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Chapter 266 Suzheng Number

Even at the level of battleships (8 to 12 kilometers in length), the various battleships of the Imperial Navy still have a certain focus, and there are very few battleships that can do everything.

Emperor-class battleship, which is a fusion of a command ship and an aircraft carrier.This is one of the oldest designs ever used by the Imperial Navy.

The gantry of the Emperor-class battleship can fully accommodate eight carrier-based aircraft squadrons, space fighters like Fury-class interceptors or Starhawk-class bombers, which can wander far away from the ship and interact with enemy ships. The ships engaged.

In the 41K period, if the human empire hadn't dismantled a group of space hulks, found the "Divinity" fused into the space hulk, and relied on the "Divinity" to reproduce this kind of warship, otherwise, the Emperor-class battleship An ancient ship type may be about to disappear in the equipment sequence of the Imperial Navy.

If what greeted him was an Emperor-class battleship, then Fu Qinghai would be able to wake up with a smile in his dreams at night.

Navy enthusiasts are roughly divided into the BB party and the aircraft carrier party. Although most of the warships in the human empire belong to the BB party, Fu Qinghai personally leans towards the aircraft carrier party. There is no other reason, because the US aircraft carrier formation won World War II .

However, in the space naval battles of various sci-fi IPs, there is no strict distinction between heavy artillery and fighter planes flying together. The specifics depend on the settings. After all, warships in the real world do not have various shield technologies.

Warhammer 40K prefers heavy artillery bombardment, and Star Wars prefers fighter planes to fly together, because the former is produced by a British company, and the latter is produced by an American company, each embodying fond memories of the most powerful state of their own navy in history.

The same positioning as the Emperor-class battleship is also the Nemesis-class aircraft carrier, a battleship born during the Gothic War. It is essentially based on the Emperor-class battleship, removing some light spears and macro guns, and expanding the capacity of more ships. Machine Garner Library.

Except for these two types of aircraft carrier battleships, the rest are all heavy artillery battleships, such as the Retribution-class battleship that emphasizes macro artillery and torpedoes, and the Apocalypse-class battleship that emphasizes light spears and is equipped with nova cannons.

There is also the "one-of-a-kind" type of Operon-class battleship, which has every function and every feature is not outstanding.

Oh, there is also a very strange battleship-the Invincible-class high-speed battleship. Its design concept is: to improve the internal pipeline, strengthen the engine output, sacrifice part of the firepower, so that the battleship has the speed of a light cruiser.

Very strange design concept, except for the white scar, probably no legion would like this kind of battleship.

Although Fu Qinghai is an aircraft carrier party, he is very clear in his heart that the status of the Brotherhood of God Machine will be the same for a long time in the future: only battleships, no fleet.Aircraft carriers generally require battleship formations to escort them, so Fu Qinghai certainly likes aircraft carriers, but from a realistic point of view, a battleship with heavy artillery is more suitable for the current situation of the Brotherhood of Gods.

As the Ritual Horse gradually approached the giant ring belt of Saturn, Fu Qinghai couldn't help feeling a little worried about gains and losses.

"Welcome, Aoyama Khan with white scars."

As soon as Fu Qinghai led his men out of the connecting passage of the airport, a technical priest in a red robe greeted him.

"Hello."

Fu Qinghai nodded.

The other party saw the gear skull on Fu Qinghai's shoulder armor, and the smile under the hood became more eager, and said:

"The god of all opportunities bless you and me. Please come with me, your battleship has been waiting in the space dock for a long time."

As the few people walked towards the depths of the dock, the noise of forging and the scorching heat wave hit everyone violently, the electric arc jumped and flashed, and the ion sparks sputtered. Fu Qinghai and others followed the technical priest through the huge forging workshop and through the surroundings. Those earth-shattering hammers, crucibles, and furnaces came before a gigantic warship that was as big as the sky and the earth.

Everyone present looked up.

"Emperor-class battleship."

Fu Qinghai muttered to himself, his eyes slowly opened wide.

The heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and both hearts were pounding.

"Yes, my lord."

The technical priest raised his head and recited intoxicatedly:
"Great Almighty, we implore you to cast your merciful gaze on this battleship. Let your burning power boil in its engines. Let your immortal guardians lean on its shield generators and armored bulkheads .Let your mighty rage spew destruction and vengeance through the great mysteries of lasers, plasmas and torpedoes. Infuse your soul into this hard armored shell and life into its power lines and conduits."

Some areas of this battleship have not been completely completed. The spider web-like scaffolding supports some areas of the battleship. From a distance, there are dense machine servants and mortal ants attached to it, and they are constantly constructing in the low-gravity space environment. with.

Joestar took off the helmet, reached out and touched his bald head, and said in disbelief:
"My God! By the throne, we are about to have an Emperor-class battleship..."

Eugene Eleanor, a naval officer in his early thirties, had tears in his eyes and choked up and said:

"Khan, please let me board this battleship, adjutant, gunner, ship doctor, sailor...even if you let me go to the lower deck to clean the toilet."

The Kaiser-class battleship is not a pure aircraft carrier. It has traditional macro gun arrays and light spear arrays, as well as multiple sets of torpedo tubes, a bit like early Soviet aircraft carriers.

Compared to his two subordinates who lost their composure, Fu Qinghai was calm on the surface. He carefully examined the giant warship lying in front of him like a mountain, and asked:
"I have the impression that the Empire does not have the latest shipbuilding plan. Where did this Emperor-class battleship come from?"

It takes ten years for the Imperial Navy to launch a standard Lunar-class cruiser. Now that the Human Empire has just recovered from the disaster of the Horus Rebellion, it has not yet launched a new expedition plan, and it has not yet arrived. when.

"This is an Emperor-class battleship that was sunk in the 'Golden Apostle' battle. After being salvaged and repaired by us, it rejoined the fleet sequence of the Astartes Chapter."

explained the tech-priest.

The battle of the 'Golden Apostle'... Fu Qinghai thought about it carefully. It was a battle during the Great Crusade. It was a conquest campaign led by the Thousand Sons Legion. Without the participation of Chaos forces, there was no need to worry about the battleship being corrupted by Chaos forces.

It's just a little old.

However, the warships of the human empire are quite commendable in terms of durability. The Theocracy has been wrapped in a space hulk for 1 years, and it can still be used after being dismantled and repaired.

Seemingly seeing Fu Qinghai's thoughts, the technical priest spread out eight mechanical tentacles and said:
"Please rest assured, my lord, we have cleaned all the lower decks and internal pipelines with highly toxic agents, and replaced all cabins with the latest components. There is no difference between this battleship and the brand new warship. The battleship has more baptism and blessings from the great expedition."

You're very good at talking, this engine oil guy.

He is a rare eloquent man among technical priests, no wonder he was sent by the Saturn Shipbuilding Group as a receptionist.

In the foundry world, there are mostly straight men in science and engineering, but they are not fools without emotional intelligence, especially when it comes to the business negotiation of this kind of arms sales. If the fleet of rogue merchants orders ships, Mars will send anthropomorphic machine girls to welcome them .

It's just that the star warriors are so famous and cold, there is no need for that, just do business.

Fu Qinghai said:
"Before departure, Lieutenant General Ilia Lavale told me that some areas of the battleship can be modified at will, is that true?"

"Yes, my lord, please look."

The tech priest handed over the data tablet in his hand.

Fu Qinghai took it over and read it.

First of all, there is almost nothing that can be changed about the necessary components, that is, the plasma engine, subspace engine, Geller force field, void shield, bridge, etc., because this is a sunken ship salvaged, not from nothing. Even some customized spaceships, and the original essential components of the Emperor-class battleship can be said to be the best model within the scope of the existing technology of the human empire, and there is no need to replace it.

Fu Qinghai paid special attention to the life support system. The data panel showed a "benevolent life support system". On the basis of traditional water purification filters and air purifiers, independent emergency oxygen tanks and space suits were added. These equipment Stored at regular intervals in pressure-sensitive lockers located throughout the ship.

That is to say, there is an additional decompression measure against the broken hull, which is beneficial to save the lives of the crew - don't underestimate these basic guarantees, many stingy rogue ships will omit these necessary components to save costs.

"If you don't like this life support system, we can replace it with 'euphoric life support system'."

The technical priest noticed that Fu Qinghai's gaze stayed here for a moment, and immediately came up to speak.

After seeing the introduction, Fu Qinghai immediately shook his head:

"No, my crew doesn't need to take drugs."

The euphoric life support system is described as: By continuously adding intoxicating chemicals to the air and drinking water on board, the probability of crew mutiny is reduced, and the morale hit of gang members is reduced. The only risk is that it may make the crew become Too calm, resulting in the task can not be completed normally.

Fu Qinghai immediately vetoed this plan.

What kind of navy is the drug-taking navy, the Beiyang Navy?
The bridges of naval battleships are generally combat bridges or armored bridges, while the bridges of Emperor-class battleships are relatively special flight command bridges. Because they also have the function of aircraft carriers, they require a more complex command data chain.

The dormitory is the standard sailor dormitory, the one that Fu Qinghai lived on the Dagger and the Sosaran before. The space warriors are single-person suites, and ordinary sailors are multi-person bunks.

This is already a very good accommodation condition. Some spaceship crews are still laying hammocks on the ground in the pipes, or simply take a sleeping bag and lay it next to the wheels, engines and pipes they are working on, and start working when they wake up. , Lie down when tired.

The technical priest came over and suggested:
"My lord, I suggest that you upgrade some of the sailor's dormitories into frozen dormitories. The frozen dormitories are equipped with cryogenic stasis chambers. You can store 'excess' crew members in them and wake them up when needed. This can save the daily supply of battleships and increase the number of battleships. battery life and self-sustainability."

uh this...

Fu Qinghai hesitated.

Of course he knows that the number of crew required by a warship during fierce battles is definitely different from that during daily sailing. It is also a good way to save supplies by freezing unused crew members in a cryogenic stasis chamber. method……

Fu Qinghai considered the morale issue.

It's not the same as leading a tactical squad.

First of all, space fighters are naturally aggressive, which is determined by their biochemical transformation, and the morale of space fighters will also be low, but generally speaking, there is no need to consider such things as morale, and the morale problem of mortal crews does exist.

Secondly, once the size of the army reaches a certain level, such as the Emperor-class battleship, which carries tens of thousands of people, morale will change from a small dispensable problem to a big problem with huge influence, Fu Qinghai He is not the political commissar of the Navy, so he cannot do psychological and political communication work one by one. He can only make macro-control.

He felt that something like a frozen dormitory was not conducive to improving morale during the war. After deliberation, he finally rejected the technical priest's proposal.

Look further back.

The detection array, because the Emperor-class battleship also takes into account the functions of fleet command, so the detection array is more complex, equipped with various types of deep space detection arrays, passive detection arrays and multi-band auspicious instruments, it can be called a giant radar boat.

This is where Fu Qinghai felt flattered.

The Emperor-class battleship, in later generations, is the flagship of the naval fleet, the ship of the Lord Admiral (commander of the Star Fleet).

For example, the commanding flagship of the Gothic Battle Fleet in the Gothic War was the Emperor-class battleship. The famous Sun Lord Macharius also used the Emperor-class battleship as his flagship.

Theoretically speaking, only the Queen of Glory class is the original body ship larger than the Emperor class, so the ship of the Supreme Lord Admiral (Commander of the Star Fleet) is likely to be an Emperor class battleship.

(PS: The Emperor Phantasm is the emperor's ship, which is special and not considered. In addition, the Emperor Phantasm is actually not as big as the Mountain Array and the Monolith. The latter two are mobile space fortresses and do not belong to the category of warships.)
Da Khan really gave me a good ship of the heirloom level, which has already sent the battle group base in advance.

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

But Fu Qinghai is not satisfied with being the commander of a ship-based battle group.

Here Fu Qinghai fell into deep thought, and the engine oil guy did not stop to introduce. He led the three of them to walk slowly along the corridor surrounding this huge ship, and said while walking:

"The Saturn Shipbuilding Group enjoys a high reputation in the empire. We are a dual-use shipbuilding group. Many rogue rogue dynasties will come to us for personalized modification and private customization. Not only weapon systems, but also production and living facilities can be customized according to your requirements. Customize accordingly."

Both Saturn and Jupiter are huge gaseous planets. The shipbuilding facilities are located on the satellites or rings of the planets. Both are famous shipbuilding institutions in the empire. They are also under the jurisdiction of Mars. Fu Qinghai doesn't know which one is stronger, but just feels Jupiter Shipyard is a little more famous.

And Lars Forge World and Mezoa Forge World are also famous shipbuilding factories in the Forge World.

I don't know when Phaeton Foundry World will have its own shipbuilding factory.

The necessary components are over, and it's time for the additional components.

"I want the Nova Cannon."

Fu Qinghai said without hesitation.

This is his most wanted add-on.

"Uh..." The tech-priest hesitated.

"My lord, according to the budget given to us by the Ministry of Military Affairs, it is not enough to equip your battleship with a nova cannon. And if you want to equip it with a nova cannon, you need to dismantle some of the storage compartments and weapon arrays to make room for the nova cannon and energy. This move could lead to delays in delivery of the warships."

said the Tech Priest.

Fu Qinghai was slightly disappointed when he heard this.

The Nova Cannon is the most powerful single weapon of the Imperial Navy. It has an extremely long range and poor accuracy, but as long as it hits one shot, just one shot is enough to destroy a small fleet.

Looking at the entire reincarnation world, in Fu Qinghai's personal impression, the shipboard weapons that are more powerful than the Nova Cannon are the Death Star's super laser cannon in Star Wars and the molecular decomposition device "Little Doctor" in the movie "Ender's Game". "Are.

Demolition of facilities and delays in delivery are trivial matters.

The key is not enough budget.

"Ugh……"

Fu Qinghai sighed helplessly.

Seeing this, the technical priest took the opportunity to make a suggestion:

"My lord, maybe you can apply again with Lieutenant General Lavalet, maybe there is still room for change..."

"No." Fu Qinghai directly vetoed, "The next item."

"Macro guns and light spears, my lord."

Fu Qinghai flipped through the data tablet and said:

"Side macro cannon, I want the Lars-type gravity cannon."

Another use of gravity technology by the human empire is to use gravity to launch artillery shells, which is limited to ship-borne weapons. The Nova Cannon is launched by gravity turbines. Fu Qinghai thought that I can't equip the Nova Cannon, and equip a shrunken version of the Lass-type gravity. Cannons are always okay.

"Sorry, my lord, you ordered this macro cannon from Lars Foundry World, but Saturn doesn't have it."

"Okay, then the standard Martian macro cannon."

"receive."

"The two sets of macro-cannon arrays were replaced with jamming macro-cannons."

The technical priest was taken aback for a moment, and then praised:

"You are a very courageous and aggressive commander."

As a salesman at the Saturn shipyard, the oil guy also has a certain understanding of the use of various weapons in warfare.

The interference macro cannon can neither penetrate the armor nor destroy the hull. Its biggest function is to overload and shut down the energy delivery system of the target ship, causing the hit part to be paralyzed.

Fu Qinghai asked to replace it with a jamming macro gun, indicating that he wanted to capture the enemy's ships intact.

That's right, this is Fu Qinghai's plan. If there is only the flagship and no fleet, then I will go grab it myself. Jumping gangs and snatching ships is the strength of the Star Warriors. If you grab a fleet, you will get it.

Fu Qinghai was noncommittal about the oil guy's praise, continued to examine the data tablet, and said while flipping through:
"Bane of the Gods Light Spear."

"receive."

"Forte torpedo tube."

"receive."

At this point, the add-on is done.

Fu Qinghai continued to read.

The armored bow and power collision angle are not taken into consideration, because the Emperor-class battleship is a very heavy warship with slow moving speed and slow turning. To armor the bow, you have to remove the bow lance and the bow macro gun, which is a bit outweighed.

Fu Qinghai directly skipped the modification of some of the additional components, and the engine oil guy didn't mention it either.

The crew reuse facility is commonly found on the ships of the Mechanicus. It can quickly transform seriously injured crew members into machine servants... Fu Qinghai feels that this additional component is somewhat inhumane.

Another example is the grappling hook macro cannon, a modified macro cannon that fires magnetic harpoons and thick chains to firmly fix the enemy ship, and then launches a jump gang. Fu Qinghai scoffs at this.

This is the method adopted by pirates. Space warriors only have three ways to jump gangs: teleportation, torpedoes, and various assault boats, so they don't use grappling hooks.

At the same time, Fu Qinghai didn't consider those add-ons that were popular among rogue traders, such as asteroid mining equipment, cloud mining equipment, salvage systems, light energy nets, and botanical gardens.

Yes, these additional components can improve the self-sustainability of warships. For example, asteroid mining equipment can increase consumables with ore processing equipment, cloud mining equipment can increase fuel with promethium refining equipment, and light energy grids can allow warships to park near stars. when absorbing solar energy.

Not only increase battery life, but also make money by mining.

sounds good.

But Fu Qinghai is very clear: a battleship is a battleship. A battleship is not a merchant ship or a mining ship. The battle space cannot be sacrificed for the sake of self-sustainability. If the supply of a battleship is insufficient, it can be directly called to the logistics fleet to transport it. How can there be an emperor-class battleship to mine clouds? Besides, the solar energy absorbed by the light energy network is not enough for a twelve-kilometer-long warship.

"grown ups."

At this time, the technical priest reminded:

"This battleship is mainly due to severe damage to the external add-on components, and the damage to the internal structure is actually not that great. Many internal add-on facilities are ancient relic technologies, and you can choose to keep them instead of replacing them."

Fu Qinghai looked at the engine oil guy in surprise, and said:
"Understood, thank you for your reminder, Your Excellency the Technician."

The technical priest awakened Fu Qinghai: This is a warship that sank during the Great Expedition, and many structures and facilities are precious technological achievements from the early foundry world.

Not only products from the dark technology era of the old night will be called "relic technology", as the rebellion destroys more and more forge worlds, those products that the human empire could have produced will gradually become so-called "relic technology". "Relic Technology".

For example, a deflagration weapon, Fu Qinghai once passed a deflagration assault gun from the Sosaland, and now it is used by Qiao Shida, and the manufacturing technology of this weapon has been lost.

What surprised Fu Qinghai was:

The engine oil guy at the Saturn shipyard can actually be a profiteer, replacing the additional facilities inside the battleship that belong to the "relic technology" with ordinary facilities, so that customers (white scars) may not be able to find out, and they can make a lot of money.

This is just Fu Qinghai's black-bellied idea of ​​using himself to judge others.

After all, it was a battleship named by the Primarch to be changed, and a state-owned 4S store like Saturn Shipyard would not dare to play such a trick.

Fu Qinghai handed the data tablet back to the oil guy, saying:

"I don't have any other requests, I just want to ask when the delivery of the new ship can be completed."

"Within five tyra weeks, my lord."

The tech priest pointed to the hull of the battleship:
"Before that, please name this battleship."

Fu Qinghai looked up, and could vaguely see the mottled characters of "Unyielding Fury", which may be the name used by the battleship before it sank.

Originally speaking of the "carrier U-turn", Fu Qinghai wanted to call it the "poor Ma Kui".

After all, the flagship of the battle group is still a little more serious.

Fu Qinghai thought of the upcoming "big hunt", as well as the magnificent picture of the future battle group galloping across the star sea, and the endless war with the chaotic heretics.
"Suzheng, this is its new name."

"Okay, my lord."

…………

　Thank you, the oath of the Southland, the book shortage, the book shortage, the wind and rain, the soft sound, listening with compassion, and the rewards of several book friends.

Is the Beiyang Navy a drug-drinking navy... Anyway, in the movie "Towards the Republic", Li Hongzhang said that they smoked opium, but there are also rumors that they did not take drugs, and then when several heroic captains committed suicide, they used opium to commit suicide , is also true.

　
(End of this chapter)