Struggle in the Steam Age

Chapter 462: Defense against sea

It can be said that it is normal for the church to take away the ship and everything found on the ship. After all, for the churches, after these things left by the other party, they can try to lock the other party's position through the sacrifice ceremony. . Maybe we will be able to fully understand the cause and effect of this matter.

Therefore, after everyone has completed the inspection. Lawrence asked the tugboat that had towed the brig to the outermost part of the port to anchor on the side of the half-repaired trestle, and then directly blocked the trestle to wait for someone from the church to come and receive it. The barnacles spread, and the barnacles that were caught were taken by people from the agricultural church to temporarily raise them in the church’s pool.

"This time we were lucky. Although we didn't get any benefit, we knew that the ship came to the port by accident, and it won't cause any disaster." After everyone said goodbye to each other, Nara said to Lawrence and Seifer By this time, the three of them were going to have lunch in the back garden of the office building, so while setting up the table, they were discussing the previous unmanned drifting boat.

Nora has a reason to say this, because the powers related to transcendence in this world are generally double-edged swords. In addition to the opportunity to bring benefits, the greater possibility will be disaster. And New Sauer is the home of Lawrence and the others, so for them, for safety reasons, they would rather not have this kind of extraordinary benefits and hope that they can be safe in the morning, and don't have various troubles.

"You're right." Lawrence nodded in approval. "In fact, the safety factor on our island is much better than that of the surrounding islands. At least those fishermen are willing to share their experiences with our people every time they come over, and tell us about the various anomalies around us. Can help us a lot."

Because Lawrence and the others have built the only fishery processing plant in the surrounding waters, plus they can provide medical and other services and actively organize fishermen to build cooperatives. Therefore, the fishermen on the surrounding islands, with the exception of a few directly subordinate to the surrounding island lords, basically now regard Neuschauer Island as their home.

Under such circumstances, the fishermen on Sauer Island are naturally willing to do many things for their homeland. For example, consciously and proactively observe the surrounding abnormal conditions during fishing and proactively report those staff on the island. For this sea, the fishermen who have been busy here for decades, and even their ancestors have been here for generations, can often find things that normal people cannot find through many very subtle places.

For Lawrence, with the help of this group of fishermen, he established a maritime reconnaissance network centered on New Sauer Island and its surroundings. Although the information collected by this method has some problems in the transmission speed, it is already very good for other surrounding islands.

In the previous period of time, this group of fishermen have repeatedly reported various abnormal conditions in the surrounding area. Although it was found after inspection that most of these situations were something similar to rare sea beasts crossing the border, at least it proved that such a reconnaissance network can proceed smoothly.

Of course, telling the fishermen this news is not just to let them stare, but also to remind them. At least from the things that monster did before, it was obvious that it was an evil to humans. Therefore, if the news was known in advance, these fishermen might have a chance to escape even if they encountered the monster unfortunately.

"Really, I only hope that the joint investigation team formed by the various churches can come and take the boat away." Nara shrugged and said, "Really, I am a little bit worried about the boat now. After all, in many stories, such a boat is likely to trigger the next story."

"When you say that, I feel a little hairy in my heart." Lawrence frowned when the little doll said that. "Nara? Do you think this brig in the harbor seems a little unsafe? Don’t you need the tugboat to tow that ship into the range of the fort outside the port?"

"Good idea." Nora said after patted her hands on her chest? "Anyway, there are no hurricanes in this season. We can anchor this boat on the beach in front of the port against the direction of the island. And. Is that place just within the shooting range of the fort? Once there is an emergency on the ship or around the hull, it can be resolved in time."

Do it if you think of it? Fortunately, there are also two tugboats in the port area. So in the backyard of this office building on a small high ground not far from the port area, Lawrence and the others quickly saw a steam tug towing the brig that had just docked all the way to the shallows outside the port. .

"It feels much safer now than before." Watching the sailing boat driven by the steam tug towards the exit of the port? The little doll said from the heart. "But I personally think that we better strengthen our ability against all kinds of enemies in the sea. Think about the size of those barnacles? I think the defense we have done is far from enough."

"But we only have such a small amount of manpower? It is basically impossible to increase water power." Lawrence said helplessly, "After all, a boat needs at least hundreds of people to control, even if we have the money to buy a boat, we cannot find enough. Warship operators."

"I remember that there are some magic ships that require only a few people to operate, and not all magic ships are very expensive." Saifeier said suddenly at this time. "Although each of those expensive magic ships is equivalent to a magic tower? We definitely can't afford them. But we should be able to afford some cheap ones."

"The problem is that those cheap goods have all kinds of problems." Lawrence said with a slightly helpless shrug. "For example, those magic boats that we can afford and need only a few people to operate are either as big as the small armed speedboats we bought this time? The overall strength is at most equivalent to the combat power of 4-5 equal speedboats. It's the kind of ordinary ship that just adds some magical functions. Not only is the price/performance ratio poor, but it also requires a lot of manipulators."

"Then what's the meaning of these ships?" After hearing Lawrence's words, Syphil looked puzzled~lightnovelpub.net~ You said that these ships can neither save labor, nor have their combat effectiveness as powerful as imagined. Expensive. So why do those manufacturers and extraordinary people make such ships? "

"Make money!" Lawrence shrugged and said, "Like you just said? The real magic ship, even those big countries, only has single digits, and it is not something ordinary people or even ordinary organizations can buy. So. In order to meet these needs, many people have built many ships of this type and sold them."

"How about the airship?" Nora said as if suddenly thinking of something. Obviously, as a commoner with Lawrence's soul? The puppet reminds of the lethality of Lawrence's previous life's air power on sea targets. "If I remember correctly, an airship only needs a few people to control it."

"You're right? And the airship can stay empty for a long time, and at the same time can have a large detection range." Lawrence thought for a moment and said. "But there is an obvious problem with this thing? That is the need for a complete set of very professional logistics equipment and the construction of corresponding facilities. And we lack both such funds and professional staff."

"But what you said reminded me? I thought of a few things that should be able to complete a most basic defense against the sea if we can afford it."

After finishing talking? Lawrence summoned his book charm, and then began to write and draw on a piece of paper.

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