157. Assemble the Fleet (Part 1)
"A small boat can carry a big thing, that's why I like this boat, haha!" Tang Xiao looked at the large plasma cannon tube more than 20 meters long, and felt itchy in his heart.
Giant ships and cannons are every man's romance. We can't build a giant ship now, so why not build a cannon?
"This ship was originally called a gunboat in the database, but according to our Fourth Civilization Navy classification method, the 42-meter Pulsar-class gunship belongs to the light frigate class, so it was renamed Pulsar-class light frigate." Chi Jianjun said.
"Oh! That's great. Are there any trial flights?" Tang Xiao is eager to try.
"The trial has just ended, and a thorough inspection is still needed." Chi Jianjun directly rejected Tang Xiao, "If this frigate is to enter mass production, it should take about a month. Mainly we need its Short-wave Ion Cannon to accumulate technology to complete the construction of larger naval guns."
"Okay, okay, you have the final say." Tang Xiao was a little frustrated, but still nodded, "Have you had any other results in the past two months?"
"Yes, antimatter." Professor Chi Jianjun was looking at the data again just now, adjusting his glasses indifferently.
Tang Xiao's eyes lit up, "Now we are already studying antimatter energy?"
"Yes, most of the Emergency Traders Alliance's technologies require the use of antimatter energy. However, their antimatter energy technology is not mature enough and lacks sustainability. Therefore, the conventional energy source of the spacecraft is still cold nuclear fusion, but it will also carry antimatter energy, which can start a burst of energy when needed, thus bringing more powerful power." Chi Jianjun nodded.
But then he poured cold water on it, "But you have to understand, manager, our current main energy supply is ordinary nuclear fusion reactors. Cold fusion technology is still under testing, and it will take at least a year to fully master it. It will take at least 5 years for antimatter energy to go from research to application. This is a long-term project that requires a stable team and large-scale experimental facilities."
"Is it so long?" Tang Xiao frowned, and he began to calculate the relationship between the time it took for this technology to be researched, used, put on the battlefield, and the time the war broke out.
"Manager, you need to get rid of a misunderstanding. That is, scientific research is never accomplished overnight. It is a long-term project. Do you know how long it took for humans to go from controllable nuclear fission to controllable nuclear fusion? 70 years. And how long did it take between the fifth and sixth generations of fighter jets? 20 years. Especially the research on basic theoretical technologies such as energy technology requires even the efforts of several generations."
Tang Xiao nodded, walked directly to the Pulsar-class light frigate, stroked the huge hull, felt the cold touch, and then said, "We think about things from a different angle, Old Chi. From the moment we woke up from this universe, we were destined not to take the ordinary path. The existence of the huge technology library is the step-by-step ladder that carries us directly to the top."
He turned his head suddenly, staring at Chi Jianjun, making the little old man take a step back, and then said, "And our real problem may not appear until we reach the top."
Chi Jianjun nodded heavily, sighed and said quietly, "But don't try to fool me about the experimental equipment, venue and personnel."
"Well, let Clement worry about it, haha." Tang Xiao smiled awkwardly.
"If Omni-tool can be used on a large scale, it can speed up our scientific research and construction." Chi Jianjun added.
The very next day, the small fleet brought by Ni Yongxiao returned to Endor system, and soon, Black Ship led by Kanidi also returned.
Fourth Civilization Nearly all the spaceships gathered here.
Ni Yongxiao and Kanidi were sent to Dawn Star Planet for a day off, and then Tang Xiao began to discuss with Supreme Operations Command Battle of Malastare's specific battle plan this time.
Qi Jian A huge holographic projection opened directly in the center of the conference room, with dozens of large and small spaceships arranged on it, which looked quite spectacular.
"Manager, all our available spaceships are now here." Qi Jian said, "The 315-meter-long Ironfang Hammerhead-class cruiser 1, the 108.7-meter-long There are 6 Revenge-class light destroyer ships, 5 78-meter-long Cobalt-class heavy frigate ships, and 60 31.4-meter-long Hammer-class light frigate ships. In addition, there are 20 44-meter-long APOD-33 transport aircraft."
"Cobalt-class heavy frigate actually built five ships, so fast? I remember that the production plan I approved at the time was 20 ships, but was that a half-year production plan?" Tang Xiao pointed at the hook-shaped frigate and said.
Cobalt-class heavy frigate, the technology of Trader Emergency Coalition in "Sins of a Solar Empire", is the most basic frigate in the game. It looks very small in the game, but I didn't expect it to be 78 meters long in real life! Basically, another 2 meters would be enough to reach the level of a light destroyer!
Moreover, Cobalt-class heavy frigate has a shipboard crew of 75 people. Compared with the spaceships in the technology tree of "Homeworld", the number of crew members is quite large. But in fact, it does not mean that fewer people are better. After sufficient training, the Cobalt-class heavy frigate shipboard crew can respond much better to various emergencies than the "Homeworld" series spacecraft with only a small number of crew members.
Cobalt-class heavy frigate is only equipped with two laser cannons, and its firepower can only be said to be average. However, this kind of frigate has very strong protective capabilities and is also very flexible. It is a very excellent warship for line combat.
What is line combat? The spaceships on both sides lined up and pumped each other. In the local dialect, they were miserable. This was line combat. Most fleet battles are currently in this mode, unless you have a very powerful battleship that can take the lead and directly break through the center.
However, this frigate Tang Xiao was called away by Das-Pregas just after it started production, and it was already 2 months before it came back. Unexpectedly, 5 ships were produced in just two months! This speed surprised him.
"After analysis, we believe that Cobalt-class heavy frigate is the most suitable frigate now. So we immediately freed up all the frigate docks and built them at the same time. These five ships were just completed and immediately joined our combat sequence." Qi Jian answered.