The second battleship built by the orbital factory is still a mystery, no one knows the detailed data of this battleship, even the Beiyuezhou base can't find a few insiders, and everyone is tight-lipped about the data of this battleship, only knowing that the displacement of the new battleship is several times that of the 011 class. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The construction of the new warship also caused another round of big discussion among the military, and the focus of the debate was the operational positioning of the new warship.

On the one hand, it is believed that space warships should be modeled on traditional battleships, designed with a multi-turret structure, equipped with laser cannons, electromagnetic guns, and other types of naval guns, and the combat mode should be mainly artillery warfare, supplemented by missiles.

On the other hand, it is believed that the multi-turret has long been annihilated in the past tense of the tide of history, and the aircraft carrier with air and space fighters as the main force is the most suitable combat form for space warships.

The turret faction is not a fanatical BB party, this view comes from practical operational considerations, they believe that the pure warship mode is the main way of space warfare, because the battleship is large, the armor is thick, the survivability is strong, and the battleship is equipped with a nuclear reactor, and the of the yang electron cannon cannot be equipped, but in addition to the laser cannon, it can also be equipped with X-ray cannons, gamma ray cannons, and high-energy microwave cannons...... Any weapon that can be fired electrically is not a problem, and on the whole, a pure battleship has an advantage in a vacuum environment.

At the same time, the turret faction also admits that the comprehensive combat capability of the battleship mode is weaker than that of the aircraft carrier mode, but the combat capability of the aircraft carrier is too dependent on the carrier-based aircraft, and the fighter must rely on the extraordinary mechanical power to fight, in a vacuum environment, the carrier-based aircraft cannot use the electromagnetic propulsion mode with weak thrust, and the power must use the traditional chemical recoil method to obtain a strong maneuvering ability, so that it must carry a large amount of fuel, occupy a huge space in the ship, and adversely affect the combat capability of the warship.

Under the existing technical conditions, the construction of space fighters is a great challenge in technology, in order to ensure the performance of space fighters, its volume must not be too small, and the design is also a big problem, and it is too unrealistic to complete the design and manufacture it in large quantities in a short period of time.

The most important thing is that the more fighters the aircraft carrier carries, the stronger the combat capability, and each fighter needs a pilot, which determines that the aircraft carrier must bring enough manpower; And the development of automation technology can reduce the number of manpower required by warships to a minimum.

With the same tonnage, the battleship needs only one-quarter to one-fifth of the manpower of the aircraft carrier, which means that under the same conditions, the endurance and self-sufficiency of the battleship are four to five times that of the aircraft carrier!

This is the fundamental reason why the Turrets insist on their own opinions.

The aircraft carrier faction scoffed at this, with the existing technology of mankind, even if a space warship is built, it can only operate near the earth, and three or five days is enough time to fly around the earth dozens of times, what is the difference between the endurance of ten days and the endurance of fifty days?

Aircraft carriers with fighters as the main body of operations are more mobile and flexible, and if they carry missiles equipped with nuclear warheads, each fighter can inflict huge losses on the enemy, and its destructive ability far exceeds that of the warship mode.

In order to enhance their convincing power, the aircraft carrier faction even came up with a sketch of the design of the space fighter, but it was only a sketch, and the technical problems had to be solved by technicians, and such a sketch had no practical significance.

Although they are unwilling to make concessions, the aircraft carrier faction also admits that the combat mode dominated by fighters is too dependent on logistics, and it is necessary to establish a sound logistics supply system, and it also needs special supply ships that accompany the aircraft carriers, otherwise simply based on the amount of fuel supplies carried by the aircraft carriers, the combat radius of the fleet will directly affect the comprehensive combat capability, and it is a short board that is difficult to make up.

After all, space warfare is a completely new topic for all mankind, and no one knows what kind of combat method is the mainstream of space warfare, and how to fight space warfare depends not only on the combat mode of human beings, but also on the combat methods of aliens.

The problem is that we have to talk about it on paper, and we can't wait for the aliens to come and decide what kind of warship to build. Considering the disadvantage of mankind in this war, the possibility of a human fleet fighting near the earth is high, so the military finally decided to apply the combat model of the Navy and build a space carrier battle group.

This is the most powerful combat mode that mankind has mastered so far, and in the absence of a better choice, applying the mature combat mode of the Navy is undoubtedly the best choice for the military.

But the debate between the turret faction and the aircraft carrier faction is far from over, and it is likely to intensify, and the debate between the two factions will continue for a long time in the foreseeable future, until a real space war completely overwhelms one faction with facts.

But no one expected that this battle would come so quickly.

At the end of November, the astronomical community broke the news again, according to the comprehensive analysis of the observations of several observatories, the astronomical community was convinced that an alien fleet had left Ganymede and was heading in the direction of Earth.

This is a news that should be strictly sealed by various countries, but there are countless ordinary people who know about the existence of Europa, not only the observatories of various countries have always paid attention to Callisto, but countless astronomy enthusiasts around the world have also been paying attention to Callisto's movements all the time.

Astronomy enthusiasts are nowhere near as good as the observatory, but it is not difficult to see Europa. In addition, the alien spaceships are conspicuously ice white, and it is difficult not to detect the movements of the alien fleet.

As a result, the news related to the alien fleet immediately shocked the media, and all walks of life around the world were in an uproar.

Because of the appearance of aliens, today's ordinary people know a little basic astronomical knowledge, and know that no matter which planet the aircraft is launched, it must be carried out in the window period when the two planets are approaching, so that the mission can be completed in the shortest time and the nearest distance.

But at this time, there is still the sun between the earth and Jupiter, is it too stupid for the alien fleet to set off at this time?

Of course not, the astronomical community quickly came forward to clarify that the average distance between Jupiter and the Sun is 5.2 astronomical units, and the closest distance to the Earth is about 4.2 astronomical units, that is, 4.2 times the distance between the Earth and the Sun, about 630 million kilometers.

This distance is too far, even if it is the closest human spacecraft at present, it will take two and a half to three years to fly to Jupiter, the so-called window period is not a concept that ordinary people understand at all, and the position of Jupiter must be calculated in advance, and the spacecraft must be released at the right time and place, rather than launching the spacecraft when the two planets are the closest.