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"But now they've changed. The old emperor of Kaffatra stood up from his throne, curled his tail around his waist, and paced slowly.

"Maybe before that, you were right. The Aurora had no intention of interfering with their native civilization. But now they have directly wiped out a native advanced civilization. That is a warning to us, the advanced civilizations. Warn us not to act rashly!"

"If we don't move, we'll end up just becoming their vassals, their puppets. The crown prince turned his body as the emperor paced, facing him squarely. "Father, the Aurora people are very powerful. We in Kafatra cannot compete with it alone. Only by uniting more advanced civilizations can it be possible to compete with them. ”

"How many national civilizations do you think you have to unite to compete with them?" the old emperor stopped and looked at him and said lightly. "Is it all the civilizations in the Kaffatra system or all the civilizations in the galaxy cluster?"

The crown prince listened to the old emperor's questioning and immediately said, "Yes, father. Even if we were united, we wouldn't necessarily be the Aurora's opponents. But now is our only chance. As long as the local high-level civilizations are united, the Aurora people will definitely not declare war on all the high-level civilizations in the local area in order to avoid losses. ”

"You're too self-righteous. The old emperor rebuked. "How many giant motherships do the Auroras have? It's a thousand, and one of those motherships can run rampant in the Kaffatra system. Do you think that all civilizations combined can pose a threat to their mothership?"

The crown prince didn't expect that his father, the emperor, was not old and confused.

The old emperor was not wrong at all. From that battle, it was observed that such a huge mothership could not be coped with by Kafatla. That's not to say that a few more civilizations and a few more warships can solve the gap.

What's even more desperate is that the Aurora people have not one or two, but thousands. Maybe they could use a stratagem to destroy a few of the other party's motherships, but he didn't think it was possible to destroy a thousand Aurora motherships.

But that's not a reason for him to give up. He firmly believes that this is Khafatla's last chance to become the overlord of the Cluster. He insisted: "Father, maybe we can think more long-term. We and the other alliances of civilizations do not need to explicitly confront the Aurora. We can even listen to the Aurora people to keep the peace of the Cluster's civilization. We just have to wait for the outcome of the war between the Aurora and their enemies. That's our chance!"

"So Matippo and Fia, will they do what you think? After all, that's not something we Cafatra can decide. ”

"Matipo and Fia are not like us, one is a loose union and the other is a federal state. They are relatively slow to react to everything. And we are a centralized monarchy. We have the advantage of making better use of this opportunity. ”

"But don't forget that interest groups don't exist because we're an empire. The old emperor sneered. Isn't Kaffatra now divided into two factions? The conservatives who cling to him, the emperor, and the radicals, who follow the crown prince, are not constantly fighting.

If it weren't for the fact that the two factions were evenly matched, his son would not have had to convince him.

"But we all share the same goal, which is to make Kafatra the leader of the Catipofia Cluster. Father, now is not the time to discuss whether or not we should ally with other civilizations. We have become an unstable factor in the eyes of the Aurora people. Maybe we are their next target! The most basic purpose of our alliance with other civilizations is to protect ourselves!"

The old emperor knew that although what the crown prince said was a bit alarmist, it was not impossible to do so. The crown prince had previously instigated tensions between civilizations in the galaxy cluster, and had come out to suppress the Aurora. That must have angered the Aurora. They destroyed the Pontutru Empire, and the main object of their warning was probably their Khphatra Empire.

He sat back on his throne and muttered for a long time before saying, "You will be at the helm of the future of the Empire." He paused, then added. "I'll get your proposal approved by the Cabinet!"

"Thank you, Father!" the crown prince breathed a sigh of relief.

The old emperor's eyes shone brightly in his age, and he looked at him and said, "But I want you to think carefully about every step you take." Don't let Cafatra perish at your hands. ”

When all the administrative stars of the Pontutru Empire were captured, Zhuang Bifan left the expeditionary fleet and returned to the base of the First Legion with the Hanwu.

The expeditionary fleet continues to stay in the Pontutru system, capturing the resource stars and managing the newly occupied star fields. In addition, Zhuang Bifan also asked them to complete the preliminary preparation for the development of the new astrological field.

He arrives on the Flame Yellow and summons DeVille and Coster to the office.

After letting the two of them sit down, he said the purpose of calling them here: "We now have full control of the Pontutru Domain. I have set out to clear the traces of the Pontutru rule there. But the ethnic composition there is very complex. There were more than thirty civilizations that were originally enslaved by the Pontutrus. Now we are freed from slavery. It takes a certain amount of wisdom to manage them well. ”

He looked at Deville and said, "How to run the Pontutru Star Domain is up to you." I hope that you will soon be able to unite the peoples who have lost their civilization and turn them into our laborers. ”

DeVilla didn't expect him to give him such a task. But he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, Marshal!"

Zhuang Bifan turned his head to Koster and said, "The defense over there will be handed over to you." However, the expeditionary fleet will be withdrawn within two months. You can form a fleet of star guards. Troops can be deployed from the Blue Battleship. Your mission is to cooperate with Deville to maintain our rule there. It also maintains security within the galaxy. ”

"I'm going to make it in three days. ”

Zhuang Bifan nodded, and said to Deville again: "Our future focus will be on cultivating the low-level civilizations in this galaxy cluster. Their requests for protection may be accepted. At the same time, we can also do fair trade with all native civilizations. He paused, as if hesitating. "We procure resources from them and sell them the modified Blue Battleship, as well as the technology level no more than Level 5. ”

Dewell smiled knowingly and said, "I understand, Marshal. He thought for a moment and said. "We have received information that the three civilizations in the Kaffatra system seem to have been coming and going very frequently lately. ”

Zhuang Bifan didn't seem to care about this, and only said: "We have no position of interfering in their exchanges. He said that, but with a coldness in his eyes. "But we can't let them disrupt the peace within this cluster. You need to use diplomacy to avoid the emergence of military groups in your cluster that disrupt the interstellar environment. ”

He paused and asked, "What's new in the Oia System War?"

Deville immediately replied: "Although there is a war between the two sides, both sides are very tacitly aware that there is no administrative star of their own hands. Appears to be quite restrained. ”

"Leave them alone for now. ”

Coster said at this time: "Wang, the other day we conducted a space test of the new main gun. The results of the test are in line with the design requirements. He said as he pulled out a data saver.

Zhuang Bifan took it and said, "The results are out so soon?" he said as he plugged the data storage into the computer.

"Yes. We built a total of sixteen experimental guns and tested them at the same time, and the results were quite credible. ”

Zhuang Bifan nodded, and then clicked on a file. Inside is the video of the main gun test.

In the video, he saw that the turret size of the new main gun was much smaller than the existing main gun, the number of turrets in a turret was changed from nine to five, and the caliber was reduced from the previous 1830mm to 880mm. The main gun test items are mainly adaptability tests on small warships, as well as power tests.

The adaptability test focused on the impact of the main gun on the battleship when firing in various ways. The power test is to shoot at armor set up in space.

He didn't care much about the former, it was just a foundation. It was a video of the power test, and he looked at it and was quite satisfied with the results.

"It can penetrate semi-metal alloy armor with a thickness of 700 meters, and its power is indeed several times stronger than that of the main gun in service. ”

"The particle compression coefficient of the new main gun is 48% higher than that of the current main gun," Coster said with a smile. Although the caliber has been reduced, the mass of the particle cluster has increased to 8.5 kilograms. The initial velocity of the energy mass projection has also been increased from less than three light-seconds to more than eight light-seconds. The energy shell of the particle cluster is slightly lower. Otherwise, that kind of kinetic energy can penetrate at least a thousand meters of alloy armor. Of course, the main gun also requires more than three times more energy to fire, and the rate of fire is slightly reduced, but we can compensate for this in terms of fire density. ”

Zhuang Bifan looked at the video with his eyes and nodded and said: "The size of the new main gun is relatively small, even if the number of small main warships meets our operational requirements." ”

He looked up and asked, "Can the main battleship in active service be equipped?"

"The main gun position of the main battleship in service is too large, and it is not suitable for such a miniaturized main gun. However, it is possible to upgrade the main gun in service. We've actually done a lot of work on that. ”

"Is it feasible?"

"The upgrade is mainly for the energy storage system of the main gun in service. It's not too difficult to upgrade. However, the main gun positions of the ships in service cannot withstand the upgrade of the latest technology. If they are upgraded according to the latest technology, the recoil generated by their all-level firing can easily cause the turret to deform and freeze. ”

Zhuang Bifan also knew that the previous main gun was designed to the limit according to the bearing capacity of the battleship. Now upgrading the main gun, it does produce such a problem. However, he was unwilling, if the existing warships could upgrade their main guns, then their combat effectiveness would not increase only a little bit, and doubling it would be polite.

"No solution?"

"Our engineers proposed to add a buffer to the turret of the main gun in service, so that the main gun could have an impact on the alignment when firing a salvo. Even then, the main guns in service could only fire energy shells that did not exceed seven times the speed of light. However, after upgrading like that, it is possible to fire three salves at the same time, and the rate of fire has also been increased. Coster said. "It's just that the upgrade is more work-intensive and relatively expensive. ”

Zhuang Bifan pondered for a moment and said, "Cost is not a problem. That's better than the cost of a new battleship. And after the upgrade, the combat effectiveness of the active main battleship will increase a lot, and we still have time, as much as we can complete. ”

"Okay. Koster nodded. "I'll arrange it. In addition, the main gun modification of the mothership can be carried out to the limit. And they have a larger caliber, and the speed of energy shells can theoretically reach eleven times the speed of light. The mass of the energy cluster particles can reach twenty kilograms. ”