Chapter 95 Buying a Ship

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled from the west, dyeing the sea surface blood red. ▲∴,

However, if you look carefully, you will find that the blood red color on the nearby sea is not entirely dyed by the setting sun.

Among the broken boards floating everywhere on the sea surface, there were strips of corpses in gray and black clothes.

From these corpses, pools of dazzling bright red blood flowed out, dyeing the color of the sea even more shocking.

However, this miserable scene fell into the eyes of Remito Russell, but it couldn't arouse any throbbing in his heart.

Russell couldn't help squinting his eyes slightly as he looked at the corpses floating on the sea and the surroundings that were rapidly sinking due to serious damage, causing huge eddies to pass by the huge sea ships that brought the corpses into the deep sea together. .

This is the 17th day that he led the third fleet of the Candela Imperial Navy and the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The group of pirates they encountered today was the thirteenth group of pirates they encountered in these 17 days.

Just like when we encountered the twelve batches of pirates before, there was no need for the Kandela Empire Navy Fleet to take action. When these pirates were found, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort fleet immediately launched a fierce offensive. Kilometers away, all these pirate ships have been defeated.

These poor pirates didn't even touch the side of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet from beginning to end, and they were all blasted into the sea.

Except for some pirates who were quick to see the opportunity and fled the battlefield first in small boats, the rest of the pirates were not spared and all fell into the deep sea.

await their fate. Or fall into the shark's mouth. Or simply drown.

Russell had no mercy for the pirates. But every time he saw the fierce attack of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet, he couldn't help the veins on his forehead throbbing.

If these pirates were replaced by the Kandela Imperial Navy fleet, would the result be any different?

At the beginning, Russell still imagined many ways to deal with the offensive of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet in his mind.

For example, encircling them one step ahead of time does not give the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort fleet time to expand its range advantage.

Another example is to try to get close to the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as soon as possible despite serious damage, try to start close combat, and win by virtue of the number of advantages.

Another example...

However, after witnessing the situation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort fleet wantonly bullying these pirates again and again these days, Russell overturned all the assumptions in his mind little by little.

Now he can be sure. Even if these pirates were replaced by the Kandela Imperial Navy Fleet, the result would not change in any way.

The only difference is probably that the Candela Empire Navy will last longer than these pirates.

As for whether more people can escape, it depends on the mood of the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

After all, the frightening frigates of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's frigate fleet sailed far faster than ordinary wooden ships like the Kandela Imperial Navy fleet and pirates. If they wanted to pursue them, there would be no possibility of escape.

As for the head-on hard shake?

What a joke!

The terrifying magic artillery of the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will completely defeat you without even touching their sides!

And relying on the super fast speed of the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it is simply impossible to encircle them!

So Russell and the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce worked together for 17 days, and also thought about it for 17 days, but finally came to a fact that he was very unwilling to admit, but had to admit.

In his mind, the originally powerful and invincible Kandela Imperial Navy Fleet. If they face the enemy Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort fleet head-on, I am afraid they will be powerless to fight back.

Every time I think of the description of the pirates on the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the sealed files of the Naval Staff Department. Russell felt that the description was extremely apt.

This fleet seems to have come from another world, and it has surpassed this era!

After turning around and ordering his fleet to clean up the battlefield with the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Russell signaled his flagship and the flagship of the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to approach, then changed to a small boat and boarded the flagship of the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Although the two parties have cooperated in name for half a month, this is the first time that Russell has personally boarded the frigate of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

From the perspective of a bystander, I already felt that this frigate was extremely huge. After actually stepping on the deck of this frigate, Russell felt the huge difference between this frigate and the ships of the Kandela Imperial Navy Fleet.

The difference that made him feel deeply was that stepping on the deck of this frigate would make you feel very solid, as if you were stepping on solid land, unlike those wooden ships where you could easily feel the waves brought about by the bumps.

The reason for this difference is, of course, that this frigate is almost entirely made of steel, and its weight far exceeds that of a wooden sea ship, so it will of course appear more stable on the sea.

"Master Leslie, can you tell me the approximate total weight of this ship?" Russell asked suddenly after exchanging a few words with Leslie who came up to him.

Leslie was stunned, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't have any accurate data. However, the displacement of this ship is about 1,000 tons when it leaves the factory, and its net weight should be more than 600 tons. "

"Six hundred tons!" Russell took a deep breath, with a look of surprise on his face involuntarily.

The largest ship in the Kandela Imperial Navy's fleet is the Thunder-class warship. According to the manufacturing standard, the total weight of the wood that needs to be used is estimated to be less than 100 tons.

This weight is even less than one-sixth of this frigate!

Although the density of wood cannot be compared with that of steel, the gap is still extremely exaggerated.

So don't look at the size of the Thunder-class battleship, it seems that it is not much smaller than the frigate, but even if the military magic machinery with terrifying attack power such as the magic artillery on this frigate is not counted, the Thunder-class battleship is probably just a frontal shock. It also couldn't stand a light bump from the frigate.

By comparison... no. This is not qualified for comparison at all!

Russell forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart. He silently looked down at the solid deck beneath his feet. Looking up again at the high platform of the thick steel main city in the middle of the deck, a question flashed in my mind.

If it is said that just such a frigate consumes more than 600 tons of steel, then the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce frigate fleet in front of him now has a total of twenty frigates.

If you calculate it, it is an astonishing 12,000 tons of steel.

Not to mention that the steel used to build these frigates is obviously completely different from ordinary pig iron. Not only does it have strong impact resistance, corrosion resistance and embroidery resistance, even if it is only more than 12,000 tons of pig iron, Russell can't imagine how it was cast.

Although it can be seen that this frigate is made of steel plates connected one after another, how are these steel plates cast? How did the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce perfectly combine these steel plates together. Make them close as if they were originally a whole?

Russell has been holding these questions in his heart for half a month, and now he asks Leslie face to face, hoping to get an answer that makes him understand.

Leslie, however, smiled and shook her head.

"I'm sorry, Master Russell, these things are the secrets of our chamber of commerce, and I have nothing to say. In fact, even if I want to tell you in violation of the regulations of the chamber of commerce, I don't know how to say it, because... I don't understand at all."

"Don't understand?" Russell frowned slightly, with a slightly unhappy expression.

Leslie didn't want to say that he could understand, after all, it might indeed involve the commercial secrets of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

But he said he didn't understand. This is simply a joke!

He is the commander of the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. How could he know nothing about this ship?

"I really don't understand." I could see the unhappiness in Russell's heart. Leslie explained with a smile. "The construction of this ship involves a lot of very professional magical mechanical knowledge, which I have never studied. All I know is how to use this ship, not how to make it."

Russell was silent for a moment, then nodded, acknowledging that Leslie had a point.

Not to mention that this frigate must have an astonishing technical content, even if it is a thunder-class warship, he, the deputy chief of staff of the naval staff department, knows almost nothing about its manufacture.

But he wasn't expecting a direct answer from Leslie when he asked Leslie that.

After pondering for a while, Russell said seriously to Leslie: "Master Leslie, through this cooperation, I have a deep understanding of the excellent capabilities of your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce frigates. I am very interested in these frigates, I hope you can ask me Tell President Xu that our Candela Imperial Navy hopes to formally cooperate with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. We have many things to discuss about these frigates."

Leslie smiled slightly: "Master Russell, if you are interested in these frigates, I think the President will be very happy to discuss with you. But what about cooperation... I don't think it is necessary to be so troublesome."

"Oh? What's your opinion, Lord Leslie?" Russell was a little surprised.

"It's not a good idea." Leslie waved his hand, and the smile on his face wore a hint of slyness. "Since the Kandela Imperial Navy fleet is interested in the frigate, it's very simple, just buy it directly from our chamber of commerce."

"Buy it directly?" Russell was taken aback, his expression extremely surprised. "Could it be... will your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce be willing to sell these powerful frigates directly?"

"Of course, we run a chamber of commerce. If someone is willing to buy our products, why not sell them?" Leslie shrugged and said with a relaxed expression.

Russell looked up and down at Leslie with a strange face, and confirmed that he was not joking, then took a breath, and asked cautiously: "Then, Mr. Leslie, your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will price this frigate... probably How much is it?"

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive." Leslie stretched out two fingers: "A ship with two million gold coins."

Russell's eyes suddenly went dark, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

This damn Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, dare to be more black-hearted? (To be continued..)