounds.
He was a middle-aged man wearing a royal robe dyed with cotinus coggygria and an exaggeratedly long crown on his head.
Seeing the figure suddenly rushing out, the man kneeling outside immediately lowered his head.
"Hi! Your Majesty, we have found three ships in the offshore area. We dare not approach easily. At the same time, the distance is too far, and we cannot judge the size of the ships on the other side. We can only see that there are two small and one large."
Hearing this, the man called the Emperor's face suddenly became gloomy.
[Those damn rats shouldn’t be able to build ships…]
[Could it be that some other force defeated the rat people and occupied that place? ]
Thinking of this, the emperor's expression suddenly became even uglier.
He was well aware of the horror of the rat people, otherwise he would not have voluntarily abandoned the capital on the mainland and fled to this island by boat with his troops.
Under this premise, if the rat people were killed, wouldn't that mean that the new forces were even more terrifying than the rat people? !
When the emperor thought of this, he suddenly felt his heart tremble.
After abandoning the capital and fleeing to this island, he worked tirelessly for several years in order to find an opportunity to take back the capital from the rat people.
Who would have thought that this plan could not keep up with the speed of change!
Just facing the ratmen, he was under great psychological pressure. If the new force that appeared on the road now was even more powerful than the previous ratmen.
At this moment, he really didn't know what to do.
[If I had known this, I would not have sent the ship over! ]
When the emperor thought of this, he felt extremely regretful.
If he hadn't sent the ship over, the other party would at least not know of their existence, and their life would obviously be much more peaceful.
And now, the other party has discovered their existence.
How much of this peaceful life will be left? No one can guarantee it.
However, the emperor obviously knew that continuing to be so upset was not a solution.
Considering the existence of this enemy, he must prepare for the worst.
"Pass the order down, start building ships with all your strength! At least in terms of the number of ships, we have to catch up with the enemy, or even surpass them!"
At this moment, the emperor's thoughts were very simple.
Although the ratmen also have excellent swimming abilities, their core combat power is still concentrated on land, mainly relying on land combat.
The fact that the unknown force was able to wipe out the rat people on land was enough to prove the strength of their land warfare capabilities.
This alone was enough to make him give up the idea of fighting a land battle with the enemy.
Under this premise, if they want to gain a chance of winning, there is only one way left, which is to move the battlefield to the sea and fight a naval battle with the enemy!
After all, they were a coastal country before, and in recent years they have become an island country. When it comes to naval warfare, they still have some confidence.
However, when facing the ratmen before, there was basically no fighting at sea.
In fact, they fled quickly at that time, and with the protection of the capital, the rats on the opposite side might not have noticed that they had escaped by boat.
So they really don't have any warships.
The ships we have are mainly fishing boats.
But in this day and age, if you say there is a big difference between fishing boats and warships, it’s not really that big of a difference.
By making modifications to the original fishing boats, they were able to produce a number of warships in a short period of time.
In this way, we started to concentrate on modifying the ship, and for the next period of time, we never appeared in the offshore area.
At the same time, the relevant report was delivered to Zhou Xu as quickly as possible.
"A strange ship of 30 meters in size..."
"A white flag with a red band?"
Seeing this, Zhou Xu blinked.
[Based on the description of this flag in the battle report, could it be the national flag of Japan? ]
After all, it is difficult to find a second aunt flag like this in the original world.
Time travelers are not rare in this world, but if the person on the other side is really a time traveler from Japan, then he would be the first time traveler from another country other than China that he has met.
As a serious Chinese, Zhou Xu obviously did not think that the Japanese people across the street would live in peace with him.
Before this, his motto had always been "I will not attack others unless they attack me!"
But this time, he changed his mind and decided to take the initiative!
Of course, this doesn’t mean that we should rush forward foolishly right now.
They don't know the opponent's strength yet, so it would be risky to attack rashly.
What they need to do now is to quickly build more warships! Expand the size of the navy and conduct more training to enhance the strength of their Great Zhou Navy!
By the way, some related equipment also needs to be configured quickly.
"I never thought that this newly made thing would be put to use so soon."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu looked down at the little gadget on his desk. It was a small round plate with a small needle with pointed ends on it. One end of the needle was dyed red and the other end was dyed blue.
Needless to say, this is the compass that was just produced by the Equipment Department.
After all, a compass is a necessary equipment if you want to determine your direction at sea.
The successful production of this product is thanks to Zhang Xuemei's discovery of a vein of natural magnet near the ruins of a city in the southern border.
While muttering to himself, Zhou Xu spread out a blank piece of animal skin paper and began to quickly write an order. He then asked the messenger to take the order and send it to the southern border along with a compass.
However, the journey from Black Moon City to the Southern Territory is still long, and the season has also changed from spring to late summer during the round trip.
In fact, even if Zhou Xu didn't say it, the shipbuilding work at the Harbor Shipyard was still ongoing.
However, once Zhou Xu's order came, the content of the shipbuilding changed.
Zhou Xu's latest request was to build more speedboats! To build six speedboats for one large ship! This order was first sent to Bai Tu and Soros.
They really didn't understand at first, but their Majesty wrote the reason at the end.
It was clearly written on the back...
"The opposing ship is only 30 meters long. The supplies that a ship of this specification can carry are limited. A ship of this specification alone can reach our offshore area, which means that the opponent's departure point is definitely not too far away from us."
"Therefore, we do not need too many large ships to ensure our long-distance sailing capabilities. Increasing the proportion of fast ships will make us more flexible and agile in the naval battles that may occur next."
After reading it, Bai Tu and Soros both suddenly realized that they could infer the amount of supplies the other party was carrying from the specifications of the other party's ship, and thus infer the distance between them and the other party.
This is really a perspective they have never thought of before! "You are worthy of your majesty!"
(End of this chapter)
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