Two large iron anchors, weighing about 5 tons, hung from 60 centimeters thick iron cables, and they attached themselves to the side of the battleship, occasionally shaking slightly, making a whirring sound of rubbing against the planks.

"The Tilal is a second-class battleship, and its anchor size can't be too small." Fenna stood under the bow of the ship and pointed to the pair of huge iron anchors and explained, "Maybe it's a poor design, or maybe it's something else, an iron anchor that's too small can't hold the seabed. When it's time to stop a boat, it's often a source of trouble. ”

Locke nodded, Fenna was what she said, he didn't understand anything anyway.

Due to the suddenness of the arrival of the battleship, there was no suitable gangway on the dock to help Locke and them get up and down. So when they walked under the ship, Locke looked up at the battleship, which was nearly two stories high, and was really shocked.

A Big Mac!

Hey, when will Iva have such a big warship?

Locke could only think in his heart with envy.

The gangway was attached to the battleship, but the current highest gangway of Iva could only lead to the gun deck on the second level of the battleship, and beyond that was the soft ladder dropped from the ship.

Locke turned his head left and right to check the size of the battleship, and he estimated it, at least 200 feet.

That's more than 60 meters long!

"Grand Commander, let's go up and have a look." Fenna was pleased with Locke's surprised expression, in fact, she had the same expression as Locke when she first saw the ships.

"Allow me to show you the way ahead."

Fenna took the lead up the gangway, and she hurried to the second deck, grabbed the soft ladder that had been fixed on it, and climbed up.

Seeing this, Locke hurriedly followed, and he was a little glad that he didn't wear armor today. When he looked back at Bridget, he noticed that she hadn't come, she was just standing behind, shaking her head at herself, and then pointing to her own clothes.

She wears armor.

Locke didn't understand what she meant, maybe because of the armor? She doesn't want to leave the earth?

But looking back at the big ship that tickled his heart again, it made his heart very hot. It was hard for him to suppress the excitement in his heart. So, he decided to leave Bridget behind and go up to see it himself! It's just that he wasn't the first to get on board. It was Mario, then Noris, and finally Shiloh, and then it was his turn.

When he climbed to the top of the rickety soft ladder, several pairs of strong hands pulled him up.

Packing up a little, Locke looked up.

The originally wide deck was filled with cleanly dressed Kurtilas sailors, all of whom had stubble on their faces and hair that had not been washed for a long time. But when they look at their eyes, they are so divine!

Of course, the shock is the majority...

"Welcome to the battleship Tilar, Grand Lord Harvey. I am the captain of this ship, Rear Admiral Serrito Stoson. ”

Before Locke could recover from the shocked eyes, the white-haired middle-aged man in a major general's dress standing next to Fenna was the first to salute him, and then reported loudly.

From the lookout at the bow to the rudder at the stern of the ship, there were sailors, and with the captain's movements, hew! All the sailors on board gave a military salute.

Locke was stunned for a moment, but he immediately returned the salute and spun around in place.

"Thank you, thank you for welcoming me, and Iva welcomes you all. In the same way, we in Lordaeron welcome our friends from Kul Tiras. ”

As Locke's hand was lowered, the atmosphere on the ship was no longer so serious. The sailors, led by their respective captains, dispersed from the ship and returned to their posts.

Although he was very surprised by Locke's age, the captain stepped forward to act as Locke's narrator. In fact, he is the only one who can take on this responsibility at the moment.

"I'm really curious about the exact dimensions of this battleship, can you tell me? Captain? Looking at the wide battleship, Locke asked again.

This ship really subverted his perception of the sail battleship. He had never seen such a huge battleship in his previous life, and this kind of impact made it difficult for Locke to accept for a while.

"That's my duty, Lord Harvey." The captain laughed, and although he was in his 50s, the pride in the Kurtilas Navy remained unchanged in his smile.

"'Tilar' was a second-class battleship with a displacement of 3,362 tons and a deadweight of 1,976 tons." As he spoke, the captain guided Locke and the others to the command room of the ship's building, where he stood by the railing and pointed to the stern of the ship, "It is 212 feet (64.6 meters) in length, 47 feet 6 inches (14.4 meters) in width, and 25 feet 4 inches (7.8 meters) in draft."

"The sail area of the entire battleship is 5,121 square meters, and the speed is 7-9 knots per hour. There were 739 soldiers and officers on board the Tilar. ”

"Those cannons." Locke pointed to the gun, and to be honest, he didn't understand what the captain was talking about. He was more interested in those artillery. When he was on the ship just now, he saw a total of 3 rows of guns, which is a good thing!

"The Tilal has three gun decks," said the captain with a smile, "and there are 96 guns on board. ”

"The position we see now is the upper artillery deck. The guns here are all 12-pounder guns, and there are 28 guns in all," the captain continued, pointing to the deck below, "and below this deck is the middle gun deck, with a total of 26 24-pounder guns, and below it is the lower gun deck, where there are 28 32-pounder guns. ”

"Behind us," the captain pointed to the aft deck below, "and ten 12-pounder cannons below." In the bow of the ship in front, there were two more 68-pounder cannons with two and 12-pounder medium guns with two. ”

"Did they fire together?" Locke asked curiously, think about it, how spectacular it is for 96 guns to fire together!

"No, it's impossible." The captain smiled and shook his head, "The navy's tactics are to fight in a straight line, so only the artillery on one side can shoot. Still, that's spectacular. ”

Rear Admiral Stozon said with a smile, "Usually at that time, I would have the communications officer tell everyone on the ship to fix everything, including themselves. ”

"Can we go down for a walk?" Locke asked, pointing to the deck below.

"Of course, you can, but it will require my adjutant Colonel Warden to take you on a tour of the ship. Please let me stay with you, I'm going to see how the ship is doing. ”

Naturally, Locke would not refuse, so Captain Stoxon made an invitation and asked Locke to go down first. When Colonel Woden led Locke down, Stoson stopped Fenna, who was at the end.

"What's the matter? Captain? Fenna asked, confused.

"If you can, invite the High Lord to dine on our ship at noon." The smile on Major General Stoxon's face slowly disappeared, and he said solemnly, "This matter is of great significance to us Kul Tiras!" ”

Fenna looked at him calmly, and Major General Stozon looked at her with the same eyes.

Fenna knew that Lady Catherine had helped her not for nothing, including the sailors and officers who had been transferred directly from the navy in Kurtiras. You know, there are only a few second-class battleships in Kurtilas. This still includes the one under his own name.

She didn't understand what kind of inside story was behind all this. But she knew that such a ship that was so important to Kurtilas would not be handed over to her so easily.

This is indeed the case, which is why her best friend, Tasha, has been saying that she does not look like the owner of the ship.

"I will," Fenna finally relented.

Looking at Fenna's distant back, Stoson turned his head and gave an order to the communications officer beside him, "Let Kelly make our treasured Harry fish, don't make a fool, this is our last one." Let him bring out the wine which I have hidden from him, and say, at noon, the great lord of Iva will dine on our ship. ”

Locke followed Colonel Woden's guidance on the wide deck. He soon saw the huge roulette wheel in the middle of the ship.

"This is the windlass," Colonel Woden pointed to the huge winch in front of Locke, "and it will take 260 of our sturdy lads to propel it to lift those two pairs of iron anchors outside." ”

Locke circled around it a few times, and he found that there were many neat pits from top to bottom on the winch drum wheel. It seems that these potholes are where the sailors put the winch radiating handle, otherwise even if the winch is close to the center of the battleship, this limited space cannot accommodate 260 people to work together.

Locke could have imagined such a picture in his mind; More than 20 long thick wooden poles were inserted into the holes of the winch, and a large group of topless sailors, under the command of a man standing on the drum wheel, pushed the winch together. The thick anchor is twisted little by little on the roulette wheel. The huge iron anchor was pulled out of the water little by little, and the water continued to drop downward.

"It's amazing." Locke exclaimed, but he immediately asked his own question, "Why don't you put your anchor down when you're in port?" When I came up, I saw that your iron anchor was not put into the sea in the harbor? ”

"This," Colonel Woden shrugged, "I don't know, I think Miss Fenna knows, right?" ”

"Oh, that's right." Fenna walked in just in time from the outside of the crowd, and she said with some embarrassment, "I'd like to invite you to lunch on this boat at noon." ”

Seeming to see the sharp eyes of the High Elf behind Locke, Fenna explained, "Oh, it's about the Tiral. Well, specifically, I will make it clear to you at that time, I hope you don't shirk. ”

Eating on a boat?

Locke thought for a moment, he turned his head and asked Norris, "Do we have any other itinerary today?" ”

Norris shook her head, and she said calmly, "You need to get back to Iva before nightfall. ”

Locke nodded, and he turned his head to look at Fenna with a smile, "In that case, then I'll invite everyone." ”

Then, without waiting for the embarrassed Fenna to say anything, Locke said, "You have crossed the ocean to Iva and must have needed to replenish supplies. I am the lord of this place, and it is my duty to entertain guests, and in fact, I have something to discuss with you. ”

"Baron Berg!" Locke tilted his head, and Berg hurriedly came up. "Your command, Great Lord."

"Kurtilas is our long-time friend of Lordaeron, and he commands him to go on. Today at noon, I would like to invite our friends to lunch on this battleship. Prepare plenty of fruits and other meats, oh, vegetables and whatever. Forget about rum, I think everyone can't wait to change the taste, and have more fruit wine or ale wine. ”

"Remember, don't have anything to do with the sea."

Locke's words cheered the young sailors on board, and Locke smiled and looked at all the sailors around him, and he added again.

"Especially the fish!"