The Knight's Journey to the Empire

Although Gregeric had already led the outpost reconnaissance fleet to Fir County, before Soran officially returned to his own territory [Magellan Island], there was one place he felt he had to visit, otherwise he would always feel uneasy.

And this place is the [Navy Training Camp] built on [Qihang Island].

Today, the [Angliss Islands] can be said to be suffering from the threat from the Kingdom of Essex.

Because the army of the Kingdom of Essex might cross the sea to attack at any time.

The navy in training on [Sailing Island] is the only factor in the [Angliss Islands] that has a chance to turn the tide.

So Sauron had to take it seriously and planned to come and see it in person.

After all, no matter what, as a time traveler, Soran has a broader vision and pattern than the local natives in terms of such an epoch-making action as building a navy in the Knight Continent.

Therefore, perhaps he can put forward some constructive suggestions for the construction of this navy from his own perspective, so as to enhance the combat effectiveness of the navy!

Of course, Soran didn't mean to look down on the natives of the Knight Continent.

On the contrary, he would not look down upon anyone on the Knight Continent excessively, nor would he be so arrogant as to think that he could defy everything.

You know, every profession has its specialties!

Since the Knight Continent has been able to develop such a prosperous human civilization over thousands of years, there must be wise and strong people among them.

As for Sauron, he just had the advantage of some experience and memory from his previous life.

Therefore, if he really competed with the wise and powerful men of the Knight Continent in other aspects, he might be fooled by someone and even help others count the money after being sold!

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The [Naval Training Camp] of [Qihang Island] is located next to the [New Ganise Port]. It covers a large area and has its own independent pier and dock. Even the shipyard moved from Canard is set up inside.

There are nearly 4000 soldiers stationed in the [Navy Training Camp] today.

Although Countess Curtis agreed at a meeting a few days ago to reorganize all army units into navy.

However, the military reorganization in this world does not have as many twists and turns as in the previous life. It is solved directly in a simple and rough way.

For example, for the 3,000 army troops, Lord Fatis and Lord Utred directly took them to the [Navy Training Camp] to receive naval combat training, which means the adaptation was complete.

No one dares to object to this, and no one will have any objection.

After all, the concept of naval forces appeared for the first time on the Knight Continent, and other people had never even heard of it before, so where would they get their opinions from!

Therefore, the naval construction of [Qihang Island] is actually crossing the river by feeling the stones, exploring experience step by step.

When the group was first formed, although Soren gave Plant a lot of opinions and suggestions, they were all theories on paper and Soren himself had never put them into practice.

So don’t ask Sauron whether it will work or not, because he doesn’t know either.

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It was almost noon when Soran brought Knight Alexovich and Thomas to the entrance of the Naval Training Camp on Sailing Island.

Because yesterday Soran had instructed Thomas to ask a servant from the mansion to go to the [Navy Training Camp] to pass on the message, saying that he would come to visit at noon today.

So at this moment today, Plant and Redsas were already waiting at the gate of the [Navy Training Camp].

When the two saw the figures of Soran and the other two, they immediately responded and said politely: "Viscount Soran, long time no see! Long time no see!"

Soran smiled warmly and politely, "It's been a long time since we last met, brothers! I'm sorry to bother you guys when I come to the [Navy Training Camp] today!"

"No way! No way! It's our honor that Viscount Soran can come to inspect our [Navy Training Camp]!" Redsass flattered him.

After all, no matter what, now on [Sailing Island], apart from Countess Katis and His Royal Highness Prince Mercristin, Soran's Viscount title is the highest.

Moreover, Sauron himself was very powerful and wise, which was enough to convince them.

"Yes! Yes! It would be even better if Viscount Soran could give some useful suggestions for the training of our navy!" Plan said meaningfully.

When Sauron heard this, the stone in his heart fell to the ground.

Since Plant said so, it means that the opinions he had previously put forward regarding naval construction were useful and achieved good results.

Otherwise, Plant wouldn't have said that!

"Please rest assured, brothers. If there is any problem, I will definitely bring it up!" Sauron responded politely again.

After a brief greeting between the three, Plant and Redsas took Soran and the other two to the [Navy Training Camp].

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Just now, outside the [Navy Training Camp], Soran heard the shouts and roars of the naval troops who were training inside the training camp.

So now, as soon as he stepped into the gate of the [Navy Training Camp], he saw many naval soldiers seizing the time to train on a vast beach training ground.

What these naval soldiers are currently undergoing is basic physical training.

Over there, Plant began to introduce Soran: "My Lord, there are currently 4000 naval soldiers stationed in the [Navy Training Camp]!"

"But due to the limited number of warships available for naval training, we adopted a separate training method!"

"During the training time every day, 2,000 soldiers go out to sea by boat to practice naval warfare in areas with deeper waters. Of the remaining 2,000 soldiers, 1,000 of them conduct basic physical training on the beach training ground, and another 1,000 train swimming, diving, breath holding, underwater combat and other combat skills in shallow waters."

"The next day, the two groups of soldiers will exchange training content and conduct their own training! This cycle will be repeated for six days, followed by one day of rest. Seven days is one cycle."

Soran nodded when he heard this, but did not comment.

After everyone took a quick look at the navy soldiers' training, Plant took Soran and the others to other areas of the [Navy Training Camp].

The [Navy Training Camp] covers a very large area and is mainly divided into several areas: office area, training area, accommodation area, canteen, and dock area.

Although Canard's [Old Cap Shipyard] is located in the same area as the [Naval Training Camp], it is a relatively independent entity in terms of management.

Today, the Old Cap Shipyard is still jointly managed by Aldridge and Canard.

However, when Plant was taking Soran on an inspection tour, he also took him to take a look at the Old Cap Shipyard.

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[Qihang Island] Before it was developed by humans, it was also an emerald island covered with giant green trees.

These giant trees have been in a state of natural growth for thousands of years. Some of them are so large and strong that they can definitely be used to build ships and repair warships.

Therefore, when Wolfe led his subjects to develop the [Setting Sail Island], he had the foresight to keep these high-quality timbers and stored them in the warehouse for emergency use.

At present, the number of warships used for naval training is insufficient. Therefore, with sufficient wood, [Old Cap Shipyard] is working overtime to rush the production of warships.

However, rather than calling it a battleship, Soran felt that it would be more appropriate to call it a "war boat".

Because this type of warship is small in size, it is similar to an ordinary fishing boat.

It is about 12 meters long and 1.2 meters wide. When fully staffed, it can just carry a squad of 10 soldiers.

But compared with ordinary fishing boats, the bottom of this small war boat is thicker, and the bottom surface of the bow is roughly "V" shaped.

Soran guessed that the reason these small warships were designed in this way was that other factors were abandoned and only the speed factor was taken into consideration.

And the main purpose!

It should also be to allow the soldiers on the boat to get closer to the enemy's ship faster and then destroy the enemy's ship, such as drilling the ship, setting fire to it...

Of course, in addition to this small warship, Soran also saw some other real warships being produced.

The size of this warship is about the same as that of a medium-sized cap ship, and it is also equipped with attack facilities such as rams and giant crossbows.

Some vulnerable parts were even covered with a layer of iron sheets to increase the defense of the warship.

As for warships larger than this type, Soran did not see any being produced.

But after asking Canard and Aldridge, he understood the reason.

The reason why [Old Cap Shipyard] cannot produce large warships is mainly because the wood on [Set Sail Island] is unqualified and of poor quality.

It’s not that the quality of these woods is not good, but the wood needed to build large ships needs to be processed through special techniques, and the processes and steps involved also require time to operate and settle.

But given the current difficulties faced by the [Anglican Islands], there is definitely not enough time.

So they did not rush to build large warships.

However, on-site production is indeed not possible, but modification should be fine, right?

According to Aldrich, so far, they [Old Cap Shipyard] have provided the navy with ten large warships converted from large transport ships.

This type of large warship can carry a battalion of 100 soldiers at a time, and can also carry enough supplies for these 100 people for ten days. The ship is also equipped with facilities such as rams, powerful crossbows and giant arrows.

But unfortunately, today these large warships were pulled to the open sea for naval battle training, so Soran was unable to see them.

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