Boom!
The wooden ship finally left the river channel and slowly sailed into the ocean.
Its pitch-black hull lacked decoration, and its twisted, primitive log structure made one wonder whether it could keep up with the times. Yet its roaring steering engine and auxiliary wheels provided powerful propulsion.
Judging by its appearance alone, it was an old wooden sailing warship enlarged tenfold, stripped of its original sails and fitted with modern components.
Crude, rough, yet remarkably cheap and effective.
Rumble!
This was the fleet's thirteenth wooden Log Battleship. These wooden warships lagged behind the times in both speed and defense, yet they had unexpectedly been welcomed by the military regions and the soldiers. It was not limited to the Third Military Region either; other military regions had submitted purchase requests after using them.
Soldiers did not lie about such things. They would often reject weapons and equipment that endangered their lives, yet they rated these crude wooden warships highly.
"Their lower halves are solid. Those Fishmen can't punch through them."
"Even if they get close to the deck or the hull, the plants attached to the ship will attack them. It's very effective."
"My section was actually breached, but it healed on its own. And even if it can't heal, it's fine. They're multilayered structures. Even if they get smashed to pieces, they can still float."
Wooden and steel ships seemed as though iron ships held every advantage, but there was no need to explain what happened when wood and iron were thrown into water. The Log Battleships provided by Lu PingAn were even absurdly crude. Most of their structure was solid, which meant they did not fear being breached at all. Sinking them became extremely unrealistic. At worst, they became rotten chunks of wood floating on the water.
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