Chapter 526, Eight Giant Ships
Four years ago, Gu Hang went to Jindi Planet in person and negotiated with the Mingyang Sect. The two most important items were that the three star regions would be returned to the management of the star domain government led by the alliance. At the same time, the production capacity of the foundry world would accept orders from the alliance. .
Everything else is fine. Even the Titans produced by the Mingyang Sect are in demand by the Alliance, but they are not absolutely necessary.
Only large starships, which often take several years to build, are what the Alliance is most in short supply.
Jindi has the ability to build battlecruisers.
The Dragon Snake class is even more famous and more popular than the Holy Grail class in the entire Imperial Navy system. After all, Holy Grail-class construction is relatively rare.
In the past, Jindi Star rarely even used the two dragon-snake-class construction docks at full capacity.
The price of building a battle cruiser is still a bit too expensive and consumes too many resources. Without any urgent need, such a high-cost project would not be easily undertaken; most of the ones produced would be sent away as orders for the Imperial Fleet. Otherwise, keeping it in your hands and raising it would be a huge sum of money.
The orders accepted by the Mingyang Sect in the past were not limited to the Eastern Universe, but also orders from other Universes.
Of course, this is not an urgent situation.
When they decided to build their own Mingyang fleet, these two shipyards started working at full capacity; after the 'black box negotiations' with Gu Hang, the giant ships from these two shipyards became orders from the alliance.
The two battleships cost the Alliance 111 billion tax coins.
The price is a bit on the high side.
The Alliance builds a Holy Grail class at a cost of only 45 billion. The cost of building the Dragon-Snake-class should be less than that of the Holy Grail-class, estimated at 35 billion to 40 billion.
However, the cost is the cost and the selling price is the selling price.
According to the sages of the Mingyang Sect, 55 billion for the alliance is already considered a good deal.
For the Imperial Navy's order, the Mingyang Sect's quotation is 60 billion for a Dragon Snake.
Gu Hang accepted the offer.
For battleships of this level, price is not an issue, production capacity is the big issue.
Two more ships can be gathered in a short period of time.
Spending more money is necessary.
However, with just one word from the Governor, the Alliance's financial department was stunned.
The two battle cruisers add up to 111 billion.
And this wave of orders placed by the alliance on Jindi Star is not just for two battle cruisers.
There are also twelve Moon-class cruisers.
This is another more than 160 billion.
Counting some other ships, the Mingyang Titan Legion purchased or rented...
In four years, the total amount paid by the alliance to Jin Dixing exceeded 300 billion!
In addition, the alliance also has its own shipbuilding plan, and the army is also expanding. Economic construction requires investment, and political construction requires costs...
Spend money like water!
But Mingyang Sect is actually quite difficult.
The orders from the alliance have basically squeezed Jin Dixing's production capacity to the limit.
Not to mention building the Mingyang Fleet, let alone expanding the Skitarii, Jindi Star's own reconstruction and production capacity recovery progress have been affected to a certain extent. The construction speed of their powerful Mechanical Ark has slowed down significantly. The construction period was significantly extended.
Gu Hang also asked if he could buy this Mechanical Ark.
Was flatly rejected by the Mingyang Sect.
But now, two battle cruisers produced from Jindi Star have finally been built.
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Originally, these two warships were going directly to the hinterland of the alliance.
Morgan fought for a long time before the two warships could be delivered directly on Ronglin Planet.
As for naming one of the battleships directly as the 'Ronglin', that would be an even greater honor!
It’s not just a mere name, the former will have a huge demonstration effect: even big ships like battlecruisers are delivered on our Ronglin Star, so other business activities can be carried out here with confidence!
As for the naming of the latter's battle cruisers, although it has long been decided to name them according to the planetary worlds in the star domain, but what about the more than 400 worlds in the Dragon Eagle star domain, and how many new battle cruisers are there? How could it be named after the Ronglin star!
This was also decided after he betrayed his old face, built many connections, and even handed a letter directly to Mr. Gu, and the alliance leader took time out of his busy schedule to give instructions.
When a rare battlecruiser is named "Ronglin", it can certainly bring continuous advertising effects!
It seems that Jason Morgan has put in a lot of efforts for a bunch of false fame, but in his opinion, these will eventually turn into actual benefits for Ronglin Star and even the entire Steel Fire Dragon Star Region!
Thaddeus also understands this truth.
When he arrived at Ronglin Star Port, he was warmly received by the local Steel Fire Dragon Alliance officials headed by Jason Morgan.
Normally, he would refuse such hospitality.
So far, the alliance has not developed a particularly strong trend of luxurious banquets.
Normally, Jason Morgan wouldn't do this kind of thing.
Not only is there no benefit, but it is also easy to be investigated by the anti-corruption department.
But this time, he made an exception.
Thaddeus also made an exception and participated.
The consideration is that welcoming the arrival of two new giant ships will greatly assist the development of Ronglin Star. As long as it was harmless, Thaddeus was not particularly resistant to using his status to participate in a banquet to provide some assistance to local development.
However, no matter what, business comes first.
At the banquet, Thaddeus, who was dressed in military uniform, spent most of his time negotiating with representatives of the Mingyang Sect who were also invited to the banquet, confirming the details of delivering the giant ships one after another.
He turned a good banquet into a business affair.
Jason Morgan is not angry either, only happy.
There are quite a few people coming today. Taking advantage of the opportunity, various prominent figures from various chambers of commerce and the central alliance gathered together. He was happy that Rong Linxing showed up this time, and he couldn't help but think about how he could use this limelight to gain some practical benefits in the future.
For example, if we negotiate with several more chambers of commerce, or with the logistics and equipment department under the Ministry of Military Affairs, we can see whether Jindi Star's cargo transportation can also be collected and distributed from Ronglin.
After the guests and hosts had a good time, the next day, Thadius took the people and checked into the two battle cruisers.
The naval architects transferred from the Winged Star and the Raging Owl Star will complete the inspection of the entire ship in the next period of time.
In fact, this step of work has already been done.
To buy a ship for 60 billion, at least half of the many star districts controlled by the alliance, the total output value of the four years combined may not be this figure. This is a very huge wealth that must be taken seriously.
After it was determined that these two ships would belong to the Alliance in the future, the Alliance's shipbuilding engineers had already stationed themselves on Jindi Star a few years in advance. The main goal is to carry out supervision and inspection during the construction stage to ensure that the ship is handed over without problems.
Well, it definitely has nothing to do with stealing technology! Wu Jiarong definitely didn’t help!
Even though alliance engineers have been involved during the construction process, the necessary inspections still need to be very detailed in the overall delivery work.
This work lasted about ten days.
After all teams signed to ensure that there was no problem, Thaddeus and the naval force of more than 300,000 people he brought finally completely took over the two battlecruisers and sailed out of Ronglin Star Port.
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After a long voyage, Thaddeus returned to the Winged Star with two giant ships.
In the orbit of the Flying Wing Star, a huge fleet is gathering.
Almost each of those battleships is equivalent to the wealth of one or even several planets.
And each of those dozens of moon-class cruisers is equivalent to the wealth of a star sector.
But despite this, the most eye-catching thing is the six giant ships surrounded by many ships.
One is the Alliance flagship, the 'Fire Nova', which is a Retribution-class battleship.
The second one is the Zhuge-class battleship Tianma, which even looks bigger and longer than the Yuhuo Xingxing!
The other four ships are respectively the 'Yunluo', the 'Angry Owl', the 'Flying Wing', and the 'Koluojia'.
The 'Yunluo' is a Dragon Snake-class battlecruiser, which was the original flagship of the Yunluo fleet. When the Raging Flames were driven away, they originally thought of taking the Yunluo fleet away with them, but during the evacuation, the Yunluo quietly 'left behind'.
Who wants to leave like a bunch of losers in a hurry and like a defeated dog?
What's more, this is their hometown.
The Raging Flames Chapter, whose morale was shattered, did not take care of these matters. In the end, they failed to successfully take away the Yunluo Fleet.
Strictly speaking, the Yunluo Fleet does not belong to the alliance.
They have an independent Imperial Navy, which is different from the Alliance Navy.
However, this is just like the Pegasus fleet is not a member of the alliance. That's what he said, but under the influence of Yelicia, when everyone in the fleet was dispatched as political commissars by the alliance, how could they not obey the alliance's dispatch?
We are not together in name, but in fact we are as close as one family.
Except for the Yunluo, there are three remaining giant ships named after the three most important planets in the Pegasus sector. All of them are 'Holy Grail' class battlecruisers, all of which were completed by the Alliance in the past few years. Battleship.
Compared with the 'Dragon Snake Class', the 'Holy Grail Class' looks more slender and more beautiful in appearance. In fact, its cost is more expensive than the 'Dragon Snake Class'. In terms of firepower, the 'Holy Grail Class' has one more X-level gun position than the 'Dragon Snake Class'; its defensive performance is slightly weaker, but in terms of ship speed, it is even better.
The Alliance has two Holy Grail-class construction docks, one of which was built relatively early, and the Alliance's first 'Holy Grail-class' had some precious and very difficult-to-craft original parts, which were pulled directly from the black box.
This greatly accelerated the work efficiency of the first Holy Grail-class construction dock, allowing it to produce two ships in six years.
The second shipyard produced one ship in four years.
This is the origin of the Alliance's three battle cruisers.
Two Holy Grail battle cruisers and one Zhuge aircraft carrier have been started at the same time, which is currently the alliance's maximum production capacity.
Although it is said that there is a third Holy Grail-class shipyard, and there are plans to build it. However, the alliance's finances would be unbearable if it had to open an additional battle cruiser production line at the same time, while also supporting the purchase of orders for Jin Dixing's two dragon-snake-class production lines.
It’s not just about building ships and nothing else.
The expensive part of such a large ship is not just the cost. After its construction was completed, it was still a gold-swallowing beast that continued to exist. Every voyage consumes fuel, every drill consumes artillery shells, every maintenance consumes resources, and the manpower expenditure of hundreds of thousands of crew members...
In a decade or so, the cost of such a warship will be equivalent to building a new one.
But no matter what, now, the naval power controlled by the alliance can definitely be said to be different from what it used to be.
Counting the 'Ronglin' and 'Steel Wing' brought back by Thaddeus, the alliance has one battleship, one aircraft carrier, and six battle cruisers!
With these eight battleships as the core, supplemented by more than forty cruisers, other lower-tier destroyers and frigates are not included... The combined strength of such a fleet is huge!
Thaddeus stood on the bridge, quietly looking at the hundreds of warships gathered in this space, and the heroic feeling in his heart continued to surge.
At this moment, a communication request came through.
That comes from Ms. Oceana.
"General Thaddeus." Oceana said, "How was the situation along the way?"
"Everything is fine. The two battleships arrived safe and sound. I also saw many local officials from the alliance along the way. They are all trying their best to develop their own star areas, especially Jason Morgan and Rong Linxing. He has done a good job. If each of our star regions can develop like this, the future of the alliance will be even more worth looking forward to!”
"That's great." Oceana smiled politely and said, "However, there are still some financial procedures that need you to sign as soon as possible."
"No problem." Thaddeus said, "It should be."
(End of chapter)