On the mast of a sailboat, a young sailor was squinting and looking at the billowing black smoke on the sea level.
He didn't know what it was, but he knew that it was also moving forward, and its speed was much faster than their ship.
Because the black smoke was moving in the direction of their sailboat, and the place where the black smoke was coming out was moving forward very fast, much faster than the sailboat he was on.
The flying fish sailing ship is a famous fast sailing ship nearby. When it was designed, it was prepared to use its speed to throw away pirates and ensure the safety of its cargo.
So this cargo sailing ship is a well-known fast ship, with a speed of nearly 30 kilometers per hour! But in front of the billowing black smoke, the speed of this sailing ship is obviously not enough.
Recently, there is a legend circulating among sailors, saying that there is a monster haunting near Bunas Port. Its speed is faster than the fastest battleship, and no one has seen the true face of the monster.
According to legend, all the sailboats that had seen the monster were sunk by the monster, and the sailors were also eaten. Therefore, the black smoke monster has been elusive, making many people worried.
Even the officials of Bunas Port were alerted and sent two armed merchant ships to cruise in the monster-infested waters to warn the approaching merchant ships and persuade them to leave quickly.
But because the ocean is so vast, passing merchant ships will always slip through the net. They will see the black smoke billowing on the sea, but they cannot catch up with the owner of the black smoke.
Sailors who can sail on the ocean are more or less adventurous. Many times, they really want to take a look at this mysterious "monster" that they have never seen before.
At this moment, the sailors on the monster, or rather the sailors on the Datang Group's first steam-powered warship, were operating the most powerful warship in the world to cut through the surging waves.
Their warship was sailing on the sea, with black smoke rising from the two chimneys. Seagulls were hovering at the bow of the ship, and the wooden deck reflected warm light in the sun.
A slave sailor from the Poplar Kingdom has resumed his status as a slave. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the sea level in the distance.
Life on this ship is really so happy. They have warm water to drink and plenty of vegetables. Even fighting is much easier and more enjoyable than other battleships.
After all, naval battles these days are divided into two types: boarding battles and artillery battles. Whether it is a boarding battle or an artillery battle, Datang Group's steam ironclads are obviously the ones that crush the entire era.
The first is the artillery battle. This kind of warship has a completely enclosed turret, and all gun positions are safely protected by steel plates, which is obviously much safer than those with wooden hulls.
When soldiers fight in this environment, they are naturally more calm. They can focus more on aiming and firing instead of observing the surrounding situation.
In the boarding battle, if a wooden sailing ship can really get close to the ironclad ship, it will face the crazy fire of two Maxim heavy machine guns...
The enemy sailors who can board the ship and fight with such firepower should probably be T800-level terrifying beings.
After he regained his status as a civilian, he realized at this moment that there were so many beautiful scenery in the world, and that there were so many advanced and strange things in the world.
He knew for the first time that sailing was such an interesting thing, and he also knew for the first time that naval battles could be so romantic!
Yes, big ships and big guns are always a man’s romance! When the enemy only has front-loading cannons, and you can equip breech-loading cannons, then war will definitely be a romantic and interesting thing.
This is why Americans love war so much and are so happy to wage war - using F-22 to bully SU-27 or even MIG-21, everyone likes this game mode...
This steel warship of Datang Group is currently in the sea trial stage. It is debugging its own equipment and testing its ultimate performance.
During the test, naval officers from the Datang Group's security force operated the warship and sank a pirate ship.
This pirate ship was originally preparing to escape, but they were disappointed to find that this "burning" ship with thick smoke that they had never seen before was twice or even three times faster than them!
Then, the opponent fired from a very long distance, which was far beyond their common sense and understanding of naval warfare.
After being bombarded from a long distance, before they could react, they were sent to the bottom of the sea by explosive shells, that is, grenades.
How could a wooden sailing ship withstand the bombardment of grenades, and how could the sight of the naked eye defeat the crushing force of the scope?
As for life, this elf sailor even dared to swear to the gods that he had never seen such a comfortable life at sea.
He only lived with 12 sailors with the same position. If according to previous standards, this was already a luxury suite at sea.
On sailing ships in the past, sailors, especially slave sailors, did not have the conditions to have their own bedrooms. They could only be crowded together with the cargo, and they could not even lie down straight to sleep.
Now, they have a comfortable hammock, and a private locker on the side of the fixed hammock, where they can store their personal belongings, such as the ocean-going allowance issued by Datang Group to all sailors.
This was simply unimaginable in the past, not to mention that they were on the vast ocean and could eat specially enhanced meals from the navy.
Every standard Navy meal includes sun-dried meat or fish, as well as dried vegetables and fruits—yes, fruits!
In order to ensure the vitamin intake of the sailors, Tang Mo forced all navy sailors to eat at least one orange every day.
In addition, carrots and other vegetables were dried and stored in large quantities in redundant cabins, allowing these sailors drifting at sea to feel the goodwill and warmth from the top management of the Datang Group.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Simply looking at the navy's food, it is a level better than the army's, so everyone's morale is very high and they train very hard.
The most important thing is that on warships, there is lighting that was unthinkable before! New things like light bulbs can be seen everywhere on warships.
With lighting, there is more time, so the sailors on this warship have a new and exciting benefit: learning!
They use their time away from work to learn a lot of practical knowledge and reserve skills for their lives after retirement.
Some of these sailors learn the principles of mechanical power and can repair steam engines and other equipment on battleships. Some of these sailors learn knowledge about electrification, contact and strong and weak electricity, and strive to become qualified electricians.
In short, this is a huge modern warship and a modern school, and every sailor on this warship is also an unlimited high-tech talent in the future.
Compared with their counterparts in this era, they are indeed highly technical talents. They have seen optical sights, semi-automatic loading machines, and the most advanced stargazing instruments and equipment.
On their own battleships, they also saw what a ventilation system is, what a telegraph is, what communication is, and what automatic weapons are.
Having mastered modern naval warfare, every one of them has several times more experience than their peers. This experience is enough to support them and become the proud ones of this era.
In the cab, a sailor looked at the pressure gauge in front of him and loudly reported to the captain standing next to him: "The power system is all normal!"
"The steam engine is in stable condition!" On the other side, a sailor also shouted.
They have been testing the limits of this battleship recently, but after careful experiments, they found that compared to their poor understanding, this battleship can simply be described as having no limits.
This is like someone who has used feature phones all his life and suddenly switched to a Huawei P30. For him, this phone is simply the ultimate phone of the next generation. It will take him a lot of time to figure out all the functions of this phone.
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Before seeing this battleship, if someone had told them that they could contact distant lands in the boundless sea, they would have laughed and ridiculed the other person as crazy.
In a pipe communicator, the voice of the sailor's petty officer on the lower deck came reporting: "Everything is normal in the hull structure! There is no abnormal sound!"
Seeing that the battleship was moving at full speed and the waves on the bow were not serious, the adjutant also said to his captain: "The waves on the bow are slight, no problem! It will not affect the firing of the main gun!"
The captain nodded slightly. Today's sea conditions are very good, so there are no problems with his battleship. These days, his battleship has undergone a series of tests and has proven its superiority.
At this time, plain but exciting good news came from the lower deck through the communication channel: "The power system is normal!"
In the telegraph room behind the bridge, a petty officer receiving telegrams took off his earphones and shouted loudly: "Telegram communication... is smooth!"
Everyone is excited. The third test has been completely successful. What they need to do now is to send the good news back to Bunas.
The war is over, and the Cyric Consortium cannot restore its system in the Wright Kingdom for a while - time is on the side of Datang Group.
The ships that went to Heilong Island for reconnaissance are estimated to have returned. If they also bring back good news, then the plan to immigrate to Heilong Island and seize this island will be implemented.
Everything is developing in a favorable direction, everything is developing as planned by Tang Mo.
"Change the course! Prepare to return!" The captain stood at his command position and issued the order to return with great pride: "Send a telegram to the master and tell him! Our sea trial was very successful!"
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Thank you to the Emperor for the reward! I am very grateful to His Majesty the Emperor for his continued support.
