Pirates: I built a super navy city

On the way back to King's Landing.

Franky is like a curious baby.

Whenever he catches a crew member, he will ask questions.

He is curious about everything.

After all, Tana is too advanced.

Not to mention Franky, even King's Landing itself can't build a ship with the same technological level as Tana.

At this moment, he has no resistance to going to King's Landing, and even has a tendency to regard King's Landing as a holy place.

At the same time, the Navy Headquarters.

High-level meeting room.

"Borsalino, how is the steel warship project going now?"

After seeing everyone arrive, Sengoku asked.

After all, Kizaru is the supreme commander of the scientific force, and this time, Kizaru is naturally responsible for the coordination between the headquarters and Vegapunk for the steel warship project.

"Speaking of this, even Vegapunk was amazed at those warships. Junlin is so terrible!"

"Be serious!"

Zhan Guo was full of black lines.

I asked you to report, not to tremble at your performance.

Also, can't your voice change?

Every time I listen to you in a meeting, it's very hard just to resist hitting you, okay?

"Well, Vegapunk said that the technology is not very difficult, he has almost mastered it, but the craftsmanship..."

"There is no way for this. Some things cannot be done by understanding, but it takes time to solve."

"For example, throw you back to primitive society, give you only a stone axe, and ask you to make a rifle. Even if you know all the knowledge of making rifles, can you really make it?"

"And this is the situation we are facing now!"

"The technology can be mastered, but it is impossible to make a finished product in a short time!"

"The above is what Vegapunk said!"

Kizaru was serious for once.

He said very seriously.

"Is that so..."

"Then can we lower the performance and make a low-profile version first?"

Zhan Guo asked unwillingly.

For example, the main gun range does not need to be 12 nautical miles, only 3 nautical miles is enough.

For example, the speed does not need to be 30 knots, but 15 knots is enough, right?

Even if the performance is castrated like this, it is also an epoch-making technological change for the pirate world.

So, lower the requirements first and make a batch.

Then spend time to study in depth and get the so-called craftsmanship bit by bit.

"Hey, Marshal, how do you know that Vegapunk thinks so?"

At this time, Kizaru suddenly spoke.

This made Zhan Guo very angry.

Since Vegapunk said so, why didn't you say it at the beginning and keep it a secret?

He glared at Kizaru.

"According to Vegapunk, although it is impossible to produce warships with the same performance as King's Landing, but..."

"Don't give me buts, just tell me, what can Vegapunk do?"

Before Kizaru finished speaking, Sengoku interrupted.

"Okay!"

"According to Vegapunk, the new type of naval gun that King's Landing calls a cannon, he has completely mastered the technology, but due to the limitations of the process, the range will not exceed three nautical miles, and the barrel life can only reach about 300 rounds!"

"Of course, there is a way to solve the barrel life issue, as long as it is made of seastone, but the price..."

Kizaru didn't say anything else.

But everyone present understood it immediately.

Seastone can be regarded as one of the hardest metals in the pirate world, and Vegapunk has also mastered its processing method.

Just like Smoker's weapon, the Ten Hands, is made of seastone.

Of course, if the gun barrel is made of seastone, then let alone 300 rounds, even 30,000 rounds will be no problem.

But the problem is...

The gun barrel of the battleship's main gun, even if it is only the caliber of less than 200 mm on the four battleships, is nearly ten tons.

This is just one gun barrel.

And a double-mounted main gun requires twenty tons of seastone.

Are you serious?

If this is the case, the Celestial Dragons will go bankrupt...

So, this plan is definitely not feasible.

"300 rounds..."

"Just treat it as a temporary transition!"

"Borsalino, go on!"

Sengoku smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Replacing the gun barrel after 300 rounds will obviously greatly increase the operating cost of the battleship.

But as a temporary transition, he is not unacceptable.

"Okay, then I'll talk about the power problem next."

Kizaru shrugged and spread his hands.

If you think it's okay, then it's okay.

I have no objection!

“The King’s Landing warship uses a brand newThe power system uses Coke as fuel. Yes, it is the favorite of the naval grassroots soldiers, Coke! ! "

While saying this, Kizaru even made a very exaggerated expression.

This made Sengoku almost unable to hold back and gave him a big slap.

Fortunately, over the years, he has also developed resistance to Kizaru and endured it.

"Like the naval gun, Vegapunk has mastered the technology and can successfully manufacture it, but it can't do it to the level of King's Landing!"

"The main reason is that the core of this power device is very precise, and with our current technological level, it is impossible to carry out such precise processing. "

Kizaru told Vegapunk everything he had told him.

But what he didn't know was...

In fact, the coke power device that Vegapunk can make now is even better than the one made by Franky in the original work.

However, it is still much worse than the one that can propel a 10,000-ton steel battleship at 30 knots in King's Landing.

As for the reason, it is actually the same as what Vegapunk said.

In terms of precision, even the precision that can be achieved in Vegapunk's laboratory is hundreds of times worse than that in the factories in King's Landing.

Yes, it is not an exaggeration at all, it is a hundred times the precision difference.

So, even if it is the same design and the same materials, the performance of the coke power device made by Vegapunk must be much worse than that of King's Landing.

"Borsalino, just tell me, how many knots can the power device made by Vegapunk allow the ship to run?"

"Originally, it should have been able to achieve a maximum speed of 15-18 knots. ”

“15-18 knots, so fast?”

Zhan Guo was delighted.

This is better than he expected.

But soon, he reacted.

Wait, originally?

“Borsalino, what does originally mean?”

“Literally, because the thing at the bottom of the ship, called a propeller by Junlin...”

“What’s wrong with that thing?”

“We can’t do it to the level of Junlin either. Don’t look at that thing as simple, but according to Vegapunk, the difficulty of that thing is no less than that of a naval gun and a power plant.”

“So, how fast can it be?”

“The cruising speed is 10 knots, and the maximum speed can only reach 12 knots!”

Zhan Guo was stunned.

Is this propeller so important?

Just such a thing that doesn’t seem to have any technical difficulty, directly increases the speed from 15-18 knots...

to 10-12 knots?