Chapter 505: How strong will the alliance fleet be in four years?
The empire does not like to use aircraft carriers, but Gu Hang has no prejudice against this.
In other words, he is not in a position to be prejudiced now.
No matter what, the Zhuge class is a battleship-level warship.
What's wrong with the type of aircraft carrier? What's wrong with the high cost? What's wrong with not conforming to the mainstream?
The grade is here!
If Gu Hang wants to build a ship of this level, it will probably be impossible before he saves up enough money for the next ten consecutive draws of one million.
What's more, just because it doesn't conform to the mainstream style of the Imperial Navy doesn't mean it is weak.
Similar to the previous Command-class, the core component of the Zhuge-class is also the catapult deck, which is used to 'launch' fighters and send them directly into the face of enemy ships.
However, unlike light aircraft carriers such as the Command-class, heavy starry sky aircraft carriers such as the Zhuge-class can launch more than just three types of fighter jets of different sizes.
It can shoot patrol ships in the face.
What should a small boat do if it wants to achieve a miraculous victory against a big ship?
If we engage in a long-range firefight, we will definitely be defeated as many as possible, and we will not be able to break the defense. If the enemy fires a shot, our ship and shield will be shattered to pieces.
But if it gets close to you, it's hard to say. A slow-firing heavy torpedo is a deadly thing. And it's hard to intercept at a close distance.
If it really doesn't work, the patrol ship will just ram in, which will be more unbearable than any artillery shell.
Even if it goes a little further and is built a little more extravagantly, the Zhuge class can even launch a destroyer!
Gu Hang actually calculated according to the technical specifications, and found that the largest catapult deck can actually launch the Crazy Shark-class destroyer that is most commonly used in the alliance.
The Crazy Shark is only five or six kilometers long, while the Zhuge class is even larger than the 21-kilometer Retribution class, reaching a length of 26 kilometers. With the modification of its hangar and catapult deck, it is possible to swallow a Crazy Shark.
If a Crazy Shark really hits you, even if the opponent is a legitimate battleship, it may not just be scared. There is indeed a high probability that the Crazy Shark will be sent away.
The price is a bit high. Destroyers are expensive, but the Zhuge class is too extreme in being converted into a catapult destroyer. In order to adapt to this, it is almost impossible to save other combat power. After launching a destroyer, the remaining usable space is too small. The battle becomes a one-shot deal, with no endurance, which is not suitable.
On the contrary, what Crazy Shark can do can actually be done with a few more patrol ships.
However, in order to cooperate with the aircraft carrier to launch ships, the corresponding warships being launched also need to undergo some special designs.
First of all, the flexibility and speed must be maximized. After the ricochet, it does not directly enter the enemy's shield or void shield. The patrol ship still needs to rely on its own small and flexible characteristics to find a better output position, or even drill into the shield of the enemy's large ship.
Secondly, the burst of firepower must be strong enough. For this purpose, the continuity of firepower and ammunition capacity can be completely sacrificed, because these things are meaningless and have a short survival time. It is better to bring large shells that can hit large ships in one go than to bring more shells.
Forget about defense. Just pay some attention to the energy shield and hull armor, and don't let it be easily blown up by enemy interception fire. Otherwise, no matter how well it is done, it's just a small patrol ship. When it is sent into the enemy fleet, no matter how thick the shield and armor are, the result will not be significantly different.
As long as it can hold out until the patrol ship has fired all the firepower it carries, let it be destroyed.
Under this overall concept, the Alliance will finalize a new patrol ship type called "Swordfish Class" in the near future.
To put it bluntly, it is a self-destructing ship. It is thin, fast, flexible, and has no durability. It does not even have the ability to sail long distances or pass through the astral tunnel. Its only advantage is that it can destroy a ship's firepower in a few minutes. This firepower includes 8 Sky-Splitting Axe missiles, 4 Dongfeng Fen, and two torpedo missiles converted from Dongfeng Fen.
This torpedo missile has a weak penetration capability, but its hit rate is guaranteed when fired at close range, and it is also good at penetrating shields and armor. Most importantly, its explosive power is almost five times that of a normal L-type missile like the Dongfeng Fen.
This means that if it is not intercepted, one shot can kill a cruiser; if it hits a large battleship, it can also cause serious damage to the opponent.
From this perspective, the Zhuge class, which can continuously launch 8 patrol ships and thousands of fighter jets, is still very powerful.
If it is a one-on-one fight, Gu Hang doesn't think that the current flagship of the alliance, the 'Nova', can cope with the attack of the Zhuge level, and it is almost certain to be destroyed.
Unless both sides bring large escort fleets, the outcome might still be uncertain.
However, the cost of the Zhuge class is also more expensive than the Retribution class; if the cost of the thousands of fighter planes and eight special attack ships is taken into account, the price will almost reach 80 billion per ship.
The construction time was eight years.
Even if the first one has the support of a black box, it will take four years before the first Zhuge-class aircraft carrier is completed.
But if you think about it this way, the strength of the Alliance Navy will have a huge, leap-forward improvement in four years.
If all the shipbuilding plans go smoothly, the Alliance will have five top battleships. Among them, the battleship-level one is the "Nova" battleship, plus the first Zhuge-class aircraft carrier that has not yet been named. In addition, there will be three battlecruisers, two of which will be the Holy Grail class built by the Alliance; and the other one is the flagship of the current Yunluo Fleet. Although it belongs to the Imperial Navy in terms of sequence, in reality, the Alliance will not let go of the Yunluo Fleet that has already been swallowed.
It was a 'Changlong-class' battlecruiser. Its performance in all aspects was not much different from that of the Holy Grail-class. It was slower but had thicker armor.
In addition to these five battleships, aircraft carriers, and battlecruisers that constitute the main fleet, the Alliance will be able to gather about thirty Moon-class cruisers by then adding the Tianma Fleet, Yunluo Fleet, Alliance Fleet, and future newly produced ships.
Other types of destroyers and frigates will not be mentioned.
To be honest, such a fleet is already very powerful.
Gu Hang wondered, if the main fleet of the Eastern Universe was taken out for a walk in four years, would it be able to defeat my fleet?
You, Iron Fury Stone, can you gather five battleship-class ships?
Well... it should still be possible, but at least the Alliance Navy also has the ability to fight the opponent to the death.
Feeling satisfied, Gu Hang now just wants to focus on his development.
Digest the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region, save money, and use time to exchange for the quality of the navy. In addition, the army will become stronger by then, and then equipped with the Phoenix Regiment, the Holy Lily Sisters, the Glory Guards, the Storm Mage Corps... The Alliance also has a series of high-quality troops available.
Coupled with the integrated Dragon Eagle Star Region, which has become rich and powerful through the strengthening means obtained through Gu Hang's various gift points, he will become the strongest man in this entire region.
However, the peaceful development time that Gu Hang longed for did not come.
Only in the third month after he returned to the Dragon Eagle Star Region, the "Princess's Rebellion" officially broke out.
(End of this chapter)
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