C847 The Great Adventure of the Zhiyuan Warship

Kevin looked at the drawing, then asked about the size of the sculpture. "Brass Gold Forging Technology, requires a week to customize, is there enough time?"

The real Zhiyuan Warship had two gold royals at its bow, choosing the shape of two dragons playing with pearls. The word "Zhiyuan" was written under the dragon's claws, and the copper gilding process shone brightly in the sun.

"We need to prepare to leave Europe now. We need to plan carefully for many things, and it will take us at least half a month before we depart!"

The soldiers on the deck had dispersed all the unrelated people. Prince Karl, King Yi and the other foreign students had all started to meet in top secret.

Karl glanced at King Yi and asked, "You have obtained the map?" King Yi nodded his head: "Yesterday's encrypted telegram, the Zhiyuan Warship's return route has already been determined …"

"Children, now is the time to tell you the details. As the first newly-designed battleship, the level of secrecy has always been the highest. The Prussian side has even paid countless of spies' blood and lives to protect this battleship …"

"We all know that the Royal Navy is the strongest in the world, and the British Empire is supported by their powerful navy. The two strong standards guarantee that he can face the challenges of second and third place together …"

"The sea is a forbidden place for the British. They would never let anyone else get their hands on it, especially if it was a heavy weapon that transcended the times. "Once in the eyes of the British, they will not hesitate to capture him …"

"We have to admit, the current Ryukyu, including Prussia, have almost zero say in the sea. In the face of the British's provocation, we have no strength to fight back, so saying that this Zhiyuan Warship is transported to Asia is a big problem!"

"Let's look at the map …" After King Yi had finished speaking, Prince Karl opened a world map and said, "Under normal circumstances, 2,300 tons of Zhiyuan Warship should travel along the coast of Europe, cross the English Channel, enter the Mediterranean and then enter the Indian Ocean from the Suez Canal. Finally, India, Southeast Asia, and North Asia … …"

"Zhiyuan Warship s are pure steam power warships, they are designed to carry coal at a weight of 700 tons. "It's not enough, it's far from enough, so we have to resupply at the pier regularly …"

"However, almost all the ports on this route are colonized by the English and French. As long as Zhiyuan Warship appears on the Baltic Sea, they will definitely find it and the British will chase them down …"

"So!" "So, the Prime Minister intentionally sent us a message and showed us a completely new route, a grand adventure that belongs to the Zhiyuan Warship!"

"Look at the map..." The temperature difference between northern Europe and the Baltic Sea is great, and thick fog often appears. We can choose a time when the thick fog spreads and stealthily leave the Voltaire Shipyard to enter the Baltic Sea. After we bypass Denmark and enter the North Sea, we won't head south, we'll head north … "

His finger moved across the map and a line appeared in front of them. "If we don't follow the usual route, we must not let the British guess our plan and head north along the Scandinavian Peninsula into the Norwegian Sea." When we get to the Faroe Islands, head south, following the axis of the Atlantic all the way south … "

"Hiss …" Everyone inhaled a breath of cold air, "How is that possible?" Take the Reykjanis Ridge between the Faroes and Iceland? that would be Newfoundland soon, we're already at North America Continent … "

"No, no, the Prime Minister means not to go near the North America Continent. Along the sea ridge all the way south, we should be going straight to the Azores, right? This is Portugal's territory, there can't be no British spies and diplomats here, we can't keep it a secret! "

"It seems that the Prime Minister's intention is to avoid all the islands and head south along the Atlantic Ridge. Around the Cape of Good Hope or the Strait of Magellan? "

The King Yi pointed to the southernmost tip of South America Continent. "Here, the Prime Minister wants you all to go, enter the Magellan Strait and enter the Pacific Ocean. Then, cross the Pacific Ocean and return home …"

"Impossible!" Kevin jumped up at the side. "Do you think that the battleship I designed is a permanent one? A thousand tons of coal isn't even enough to clear the North and South Atlantic. Are you crazy? "

"No, we are not crazy!" King Yi took out a small Iron-armored Ship model from his guard's bag and placed it on the map. "It's definitely impossible to complete this kind of adventure with just the Zhiyuan Warship, but we still have other means!" With that, King Yi took out five more scissor boat s from his bag.

"How about I go with five supply ships for the Zhiyuan Warship? Five large scissor boat s made in the United States, each one has a carrying weight of over 1700 tons, is five sufficient? "

Everyone was shocked by this bold plan. In that era, there was no concept of a supply ship, but the Western Navy still relied heavily on the port chain to supply their ships. This was because the design of the supply ships was different from that of the warships, and the speed was also difficult to coordinate.

In addition to that, in the time of the Sail battleship, the requirement of supplies for navigation was not too high. The motivation was the strong wind at sea, so the cabin was unable to contain ammunition, food, fresh water and some other materials.

Today, the idea that the King Yi had put forward had really refreshed everyone present, "Don't look at me, I can't think of such a good method. This was also the Prime Minister Xiao's idea!"

"It's not enough, it's still not enough. Using five scissor boat s to replenish a ship of Iron-armored Ship, I admit that this method is very bold, but the distance ahead is really too far!"

"Crossing the Atlantic shouldn't be a problem, but crossing the Pacific Ocean is impossible. Absolutely not!"

King Yi smiled, "We did not consider crossing the Pacific Ocean directly? As long as our fleet can get here safely, we'll be able to get supplies... Chile! "

"Huh?" Everyone's gaze turned towards the South America, that strange little country. "Chile? Do we have any special relationship with the Chile? "

"Hahaha, not yet, but when your fleet arrives at Chile, I think it will be related …"

Karl looked at King Yi with incomparable admiration. "The longer he interacts with Xiao Letian, the more he will feel a blow to his head. I just found out about the conflicts between Chile, Peru and Bolivia, and he had already started to interfere? "

"He really doesn't look like a Asian. I keep having the feeling that he knows this world better than us Europeans!"