Chapter 1650: Expansion of the Revolutionary Army (Part )

Nowadays, such hybrid-powered ships can be seen everywhere on the vast ocean.

Many pirate groups are unable to purchase ironclad ships due to limited funds, so they have to settle for the next best option and choose this type of hybrid power ship.

In the Water City, since they were unable to compete with the Rockefeller Kingdom and the World Government in the manufacture and competition of ironclad ships, they simply put all their energy into the research and development and production of hybrid ships.

Unexpectedly, this hybrid power turned out to be very popular, not only favored by pirates, but also won the favor of businessmen.

Especially for pirates, on the turbulent and crisis-filled sea, pirate groups face destruction every day.

The emergence of this hybrid boat undoubtedly provides them with a relatively economical and reliable option, giving them an additional guarantee of survival in rough oceans.

However, even hybrid-powered boats are still prohibitively expensive.

Compared to traditional wooden sailboats, they cost more than ten times more!

For example, a fifty-meter-long hybrid-powered vessel costs as much as 400 million Baileys!

This is really a huge expense!

Of course, there are also some special wooden sailboats, such as those made of Adam's treasure tree, which are also very valuable, even reaching hundreds of millions of Baileys.

Moreover, there are some large pirate groups, merchant ships or cruise ships of the nobility. They are based on the Adam Treasure Tree, with a protective layer wrapped around the hull and a power system. The performance of the ships built in this way is not inferior to that of ironclad ships, and is even better in some aspects!

After all, the Adam's precious tree is very hard, especially in rough seas, its strength is much better than iron.

Therefore, this kind of boat based on the Adam's treasure tree is loved by many traditional boat enthusiasts.

Take the Straw Hat Pirates for example, their ship is based on the Adam Tree, and then Franky added all kinds of black technology, which makes the Straw Hat Pirates' ship among the best on the sea!

In this time and space, the Rockefeller Kingdom exists like a shining pearl.

The technological development here has been rapid, showing a trend of explosive growth.

According to Charlotte's estimation, if the black technologies were not taken into account, he had actually successfully upgraded the war system in the pirate world to the level of the First World War!

You know, before this, the strong men at the level of elite lieutenant general were almost invincible in the world.

As long as the lieutenant general and the general did not intervene, they could almost do whatever they wanted.

However, times have changed and the situation is completely different now.

Now, even the most ordinary people, as long as they pick up guns, can pose a huge threat to the elite lieutenant general.

After all, the speed of guns is not something that the human body can easily match.

Even if these elite lieutenant generals have awakened their Observation Haki, it is still difficult for them to react in an instant and mount an effective defense.

It can be said that in this era, the only ones who can truly react quickly and successfully defend against gun attacks are probably those at the level of quasi-general.

Their strength and reaction speed have reached an astonishing level, which is why they are able to remain safe and sound in the hail of bullets.

Just relying on this point, he could easily defeat a lieutenant general-level warrior who had undergone more than ten years of training.

This is undoubtedly a huge impact on the traditional power structure, and many forces that originally held an advantageous position will be affected as a result.

Among these forces, the navy was undoubtedly the most affected.

In the past, whenever there was chaos or rebellion anywhere in the world, the navy only needed to dispatch an elite lieutenant general to easily quell everything.

These elite lieutenant generals are powerful and experienced, and have rich experience and response capabilities in dealing with various emergencies.

However, the situation is completely different now.

Due to the upgrade of guns and cannons, even a strong man at the level of lieutenant general may be easily defeated by ordinary people holding guns and cannons.

This means that once unrest occurs in the four seas, the navy may have to send higher-level generals, or even admiral-level figures, to ensure that the situation is calmed down.

Such changes are undoubtedly a huge challenge for the navy.

They need to reassess their strengths and coping strategies to adapt to this new situation.

At the same time, this also allows other forces to see the navy's weaknesses, which may lead to more challenges and competition.

Overall, this discovery has a profound impact on the entire world.

It not only changed the boundary between the strong and ordinary people, but also made the originally stable power structure less solid.

In this world full of variables, whoever can adapt to such changes better will have the upper hand in future competition.

Therefore, Charlotte is well aware of the urgency of the current world situation. He especially instructed his children whose strength is still at the level of lieutenant general to step up efforts to improve their own strength.

After all, the world today is in a state of turmoil.

The order and balance that the world government has maintained for so long are gradually falling apart.

The World Government's control over its member states around the world is also weakening. Some member states have begun to adopt an attitude of superficial obedience and actual perfunctory response to the World Government's orders, or even openly defy them.

For example, the delayed delivery of Tianshang Gold is an obvious example.

However, the Five Elders are not stupid people, they naturally understand the seriousness of this situation.

Therefore, when faced with this situation, they must not show any weakness.

Because once any member country delays the delivery of Heavenly Gold with various excuses, the Five Elder Stars will send the CP organization without hesitation to directly overthrow the rule of the king of that kingdom and support a more obedient new king to govern the country.

This decisive move indeed played a great deterrent role, causing many kingdoms with ill intentions and attempting to break away from the control of the World Government to temporarily curb their ambitions and forcibly suppress their originally restless thoughts.

However, although this move by the World Government stabilized the situation to a certain extent, it ignored another important existence - the Revolutionary Army.

After the revolutionary army inherited some ideas from Charlotte, they finally summed up a theoretical system that suits them after more than 20 years of continuous trials and failures.

Today's revolutionary army has gradually matured in its thinking. They are no longer blindly impulsive as in the past, but are more rationally and determined in their pursuit of freedom and equality.