Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 378

Chapter 377: Centennial Navy

The space outside the Hundred-Year Navy Weixing City, which originally belonged to the secret research institute, was processed by Gu Hang into a superposition state with the Kingdom of Storms. This was just the beginning.

The more than fifty black boxes that Gu Hang had drawn in this wave of thirty times have all been placed.

As the production capacity and raw material demand of the black box factory increase, it will become more and more conspicuous if placed in a single place.

Since time and space are distorted, there is no need to put it in only one place.

In the following period of time, Gu Hang and Wu Jiarong ran 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, in Xiongya Province, in the Extreme North Industrial City, and in the Skaro Star Port City.

But in fact, these so-called research institutes are essentially just a “channel”.

These places are all connected to a place in the subspace, and it is the same place, that 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 Kingdom of Storms. The things produced can also be brought to any research institute at will.

This will further solve the problem of confidentiality. Unlike before when they were concentrated in one place, there would be abnormal consumption of raw materials and output of products. Dispersing

them will be more secretive. At the same time, it also saves the difficulty of transportation.

Wu Jiarong praised the design of the governor.

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 star port.

Gu Hang and Wu Jiarong took the rail subway to the star port. He walked around the star port and inspected it.

The star port of the Angry Owl Star has been under construction for five years, and external investment has been introduced, and the construction speed is very fast.

Up to now, its scale is no less than that of the Mingyancheng Star Port.

Of course, there are star ports on Korojia, and more than one. Among the forty nest cities, fifteen have their own star ports of varying sizes. Without a star port, large-scale interstellar goods exchange cannot be carried out.

But think about it, let alone other things, just the star port of Mingyancheng on Korojia, corresponding to 4 billion people; even if there are a lot of immigrants on Angry Owl Star, there are only 150 million people. The scale of the star ports in the two places is actually similar, which shows how much effort was put into the construction of the star port on Angry Owl Star.

——It can also be said that the construction of the star port on Korojia is very bad.

Moreover, the difference between the star ports in the two places is not just in scale.

The construction of the star port on Angry Owl Star is based on the star port design blueprint that Gu Hang drew at the beginning, and the construction was done by external construction ships. In terms of the rationality of the overall design and the efficiency of handling goods and personnel, it is not comparable to the Mingyancheng star port of the same scale.

Gu Hang is relatively satisfied with this, but he also gave his own instructions.

First of all, the scale of the star port on Angry Owl Star needs to 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 star port to the surface. When the alliance’s naval construction catches up in the future, it should be a three-layer defense of naval ships-star fortresses-surface.

At this level, it is easy to say that the defense of the Angry Owl Star is foolproof.

At the same time, the star port, which is constantly expanding in scale, corresponds to Gu Hang’s plan that the productivity of the Angry Owl Star will continue to grow at a high speed for a long time. The 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 a blood vessel and a lifeline.

The powerful shipyard to be built in the future will also need a larger star port to accommodate.

In the end, a space city may be formed here.

As for the current alliance shipyard, it has actually reached a certain scale. In the past few years, it has at least been able to produce traveler spacecraft. The flights operated independently by the alliance have also been fixed in the three places of Black Arrow Star, Angry Owl Star, and Korojia.

Although, due to the scale of the traveler, it cannot do large-scale transportation, it is only suitable for the exchanges of public officials and the transportation of some documents.

But at least, there is already a connection between them.

Under 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.

Wu Jiarong will have to travel back and forth between the surface and the star port for a long time in the future.

The Alliance’s shipyard will be designed and built according to the newly obtained [Shipyard Blueprint] plan. Some key components can even be produced by the black box related to the shipyard.

During the expansion of the shipyard, every completed dock will mean that a model of ship can be put into production.

The two civilian ships, Flying Dolphin and Whale, are relatively simple and fixed models with little change. Just follow the design blueprint.

However, for patrol ships, frigates, and destroyers, the Alliance now only has the initial blueprint. Wu Jiarong needs to study these materials, 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-spec 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 the patrol ship to use wolf pack tactics.

Although it is small, its protection is limited by the specifications of the patrol ship, and it will not be very large. If it is hit by a cannon, the ship will explode. However, the ‘Blackfish Class’ can rely on running fast and flexibility to get rid of the lock more easily, minimize the possibility of being hit, and it is easier to open the formation and besiege ships that are much larger than itself.

In short, its design idea is to use a small boat to fight a large ship and win flexibly.

The ‘Silver Helmet Class’ frigate has a stronger shield strength and thicker armor. It is required to be able to withstand a few rounds of M-spec firepower; it is equipped with rapid-fire kinetic cannons and laser cannons, and is specialized in interception capabilities. The main goal is to block the main battleship in front of it and act as a meat shield. Try to intercept the artillery fire, landing capsules, and space fighters projected by enemy ships.

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 ship to fight a big ship. The ‘Silver Sword Class’ is small anyway and relatively cheap, so a successful bet is a big win. The

‘Mad Shark Class’ battle destroyer is a conventional gunboat, without any fancy features. It is centered around the ‘Hot Hammer’ macro cannon and emphasizes the balance between protection and firepower.

The estimated cost of the ‘Blackfish Class’ fast patrol ship is 32 million tax coins per ship. The cost of the ‘Silver Helmet Class’ is 320 million tax coins. The cost of the ‘Silver Sword Class’ torpedo frigate is cheaper than the Silver Helmet, and one can be built for 240 million. The cost of the ‘Mad Shark Class’ battle destroyer is 1.7 billion tax coins per ship.

After the design of these four types of ships was completed, Gu Hang also called his mother and contacted his future father-in-law, the retired naval general Old Fofana, with the help of Ms. Wang Qi, to evaluate these four types of ships.

After the old general listened carefully to Wu Jiarong’s introduction, he 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 “aim too high” about this? The old general has fought on the battlefield all his life, commanded large and small ships, and fought many naval battles of different sizes. As for this small boat of the alliance, is it so?

Not really?

Besides, I’m not aiming too high. These ships are designed by Wu Jiarong with the blueprints drawn up by the technology lottery.

The shipyards of the alliance have already started to build docks for these types of ships. As long as the docks are built, these ships can all be produced properly.

How can I aim too high?

Moreover, the so-called “cost” mentioned by Gu Hang is still a high price, not the cost price.

After all, many things are produced in black boxes, or on production lines pulled out of black boxes, and the cost is not that high. According to estimates, the cost of the alliance to actually produce 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 “cost” is just an estimated cost made by Wu Jiarong according to the order price of the Imperial Navy to various shipyards.

But then, General Fofana told Gu Hang about the situation and price of the ships that the Tianma Fleet wanted when placing an order with the shipyard of Feiyi Star.

It is naturally difficult to say more about the specific parameters and design specifications. However, after listening to it, Gu Hang also roughly understood why General Fofana said so.

Take the “Mad Shark Class” battle destroyer as an example. The several models produced by the Feiyi Star 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, but the ship is strong and the guns are powerful, but the protection level and firepower level are already fierce 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 Feiyixing Shipyard is generally around 300 million. But even a regular frigate has almost the same parameters as the Silver Sword, with the same level of protection and normal firepower. But your Silver Sword has an extra Sky-Splitting Axe and high-speed characteristics, and it is still 60 million cheaper…

Then who would go to Feiyixing to buy a ship?

Old Fofana didn’t believe the price and performance parameters that Gu Hang said.

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 up 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 get involved in 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 incompetence. Kill her, don’t believe her.”

“Yeah, I’ve learned my lesson. I’ll kill that designer right away. She dared to lie to me!”

During the call, Gu Hang nodded frequently, indicating that he fully understood the good intentions of his father-in-law.

After hanging up the call, Gu Hang breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Jiarong, who was listening, had turned green. Seeing the call was hung up, 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!”

“Well, okay.”

“How long will it take for our shipyard to 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 can all be put into production; the second phase of the project will be completed in four years, and then the existing four types of ships can 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: two years as a shipbuilding cycle, producing one destroyer, three frigates, and ten patrol ships… Our first destroyer will not be able to serve for at least eight years.”

Gu Hang sighed.

Otherwise, it is said that it takes ten years for the army and a hundred years for the navy.

The same is true for Xinghai.

According to this situation, even if the alliance is cheating, it will take eight years for the alliance to truly have its own naval fleet, and it will still be a small fleet with only one destroyer.

Of course, in the meantime, there should be more than three or ten patrol ships and frigates; and after the third phase of the project is completed, 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 is really given a hundred years, he may have a very powerful fleet by then.

But a hundred years…

(End of this chapter)