Chapter 377: Centennial Navy
The space that originally belonged to the secret research institute outside Weixing City was processed by Gu Hang into a superposition state with the Storm God Kingdom, but this was just the beginning.
The more than fifty black boxes that Gu Hang had drawn out in this wave of thirty consecutive draws have all been put away.
As the production capacity and raw material demand of the black box factory grows, it will become more and more conspicuous when placed in a single place.
Since time and space are distorted, there is no need to place them in just one place.
In the following period of time, Gu Hang and Wu Jiarong traveled to many places on the Angry Owl Star. In name, the Alliance built a new secret research institute under the jurisdiction of Wu Jiarong in another place in Weixing City, Xiongya Province, the Far North Industrial City, and the Skaro Star Port City.
But in fact, these so-called research institutes are essentially just a "channel".
All these places are connected to one place in the subspace, and the same place, which is the real black box factory.
This means that the materials transported to any secret research institute can be sent to the black box factory in the Storm Kingdom. The things produced there can also be brought to any research institute at will.
This will further solve the problem of confidentiality. Unlike before when everything was concentrated in one place, there would be no abnormal consumption of raw materials and product output. It will be more secretive when it is dispersed.
At the same time, the difficulty of transportation is also saved.
Wu Jiarong praised the Governor's design highly.
Then, she was given a new task by the Governor: to supervise the construction of the Alliance Shipyard.
This conversation took place in the Alliance Starport.
Gu Hang and Wu Jiarong took the subway to the Star Harbor. He walked around the Star Harbor and inspected it.
The star port of Angry Owl has been under construction for five years, and with the introduction of external investment, the construction speed is very fast.
By now, its scale is no less than that of the famous Yancheng Star Port.
Of course, there are star ports on Koroja, and there are more than one. Among the forty hives, fifteen have their own star ports, of varying sizes. Without star ports, it is impossible to carry out large-scale interstellar cargo exchanges.
But think about it, not to mention anything else, just the star port of Mingyancheng on Korojia corresponds to a population of 4 billion; even though there has been a large number of immigrants on Angry Owl, there are only 150 million people. The scale of the star ports in the two places is surprisingly similar, which shows how much effort was put into the construction of the star port on Angry Owl.
——It can also indirectly illustrate that the construction of the starport on Koroja is very poor.
Moreover, the difference between the star ports in the two places is not just in scale.
The construction of the star port of Angry Owl Star was based on the star port design blueprint that Gu Hang had drawn, and external construction ships were invited to help with the construction. In terms of the rationality of the overall design and the efficiency of handling goods and personnel, it was not comparable to the Mingyancheng star port of the same size.
Gu Hang was relatively satisfied with this, but he also gave his own instructions.
First of all, the scale of the starport of the Angry Owl Star must be further expanded, and equipped with orbital defense equipment to transform into a star fortress. The entire planet should have a dual defense system from the starport to the surface. In the future, when the alliance's naval construction catches up, it should be a three-layer defense of naval ships-star fortress-surface.
Only at this point can we say that the defense of Angry Owl Star is foolproof.
At the same time, the ever-expanding starport corresponds to Gu Hang's plan that the productivity of Angry Owl Star will continue to grow at a high speed over a long period of time. Angry Owl Star will be an important engine for the development of the entire alliance. Not only safety must be guaranteed here, but cargo throughput is also the blood vessel and lifeline.
The powerful shipyards to be built in the future will also require larger star ports to accommodate them.
Eventually, a space city may be formed here.
As for the current Alliance Shipyard, it has actually grown to a certain size. In the past few years, it has at least been able to produce traveler spacecraft. The Alliance's self-operated flights have also been fixed to Black Arrow Star, Wrathful Owl Star, and Korojia.
However, due to the size of the number of travelers, it is not yet capable of large-scale transportation and is only suitable for the travel of official personnel and the transportation of some documents.
But at least the connection between them has been established.
At Gu Hang's initial request, the foundation of the Alliance Shipyard was to expand and improve. At present, when there is a real need for expansion, the expansion space left over from the past has played a lot of roles and can save a lot of trouble.
For a long time in the future, Wu Jiarong will have to travel back and forth between the surface and the star port.
The Alliance's shipyard will be designed and built according to the newly acquired [Shipyard Blueprint]. Some key components can even be produced by the shipyard's related black boxes.
During the expansion process of the shipyard, every completed dock will mean that a new model of ship can be put into production.
The two types of civilian ships, Flying Turtle and Whale, are relatively simple. They are fixed models and do not change much. You just need to follow the design blueprint.
However, the alliance currently only has the initial blueprints for patrol ships, frigates, and destroyers. Wu Jiarong needs to study these data, knowledge, and black boxes to complete further and specific model designs.
There are currently four models planned.
The 'Blackfish-class' fast patrol ship is equipped with a shield generator, S-specification laser cannons and kinetic cannons. Compared with conventional patrol ships, the engine is equipped with a spiritual engine group that ordinary patrol ships are reluctant to install, which specializes in flexibility and speed.
This is to facilitate patrol ships to use wolf pack tactics.
Although it is small, its defense is limited by the specifications of patrol ships and it is not very large. It will explode if it is hit by artillery fire, but the "Blackfish Class" can rely on its fast and flexible running speed to more easily break free from the lock, minimize the possibility of being hit, and more easily spread out its formation to besiege ships that are much larger than itself.
In short, its design idea is to use a small boat to attack a large ship and win flexibly.
The Silver Helmet-class frigate has a stronger shield and thicker armor, and is required to withstand several rounds of M-spec firepower; it is equipped with rapid-fire kinetic cannons and laser cannons, and is specialized in interception capabilities. Its main goal is to block the main battleships and act as a meat shield. It is required to intercept the artillery fire, landing capsules, and space fighters projected by the enemy ships as much as possible.
The 'Silver Sword-class' high-speed torpedo ship, which is also a frigate, has simpler energy shields and armor than the Silver Helmet; its interception capability is not very good; but it is also specialized in speed and flexibility, has a strengthened engine, and is equipped with S-type 'Scalpel' missiles on the basis of reducing the conventional S-type firepower, and also installs a set of M-type 'Sky-Splitting Axe' torpedo missiles on the frigate.
Torpedo missiles can use their terminal deceleration ability to pass through energy shields or void shields and damage the ship directly; ship-borne torpedo missiles are also very powerful and do not belong to conventional artillery fire. However, the problem is that they are easily intercepted and killed when passing at low speed. But as long as they are hit by one, the shield is not effective and the interception is not stopped, then the enemy ship will suffer a big blow, especially the "Sky Splitting Axe" itself is an M-class weapon. Not to mention the same-class frigates, even if the cruiser two levels higher is hit by a "Sky Splitting Axe", it will be severely damaged.
This is also based on the idea of using a small boat to defeat a big ship. The 'Silver Sword Class' is small and relatively cheap anyway, so a successful bet would mean a big profit.
The 'Mad Shark-class' battle destroyer is a conventional gunboat without any fancy features. It is based on the 'Hot Hammer' macro cannon and emphasizes the balance between protection and firepower.
The estimated cost of a Blackfish-class fast patrol ship is 32 million tax coins per ship. The cost of a Silver Helmet-class ship is 320 million tax coins. The cost of a Silver Sword-class torpedo frigate is slightly cheaper than a Silver Helmet, and it only costs 240 million. The cost of a Crazy Shark-class battle destroyer is 1.7 billion tax coins per ship.
After completing the designs of these four types of ships, Gu Hang called his mother and, with the help of Ms. Wang Qi, contacted his future father-in-law, retired naval general Old Fofana, to evaluate these four types of ships.
After listening to Wu Jiarong's introduction carefully, the old general was silent for a long time, as if he had been shocked by something.
After a while, the old general finally spoke: "Young man, don't aim too high."
"?"
Gu Hang was criticized by his father-in-law and was a little confused.
What's so "overly ambitious" about this? The old general has fought on the battlefield all his life, commanded ships of all sizes, and fought many naval battles of different sizes. Is this what he said just because of the alliance's small boat?
Not really?
Besides, I'm not aiming too high. These ships were designed by Wu Jiarong using the blueprints she drew with the help of the technology lottery.
The alliance's shipyards have already begun building docks for these types of ships. As long as the docks are built, all of these ships can be produced properly.
Why are you so ambitious?
Moreover, the so-called "costs" mentioned by Gu Hang were all exaggerated and were not actually the cost prices.
After all, many things are produced in black boxes, or on production lines pulled out of black boxes, and the cost is actually not that high. According to estimates, the cost of the Alliance actually producing these things ranges from one-tenth to half of the cost of the ship. The difference mainly depends on the proportion of black box output in ship construction.
The higher the proportion, the lower the cost.
This "construction cost" is just an estimated cost made by Wu Jiarong based on the order price of the Imperial Navy to various shipyards.
But then, old General Fofana told Gu Hang about the conditions and prices of the ships that the Tianma Fleet wanted when placing an order with the shipyard on Feiyi Star.
As for the specific parameters and design specifications, it is naturally difficult to say more. However, after listening to it, Gu Hang roughly understood why General Fofana said so.
Take the "Mad Shark Class" battle destroyer for example. The several models produced by the Feiyixing Shipyard, from the cheapest 1.2 billion to the most expensive 2.2 billion, are not as good as the "Mad Shark" in terms of technical specifications. In Gu Hang's opinion, the "Mad Shark" has no special features when it was designed, just a strong ship and powerful guns, but with this level of protection and firepower, it is already very powerful among destroyers.
As a result, you said it was only 1.7 billion?
The same goes for the Silver Helmet and the Silver Sword. The price of a frigate produced by the Winged Star Shipyard is generally around 300 million, but even a regular frigate has similar parameters compared to the Silver Sword, with the same level of protection and normal firepower. As a result, your Silver Sword has an extra Sky-Splitting Axe and high-speed characteristics, but it is still 60 million cheaper...
Then who will go to Feiyi Star to buy a ship?
Old Fofana didn't believe the price and performance parameters that Gu Hang said at all.
He thought that Gu Hang was talking nonsense.
The old man's earnest words rang in Gu Hang's ears: "It's good that Angry Owl Star can start building spaceships. It proves that your work is fruitful. I am also optimistic that Angry Owl Star can grow in the future and build good ships and big ships. However, the development of all things must follow objective conditions. You must develop step by step and do a good job. Don't do those messy and fancy things, which will make you fall hard. Moreover, your so-called ship designer is either lying to you or talking nonsense because of his incompetence. Execute her, don't believe her."
"Yeah, I've learned my lesson. I'm going to kill that designer right now. She actually dared to lie to me!"
During the call, Gu Hang nodded frequently, indicating that he fully understood his father-in-law's good intentions.
After hanging up the phone, Gu Hang breathed a sigh of relief.
Wu Jiarong, who was listening in, had already turned green in the face. When she saw the call was disconnected, she immediately said, "Governor! I didn't..."
"Okay, no more words." Gu Hang had an excited smile on his face, "Now, immediately adjust the 'cost' of all ships up by 30%!"
"?"
Gu Hang said earnestly: "You are still too honest!"
"Uh, okay."
“How long will it take before our shipyard can be up and running?”
Wu Jiarong calmed down and said, "According to our plan, the first phase of the project will be completed in one year, and then the Silver Helmet, Silver Sword, and Blackfish classes will all be put into production; the second phase of the project will be completed in four years, and then the four existing types of ships will all be put into production; the third phase of the project will be completed in six years, and then we will be able to achieve the goal you set before: a two-year shipbuilding cycle, producing one destroyer, three frigates, and ten patrol ships... Our first destroyer will not be able to be put into service for at least eight years."
Gu Hang let out a long sigh.
It is said that it takes ten years for the army and a hundred years for the navy.
The same goes for Xinghai.
According to this situation, even with cheats, it will take the alliance eight years to truly have its own naval fleet, and it will still be a small fleet with only one destroyer.
Of course, there should be more than three or ten patrol ships and frigates in the meantime; and after the completion of the third phase of the project, the alliance's shipyard will not stop construction and enter a complete shipbuilding cycle. The speed of producing ships will become faster and faster.
If Gu Hang were really given a hundred years, he would probably have a very powerful fleet by then.
But a hundred years...
(End of this chapter)
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