Magic Underachiever

The sacrifices that the Vlomink Empire has made and is preparing to make in order to build a large naval fleet are unimaginable. They are prepared to use the most brutal elimination rules to select the most qualified naval officers and soldiers for the empire.

To put it bluntly, it is to use war to select, whoever can survive to the end, will truly belong to the ocean.

After the complete failure of the Navy Training Program of the Azure Corps, the Empire recalled all the students studying at the overseas Naval Military Academy, and then drew personnel from the Army system to form a navy.

All officers and soldiers who can swim are included in the Navy's reserve list, and at the same time, the children of the Empire's local Neihu fishermen are recruited to join the army, and the best personnel are assembled into the Empire's Navy Fleet.

The Empire system determines that it has a very strong military mobilization capability. The formation of a new type of army may take several months in other countries, but the Empire only took one month to build the framework of the navy and began to organize the first batch of personnel for Neihu training.

But this hastily trained navy certainly cannot compare with the comprehensive capabilities of the combined fleet of the Eastern countries. This gap requires the lives of countless soldiers to fill.

Anne knew that the naval strategy that Da Liang talked about was very suitable for the current situation of the Imperial Navy. Using the adaptability, mobility and landing capabilities of the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform, the sea area between the Empire and the United States of Felwood was turned into a hunting ground for the "wolf pack". The combined fleet dared not easily leave its own coastal waters when it could not find the main force of the Imperial Navy.

This bought time for the expansion of the Imperial Navy's large fleet.

But can the current Imperial Navy become a qualified "wolf pack"?

This goes back to the central idea of ​​the Imperial Navy's military construction, using war to select the real "wolves". Therefore, in Anne's eyes, let alone a 1:2 loss ratio, even a 1:3 or even 1:4 loss ratio against the same-class warships in the early stage is a victory that can boost morale for the Imperial Navy.

Hearing the lack of confidence in the Imperial Navy in Annie's tone, Daliang said: "No one is born to fight, but some people are born for war.

The Imperial Navy is an opportunity for everyone, and excellent commanders are more likely to shine.

Go back and think carefully about how to fight this naval battle.

I am optimistic about you."

When Daliang and Annie talked about the international situation around the Vlomink Empire, Speaker Peters also boarded the newly developed aircraft of Blackfire Airlines.

The Bird-class test aircraft is a very conservative double-wing structure with a single engine located at the front of the nose. The cockpit is a front and rear double-seat type, and both driving positions can control the aircraft, so the Bird-class test aircraft can also be used as a flight trainer.

Just now, Peters watched a test flight of the Bird-class test aircraft on the lighthouse of the Magic Academy at the dock. The speed, maneuverability and stability it showed were far beyond Peters' imagination. This is the first aircraft to be researched, and in many indicators it is equal to the Silver Wing that has been developed for so many years.

When the aircraft design technology matures in the future and a more powerful engine is installed, the combat power will definitely continue to challenge Silver Wing.

When Speaker Peters sat on the plane and flew rapidly over the ocean, he was thinking about how to let Black Fire Company build the aircraft factory quickly, and then purchase 200 of each combat aircraft.

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With the selection of the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform by the Fleming Empire Navy, the emergence of this new branch of ships forced Daliang to deal with all kinds of people every day.

Most people hope to get the engine technology of the hovercraft, or purchase this engine that can directly generate steam from seawater from Black Fire Company.

However, Daliang wanted to maintain the advantage of the Fleming Empire Navy, so he rejected all of them one by one on the grounds that the production capacity of the Black Fire Shipyard was not met.

The Black Fire Shipyard was built by the Holy See, so the Holy See also entrusted Father Titus of the Azure Cathedral to express to Daliang the desire to purchase the hovercraft technology.

Bishop Roland did not return to the Azure Cathedral after reporting back to the Holy See. He entered the Elders' Council of the Holy See and became a core member of the Holy See's management. However, the Holy See has not yet issued the appointment of a new bishop of the Azure Cathedral.

The reason why the bishop of the Azure Cathedral is vacant is that traces of evil sect activities were found in Saroyan. There are signs that the Gazing Abyss, which once attacked the Azure Cathedral, has once again entered the city of Saroyan. This time, the Gazing Abyss is hiding more secretly, and the metropolis of millions of people is breeding evil everywhere, becoming a fertile ground for the development of this evil sect.

However, the Church of the Supreme Good, which regards all heretics as mortal enemies, not only did not find and eliminate the Gazing Abyss, but instead allowed the evil forces to continue to grow.

The Church of the Supreme Good is very dissatisfied with the Church of the Supreme Good in Saroyan. Therefore, the position of the bishop of the Azure Cathedral was left vacant, as if to use this as a reward to encourage many priests to drive the heretics out of the world of light as soon as possible.

Although Elder Roland proposed several times to appoint Father Titus as the bishop of the Azure Cathedral to lead the power of all the Churches of the Good in Saroyan. But as a newly promoted elder, Roland does not have such a big say.

After Father Titus's proposal to purchase an air cushion boat was rejected by Da Liang, he began to report on the development of the Church of the Light of Order.

After several months of development, the Church of the Light of Order is still confined to the Frost City in the Great Tomb. However, the tens of millions of skeletons stored in the Frost City have been successfully transformed into believers of the Destroyer Demon King.

The acquisition of divine power and the use of divine magic have given the skeletons a huge leap in strength. Although their IQ prevents low-level skeletons from using too advanced magical arts, their piety allows the skeletons to obtain a very strong and stable amount of divine power, which is something that many priests who have believed in the God of Light for a long time cannot achieve.

So there was a problem that Father Titus had no solution to.

If the value of divine power that skeletons can use is compared to 10, then the value of divine power used by low-level skeletons to invoke divine power is 1, or even lower.

Father Titus has also been trying to teach low-level skeletons to use more advanced magic, but the IQ of the skeletons means that the undead can only use the skeleton soldiers to fight. Before the low-level skeletons awaken to their wisdom, the God of Death has nothing to do with them.

"Master Liang..." Father Titus said after introducing the difficulties he encountered in preaching during this period: "In the entire undead tribe, there are only a few undead who can awaken their wisdom. And the huge group of skeletons can obviously With their divine power, they have the same strength as an intermediate magician or even a high-level magician, but I really can't teach them to use more advanced magic.

Perhaps we can open the Church of Symmetra to the world to attract more believers with ‘potential’.”

They should be believers with brains.

However, Daliang and Dacheng have strategically determined their opponents for a long time to come, which gives the development of Dacheng a clear purpose, and everything must be conceived at a higher war level.

There are very few living races in the big tomb, but there are very many skeletons. After all the undead under the Death Desert are recruited, there will definitely be a number of hundreds of millions. These are very good consumption of soldiers.

If the combat effectiveness of a skeleton soldier can be improved a little, then in the face of a large base, the increased value will be a very scary number.

Therefore, in Daliang's eyes, the strengthening of the skeleton soldiers was no less important than the transformation of the Angel Legion.

"The intelligence problem of the skeleton has not been solved by many death monarchs, so we don't need to bother teaching the skeleton to use advanced magic. We should turn our attention to the divine power possessed by the skeleton."

Father Titus said doubtfully: "Divine power is just a kind of energy. Only by using divine magic can divine power be transformed into the desired effect. Divine power alone is like a magic crystal. No matter how high its energy level is, it cannot be released. Just a stone.

Directly using divine power is probably something only God can do. "

Daliang said: "What I mean is not to use divine power directly, but to use another method to take advantage of the high value of the skeleton's divine power. What is the power of destroying the world? It is fire, which is a very simple heat energy.

The steam engine technology developed in your era is the utilization of heat energy. A skeleton soldier who believes in the God of Destruction is a continuous thermal core that does not require the addition of magic crystals.

Developing a magic spell that can effectively allow skeleton soldiers to continuously and stably emit heat energy is the most important thing you need to do. This is definitely more useful than developing several advanced magic spells.

Then the steam engine technology is used on the skeleton soldiers. I suggest making a set of powered armor for the skeleton soldiers. As the strength increases, the physical strength should also increase. "

Daliang's suggestion for transforming the skeleton soldiers was not a sudden thought.

In fact, the problem that the skeleton soldiers are encountering now is similar to that faced by Daliang himself. Daliang also has a massive reserve of magic power, but cannot release magic. He can only use magic props to summon magic power.

This gave Da Liang inspiration.

Since the skeleton soldier's intelligence cannot use advanced magic, it shouldn't be difficult to simply generate heat.

As long as you can boil water, you can drive the steam engine, and then the steam engine can reversely assist the skeleton soldiers with the power generated.

Of course, the entire research process must be full of danger, because if the mecha structural design is unreasonable, the power generated by the steam engine is enough to tear the fragile body of the skeleton soldier into pieces. However, skeleton soldiers have no human rights. They know no fear and obey orders absolutely. They are the best experiments for developing this type of individual mecha weapons.

In the military sequence of the Great Tomb, only a very small number of high-level heroes were able to finally complete the semi-energy conversion of their bodies. Most soldiers need a suitable individual mecha to adapt to the complex war environment in the future.

Father Titus was stunned by Da Liang's suggestion. As a clergyman, he really didn't think about the issue of skeleton soldiers from the perspective of other than divine power and magic.

This is a combination of divine power and natural technology. Although it is conceivable that the entire research process will encounter many difficulties, the final success is foreseeable.

Father Titus became a little excited: "Yes... it is very simple to release heat alone. If we develop the reverse extraction of heat, we can control the mechanical movement more accurately.

And adding water once can keep the mecha running for a long time.

I think this idea is worthy of our in-depth study. Divine magic can be developed by the Church of Symmetra. We have several very good necromancers, but steam engine technology is not something Symmetra can research alone. "

Since the idea was feasible, Da Liang was also very happy. He said: "The steam engine technology can be handed over to the university alliance. Now the entire university alliance is focusing a lot of energy on the engine field. If you need any technology, please contact Brown Jenning directly. Sri Lanka.

I'll leave this to you.

Then... I heard that your inauguration as Bishop of Azure Cathedral seems to have encountered a little obstacle. "

The topic returned to the Church of the Most Good, and Father Titus said helplessly: "Because of the incident with that batch of weapons, the Empire and the Parliament have a great prejudice against the Church of the Most Good. When the Church was searching for pagans, it was difficult to get their assistance. The Parliament even imposed many restrictions on us on the grounds that the church knights disturbed the people. This should be related to Speaker Peters...

The Church was very dissatisfied with the Saroyan Diocese and had not appointed a bishop of the Azure Cathedral. However, I have always served as a bishop, and this was tacitly accepted by the Church."

Da Liang said: "If you want to be the bishop of the Azure Cathedral, I can help you. I know where the Abyss is. Although this small church is still useful to me, it is still okay to hit them."

Father Titus shook his head and said: "No, no, no... I think the reason why the Church of the Most Good did not appoint the Azure Cathedral is not only because of the Abyss, but also because of the changes in the situation in Marsellus in the future.

Anyone can see that the gunpowder here is getting stronger and stronger. The Vlomink Empire continues to attack the bottom line of the Eastern countries and increase its military strength to Marsellus. , a war is almost inevitable.

In all previous disputes, the Holy See would not clearly support either side. It would always sell arms and negotiate terms with both sides, and only take sides at the final stage of deciding the outcome. In the eyes of the Holy See, I am afraid that no one in the entire Saroyan Diocese can complete this task.

In dealing with the pagans lurking in Saroyan, it further exposed the unfriendly attitude of the Empire and the Parliament towards the Holy See.

I think the Holy See does not intend to promote a bishop from among the many priests in Saroyan, but will send one from the Holy See. A bishop will deal with the Marcellus issue.

Directly appointing a bishop to a diocese is equivalent to putting the bishop on the opposite side of all the priests who are eyeing the episcopal position. Therefore, the Holy See has delayed the appointment of the Bishop of the Azure Cathedral, in fact, it is waiting for another opportunity.

The Flemish Empire Navy and the combined fleet of the Eastern countries will have a conflict at sea. I think the Holy See will definitely send an embassy to visit the Flemish Empire and the Eastern countries, and finally the embassy will come to Saroyan for a stop.

At that time, the Holy See will also issue the appointment of the Bishop of the Azure Cathedral. "