Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 589 Naval Battles

In the process of reducing the eight Hicks Returning Divisions, some officers and soldiers would not like to retire and hope to continue to join the army. The autonomous region has already made a plan. In fact, the overseas dominion has just added more than 3.8 million Hicks immigrants, so adding a Hicks army can also stabilize the psychological activities and emotional changes of those new Hicks immigrants, so that they understand that overseas dominions have not brought them When outsiders look at it ...

So Claude gave the place of the Volunteer Corps to the eight Hicks Homecoming Divisions, and General Derwick chose the most elite 90,000 horses from these 300,000 Hicks officers and men. Build this volunteer army. As for what the weapon is equipped with, it is the same as the Thunder and the Rock Corps. For example, the weapon has been replaced with a new rifle instead of a Verberon firearm.

Now that the families and relatives of these Hicks officers and soldiers have emigrated to overseas dominions, it is natural that Claude no longer needs to worry that these Hicks officers and soldiers will rebel. Therefore, in terms of weapons and equipment and salary benefits, they are on par with the Thunder and the Rock Corps to show equal treatment. However, the officers and men of the Volunteer Corps who have just replaced the new rifle have to conduct shooting training to master the shooting skills of the new rifle and avoid unnecessary waste of bullets.

Of course, the Hicks Volunteer Corps is currently not in use. Only four return home divisions are returned this time, and four return home divisions are waiting for the last immigration transport fleet. The autonomous region has decided that the future battlefield of the Hicks Volunteer Corps will be in the colonies of the West Coast countries. Even after the war ends, the Hicks Volunteer Corps will be scattered in the rented seaport cities on the West Coast, guard the place, and safeguard the interests of overseas dominions.

On August 17, 607, the Holy Light, the Pamigar National Republic, was loaned to the port of Filimz in the Autonomous Command. Today, the port arrived again with a cruise squad consisting of six iron armored warships. According to the agreement reached between the autonomous region and the high level of the Pamigar, the six iron armored warships arriving this time may be called the teaching squadrons, which is more appropriate. It was the first step for the Pamigars to build their own navy.

The Dominion Navy will teach the Palmigans how to control the six iron armored ships. After the half-year internship period ends, the six iron armored ships will be transferred to the Pamigar National Republic. A naval cruise sub-fleet. It can be argued that the autonomous region has spared no effort in supporting the Pamigar.

Ten days later, the naval officers and soldiers on the six iron armored ships got along very well with the Pamigals who had learned from them, and the relations were very good. It happened that the birthday of one of the warship captains and the two Pamigar students was on the same day, so everyone decided to hold a grand birthday party to celebrate the three people's birthday.

Because of the aphrodisiac medicinal liquor and banquet, there are many young, beautiful and enthusiastic Pamigar women, so this birthday celebration party continued to be carnival for one night, until all officers and soldiers awakened and recovered one after another at noon the next day. come. When a naval sergeant inadvertently looked at the place where the six iron armored warships in the harbor were parked, he was startled and screamed, "Where is our battleship? Where is the battleship?"

Six iron armored warships were missing, and all naval officers and Pamigar students were detained, not even the Pamigar women who attended the banquet. At the beginning, the senior officials of the Pamigaran National Republic thought that the officers and men of the autonomous navy were guarding theft. They were reluctant to transfer the six iron armored warships to the Pamigarians, and only then did this farce.

But as the investigation progressed, especially the confessions of the young Pamidar women who attended the birthday party, and a list of the naval officers and soldiers who had had relations with them that night, it was possible to conclude that all of the six iron armored warships Officers and soldiers attended the birthday banquet, and they all had sufficient presence to prove that the witnesses were the young Palmigal women.

But if these naval officers and men did not do it, how could the six iron armored warships disappear? Those Pamigar students have only just learned a few days and cannot operate these six iron armored warships alone. Because of this, the naval officers and men on the battleship were so arrogant. Even the sentries on the ship were not arranged. Everyone rushed to the birthday party. They all think that no one can operate the six iron armored warships, and that this is the harbour base leased by the autonomous region, and security can be guaranteed.

The result is that under such circumstances, the six iron armored warships are so unknown that they have disappeared. The investigating officer sent by the autonomous region finally found an eyewitness. It was an old Pamigal sailor who got up at midnight to bait and prepared to fish for seafood and sell it to the tavern in the morning for a little money. He said that in the middle of the night, indeed, the six iron armored warships were slowly moving outside the harbor, as if there was no engine, and no rumbling sound was heard ...

The old Palmigal sailor didn't care, he thought it was training at night. At that time, the moonlight was very bright, and he could see clearly that many figures were moving on the six iron armored warships. It is for this reason that he thought that this was the normal night training of the iron armored warships, and he did not expect that six iron armored warships were hijacked and left the harbor.

The officers sent by the autonomous region to investigate became more and more puzzled. Obviously, the six iron armored warships would not disappear for no reason. It is only naval officers and soldiers, and not the Pamigars, who can control the six iron armored warships. But the Dominion Navy vowed to do it, and who did it? No one else will control the armored warship! The Royal Navy would control these six armored ships, but would they have the courage to come to the mainland of Nubia?

The disappearance of the armored ship was included in one of the ten most mysterious cases. Until three months later, the Black Sail Pirates' fleet met a sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands in the waters of the Nubari Islands. The Black Sail Pirates refused the order of the United Kingdom's Sailboats of the Fox Islands to stop sailing and anchor for inspection. , Both sides began to prepare for battle.

As the queue of sailing warships outside the Blacksail Pirates flickered out, all twelve ironclad warships suddenly rushed out into the battle array set up by the sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, firing and attacking all the ships seen. The sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands was in chaos. They were pleasantly surprised to have caught the culprit who attacked the shipbuilding base of Mount Wedds Harbour. They were disappointed that they could not help the twelve ironclad warships of the Blacksail Pirates ...

The naval battle in the waters of the Nubari Islands ended with the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands losing nearly half of its sailing ships. In fact, the loss of the black sail pirates was also great. Twelve ironclad warships were scarred. In the follow-up, more than forty sailing ships and warships, which also rushed into the formation, also lost nearly two dozen ships.

However, compared to the loss of the sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, which has 108 ocean-going sailing ships and armed sea vessels, it is necessary to withdraw from the battlefield first, making the winner of this naval battle a black sail pirate. And Eriksson, who leads the black sail pirates, has been complimented by other pirate forces as the king of pirates, and can even claim to be Grandpa Nubari.

Grandpa Nubari, in the waters of the Nubari Islands, this archipelago known as the pirate paradise, means the most powerful pirate group. His small triangular banner can even command all pirate groups in this area to do his will. Or you can think that the Grandpa Nubari in the mouth of the pirates is just a legend spread by the people. In fact, no pirate willingly obeys the orders of other pirate groups.

Eriksson's mind was quite clear on this point. Although he defeated the regular naval establishment of the Fox Islands and a powerful sail fleet, it also revealed that the Black Sails pirates attacked the shipbuilding base colony in the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands. Behind the scenes, there are planners who seized six iron armored warships of the Overseas Dominion Navy. Continue to stay in the waters of the Nubari Islands. It is simply a bargain, waiting for the enemy to come to the door and settle accounts with themselves ...

So Eriksson's BlackSail Pirate Fleet suddenly left the waters of the Nubari Islands on a moonless night, disappearing under the eyes of other pirate groups. When another sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands ran aggressively into the waters of the Nubari Islands, it was discovered that the whereabouts of the Black Sail Pirates could not be found.

The Special Envoy of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands arrived at Lakeland, where he met with Claude and General Beechklin and informed the result of the naval battle between the sailing fleet of the Kingdom and the Blacksail Pirates. Let the autonomous region understand the reason for the mysterious disappearance of their six iron armored warships, and also confirm that the Pirates of the Black Sails have mastered the repair and modification technology of the iron armored warships.

This is to blame when the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands was attacked at their Weeds Hill harbour shipbuilding base. Technical atlases, atlases, hulls of six iron armored warships, and more than ten technical experts and The rune mage fell into the hands of the black sail pirate. It can be inferred from the fact that the black sail pirates could leave the six iron armored warships in the autonomous region without knowing it, the black sail pirates' knowledge and mastery of the iron armored warships is extraordinary ...

And the naval battle in the waters of the Nubari Islands has made all the pirates and maritime merchants on the sidelines understand that the future must be the world of iron armored warships. A sail fleet in the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands with 108 sail ships and armed sea vessels of varying sizes and firepower. The Black Sail Pirate only has more than forty sail ships and armed sea ships, and twelve iron armored warships.

However, no one can think of the result of the battle between the two sides, but the sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands lost nearly half of the first to evacuate the battlefield. The sailing fleet will not be able to evacuate. The evacuation will fail, but it will still retain half of the sea power and continue fighting without evacuating Going down, even if the black sail pirates cause more serious casualties, but the sail fleet is about to be wiped out.

The Blacksail Pirates lost eighteen sailing ships and armed sea ships. The twelve iron armored ships they owned were also scarred, but they still had combat effectiveness. In addition, in this naval battle, no less than forty sailing warships were destroyed by the twelve iron armored warships colliding and bombarding. The Fleet Commander of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands determined that there was no way to take the twelve ironclad warships, so they had to order to evacuate the battlefield to admit defeat ...

No one can find the whereabouts of the black sail pirates now, but everyone knows that when the black sail pirates reappear, they will still carry twelve ironclad battleships to shine, and no pirate group or the navy of the West Coast colonial country will become Their opponents. The envoy of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands wanted the Dominion Territory to dispatch the Navy's Iron Armored Fleet to hunt down Blacksail Pirates, but the request was rejected by the Dominion Territory.

Claude told the envoy of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands with a bitter smile that if the Blacksail pirates happened to meet in the ocean, the Dominion Navy ’s Iron Armored Fleet would definitely fight against the Blacksail Pirates and would not let go of any of their Iron Armored warships. However, the Iron Armed Fleet was specially dispatched to hunt the black sail pirates in the colonies of the West Coast countries. I am sorry, the Dominion Navy did not have this spare time to play hide-and-seek games with the black sail pirates ...

It can be seen from the map that the main task of the Dominion Navy ’s Iron Armored Fleet is to maintain the safety of the maritime passage of the ocean transport fleet between the two continents. Like the overseas autonomous territorial waters, the Beibu Gulf waters of Kanas Prairie, and the sea security of two leased harbour cities, although there are iron armored cruise sub-fleets, they are more guarded than attacked ...

Ironclad warships are indeed powerful, but maintenance costs and costs are also high. The Dominion Navy has a total of nearly sixty ironclad warships, which is already the maximum limit for the use of naval funds that can be maintained by the dominion military zone. The increase in the number of ironclad warships will not be enough. So under the current circumstances, even if the Black Sail Pirates were known to be the mysterious black hand that took away the six Iron Armored Battleships, the Iron Armored Fleet of the Dominion Navy did not have the time and energy to trouble them.

The sixty ironclad warships of the Dominion Navy are clearly visible on the chart. First of all, the overseas autonomous territorial waters require two six ironclad warship cruise teams to patrol back and forth to maintain sea safety. Followed by Beibuwan, the same two teams rotate cruises. The two leased seaport cities each have a cruise unit of six iron armored warships.

In this way, there are already thirty-six iron armored warships in the sixty iron armored warships owned by the Dominion Navy. The iron armored fleet consisting of the remaining twenty-four iron armored warships should maintain an ocean transport fleet consisting of more than 300 sailing ships and sea vessels, and the safety of ocean trade transportation between the two continents ... ...

The special envoy of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands found that the Dominion Territory did not deploy the Armored Fleet to hunt down Black Pirates, and was not discouraged. Instead, he put forward a proposal, hoping that the Dominion Territory could build a group of Iron Armed Warships for the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands. This business can be done, Claude smiled and quoted a high price of 300,000 kronor an iron armored battleship.

The envoy was shocked and asked why the price had risen so high. Claude explained that the price he quoted was for the second-generation ironclad, not the first. The cost of the first generation of armored warships is only half that of the second generation, but the combat effectiveness is really low, and it is already a eliminated species. The shipbuilding workshops of the Dominion do not accept the customization of the first generation of armored warships ...

The envoy doubtfully took the parameters of the second-generation armored destroyer and armored cruiser, as well as the armored armored transport ship. He could not take the initiative alone and needed to contact the top of their kingdom. It seems that it will take some time to get the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands. Reply from the purchase of custom iron armored warships from the autonomous region.

The sale of the second-generation iron armored warships is an economic plan for the revival of the Wibato harbour formulated by the Dominion Council. The three major deep-water ports in the overseas dominion, and the Port of Corbicus in Tirsim, has become the main transportation port linking the kingdom and overseas dominions, and it is very lively. The port of Patres, in Robbisdo, has become a military port and shipbuilding base, which is extremely busy. Only the port of Wibator has been sluggish and has little room for development.

Of course, this has something to do with the railways being expanded by overseas dominions. Now the dominion railway companies are studying how to set up bridges on the Dolini Barra River to connect the two sides of the river in Henan and Henan. There is no need to get off and transfer. Tunnels and railways are used to transport various mineral resources. It is precisely because of the development of the railway that even the passengers going to the state of Port of Wibator like to take the train and give up the boat, resulting in the port of Wibator becoming more deserted.

The Dominion Council hopes to develop the port of Wibator into another heavy industrial base, which will drive the economic development of several neighboring states. And the port state of Wibator is adjacent to the Rocky Mountain State, which can obtain abundant mineral resources. Therefore, when choosing the method to promote the economic revival of Port Wibator City, the first and second generations of iron armored warships that had been eliminated by the Autonomous Military Command Zone came into the eyes of the Executive Committee. Attentive lawmakers have set up several shipbuilding workshops and spread their stalls in the port of Wibator. After all, the main products here are the first and second generation iron armored battleships ...

Claude does not object to the fact that lawmakers earn money by buying and selling the first and second generation armored ships. The problem is that they must be sold and sold. If possible, the cost of selling a second-generation iron armored ship can be used to build a fourth-generation iron armored ship. With such a high profit, how could Claude and the senior military officers of the Dominion Command oppose it, and the only difficulty was where to find such a rich man ...

At present, the twelve ironclad warships of the Blacksail Pirates are moored in a remote shipbuilding workshop in the port of Wibator for repair. This was contacted by General Bokal for Eriksson. In addition to repairing these twelve generations of iron armored warships, the shipbuilding workshop owner took a big job of Erikson, which was to select Erikson from the pirate fleet at a budget price of 50,000 kronor per warship. The shells of the sixteen fast three-masted sailing warships were covered with a thick copper skin, and the previous generation of steam-powered machinery was retrofitted in the bilge ...