Earth 1 dock, above the observation deck. Zhao Changxing was suspended in this gravity-free environment, looking steadily outside through the special tempered glass.
Outside the observatory, the endless universe is like a vast ocean. And in this vast dark ocean, countless lights are shining, and together they form a very huge blurred shadow.
The shadow can only be seen in outline, but its specific structure cannot be seen at all.
Against the backdrop of the vast, dark universe, this shadow looks like a prehistoric beast lurking in the deep sea.
I don't know how long it took, but another huge shadow outlined by countless lights slowly "born" from the previous huge figure that looked like a giant beast in the deep sea.
However, the shadow that appeared later was even bigger than the previous shadow.
A series of data reported to him by the person in charge of the Earth-1 Shipyard flashed through Zhao Changxing's mind.
"The longest point is 36751.26 meters, the widest and highest points are 10651.11 and 7653.26 meters respectively."
This is an unprecedented monster built by human civilization.
When it was finally completely separated from its mother's body, the lights that could only vaguely outline its figure suddenly shone brightly. In Zhao Changxing's eyes, it seemed to turn into some kind of mythical creature in an instant, with a sacred aura all over its body.
This is a huge spaceship with an overall cross shape and a detailed structure full of round and soft elements.
"Leader, after the previous ten 'sea trials', all the detailed structures of this space carrier have been adjusted and modified. The remaining five combat spacecraft of the same level and 1,800 small and medium-level combat spacecraft have been assembled and can be formed. ."
Zhao Changxing nodded and solemnly gave the order: "Start formation!"
"Start formation!"
Dots of starlight began to converge towards the space carrier from all directions. Among them, most of the light points were integrated into the space carrier and stopped in the previously preset berth. The five largest light points surrounded the space carrier.
Three of them form a plane, surrounding it in the form of a triangle. The other two occupy the top and bottom of it respectively. Next to these five largest points of light, there are also a small number of smaller points of light surrounding them.
"Leader, the naming voting event has ended. So far, a total of 26.3 billion people have participated in the voting. Among them, the name with the highest number of votes is 'Earth', with about 9.8 billion votes. The second is 'Humanity', with 6.5 billion votes. The third place is 'Sun', with 3.8 billion votes."
A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Changxing's mouth: "Okay. Then, this first 'Venus' class space carrier built in the history of our human civilization will be named after 'Earth'."
"yes!"
"Space Carrier Earth, the first fleet of human civilization's space force, sets sail!"
"set sail!"
At this moment, the bright flame seemed to illuminate the entire deep universe. Zhao Changxing saw with his own eyes that the huge fleet slowly began to accelerate and set off towards the distant depths of the universe.
Zhao Changxing's blood seemed to boil at this moment as the first fleet set sail.
The space carrier is the absolute core of an entire fleet. Now that war theories and concepts are becoming more and more developed, its role is no longer just battlefield projection, but truly assumes the responsibility of the core of the battlefield.
It must not only be able to deliver enough combat spacecraft to the battlefield, not only transport enough logistics and combat readiness materials, reserve enough fuel, water, food, medicine, and ammunition, but also be responsible for the maintenance and repair of warships, personnel first aid, and battlefield It has command and other responsibilities. After arriving on the battlefield, it must truly assume the core of the battlefield and assume the responsibility of the "fortress".
By analogy to the era of cold weapons, in the past, the role and positioning of the space carrier was more similar to that of the rear area. At most, it had a little self-protection ability, but it was impossible to truly participate in the battle. But with the development of science, technology and military theory, the current space carrier, in addition to assuming all the previous responsibilities, also assumes the responsibility of actively participating in battles, just like a ship that originally could only rely on city walls to protect itself. The town now has a cavalry team trained there, so it can take the initiative.
This is a war weapon more suitable for the true third-level civilized battlefield.
At this moment, Zhao Changxing understood a sentence more deeply.
What is needed to build such a space carrier?
It consists of tens of trillions of parts and components, requires millions of different supporting factories, billions of skilled workers with higher education, tens of thousands of research institutions, and hundreds of thousands or millions of people in various disciplines. Scientists have worked hard and need countless mines, countless interstellar transport spacecraft, at least five giant combat spacecraft of the same level, and 1,800 small and medium-sized combat spacecraft of the same technical level...
It takes a lot. But ultimately, a strong, cohesive civilization is needed.
Zhao Changxing truly realized that even if the population of the original G1 galaxy was a hundred times larger, it would be impossible to accomplish such a feat.
This is a true "Venus" class combat formation that goes beyond the "Mercury" class combat formation that mankind was proud of back then.
At this moment, the First Fleet in the Space Force is the first "Venus" class combat formation owned by human civilization. Together with the more than 500,000 people riding in each spacecraft, they have been selected at all levels and have at least accepted Elite soldiers who had been specially trained for more than five years rushed to the battlefield together.
Here, there will be a space battle.
One side of the battle is the First Fleet, and the other side is all the old space carriers and combat spacecraft formations of the human civilization's space force.
This is a battle with a huge disparity in numbers. One side only has one space carrier and five large combat spaceships, with a total number of only more than 500,000 people. On the other side, there are dozens of space carriers, tens of thousands of combat spaceships, and a total number of over ten million people.
This is a space exercise of unprecedented scale. In this military exercise, the war committee hopes to explore the limits of the combat effectiveness of the Venus-star spacecraft formation in the most realistic way, explore the use of such advanced equipment, and complete troop training tasks.
This time, except for the shells and "battle damage" which were fake, everything else was real. The combat plan is completely free to use, and any imaginable combat method can be used. Everything is carried out in accordance with actual combat standards.
At this moment, even the director of this space exercise does not know the final result of this "war".
"The battle begins."
The director's department, Zhao Changxing and other civilization leaders, members of the war committee, and many staff officers were all present.
At this moment, on the big screen, the light spots of different colors representing both parties have begun to come into contact.
"The red side's strategy seems to be to rely on the impact of superior forces regardless of sacrifice to get rid of the aerospace carrier at the core of the blue side first."
Zhao Changxing saw countless red dots rushing towards the blue area representing the first fleet.
In space, the tail flames of countless spaceships illuminated the dark universe. Countless spaceships risked their lives and fought hard without any regard for their own safety.
"Under the premise that there is a certain generation gap in technology, this is the only reasonable way to play."
Some military theory experts have commented on this.
"No, under the premise that there is a generational difference in technology, there is no reasonable way to play. Because... no matter how you fight, you will lose."
A war commissioner said this with a smile, his tone full of confidence.
"At the beginning, the technological generation gap between us and the G1 galaxy alliance was not that big. Under the premise that there were serious factional conflicts within the enemy, we still needed to adopt unconventional tactics and pay a huge price to win. Now..."
He shook his head.
In the vast space, countless projectiles that could have been loaded with anti-matter ammunition but were not loaded were flying around, and countless laser beams in the invisible light band, but with deliberately lowered power, were flying everywhere. Under the bombardment of the vacuum cannon, even the space seemed to be shaking.
"Wherever the new-generation space carrier is, it controls everything within a radius of at least 300,000 kilometers. It is the master of this space."
At this moment, this vast and empty space seemed to have turned into a meat grinder. As soon as countless battleships rushed in, under the endless blows, red lights indicating that they had been damaged in battle lit up.
"The red side has adjusted its strategy. They are shrinking the front."
"It's useless." The war commissioner shook his head again: "If the enemy doesn't come, it can go on its own initiative. Moreover, its maneuverability is not comparable to that of old warships."
The Earth space carrier is maneuvering violently at this moment, pushing the front line quickly. Five "Venus" class combat spacecraft occupying five directions around it constitute five secondary cores. Together with a large number of small and medium-sized combat spacecraft, spy and reconnaissance satellites, armed satellites, mines, turrets, etc., on the space carrier Under this powerful battleship that bears the core responsibilities of the first level, the connection becomes a whole.
At this moment, it is no longer a meat grinder, but a harvester.
The first old-fashioned space carrier turned on the red light indicating battle damage. Then came the second ship, the third ship...
When the enemy finally broke and tried to scatter, the First Fleet changed its formation again. Under the premise that the five secondary cores still defended the center, numerous small spacecraft formations spread out and annihilated those spacecrafts that tried to escape one by one.
Can't fight, can't escape.
In less than two days, this large-scale military exercise came to an end. However, before this military exercise, no one could have expected that the powerful force that used to be a barrier to the entire human civilization would be so vulnerable and be completely annihilated so quickly.
Zhao Changxing stood up and said in a deep voice: "Before the enemy arrives, I want 100 of these fleets. Moreover, the technology will be more advanced than now, and the combat effectiveness will be more powerful than now."
