arcane emperor

Chapter 567 Preparing for a War (8000)

Boom!

The spinning shells slammed into the side of the ship.

The shell made of ironwood was only slightly dented, but the cannonball quickly bounced away.

The anti-shock patterns engraved around it soon emitted a faint light, slowly repairing the damage caused by the impact.

During the repair process, the delicate vines gradually outlined scar-like patterns, becoming the medal of this warship.

"Durability +1, remaining stored life energy is 98."

Yes, this is the most basic magic warship at this stage, the production technology obtained by the Gulf Territory from the El elves.

It is much more difficult than making an ordinary wooden warship. The key lies in the acquisition of materials.

Even if it is an ordinary warship, if it wants to sail on the sea and withstand the beating of waves, it needs to use very hard and light wood.

Ironwood is a common and very expensive wood.

The growth of ironwood is very slow.

Every natural year, you will only grow 3 to 5 centimeters in height.

It takes more than 50 years to grow into qualified wood.

During this process, pruning must be performed in real time.

Remove the branches and leaves from the edges, leaving only a small portion at the top.

Make sure that the wood that grows out of it is tight and has no defects such as wood knots.

This is just the first step in material selection.

When selecting ironwood over three meters for felling, usually only two two-meter standard boards can be cut.

Place it in a ventilated environment away from light to dry.

After one year, the water has evaporated to about 1/2.

Then, brush it with a layer of secret tung oil and let it dry slowly, once every three months.

During the drying process, hardwoods that are deformed, bent, or cracked need to be selected.

Do this 6 times, and it will be completed after a full year and 1 months.

Qualified hardwood boat materials are hard and light, compact and elastic.

When you tap it with your fingers, the sound is clear and crisp. When you force it to break to 90 degrees, it can restore itself without deformation.

The material made in this way not only has a strong ability to resist impact, but also can effectively resist corrosion and erosion of seawater.

The secret tung oil applied not only has very good waterproof and fireproof effects.

It can kill most of the parasites on the seabed, greatly reducing the parasites of barnacles, seaweed, etc. on ships, and reducing maintenance costs.

Each piece of such iron and wood planks is worth up to 5 gold coins, and is usually expensive but not marketable.

To build a warship-level five-masted ship, at least 12000 such wooden boards are needed.

This means that the main body manufacturing cost of a warship is at least more than 6 gold coins.

Moreover, this is only the manufacturing price of ship materials.

Whether it is protective modification, mainmast manufacturing, sail installation, or preparation of large-scale long-range weapons and equipment, the funds required are 2-3 times that of the main body of the ship.

Compared to a siege equipment costing three to four thousand gold coins, this kind of maritime war machine is quite expensive.

This is why only those big lords and powerful forces who are marquis and above have the strength to build large fleets across the ocean to the New World.

The magic warship production technology provided by the El elves has made the price of the originally expensive warships go up to a higher level.

The process of ironwood demonization has reduced its already low success rate to only about 30%.

The manufacturing price of a single piece of wood has exceeded 20 gold coins.

The manufacturing price of each warship was pushed up to more than 30 gold coins.

As for the magical warships of the Gulf Territory, in addition to the strengthening of materials, they are also blessed by the "activated warship" technology of the El elves.

Let the manufacturing price of the warship be as high as 50 gold coins.

In most cases, gold coins represent combat power!
Because of this, the defensive power of the warships in the Gulf Territory was able to crush ordinary warships like the Japanese.

"You hit me and I'm unharmed."

In addition to defensive capabilities, the new generation of dwarf artillery and heavy crossbows have also extended the attack range of the Gulf Leader warships to more than 800 meters.

And, they maintain pretty strong precision and accuracy!
As long as it lands on a Japanese warship, it will definitely open one or two big holes.

"I'll give it to you, it will break your muscles and bones."

The Varyan stopped moving forward, and its rear was already riddled with holes.

A large amount of seawater "whooshed" into it, and the Japanese pirates on the ship ran around in panic, and some tried to jump into the sea to survive.

Click!Click!Click!
Amidst the sound of wood cracking, the Varang slowly sank to the bottom of the sea. The whirlpool and water waves rolled up swallowed up hundreds of Japanese who had no time to escape.

The sinking of the Varyan did not frighten other Japanese warships.

They frantically attacked the warships in the Gulf Territory.

However, the lethality of their artillery was insufficient and the range of their crossbows was short, so they did not pose a substantial threat to the warships in the Gulf Territory.

On the contrary, the Gulf Territory soldiers who were familiar with sea combat began to bring out the effects of training in an orderly manner, calling out Japanese warships one after another and setting fire to them.

The roar of artillery fire resounded in the darkness.

The cannonballs are flying towards the target while intersecting with each other.

The killing effects produced by both sides are completely different.

The parts of the Gulf Territory warship that were attacked were quickly repaired by the magic circle.

It not only brings a greater sense of security to the soldiers, but also boosts their morale.

After the Japanese warship was attacked by cannonballs, big holes were quickly smashed.

The terrifying shells kept beating inside, ruthlessly crushing any object that stood in the way, whether it was the panicked Japanese or the artillery that was fighting back.

One after another, the Japanese warships stopped and sank amidst the roaring gunfire.

When the fifth Japanese warship sank, these Japanese pirates, who had just been surrounded by cruelty and fanaticism, soon fell into endless panic and fear.

The remaining three warships, which were seriously injured, sailed towards the dock with difficulty.

Seeing that the situation was not good, some Japanese pirates drove the lifeboat on the ship, escaped from the damaged warship, and ran towards the dock.

The Gulf Territory soldiers who received the order were merciless and destroyed the three warships very simply.

The faces of the Japanese pirates at the dock changed greatly. They never imagined that the pirate fleet, which was invincible in their memories, would be blocked at the door of their house and crushed easily.

Unspeakable panic and fear spread from the mouths of the Japanese pirates who fled into the dock.

They quickly abandoned the dock and the four transport ships that were still docked at the dock, and retreated towards the stronghold in panic.

After taking care of the opponent's bay warship, they did not rush to approach the dock. Instead, they began to repair the damaged warship.

There were only a few small transport boats, racing toward the dock at extremely fast speeds.

The Japanese pirates fled and they easily captured the dock.

After checking the entire dock and confirming that there was no hidden danger, they sent a signal to the warships docked on the coast to let them approach.

A cautious and careful fighting style to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

After glancing at the warship slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea, Matthew aimed at the somewhat dilapidated Japanese stronghold.

There was a commotion on the city wall, and panicked Japanese pirates were running around.

Many people held torches high and tried to push the artillery out.

However, their old-fashioned artillery did not have the ability to fire on rainy days.

What's more, many pirate leaders were wiped out and fell into a chaotic situation without command.

Matthew did not open his mouth to direct the battle. He was just acting as a final insurance and allowed Arnold and Lyon, who were directing the battle, to do their best.

They did not attack the city wall rashly.

After first exploring the opponent's actions and situation, they assembled their troops outside the range of the opponent's artillery fire.

The modified self-propelled artillery was pushed outside the city wall.

Finally, preparations were made step by step to attack the stronghold.

There is nothing outstanding about the overall operation, which makes it hard to fault.

This is also the style of conduct in the Bay Area.

Win steadily and win calmly.

A flat pusher who can be bombarded with artillery fire all the way will definitely not play the adventure of running thousands of miles and fighting alone.

Unless it is absolutely necessary!

The attack, which mobilized 3000 combat troops, was a deserved victory.

When the self-propelled artillery blasted open the city gate and broke through the city wall, the Japanese pirates who were still standing on the city wall were already scared and fled in all directions.

Lyon did not divide his forces to pursue.

First, they took down the city wall step by step, and then controlled the city gate.

After confirming the situation in the city, he ordered the soldiers to encircle and hunt down the Japanese pirates.

He understood a profound truth after seeing the legendary orc Ironhide Grieg fail to break through the defense line guarded by the Gulf Territory with the help of legendary magic.

Before a complete victory is achieved, no matter how good the performance is, it is nothing but fireworks.

Destroyed in a flash!
After half an hour.

When Matthew saw that the obtained power of destiny had stopped at 15, he knew that the battle was over.

This is also true. No Japanese pirates escaped from here alive.

The cavalry roaming around the stronghold ensured that no one was left alive.

The raging fire soared into the sky.

The stench of burning corpses penetrated the nostrils of every goblin slave.

They watched everything in front of them in horror.

The arrogant Japanese pirates, like their murdered compatriots, were helpless and turned into charred corpses.

They fear that such a fate will befall them mercilessly.

They were hiding in the dilapidated wooden houses, shivering and shivering.

Some bold goblins only dared to peek through the gaps in the wooden houses to peek at the Gulf Territory soldiers wearing bright silver armor and carrying a terrifying aura.

They are not afraid of death, but they also look forward to continuing to live.

After searching the whole city and confirming that there was no danger, Leon reported to Matthew with the counted results.

"This battle sank 8 warships, captured 4 transport ships, killed 3200 Japanese pirates, and captured 9567 slaves."

"42 gold coins and a batch of high-quality rare metals were seized from the transport ship, with a total value of 380 million gold coins."

Earned more than 400 million gold coins in one battle!

Matthew was also quite pleasantly surprised by this harvest, and signaled Leon to continue processing, focusing on the trembling goblins in the city.

He saw that these goblins were in a very miserable state, most of them were emaciated and on the verge of extreme starvation.

Matthew is very interested in goblins because he knows that these seemingly stupid and savage little things once had a very glorious history and civilization.

That was more than 6000 years ago.

"Settlement these goblins, let them recuperate first, see what professions and specialties they have, and also ask them for information about the Japanese pirates."

After Leon received Matthew's order, he immediately began to make arrangements.

The warriors of the Gulf Territory are very professional in capturing prisoners and arranging slaves.

After a while, wisps of smoke began to rise from various locations in the stronghold.

The extremely hungry goblins resisted the urge to go out and carefully watched the Gulf Territory soldiers who were cooking porridge.

They didn't dare to make any move until they heard a voice in Common Language:

"Attention all goblins, go to the nearest food collection location and line up to receive the food."

When they first heard this, all the goblins were indifferent.

Although they were very hungry, they were very vigilant. This was a side effect of the pain and torture the Japanese had brought to them.

However, when the broadcast was played back for the third time, the aroma of food spread throughout the stronghold.

Several hungry goblins couldn't bear it anymore and rushed out with determination.

They have already thought about it, even if they die, they will be a dead ghost.

Many pairs of eyes stared at their movements, and there was a little bit of unbearability in their eyes when they saw them squeezing through in a panic and then being yelled at and queued up.

As you can imagine, their heads were chopped off or they were kicked away, which did not happen.

They actually walked into two long masts, lined up, and received steaming rice porridge.

The rich and sweet smell instantly made Goblin Bigou unable to hold back any longer.

He stretched out his dirt-stained hand and scooped a small amount of slightly hot rice porridge into his mouth.

As soon as it came into contact with his tongue, the warmth and aroma rushed straight into his mind.

He could no longer resist the temptation of food, so he picked up the bowl and drank heavily.

The hot tears emerging from the corners of his eyes made Goblin Bigao feel like his nose was sore, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

A goblin nearby took a secret taste and then carefully hid the bowl.

She looked at her companions around her cautiously and walked carefully towards a weather-beaten wooden house.

After a while, a "beep" sound came from inside.

The surrounding goblins couldn't bear it anymore and rushed out of the dilapidated wooden house in the drizzle.

The wooden fence that was originally insurmountable was smashed to pieces by them in a few times.

Then, they quickly lined up in a long line amidst the loud shouts of the Gulf Territory soldiers.

Soon, every goblin received a bowl of steaming rice porridge.

It had been a long time since they had tasted this warm food.

Many goblins were howling.

Others are savoring it carefully, as if they are savoring the rest of their lives, thinking that this is their last supper.But contrary to the expectations of all the goblins, the Gulf Territory soldiers who had distributed the food did not arrange heavy labor for them like the Japanese. Instead, they said:
"All goblins have a good rest, and when the sun comes out, continue to come here to receive food."

The Gulf Territory soldiers did not leave the stronghold, but began to patrol here in small teams.

The goblins who suddenly came to their senses stared blankly at everything in front of them.

They are not envisioning the future.

But I was thinking about whether they would be able to eat such food tomorrow morning.

The entire stronghold returned to calm.

Matthew silently stared at the map in mid-air, listening to Arnold and Leon discussing the summary of this battle.

As Arnold said.

In this battle, the Gulf Territory had many first-mover advantages.

He first explored the enemy's situation and obtained very detailed information.

When launching a surprise attack, the opponent happened to split into two groups, giving them the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

More importantly, the combat effectiveness of the Gulf Leader's warships is more than double that of the opponent's ordinary warships.

Naturally, it is not surprising to achieve a complete victory.

However, as a veteran, Arnold still told everyone the specific situation to ensure that everyone would not be arrogant and arrogant, but would understand the strength comparison between the two sides.

Leon on the other side was carefully analyzing the Japanese's next moves.

He waited for everyone to finish discussing the situation of this battle before continuing to speak carefully:
"Although we acted very decisively and did not let any Japanese go."

"However, we cannot assume that the other side knows nothing about this side. We must be prepared for the full strength of the other side to attack."

Not to underestimate any opponent and prepare for the worst is Lyon's behavior and fighting style.

Others also recognized Lyon's judgment, and some even thought that.

"If the Japanese really have contact with our enemies, they will definitely notice our actions."

"After learning about our strength, they may mobilize more warships and soldiers to encircle and suppress us."

Not limiting their sights to the existing battlefield, but also making judgments on a wider range of situations, is the progress of these commanders and staff after they learn and grow.

Matthew didn't wait for them to finish their discussion, then slowly closed his eyes and returned to the Gulf Territory.

Unlike the overcast clouds in the Japanese stronghold, the Gulf Territory was still sunny and sunny at this time.

In a shipyard undergoing expansion.

The densely packed figures are busy non-stop.

Hundreds of workers are processing various materials for building warships.

Shu You looked at the pieces of hard wood being put into the magic circle that circulated time, changing at an alarming speed, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Even if she has adapted, the Gulf Territory uses the druid to "accelerate growth" on the ironwood to obtain a qualified hardwood material style.

He still didn't react to what was happening in front of him.

Lianna, who was still collecting data on the side, saw her silence and explained to her:

"The Lord once said that when the Gulf Territory needs something, it can be produced at any cost."

"The price attached to it can be temporarily ignored, all for the sake of higher efficiency."

Looking at Lianna's young face, Shu You's eyes inadvertently glanced at her arcanist emblem, and he couldn't help but feel incredible in his heart.

The shock to her from the bay tie continued to increase.

Watching one piece after another of hardwood being quickly transformed, after more than 10 follow-up processes and inspections, the installation and construction of the warship began.

The entire process, which originally took 60 to [-] years, was abruptly reduced to a workflow of five to six days.

Such a shocking scene fully demonstrated to Carlos the power of magic and arcane technology.

Carlos said "Smash it", with a strange thought in his heart. Looking at the new warship that was almost completed, he couldn't help but said to Matthew who was walking towards him:

"The Gulf Territory always gives me the feeling that this is the real center of arcane development."

"Only here can magic find its widest and practical application."

Matthew shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, looked at the warship that was about to be completed, and said in a plain discussion and tone:

"Knowledge and technology have already appeared. I just don't want to make so much money and combine them all."

Don’t make that much?
Carlos rolled his eyes, recalling the fact that the Gulf Territory remained "open" about technology, and continued angrily:
"No one would be so generous, and knowledge shouldn't be so cheap."

A faint smile appeared on Matthew's face.

He knew that this was not what Carlos thought, but the real situation in other territories or the entire Netheril Empire.

No one would choose to "contribute" the "knowledge" they have worked so hard to study in a fairly cheap way.

In fact, even in the Gulf Territory, everyone still has this idea.

However, the Gulf Territory's "strategy" is more interesting.

When a person contributes a piece of knowledge, he can receive 10 times the rewards and gains.

Their thoughts will disappear quietly, after all, the Gulf Territory has given too much.

"Don't think so much, you should think about how to train the troops as soon as possible. The Orc Wasteland is not peaceful at all."

Hearing Matthew's words, Carlos rubbed his brows with a headache and muttered helplessly:

"The losses were too great last time. Even if we recruit some new recruits with good qualifications, it will still take at least 1-2 years to train them."

As he said this, Carlos looked at Beelzebub behind Matthew, feeling his increasingly powerful momentum, and asked after turning his eyes:

"The strength of the Gulf Territory soldiers has improved so quickly. Is there any secret or method you can tell me?"

As for the meaning behind Carlos's words, Matthew did not answer directly, but provided him with a hypothesis:
"We in the Gulf Territory do have our own techniques and methods for training soldiers."

"However, without the conditions provided by the Gulf Territory, the effectiveness of this training method will be greatly reduced."

"If the 8th Army feels that training new recruits is too troublesome, it can hand over this task to the Gulf Territory."

"As long as sufficient material supplies are ensured, the Gulf Territory is confident that it can help the 6th Army train a group of qualified soldiers within six months."

"At least, they can rely on the city's defense to withstand the next round of attacks from the orc invasion."

Carlos, with his eyes widened, felt his heart pounding. He was still a little unbelievable about Matthew's sudden "generosity" and couldn't help but ask:
"The Gulf Territory is really willing to help us train soldiers? And it only takes 6 months?"

Nodding as a matter of course, Matthew made a gesture to Carlos to follow him. His eyes glanced at Yaya, who was wandering around with Orianna and Guoguo, and continued with a smile:

"There is no need to joke like this between us, of course what I said is true."

"You can follow me into the military camp first and take a good look at the training methods of the Gulf Territory soldiers. If you are satisfied, then discuss the training conditions."

Nodding eagerly, Carlos reluctantly left the shipyard, having already made up his mind.

"We must report the Gulf Territory's production methods and concepts to the family."

Production in the Gulf Territory seems to be shortened in exchange for gold coins.

The explosive production ability displayed by the other party in a short period of time far exceeded his imagination.

If we continue to produce slowly and leisurely as before, we will soon lose the "market" that the Gulf leaders call.

Judging from the warships in front of them, if the Gulf Territory is willing to sell them, even if the price is doubled.

There will also be a lot of lords, crying and shouting, using the gold coins in their treasury to buy it.

By purchasing these warships, you have a "ticket" to travel to the New World for adventure and money.

Sometimes, the appearance of something at a special time period itself represents a higher value.

Just like Matthew said about training soldiers.

With complicated thoughts, Carlos followed Matthew to the military camp.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard deafening shouts.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The soldiers who lined up neatly and thrust forward made Carlos excited. He looked enviously at these soldiers who lined up neatly and passed by him with an indescribable strength.

Matthew shrugged his shoulders, pointed at the soldiers and said to Carlos:

"They have only been training for three months..."

"I agree, just tell me if you have any conditions!"

Carlos agreed without hesitation.

Although I don’t know why Matthew helped him so much, he will never be pretentious.

Then, Carlos looked through the information in his hand helplessly, and couldn't help but shuddered:
"Good guy, you are really not merciless at all! Do you really need so many things to train these soldiers?"

Nodding as a matter of course, Matthew took the list without hesitation and went through it one by one with Carlos:
"The tuition fee is 10 gold coins per person, which is not expensive at all."

"Each of them can learn at least three combat skills and expertise."

"You can arrange which combat skills they learn according to their different types of arms."

Subconsciously his eyes widened, Carlos used the corner of his eye to look at the thrusting movements of the soldiers next to him.

Feeling the unusual swiftness and violence, he nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Having combat skills and not having them are two completely different concepts!

"Each soldier has 10 kilograms of magic food. High-intensity exercise requires more nutritional supplements."

no problem!
"Each soldier has 1000 kilograms of food. If he eats more and trains well, I shouldn't need to teach him..."

you're right!

"Each soldier has a set of enchanted armor and weapons."

"The weapons and equipment produced by the Gulf Territory are of high quality and affordable. Don't you like it?"

You are right!
"Each soldier has five bottles of blood-activating potion, and the Gulf leader will help them complete the bloody training. You should know this better!"

you are vicious!
"..."

After listening to what Matthew said, I saw the training price of each soldier, which ended up being as high as 100 gold coins.

The overall training price for the nearly 15 new recruits recruited by the Eighth Army will exceed 1500 million gold coins.

Carlos still felt that this guy was right, and took a breath with a headache.

Carlos, who was a little undecided, followed Matthew all the way into the military camp.

Inadvertently, Matthew took him to a place that shocked him even more.

This is a very large training ground.

A combat force of 3000 people is facing an attack by tens of thousands of enemies.

The offensive troops are not only numerous in number, but also possess siege equipment such as well-mounted vehicles, ram vehicles, catapults, and ladders.

There are even combat units such as large steel golems and impactor golems.

The fighting atmosphere between the two sides is quite real, and the collision of weapons and guns is also very accurate.

Carlos saw with his own eyes the injuries and "deaths" of some soldiers. He licked his dry lips and whispered with some resentment:

"As long as you can ensure that the recruits of our Eighth Army can also enjoy this kind of training method and achieve this kind of training effect."

"Then I will try my best to help you lobby for your conditions..."

The corner of his mouth curled up slightly, and Matthew pretended to be calm and nodded, but in fact he muttered in his heart:

"Ha, that's enough money to renovate the new training camp."

"The new batch of "experimental subjects" for learning expertise are already in place."

The advantages of the Gulf Territory are not so easy to take advantage of.

Of course, Matthew would not trick Carlos.

After about July or August, the orcs, who have accumulated strength for another year, will launch another wave of attacks.

The Netheril Empire, which finally concentrated its strength and suppressed the orcs in the west, will encounter more deadly threats and blows.

The increase in the strength of the 8th Legion can greatly curb the invasion of the orc forces.

With them supporting the front, the bay collar behind will naturally be able to withstand less pressure.

Although the development of the Gulf Territory is not bad, it is far from being able to stand alone.

Recently, with the surging Dragon Madness disaster, the barbarians in the east are about to start a new round of turmoil.

This will be the place where the Gulf Territory will use its troops in the first half of the year, in addition to surface warfare.

This time, the mighty barbarian army coming in was no longer the small tribes of the previous two years.

Just as the Gulf Territory was intensifying its soldier training, it was building magic warships at a rate of almost one per week.

The news that the Japanese stronghold was captured has spread back to the Northern Pirate Island.

After receiving the news, the Japanese pirate generals became angry one after another.

They are not weaklings who just swallow their anger after being beaten.

The East Coast Islands have been in control for so many years, and even if they encounter powerful opponents, they still dare to fight back.

In response to such a blatant provocation from the Gulf Territory, many Japanese people shouted and wanted to take revenge and go back.

However, although they shouted slogans loudly.

But if they really wanted to take action, they all started to make excuses.

They were not fools either. The Gulf Territory quietly killed 8 warships and had the combat power of at least 16 warships.

Now is a great time to venture into the New World and make some money.

No one would be willing to spend precious warships in a battle that is bound to result in losses.

It just so happened that the Eastern Channel was opened again.

A large number of merchant ships are like fat sheep, just waiting for them to harvest and make a fortune.

No one would want to do such a thankless job.

However, there are two pirate generals who are exceptions!
One is a loser in the Pfizer Chamber of Commerce.

The other is the owner of the Japanese stronghold.

The two guys have agreed to mobilize the fleet within two weeks.

When the time comes, they will eat up the warships of the Gulf Territory and plunder the rich Gulf Territory at the same time.

Both public and private matters!
　Today 8000
　　Ask for a monthly pass,
　　Rush!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)