Alien Empire Total War - Chapter 242

“General Stewart, you are finally here.”

Outside the port of Proden City, Provence, Vitaligue Stewart, who got off the carriage, had just stepped on the ground when he saw an official approaching him, greeting him with a smile.

“Who are you?” Vitalig asked the other while standing on his feet.

“I’m Geraint Kerr from the Admiralty. I’m here to meet the two of you under the order of Minister Aurel Signia.” The official introduced himself.

When he introduced himself, he followed Colonel Perrin Sandy, who got off the carriage, to look at each other. The officer was wearing a pale yellow cashmere coat and white trousers with leggings. He was holding the triangle he just took off in his right hand. The top hat, at first glance, looks like a typical bureaucrat.

“Oh.” After hearing Kerr’s self-introduction, Vitalig did not show any major changes in his expression. He lightly introduced Kerr: “This is my adjutant, Colonel Perrin Sandy. Your Excellency Kerr, Please take us now to see Minister Sinia.”

“Okay, please come with me,” Kerr said, putting the hat back on his head and leading the two naval officers who got off the carriage into the port.

After the warships of various shipyards were launched, the warships all headed to the port of Prodden City, where they assembled and stood by. The port was also under full martial law and was taken over by the army. The Secretary of the Navy who came to the south to work in person Lyle Signia even set up his office here.

As a result, Vitalig and Perrin were taken into the port by officials and headed directly to the largest building inside the port, the General Administration of Customs.

Not long after, Vitalig saw the Minister of the Navy in his office. At this time, Olaer did not feel the joy of his brother-in-law who was about to become the emperor. He was standing on a map of the sea of ​​Prodon, frowning slightly. Wrinkle, seems to be troubled by an annoyance.

“Minister Xenia, Vitalig Stuart has been ordered to come and report to you.” Vitalig, who entered the office alone, gave a military salute and said loudly.

“General Stewart, you’re finally here.” Aurel looked at Vitalig with some joy and said, he glanced behind the one-eyed general again, and asked, “Your adjutant, Colonel Perrin Sandy. Woolen cloth?”

“He’s waiting outside,” Vitalrig replied. “Mr. Minister, I don’t have time to chat now. I want to know how the fleet is doing.” He urged again.

“Okay.” Aurel nodded in response, then picked up a document on the table and handed it to Vitalig. While the latter took the document and read it, he also introduced the latter. The situation of the fleet.

As I said before, there are a total of 42 newly launched warships. These 42 warships have all sailed into the port of Prodden City when Vitalig goes south and assembled, and each warship is equipped with enough A large amount of gunpowder and shells are also stored in the cabin, which can be said to be in excellent condition.

Vitaligue quickly learned the situation of the new fleet he was about to command from the documents and Aurel’s introduction, and it was after understanding that he had to be shocked by the speed of the country’s shipbuilding.

That’s forty-two battleships!

If you only talk about forty-two battleships, it will not be so shocking, but if it is detailed to the types of battleships, it will be even more incredible. Normally, large-scale battleships are built (take the fourth-tier battleships as an example), At least thousands of trees need to be cut down. These cut tree trunks cannot be used immediately. They need to be dried for a long time to dry the moisture in the trunk. After the hull frame is built, it needs to stand still for a few months. The wood joins more tightly under the force of gravity…

The construction of a battleship takes at least a year or more, how could it be possible to launch it in five or six months?

Moreover, before the war, he had never heard of any plans for the construction of new warships, and only after the war did he hear about the large-scale construction of warships. The launch of a warship, this speed can be completely described as against the sky!

Xu Shiwei didn’t hide his shock on purpose, and Aurel, who was in front of him, also sensed his emotions, he smiled lightly, and said, “Is General Stewart also shocked by the speed of the warship’s launching? To be honest, I had the same feeling as you before.”

Vitalig glanced at Olaer in a complicated way, thinking that even Olaer, the Minister of the Navy, didn’t know the mystery, but he was not the kind of person who likes to get to the bottom of things, so he put this matter aside for the time being , then asked: “Minister Sinia, where is the closest enemy fleet to us?”

“In the waters more than 500 nautical miles away from the Port of Prodden, what can be determined at present is that this fleet contains 48 warships, including one large warship, 18 medium warships, and 29 small warships.”

After finishing speaking, Olaer added: “Although the small warships in the enemy fleet occupy most of them, we can’t despise them because of this.”

“I understand, Mr. Minister.” Vitalig said, and then he began to think about the gap between the two fleets.

First, let’s take a look at the new fleet he is about to command. This new fleet has eight sixth-tier ships, eight fifth-tier battleships, seven fourth-tier battleships, one fourth-tier flagship, ten short heavy artillery frigates and eight mortars Gunboats, except for the eight mortar ships, are basically medium-sized warships, and their sailing speed is naturally not as fast as the enemy’s small warships~www.mtlnovel.com~ Therefore, in the next battle, they must be careful of the enemy’s small warships Mobile warfare of warships.

Of course, as long as the eight mortar ships are well protected, they will definitely play a great role in the battle. Although the accuracy of the mortars is not high, their lethality in naval battles should not be underestimated. They can be used for To deal with the enemy’s slow-moving large warship, as long as the enemy’s large warship can be sunk, the enemy’s morale will also be a big blow.

The line of sight is placed on the Enclave Navy. The large warships in the enemy fleet are the second-tier flagships, the medium-sized warships are mainly sixth- and fifth-tier warships, occasionally mixed with fourth-tier ships, and the small warships are the kind of dual-class warships. Clippers and Brigs.

In Vitalig’s view, the biggest threat to them is the secondary flagship and the enemy’s medium-sized warships. Small warships have no advantage in close-range artillery battles. Their more fragile hulls and fewer Artillery are destined to be unsuitable for artillery combat with medium-sized warships, only suitable for harassing mobile warfare at a distance.

If they were in close range artillery battles, they would have to withdraw from the battlefield because of the damage to the hull after only a few shells.

At this moment, Olaar’s words interrupted his thoughts.