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Chapter 1299 The Costly Delay at Sea (Two in One)

He Fengqi Pacific made it clear, Yun Xiaohan approached Tina again, told her about the discovery of the elf kingdom's fleet, and asked her to tell and suggest that Liya quickly send the thunderstorm fleet to deal with this fleet.

The reason why this suggestion was not mentioned before is because there is no reason. It is Yun Yanhan's guess that the elf kingdom may send a fleet to respond. It is impossible for Liya to send a thunderstorm fleet just for a guess, and it will cost money to dispatch a fleet.

From this suggestion, it can be seen that Yun Xiaohan has a big heart. He not only wants to get rid of the "spy personnel", but also wants to get rid of the elf kingdom fleet.

Because the land battle was temporarily unavailable, he turned all his attention to the sea and communicated frequently with players at sea.

There are actually nearly 800 players at sea now, not including those who passed to Ivas City and are returning to Corsica to pick up their ships on regular ships at this time.

I will definitely not go to Xueman now, because Beiji Village is relatively close to Corsica Island. It will save a lot of time to go to Corsica Island and then take a boat to Beiji Village. From this, we can also see that Corsica Island The importance of geographical location can be said to be the most critical sea barrier in the Xueman area.

In fact, Yun Xiaohan can recruit these players at sea to join him in advance, and then he can push away the remaining 200 or so "spy agents" without waiting for those dead players to come back. There is no more bait, and don't forget that "spy agents" have the means of remote transmission. Even if they cannot notify more complicated information, it is not difficult to agree a warning and evacuation signal in advance. After receiving the signal, the fleet of the elf kingdom It is very likely that they will retreat directly, then there will be no chance to eat this fleet, and the thunderstorm fleet will run away in vain.

After a short period of long-distance observation, based on experience and the reference data provided by the Corsica leaders who outflanked from other directions, a group of naval leaders such as Fengqi Pacific barely deduced the location and approximate location of the entire Elf Kingdom fleet. speed.

The reason why I couldn’t confirm it before was because it was too far away, and the ships of the Elf Kingdom were pulled apart during high-speed navigation. Only some ships were observed from the Pacific Ocean, but the ships were relatively large, and the distance and vision on the sea were very large. Confusing, being able to see the outline of the ship from a long distance does not mean anything. The ship you see may be very far away from the player, and may be separated by hundreds or even thousands of yards (the bigger the ship, the easier it is to be observed), and the player's Only in the current view of the mini-map will there be blue dots and red dots to distinguish between friend and foe.

The field of view rules are actually the same on land and sea, but there are many obstacles on land, and the characters cannot be as big as ships, so people in the distance cannot be seen outside the normal field of vision, but this is not the case at sea. You can see to a ship far away.

This is actually a more realistic rule. You can’t see the people on the ship far away at sea, but you can see the ship, and the range of the slightly advanced magic crystal cannon is greater than the player’s field of vision.

So in the sea, the small map is basically just a decoration. The naked eye is more effective than the small map. If you really want to wait for the player to find the enemy on the small map, you will definitely not be able to run away. Enemy ships can be bombarded directly, and they are dead anyway.

With the position and approximate speed of the fleet of the Elven Kingdom, they can calculate the time it takes to reach Beiji Village, which is about 15 minutes. This is an estimated value, not accurate, but it is of great reference value.

Yun Xiaohan began to calculate the data account.

It takes about 25 minutes to reach Bezi Village from Gagliari Port (average standard of players). Even though the Thunderstorm Fleet sails relatively fast, it will take time for Liya's order to be conveyed to Viscount Nelson. The Thunderstorm Fleet will arrive after receiving the order. It also takes a certain amount of preparation time for the whole army to set off. The crew boarded the boat, prepared water and ammunition, etc., so it took at least 35 minutes to arrive at Beiji Village.

There is a time difference of at least 20 minutes, and with the current remaining number of "spy personnel", two to three medium-sized ships can basically take away everyone, even if they take away those who have been knocked out, it is at best At most four.

The pier in Beiji Village is not big, and it can accommodate one or two medium-sized ships at a time (smaller medium-sized ships can accommodate two ships). According to this calculation, it only takes two to three times to enter the port. The remaining "spy personnel" can all be evacuated , the total time spent is 5 to 10 minutes. The time spent on boarding the ship is actually not much, mainly the time it takes for the ship to enter and leave the port and berth. In addition, it will take more time to move the unconscious NPC.

According to this time-consuming, it will be very beneficial to Yun Xiaohan. In theory, he can even let the opponent take some people out of the port first, and then attack the remaining personnel, and can also use the timing of the opponent's boarding to launch a surprise attack.

But in fact, this is not the case at all. If Yun Xiaohan wants to complete this task better, no one in the boat can be let go, because the three leading NPCs in the "Spy Personnel" are likely to board the boat first.

Compared with ordinary "spies", these three NPCs are obviously the key figures. After all, for such a secret operation that is important at first glance, it is impossible for all participants to know the purpose of the operation, and it is likely that only a few take the lead Once the three leading NPCs are released, no matter how many ordinary "spy officers" are caught, the mission may fail, because there is nothing to be asked from the mouths of ordinary "spy officers".

Therefore, Yun Xiaohan had better not let any NPC board the ship, at least before the Thunderstorm Fleet arrived. To do this, the easiest way is naturally to call all the players from the sea, first step by step The remaining "spy personnel" were eliminated, and this conflicted with his idea of ​​launching a bait fishing fleet. Because everyone at sea was recruited, the fleet of the Elf Kingdom would be unimpeded, and it would be able to arrive at Beiji Village in about 15 minutes. , so he was a little tangled.

After thinking about it for a while, the greedy Yun Xiaohan still decided to take a risk. First, try to delay the elf kingdom fleet from the sea, and buy as much time as possible. Players and the fleet of the Elf Kingdom compete for landing speed, and the risk will be relatively high.

After making up his mind, Yun Xiaohan began to throw money. He promised the players at sea that he would reimburse all their losses, including compensation for ship repairs, ship sinking, and death of sailors. The fleet of the Elven Kingdom is fighting hard, as long as they try to delay them, at least 15 minutes is enough, because it only takes 20 to 25 minutes for those dead players to come over, and Yun Xiaohan can lead people to storm the village to solve the remaining "Spies".

And it would be better if it can be delayed for a longer time. Yun Xiaohan doesn't have to rush to eat the bait, he can wait until the thunderstorm fleet is approaching before eating the bait. Waiting on the route, he will definitely know in advance when the thunderstorm fleet arrives.

That's why he wants to spend money. If he doesn't spend money, he can't fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the players in the territory, and it's impossible to realize his most ambitious idea-to wipe out the "spy agents" and annex the fleet of the elf kingdom. Trade money for time.

The compensation for the sailors is nothing. Yun Xiaohan specifically explained before that he should not bring sailors who spent a lot of time training on board. The current sailors are very low-level, and there is no need to pay extra recruitment money, as long as they pay weekly wages.The wages are already low and only one week's wages should be compensated, which doesn't cost much to compensate.

In contrast, ship compensation is the big head. Ship repairs are okay. They can be repaired at the shipyard in Ajaccio City. It is very cheap and the repair time is very short, so you can't pay much.

The compensation for the sinking of the ship is relatively high, because the player cannot be delayed from running the merchant, and the compensation for the ship has to be paid according to the ship price of the Snowman City Shipyard. The shipyard in the player's territory is cheaper, but its output is limited. It takes a certain amount of time to get the ship after ordering the ship, and how long it takes to build the ship depends on the ship's specifications, construction speed and supply of raw materials.And the NPC shipyard has a large number of existing ships, so there is no need to wait, and you can buy them directly.

Of course, there will definitely be a group of players who take advantage of the loopholes and build ships in the shipyard of Ajaccio City with the compensation from the ship price of the Snowman City Shipyard. For example, players with spare ships, or players who are more economical, go to Xueman City The city shipyard bought an inexpensive boat and ran to the merchants, and then slowly waited for the ship at the Ajaccio city shipyard to be built.

But this kind of thing is unavoidable, and it is impossible for Yun Xiaohan to give up eating because of choking, because he will be taken advantage of, so he will be compensated according to the sale price of the shipyard in Ajaccio City.Not to mention that it will make some honest people suffer, but to say that the profits brought about by exploiting loopholes will make some players more motivated.

Of course, in order to prevent some people from deliberately sending the ship to the NPC to sink it in order to earn compensation, or to exchange the old ship for a new one, Yun Xiaohan gave a vaccination in advance, saying that after the mission is over, he will find someone to inquire about the battle carefully After passing through, someone will be arranged to monitor whether someone deliberately sent the ship, and at the same time, players who participated in the delay battle and the ship sank will get certain rewards after the battle, and those who perform well in the delay battle will get more rewards.

For this task, Yun Xiaohan has also spent a lot of money. The compensation plus rewards will cost at least 2000 gold. Now he only hopes that this task can bring him a return that matches his efforts.

Speaking of which, the shipyards in Ajaccio City have now been upgraded to level 4, but they can only build medium-sized ships at the highest level, and there are still many medium-sized ships that have not been unlocked, which is not much different from level 3.

This is mainly due to three reasons, the first reason is the lack of drawings, the second reason is the lack of key related raw materials, and the third and most important reason is technical limitations.

Although the shipbuilding level of Ajaccio City Shipyard is slightly higher than that of Snowman City Shipyard at level 2, it is because the shipbuilder has a higher star level (7-star shipbuilder Pellet), and Corsica's Shipbuilding technology is also slightly higher than Snowman City.

However, no matter how strong the shipyard in Ajaccio City is, it is a shipyard belonging to the imperial camp after all, and its technical level is also limited by the national shipbuilding technology (camp navy star).It can be slightly higher than the average level of the faction, but not too much (Corsica has wood suitable for shipbuilding, and the technology is relatively good, which is equivalent to the level of 3 and a half stars, and the average level of the imperial camp is [-] stars), not to mention There is still a long time before the start of the great age of navigation in the game, and the shipbuilding technology of the entire Yar continent is at a relatively low level.

Due to the limitation of the overall technical level, the effect of upgrading the shipyard is not so obvious, and many new ship types will not be added. On the contrary, the speed of ship repair and shipbuilding will be improved to a certain extent.

To be honest, if he had a choice, Yun Xiaohan would rather all the territorial players take advantage of him and book a ship at the shipyard in Ajaccio.

Having this kind of thinking is not because he wants to send money to the territorial players, but because there are real benefits.

You must know that Yun Xiaohan is the lord of Ajaccio City, and the shipyard has to pay him taxes to make money. The player's expenses in the Ajaccio City Shipyard will be partially returned to him in the form of taxes.

The rebate is certainly not comparable to the price difference between the two shipyards, but it will not be much different, so he can't be said to be at a disadvantage.

The more important reason is that you can train the shipwrights and workers of the shipyard in Ajaccio City. You must know that shipwrights and workers also have proficiency, and you can improve the corresponding proficiency through shipbuilding and ship repair. The higher the efficiency of maintenance, the shipbuilder may also comprehend new blueprints. If they are good enough, they can even improve the local shipbuilding technology level by themselves, so it is still very useful.

Why is the shipbuilding technology level of Snowman City Shipyard lower than that of Ajaccio City Shipyard, but shipbuilding and ship repair are faster?

It is because the number of shipbuilders and workers in the Snowrun Shipyard is much larger than that in the Ajaccio Shipyard. (A shipyard can accommodate multiple shipwrights to work in it. They will each lead a group of workers and can build or repair several ships at the same time.)
This is also normal. After all, one is an old shipyard with a history of hundreds of years, and the other is a new shipyard that was newly built recently. The background is too poor. (There are many shipbuilders in Snowrun Shipyard, but their star ratings are not high, the highest is only 5 and a half stars.)
After promising to distribute the money, Yun Xiaohan communicated with the players at sea in the territory channel. There was no other way, and it was impossible for him to go to Ajaccio to pick up the boat now, so he could only help him use his brain and come up with an idea.

In fact, this mission has a lot of restrictions on Yun Xiaohan, the time is too tight, and the teleportation is not allowed, otherwise, if he can return to the territory, he might be able to bring a few followers over, which will be much easier to fight.

Removed the worries of the players, and promised to reward them. In addition, all players in the territory of this mission have also received it. Not only will Yun Xiaohan be rewarded for their good performance, but the mission itself will also be rewarded. In addition, it can also perform in front of other players. Player motivation is very high.

It’s just that the combat effectiveness of the player’s fleet is far from that of the Elven Kingdom’s fleet. The ship is much worse. A ship in the Elven Kingdom’s fleet can have 20 low-level magic crystal cannons. The players here only have naval players and professional maritime traders. Merchant players have magic crystal cannons on their boats, not to mention the lowest-level magic crystal cannons, and there is a big gap between sailors. There are professional navy NPCs over there, and most of the players here are G-rank sailors hired temporarily. Fighting is definitely courting death.

(End of this chapter)