The Pirate’s Green Bull Marshal

The warship slowly sailed into the port of the G-1 branch base. On both sides were huge warships of the same size, and dozens of generals and schools stood below to greet them.

The person at the front should be the base commander here, Lieutenant General Edwin.

It stands to reason that Vidal is only a major general, and there is no need for a lieutenant general to wait in person for his military rank.

But who let him still have the position of head of the naval base stationed in Chambord, so the two are actually the same in status.

In order to show equal respect, Lieutenant General Edwin had to come out and meet.

"I didn't expect you to know scientific research. I was actually quite surprised to hear that you were invited by Dr. Vegapunk yesterday."

At this time, the warship has not yet docked, Sakaski said to Vidal beside him.

"Well, this, I don't know if I understand it, anyway, the doctor thinks I understand it." Vidal spread his hands and smiled.

"Let's go, the ship has stopped, I'm looking forward to what the true face of the scientific army will be like!"

After the warship stopped, the two walked off the plank. After a brief greeting from Vidal and Lieutenant General Edwin, they followed Sakaski into the interior of the base for a tour.

This kind of thing, of course, does not need to be done by the base chief himself. Sakaski is just right as a brigadier general, and the two are very familiar with each other.

As soon as he came in, Vidal found something different from other G branches, such as the semi-mechanized animals that can be seen everywhere, and the various facilities here are also very futuristic, with silver metal plates and electric lights everywhere. .

"Then you go in by yourself, I think the doctor should only want to see you alone."

Sakaski sent Vidal to the gate of the Science Corps to stop.

"When I come out, let's have a good drink."

"Okay, but just drink sake."

Vidal was amused when he heard this, patted the opponent on the shoulder, and walked into the building guarded by four sailors.

Walking in the corridors of the building, Vidal has an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, that is, the decoration style here is very similar to the interior of the Pluto in Alabasta.

The metal floor, the metal wall, the sound of trampling when the leather shoes step on it,

At this time, Dr. Vegapunk came up from the other side of the corridor.

"Welcome, welcome, you are here. I heard that you were left behind in Marie Gioia, and I scolded the five old stars."

The short Vegapunk has no inferiority complex in the face of the three-meter-tall Vidal.

"Come, come, I've already solved what you said before so that the warship can sail in the windless zone!"

Dr. Vegapunk didn't take him further into the interior of the base, but went outside. Vidal guessed that he should show him the samples.

The samples of the warship will naturally be placed on the dock outside.

Sure enough, after walking with the doctor for a while, they came to a closed shipyard, and there was a strange looking warship inside.

The reason why it is strange is that there are two large chimneys behind it, one long and one short, which are very conspicuous, and there are huge paddle wheels on both sides. Vidal can basically see its principle at a glance.

Steamboat!

The paddle wheels on both sides are driven by the steam of boiling water, so that it does not need to rely on wind power.

However, he still patiently listened to Vegapunk's exciting introduction, and then raised his own questions.

"Then what does it rely on to boil water?"

This question is what he wants to know the most. After all, boiling water depends on how it is boiled.

"Come on, I'll show you!"

Dr. Vegapunk pulled Vidal aboard the warship, and then walked quickly into the cabin. Once he entered the cabin, the latter saw a lot of metal pipes attached to the walls on both sides.

Soon, the two came to a huge steel creation.

boiler!

There are also many black stones piled up nearby.

"So that's it, is it just burning coal..." Vidal was a little disappointed, thinking he could see some kind of black-tech energy, so this is it.

"Why, aren't you surprised?"

Vegapunk saw that he had finished introducing the principle and effect of the boiler, but Vidal didn't respond at all. He just looked at the boiler calmly, feeling very surprised.

"Well, how should I put it, changing the propulsion of a warship from manpower and natural force to mechanical force is indeed a genius technology, but..."

Vidal touched his chin and hesitated, he was wondering if he should say it in advance.

"Just what?"

Vegapunk asked curiously, he wasn't angry at all, instead he expected Vidal to come up with more interesting ideas.

"That's what I think. Burning coal is a bit too troublesome. From the Navy's point of view, this will greatly increase our supply and labor costs."

Vidal spoke slowly sentence by sentence, because he was still thinking about what to say and what not to say, and he was afraid that his mouth would slip.

"Look, if this kind of steamship becomes popular in the future, we will not only have to carry a lot of coal with us at all times, but also have to assign some people to burn the coal."

"But the problem is that the frequency of warships passing through the windless belt is actually not high, so this kind of ship is not suitable for popularizing the whole army, only suitable for producing a few special ships, and this is a bit different from my original idea... ..."

Vegapunk thought about these words, and asked at the same time: "Then what were your thoughts before?"

"I want all warships to have the ability to cross the calm zone at a low cost, and even speed up the speed of warships in normal sea areas. You must know that our current warships are very large and full of firepower, but the speed is high. But it is very slow, and often has to give up because it cannot catch up with the pirate ship." Vidal sighed helplessly.

"This..." Vegapunk frowned.

"Have you ever thought about replacing the cumbersome and inefficient energy source of coal with a more efficient energy source?" Vidal already had an idea.

If it is only to strengthen the combat capabilities of warships, isn't it just to improve the strength of the navy? Although the world government also has exclusive ships, it is far from comparable to the navy in terms of scale.

And to strengthen the efficiency of warships, I believe the world government will not object.

"Do you have an idea?" Vegapunk looked up expectantly.

"Well, look at the electricity. Use electricity to burn sea water into steam, and turn the propeller to provide propulsion!"

Of course, Vidal knew how difficult it was to burn seawater. Those warships and aircraft carriers in his previous life were actually softened freshwater.

But who made the person in front of him be Vegapunk? He is not an ordinary scientist, but a black scientist!

"It's an interesting idea to boil water with electricity..." Dr. Vegapunk muttered to himself with his head down, his brain began to spin wildly, trying to determine the feasibility of this idea.

There seems to be no problem, and he is not unfamiliar with electricity.

At the same time, Vidal stared at the coal boiler in front of him, because he seemed to recognize the identity of this warship in the future.

In the theatrical version of "Adventure at the End of Death", the special superhuman soft fruit ability, the ship of Gaspardi with a bounty of 95 million Berries, the Saroman Snake, a large steam warship with black smoke .

Isn't it the experimental ship in front of me!

So that Gaspardi is an admiral directly under the G-1 branch?

This guy killed all the sailors under his command, snatched the first coal-fired steamship entrusted to him to manage, and took advantage of the opportunity to become a pirate.

It can be said that he is a full-fledged big bastard!

However, the special warships used by the navy to pass through the windless belt later, although there are also paddle wheels on both sides, the chimneys no longer emit black smoke. It must be that Vegapunk has improved it.

"I just don't know how old this kid is, and if he's here now, you can ask Sakaski when you find time..."