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Text Chapter 695: Be prepared for danger in times of peace

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    After leaving the Mars base, the group took the Titanium directly to the Mars shipyard. This shipyard is actually a space station attached to Mars, located at a certain Lagrange point on Mars.

    Looking out of the large portholes of the Titanium Star, there is a silver-gray space station in the black space, and outside this space station is a larger ship that is obviously unfinished.  If the Titanium Star is compared to an apple, then the Fubai-class frigate is probably at the level of a pineapple, and the Ancestor-class Nuwa battleship can be counted as a pineapple.  Although there is only one word difference between the front and back names, the size and weight are completely different.

    There are still many differences between the Ancestor-class and the Fubo-class. The Fubo-class was just Eti's inspiration from the previous design drawings, and then he added some of his own understanding and modifications.  However, the Ancestor class has not been modified at all. The main reason is because the design of the Ancestor class itself is perfect, and Yidi does not have much energy to make precise adjustments to such a large battleship.

    The overall shape of the Ancestor class looks a lot like a pipe organ, not the keys, but the pipes.  There are many kinds of pipes in the pipe organ, but most of them are placed side by side. The ancestor level looks more like a lot of pipes of different lengths stuck together without logic, pointing in a certain direction side by side, like this  The design looks a bit ferocious.

    As far as what Liu Shuquan saw, this huge ship was far from complete. At least the internal structure could still be seen. The flash of light coming from the large opening in the hull showed that construction work was still underway there.  The huge hull is surrounded by a large number of robots of different shapes.  Most of them are attached to the ship body with suction cups for work. The largest robot is as tall as an eighteen-story building, and the number of small ones is even more difficult to see clearly.

    The Titanium star turned off its power and drifted in space, but still maintained a distance from the Ancestor class. Everything seen from the window made everyone feel an alternative industrial beauty, with countless large and small robots and a layer of  Another layer of assembled battleships is indeed dazzling.

    However, Liu Shuquan still raised his own question: "Is this construction method really feasible? Can the decks welded layer by layer withstand enemy weapons?"

    His opinion is probably what many people think. According to the requirements of the Earth's navy in the early stages of shipbuilding, armor must be guaranteed, and the best warships must be strong and powerful.  But currently the Earth Navy has begun to reduce its tonnage.  Because large-tonnage ships and large-caliber main guns are of little significance to modern naval warfare.  The reason is stronger destructive power and wider scope of reconnaissance coordination.

    When the opponent does not have the protection of a war system, it is not difficult for advanced fighters to launch anti-ship missiles outside visual range and be guided by satellites to attack ships.  So the war became a collision of one system against another, rather than the victory that could only be achieved by enthusiasm and courage as before.

    The same is true for interstellar warfare. The most suitable distance for battleship battles is probably hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.  In this way, their main guns can fully exert their power.  But real war is never that perfect.  Battleships also faced close fire from hostile forces.  For example, anti-ship torpedoes or bombs dropped by starfighters.  On the one hand, the battleship has sufficient close-range firepower, and on the other hand, its size ensures that it will not sink or disintegrate after hundreds of hits.

    Size is the best protection. The huge body of the battleship is not only equipped with powerful main weapons and massive auxiliary weapons.  It also has the strongest survivability.  There were two debates at the beginning of the design of the Progenitor-class battleship. One side believed that a frame structure should be used to enhance protection and internal stability; the other side favored a larger hull and more disposable shells.

    The final result was that both factions won, and their demands were combined into one. The core part of the Ancestor class is a frame structure, which is very hard and also has an energy shield. If necessary, it can abandon all shells and fight alone; in addition, it  The volume has also been almost doubled. In addition to leaving room for the energy core, the extra space also houses a large number of weapons and disposable shells.

    If you want to eat such an ancestor-class battleship, there are only two ways.  One is to make it surrender voluntarily, which is obviously very difficult; the other is to knock off the hard outer shell bit by bit from the outside and destroy the inner frame core before it escapes, which is also difficult to do.  It's not that the Ancestor class doesn't have the ability to fight back. When knocking the shell, it's a process of constantly throwing the battleship into the crusher.

    If an Ancestor loses its entire hull, it can return to its original shape in a short time after returning to the shipyard, as long as there are enough spare parts. This is why the Tau were able to do so tens of millions of years ago.  One reason to rule the galaxy.  They have a fleet that is difficult to destroy, and they can fight repeatedly without fear of any challenge.

    After listening to these introductions??, Liu Shuquan had a question that everyone would have: "So where are the once-prominent Tau people?"

    Liu Jinpeng replied: "They disappeared. No one knows where they went. Maybe it was an electromagnetic storm that swept the entire galaxy. After all, they are all energy bodies."

    Liu Shuquan was not satisfied with this answer. He frowned and said: "You should pay attention to this issue. The destruction of the Tau people may not be any natural factors. If it is some force hidden in the dark, then your behavior may trigger their spirit."  Be wary."

    "Are you talking about the black guys who come to harvest every 50,000 years?" Liu Jinpeng replied with a smile.

    "I'm not kidding you," Liu Shuquan criticized the man sadly, "Every leader must learn to be prepared for danger in times of peace. But I can understand why you feel a sense of crisis. In short, human beings are not alone in the universe.  Yes, but that¡¯s not necessarily a good thing.¡±

    "You're right," Liu Jinpeng stopped joking, "In fact, every time I see politicians fighting around on earth, I feel that their horizons are too small, and they only focus on their own one-third of an acre of land.  They don¡¯t even have the courage to think about the universe. Some people say that human history itself is a history of internal strife. If there is no internal strife one day, mankind will perish. I think that is nonsense.¡±

    "What do you mean?" Liu Shuquan was a little doubtful, "If humans don't fight among themselves, then they have to fight with aliens? Isn't that right?"

    "Born in sorrow and dying in happiness," Liu Jinpeng did not directly answer Liu Shuquan's question. "The earth is too comfortable. Human beings can never really grow up in this home. Now the universe seems to be covered with a black curtain, and everyone is separated from it.  You can pretend that there is nothing over there by keeping the curtain on, but I will soon take it off, and I am looking forward to what their expressions will be like then."

    "Your plan is very radical," Liu Shuquan said thoughtfully, "You don't have to tell me why you brought me here?"

    "If I said it's because you are Mei'er's father, would you believe it?"

    "Only ghosts believe you."

    "That's right," Liu Jinpeng replied without changing his expression, "You may not believe anything I say, so I might as well say nothing and bring you over to take a look, so you can rest assured."

    "It's impossible for me to feel relieved, okay," Liu Shuquan shouted angrily, "You suddenly told me that you have opened such a big stall, how can I feel relieved?"

    In fact, Liu Shuquan did feel a lot more relieved, but he felt even more disappointed. This emotion caused him to refuse to admit that he was relieved.  Liu Jinpeng did not expose it, and replied with a smile: "Whether you are at ease or not, I have stopped keeping secrets from you. If this still doesn't satisfy you, there is really nothing I can do."

    Liu Shuquan wanted to say something else, but Xiao Yanran ran over and stopped him and said, "Grandpa, don't quarrel with dad, okay?"

    The old guy loved his granddaughter the most, so of course he hugged her and said, "I didn't quarrel with your father, we just argued about some issues."

    "Don't quarrel, okay?" Liu Yanran didn't care about the argument. She thought that two people talking loudly was a quarrel.

    Being forced by his granddaughter, Liu Shuquan had no choice but to lower his head: "Okay, Yanran has the final say, I won't make any noise."

    Having said that, Liu Shuquan still said to his son-in-law: "In short, you'd better talk to the old fox about this matter. He is not as easy to talk to as me. As expected of an emperor, he has a very angry temper."

    Liu Jinpeng declined to comment on Liu Shuquan¡¯s prejudice, but still promised to communicate with Li Jingwen as soon as possible.

    On the way back, Liu Jinpeng asked Liu Shuquan to taste the delicacies produced by the Titanium star's life support system.  This time the Titanium explored the entire solar system and several surrounding galaxies, collected some ingredients that are not found on earth, and cooked them according to recipes and the physique of earthlings. This is the main feature of the extraterrestrial gourmet restaurant Liu Jinpeng plans to launch.  vegetable.

    There are a lot of things here that look weird but taste good, and they also contain a lot of trace elements that the human body cannot synthesize by itself.  Liu Shuquan was used to eating good food, so his evaluation of this meal was pretty good, but he mainly appreciated the taste and criticized its appearance.

    "The key to Chinese food is that it has both color and flavor, but the most important thing is that it looks good and has bright colors. You definitely have room for improvement, and don't sell top-quality products at cheap prices." Generally speaking, Liu Shuquan's advice is very pertinent.  .

    While eating, Liu Jinpeng also proposed to his father-in-law that he would start developing tourism projects for the moon and Mars, and might open an interstellar cruise ship from Earth to Mars in the near future.  However, the initial plan is to open a direct train for travel between the moon and the earth. To this end, an earth-moon travel company will be established. This is a business that will definitely lose money in the early stage and is very likely to be lost.The road opened up, but it made it easier for those behind.

    But because of the existence of the lunar base, Liu Jinpeng believes that as long as the Earth-Moon Travel Company survives the initial stage, it should make a big leap forward.  Especially after the Moon City is established and more and more people travel between the earth and the moon, the Earth-Moon Travel Company can gradually transform into a solar system tourism company.  (To be continued¡­
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