129 – Dreadnought
After successfully completing the launching ceremony.
Ed immediately gathered the personnel and prepared for training.
In order to operate a dreadnought battleship that can accommodate more than 700 crew members, one must be familiar with the necessary procedures and operating methods.
“Then, we will start arranging each person according to their group.”
However, the time for practical training is only 5 days.
It was a very tight time to deal with a battleship that had just been built.
For this reason, Ed has taken this into account and thoroughly educated them on the ship’s mechanical operating principles and structure, and currently, those at the middle management level (dwarves, club members, and engineering corps executives) are fully aware of this.
“To the power location!”
“”To the location!””
Based on 70 middle management level people with a high level of understanding of battleships, each group of 10 workers was organized into groups and thorough image training was carried out during the construction of the battleship.
The workers, who had familiarized themselves with their duties in advance using holograms and textbooks, began moving according to the manual.
“Report.”
Soon, Ed climbed into the battleship’s control room and began training with a time limit.
Before setting sail, it was a training exercise in which each department checked for any abnormalities and reported them.
“Nothing wrong with the boiler room!”
“Nothing wrong with the engine room!”
“Communication room, no problem!”
“Ammunition storage, no problem!”
“No problem with guns 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5!”
In this way, the heads of each department inspected the supplies and equipment essential to their respective departments and then submitted a report.
In response, Captain Ed looked through the report in accordance with the format, confirmed that there were no problems, and gave the order to set sail.
“Boiler rooms 1 and 2 are in operation!”
Once Ed’s order was issued, the department heads who returned to their respective positions began issuing the necessary orders.
First of all, it was necessary to operate the boiler room in order to operate the ship.
This is because the steam turbine that acts as an engine must be turned.
-Rarrr!
And just like that, a fire was ignited in the large brazier.
The combustion spell engraved on the large brazier is activated, setting fire to the firewood.
-Oh my! Sigh!
So, workers shoveled coal to increase firepower.
However, since it was equipped with the wearable robot’s arm parts and knee assist device, it was able to scoop up coal very easily.
A boiler room can be operated with only a small number of workers.
-Shhh!
When the boiler room started operating in earnest, the water began to boil and generate steam.
High-temperature, high-pressure steam flowed through the pipe and reached the nozzle of the steam turbine, the ship’s engine, and the nozzle began to expand the steam and convert heat energy into velocity energy.
-Slap! Slam! Churrr!
The converted speed energy collided with the rotary blades of the steam turbine and began to be converted into mechanical energy.
The fixed blades of the steam turbine increase the speed of the fluid instead of increasing its pressure, and the fluid with increased speed pushes the rotor blades at a high speed, causing the turbine shaft to begin to rotate.
-Hung… Hung… Hung… Hung… Hung… Hung, Hung, Hung, Hung, Hung, Rumbling.
Then the rotating blades of the propeller began to rotate and push the water back.
As the propeller rotated faster, the speed of the ship increased.
-Sssssibly.
In that way, the dreadnought battleship moved at top speed.
David, a first-class temporary officer on the navigation bridge, was in charge of controlling the direction of the battleship under orders from Captain Ed on the armored bridge.
Because a video transmission magic sphere was installed on each bridge, it was easy to receive and deliver orders from the captain.
“We will begin firing training. A hypothetical enemy ship was observed to be 11 nautical miles away in the direction of 120 degrees west latitude north of the main fleet. At this time, destroy the enemy ship moving at 83 degrees south latitude west at a speed of 6 knots.”
Once Ed became somewhat familiar with the battleship maneuver training, he immediately began firing training.
The order was to assume a hypothetical enemy ship and sink it.
“Slow down the battleship!”
As Ed gave the command, David on the sailing bridge began to give commands.
After calculating the enemy ship’s movement path and speed using calculation equipment, the route was instructed to allow the enemy to approach at the shortest distance.
In this way, David learned navigation skills and was able to take on the role of a captain.
Of course, I had to lose a lot of hair roots in the process.
“I will adjust to 65 degrees south latitude west and a speed of 9 knots.”
However, David didn’t care about the hair.
Like this, isn’t he performing the role of an officer aboard a great battleship?
Today was the brightest day of his 19-year-old life.
Like the top of his head that shines.
‘You’re doing well.’
Meanwhile, Ed was looking at David with a happy face.
As a person from another world, it must not have been easy for him to learn navigation, but he is playing his role so well.
‘You had a hard time. ‘There would have been no concept of modern navigation.’
A different world where astronomical navigation techniques are still used.
As a result, the concept of navigation taught by Ed was bound to be unfamiliar.
This means guessing the location through mathematical calculations using latitude and longitude.
Of course, Clendor, with its advanced navigation skills, was able to make more precise measurements using devices such as an astrolabe or compass, but the technology was far inferior to modern navigation using precise mechanical equipment.
“Fire.”
Maneuvering the battleship like that, when the enemy ship came within range of the turret, David gave the order to open fire.
Accordingly, the nearby gun control room received David’s order and began preparing to load for firing.
The cannonballs were loaded into the cannon by manipulating various mechanical devices.
However, since it was being fired from a long distance, it was not possible to just shoot blindly.
Many variables had to be taken into consideration, including wind, gusts, air density, precession, and the moving speed of enemy ships.
For this reason, an understanding of ballistics is required to hit the enemy, and this is something that dwarves specialized in.
This is because dwarves are the best in the world when it comes to weapons using gunpowder and ammunition.
But the problem is that this is the sea.
Dwarves are confident in shooting on land, but this is the sea and they had to hit a moving target on a moving ship.
A target calculation method was needed accordingly.
-Beep Beep… Beep Beep…
The rangefinder mounted on the turret began to calculate.
A rangefinder is a device that calculates distance optically using a lens, and its role is to calculate target distance and azimuth.
-Beep Bibik… Bibi Bibik…
And this information is input into the ‘Ballistic and Tracking Calculator’.
At the same time, the ‘Gyro’, which calculates the ship’s direction, and the ‘Pitot Tube Measurement Equipment’, which measures the ship’s speed, also input information into the ‘Trajectory and Tracking Calculator’.
-Beep beep beep!
Finally, the stabilization device transmits the left-right horizontal and front-to-back horizontal, etc. To the ballistics and tracking calculator in the drawing room, which are automatically calculated and the shooting specifications are calculated.
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However, this calculation role was handled by Eve.
This is because it makes much more accurate calculations than an unfinished computer.
When Eve, who had collected the information, displayed the shooting specifications on the screen, the gun control room confirmed the specifications and passed on the information to each turret.
The turret commanders of each turret adjusted the turret’s position and firepower according to the instructed values, and when the command to fire was given, they pressed the button to fire.
-Kwaaa!
A tremendous roar, like thunder.
A battleship shell falling exactly at the virtual location set by East Asia Ed.
“Not bad.”
Ed gave it a passing grade.
As they had been trained repeatedly through holograms countless times, they were able to perform well in actual combat.
Now all that’s left is to keep repeating and mastering it.
***
The long-awaited joint training day.
Ian and Bianca. And Luke was checking their battleships.
This is because it is an opportunity to restore Clendor’s pride, so they must show an overwhelming gap.
“We will deploy maneuver tactics!”
Bianca, a battleship vessel, began to inspect maneuver tactics.
This is to check evasive maneuver tactics, which can be considered the best defense and attack.
-Hwiooooo…!
And the evasive maneuver they used was simple.
Instantly activate the magic circuit to straighten the anchor, then use the wind magic to gain speed.
Because several elite magicians who were gifted with wind-type spells were using wind spells at the same time, Klendor’s battleships were able to gain tremendous acceleration.
Even so, the maximum speed is 11 knots.
“Not bad.”
However, Bianca was quite satisfied.
This is because it is an unimaginable technology for a massive ‘Clendor-class’ battleship equipped with 126 cannons to move quickly with instantaneous acceleration.
The empire that will arrive soon will probably be very surprised when they see this evasive maneuver.
‘No, you must already be surprised.’
But when I thought about it, the princess and the archmage were already watching their training.
You are probably regretting accepting this joint training right now.
‘hehehehe. But this is just the beginning.’
However, evasive maneuver is just one of the tactics they have.
Bianca demonstrated various tactics following evasive maneuvers and imagined the expressions on the faces of the princess and the archmage who would be watching.
Just imagining their shocked expressions makes the corners of my mouth twitch.
“Activate the shield!”
Bianca then decided to show off their defense skills.
This shows her ability to fire reinforced shells at her battleships using her various techniques and block them.
-Quaaang!
In that way, a reinforced shell with a strengthening spell and a chlorination spell was fired.
They rushed towards the ships of the line at incredibly fast speeds.
-Wooow!
But at that time, 21 magicians who had been practicing the shield technique for a long time came together and began to spread the shield.
In addition, the protective shield technique installed on the ship was activated, and multiple layers of protective shields surrounded the battleship.
-Quaaang!
As a result, only 9 layers of the 22 layers of protection were destroyed.
The maximum firepower possessed by the Empire is limited to only 9 layers.
‘You must be in despair.’
A shell that was just fired at one’s own battleship.
In fact, it was a cannonball fired from a first-class battleship owned by the Empire.
In other words, the maximum firepower they have was strengthened as soon as possible.
But the result was just this.
Let alone hitting the ship, it couldn’t even pierce the shield.
The deck of the ship is also permeated with mana and boasts tremendous durability.
“Fire!”
The last thing left is to show the attacking power of the Klendor ships of the line.
For this, Bianca gave the order for all guns to fire simultaneously, and the trained gunners carried out this perfectly.
A cannonball was fired with a tremendous roar from the gun port, which had been strengthened with all kinds of magic.
-Sweet!
Then, a cannonball was fired with a bloody sound.
At the same time, the shape of the shell changed slightly due to the shape transformation technique.
The tip has changed into a sharp shape so that it can pierce the enemy’s shields and decks.
‘This is Clendor’s technology.’
And this was a groundbreaking invention.
This is because it is difficult for objects flying at high speeds to change shape.
However, Clendor managed to accomplish this difficult task, and thanks to this, he was able to demonstrate greater firepower.
‘It’s not just this.’
However, it did not end here.
Clendor’s shells were produced with more advanced technology than the normal shells of other countries.
It was designed to easily penetrate the enemy’s defense shield.
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The reason is that the head of the cannonball contains a special spell and the mana to perform it.
In order to easily dismantle the enemy’s mana shield made of mana, there is a dispel spell on the head, which neutralizes the enemy’s shield without much effort.
-Kwaaa!!
As a result, as you can see, it was able to inflict a tremendous amount of damage.
It was able to penetrate all 9-layer mana shields and destroy the hull.
This was Klendor’s technology.
“Well, as usual.”
Like that, Bianca simply completed her training.
Maneuver, defense, attack.
All of those factors were overwhelming the empire.
Just as Brother Ian said, in order to suppress the empire, it was necessary to show the power of the fleet.
This ‘Clendor-class’ battleship is the pride and symbol of Klendor.
“Moor in the port”
With such an inspired mind, Bianca ordered the ships of the line to enter the port.
Then, highly trained ‘mana magicians’ began to use ‘mana breath’.
Suctions mana from the atmosphere and infuses it into the central control mana stone of the Klendor battleship.
-Sssssbttbttt?
Then, the mana that spewed out from the central control mana stone seeped into each of the hundreds of paddles and began to move automatically.
When anchoring in a nearby place, you can use ‘mana magicians’ to anchor in the port.
‘The empire was a long way away.’
Like this, Clendor even possessed human resources that could use special abilities.
‘Sea Hunter’ who hunts underwater sea monsters
A ‘wind wizard’ who can create wind anytime, anywhere
‘Mana Sorcerer’ who can suck in large amounts of mana from the atmosphere and supply it to the central control mana stone.
All of those elite personnel come together to create the difference between the Empire and the Empire of Klendor.
It gives him a ‘status’ appropriate to the emperor of the sea.
“I enjoyed it. “As expected, it’s amazing.”
When the battleship with a displacement of 5,100 tons docked in the port, the princess began to applaud and praise the majesty of the battleship.
Bianca was moderately humble, but her expression contradicted her words.
It was as if he was snorting.
It’s not that it wasn’t, because the soulless princess’s reaction seemed as if she was trying with her whole body to refuse to acknowledge Clen Dor’s fierceness.
“Rather than that, when will the battleships of the Great Orserk Empire arrive?”
At that time, Bianca asked with a mocking tone the whereabouts of her battleship.
The princess responded that she would arrive within her time, and Bianca pictured her empire’s battleship anchoring next to hers.
The difference in weight class would make no sense.
‘No matter how much effort the empire put into it, it doesn’t work for us.’
The Clendor battleships were so specially built that they were given the proper noun ‘Clendor class’.
The specifications alone were equivalent to a displacement of 5,100 tons, a length of 66m, a width of 16.5M, and an odd 8m.
It is an enormous vessel.
‘In comparison, the empire…’
This is a typical first-class battleship.
It is also a ship of the line that is technologically far behind.
Her brother said that they were building a new battleship with the help of dwarves, but even so, it was obvious that she would not be able to match Clendor.
Dwarves specialize in firearms rather than ships.
He was in the midst of waiting for the enemy’s battleships, thinking about his landslide victory.
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A heavy sound coming from somewhere.
A dark figure cutting through the waves and approaching at incredible speed.
“······?”
Bianca turned her head in the direction of the sound and saw what it was.
It was still coming from far away, so we couldn’t tell what type of battleship it was.
“·······.”
However, I knew it instinctively.
Something unusual is approaching.
Her heart was pounding, her breathing was difficult, and her mind was dizzy.
“····What is that?”
And other people on board felt the same way.
They, who were full of confidence, looked at the dark figure with blank eyes.
As the dark figure gradually appeared, their mouths slowly began to open.
-Buuu!
A loud and resounding horn sound.
And the founder of the giant ship that went against the times and revealed its majesty, and the beginning of the world’s battleship, the Dreadnought.
“······This, this.”
Displacement: 21,060 tons.
Total length: 161m.
Total width: 25m.
Odd 8m.
Ed’s battleship, whose specifications far surpass those of Klendor’s battleships.
-Kugugugugugugugu…
The enormous ship anchored next to the Clendor battleship.
Soon, a man appeared in the eyes of Bianca, who was staring blankly at the battleship with a shocked expression.
The creator and owner of this vessel.
Captain who holds full command of the ship.
Ed was Fix.
Soon, Ed smiled and spoke to Bianca.
“Nice to meet you. This is Edgar Fix, the captain of the dreadnought battleship. Shall we start training right away?”