2089. Ling Liang Report (4)
[Actually, given the core technology, not only did it not let them grow strong wings and fly away, but it could actually control them. I didn't expect this at first. 】
【But it wasn’t until we actually started cooperating that I discovered that my previous understanding of the Trade Alliance and the Interstellar Banking Association (M) was ridiculously wrong. Because they really don’t recognize or care about anything except money. Seeing Thorn Hill and Newt Gunray, it's really hard for me to imagine that they are the leaders of these two super corporate giants. 】
[Sometimes I also think that the ancestors who founded the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association with such a huge foundation and heritage, the Neimoidians and Muun people more than 20,000 years ago, were How high-spirited they are. If they see their descendants being so stupid, they don't know what they will think. 】
【Of course, this is a good thing for our fourth civilization. When Grand Duke Tang Xiao decided to hand over these core technologies to them, they were naturally grateful and said that receiving these technologies would allow them to successfully become one of the few companies in the galaxy with the ability to design and build thousand-meter-class battleships by themselves. . 】
[Then we proposed that we send a team to assist them in research, our construction team to carry out the construction of the dock, and our engineers to supervise the manufacture of warships, and they need to pay all salaries and material costs, and these people It will also be registered with their company. Thorn Hill and Newt Gunray actually agreed? Don’t they know that by doing this, these technologies are actually still in our hands? 】
【It seems they don't think so. They were just cheering because once again, they solved everything with just money. Thanks to the Grand Duke for providing them with this opportunity... I understand somewhat what Tang Xiao once said to me. He said that without him, people like the Confederation of Independent Systems and the Trade Alliance would not have survived the war for three years. Looking at the Enterprise Alliance lying on the planet Christophsis like pitiful creatures, and the Technology Alliance groveling and surrendering to the Empire, I think Tang Xiao is right. 】
【There are actually deeper considerations in handing over the shipbuilding technology of the Gallente Federation and the Caldari Republic to the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association respectively. First of all, among the technologies of the Gallente Federation, there are a large number of automated machinery, intelligent machinery and drone technology. In this regard, a large number of robots have been built, and a trade alliance with a mature robot R&D and manufacturing system is very suitable. 】
【As for the Interstellar Banking Association, the warships of the Caldari Republic are generally missile warships. Our military has so far adopted only three types of guided missile warships: the Martha-class guided missile heavy cruiser, the Valkyrie-class guided missile frigate, and the Javelin-class guided missile frigate. This is because on an active offensive battlefield, using a large number of missiles for a saturation attack will bring great logistical pressure. But if left to the Interstellar Banking Association (M), it seems like this won't be too much of a problem, they have a lot of money. Therefore, it is completely affordable to consume the series of missile warships of the Caldari Republic. 】
[And the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association (M) are actually not formal members of the Dawn Principality in a strict sense. They are only loyal to Tang Xiao personally. Therefore, the most important issue is that their finances are an independently operated system, and this time by 'helping' them develop the core technology of warship manufacturing, it can be regarded as a way for them to take out their own money. 】
[At least from their perspective, this is a very good deal. The Trade Federation's home planet is under constant threat from the Galactic Empire, and I predict they will lose control of Cato-Neimoidia and Balmorra-Neimoidia within the next two to three years. Once the home star falls and the Trade Alliance loses its foundation, it will be difficult to maintain their existing industrial system. At this time, a complete industrial chain of warship design and construction will be the key to the Trade Alliance's comeback. 】
[Although the Interstellar Banking Association (M) has no threat of losing its hometown, it is obvious that they hope to transform themselves from a pure financial giant into a complex oligarch with industrial capabilities. Because the outbreak of the war has shown one problem until now-manufacturing is the truth of this galaxy. 】
Because of the independence of the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association (M), I am also unable to include them in the planning of Operation Zero. However, I still gave them as many hints as possible, telling them that they must now prepare as much as possible for possible wars in the future. Therefore, the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association (M) must have an offensive force in the next few years. A capable main fleet.
I’m not sure how they understand ‘offensive fleet’, but I think their understanding is obviously very different from mine.
Because Newt Gunray built a large number of Undertaker-class light cruisers (Exequror-class)... According to my understanding, this is a 310-meter-long battleship converted from a cargo ship. Yes, this kind of warship can both fight and deliver goods. The huge warehouse can hold a lot of precious goods, allowing the trade alliance's caravans to increase the cargo volume as much as possible while ensuring their own safety.
I have to admit, when I saw this report, I did want to drag Newt Gunray out and shoot him. But in the end, reason prevailed, because I also understood that Newt Gunray could not die. The current trade alliance is too fragile. Once he dies, civil strife will immediately cause this super enterprise to fall apart, which is not good for us.
So, do I have to tolerate a large number of Undertaker-class light cruisers in task force formations in the future? Now my job is taking up a lot of time with Operation Zero, but I still have to put together a team to teach the Trade Federation how to build a fleet.
As for the Interstellar Banking Association (M), they chose the Osprey-class light cruiser.
When reviewing the stats of this 348-meter-long light cruiser, I found that its maneuverability was slightly low and its firepower was not that great, until I found a mining laser at the end of the function list. .
……
So this is an armed mining ship?
If the Trade Federation chose the Undertaker-class light cruiser because their main business is logistics and freight, which has a certain mindset, then the Interstellar Banking Association (M) chose an armed mining vessel Boat, I really can't understand their brain circuits.
As far as I know, although there is no material decompressor deployed in the north, they should have no shortage of raw materials. Although the Geth are a very dangerous race of mechanical life forms, at least for now, the Geth are still very 'cute' to us.
The Geth helped us carry out a large number of industrial construction and high-risk industry construction, including mineral mining. They will build an individual with very thick adaptive armor, go deep into the most extreme environments to mine rare minerals, and they will not hesitate to share these resources with us.
So why did Thornhill choose to build the Osprey class? I have thought about countless scenarios and think two of them are more likely. The first is that he may want to get rid of his dependence on the Geth. After all, the Geth is indeed a very terrifying race to them. Second, he should want to establish an entire industrial system from raw material mining to warship manufacturing. ……
Well, Thorn-Hir can't die either.
The internal situation of the Interstellar Banking Association (M) is probably more complicated than that of the Trade Federation. They are under the control of the core five people, and as co-chairman, Thornhill is the most critical factor in checking and balancing the core five people. Role. If he dies, we'll probably lose control of them too.
In view of the current progress of their technological analysis and the construction of the interstellar shipyard, which can only support them in building light cruiser-level battleships, I have separately formulated a battleship construction plan for them and asked them to build a warship in future wars. , need to cooperate with the Geth fleet to conduct mobile operations. As to how much they will obey, I can't guarantee.
In addition, there is at least one advantage. The Gallente Federation and the Caldari Republic, in our original universe, are from the same star sector as the Amarr Empire that we currently use widely. . Therefore, although their ship technology styles are completely different, the basic ideas are the same, so the Salarian expert team can quickly help the Trade Alliance build light cruisers.
Therefore, it is still important to establish some harassment fleets composed of high-speed light cruisers to attack the Galactic Empire's logistics supplies. After all, it is difficult for us to make a breakthrough on the frontal battlefield here.
This is also because of the severe situation of the northern border war - the northern defense line built under the leadership of General Gilad Pellaeon of the Galactic Empire is very strong. After many deductions, it is difficult for us to break through his defense. . However, according to his intelligence, he should not have such ability. I suspect that he still has masters under his command. I will file a separate report on this.
As for the Maijituo core industrial area, it is now a situation where each area has its own development and lacks unified planning. The scale is huge, the resources are abundant, and especially the money is really abundant. But my expectations for this industrial area are basically at the harassment stage.
However, there is still good news coming from this industrial zone, that is, the Fourth Group and Tyron Heavy Industries have finally made a breakthrough in the research of the follow-up ship type of the Behemoth-class battlecruiser.
That is the Minotaur-class cruiser.
That's right, the length of the cruiser - Minotaur-class (Minotaur-class) is only 550 meters long, between light cruisers and heavy cruisers. I have to admit that when I first saw the Minotaur-class plan, I was completely fascinated.
This is simply a very, very mature plan that fully considers practicality, versatility, mass production and other aspects. While everyone is thinking about how to build bigger and stronger warships, what they are thinking about is downgrading!
The benefits of such an downgrade are obvious. The original Behemoth-class battlecruiser was 1,300 meters long and took 10 months to produce. After downgrading to 550 meters, the production working hours will be reduced to 6 months, and the use of raw materials will be reduced by more than four times. What’s even more incredible is that such a downgrade did not bring about a reduction in performance!
Take the most standard Yamato cannon as an example. The power of the Yamato cannon fired by the Minotaur-class cruiser is not weakened at all compared to the Behemoth-class cruiser. Even because of the improved energy supply and focus, the Yamato cannon The gun's rate of fire has also been increased by 20%.
It is hard to imagine what kind of war environment the designers of the Minotaur-class cruiser designed and manufactured in our original universe. This is really genius.
In the core industrial area of Maijituo, the main task of this part built by the Fourth Group is to produce Minotaur-class cruisers. I hope that when Operation Plan Zero is officially launched and we launch the offensive, we will be able to obtain at least 1,000 Tauren-class cruisers.
This is an excellent battleship that can compete head-on with battlecruisers. Battleships of the same level are no match for it. I'm really looking forward to their performance in the war.
[Finally, there is the Karl Planet Industrial Zone. This is an industrial area built by the Vasari people, and it is currently the most mysterious of all the industrial areas in the Principality of Dawn. 】
The Havin Sector was once the territory of the 19th Army of the Galactic Republic, and this sector is not actually a place known for its industrial development. The largest industrial planet in this sector, Bomis-Koori, has always been under the control of the Enterprise Alliance.
Therefore, in the early days of the Clone Wars, when the Fourth Civilization left the Model Sector for the first time to launch an attack, it was indeed lucky that it encountered the 19th Army with weak industrial strength.
The industry of the Havin Sector was mainly composed of the Yago-Dur planet, the home planet of the Given people, and the Bomis-Core planet, the largest industrial planet in the Enterprise Alliance. However, the planet Yago-Dur has just experienced a planetary orbit change, which has caused great damage to the factory docks we built on it. Therefore, the Given people are currently being relocated, and this industrial zone is also facing banning.
Bomis-Core Planet was once the largest industrial planet in the Enterprise Alliance. It's just that the Enterprise Alliance suffered heavy losses in the Clone Wars, almost to the point of breaking out, so now it can only rely on our Principality of Dawn to survive. And this industrial planet was mortgaged to us and became the industrial center of Haven Planet.
But the factories and shipyards on the planet Bomis-Core also face the problem of aging and outdated equipment. Therefore, in order to revitalize the industry in the Harvin sector, the new sector governor Harry Seldon handed over this industrial area to the Vasari people for management. (End of this chapter)