Chapter 126 Forming a Fleet

"Interceptor?" Proton shook his head, "I've never heard of it, is it a large warship?" ”

Xia Fei was slightly disappointed, "No, it's about the same size as a frigate, but it has a cruising speed of 14,000 kilometers per second, I estimate that this speed is not its limit, if you sprint with all your strength, it should be able to break 20,000 per second." ”

"Oh my God" Proton grew his mouth, obviously the speed of 20,000 meters per second made him feel very incredible, "Before the invention of the jump engine, there was a super-power proton ** engine, and the installation of this engine can make the battleship have a very fast speed, but this engine itself is not very stable, it consumes high fuel and is very troublesome to maintain, and now no one uses it for a long time." ”

Xia Fei recalled carefully, and then shook his head, "According to my observation, the ship is not using a proton engine, forget it, since you can't figure it out, let it pass." ”

The two of them left the office and came to the factory compound, where more than two dozen warships were parked, plus the plant and equipment, the total value should be more than one billion star coins, and the gifts that Old Potter left for his four apprentices still had some weight.

The blood-class frigate rested quietly in the middle of the courtyard, not showing any mountain dew, and only in battle would this top-level half-blood frigate show its edge.

"Xia Fei, why did you change to this ship, Master's naval version of Kitty Hawk?" Proton asked, frowning.

Xia Fei briefly told Proton about his experience in the Wilderness Star Field, and Proton sighed regretfully, "It's a pity, since I was an apprentice in the factory thirteen years ago, the Navy version of the Kitty Eagle has been docked in the corner, and the master will wipe it himself from time to time." ”

"There's no way, since you threw it away to escape for your life, I don't think even if the master knows about it, he won't blame it." Proton expressed his understanding to Xia Fei, after all, under the circumstances at that time, it was already the best effort Xia Fei could make, and it was impossible for others to bring the Lunar Eclipse out of the Wilderness Star Field safely.

Proton and Xia Fei walked into the interior of the Vampire, and Proton looked at the cabin that was messed up by Xia Fei and said, "It seems that you must have been in a lot of trouble at that time, or you would never have assembled the battleship like this and drove it." ”

Xia Fei nodded slightly, "I didn't have much time at that time, so I had to live first." ”

"What are the characteristics of this blood-class frigate?" Proton asked.

Xia Fei told the characteristics and origin of this ship, and the more Botton listened, the more surprised he became, and when he heard about the energy plundering system, Botton's eyes were about to fall.

"A frigate that can be equipped with an energy plunder system, oh my God, no wonder you chose this ship instead of the Eclipse, this kind of function is simply incredible, if it were me, I would be like you." Bolton swallowed and said.

"How are you going to modify the Vampire?"

"As with the Eclipse, reduce the living area by two-thirds and use it all for the installation of combat equipment, and I would like to add a second energy plunder system." Xia Fei said.

Long before arriving at the battleship graveyard, Xia Fei already had an idea in mind about the modification of the Vampire, the biggest advantage of the Vampire is that it can install an energy predator, and Xia Fei intends to give full play to this characteristic of it.

Once the second Plunder System is installed, the Vampire will have double the rate of energy absorption, which means that it would take five minutes for an enemy ship to lose its energy, but it would take half the time if it used the Double Plunder System, and it would be able to deal with two targets at the same time, maximizing its combat effectiveness.

"Dual Raider System, this is a good idea, I think you can also install a dual energy shield charging system, once the energy looter is working, the Vampire will have enough energy to activate two sets of protective shield replenishment devices at the same time, so that the defense performance will be greatly increased." Proton thought for a moment and said.

Xia Fei smiled and patted Boteng's shoulder, "Sure enough, you still know me, to hell with those comfort equipment, as long as you can have strong combat effectiveness, I am willing to sleep in the command room every day." ”

As soon as the retrofit plan is confirmed, it will be implemented immediately.

That afternoon, Old Porter's factory began to get busy.

Xia Fei had worked in this factory before, so he was very familiar with the workers, and the relationship with each other was also very good, and these workers offered to stay in the factory during this time to work overtime and complete the assembly of the Vampire as soon as possible.

Xia Fei did not refuse their kindness, and secretly contacted Sonny to provide the best quality logistics guarantee for everyone, not to mention the rich diet every day, and never repeated.

The assembly progressed very quickly, and it only took one night to disassemble all the equipment that the Vampire didn't need.

Those luxurious marble bathtubs, soft mattresses, all-metal kitchen equipment, etc., were all directly given to these workers by Xia Fei, and the workers were of course very happy, they were not willing to sleep on the floor in order to get maximum performance like Xia Fei.

The energy system is equipped with a storage battery, which can save as much energy as possible from the opposing warship and not waste it.

The jump scrambler and traction control mechanism have been redeployed, and the four enhanced cluster laser cannons have been replaced with dual models, so that each laser cannon will fire two laser beams, and the firepower will be increased by sixty percent, as for the extra energy consumption, Xia Fei is not worried, the energy grabber can use the energy on the opponent's ship for his own use, enough for these devices to operate at the same time.

There is also a dual CL5 energy shield replenishment system, which can continuously repair the protective shield and increase the defense by at least 30%.

Since Xia Fei brought back some of the original equipment on the Lunar Eclipse on the return trip, most of the accessories did not need to be purchased, and the Vampire itself was a brand new warship, and there were not many parts that needed to be replaced, so the progress of the modification this time was fast.

There were still some difficulties when installing the second set of energy plunder equipment, the original set of energy predators was produced by the top accessories manufacturer Sasha, and the performance was very good, but this kind of top accessories was difficult to buy on the market, Xia Fei had no choice but to choose a set of ordinary energy predators, which was probably the only flaw of the Vampire.

At the same time, Xia Fei's eight E-phone Tron-class industrial ships were also sent from other parts of the battleship graveyard, these industrial ships have not yet been repaired, and they look very dilapidated, and when the Vampire is completed, these industrial ships will immediately enter the workshop for refurbishment.

Xia Fei also selected two frigates from Old Porter's factory to serve as escorts for the transport fleet, one Mittal Rift class and one Gadari Tea Falcon class.

The Rift-class is fast and good at tracking, and the Chafalcon-class has strong firepower and can provide consistently high firepower output, and both frigates have their own characteristics, and the combination is both maneuverable and sufficiently attackable, which is a good choice.

Eight Etron-class industrial ships cost Xia Fei 93 million Star Coins, the Rift Class cost 28 million Star Coins, and the Tea Falcon Class even reached 35 million Star Coins.

All the ships of this fleet alone cost 156 million star coins, and this is still without taking into account the maintenance costs, Xia Fei estimates that it will really take at least 200 million star coins to build this fleet, you must know that these ships are sold to Xia Fei at cost price, and they can't even earn a dime.

In fact, the safety of navigation in the alliance is still quite high, things like pirate robbery and the like don't happen often, and the reason why Xia Fei insisted on buying two frigates was because of other considerations.

Once this fleet is successfully formed, it will be the first space fleet of the Earth Federation, which can greatly improve the prestige of the Quantum Corporation in the Federation, you must know that the entire Federation does not even have a single warship at present, but the Quantum Corporation can form a fleet of its own, which will greatly shock the citizens of the Federation.

Doing business is also an art, the more prestigious the company will win more business partners and profits, just like opening a store needs to be renovated, face has always been a key point that businessmen can not ignore.

Besides, their fleet has to sail far away to those high-level planets, what will they think if those aliens find out that Quantum Corporation's fleet doesn't even have escort warships? Who would want to do business with a company that doesn't have the strengths?

Since you are determined to build a fleet of your own, you have to make it presentable, some money can be saved, but some money must not be saved.

With the 200 million yuan for building the fleet and the 200 million working capital for the company, as well as the cost of modifying the Vampire, Xia Fei's account balance kept declining like a roller coaster, and he couldn't help but feel that it was so easy to spend money.

Fortunately, Proton was reluctant to sell all the tools that Potter had left him, after all, he had been using them for many years, and he was a little reluctant, so he planned to bring all the tools and maintenance equipment from the factory with him while going to Earth, so as to reduce the cost of buying maintenance equipment.

After about ten days, the revamped Vampire was finally pushed out of the repair shop, and all the renovation work was finally completed.

"Xia Fei, this ship really looks low-key enough, it doesn't look like a top-level special frigate at all." Proton said.

"yes." Xia Fei smiled slightly: "You can live longer by keeping a low profile, and it's not a good thing to be too sharp." I'll leave the rest of the industrial ships and frigates to you, and I'll leave for the Heavenly Decision Training Camp tonight. ”

Proton nodded, "Don't worry, when all the work is completed, I will send this fleet to Earth safely for you, but I still have to deal with the factory left by Master, and it may take a little longer." ”

After speaking, Boteng looked back at the dilapidated factory building and the battleships in the yard that he and his master had repaired with their own hands, and he was in a trance for a while.

Xia Fei lit a red tower mountain, "Don't worry, it's not easy for Uncle Potter to build this factory, even if you want to sell it, you should deal with it well, find a reputable buyer for it, don't fall into Uncle Potter's name." ”

"Well, I'll definitely find a trustworthy buyer for it." Botton said firmly, "By the way, Sonny secretly told me that he wanted to follow you to Earth, this young man is a little stubborn, but the essence is not bad, and besides, he has some experience in piloting and repairing warships, it is enough for me to stop." ”

Xia Feiyi frowned, "I see him a lot these days, why didn't he tell me personally?" ”

Botten laughed: "Sonny don't look at the usual hippie smile, but he is most afraid of his mother, Sonny's mother told him not to trouble you, so he had to go around the bend and beg me." ”

Xia Fei thought about it, Sonny is quite clever, but he is not calm enough, as long as he is not placed in too critical positions, he can also give the company some help.

"Okay, promise him, in addition, bring Sonny's mother and his brother Nemo to Earth, you are all natives of the battleship graveyard, and Sonny's family can also be a companion for his sister-in-law and niece."

Xia Fei is determined to completely take Boteng for his own use, so he thinks about everything for him very thoughtfully, money is useless for a man like this, he needs to be moved spiritually, once Boteng treats Xia Fei as his own, he will help Xia Fei at all costs.

Teng Po looked at Xia Fei with some emotion, "Thank you for thinking so thoughtfully for our family, let's go, brothers have to wait for that, after drinking this meal, you should also hurry up and go back to the training camp, it is not easy to enter the Tiandui training camp, you have to cherish it." ”

"If Master looks for you..."

Xia Fei patted him on the shoulder, "You can put a hundred hearts, Uncle Potter only needs to find me, and I will be the first to inform you." ”

The Vampire slowly landed at the airport outside Otter City on Hekstar.

Xia Fei rushed directly to the Tiandui training camp without stopping, the time was displayed at about nine o'clock in the morning, it was the beginning of the day's work, Xia Fei did not go back to the dormitory but went directly to the library to report.

At this time, it was winter on Hekstar, and from a distance, I saw that the white library was once again surrounded by garbage, surrounded by leaves, pieces of paper, and thick snow, and the library became the same as before during Xia Fei's absence.

The library management heating was turned on very much, and early in the morning, Qin Mang began to take a nap with his big black cat.

Xia Fei took out the tea leaves that Qin Mang wanted from the ring and gently put them on the table, before the rain, Longjing's daughter was hard to find, Andre helped Xia Fei search for a long time and only bought twelve catties, so Xia Fei brought some other good teas such as Da Hong Pao and Biluochun to Qin Mang.

After making a pot of tea and placing it on the table without a sound, Xia Fei immediately began to quickly clean up the dust in the library.

Qin Mang quietly opened his eyes, stroked the fat and lazy big black cat in his arms with his right hand, and quietly watched Xia Fei busy up and down in the library without saying a word.

Xia Fei raised his eyes and saw that Qin Mang had woken up, he hurriedly walked over with a smile and poured Qin Mang a cup of tea, "Old man, this is a specialty of my hometown, Da Hong Pao, although it is not as fragrant as Longjing before the rain, but it also has its own uniqueness, you can taste it." ”

Qin Mang took the teacup and took a sip gently, and after tasting it for a while, he said to himself: "The fragrance is mellow and rich, and it is also a good tea." ”

Putting down the teacup, Qin Mang took out two keys that looked quite old from his arms, "These are the keys to the two basements, you put them away, and from now on, you will clean the basement when you clean up." ”

Xia Fei was slightly stunned, and took the key from Qin Mang's hand, you must know that Qin Mang never let Xia Fei go to the two mysterious basements, and now he actually handed over the key to himself, what does this mean?