Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 163 Chapter 163

At the same time when the battle between the orc kingdom Galais and the elf poplar kingdom was rekindling, and the poplar kingdom relied on its own weapon advantage to go north to attack the orcs again, Tang Mo stood on the berth with his arms around the Countess of North Ridge. With silk's small waist, he watched the huge steel ship in front of him slowly leave the berth.

This warship is the first ship in human history to be powered entirely by steam power, and it is also the first warship to be powered by steam power!
Its service marks that the Datang Group has officially joined the queue for maritime supremacy.Moreover, the Datang Group has just joined the queue, and has reached the front row...

Equipped with three 3 caliber naval guns and 120 12 mm caliber side guns, the steel battleship fundamentally changed the balance of world sea power as soon as it entered the water.

(Longling wants to explain here that the caliber of the C64 field gun is 78mm. Before that, Longling’s caliber was 75, and some were written as 78. Let’s unify here and write it as 75mm.)
It's like a group of ants mixed with an elephant, like a group of urchins with a giant, like a group of girls with a hooligan...

Of course, the navies of the world don't know yet that a warship that changed the rules of naval warfare that they have never seen before has launched into the water at this moment.

"I've never seen such a warship!" Although Alice was well-informed, she had never seen such a warship.

In fact, she didn't know much about naval warships, and she had only seen naval warships from a distance a few times before.

But the battleship in front of me is too different, it has neither sails nor equipped with so many artillery.

The sides of this battleship are basically steel plates, with only some portholes in the higher parts of the stern.And these portholes are definitely not so-called gun ports, but real windows...

According to the standards of this era, the number of artillery on this battleship can be described as shabby: the number of artillery it can concentrate on the side is at most 9 cannons of different calibers, which is really no advantage.

However, if you think that its firepower is insufficient in this way, you are really deceived by its simple and honest appearance: what it possesses is actually something that naval warships of this era have never possessed.

First of all, it is equipped with two types of collimators, which increases the hit rate of its shells dozens of times to hundreds of times, and it has widened the generation gap with the warships currently in service in other countries.

Secondly, with the support of the collimator, the artillery installed on it can attack targets 5 kilometers away, which is unmatched by warships of other countries currently in service.

Finally, because of the use of generators and steam power, it is faster, it also has a lighting system, and most importantly... it also has a telegraph system.

This allows Tang Mo's battleship to maintain contact with the top management of the Datang Group in the distant sea, which is an ability that other countries' navies can't even dream of!
"It's so different." Alice was invited to participate in the launching ceremony of this new warship, and said curiously looking at this new warship, which could not be said to be beautiful or ugly.

She really has no way to judge the beauty and ugliness of this warship, because it is completely different from the current sailing warship.

On the previous sail warships, some reliefs were basically carved, and with the white sails, it naturally has its own flavor.

But the steel battleship right in front of their eyes had distinct horizontal and vertical edges and corners, and the hardness of the steel made it as sharp as a blade.

Therefore, Alice liked the battleship in front of her very much. Of course, this liking was also mixed with her complex emotions of liking the owner of this battleship.

And this time, very rare, Alice didn't want to spend money to buy this battleship - Northridge is an inland area, no matter how much she likes this battleship, she really doesn't need such a steel battleship to dominate the ocean... …

"It's better to be different... After all, it's for fighting, not looking good." Tang Mo smiled and said to Alice beside him.

He invited Alice to participate in the launching ceremony of the battleship, and by the way, it was also a way for him to show his strength.

In the end, Alice came here to meet her lover, and her liking for this battleship only stayed at the level of "it's pretty good".

However, she was very keen in another direction, and in the bedroom, she proposed to Tang Mo the idea of ​​building a fleet of faster steam engine ships.According to what she said last night, that is, she wants to participate in the Datang Group's fleet.

And Tang Mo naturally agreed to her request, because this so-called transport fleet doesn't even have a neatly powered transport ship yet.

On the contrary, what Tang Mo values ​​more now is the combat effectiveness of this new type of warship.Because he will rely on this battleship to compete for sea control in the future!
By the way, the sister ship of this battleship is actually being built in the dock next door, and the hull has even been built.

When this warship is launched and becomes seaworthy, Tang Mo will immediately start building a third identical warship.

According to Tang Mo's vision, his fleet should have at least 15 such warships to ensure the absolute safety of his sea transportation lines!
Because this battleship has too few weapon systems, most of these weapons have been installed on the berth, so this battleship has reduced a lot of installation work.

According to Tang Mo's estimation, with the efforts of all the boatmen, it will be ready for actual combat in two or three months, provided that the sailors can learn to operate such a never-before-seen warship.

"I said, does that little girl named You Lin who is always by your side have any opinion on me? Every time she looks at me, it's weird..." I have to say, a woman's intuition Still very accurate.Alice sensed You Lin's "hostility", so she lowered her voice and asked Tang Mo.

Tang Mo scratched his head and explained embarrassingly, "No way...why didn't I see it? Maybe she has too much work and is a little tired?"

"It's okay for you to find so many little girls around you, they are always with you, of course I don't like it! You bad guy!" Alice didn't want to pinch Tang Mo, but just muttered.

Tang Mo heheed, changed the topic, and asked Alice about the mining of North Ridge.

As expected, Alice was invigorated when she mentioned this, and she began to introduce the development of Northridge's mining industry in an orderly manner.

Stimulated by Tang Mo's steam engine, North Ridge's ore production reached an astonishing height, and a steady stream of ore was mined out, turning into Tang Mo's rails and the shell of his battleship...

Of course, now almost one-third of the Wright Kingdom's minerals have become consumables to support Tang Mo's development.

Even Geese was frightened by Tang Mo's total steel consumption. For a while, he even thought that Tang Mo was bluffing and using data to intimidate Cyric, so that Cyric would not dare to easily attack Tang Mo's property.

What no one knew was that Tang Mo was cutting and burning the vicious forest, turning it into a huge factory, and opening up a new road leading directly to North Ridge.

The road doesn't reach Northridge yet, but it's close to the edge of the Vicious Forest.What's even more frightening is that this is a road paved with steel!
A railway with a length of more than 100 kilometers was actually built by Tang Mo - the reasons for this are very complicated. The Bunas-North Ridge railway can be built so quickly because the road is relatively flat, including Tang Mo's The supply of steel has always been sufficient, including the desperate support of the Earl of North Ridge and Tang Mo himself.

At the same time, Tang Mo also provided the world with 7 K1 rifles, 8900 revolvers, 1000 revolvers, 600 lever rifles, 900 K3 KAR98 rifles, 80 C64 field guns, and 40 C80 Field Artillery...

Now, some of the troops of the Kingdom of Dorne, the King's Guard of the Wright Kingdom, the troops of North Ridge, and the troops of Susas are all equipped with Tang Mo's weapons.

As for the K1 fast gun imitated by the factories of Cyric and Earl Augustine the Elf, it is not included in the statistics.

The economy of Northridge has risen in a real sense due to the development of industry. With Tang Mo's support, Alice is building 4 factories, namely metal smelting factories, parts processing factories, steam engine factories and power plants.

Moreover, Tang Mo was supporting private capital intentionally or unintentionally. He participated in 4 textile factories in Beiling, and used steam engine technology to participate in the shares, which improved the production efficiency of these factories.

The increase in production capacity has naturally increased the dependence of the secondary industry chain on the primary industry. The prices of agricultural products in Northridge have begun to rise, and farmers have also increased their real income.

The Susas immigrants who originally made their home in Northridge were still very worried. They didn't know what their future fate would be.

But when they farmed diligently and got a simple return soon, they completely regarded themselves as Northridge people.

After all, these years can reduce taxes, give some subsidies to farmers, and revitalize the nobles of the entire agricultural ecology... There is really no second one.

As a result, the entire North Ridge is thriving and the society is developing stably. The new Countess of North Ridge has also established her prestige.

At this moment, Tang Mo didn't know that the Dorne Kingdom was already holding his 1000 K1 fast guns, thinking about declaring war on neighboring countries.

At the same time, on another continent far away, the Poplar Kingdom of the Elf clan, which has obtained new weapons, has already started war against the Kingdom of Gales of the Orc clan...

And all of this is just the beginning of a series of chaos in the second half of the 114th year of the Wright Kingdom.The person who stirred up the situation was watching the giant ship in front of him launch into the water at this moment, splashing a fierce and spectacular wave.
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