Chapter 775: The Powerful Alliance Navy
Due to the special characteristics of the naval fleet, which has a long construction period and large investment, it is impossible to do it like the army. A sufficiently strong fleet must be maintained at all times, otherwise it will not be built when it is not needed, and there will be no ships when it is needed.
But if we really allow ship construction to continue and expand the size of the alliance fleet in an disorderly manner within fifteen years, that would be impossible.
Even if the alliance's financial situation is as good as it can be, it can't withstand such a bottomless pit.
The Alliance's shipbuilding industry is now very developed. A large part of the Alliance's large-scale investment in the navy is actually in the expansion of shipyards.
The shipbuilding industry is also an important direction for the economic development of the alliance.
The shipbuilding industry belongs to the terminal industry and can drive the integration of the entire upstream and downstream of the manufacturing industry.
From raw material mining to processing, from industrial base to armaments...the shipbuilding industry is the most important industrial jewel in terms of both scale and technological content.
If it weren't for the high technical content of shipbuilding, the slow expansion of docks and shipyards, and the requirement for a very complete range of industries and a very high industrial base, the Alliance would be eager to open shipyards in every place under its command.
Even if this is not possible, there are three large shipbuilding centers in the Dragon Eagle Star Region: Qimadi, Yunluo Center, and Jindi Star Center.
I won't say much about the former. The shipyards of Wrathful Owl and Winged Wing belong to the center of the Alliance's ruling area and have always been the focus of construction. The latest technologies and technologies are all realized in these two shipyards. Later, in order to maximize the allocation of human resources, a large-scale shipyard was also built in Korojia, the most populous city in the Pegasus region.
After the three shipyards in the Tianma Star Region were expanded, related industries continued to spill over. Some small ships and civilian shipbuilding facilities with relatively low technical content and less demanding industrial clusters were dismantled and towed away from the Wrathful Owl Star and the Winged Star to the other six star regions in the Seven Horses.
The Yunluo Center already has the ability to build civilian ships, and is also a key construction area of the alliance.
Jindi Star is the forging world of the Mingyang Sect, and now the Mingyang Sect has become an alliance.
It is said that the Mechanicus has an independent status within the Empire, which is guaranteed both by political tradition and legal text.
However, it always depends on the actual situation.
How could Jin Dixing maintain its independence while being in such a powerful alliance?
Even the more powerful Aramita sect (formerly the Alfonzo sect) has completely surrendered to the Alliance.
The same is true for them.
Moreover, he bowed his head quite willingly.
After standing on the side of the alliance, life is getting more and more prosperous.
Originally, they were just an ordinary small sect on the border of the empire, nothing special. During the Iron Armor War, they lived a very comfortable life thanks to the war orders of the Alliance; and after the war, their cooperation with the Alliance was unimpeded. Although the highest ruler on Jindi Star is still the Sage Council and the Casting General in name, in fact, from grassroots management cadres to the management of core factories, almost all of them are from the Alliance.
The wise men of the Ming Yang sect had no objection to this.
The league's administrators did a great job of getting things done.
As for power?
Losing power is indeed quite unpleasant and unsettling. However, the alliance gives them a sense of security, and their status will not be taken away. At the same time, the alliance also gives them greater benefits.
After becoming developed, more abundant resources allow them to carry out their specialized research; the needs of the alliance drive their technology to be implemented on a large scale. The most valuable thing is that the alliance can even bring technological feedback to the main sages, whether it is the alliance's own technology or the communication with the Aramita sect, it is very effective.
Then, there is the black box.
Although the process of applying for a new black box is a bit difficult and everyone has to compete, the quality of the black boxes provided by the alliance is indeed very high and fascinating.
In short, not only the shipbuilding industry, but all industries of Jindi Star were basically used by the Alliance. The Alliance also gave them sufficient rewards. Over the years, the speed of development of Jindi Star has surprised them.
Having these three major shipbuilding centers is not the end.
There is also a large shipbuilding center in the Menghe star field and the Alfonzo star field.
In other star fields, the shipyards may not be that large, but it should be no problem to build some small boats and civilian vessels.
Strong production capacity is also the core of the rapid development of the alliance caravan in recent years.
But even if the Alliance caravans have a huge demand for ships, there is actually no way to consume them all.
Not to mention the warships built.
A considerable number of these ships were sold.
Half of the sold ships went into the imperial tax and fell into the hands of the imperial central government. But in fact, only 2% of the ships were directly handed over in the form of imperial tax.
That price is totally inappropriate. The price difference is quite large. Some of them are big shots who make money in the middle.
Either the White Gloves or other forces purchase ships from the Alliance at a price higher than the price set by the Ministry of Taxation, and pay the Alliance with tax coins or other physical objects.
Then, nearly half of these buyers sold the ships to the Imperial Military Affairs Department and the Navy Command on the spot on Lingze Star. They bought the ships with the budget and paid the tax coins given to them by the Imperial Taxation Department when the budget was approved.
These tax coins fell into the hands of the alliance and were used to pay the imperial taxes.
That is to say, half of the ships sold by the alliance did fall into the hands of the central government of the empire. But in fact, most of them were transferred from other places, which was equivalent to being bought by the empire. This price was often 30% to 150% higher than the price set by the Ministry of Taxation for each type of ship.
The money in the middle was earned by the alliance and the middlemen. The central government of the empire used the same price to buy only about 60% of the warships.
Under normal circumstances, the imperial central government would never allow such middlemen to make a profit from the price difference.
Complying with regulations is not enough.
To be honest, the Empire is the strongest. No matter whether you comply with the regulations or not, you all make money and I lose money, so wouldn't my fist grow so big for nothing?
However, the so-called "empire" is not a living person. What if the people who determine the central will of the empire are the bigwigs behind the many middlemen who make money?
That……
Prime Minister Qi Bodu, Prime Minister Xu Fuzhen, Prime Minister Luo Fei, the state religion, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, and the powerful families hidden under the political arena on Holy Terra...
Who didn’t get a share?
Even for Qi Bodu, there are rules on how to spend the financial money earned by the central government of the empire. Even he cannot make decisions at will. He has to hold a meeting to make the decision.
But it’s different when the money falls into your own hands.
Spend it however you want.
Moreover, at this point, even if Qi Bo Du wanted to stop the trade on Lingze Star that was seriously harmful to the interests of the empire, he was powerless.
It is true that he is the most powerful official, but power is something that requires others to trust you. Those who unite around him believe that following him can bring greater benefits, so they will continue to follow him. Those bigwigs who make money from this matter are the basis of his rule.
If he was ruthless, he could cut himself in half, but he couldn't cut the foundation of his rule. If he did, the chain reaction he would trigger would be something he would not be able to withstand.
Who doesn’t know that this will nourish the alliance?
The knowledgeable people on Holy Terra (mainly those who did not make money from this matter) cursed Lingze Star Trade.
However, it still continues to run like this and will continue to run for a long time in the future.
There is no way to reason with this.
However, no matter what others do, the alliance is there, making huge amounts of money from the shipbuilding industry.
In addition to investing in economic development, a considerable portion of the money earned was used to upgrade the navy.
The scale of more than 2,000 warships did not expand further, but the number of large ships increased a lot.
Currently, the Alliance Navy has three Emperor-class battleships.
Retribution-class battleships, 6 ships.
Zhuge-class aircraft carriers, 6 ships.
Serpent-class and Holy Grail-class battlecruisers, 22 ships.
In total, there are 37 of these giant ships.
This is already more than the Ironclad Regiment at the start of the Ironclad War.
The number of supporting cruisers, destroyers and frigates seemed a little insufficient, and when forming a fleet, the small boats looked a little shabby.
However, the speed of exploding small and medium-sized warships is very fast, unlike these giant ships, which have a great time cost.
Moreover, if necessary, the next batch of warships of the alliance can be sent directly to the navy without paying taxes or trading. Within two years, the total number of navy warships can be doubled to more than 70 ships at any cost.
What's more, another wave of naval forces has not yet been taken into account.
That is the 'Six Great Chapters' of the Alliance, which serve as the Chapter Fleet of the Space Marines.
Not to mention the strike cruisers, the Alliance has produced four battle barges in succession.
Not a single one was sold. Instead, one was given to the Phoenix, one to the Yellow Spring Gull, one to the Blood Shark, and one to the Spear of the Dragon King.
It is worth mentioning that the Emperor-class battleship and battle barge are both Apocalypse-class technologies.
It was drawn by Gu Hang during these fifteen years.
Over the past fifteen years, although there have been no large-scale wars and no one-time income that would bring him sudden wealth, Gu Hang has accumulated 550 million grace points just by relying on his monthly income from grace points, plus some small-scale wars.
Among them, 260 million were used for technology lottery, and 26 draws with 10 million grace files produced two Apocalypse-class technologies, namely the Emperor-class battleship technology and the combat barge technology.
As for the remaining 290 million grace points, they were basically spent on various construction projects of the alliance over the past 15 years, so I will not go into details.
The emergence of the two Apocalypse-class shipbuilding technologies enabled the Alliance's shipbuilding industry to achieve more long-term progress.
In addition to these, the Alliance also has a killer weapon with a very high level of confidentiality, which rarely enters the Alliance port, and every time it enters, the news is strictly blocked.
The Glorious Queen-class battleship was finally completed.
Gu Hang named it: Dongfang.
The Alliance's naming rules for ships are quite clear: cruiser-level and below, there is nothing special about them, except for the numbers in the navy's organization, they are generally named something tall and mighty, or with some meaning, and are quite casual.
However, for ships at the Battlecruiser level and above, they are named after planets within the Alliance. They usually choose some important planets, which can be regarded as a means of united front propaganda for those places.
Going further up, there should have been names of star regions and star fields, but they have never been used, and instead they jumped directly to naming the universe.
It's a bit unreasonable, but it seems reasonable when applied to the Queen of Glory, of which there are only a few in the entire empire.
The specific name "Oriental" is quite intriguing.
Although the alliance was founded in the Eastern Universe, of the total 14 star regions, only two are in the Eastern Universe, and most of the others are in the Spider Universe. Gu Hang's biggest official identity is the High Lord who was elected as the Chairman of the Spider Universe.
Logically speaking, wouldn't it be more appropriate to name this ship the Queen of Glory Spider?
No, Gu Hang wanted to use the name "East" to name the alliance's first ship, the Queen of Glory.
There is no doubt that this highlights Gu Hang's ambition.
This was also the next stage goal of the alliance that he discussed in the subsequent small-scale meeting after he expressed his opinions on naval construction.
The entire Eastern Universe.
This is a big deal and will take some time.
The alliance is now in such a state that it has aroused great vigilance. The central government of the empire will not allow the alliance to continue to expand.
There needs to be some variables.
But the alliance is not waiting foolishly.
Part of the variables has been deployed to Holy Terra.
Just wait for it to happen.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
