Chapter 482: I’ll pay taxes to you if you’re crazy!
Battlecruiser!
Although it is not a proper battleship, its significance may be no less than that of the battleship itself.
Essentially a high-speed battleship, the battlecruiser has slightly thinner armor and weaker firepower than a battleship, but the speed gained by sacrificing some armor gives it extremely high tactical value.
It has the firepower of a battleship but the speed of a cruiser.
The mainstream thinking in the Empire is of course still based on fleet decisive battles, and battleships with thick armor, thick shields, and powerful firepower are the undisputed core; however, in the Imperial Naval doctrine, there is also a group of theorists and naval generals who prefer battlecruisers in war.
What it pursues is that anyone who can catch up with me cannot beat me; anyone I cannot beat cannot catch up with me.
The former refers to cruisers, which can be easily defeated by battlecruisers through their high speed and firepower;
The latter refers to battleships, which are much slower than cruisers and battlecruisers, and they really can't catch up. Maybe the battlecruiser has circled to the other side of a planet or the other side of a star, and the battleship is still chasing after it.
This gives the battlecruiser a very flexible positioning in war.
It is more suitable for single combat than battleships, and is less likely to fail to capture the enemy after attacking and be easily besieged;
It can be used as the vanguard of the fleet in combat, and can put the enemy's vanguard into a very difficult position. If the vanguard fleet fights alone, it will obviously be disadvantageous to the enemy.
If the enemy vanguard retreats and joins the main force, the battlecruiser can use its high speed to pursue it from behind, causing considerable damage before the battle; it can also outflank one end of the enemy fleet to create a flank advantage; if that doesn't work, it can also return to its own main fleet when the main forces of both sides are fighting, act as an ordinary battleship and participate in the fleet decisive battle.
It can also act as a defender, reacting quickly to join the front-line battle after the battle begins; when retreating, it can hold off the enemy and make it impossible to ignore it, but it can also use its speed advantage to easily complete the blocking mission and then leave the battle.
The faction in the Imperial Navy that supports battlecruisers believes that in the current cosmic environment, the forces of the enemy and us are balanced, and fleet decisive battles that require battleships to resolve the problem are rare.
In war, one side always has an advantage and the other side has a disadvantage.
As the advantaged party, the battlecruiser is better able to pursue, break through, and annihilate the enemy; as the disadvantaged party, it is also more flexible than the bulky battleship and is better able to make roundabout moves.
They believed that building more battlecruisers was a more advanced solution than building traditional giant ships and large guns.
Gu Hang doesn’t care which theories are right or wrong. If he has to choose, he will choose them all!
Now, before you draw a battleship, giving yourself a battlecruiser is also a good choice.
The battlecruisers that were pulled out this time were named the 'Holy Grail Class'. They were similar in length to the Retribution Class battleships, but much slimmer. They also used similar power specifications, or even more powerful ones.
Its firepower is also very strong. It can't beat a regular battleship, but it can easily beat a cruiser. Not only does it have 12 L-spec heavy guns, which is six times that of the Moon-class, it also has an X-class heavy gun, which is a sure kill for a cruiser.
But the price is that the level of its armor and void shield can be considered to be on the same level as that of a Moon-class cruiser. At most, it is slightly stronger, and the gap is not too big, let alone a battleship.
But so what?
Gu Hang doesn't know how long it will take to build a battleship after extracting the battleship technology, but he thinks it will be quite long; but to build the 'Holy Grail Class', it only takes 6 years, which is only 2 years longer than a Moon-class cruiser!
However, the cost is much higher. The cost of building a "Holy Grail" is 45 billion tax coins, which is 5 times that of the moon level.
Furthermore, the Alliance currently does not have any shipyards that can build the Holy Grail. The shipyards that build cruisers are too small to even accommodate modifications. The Alliance will have to build a larger shipyard to accommodate the assembly and production of the Holy Grail.
But fortunately, Gu Hang had already planned for this.
He never doubted that he would be able to draw more powerful ship technology, it was just a matter of time.
In fact, during the washing process, the berth where the "Nova" was moored was originally used to park the Giant Belly-class transport ship. In the past two and a half years, it has been transformed to make it more suitable as a battleship military dock.
On the one hand, it is convenient to have a dock available in case any major problems occur on the Rising Star and it needs to return to port for major repairs. On the other hand, it is to prepare for the current situation.
You can build it first.
The finished black box can produce some technically difficult components, and each one is sent into the sky as it is made; the production line is built in an orderly manner, starting with the simple ones; and finally the assembly work is completed in the battleship dock.
With the help of the finished black box, the construction time of the first battleship started by the Alliance can be shortened by more than half.
Of course, if two ships are to be built at the same time, the finished black box will not be that helpful.
But now the Alliance can only start construction of one ship, unless a new large-scale shipyard is built and a complete production line for all the components of the battlecruiser is built.
However, it is enough for now.
The Alliance is in great need of the Holy Grail! If they can build one in three years, that would be great. A battlecruiser can barely serve as the flagship of a star-level fleet and hold up the scene.
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After completing the technology lottery, the black box Gu Hang was naturally placed in the black box factory in the Storm God Kingdom, where the heroes would operate it; the related products would go through the alliance's research institute and then be delivered to the various industrial circles that specifically produce these products.
At the same time, the alliance government will also receive instructions from Gu Hang and start making plans based on what will happen after acquiring these new technologies, and ensure that these technological products are actually implemented, which will be of great help to the development of the alliance.
Gu Hang himself was not idle either.
He took his entire staff team with him to the Angry Owl Star.
Leading the team was to facilitate his departure from Feiyi Star, so that all the work related to the function of "Alliance Governor" could be carried out normally. At the same time, going to Angry Owl Star was also to make use of the [Planetary Level Climate Modification Technology].
The Angry Owl Star is the first place, and Gu Hang will use his powerful psychic power and the close relationship between the Storm God Kingdom and the Angry Owl Star to transform the planet's climate while guiding the infiltration of subspace energy.
The special thing about the Wrathful Owl is that the reality veil is very thin here. In the prosperous era a few hundred years ago, this was a good thing, which brought advanced energy such as the Spiritual Gas Field. More than a hundred years ago, this was a disaster. The over-exploitation of the Spiritual Gas Field made the subspace energy penetration uncontrollable. An accident directly caused a subspace rift, which opened up the demon invasion. The Imperial Army did suppress the demons and destroyed and closed the subspace rift, but it also almost destroyed the Wrathful Owl.
But now, it's become a benefit.
As long as climate modification technology is used, coupled with Gu Hang's control over the Kingdom of Storms, and this subspace region native to the Angry Owl Star is used for cooperation, the waste energy storm can be quelled and the spiritualized gas field can be allowed to re-emerge.
Moreover, we don’t have to worry too much about the accident happening again in the future.
During its heyday, the Wrathful Owl Star had been mining spiritual gas fields for hundreds or thousands of years, but only once had such a major incident, so the probability was actually not high. Not to mention, the subspace area closest to the Wrathful Owl Star was Gu Hang's Kingdom of Storms.
The demons want to invade the Wrathful Owl Star? They must first defeat the Kingdom of Storms.
This time, Gu Hang planned to stay peacefully on the Angry Owl Star for three months, and complete the preliminary work of transforming the Angry Owl Star with the help of the climate modification instrument pulled out from the finished black box.
After finishing the most difficult part at the beginning, he won't have to stay here in person for the subsequent fine-tuning and maintenance.
However, when Gu Hang arrived at the Angry Owl Star and started his work in the second month, the trouble caused by the Angry Flame Regiment began.
The person who came was his old acquaintance, the former Director General of Taxation of the Dragon Eagle Star Region and now the Chief of Government Affairs, Ms. Neil Laois.
She seemed to be back to her old job, bringing a tax fleet to the alliance's controlled area, but was now blocked outside Duxingxing by the alliance's 'border defense'.
The tax fleet led by Laois did not force its way in, but simply stated its purpose: to collect imperial taxes.
The war was basically over, and the eastern and western parts of the star field were nominally connected.
The imperial tax, which had been stagnant for several years, had of course come to the time to be paid again.
Information about the arrival of the star domain government's tax fleet was quickly sent back.
Without orders, the border guards dare not let anyone pass.
After seeing the news from the border defense, the Alliance War Committee and the Alliance Government did not dare to make a decision on their own. Ossena called Gu Hang via Star Language, reported the situation, and waited for Governor Gu's instructions.
"Get her out of here." Gu Hang gave a very clear statement.
"But the imperial tax... didn't you ask our Ministry of Finance to set aside this budget specifically for paying the imperial tax?"
"Yes, that's right. Of course we have to pay the imperial tax. Is there any need to question the loyalty of our alliance? Of course we will pay the imperial tax."
At this point, Gu Hang paused and continued: "But who said we have to hand over the imperial tax to the Star Region Government?"
Ossena asked, "You mean, contact the higher level government directly to pay the tax this time?"
"Yes, that's what I mean." Gu Hang said, "We hand over the imperial tax to the Dragon Eagle Star Region government and let Laois fill her tax transport ship and send it to Yunluo Star. Can this money be transferred to the hands of the empire? Obviously not. After they collected the imperial tax in the western part of the star region, how much did they hand over? Didn't they just make up many names and use it for their own purposes?"
"No matter how many reasonable reasons there are, most of the imperial taxes currently collected by the Dragonhawk Sector Government are controlled by the Fury of Flame. They have too many reasons to spend this tax money, using various excuses. Suppressing rebellion, defense, clearing out greenskins... just like what they, the Iron Fury Stone, did in the Princess Sector."
"If we pay taxes to the Star Region Government, we will have to take one-tenth of the entire alliance's output value. The imperial taxes for the past two years will cost them 76 billion tax coins in supplies! Are we crazy? Give 76 billion to Fury, and then let them use our money to fight us?"
"I understand what you mean. I will arrange the corresponding transport fleet and escort work right away. The route we can choose now to reach the capital of the Universe, Wuji Star, may be a little roundabout. We have to go from the Donglin Star Region in the east to the Wuji Star Region. The route in the middle is more roundabout and not necessarily safe. We need to allocate a lot of manpower to ensure that the tax fleet can reach the target safely. It will take at least half a year to complete the tax payment."
"What I want to say is that paying the imperial tax is a great pressure on us. This work will not only occupy a part of our warships, but more importantly, it will occupy one-third of our interstellar transportation capacity. A large number of transport ships will be occupied to transport the large amount of materials represented by the imperial tax. These are the costs of collecting and transporting taxes, which were borne by the star region government in the past. Now, we have to bear them ourselves..."
Ossena's voice sounded a little unhappy.
This is also normal.
As the Prime Minister of the Union Government, I haven't paid imperial taxes in recent years - no, the imperial taxes were used locally, and the accounts are still clear - now I suddenly have to pay taxes formally, which is really painful.
The Alliance occupies a large area. In the past two years of fighting with the Fury, the Alliance has basically stabilized the Seven Horses and controls 12 star regions. Except for the four greenskin lairs, there is no output, and there are no other populations except new immigrants, so naturally there is no such thing as imperial taxes. But the remaining eight star regions are now in the hands of the Alliance, so the Alliance will naturally be responsible for paying taxes.
Although it is not the Alliance itself that pays, but these planets. However, since these planets are either under the framework of mutual defense or under the ECOSOC Act, in Ossena's view, their money is equivalent to the Alliance's money!
If they pay taxes, it means the alliance is paying taxes!
The total population of these newly acquired territories is over 150 billion, so the imperial taxes to be paid naturally reach over 15 billion tax coins. However, these planets have generally just been acquired by the Alliance, and there is no time to develop them. If they are to be developed in the future, they will also require a large amount of initial investment.
After paying the imperial taxes, the remaining fiscal revenue collected from these planets only adds up to more than 5 billion. This is based on the fact that the living standards of the residents on these planets are very low, with an average annual per capita consumption of only about 0.6-0.7.
Life is so bad and I'm exploited so badly, but this is the only thing I can get out of this.
If the alliance continues to invest money in their development, the fiscal surplus of 5 billion will definitely not be enough, and the alliance will have to put in more money!
After working so hard for so long, I ended up working for the imperial tax? And I lost money?
Ossena would definitely not accept this.
Moreover, the imperial tax alone would be fine, but it is a sum of money that cannot be avoided no matter what.
But what made Ossena even more upset was that the cost of paying taxes seemed to be borne by the alliance in the future. One-third of the alliance's transport ships were occupied for more than half a year. How much capital loss was this? It would have an impact on the development of the alliance.
Gu Hang probably understood what Ossena was thinking. He could only comfort her, "I know it's not easy, but we have to do it. In the future, we will have to reach this point one day. Why not take advantage of the opportunity of the Fury of Flame, which everyone can understand, to take this step forward. Tell the combined fleet to send out four cruisers to form a battle group to serve as the escort fleet."
At this point, Gu Hang added: "Besides, we don't really need to transport all the supplies to Wuji Star."
"hiss!"
Ossena took a deep breath. Just now the Governor was cursing the Imperial Taxes of Nuyanjieliu, and now you are... ?
(End of this chapter)
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