Arcane Universe

Although the port of Tortuga is messy, there are a lot of equipment.

With the efforts of hundreds of people and four steam cranes, it took three days for the one-eyed pirate’s men to load all the goods on the Feng Chou list on the ship.

After Feng Chou paid the balance, the two merchant ships sailed out of Tortuga Port under the watch of the one-eyed pirates.

Leaving the port of Tortuga, the old captain continued to lead the voyage. Three days later, they arrived at the port of Rozburg quite smoothly.

The island where Rozburg is located is on the north side of the ocean current, near the eastern edge of the archipelago.

Reston Island, where Rozburg is located, is a large island with an area of ​​about 4,000 square kilometers. Its area is the largest in this archipelago.

With the support of the Great Influence of the Northern Continent, the wealthy merchant family of the Medicis Kingdom, the Reston family opened up an earl on the central plain of the island to supply Rhodesburg with food Supplements such as vegetables.

The Great Influence of the Northern Continent has a combined fleet stationed in Rozburg, but this fleet can only maintain the safety around Reston Island and cannot radiate the Sea Territory too far.

As for the farms located in the interior of Reston Island, there is no need to worry about safety. On the one hand, the pirates are not interested in crops. On the other hand, once the pirates land, they are not opponents of the regular army, let alone in Attacked the noble castle far away from the coast.

In this archipelago, there are two fortresses like Rozburg, one on the east-central edge of the archipelago, and the other on the southern edge of the archipelago.

On the way, Feng Chou and the others are not all smooth sailing. They have encountered two or three pirates on the way, but these pirates are all driving sailboats, and when they see the Kayak Knight and the Warrior, they dare not come up and intercept. , Instead of far away.

Rodsburg is a fortified port. This port is located in a bay in the north of Reston Island. This bay is formed by a small mountain range inserted into the sea. The entire bay is covered by this With the mountain range in your arms, Rozburg is at the top of the mountain range.

The entire Lodzburg was built on the hillside and was built into a long and narrow castle. On the hillsides on both sides of the castle, there are hundreds of large forts densely packed, all of which are made of alchemy. It is built of concrete and extremely strong, and it is said that there is a troop transport channel leading to the castle inside the fort.

The Port of Lodz is located at the foot of the inner side of the Lodzburg Mountain.

Although the Port of Tortuga can be supplemented with fresh water, food and vegetables cannot be supplemented there. In fact, the Port of Tortuga itself is extremely short of these two distinct things.

So, Feng Chou, they have to come to Lodz again.

Under the command of the navigator of the Port of Rhodes, the pioneering Knight and the Warrior trembling with fear passed through the narrow bay mouth full of forts on both sides, and entered the bay.

This is a narrow bay with a width of five or six kilometers and a length of more than ten kilometers. One side of the bay is the coastal shallows of Reston Island, and the other is Rozburg Mountain inserted into the sea, and under Rozburg Mountain is A fine harbour with a length of ten kilometers.

The hillside of Mount Rozburg facing the inner side of the harbor is also a battery stand in great numbers, which is no less than the outer side. The entire harbor is covered by the range of these huge shore-based artillery!

At the foot of Lodzburg Mountain, the area next to the harbour was cleared out of a flat area with a width of one kilometer. This area is the Commerce District of Lodzport.

Feng Chou can be seen standing on the high bridge. There is a large-scale castle in the deep inland about ten kilometers away from the Commerce District of Lodz Port.

Under the leadership of the navigator, two merchant ships berthed at a large berth in the middle of the port.

After paying a lot of berthing taxes and fees, and sending away the administrative staff of the port, the two captains quickly arranged people to purchase food and vegetables.

The two merchant ships only stayed in the port of Rozburg for one day, and set sail in the early morning of the 2nd day.

Leaving Rozburg this time, without Feng Chou’s order, the two captains almost turned on the steam engine at the same time, and galloped towards the east at full speed.

The two merchant ships, without using the weapon system, can reach 26 knots by relying on magic power alone, and the speed of the ocean currents can even exceed 30 knots. After starting the steam engine, the speed increased steadily. After the steam engine was overloaded, it finally reached 42 knots!

At this speed, the two giant merchant ships actually ran out of the speedboat. A long white wave dragged out from behind the merchant ship. Fortunately, it took a lot of time for the steam engine to warm up to full power. , At this time, the two ships were far enough away from Rozburg, otherwise they would scare their eyes.

The old captain told Feng Chou that at this speed, even if the pirates spotted them, they would never have time to intercept them.

But less than half an hour after the old captain said this, a fleet appeared in front of them.

It was a fleet of seven large-scale magic steam hybrid ships. The fleet lined up and rushed towards the development of the Knight and the Warrior.

In the Southern Continent, there are both goblins, a race proficient in making steamships, as well as Tieflin and high elves, who can make magic battleships. Naturally, some people have combined magic battleships with steam engines. Magic propulsion is used for regular cruises, while steam engines are used to accelerate in wartime.

In this era, the speed of warships almost determines half of the victory. If the speed of one side is much higher than the other, then the faster side can easily grab the T-head of the other side. Position to seal the victory.

In the early days of the commercial roads in the Southern Continent, the magic merchant ship in the Northern Continent did not suffer from the loss of this hybrid pirate ship. Captain Adok was planted under the black liquid pirate’s hybrid pirate ship.

In the past two decades, with the leak of goblin steam power technology, some magic merchant ships who ventured on the South China Sea route would do everything possible to install steam auxiliary power for themselves.

In fact, as early as more than 20 years ago, the Ocean Church and the Commercial Church had tried every possible means to obtain the goblin’s steam technology, and even improved it with alchemy. In the Kingdom of Medicis, Tyronn City In the Eastern Archipelago, an alchemy shipyard with steam modification technology has been in existence for many years, but people who do not take the southern mainland route rarely pay attention to this technology.

Steam-assisted power is not practical in places other than the southern mainland route. Compared with the clean and cheap magic energy that does not take up the load, steam power has too many shortcomings, if it is not compelled by circumstances , No one will install steam power when they already have magic power. Only the more backward sailing ships will take the initiative to add steam power to themselves.

The reason why the old captain Drake was able to return safely to the Southern Continent three times was because he was driving a merchant ship with a combination of magic energy and steam.

The old captain seemed to feel that he was slapped fiercely, and his entire face turned into an azure.

He hurried up to the observation deck in front of the bridge and took a closer look with a telescope.

After a while, he walked back to the command room with a slightly better look on his face. He said to Feng Chou: “It shouldn’t be aimed at us. The two ships in front are the escaped merchant ships, and the four ships in the back. It’s the pirate ship, and we should have accidentally ran into it.”

Feng Chou nodded, said: “Be careful to drive the Wannian Ship, turn on the weapon system, and the two ships are in a straight line, and each other is safe The distance is staggered!”

The old captain nodded agreed with Feng Chou’s order. He turned around and signaled the signal captain to send a semaphore to the Warrior.

Warrior sent the order to reclaim the semaphore, adjusted its course, and followed the development of the Knight.

The development of the Knight and the Warrior has turned on the weapon system. The speed of the two ships quickly dropped to 34 knots before they stabilized again. This speed is not different from the magic merchant ship equipped with a goblin steam engine. Big.

The distance between the two sides quickly shrunk, and the two merchant ships on the opposite side sent out semaphores for help.

The old captain looked towards Feng Chou, Feng Chou thought for a while and said: “Flick the flag, let them go first, and we will intercept the pirate ship behind for them.”

The old captain said : “Boss, do you really want to save them? This is not a good idea.”

Feng Chou said: “This way you can test them first. If the other party obediently crosses with us, then let it go. They, if they dare to do anything else, immediately shoot without the slightest hesitation attack.”

“After letting them go, they will still keep a safe distance of 500 meters from the pirates behind. If The pirates continue to chase and there is no change, so we will evacuate at full speed. If the pirates have any changes, they will fire first without the slightest hesitation.”

The old captain and Adok have both tested the cannon of the Warrior. , So he knew that the cannons on these two merchant ships were not only large in caliber and long range, but also were equipped with advanced alchemy mounts, which could maintain a very good accuracy at 500 meters beyond the precise range of ordinary cannons.

The ordinary shipborne cannons of this era, without the aid of alchemy mounts, have a relatively accurate range of only 100 meters, and the accuracy of more than 100 meters will drop sharply. Even if the magic cannon with alchemy mounts is installed, The precise range is only 300 meters, and 500 meters is indeed a relatively safe distance.

However, the cannon on Feng Chou’s ship, in addition to the larger caliber and alchemy mounts, the Universe Pagoda also secretly equipped the mounts with a stable platform to counter the shaking of the hull. The precise firing range has been increased to a kilometer range, but Feng Chou only allowed the crew to conduct a test fire of 500 meters and told them that this was the reason for the higher alchemy level of his alchemy turret.

So after listening to Feng Chou’s order, the old captain immediately knew his intentions. He nodded appreciatively and gave the order to the crew.

After receiving the semaphore from here, the two merchant ships obediently and honestly and Feng Chou crossed by. Even if the two merchant ships knew that they were not willing to help him, they could only Pray that they can attract the pirates behind, at least part of it.

I don’t know if the pirate ship behind heard the prayer of the escaped merchant ship. When the development of the Knight and the Warrior and the pirate ship were going to pass by, the four pirate ships turned at the same time, towards the development of the Knight and The Warriors outflanked.