People in Pirates: Thunder and gossip at the beginning

As a pirate ship.

First, the 'White Pearl' abandoned sails as a power source for sailing, but used steam, electricity, and cola as power sources.

Second, in terms of offense, at the bow and stern of the ship, there are two main guns with a length of more than ten meters, and six auxiliary guns with a length of five meters. There are 45 cannons, all of which use fixed ammunition, which can strike ships at close range without dead ends.

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 the hull, this ship is 50 meters high. Not only does it have a huge cabin, it can store shells, food, water, and above the cabin, there are five floors and hundreds of rooms for the crew to rest and eat. , a place of entertainment, even if you stay at sea for several months, you don't have to worry about supply issues.

......

Ye Fei explained one by one, and Ace was fascinated.

The facilities on board are indeed too rich.

Soon, Ye Fei brought him to the cannon.

See the shells in front of you.

Ace remembered Ye Fei's words.

Fixed 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 mentioned? Fixed loading?"

Ace pointed to a cannonball in front of him that was more than two meters long and one meter in diameter.

"yes"

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 was stunned.

Are these cannonballs really that powerful?

"Then let's try"

Immediately, Ace immediately asked for a test shot.

"no problem"

Ye Fei smiled.

At present, this ship can only be operated by oneself.

Then, the shells are loaded directly into the cannon.

Manipulate the posture lever, turn the gun head, and reach the sea surface in the distance.

The whole set of movements is smooth and flowing.

Even Ace on the side was stunned.

Damn, it turns out that you are hiding something deep.

This ship was played so slippery by you.

The preparations have just been done.

Ye Fei turned to Ace beside him.

"Ace, go up and see, how far can this shot go?"

"it is good"

Ace jumps on top of the 'White Pearl' boat.

The huge barrel moved with Ye Fei's manipulation.

Ace looked in the direction indicated by the barrel.

At this moment, Ye Fei pressed the button.

bump!

The air wave generated by the shells almost blows Ace off the boat.

Fortunately, he grasped it firmly enough.

The shells fired at such a high speed that even he couldn't see clearly.

After a moment.

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.

Ace couldn't hold back his excitement, and immediately jumped off the boat.

"Ye Fei, I've never seen such power, it's too fast, I didn't even see it clearly"

“Simply too strong”

"Just now, I estimate that it was more than ten nautical miles away."

Ace supported Ye Fei and shouted excitedly.

"That's right, even the navy's warship cannons are not our opponents"

Ye Fei nodded.

Navy cannons are round iron bullets.

The initial velocity of the launch was very low, and it fell in a parabola before it got close to the opponent.

Therefore, the accuracy is incomparable to that of a fixed gun.

"Hey, Ye Fei, why don't we use this ship to fight the navy?"

Ace grinned.

With this big guy in front of me.

He couldn't wait to have a confrontation with the navy.

To repay the shame of last time.

Ye Fei had a black line on his face: "We just got a warship, and we messed around?"

"Don't forget, it's not suitable for the Navy to do it yet"

Facing Ye Fei's reminder, Ace smiled awkwardly: "I'm not joking."

With such a weapon.

Even in the face of naval warships, there is no need to run away, just face hard steel directly.

"Right now, we have to keep a low profile"

Ye Fei laughed.

Of course, he knew that the news could not be concealed.

But so what.

"Ye Fei, how much does this ship cost?"

"If the price is right, we might be able to build a few more"

Ace doesn't have too many ships like this.

For Ace's question.

Ye Fei didn't know either, after all, he got it through exchange.

Then he looked at Ace: "How much does the Moby Dick cost?"

Ace thought for a while: "I guess it's more than 20 billion Berry."

Ye Fei nodded: "This ship needs at least five times the number. This is just the cost of the ship, not counting other things."

"Forehead????"

Ace was dumbfounded.

Five times more fake than Moby Dick.

Wouldn't that cost tens of billions of Berry?

This ship is actually 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 really expensive."

"With our current financial resources, although it can be recreated"

"But the cost could be significant"

"However, we can build some smaller ones according to the style of this ship"

"But need to find someone like that"

Ye Fei laughed.

According to the parameters provided by the system, the cost of a shell for the main battery of the 'White Pearl' is 500 million Berry.

In other words, Ye Fei's shot just now cost 500 million Berry.

If you fight like this, [-] rounds will be [-] million Berries.

Therefore, wars are very costly.

At present, with the funds controlled by Ye Fei, it is not a big problem to manufacture 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 opinion.