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"A new blueprint? You mean the cruiser you talked about earlier, right? Hearing Kane say this, Lin Hai asked, "If it's just a cruiser-class starship, how can a single ship not be compared with a Kodiak-class battlecruiser in terms of combat effectiveness, right?" Could it be that your blueprint is a kind of wartime starship that can be mass-produced in a short period of time and is very cost-effective? ”

"Of course, it can't be such a half-finished product. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 "Although it was a whole team design, and I only did the final round-up, I still set the goal of the research. At the beginning, the positioning of the new cruiser was to ensure that its size did not exceed the Kodiak class, but at the same time, it should have more powerful firepower, faster speed, and better defense. So it's a very new design, a completely different idea from the previous design of the Global Defense Force, and it's a design that combines all the advanced technology that we have in our hands today. ”

After speaking, Kane directly sent Lin Hai a piece of information, which had some simple starship data including the appearance of the starship.

After receiving this information, Lin Hai quickly integrated the data, and then released it on the holographic projector, the familiar shape of the hammerhead shark, which made him recognize what it was at first sight.

"Huh? Human Warfare Cruisers? He asked tentatively, "Doctor, is this a thing of your own design?" ”

"Ah, it's not." Kane shook his head and replied, "The original design plan didn't take into account the exterior design, so we need to wait until all the internal design is completed, and after synthesizing all the data, we need to design the exterior with the internal structure." However, after coming to this world, I accidentally saw the shape of this spaceship on the Internet, and I thought it was okay, and it felt like a sign of human industrial civilization, so I borrowed it when designing the shape. ”

"So you won't be sued for infringement, right?" Lin Hai laughed softly and laughed self-deprecatingly, "Forget it, I prefer this appearance anyway......"

"Okay, let's not talk about appearance." Lin Hai coughed dryly, cleared his throat, and then said to Kane, "Dr. Kane, this new type of cruiser, you just said that it can give us the ability to confront the Sijing Man Ring Spaceship?" I look at the data, this kind of spaceship is only 500 meters long, and it is not even as big as the Kodiak-class battle cruiser of 600 meters. Even if it uses a more advanced technology than the Cordia-class, what about its ability to confront the Ringship head-on? ”

"Super guns and shields." Kane replied, "I've upgraded the main reactor of this new cruiser, which has not yet been named, and the energy output has reached three times that of the reactor above the Kodiak class, so I can prepare more powerful weapons for the new ship." In addition, considering that the number of our space fighters is too far behind the number of fighters of the Sijing people, instead of fighting with the Sijing people, it is better to directly cancel the small number of fighter squadrons on the ship and give all the space to the energy system and weapon system. So although this new ship also has a small hangar, it will not park many fighters, but it is only used to moor shuttles. I had that extra space, and I stuffed six of those new reactors into it. Don't look at the new ship is a hundred meters shorter than the Kodiak class, but it is wider than the old one, so after stuffing so many reactors, there is still plenty of room for me to install weapon systems and shield systems. ”

"Super guns? Shield system? Lin Hai raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, "Is there anything more powerful than the Kodiak-level coaxial pulse laser cannon?" There is also the shield system, although we have used some experimental shield generators before, but the performance is not enough, and those shields do not play a big role in the face of the Sijing Plasma Heavy Cannon. Did you develop a new one? ”

"Pretty much." Speaking of this, Kane was also a little proud, he said, "The super main cannon, originally designed, is just a pulse laser cannon with higher firing power. However, I later changed it and changed the original coaxial pulse laser cannon to a secondary main gun, and added two of them. As for the most powerful main gun, it is a large main gun that is also coaxial and can gather energy from the core of the ship. It generates a high-intensity magnetic field to strengthen the control of nuclear reactions, using a strong magnetic field to concentrate the energy of the nuclear explosion into an electron beam, which is concentrated together and then emitted. You can understand that the firing of the super main gun is to detonate a nuclear bomb directly in the barrel, and then we concentrate the energy generated by the nuclear explosion with a super magnetic field constraint and release it all in one direction, so as to fully utilize the energy generated by the nuclear explosion to the greatest extent. ”

"In space, the power of a nuclear explosion will be minimized, because the main lethality of a nuclear explosion is the shock wave. However, in a space environment where there is not much matter, without these mediums, the shock wave naturally ceases to exist. As for photothermal radiation, these things are already present in space, and in some environments the radiation index is even higher than that produced when a nuclear explosion is detonated. If we can indeed collect the energy of a nuclear explosion and shoot it like a cannonball, it will indeed be a weapon that is not badly powerful. Lin Hai nodded and said, "However, the bullet speed of this weapon should not be as fast as that of a laser, right?" It's impossible to reach the speed of light. There is also the issue of range, even if we can guarantee that the range of this new weapon can also be planned in light seconds, but once the bullet speed is insufficient, it will be difficult to hit the target in space, right? ”

"Although I haven't done actual combat tests yet, and have only used computers to conduct preliminary simulations, what I can be sure of is that no matter how slow the bullet speed of this electronic cannon is, it has reached sub-light speed, which can basically be one-tenth of the speed of light, which is much faster than our electromagnetic railgun. And the range should also reach two light seconds. It's just that the ultimate range basically can't hit any targets. Kane replied, "It's true that the speed of the bullet is not as fast as that of a laser, but we are used to deal with that kind of huge circular ship, and enough power is the main thing. I've calculated that even if I attack that kind of ring ship with this kind of firepower, I will never be able to break its shield with a single shot, but with a few more shots, there is still a chance. After all, we have to rely on a cruiser with a length of several hundred meters against a giant ship with a length of five kilometers, if we can easily defeat the enemy, then how can we almost be driven crazy by the surprise attack of the Sijing people? ”

"In other words, your plan is to use multiple cruisers of this class to attack the ring ship with wolf pack tactics?" Lin Hai asked.

"That's it. At least for the same amount, this new cruiser will definitely be much better than the Kodiak class against the Ring Spacecraft. Kane replied confidently, "Of course, if you're still not at ease, I have a backup plan here, which is to convert the rail-ion cannon into the main gun of a new cruiser and attack the opponent with the ion cannon." However, if you want to use an orbital ion cannon, you have to consider that each shot requires up to ten minutes of energy storage. There is no way to increase this rate of fire, our ion cannon uses free uncharged hydrogen ions in space, and the fusion reactor on the starship wants to provide all the energy for such a weapon, although it is faster than 'basking in the sun', but it is not much faster. ”

"But it's going to have a bit longer." Lin Hai reminded, "According to the information I have seen, the effective killing range of the orbital ion cannon can actually reach three seconds, but in order to ensure better accuracy and mobility, it is deployed in satellite orbit, rather than at a higher and farther place." In this way, if the resources and productivity can keep up, we can create a separate batch of new cruisers equipped with super ion guns to provide long-range fire support for the fleet in a more distant position. Of course, this can be considered later. Doctor, let's talk about shields, I want to know, how is your new shield different from the previous ones? ”

"Different? Of course it's different. Kane smiled slightly, the corners of his mouth were a little mocking, "Let's make it clear first, I didn't make those things before, they were the work of others, don't count them on my head." This new ship is my work. ”

"Okay, is it the king's hammer again?" Lin Hai shook his head slightly, and then said, "Doctor, please speak." ”

"I designed the shield because I considered that all the weapons of the Sijing people are energy weapons, and the destructive power of our starship's armor layer is too great. After engaging it, even if it is victorious, our starship will be scarred and lose eight hundred of itself. I think you've all seen the video content of the previous space battle. Our starships can only rely on evasion to reduce the chance of being hit. In this way, they will also give up the rare opportunity to attack because they have to dodge. So, my shield is a more powerful strong magnetic field shield. In the face of the most common plasma weapon of the Sijing people, the strong magnetic field shield can destroy the confined magnetic field on the plasma mass when it hits the shield, thus causing the plasma to dissipate on its own. As for other known Sijing energy weapons, the strong magnetic field has quite good weakening and refraction capabilities, only in the face of laser weapons, because the strong magnetic field can play a limited role, so the surface of the starship will be mirrored to weaken or even reflect the damage of the laser. ”

"What about the catalytic cannon?" Lin Hai asked, "Can your new shield resist that kind of chain reaction?" ”

"Haven't tested it, and I don't know." Kane spread his hands and said, "After all, the catalytic cannon appeared after the blueprint was completed, and I don't have the ability to be a prophet, and I can't study something I don't know yet." However, according to my calculations, if not completely resisting, at least the effect of its chain reaction can be weakened, so that our starship will not be wiped out by the enemy in one shot, like the entire Philadelphia. Of course, even with a strong magnetic field shield, it cannot be said that our spaceship is really indestructible, and the huge difference in volume and weapon power all show that it is absolutely impossible for our starship to stand in place with the ring spacecraft and shoot at each other. It's okay to fight starships of the same level such as the Destroyer gunship and the planetary assault mothership, so deal with the ring spaceship? Do you really think I'm a god? ”

"Something is better than nothing." Lin Hai nodded, affirming Kane's achievements, "But, doctor, I hope that after this, you can continue to re-study shield technology and weapon technology." As you said, there is a big gap between us and the Sijing people, and we need your ingenuity to make up for it. ”

"Of course." Kane replied proudly, "That's why I'm here." I'm here to solve the problem. ”

"Okay, there are no more problems with fleet warfare for the time being, and the rest should be discussed with you by Brigadier General Towin, an expert in space fleet warfare, later." After a pause, Lin Hai said again, "I want to know now, if you cancel the escort fighter squadron of the new cruiser, how will the fleet respond if it encounters a large-scale group of Sijing fighters?" Could it be that it can't rely on the anti-aircraft laser cannon on the ship? ”

"What's not to do?" Kane asked rhetorically, "The Bee light fighter currently used by the Sijing Planetary Assault Mothership has no shield, and its armor is also very weak, and an ordinary anti-aircraft laser cannon can solve one with a sweep. In the case of sufficient energy supply of the reactor, we can just deploy more anti-aircraft laser cannons on it, and if I adjust it again, I can add the unmanned interceptor system to increase the anti-aircraft firepower of the starship, which is not a big problem for me. ”

"Rather than that, you might as well just design a space carrier. Just like the planetary assault carrier of the Sijing people, engage in our professional aircraft carrier. With a length of 500 meters and a wider and thicker hull, it should be able to carry no less than a squadron of fighters of a planetary assault mothership, right? ”

"But we're understaffed." Kane reminded Lin Hai, "With my design, the new cruisers only need three hundred crew members to operate normally. But once it is changed to an aircraft carrier, the manpower needed will increase tenfold. I don't dare to use an unmanned fighter directly on it, the intelligent one, the master chief will shoot me down. If you use a manned ......"

"Well, I almost forgot about it." Lin Hai shook his head, it was a problem of insufficient manpower, how good it would be if he had given the ring spaceship the last blow before, and the mood that had finally calmed down was a little bad, "Relying on the anti-aircraft laser cannon alone, I always feel that it is a little insufficient, after all, there are too many fighters of the Sijing people, and each planetary assault mothership can carry eight hundred, and every time they fight, they rush up a lot, and it makes people feel upset to look at it." And in that kind of quantity, it will also interfere with the operation of the starship, right? ”

"I can add a missile array to the new cruiser, and if all of them are loaded with anti-aircraft missiles, at a certain distance, a salvo can destroy about the same number of enemy aircraft as missiles. It's not too much of a problem. With the strong magnetic field shield, it will be difficult for those Sitter Bee Light Fighters to cause serious damage to our starship, and their plasma bombs will not be able to penetrate my shield at all. Kane nodded, "And what I'm most proud of is not the super cannon and the new shield system, but the new cruiser that we can build faster than the Kodiak-class." Taking the starship production line of the lunar base as an example, theoretically one can be completed and launched in a week. In this way, we will be able to expand our fleet several times in a short period of time. ”