Chapter 505, How Strong Will the Alliance Fleet Be in Four Years?

The Empire doesn't like to use aircraft carriers, but Gu Hang has no prejudice against this.

Or rather, he has no conditions to be prejudiced now.

The Zhuge class is a battleship-class warship anyway.

What's wrong with the aircraft carrier type? What's wrong with the high cost? What's wrong with not conforming to the mainstream?

The grade is here!

If Gu Hang wants to build a large ship of this level, he may not be able to do it before he saves up the next million-level ten-draw.

What's more, not conforming to the mainstream style of the Imperial Navy does not mean it is weak.

Similar to the previous Command class, the core component of the Zhuge class is also a catapult deck, which is used to "launch" fighters and send them directly to the face of the enemy ship.

However, unlike the light aircraft carrier such as the Command class, the heavy space aircraft carrier such as the Zhuge class can launch more than just three types of fighters of different sizes.

It can shoot patrol ships in the face.

What should a small boat do to a large ship if it wants to achieve a miraculous victory?

If we engage in a long-range firefight, we will definitely be defeated as many as possible. We cannot even break through the defense. If they fire one shot, we will be shattered to pieces along with our ship and shield.

But if we get close to them, it will be hard to say. Slow-fired heavy torpedoes are deadly. And it is difficult to intercept at a close distance.

If it really doesn't work, the patrol ship will just drive in, which will be more unbearable than any artillery shell.

Even more extreme, if it is built a little more excessively, the Zhuge class can even launch a destroyer!

Gu Hang actually calculated according to the technical specifications, and the largest catapult deck can really launch the most commonly used Crazy Shark class destroyer in the alliance.

The Crazy Shark is only five or six kilometers long, while the Zhuge class is even larger than the 21-kilometer Nemesis class, reaching a length of 26 kilometers. With the modification of its hangar and catapult deck, it is possible to swallow a Crazy Shark.

If a Crazy Shark is really delivered to the enemy, even if the opponent is a serious battleship, it may not be as simple as being frightened. There is indeed a high probability that the Crazy Shark will be sent away.

The price is a bit high. The destroyer is expensive, but the situation of the Zhuge class being converted into a catapult destroyer is too extreme. In order to adapt to this, it is almost impossible to save other combat forces. After launching a destroyer, the remaining available space is too small. The battle becomes a one-shot deal, with no endurance, which is not suitable.

On the contrary, what the Crazy Shark can do can also be done by a few more patrol ships.

However, in order to cooperate with the aircraft carrier to launch ships, the corresponding warships launched also need to undergo some special designs.

First of all, the flexibility and speed must be maximized. After the catapult, it does not directly enter the opponent's shield or void shield. Patrol ships still need to rely on their own small and flexible characteristics to find a better output position, or even simply drill into the shield of the enemy's large ships.

Secondly, the burst of firepower must be strong enough. For this purpose, the continuity of firepower and ammunition capacity can be completely sacrificed, because these things are meaningless and have a short survival time. It is better to bring large shells that can hit large ships in one go than to bring more shells.

There is no need to think about defense. Just pay attention to the energy shield and hull armor, and don't let it be easily blown up by intercepting firepower. Otherwise, no matter how well it is done, it is just a small patrol ship. When it is sent to the enemy fleet, no matter how thick the shield and armor are, there will be no significant difference in the result.

As long as it can hold on until the patrol ship fires all the firepower it carries, it will be destroyed.

Under this overall idea, the alliance will finalize a new patrol ship type called "Swordfish Class" in the near future.

To put it bluntly, it is a self-destructing ship, thin-skinned, fast and flexible, not durable at all, and even lacks the ability to sail long distances and pass through the star tunnel. The only advantage is that it can destroy a ship's firepower in a few minutes. These firepowers include 8 Sky-Splitting Axe missiles, 4 Dongfeng Fen, and two torpedo missiles transformed from Dongfeng Fen.

This torpedo missile has a weak penetration capability, but the hit rate is guaranteed when fired at close range, and it is also good at penetrating shields and armor. The most important thing is that its explosive power is almost five times that of a normal L-type missile such as the Dongfeng Fen.

This means that if it is not intercepted, one shot can kill a cruiser; if it hits a large battleship, it can also severely damage the opponent.

From this point of view, the Zhuge class, which can continuously launch 8 patrol ships and thousands of fighters, is still very powerful.

If it is a one-on-one duel, Gu Hang does not think that the current flagship of the alliance, the 'Rising Star', can cope with the attack of the Zhuge class, and it is almost certain to be blown up.

Unless both sides bring a large escort fleet, then the outcome may still be uncertain.

However, the cost of the Zhuge class is also more expensive than the Retribution class; if the cost of the thousands of fighters and eight special attack ships is taken into account, it will almost reach 80 billion per ship.

The construction time is eight years.

Even if the first one has the black box, it will take four years to complete the first Zhuge-class aircraft carrier.

However, if you think about it this way, the strength of the Alliance Navy will have a huge and leapfrog improvement in four years.

If all the shipbuilding plans go smoothly, then the Alliance will have five top battleships. Among them, the battleship-level one is the "Burning Star" battleship, plus the first Zhuge-class aircraft carrier that has not yet been named. In addition, there will be three battlecruisers, two of which will be the Holy Grail class built by the Alliance; and one is the flagship of the current Yunluo Fleet. Although it belongs to the Imperial Navy in terms of sequence, in fact, the Alliance cannot let go of the Yunluo Fleet that has already been swallowed.

That is a "Longlong-class" battlecruiser, and its performance in all aspects is not particularly different from the Holy Grail class. It is slower but has thicker armor.

In addition to the main battleships consisting of these five battleships, aircraft carriers, and battlecruisers, the Alliance will be able to gather about 30 Moon-class cruisers by then, including the Tianma Fleet, Yunluo Fleet, Alliance Fleet, and new ships to be produced in the future.

Not to mention other types of destroyers and frigates.

Such a fleet is already very powerful to be honest.

Gu Hang doubts that after four years, when the main fleet of the Eastern Universe is taken out for a walk, can it beat my fleet?

Can you, Tie Nushi, gather five battleship-level ships?

Uh... it should still be gathered, but at least the Alliance’s navy also has the ability to fight to the death with the opponent.

Satisfied, Gu Hang now just wants to develop his head.

Digest the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region well, save money well, and use time to exchange for the quality of the navy. In addition to the increasingly powerful army at that time, coupled with the Phoenix War Corps, the Holy Lily Sisters, the Glory Guards, the Storm Mage Corps... The Alliance also has a series of high-quality troops available.

With the Dragon Eagle Star Region, which had become rich and powerful after being integrated and strengthened by Gu Hang's various gift points, he would become the strongest person in the entire region.

However, the peaceful development time that Gu Hang longed for did not come.

Only in the third month after he returned to the Dragon Eagle Star Region, the "Princess Rebellion" officially broke out.