157. Assemble the fleet
"A small boat can carry a big thing, that's why I like this boat, haha!" Tang Xiao looked at the large plasma cannon tube more than 20 meters long, and felt itchy in his heart.
Giant ships and cannons are every man’s romance. We can't build a giant ship now, so why not build a cannon?
"This ship was originally called a gunboat in the database, but according to the classification method of our fourth civilization navy, the 42-meter pulse star gunboat belongs to the light frigate class, so it was renamed the pulse star light frigate. Yes." Chi Jianjun said.
"Oh! That's great. Are there any trial flights?" Tang Xiao was eager to give it a try.
"The sea trial has just ended, and a thorough inspection is still needed." Chi Jianjun directly rejected Tang Xiao, "If this kind of frigate is going to enter mass production, it should take about a month. Mainly because we need its Short-wave ion cannon will be used to accumulate technology to complete the construction of larger naval guns."
"Okay, okay, you have the final say." Tang Xiao was a little frustrated, but still nodded, "Have you had any other results in the past two months?"
"Yes, antimatter." Professor Chi Jianjun was looking at the data again and adjusted his glasses indifferently.
Tang Xiao's eyes lit up, "Now we are already studying antimatter energy?"
"Yes, most of the Emergency Traders Alliance's technology requires the use of antimatter energy. However, their antimatter energy technology is not mature enough and lacks sustainability. Therefore, the conventional energy source of the spacecraft is still cold nuclear fusion, but it will also carry antimatter energy. This can activate a burst of energy when needed, thus bringing more powerful power." Chi Jianjun nodded.
But then he poured cold water on it, "But you have to understand, manager, our current main energy supply is still ordinary nuclear fusion reactors. Cold fusion technology is still being tested, and it will take at least a year to fully develop it." Master cold nuclear fusion technology. It will take at least five years from research to application of antimatter energy. This is a long-term project that requires a stable team and large-scale experimental facilities."
"Is it so long?" Tang Xiao frowned, and he began to calculate the relationship between the time it took for this technology to be researched, used, put on the battlefield, and the time the war broke out.
"Manager, you need to get rid of a misunderstanding. That is, scientific research is never accomplished overnight. It is a long-term project. Do you know how long it took for humans to go from controllable nuclear fission to controllable nuclear fusion? ? 70 years. And how long did it take for fighter jets to go from the 5th generation to the 6th generation? 20 years. Especially the research on basic theoretical technologies such as energy technology requires the efforts of several generations."
Tang Xiao nodded, walked directly to the pulse-star light frigate, stroked the huge hull, felt the cold touch, and then said: "We think about things from different angles, Mr. Chi. From the moment this universe wakes up, we are destined not to take the ordinary path. The existence of that huge technological library is the step-by-step ladder that carries us directly to the top."
He turned his head sharply, staring at Chi Jianjun, making the little old man take a step back, and then said: "And our real problem may not appear until we reach the top."
Chi Jianjun nodded heavily, sighed and said quietly: "But don't try to fool me about the experimental equipment, venue and personnel."
"Let Clement worry about this, haha." Tang Xiao smiled awkwardly.
"If universal tools can be used on a large scale, it can speed up our scientific research and construction." Chi Jianjun added.
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The very next day, the small fleet brought by Ni Yongxiao returned to the Endor system. Soon, the black ship led by Canidi also returned.
Almost all the spaceships of the fourth civilization gathered here.
After sending Ni Yongxiao and Canidi to the Dawn Planet for a day off, Tang Xiao began to discuss the specific combat plan for the battle of Marastal with the Supreme Combat Command.
Qi Jian opened a huge holographic projection directly in the center of the conference room, with dozens of large and small spaceships arranged on it, which looked quite spectacular.
"Manager, all our available spaceships are here now." Qi Jian said, "One 315-meter-long Iron Fang hammerhead-class cruiser, six 112-meter-long Revenge-class light destroyers, 78-meter-long There are 5 cobalt alloy-class heavy frigates and 60 32-meter-long Hammer-class light frigates. In addition, there are 20 44-meter-long APOD-33 transport aircraft."
"Five cobalt alloy-class heavy frigates have been built, so fast? I remember that the production plan I approved at the time was 20 ships, but was that a half-year production plan?" Tang Xiao said, pointing to the hook-shaped frigate. .
The cobalt alloy-class heavy frigate, which contains the technology of the Traders' Emergency Alliance, is the most basic frigate in the game. It looks very small in the game, but I didn’t expect it to be 78 meters long in real life! Basically, another 2 meters would be enough to reach the level of a light destroyer!
Moreover, the cobalt alloy-class heavy frigate has a crew of 75 people. Compared with the spaceships in the technology tree, the number of crew members is quite large. But in fact, it does not mean that fewer people are better. After sufficient training, the crew of the cobalt alloy-class heavy frigate can respond to various emergencies much better than a series of spacecraft with only a small number of crew members.
The cobalt alloy-class heavy frigate is only equipped with two laser cannons, and its firepower can only be said to be average. However, this kind of frigate has very strong protective capabilities and is also very flexible. It is a very excellent warship for line combat.
What is line combat? The spaceships on both sides lined up and pumped each other. In the local dialect, they were miserable. This was line combat. Most fleet battles are currently in this mode, unless you have a very powerful battleship that can take the lead and directly break through the center.
However, as soon as the production of this frigate started, Tang Xiao was called away by Darth Plagueis, and it was already 2 months before he came back. Unexpectedly, 5 ships were produced in just two months! This speed surprised him.
"After analysis, we believe that the cobalt alloy-class heavy frigate is the most suitable frigate now. So we immediately set aside all the frigate docks to build them at the same time. These five ships are just completed." Qi Jian answered.
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PS: By the way, because the space combat distance in the work is really confusing, the fleet combat distance in this book is used as a reference.
Don't tell me that a laser from hundreds of thousands of kilometers away will kill you. It's impossible for me to write that.
