Chapter 315: Cannon Test, Cost of Building the White Pearl
As a pirate ship.
First, the 'White Pearl' abandons sails as a sailing power source, but uses steam, electricity, and cola as power.
Second, in terms of offense, there are two main guns more than ten meters long at the bow and stern of the ship, and six secondary guns five meters long. Any change of direction of the main and secondary guns can strike in different directions. On both sides of the ship, respectively It has forty-five artillery pieces, all of which use fixed-load ammunition, which can hit ships at close range without blind spots.
Third, in terms of defense, the 'White Pearl' has an extremely thick metal deck. Even if it is hit by artillery, it will not explode like a wooden ship.
Fourth, in terms of hull, this ship is fifty meters high. Not only does it have a huge cabin, which can store cannonballs, food, and water, but above the cabin, there are five floors and hundreds of rooms for the crew to rest. A place for eating and entertainment. Even if you stay at sea for several months, you don’t have to worry about supplies.
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Ye Fei explained everything one by one, and Ace was fascinated by it.
The facilities on the ship are indeed too rich.
Soon, Ye Fei took him to the cannon.
See the shells in front of you.
Ace remembered Ye Fei's words.
Customized shells?
All the cannonballs he had seen were iron balls, and he had never seen one of this shape.
"Ye Fei, is this the cannonball you're talking about? Custom-loaded ammunition?"
Ace pointed to a cannonball in front of him that was over two meters long and over one meter in diameter.
"That's right"
Ye Fei smiled and nodded.
This shell is the shell used by the main gun of the 'White Pearl'.
After hearing Ye Fei's explanation, Ace looked confused.
Is this kind of shell really so powerful?
“Then let’s try it”
Immediately, Ace immediately asked to test the cannon.
"no problem"
Ye Fei smiled.
Currently, only I can control this ship.
Then, load the shells directly into the cannon.
Control the posture lever and turn the gun head to the distant sea.
The whole set of movements is smooth and flowing.
Even Ace, who was standing beside him, looked at him in shock.
Damn, it turns out you are such a secretive person.
This ship has been played so smoothly by you.
The preparations have just been done.
Ye Fei turned to Ace beside him.
"Ace, go up and see how far this shot can go?"
"it is good"
Ace jumped on the roof of the 'White Pearl' ship.
The huge gun barrel shifted with Ye Fei's control.
Ace looked in the direction designated by the barrel.
At this moment, Ye Fei pressed the button.
bump!
The air wave generated by the cannonball almost blew Ace off the boat.
Fortunately, his grip was firm enough.
Even he could hardly see clearly the cannonballs fired at such high speeds.
After a while.
In the distance, there was another loud noise.
Standing on the bow of the boat, Ace could clearly see the huge waves rising in the distance.
Aisian couldn't control his excitement and immediately jumped off the boat.
"Ye Fei, I have never seen such power before. It was so fast that I didn't even see it clearly."
“It’s so powerful”
"That time just now, I estimate it was more than ten nautical miles."
Ace supported Ye Fei and shouted excitedly.
"That's right, even the navy's warships and cannons are no match for us."
Ye Fei nodded.
Navy cannons are made of round iron bullets.
The initial speed of launch was very low, and it fell in a parabola before it even got close to the opponent.
Therefore, the accuracy cannot be compared with that of custom guns.
"Hey, Ye Fei, how about we use this ship to fight against the navy?"
Ace chuckled.
With this big guy in front of me.
He couldn't wait to have a duel with the navy.
To repay the shame of last time.
Ye Fei had a dark look on his face: "We just got a warship, and we're going to mess around?"
"Don't forget, now is not the time for the navy to take action."
Faced with Ye Fei's reminder, Ace smiled awkwardly: "I'm not joking."
With such a weapon.
Even when facing a naval warship, there is no need to escape, just face the hard steel directly.
"Now, we have to keep a low profile."
Ye Fei smiled.
Of course, he knew that the news could not be kept secret.
But so what.
"Ye Fei, how much does it cost to build this ship?"
"If the price is right, we might be able to build a few more."
Ace doesn't have too many ships like this.
Regarding Ace's question.
Ye Fei didn't know either, after all, he got it through exchange.
Then he looked at Ace: "How much did Moby-Dick cost?"
Ace thought for a while: "I estimate it will be more than 20 billion Berry."
Ye Fei nodded: "This ship needs at least five times the price. This is just the cost of the ship, not counting other things."
"Forehead????"
Ace looked confused.
Five times more fake than Moby-Dick.
Wouldn’t that cost tens of billions of berries?
This ship is so expensive.
This does not include maintenance and other costs.
Originally, he wanted to build two more ships.
Now it seems that this kind of warship is really too expensive.
"This ship is indeed very expensive."
"With our current financial resources, we can still recreate it."
“But the cost could be significant.”
"However, we can build some smaller ones according to the style of this ship."
"But you need to find someone like that"
Ye Fei smiled.
According to the parameters provided by the system, a shell for the main battery of the 'White Pearl' costs 500 million berries.
In other words, the shot that Ye Fei just fired had already cost five million Beli.
If you shoot like this, twenty rounds will be 100 million berries.
Therefore, wars are very expensive.
Currently, with the funds Ye Fei controls, there is no big problem in building a few more ships.
However, money will be consumed quickly.
Moreover, the most important problem now is the lack of shipbuilders.
Immediately, Ace agreed with Ye Fei's view.
