0552 Ocean King
"Report to Captain!!!"
"The distance is 18 kilometers, and large ships are found in the northeast and east!"
"The marker comparison, the Rice Flag, the third-layer cannon, and the Trident Sea God's bow statue are confirmed to be the North American fleet of the Royal British Navy, and the first-class battleship HMS Nepton!"
"The target is in a quiet way, with a relative speed of 4.5 knots, and it is expected to contact you in two hours!"
Thunderbolt exploded.
On June 15, 1786, after a slow sail of half a month, Valkyrie entered the target waters at sunrise and discovered traces of the Nepton one and a half hours later.
In the brilliant sunshine, this huge warship floated quietly on the sea with gold and blue, gathering its minions and showing its strength and beauty in front of the world.
“110 gate level…”
Lorraine was lying on the observation deck in the middle of the mainmast and brewing vinegar. When she lowered her head, she saw Washington and the Navy generals climbing the mast in some indescribable clumsy posture.
Hamilton was the fastest climber among the crowd, and now he has already climbed to the third observation deck, which is 30 meters high.
Lorraine suddenly grabbed a trace of mysterious inspiration, so she leaned out and shouted loudly: "Mr. President, don't bow your head! Please tell yourself firmly that this pole will definitely not be poured out like this, otherwise..."
Before he finished speaking, a gentle wind suddenly blew up from the sea, and Valkyrie shook, and the shaking amplitude increased with the height increase, and it turned into a violent swing in the middle of the mast.
The swing span was one to two meters, and the land ducks snatched on the ladder of the mast, and as they shouted, Lieutenant General Lingus fell out. After a brief free fall, they successfully transformed into human wind chimes on the mast.
"I didn't expect that the one who fell was the Navy..."
Lorraine rolled her eyes depressedly and moved two steps to give up the position in the middle of the observation deck.
"Remove the sails, lower the sails, maintain the course, and sail stably!"
"The captain ordered the sails to catch the sails, descend the sails, and the course remains unchanged, and sail steadily!"
"Salt lower the sail! Lock the rudder!"
The wind chime finally stopped shaking.
Lorraine's order was equivalent to making Valkyrie give up most of the winds in the side cut, with only the disturbance of the hull and the waves. While the speed of the ship plummeted, the shaking of the ship also decreased by almost 70%.
The landlaughters climbed up one by one, and every time they came up, Adelay handed them a monocular lens.
Washington walked to Lorraine panting: "Mr. President, when I was being played, I suddenly remembered that you are still a 26-year-old young man."
"So you just remembered it?" Lorraine raised her hand and pointed to a small black dot in the horizon. "I also remembered it when the kind reminder was regarded as a prank. The one who fell just now was your country's lieutenant general."
Washington raised his glass and looked in the direction of Lorraine's finger.
"America is a new country that has only been in its founding for 10 years. Before joining the army, Lieutenant General Lingus was the owner of a slave trade fleet. He was good at dispatching and was proficient in finance. His best talent was to know how to make the six slave traders under his name always full of vitality and orderly."
"He is undoubtedly a competent naval staff member, but because he is the second-generation heir to the fleet, he doesn't have much time on the ship and should not be able to do the job of the crew."
Lorraine rolled her eyes: "You have such low requirements for competence."
"Probably this is the consciousness of a small country?"
Washington finally found the Nepton, and the invincible filled with frames rushed towards him. He crossed the 18-kilometer sea surface and easily knocked the glass out of his palm.
The beech-made lens barrel fell to the ground with a clatter. Washington maintained a distant posture and asked softly: "That giant beast...is the Nepton?"
"The British fully equipped ocean-going Galen-type first-class battleship HMS Nepton was built in 1757 and put into service in 1762. It is one of the seven existing first-class battleships of the Royal Navy."
Lorraine recalled the Nepton in her memory at a slow speed.
"The ship is 71.2 meters long and 17.1 meters wide. The main mast is 63 meters high. It is equipped with horizontal sails, stern sails, bow spinner sails, and inter-triangular sails. The sail area is more than 5,500 square meters. It has a downwind speed of 8 knots, a draft of 8.5 meters, and a full load of 880 sailors."
"In terms of ship-mounted artillery, there are 110 full-equipped artillery. Among them, the main gun has three layers, the lower layer has 32 pounds long range, the middle layer has 24 pounds long range, the upper layer has 32 pounds long range, the upper layer has 12 pounds long range, the bow gun has two layers, the sixty-eight pounds mortar gun has 2 pounds medium range, and the stern gun has three layers, each layer has 4 twelve pounds short range, a total of 12 digits."
"You called her the giant beast just now, which is very accurate and inaccurate, because there are less than ten warships in this world that are truly qualified to face off against her, six of which are her sisters."
"Her strength is enough to be called the King, and to be more precise, she is the King of the Ocean."
"You seem to know this beast very well..." Washington responded in a muddy tone, "Ah... By the way, I almost forgot that you were the Drake's child and a top student at Plymouth Sea School."
"It turns out that Mr. President has investigated me."
"You know that's what it means. What's more, if it weren't for the detailed investigation, how could I dare to let General Drake's brother become my captain?"
"I thought friendship was the main reason why you chose me." Lorraine smiled.
"Friendship is emotional and not enough to convince those friends who are worried about me." Washington bent down, picked up the glass, and held it in his palm. "Sir, you just said that there are less than ten ships in the world that can match that giant beast. Is there a treasure of Spain in it?"
"Holy Trinity..." Lorraine pursed her lips indecisively, "That was a noble princess who couldn't live without a nanny, but she had four-story cannon cabins after all. If the situation was calm, Nepton might lose to her in the duel."
"What about your Valkyrie?"
"Valkyrie..." Lorraine pondered for a moment, "Walkyrie's crew was less than half of Nepton's, and Britain also had the best Marines in the world."
"A short battle, sixty-eight pounds are invincible killing weapons, and both sides have a side height of more than 4 meters, which means I have no way to throw shotguns and chain bullets onto Nepton's deck. Even at zero-degree shooting angle, the twelve-pound cannons on the upper level of Nepton can clean my deck from a high point."
"Medium distance...long distance...54 doors to 110 doors..."
Lorraine spread her hands: "That's it. No matter how blessing I get, I have no chance of winning."
"So, why should America choose your warship?"
"Because we have a speed difference of more than 6 knots, no matter what kind of blessing we get, she will not find a chance to fire at Valkyrie."
"The one you won can't catch up?"
"Those who can catch up cannot win."
The incision-like code word ended, and Washington regained his pride: "I will ask the Admiralty to carefully consider the procurement plan, and now I only hope that God will bless General Drake's sanity."
"The advantage of Shaq is rationality, and most of the time I especially hate this."
"Is that true?"
"It's true." Lorraine played with the look glass in her hand. "Mr. President, do you want to hang your star-stripe flag?"
"If possible, I'm extremely honored."
Chapter completed!