Chapter 1084: Confederation Summit (Part 2) [Fifth update completed, please vote for me and subscribe]
1083. Confederation Summit (Part 2)
Count Dooku shook his head helplessly, "It's a pity. , Mrs. Shu-Mai, it is not us who decide whether to upgrade, but the battlefield. The Defiant class costs up to 61 million credits, but it takes 4 to 6 ships to ensure that it can defeat the Jaeger class, which costs only 59 million credits. ..."
He spread his hands and continued: "Even if we include the cost of the Jaeger-class carrier-based aircraft fleet, this is far lower than the construction cost of four Defiant-class ships. So. , Upgrading is imperative. This is also a way to reduce our financial pressure and improve industrial efficiency."
The anger on Shu Mai's face could no longer be suppressed, and her body even trembled a little. But he still said: "This is against the rules! This is different from the agreement! It's different!! I can promise to reduce the construction cost of the Disobedient class as much as possible, maybe to 50 million... No, 55 million credits, but the battleship order The specified quantity must be met!”
She could only say this. In fact, she herself understood how much the cost of the Disobedient-class light destroyer was worth.
The design of this kind of battleship was actually an immature design stolen from the planet's shipyard by creating chaos when the Quarren Isolated Alliance split from the planet Mon Calamari. It was then seized by the business guild. They bought the treasure at a high price, modified it and improved it to become their own battleship.
So Shu-Mai was confident at that time that this way, the Commercial Guild could be regarded as one of the forces with the ability to design and build its own main warships, and it was qualified to be on an equal footing with other major corporate giants.
With such a treasure, it is natural to make good use of it.
For this war, the commercial guilds invested a huge amount of money and materials. As businessmen, it was naturally impossible for them to lose everything. So investment is investment, and they also made great efforts on the cost of the Defiant-class light support destroyer, increasing the cost of parts and components, and then making a large profit in the middle.
Then through Shu-Mai's operation, these price difference profits were turned into dividends that she personally brought to the commercial guild, thereby further consolidating her position and filling her own pockets, making a lot of money.
But now, this cash cow must be canceled directly!
This is absolutely impossible!
At this time, a voice came from the Dawn Planet group on the other side, "Actually, the commercial guild can also accept behemoth-level parts orders and contribute its own strength from another direction."
The speaker was the Prime Minister of the Fourth Civilization, Francis Underwood.
"Who said you have to contribute! Don't I make money just by producing these parts?!" Shu Mai couldn't bear it anymore and blurted out without thinking at all.
Then the next second, when she saw the expressions of those around her, she realized that she had said the wrong thing.
The Confederation of Independent Systems was established based on the principles of fairness, justice, and freedom. You can make money, but on the surface, you must uphold justice. Putting money on the table is tantamount to slapping everyone in the face.
At this time, Gross Shelbia, the director of the Fourth Group, smiled coldly, tapped the button, and projected a huge battleship in the holographic projection. This battleship was approximately rectangular. The hull has a raised dome at the middle and rear of the hull.
“This is... one of the shipbuilding plans that Quat Power Shipyard is preparing to update in the near future - the Mandator II-class Star Dreadnaught. It is based on the previous Commander-class A new super battleship that has been completely modernized and redesigned. The length is still 8,000 meters... According to the data comparison and simulation we have obtained so far, such an interstellar dreadnought would require 1,000 Defiant-class ships to compete. -Mrs. Mai, the battleship you built is really too powerful, just like the name, it is a disobedient! 1000 to 1 disobedience, hehehe," Gross-Shelbia mocked.
Shu Mai turned around suddenly and yelled at Walter Tambor and Parcell Argent: "Are you just going to say nothing?! These liars have already bullied us. The head is coming! ”
However, Walter Tambor had already seen the current direction of the wind, and he kept his nose and heart in mind without saying a word.
Anyway, their technical alliance has little influence. After all, the main factories and shipyards of the Confederation of Independent Systems are here. If you want to build warships, no matter what you build, they will eventually have to come from them. As for the OEM fees...at worst, I can just make a little less. Parcell Argent was even more silent. After he was dealt with by Tang Xiao in the Battle of Christophsis a long time ago, he had already realized how powerful their group was, and he was completely dissatisfied after that. If you dare to disobey them in any way, you will be afraid of offending them again.
Pogel-the inferior man was also silent, he was also assessing the situation. Like Count Dooku and Newt Gunray, he was once a member of Darth Sidious. Later, he had an affair with the capital of the Republic because of the super tank project. It is even more impossible to come here now. Pool of muddy water.
However, Tang Xiao always maintained a faint smile and watched everything unfold with cold eyes.
Yes, in the offensive of the Delong Galaxy, most of the old warships currently in stock will be taken out and given away, and then this military reform can be carried out in a logical manner.
The greedy business guilds are the first target of this military reform!
And there will be more after that! No one from the technical alliance, enterprise alliance, or even the trade alliance that has joined them can escape!
There is no doubt that after the Battle of the Dron System, the Confederation of Independent Systems will have a large window of mobile fleets, but the sooner this window comes, the better.
After all, the current battle line is still on the edge of the inner ring of the Milky Way. If the Republic waits until it is pushed all the way to the middle ring or even the outer ring, and then the military reform is carried out at that time, facing the same fleet window period, the Galactic Republic fleet may just stab it with a stick. To the Dawn Planet and Laxus.
And later General Grievous changed the pillars and raided the planet Kamino, which was also an important part of this plan.
As long as the production of clone soldiers is destroyed, the threat of the Galactic Republic on the planet surface will plummet!
Yes, their plan is to give up space and stop the Galactic Republic on the planet's ground battlefield! They deployed combat robots on a large number of occupied planets very early on.
Without a fleet, it doesn’t matter. Just surrender your troops to fight with me. Without a clone army, I’ll see how you can defeat my robot army!
Orbital bombing? It doesn't matter, if you have the ability, you can start blowing up from the middle ring and blast all the way to the outer ring for me.
Which planets will surrender? It doesn't matter, the main force of combat has always been robots. From the moment I put the robots on these planets, the positions of these planets were determined!
The Confederation of Independent Systems lacks a fleet, lacks strategic projection power, and what is most indispensable is combat robots!
When the Galactic Republic launches an orbital bombardment of the already unstable Central Planet, then see how many planets are willing to help the Republic!
When your power surpasses everyone else, it doesn’t matter how much massacre you do. But at least for now, the Confederacy of Independent Systems is still there! The fear caused by orbital bombing will only push those planets to the side of the Confederation of Independent Systems, which on the surface is at least as powerful as the Galactic Republic!
Trade space for time, use the robot army, and use the Central Planet as a strategic buffer. On this basis, Tang Xiao can work with Thorn Hill, Newt Gunray, and Count Dooku to clean up the interior of the Confederation of Independent Systems and reform it. Political reform and military reform.
Use a new fleet that is more advanced and more centralized in production to replace the old fleet that was produced in a scattered manner, with different models, low performance and high cost!
Later, after full contraction, a brand new fleet was used to fight the decisive battle with the Galactic Republic in the outer ring of the galaxy!
Thanks to the 100,000 starting coins rewarded by the Assimilation Fighters, another leader was born. Thank you so much.
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