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That's terrible news.

After Jiang Chen read the report of the colony captain Hong Zewei, he immediately called Kerrwin, and then gave the task of sending the second batch of colonists in advance.

The 500,000-ton Seagull-class new ship, which was "launched" only half a month ago, is equipped with an improved version of the Red River X1 engine, which can complete the acceleration and deceleration phase in a shorter time and complete the flight in the solar system at a higher cruising speed.

According to the orbital data calculated by the quantum computer, the current relative position of the Earth and Mars only takes 21 days from the Star Ring City to the synchronous orbit of Mars.

Because the colonization plan was three months ahead of schedule, the 100 colonists who were being trained had to end their training early, board the transport ship with the cargo that was about to be taken to the Martian colony, and lie down in the dormant warehouse. In addition to the colonists, there are ten orbital airborne troops equipped with state-of-the-art Gauss rifles and exoskeletons.

Although Jiang Chen was skeptical about the existence of Martians, after all, it was more than three billion years ago that people could live on Mars. They had dug their own mausoleum underground, and by this time they were afraid that they had weathered into sand, not to mention living creatures.

However, in order to reassure the people of the colony, Jiang Chen finally decided to send a ground force.

He knows very well what extreme things people can do when they are isolated and helpless.

At the same time as the second group of colonists set off, the twenty members of the Earth Defense Alliance also returned to the surface one after another, allowing the ghost agents to end the surveillance of the twenty commissioners, and Jiang Chen left the office and went to the shipyard of Future Man Heavy Industries.

The shipyard is currently located in the gravity-free section of the main axis of the space elevator, right next to the port of Star Ring City.

When Jiang Chen arrived at the shipyard, the hull of a pitch-black Seagull-class transport ship more than 600 meters long was being fixed by more than a dozen mechanical arms, quietly suspended in the air, occupying almost 90 percent of the shipyard's space.

Countless construction robots surround the outside of the ship, welding the machined parts to the ship. At the rear of the ship, four mechanical cantilever connected to a variety of tools, from files to laser welding guns, are now performing difficult maneuvers to connect the Red River X1 engine into the groove in the tail of the transport.

The wisdom of working people is limitless.

Although the design drawings and key technologies of the Seagull-class transport ship were given by Jiang Chen, the entire production process was worked out little by little by 10,000 scientists, technicians, and senior engineers of Future Renren Heavy Industry using the existing equipment.

This production process may not be the most perfect, but it is comparable to the world's top level.

Jiang Chen can proudly announce to the world that Futureren Heavy Industry is the only enterprise in the world that has mastered the manufacturing process of 500,000-ton transport ships. Whether it is Russia's Grand Duke Oleg, or China's Changchun, or the American Apollo X1, they are no different from fish in the water in front of his "big gulls".

Of course, YY is YY, he didn't just come this time to admire the magnificent size of the Seagull-class transport, he had more important things to do.

Without waiting long, a middle-aged man in overalls floated towards him with his legs kicked, skillfully grasping the handrail and standing firmly by the window.

As the owner of the shipyard under Future Heavy Industries, he was in a meeting with the shipyard's senior engineer just now. Hearing that his subordinates reported that Jiang Chen had come to the shipyard in person, he hurriedly handed over the meeting to his deputy to preside, changed into work clothes and ran over.

Looking at Jiang Chen apologetically, Dai Zhengming opened his mouth to explain, "I'm sorry, I was in a meeting with the technician just now, I didn't know that the boss you came to inspect the shipyard in person, if there is any inconsiderate hospitality, I hope you have a lot of Haihan-"

"There's no need to be so polite," Jiang Chen waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to take it to heart, and said with a smile, "I'm just here to have a casual look, I hope it doesn't disturb your work." ”

"No, no, no. Dai Zhengming hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile, "If you have something you don't understand, please be sure to talk to me, I will definitely know everything!"

Jiang Chen smiled, cast his gaze to the Seagull outside the glass window, paused for a moment, and continued.

"The Earth Defense Alliance's fleet plan is scheduled to open a tender for the construction of the first megaton warship in a week. At present, only we have the ability to bid for hull welding, engines, and ecological warehouses. You are an expert in this area, I would like to refer to your opinion, do you think this megaton warship is sure?"

After hearing Jiang Chen's words, a look of embarrassment appeared on Dai Zhengming's face.

"Boss, to be honest, you should have seen that our shipyard is still too small. There is simply not enough space for construction, and 500,000 tons is already the limit, and if it is larger, I am afraid that I will have to stick the bow of the ship outside. ”

Jiang Chen nodded.

The space problem of the shipyard, he had already noticed just now, this Seagull-class transport ship alone has occupied the entire construction space of the shipyard.

It should be mentioned here that the entire Star Ring City is divided into a gravity-free segment and a gravity segment, as well as a low-gravity segment in the middle. Due to the problem of the center of gravity of the entire space elevator, in addition to some light industry and planting industry, heavy industries with large resource throughput, such as shipbuilding and steelmaking, are distributed on the gravity-free section, that is, the main axis of the entire space elevator.

There are many benefits to this, such as maximizing the use of space resources and reducing the time spent on the logistics and transportation of industrial raw materials. However, the disadvantages are also obvious, one of which is that if there is not enough space, there is not even a place to move.

At present, there is a steel mill below the shipyard, and there is a port next to it, which is quite troublesome to dislocate. It is not a problem to widen outward, but the lack of longitudinal space seriously limits the scale of the shipyard's work.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Chen looked at Dai Zhengming and spoke.

"A megaton warship can't be built on a space elevator. What do you think of moving the entire shipyard out of the space elevator and putting it in a separate synchronous orbit?"

"Alone in a synchronous orbit?" Dai Zhengming keenly sensed the meaning of the boss's words, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "You mean to build a separate space station outside the space elevator as a shipyard." ”

"That's right. Jiang Chen nodded, "I just don't know if it's difficult to implement." ”

Moving the shipyard out of the space elevator and existing as a satellite city of the entire Star Ring City, the construction space of the entire shipyard will be more than a little larger than it is now, and it can continue to expand as needed. Not to mention megatons, even tens of millions of tons of interstellar giants have a foundation for construction.

As for the current shipyard, it is enough to build small ships of less than half a million tons.

Dai Zhengming had thought about this issue before, but after all, he was only a factory director and did not know how the space elevator worked. Another one is under the umbrella of Future People Heavy Industries, and the space elevator belongs to the Star Ring Trade Management, and his question is reflected to the top, and it is not so easy to be heard.

Now that the boss mentioned this, of course he raised his hands in approval.

"I'll find someone to arrange this, and you'll also study and study how to plan this space station. ”

While saying this, Jiang Chen did silently recite in his heart: The plate of Transwarp Trade and the Future People Group is getting bigger and bigger, it seems that the cooperation between these various departments still has to be stepped up, and I have to discuss it with Xia Shiyu for a while to see if there is any good way.

Under the farewell of Dai Zhengming and a group of employees, Jiang Chen left the Future People Heavy Industry Shipyard and was about to make a call to Xia Shiyu. However, before the call was made, her call took the initiative to call.

"What's the matter?"

"Zhang Yaping called you just now, but he couldn't contact you, and then called the company. It is said that the Japanese foreign minister is now in Koro City, and he would like to talk to you. (To be continued.) )