"Daughter, you can't go on like this." Ling Zhong said to Ling Wu, "Why don't we go to Cloud Heaven City?"
"I'm not going." Ling Wu said.
"You're already in your twenties." Ling Zhong said.
"It's not like there aren't people who don't marry for their entire lives." Ling Wu said.
"Then what exactly are you thinking?" Ling Zhong said, "Why don't I find a son-in-law for you?
Or you go to Cloud Heaven City.
There are only these two paths, nothing else. "
"I won't!" Ling Wu said resolutely.
"You, you're really trying to anger me to death." Ling Zhong said, "What's all this about?
Yang Dingtian's status is getting higher and higher.
These few days, there are people coming to the island to pay respects to him. Those big shots that I couldn't even see before couldn't wait to kneel down and greet him.
If you don't have such feelings for Sect Master Yang, hurry up and get married. Don't be so arrogant.
Now, whenever a big shot comes to pay respects to me, I'll tremble. I don't even dare to go to Flame City. "
"At the very most, let's move." Ling Wu said, "Let's leave Fire Island as a family."
"Move? Where are we moving to?"
Ling Zhong said, "Previously, only a thousand miles of land in Cloud Heaven City belonged to Yang Dingtian. Now, the entire western region is his.
Where can you move to? You've just moved to the Central Region today. Who knows, the Central Region might belong to Yang Dingtian tomorrow. Have you moved to the heavens? "
"Hmph, now that Zhu Qing from the Central Region wants to hit him, he's in big trouble. Yet, he still wants to occupy the Central Region?" Ling Wu snorted coldly.
At this moment, a person suddenly walked in and said, "That's right. It's because Zhu Qing wants to hit me that I've come to Fire Island to ask for your help!"
Hearing this familiar yet unfamiliar voice, Ling Wu's delicate body trembled abruptly. She pinched her thigh ferociously to ascertain that she wasn't dreaming. After which, she looked at Yang Dingtian in disbelief.
How was this possible?
How was this possible?
How could he appear in her home?
He was now the master of the entire western region, hundreds of millions of citizens, and millions of warriors.
Why would he come to a small Fire Island?
After Ling Zhong was stunned, he immediately knelt down.
"This humble one greets Sect Master Yang …"
Yang Dingtian immediately went forward and helped Ling Zhong up.
"Uncle Ling, you seem to be getting better. Compared to a year ago, you seem much younger," Yang Dingtian said with a smile.
"It's all thanks to Sect Master's good fortune."
Ling Zhong said humbly. Then, he said with a trembling voice, "This lowly one did not expect that you would come to my small island at this time. It's really …"
Yang Dingtian said, "Uncle Ling, I won't be pretentious, although I miss you a lot.
But she was too busy, so busy that she didn't even have time to hug her son.
That's why it's hard for me to have time to visit you.
This time, I'm only here to ask Uncle Ling for help. "
"Speak. I will not hesitate to go through fire and water for you."
Ling Zhong said excitedly. Then, he bowed slightly and said embarrassedly, "Look at me, I'm just a small character. How can I help you?"
At this moment, Ling Wu was standing there prettily. Her beautiful face was agitated and complicated.
He was even at a loss of what to do.
"You sit too," Yang Dingtian said.
Ling Wu sat down somewhat stiffly.
"It's like this, Uncle Ling."
Yang Dingtian said with a smile, "There are people with Evil ways in the headquarters of the Tiandō League. Therefore, I established another Tiandō League and established the Council of Light of the Tiandō League, allowing the entire western region to become independent from the Tiandō League.
Of course, some people in the headquarters of the Tiandō League wouldn't do it. For example, the biggest spy of Evil ways in our Tiandō League, Zhu Qingzhu. He wants to send troops to attack us. "
"Yes!"
Ling Zhong said, "As long as Sect Master gives the order, my Inferno Island will fight Zhu Qingzhu of the Central Region to the end."
"Thank you, Uncle Ling!" Yang Dingtian said.
Ling Wu immediately rolled her eyes at her father. There were only a few people and a few ships in the Inferno Island.
Yang Dingtian couldn't even finish using the few million soldiers in his army. So, there was no need for him to specially come to your Inferno Island to recruit soldiers.
"The Central Region's land is two times bigger than ours, but its population is ten times smaller than ours."
Yang Dingtian said, "Their warrior army is a few times bigger than ours, and their warships are a few times bigger than ours.
However, their few million soldiers can't fly over. They have to take ships.
Therefore, we don't have to be afraid. I've designed a kind of secret weapon that is specially used to attack their ships. It can make their thousands of ships sink to the bottom of the sea before they can arrive, wiping out their entire army. "
"Yes." Ling Zhong nodded his head vigorously. His eyes lit up as he said, "What kind of secret weapon is this? It's so powerful."
Yang Dingtian said, "I only have some impression of this secret weapon in my mind.
I'm not very clear about how to make it.
Just like those cannons in the Cloud Heaven City, I only have an idea, and they are all made by those people.
Therefore, for this secret weapon, I only provided some ideas and a few blueprints.
As for the rest, I'll leave it to the professionals.
For us to make this kind of secret weapon, we have to choose an island that is absolutely safe and trustworthy. Moreover, we have to have a shipbuilding base.
Then, I thought of our Fire Island! "
"There's nothing more to say. Take it all." Ling Zhong said excitedly, "It's our fortune that the Sect Master has taken a fancy to our Fire Island."
Yang Dingtian said, "We can't take it for free!
Firstly, the people on the island are my friends and comrades.
Therefore, on the Northwest Mainland, we'll use three times the territory in exchange for this Fire Island.
Then, for the islanders on the mainland, each person will be given an average of twenty mu of land and three houses.
What do you think? "
"No, no, this is too heavy, too heavy."
Ling Zhong said, "You're fighting for the entire West Region. It's only right for us to contribute. Now, we're the ones taking advantage of you. This won't do, this won't do!"
"Then it's settled!"
Yang Dingtian said, "Uncle Ling, you can go and talk to your brothers on the island. Then, there will be a ship coming to pick them up.
The relevant land, farmland, houses, monetary subsidies, and food have all been prepared. Once they reach the Northwest Mainland, they will have it. "
"How can this be good? How can this be good?"
Ling Zhong said, "This group of people on our island can't survive on the mainland anymore. We ran to this deserted island because we don't have any houses or land."
Yang Dingtian smiled at him. Then, he said to the outside, "Come in."
Immediately, Tang Bozhao led a few hundred civil affairs officers and entered.
"Go with Uncle Ling. Send money to every house and do some ideological work.
Remember, time is everything. Don't bring anything that isn't too important. "Yang Dingtian said," Try to evacuate all the people on the island within six hours.
Then, the army and professionals will be stationed on Fire Island! "
"Yes!" Tang Bozhao said. Then, he led a few hundred people and Ling Zhong to deliver money from house to house.
Immediately, only Yang Dingtian and Ling Wu were left in the house.
…
At this moment, Ling Wu was at a loss.
"Ling Wu, do you know how to build a ship?" Yang Dingtian asked.
"Of course." Ling Wu said.
"Then, you stay on the island."
Yang Dingtian said, "After that, those extremely elite sailors on the island and the craftsmen who build the ship will all stay behind to help."
"Alright." Ling Wu said.
"Do you have a sea map?" Yang Dingtian asked.
"Yes." Ling Wu said, "I'll go get it."
Then, she ran to get a sea map.
This sea map was relatively rough and the various proportions weren't accurate. Fortunately, the various islands in the sea were marked out more clearly.
Yang Dingtian pondered and drew the sea map, trying to find a location for the decisive battle.
"Ling Wu, are you clear about the hydrology of this sea region, the depth of the seabed, the distribution of reefs and so on?" Yang Dingtian asked.
Ling Wu said, "This sea region is so big. It's definitely impossible to know everything.
However, I'm still clear about the sea conditions of those few fixed sea routes. "
"Yes." Yang Dingtian said, "Are there many people like you who are familiar with the sea conditions?"
"Quite a few." Ling Wu said.
After Yang Dingtian responded, he didn't speak again.
… …
In the following period of time, the people on Inferno Island boarded the ships one after another and headed towards the Northwest Continent.
On the surface of the sea, huge ships arrived at Inferno Island one after another.
Batch after batch of people, batch after batch of materials, arrived on the island one after another.
The first batch of one thousand of Yang Dingtian's most elite Devil Dragon Warriors had already boarded the island.
They used the fastest time to take over the defense of the entire Inferno Island.
Then, the Black Blood Army and Cloud Heaven City's elite warriors, a total of five thousand people, boarded the island.
Then, close to one thousand cannons were transported to Inferno Island.
Then, tens of thousands of craftsmen began to board the Inferno Island and started to build land forts.
Then, five hundred members of the Devil Vulture Army began to board the island.
There were only less than sixteen hours left before Yang Dingtian boarded the island.
Close to eighty thousand people were stationed on the island.
Then, they began to reconstruct the entire island in full swing.
They expanded the dock without caring about the cost.
Countless precious materials came one after another, one after the other, in an endless stream.
Close to ten Grandmasters gathered on Inferno Island and carried out the highest level of security.
Everyone on the island signed the agreement. Before the ban was lifted, no one was allowed to leave the island.
… …
More than twenty hours later.
The entire Inferno Island, whether in the air, on land, or under the sea, was fully protected.
It could be said that not even a bird or a fly could fly out.
Similarly, not even a bird could fly in.
In the center of Inferno Island, the basement of the Ling Residence was continuously dug deeper and deeper. It was already dozens of meters underground.
In the basement command room.
The people here were divided into two groups.
The first group was the members of the Council of Light and the wartime committee.
There were also Qin Wanchou, Song Chunhua, Qin Huaiyu, Qiu Wanjie, Zhu Hongxue, Ximen Lie, Kui Ning, and other important members.
All the craftsmen in the west who designed and built ships and weapons were gathered in the basement, which was still relatively small.
"We know that this time, Zhongzhou will send at least a few million soldiers and thousands of warships to attack the west," Yang Dingtian said. "Our warships added together are not even one-tenth of theirs.
How should we fight? Everyone, please express your opinions. "
"Can you get the cannons on the ships?" Song Chunhua asked.
"It can be done."
The one who spoke was Ling Wu. She was an experienced captain. She said, "A few hours ago, I went to take a look at the cannons. Furthermore, I also tried to put the cannons on the ships and conducted an experiment. I came up with a few rough conclusions."
After she finished speaking, Ling Wu looked at Yang Dingtian. She had a low status and didn't know if she should continue speaking.
"Speak," Yang Dingtian said.
"Firstly, the ships are too small. There's no point in putting the cannons on the ships."
Ling Wu said, "The recoil of the cannons is extremely strong. Furthermore, the instant of the explosion, the damage to the ship's hull isn't small. There's also the problem of the ship's movement during the instant of the explosion, as well as the problem of carrying weight.
Therefore, to board a large ship, it has to be at least five thousand stones. "
One stone was two hundred kilograms in the Primal Chaos Continent.
Five thousand stones was equivalent to one million kilograms, which was also five hundred tons.
Yang Dingtian recorded it in his book. In the future, it might be more appropriate to change the number of stones to tons.
Ling Wu continued, "I haven't tested it before, but it's merely an estimation.
For example, those cannons shipped from Cloud Heaven City, even if they are placed on a five thousand stones large ship, they can only fit twenty cannons at most. "
Yang Dingtian said, "That's about right. Our current cannons are all two Zhang long and weigh over ten thousand kilograms.
Twenty cannons would be two hundred thousand kilograms.
A five thousand stones large ship would only have a displacement of one million kilograms and a carrying capacity of only five hundred thousand kilograms.
Cannons, sailors, and cannonballs.
Twenty cannons is more or less the limit.
Furthermore, we have to consider putting in some small cannons. "
Qiu Wanjie said, "How far can our ten thousand kilogram cannons shoot?"
"About twenty-five miles." Ximen Lie said, "Or even further."
Immediately, everyone cried out in surprise.
Qiu Wanjie said, "The giant crystal crossbow can shoot about twenty-five miles.
However, after ten miles, its lethality would be extremely weak.
The effective shooting range for a warship should be about five to six miles.
Any further and it would be able to injure the warship, but it would be very difficult to shoot through it. "
Ximen Lie said, "The effective aiming range for our cannons is also very difficult to exceed ten miles, or even five miles.
Especially on the sea, where the ship is very mobile, it would be even more difficult to aim. "
Song Chunhua said, "But in short, compared to the crystal crossbows, our cannons still have a certain advantage."
Yang Dingtian asked, "How many warships do we have that are more than five thousand stones large?"
Song Chunhua said, "From the statistics we just received, including the merchant ships and the various sect leaders' boats, we have about eighty-eight ships.
The largest ship is more than twenty-five thousand stones. "
"So little?" Yang Dingtian said.
In other words, if all the ships in the entire western region were added together, there would only be eighty-eight ships with a displacement of more than five hundred tons.
"Yes." Song Chunhua said, "And the Central Region would have about a thousand ships, or even more."
Qiu Wanjie said, "To us, the bigger the ship, the better. But to the Central Region, a fast ship would be more advantageous.
A fast ship's speed would be two to three times that of a large ship.
Two or three giant crystal crossbows would be placed on top of it, and they would quickly approach our large ship. Then, they would take turns to fire, and could easily tear our large ship apart. Furthermore, these giant crossbows would have burning crystals on them.
Furthermore, the accuracy of the crystal crossbows would far surpass that of the cannons. "
Finally, Qiu Wanjie said, "Therefore, when our cannons are on board, they would have a great advantage in terms of killing power and attacking range.
But overall, because we have too few large ships, the cannons were placed on board too hastily, and the large ships were slow, etc.
Our large cannons would not have any advantage against the enemy's countless crystal crossbow ships. "
Yang Dingtian could already close his eyes and imagine that scene.
The enemy's several thousand small ships quickly surrounded them, and from three to four miles away, countless giant crystal crossbows would shoot.
Yang Dingtian's side, which had more than a thousand large ships, would not bode well for them.
The accuracy of the cannons on the sea was completely different from the accuracy on land.
Furthermore, the surface of the sea was too wide, and the enemy's crystal warships were moving at high speed. If they wanted to hit them, it would be completely dependent on luck.
The giant crystal crossbows of this world had too much killing power.
In terms of bombing and killing, the cannons were of course powerful.
But it would be hard to say if they could destroy a wooden ship.
The arrows of the giant crystal crossbows ranged from a few dozen to a hundred kilograms.
They were made of the toughest and sharpest metal, and the arrowheads had all kinds of crystals.
For example, if a person was shot, he would at most kill three to five people, but if he was shot, he would directly tear a huge hole, and seawater would pour in.
Therefore, at least in the Primal Chaos Continent, when the cannons were on board, they would not have a great advantage against the giant crystal crossbows.
The cannons moved in a curve, and their accuracy was too far away from the crystal crossbows.
"Even if there is not a great advantage, we still need the cannons on board." Yang Dingtian said, "In the following period of time, all the large ships will have their cannons on board.
In this one month, we must continuously fire live ammunition, and strive to achieve the best balance.
Do not be afraid of wasting the cannons, and strive to improve the accuracy. "
"Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"What other tactics do you have, tell us." Yang Dingtian said.
"Demon Vulture Legion, bomb air raid." Kui Ning said, "The giant crystal crossbows will not exceed ten thousand feet in the air.
As long as the Demon Vulture Legion does not go below this height, they will not be in danger. "
Last time, Yang Dingtian had bombed White Cloud City, and reaped glorious results.
Song Chunhua said, "How accurate is the bomb from ten thousand feet down?"
"Very bad …" Kui Ning said honestly.
Thinking about it, the Demon Vulture Legion had a heaven-defying aspect compared to the fighter jets, and that was that it could stop in the air and throw the bomb.
But even so, to throw the bomb from three thousand meters up, the accuracy should be extremely touching.
"There is one more point. If the bomb is thrown from ten thousand feet down, the trajectory will be too straight, and it will be very easy to be hit by the crystal crossbows in the air, and directly explode in the air."
Qiu Wanjie said, "When the time comes, everyone must be mentally prepared. The enemy's crystal crossbows will not be in the thousands, but in the tens of thousands.
When the time comes, the crystal crossbows in the air will be like raindrops.
It is possible that one cannonball will be targeted by dozens, or even hundreds of arrows at the same time. "
"However, it is conceivable that the Demon Vulture Legion can cause a great disturbance to the enemy's fleet, and even cause casualties." Qin Wanchou said, "We lack a kind of weapon that can win in one move."
"The best kind is the kind where we can hit the enemy, but the enemy cannot hit us." Yang Dingtian said.
"Yes!" Qin Wanchou said.
"That's good. Let's put the cannons on the ship, and the Demon Vulture Legion's air attack can be used as auxiliary attacks." Yang Dingtian said, "If we can create a warship that can sail underwater, it can be achieved.
The enemy cannot hit us, but we can hit the enemy's target. "
"Underwater warship?" Everyone's eyes lit up.
Kui Ning said, "This is indeed possible. The Cloud Sky Pavilion has a type of boat that can sail underwater."
That's right. Yang Dingtian had boarded this kind of boat before, and it was when he returned from the Cracked Earth City.
Kui Ning said, "But this kind of underwater warship is very slow.
Also, its size is very small.
The Cloud Sky Pavilion created it to secretly monitor the Cracked Earth City.
Also, it cannot dive very deep, or else the underwater warship will split open.
The most important thing is that it has no means of attack.
We can't move the cannons to the underwater warship, and the crystal crossbows can't be placed there.
Therefore, this type of submarine is completely unsightly and useless. Even the Cloud Sky Pavilion gave up on it. "
Yang Dingtian asked, "Let me ask you, is it difficult to build it?"
Kui Ning said, "It's not difficult to build it, but it can't dive too deep."
Yang Dingtian said, "The Cloud Sky Pavilion's submarine can't dive too deep because its design direction is wrong.
Its submarine is almost the same as a surface warship, except that it has a roof.
This way, the water pressure is very high, and the resistance is very, very high.
We need to use a new shooting method. "
Then, Yang Dingtian took out the blueprint he had drawn and stuck it on the wall. He said, "Craftsmen, if it's a submarine like this, will its resistance to pressure and water resistance be minimized?"
What was the shape of the submarine that Yang Dingtian had taken out?
He knew almost nothing about submarines, but he had seen the general shape of submarines on TV and in games.
There were all kinds of submarines, from the shape of two meeting ends to the shape of two round ends.
Especially in the game Earth Empire, there were several generations of submarines.
In short, from the early submarines of the eighteenth century to the submarines of the twenty-first century, Yang Dingtian had drawn all the submarines that he knew of.
These craftsmen were not qualified to speak before, but Yang Dingtian had posted the blueprint.
These people immediately exclaimed, "That's right, that's right!
Why didn't I think of this? In this way, the water resistance of this submarine will be minimized, and its speed can be increased by a lot. "
Qin Wanchou didn't understand these things. He only felt that if they could launch underwater attacks, they could indeed turn the tide of the battle.
An outsider asked, "Then how do these submarines sink and float?"
Dozens of voices sounded, "Fill it with water and release it!"
That person immediately smiled embarrassedly. That's right, there's no need to ask such a simple question.
Yang Dingtian said, "There's no problem with the submarine's power. Just use the best crystal to power it.
The key is the depth of the submarine and its resistance to pressure. Are there any problems? "
Ling Wu said directly, "Blue Butterfly Gold, do you have it?"
When these words came out, everyone exclaimed.
Blue Butterfly Gold?
Was he crazy?
Blue Butterfly Gold was almost the lightest and extremely tough metal in this world. However, it was extremely expensive.
It was even more expensive than gold.
"Yes."
Yang Dingtian said, "Zhu Hongxue, Qin Huaiyu, go to the Sky Devil City after changing your appearance. We have an astronomical amount of devil coins. Buy all the expensive metals."
"Yes!" The duo replied.
Yang Dingtian said, "Uncle Mu, how much Cold Light Condensed Iron do we have in the entire western region?
How much Blue Butterfly Gold do we have? "
"Cold Light Condensed Iron, over five million catties.
Blue Butterfly Gold, 35,000 catties. "Mu Liancheng said.
The value of these things was even more than gold.
This amount was already very shocking.
"Take them all out and build the submarine!" Yang Dingtian said, "All those who possess Mystic Flames are to participate in the construction.
Mystic Flames melt, Mystic Flames bombard, Mystic Flames connect, and Mystic Flames take shape!
It will be mainly made of steel, supplemented by Cold Light Condensed Iron, and coated with a layer of Blue Butterfly Gold.
I don't believe that this submarine won't be fast enough and can't dive deep. "Yang Dingtian said.
Qiu Wanjie instantly took in a breath of cold air and said, "This way, the price of one submarine can be used to build dozens of big ships."
Yang Dingtian said, "As for the size, we will build three submarines first.
Two thousand stones, four thousand stones, six thousand stones.
We will build it in the shortest time possible. After we build it, we will test it in the water. "
"What about the weapons?" Qiu Wanjie said, "There isn't a single weapon that can board this submarine."
That's right. Cannons couldn't board it. Crystal crossbows couldn't board it either.
"There is!" Yang Dingtian said straightforwardly.
Then, Yang Dingtian took out a blueprint and said, "Dao, this weapon is called a torpedo!"
Everyone looked at the item on the blueprint in astonishment.
It was a long and thick cylindrical object that looked similar to the shape of the submarine. It had a round head and looked silly.
But, what, what was this thing?
Yang Dingtian said, "This is a type of bomb. Each one weighs more than a few hundred catties.
In the water, it can move forward by itself and is also powered by crystals.
In the water, it can travel silently and directly hit the enemy's warship before exploding in the water.
Just one torpedo is enough to blow up a large warship of the enemy. "
Instantly, everyone was completely stunned!
This, this is also possible?
Yang Dingtian continued, "Of course, I only know the basics of this torpedo.
I don't know anything else. It all depends on your experiments.
I don't even know how to make the torpedo continue to move forward without sinking.
I don't even know how to launch the torpedo from the submarine. "
Instantly, everyone was stunned again!
At this moment, Jiao Liao suddenly rushed in and whispered in Yang Dingtian's ear, "Sect Master, Master wants you to return to Cloud Sky City immediately. He said there is a change in Shuang Er!"
Yang Dingtian's heart suddenly changed.
Shuang Er has changed?
What kind of change did she have?
There must have been a huge change. That's why Master Dongfang Minmie asked Jiao Liao to find Yang Dingtian.
Instantly, Yang Dingtian couldn't help but feel anxious.
However, his expression didn't change too much.
Then, he said to the craftsmen present, "Split up and build the submarine and torpedo at the same time.
Keep experimenting. Don't be afraid of spending money. Don't feel bad about these rare materials.
No matter the cost.
These experts with Mystic Flames and Heart Flames, there are more than ten Grandmasters and hundreds of Martial Honorables. They are all at your disposal.
I only want one result, and that is to build these two things in the shortest time possible. "
"Yes!" The craftsmen shouted excitedly.
Their hearts were filled with excitement for these brand-new things. They couldn't wait to build them and see what they looked like.
"Good. Thank you for your hard work."
After Yang Dingtian finished speaking, he immediately said to Qin Wanchou and Song Chunhua, "I'm going back to Cloud Sky City. I'll leave this place to you."
"Yes!" The two said.
Then, Yang Dingtian left the basement, rode the Demon Vulture King, and flew towards Cloud Sky City.
… …
Note: The first update will be delivered at 7/100. The second update will be delivered later.
That's right. Some of you guessed right. It's a submarine and a torpedo.
With the crystal energy, Mystic Flames, and special materials.
In the Chaotic World, submarines must be strong.
Recently, adjusting to work and rest is even more difficult than adjusting to jet lag.
When I work, I'm sleepy. When I sleep, I can't sleep.
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