The most secret part of the huge office center is still underground, and after everyone came to the battleship design area located more than 30 meters underground, they finally felt that the eyes suddenly opened up, and countless office areas surrounded a huge exhibition hall in the center.

Many staff members saw Zhang Shusheng coming, and they all saluted and left quickly, the staff here have senior scientific and technological talents, robots, and of course, there are also people brought by Hatton.

The crowd reached the middle of the hall and saw two large objects that had been covered.

"Let's open Model 1 first."

With a click, the shield on top of the model opened, and a model of a battleship made in 200:1 size appeared in front of him.

This model is 15 meters long, 5 meters wide and 4 meters high.

Because the battleship model is a real model, every part is scaled down. The pure black model of the battleship even has the golden dragon flag on it.

Although it is only a model, it can still be seen that this is a giant ship with a hideous momentum.

Hideous cannon muzzles, wild and unruly appearances, domineering weapon muzzles, and even some space fighter models are displayed on the side.

"This Shenlong-class battleship was developed according to a secret drawing provided by His Majesty, and its strategic positioning is to serve as the main battleship of our army for a long time to come.

This model is made at a 200:1 scale.

The Shenlong-class battleship, named by His Majesty himself, is actually 3,000 meters long, 1,000 meters wide, and 800 meters high. Judging from the size of the battleship alone, our battleship has exceeded the 2000~2500 meter level that is common in the universe and belongs to the entry-level super battleship. ”

Hatton paused slightly at this point.

Jiang Baili exclaimed, "The 3,000-meter-long battleship is almost 500~1,000 meters longer than our current G-type standard battleship, which is really a great progress." ”

Everyone also nodded, they all knew that it was very difficult to build a big battleship, such as a ship, 200 tons and 2,000 tons are not the same thing at all.

Zhang Shusheng said, "Now in the entire Southwest Star Domain, the general battleships are all G-type standard models, this kind of battleship is good to bully low-level battleships, if you meet the same opponent, it can only be said that who has more warships, it is purely a war of attrition."

We have a thin foundation and can't afford to consume it, so we can only take the route of elite soldiers, combined with a certain amount. ”

Hatton: "Yes, in the field of battleship command, there is a relatively well-established theory. In an encounter between two fleets of the same level of equipment, generally speaking, if the level of victory and defeat and battle loss is 55, considering the quality of the commander and officers and men, it can be raised to the highest battle loss ratio of 3 to 7.

We designed this kind of battleship to improve the training and actual combat level of the officers and men of the battleship, and the goal is this 3:7 battle loss ratio."

Zhang Shusheng walked to the battleship and stroked the battleship full of power and visual impact.

The blueprint prototype of this battleship is actually a kind of super battleship of a third-level civilization.

Different from the second-level civilization, some countries in the late stage of the third-level civilization can build this entry-level super battleship, with a hull of more than 3,000 meters, with particularly powerful firepower and high speed, and the biggest disadvantage is that the energy consumption is very ferocious.

Like the second-level civilization, the third-level civilization also has its own standard for universal warships, F-class warships.

F-class battleships, generally maintained at about 2500~3000 meters in length, have increased firepower and armor, speed and agility, but they can only be regarded as conventional battleships.

Between the three levels of civilization, hundreds of battleships are often consumed in a single war, and as the battle damage ratio becomes higher and higher, a battleship with stronger firepower, stronger armor, faster speed, and stronger energy shield has become the darling of many powerful countries.

Super battleships were born with this in mind.

However, this kind of battleship is a big eater of energy blocks, and the cost is particularly high, and many third-level civilizations are also miserable to manufacture, often only as the country's most elite fleet, retaining a kind of strategic deterrence.

However, this was not a concern for the Chinese Empire.

The main thing is to take the route of elite soldiers, and the output of energy mines is very rich, so there is still no pressure on the loser.

"However, the most powerful thing about this battleship is its firepower, protection and speed."

Hatton continued, "As a high-end positioning capital battleship, it is actually an entry-level super battleship, and each battleship is equipped with two main guns, 20 secondary guns, and 55 small guns.

The two main guns provided it with the same firepower as two conventional battleships, while the 20 secondary guns were very effective against cruisers and other ships.

Its 55 small cannons are separately equipped with a small intelligent brain, which allows it to defend against fighters and missiles in the face of saturated attacks by space fighters, and its self-defense ability has been significantly improved. ”

Generally, G-type battleships are only equipped with one main gun, mainly because the main gun firepower is very fierce, the supporting parts are huge, and the requirements for the overall energy system of the battleship are particularly high.

You must know that the power of the main gun is huge, a G-type battleship with a 100-degree energy shield turned on, can only resist 3~4 guns at most, if the energy shield is not fully opened, then 2 guns may be able to destroy a battleship.

The contradictory relationship is vividly reflected here, the battleship is sharpened at all costs, while the energy shield and hull strength are relatively lagging behind in development, and for a long time, this pattern of attrition has appeared in low-level civilizations.

A battleship does not resist fighting, but it does everything to develop its own Mao, and destroying the other side is the king.

"Offense is indeed the best defense, but it often also means that war can easily enter a war of attrition and drag down one's own civilization."

Zhang Shusheng said with emotion that he didn't know who caused this pattern, maybe it was a certain or some third-level civilization countries, in order to restrict the development of the civilization below, deliberately made this pattern.

For example, the technology of energy shield and battleship armor is in the hands of advanced civilizations, but they are generous to sell the technology related to the main gun.

In this way, a large number of second-level civilizations have been created, and even a powerful country like the Longshan Empire has been pulled into the quagmire of an infinite war of attrition.

Zhang Shusheng didn't want to take such a path at all, and he didn't need to go to other civilizations to beg his grandfather to tell his grandmother to get technology, buy materials and buy drawings, everything was trapped by others.

If you want to challenge civilization beyond the level, it is impossible to succeed without a little caretaker.

So, in this case, the design of the Shenlong-class battleship was introduced, referring to a very successful entry-level super battleship, based on the needs of fighting with the second-level civilization, reducing some requirements and raising some requirements, even under the auspices of Hatton, using the powerful brain and the empire to develop more and more senior scientific talents in the brain domain, the entire design lasted more than a year, but it was relatively successful.

During this period, Zhang Shusheng also personally participated in several major research points.

"At present, although the second-level civilization in the southwest star field can obtain some relatively new main gun technology, the overall warship technology is very backward.

This Shenlong-class battleship, in addition to the advanced main gun technology, the energy shield technology is borrowed from the technology of the third-level civilization, and the charging efficiency is increased by 30%, the armor value is increased by 15%, and the overall defense capability is increased by nearly 50% compared with the G-type battleship.

Thanks to the improvement of the energy supply system, its combat speed has reached 0.5 times the speed of light, and the top speed has reached 1.3 times the speed of light, which is a very remarkable improvement. ”

With Hatton's explanation, everyone couldn't help but smack their tongues secretly.

The combat speed of 0.5 light years is already 1.5 times that of the G-type battleship. The maximum speed of 1.3 times the speed of light is comparable to the speed of a cruiser, which is a very advantageous speed if the battle is unfavorable and escapes at full speed.

Zhang Shusheng: "Such a Shenlong-class battleship is about equivalent to 2.5 G-class battleships, and once our Shenlong-class battleships form a fleet battle, then the increase in combat effectiveness will be even more amazing." ”

After everyone listened, there was silence for a moment, and Zhou Guolai finally asked a very critical question.

"Your Majesty, such a warship must be very expensive to build, right?"

Zhou Guolai said with some concern, things are good things, and he also believes in Your Majesty, this kind of warship will definitely be able to be manufactured, but if the cost is too high, Your Majesty will require a lot of production, I am afraid that it will affect the development of the empire's economy.

Speaking of cost, everyone present stared at Zhang Shusheng.

This is the biggest problem, no matter how good the battleship is, even if it can be produced by selling it while building it, it will take a long time.

Zhang Shusheng stretched out two fingers and shook them.

2 billion?

A few people couldn't help but think that 200 million should be impossible, according to the current prices of the empire, it will cost 2 billion new yuan to build a 500-meter-class spaceship, if it is this kind of entry-level super battleship of the 3000-meter class, 20 billion is estimated to be not enough, is it 200 billion?

Zhang Shusheng said with a smile: "The cost of this kind of super battleship, in addition to ammunition, we estimate that the entire battleship system is about 5 million universe coins. ”

As soon as these words came out, the high-ranking officials present couldn't help but gasp, 5 million cosmic coins for a warship, you say it's expensive, compared to its surname, it's already very cheap.

But if it's not expensive, it will cost 100 million cosmic coins to build 20 ships, which is a sky-high price.

Jiang Baili said excitedly and worriedly, "Your Majesty, according to this price, the cost of a 5 million universe coin, if a super battleship fleet is configured according to 20 Shenlong battleships, it is 100 million universe coins, and then counting other supplementary equipment and configurations, I am afraid that more than 150 million universe coins will be invested." ”

Zhang Shusheng nodded, this is a fact, "This is also a matter of no choice, the cost of the Shenlong-class battleship remains high, and the cost of this 5 million level is still that we have greatly simplified the internal facilities, for example, in the internal facilities, some parts are even made of stainless steel, and the dormitory area and living area are also reduced as much as possible, and good steel is used on the blade." ”

In order to control the cost, when designing, the places that can save money can be saved as much as possible without affecting the surname of the battleship, such as ladders, doors, floors, tables and chairs, materials for non-core parts of the interior, etc., which can be cheapened and reduced to a minimum of unnecessary costs.

As a result, it was reduced to the cost of 5 million cosmic coins, which is converted into Longshan coins, which is the cost of 5 billion, which is simply too scary.

(To be continued)