Zhuang Bifan's research department is on the Yanhuang, but in order to avoid accidents that lead to the annihilation of all the android engineers he has cultivated, most of the motherships also have their own research institutes. Although the research institute on the www.biquge.info Hanwu is not as good as that on the Yanhuang, there are also many engineers with outstanding abilities.

These engineers are not engineers in the construction industry, but a general term for scientific and technological personnel.

Zhuang Bifan is either cultivating alienation energy or going to the research institute these days.

The Hanwu still lingers near the star where the space monkfish were found, and whenever the engineer needs it, he will send a warship to catch the space monkfish back.

Those engineers who conduct atomic cytology studies on space monkfish, not only on the genes of space monkfish, but even on their genetic makeup and structure. They seem to have made some progress.

On this day, after Zhuang Bifan dealt with some affairs of the fleet, he came to the research institute. He saw that the engineers were methodically conducting various experiments, so he went to the person in charge of the research institute and asked, "What have you found after studying for so long?"

The person in charge looked very young, according to the appearance of the previous earthlings, he was definitely still a hairy child in his early twenties, but in fact he was already more than three hundred years old. The theoretical lifespan of today's androids has reached 1,500 years. Compared with the theoretical lifespan, more than 300 years old, it is indeed still a young man.

When he saw that it was Zhuang Bifan, he hurriedly saluted and said, "Report to Marshal, we are currently studying the main organelles of space monkfish cells, and analyzing their genetic characteristics. ”

"What's the progress, and what role do their cells do for their life in space?"

The person in charge is responsible for the project, and the memory of androids is already very strong, especially for these specially trained engineers, although the memory is not as good as that of a computer, but the ability to remember is still there. After he looked at the data of the entire study, he would directly link it with each other and draw corresponding conclusions.

Therefore, he will not report those data to Zhuang Bifan, but will say the conclusion represented by the results of those experiments: "We found that there are many different cells in the space monkfish. This is manifested in the structure of their core organelles and their gene chains. This organelle resembles the mitochondria of animals and the chloroplasts of plants. ”

He paused and said, "We found that the main organelles in the pores of their armor are larger than the nucleus, occupying more than 80% of the cytoplasmic space and tightly blocking the nucleus. We experimented with the viability of these cells with strong energy waves and particle flows, and found that these cells can absorb a large amount of energy and convert it into mass energy of the cell. And the energy conversion centers are those organelles. We haven't studied the transformational relationship yet. In addition, the muscle cells of space monkfish also have special organelles that convert that energy into matter. We are taking a closer look at these findings. ”

When Zhuang Bifan heard this, he smiled and said, "Very good." "The research of the institute gave him some hope. "You're trying to shift your research to using these organelle properties to develop better energy-absorbing armor. ”

The main job responsibility of those engineers is to study military technology, and now Zhuang Bifan is actually redundant to make such a request. Even if he didn't mention it, the person in charge would have led the project to military research. But he's the boss, and he says whatever he wants.

The person in charge saluted and said, "Yes, Marshal." ”

Zhuang Bifan's knowledge of science is inferior to even the most ordinary engineer here. He just stayed there and watched, and couldn't do anything. So, he stayed at the institute for a while and left.

He didn't care if the study of space monkfish would ultimately prove to be a waste of time and resources. He just didn't want to miss any opportunity to increase the combat effectiveness of the fleet.

He returned to the central control room and found that Sima Yun was having a video conversation with Koster.

When Sima Yun saw him, he said to Koster, "Your marshal is here." Tell him personally!"

Zhuang Bifan walked to the camera and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Wang, a few days ago, Madame asked us to take over the shipyard of the Youlan No. 1 Division, and I found that their shipyard was just the size of the new capital warship we designed. I suggest that we renovate those shipyards right away. ”

Zhuang Bifan was stunned for a moment and said, "The battleship miniaturization project has been completed?"

"Not yet. We're still one last hurdle yet. It is the miniaturization of the energy conversion system. But our research institute reports that the project can be completed in two years at most. Coster paused and continued. "According to the engineer's design plan, it will take about half a year to fully renovate a shipyard. For an extra year and a half, we are currently building some of the hull modules. ”

Zhuang Bifan thought for a while, the number of shipyards to which the Youlan No. 1 belonged exceeded 430,000, and it would be really inappropriate to wait for the completion of the miniaturization project of the main battleship before starting the transformation. He nodded and said, "I agree! In addition, they have 300 million small warships and more than 700 million transport ships. What do you recommend?"

"The overall technical level of those warships is at the sixth-level civilization stage. For us, it is not very useful, and if we want to upgrade them to the average level of our ships, the cost is extremely high. And it's hard for us to replace their core powertrains. ”

Koster had obviously asked those ships to be analyzed, and when Zhuang Bifan asked this question, he expressed his opinion: "To fully upgrade is actually no different from building a new warship." ”

Zhuang Bifan knew that the battleship under the Youlan No. 1 had a big technical generation difference with his other warships in terms of power, firepower, and protection, and was even slightly inferior to the main warships of the advanced civilizations in this galaxy cluster. But there are so many of them that it would be a pity if he reorganized them all into a convoy.

He thought for a moment and said, "Can we replace the more powerful fire system and energy supply system?" The armor does not need to be completely replaced, only our latest reactive armor is added, and our latest communication detection system and energy shield system are replaced?"

Koster immediately said: "But King, the energy supply system is huge, and if we want to replace it, it will definitely destroy the overall structure of the battleship." ”

When Zhuang Bifan heard him say this, he remembered that this was indeed the case. The heart of a space warship is its functional system, and not only the power of the warship depends on it, but also the firepower system and protection system depend on it to provide energy. Therefore, the proportion of the engine and hull volume of the space warship is much larger than that of those surface warships on the earth. If you want to replace it, unless you break the entire space battleship. But even if you can, the cost is extremely high.

However, while he didn't think about using those ships as capital ships, he thought they could be converted into convoys within the system. But first, at least they must be as effective as the main warships of other advanced civilizations in the system. Otherwise, how could they possibly compete with the small fleets that the Reapers' might have?

He frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly thought of a way that might be possible to replace the functional system without destroying the hull structure: "What if we use space conversion?"

Coster frowned at first. He was not objecting to Zhuang Bifan's statement, but considering the possibility of doing so. He immediately loosened his brow and said with a smile, "We really ignored this idea before. I think it's a viable option. However, we need the shipyard to build a space displacement system that is large enough. ”

Zhuang Bifan also said with a smile: "In the past, we built the energy supply system first, and then closed the hull. Moreover, the energy supply system is built directly inside the battleship. This kind of construction has a big impact on production efficiency. If we can centralize the production of those energy supply systems, we can not only increase the production speed, but also save a lot of resources. ”

Coster understood what he meant, nodded and said, "Yes." This would also reduce the amount of work required to retrofit the shipyard. ”

If each shipyard is built with an energy supply system, it will be a very large amount of work to renovate and build the shipyard. If the production of the energy supply system can be moved to the plant, it will be very beneficial for both the new shipyard and the existing shipyard.

Koster said: "I will immediately ask the research institute to study your suggestion." ”

Zhuang Bifan said: "If it is feasible, you can start to prepare. He paused, then asked again. "What advice do you have for the existing shipyards?

"I had that idea before. But now that we have the shipyard of the Blue One, we thought we would keep the large dockyard inside the mothership and in the existing shipyard. Those docks, we can use to build new command ships, large capital ships. ”

"Large capital ships?" This concept, Zhuang Bifan had never heard him say before.

"Yes, we feel that although the existing capital ships are too large in size, the cost performance is relatively weak. However, if the latest technology is adopted, they will have a relatively distant self-replacement ability. Moreover, the combat capability will also be greatly improved compared with the existing capital ships. ”

Zhuang Bifan thought for a moment and said, "You sent me the relevant research data." ”

"Yes!"

Koster reported several more things that Zhuang Bifan needed to solve, and after receiving the order, he cut off the communication.

After Zhuang Bifan finished the communication, he sat on the captain's seat with a frown.

Seeing him like this, Sima Yun felt that those things had been solved just now, and he couldn't guess what he was thinking about, so he squeezed into the seat and reached out and pressed his eyebrows lightly and asked, "What are you thinking about?"