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"So far, excluding those that are still in dock, we now have forty-eight Sea Behemoth-class heavy cruisers - of course the Sea Behemoth-class are not included in the GDI fleet count - Kodiak-class battlecruisers including all modifications have a total of eighty-nine, and Higra-class destroyers have three hundred and ninety-six in service." Towin looked at the documents in his hand and said to everyone, "This amount is barely enough to launch a full-scale bombardment of the entire mainland of country M, or the kind of bombing that does not pay attention to accuracy." Of course, the premise of this is that the people of country M will have such a plan when they fall to the side of the Sijing people. In addition, among the members of the fleet, there are quite a few crew members who are astronauts from country M, so once we really need to suppress the mainland of country M, this part of the crew will need to be dealt with specially. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, we have a special department to deal with this situation." Lin Hai waved his hand and motioned for Towin to continue.

"No, sir." Towin shook his head and said, "There is already a shortage of manpower, and if we isolate this part of the crew, how many more people can we have to drive the ship?" You have to think about it, right? ”

"I've seen similar reports before, so I'm thinking about that as well." Lin Hai replied, "Lack of personnel, this problem is indeed a headache, but we are different from the Sijing people, it is impossible to create a completely unmanned and fully autonomous starship, after all, you have experienced the rebellion of intelligent robots before, and it is normal to distrust fully autonomous intelligent devices, even now we all know that the robot rebellion is just a trap set by Dr. Kane and his genetic prototype, but it is difficult to guarantee that even if no one makes a ghost, those intelligent machines will never get out of control, Therefore, it is naturally impossible for us to raise the level of automation in the military too high. However, it is impossible to completely abandon automatic equipment, which will be very inefficient, and how to control this degree is one of the topics currently being studied by the technical department. Of course, when I talk about solving problems, I don't rely entirely on technical means to solve problems, we have other plans. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Hai casually pointed to the holographic projection of the earth, and after clicking on the dense points of light representing his own troops, he continued: "In terms of ground operations, at present, in Europe, the war in country F, country D, and YDL has basically subsided, and after paying a certain price, the forces of the Sijing people in the capital of the three countries have been successfully expelled, and the troops originally deployed there can be transferred to other places. In addition, the number of people sent by various countries to participate in the GDI is also expanding, so in terms of marines, we are basically no longer as prone to overstretched as before, so I plan to reduce the number of people in the marine forces, our clone troops, and send all the people who have been laid off into space to increase the establishment of the space fleet, which can reduce the pressure of some personnel shortages. ”

"So how many men can the Marines reduce to our side?" "While the clones can quickly adapt to a variety of positions, they used to fight on the ground, and it will take some time to get used to the Space Force, but we don't have much time to waste. ”

"Although I have been controlling the number of clones in the Marine Corps, because we still have a lot of secret bases to defend, and so far, there are more than 60,000 clones on the ground, so the part that can be reduced can only be drawn from the front-line combat units, the number is roughly 10,000 to 15,000, and the vacant part will be filled by military personnel sent by various countries. The specific number will have to be calculated by the GDI staff department before it can be finally decided, and it will not be less than or more than this range anyway. ”

"More than 10,000 people?" Towin pondered for a moment, then exhaled slightly, "It's okay, if all of them are sent to drive starships, so many people can operate 20 Kodiak-class or 100 Higra-class." ”

"Our men can't operate the Higra-class." Lin Hai reminded, "Although this is an exaggeration, compared to those who are sent by various countries to participate in the Space Force and are not so confident in our loyalty, I prefer that the most combat-effective starships of the Space Fleet are all in our own hands." ”

"Capital ships alone can't protect the entire geosphere, their number is too small, and what we need most is those cannon fodder ships to be deployed to the entire geosphere for defense."

"That's right, but there's no way I'm going to let guys other than our own people operate the capital ship, and I can't let our elite soldiers be cannon fodder." Lin Hai said, "Although I also know that if we distinguish this point too much, it will make those who participate in GDI feel estranged, which is not conducive to internal unity and tacit cooperation, which will not bring any benefits to the future operations, but for the time being, we can only arrange it in this way." ”

"The technical department is currently redesigning the design drawings of these starships, and is preparing to make these starships, including the Sea Behemoth-class and Kodiak-class, weaker and more available to the participants of various countries." Li Zhengyang, as the deputy director of the technical department, made some additions to Lin Hai's words in a timely manner, "The weakened starship does not look much different from the original in appearance, but in terms of weapon system and power system, it is not as good as the original design, and the charged armor is also canceled in armor protection." Because of the gap between the two sides in their understanding of starship technology, in terms of use, it is difficult for outsiders to distinguish the real from the fake in a short period of time. Of course, although it is said to be a weakened version of the capital ship, it is much stronger than the Sheila class, so in combat, it can still be relied on. ”

"Colonel, please give me a detailed information about these weakened capital ships after the meeting, I need to know where to place these weakened capital ships." After listening to Li Zhengyang's explanation, Towin directly asked him for relevant information, "In addition, this only solves part of the internal contradictions of GDI, and does not play a role in the problem of insufficient personnel on our current combat ships." ”

"This is just one part of the Starship Redesign Program." Lin Hai said, "As you all know, I have always distrusted the credibility of those politicians, so even if there are various unavoidable reasons to provide space forces to various countries, the command must be in our hands, and what is given to them will definitely not be the best thing." It's just that now it seems that what I thought was too simple. Giving them some cannon fodder ships will not help the whole situation except for wasting the already insufficient manpower. Don't forget that in just over three years, another alien fleet will be approaching the solar system, and we don't have that many astronauts to waste. Therefore, in the redesign plan, while providing a weakened version of the capital ship to the countries of the earth, it is also one of the focuses to reduce the operator requirements for the existing starship. Of course, although the weakened version of the capital ship provided to outsiders, it is also a capital ship, and it is still a threat to us if it is provided too much, but we are also developing a new type of warship, and when the personnel of various countries are equipped with a weakened version of the capital ship, our new ship will naturally be in service, and the comparison of combat power has not changed much, so you don't have to worry too much about it. ”

After Lin Hai said this, Li Zhengyang once again elaborated on the plans he mentioned.

The so-called redesign of personnel requirements is to add some automatic equipment to various types of starships to further reduce the number of crew members required to operate the starship, so that a starship will not affect the work efficiency in the case of reduced personnel - although this design will make the starship lack of damage management personnel when it is damaged in combat, but in the presence of Archangel-class support ships, this situation will be alleviated a lot, as long as the damaged starship can retreat to the rear, it can be repaired in time, The lack of some crew members on the ship is not a serious problem - not to mention that they are also equipped with some engineering robots, which are specially used for maintenance and repair on the ship.

For example, the Higra-class destroyer was originally equipped with a crew of 100 people, but now in the new design, such a 300-meter-long starship only needs 30 people to ensure 100% operation efficiency of the starship, so that the original design of the crew can now operate three starships of the same type, which greatly saves human resources.

And a weakened version of the Kodiak class

After explaining Lin Hai's plan, Li Zhengyang said to Towen again: "I heard His Excellency Towin say that the Higra class is already understaffed, and many ships can only maintain fifty people to operate now, so after those ships are refitted and upgraded, you can save more than ten or twenty people on one ship and put them on other ships, so that you can increase the use of ships by a lot." ”

"That's the good news I heard today." Being able to solve some of the problems of lack of manpower, how could Towin be unhappy, but he didn't have a smile on his face, only expressed his mood in his words, and then talked about other problems that needed to be solved above, "The problem of manpower can be solved through automatic modification and subsequent personnel replenishment, but the quality of the starship does need to be improved." According to the recent combat report, the combat distance between us and the Sijing people is basically maintained at a distance of more than 10,000 kilometers, and most of the time it is even at a distance of 100,000 kilometers. The Kodiak class is barely usable, although most of the main weapons are railguns, but there are also a lot of strong laser cannons, and there are even coaxial pulse laser cannons that can hit the Sijing starship with one shot at this distance; But the Higra-class destroyers are not good at this engagement distance, their standard 450 mm railguns, and space torpedoes are difficult to hit the target at this distance, and by the time the shells and torpedoes fly, the starships of the Sijing people have already flown away. If we were to fight this far away from the Sijing people in the future, the Higra-class destroyers we had spent a huge amount of resources to build would become a pile of scrap metal. I know that the Higra class is positioned to dispel the thirst of various countries for space force, to make up for the lack of numbers in our fleet, and to make them the shield of our capital ships. But the problem now is that we have spent a lot of money to build such a fleet, but we don't want them to be spectators, no matter how much it is a bunch of cannon fodder and improvised products, our battle plan also takes them into account, if they are not useful, then what we can use to fight is only those capital ships, and we can't compare to Sijing people in terms of quantity. ”

"We have also considered this issue." Lin Hai answered Tovin's question, "Indeed, it is impossible for us to turn the fleet that has spent so many resources into an ornament, even if their combat effectiveness is not very high, they will still be a big boost after the number comes up, so we also have some plans to strengthen the force of the old ships." It's just that the problem of the speed of the railgun cannons is impossible to solve with our current technology, even Dr. Kane has no solution, and the same is true for space torpedoes, which are limited by the level of technology, and those torpedoes cannot fly at the speed of light - our own starships can't fly at that speed - that is to say, the two main attack methods of the Higra class are difficult to solve with current technical means. On the technical side, there are some new ideas......"