Shan Qiuyu stood up straight: "Okay, I'm done with what I want to say, you can discuss it, and you can raise any questions." ”

The audience immediately raised a few arms.

"You!" Shan Qiuyu casually pointed to someone.

"Director Shan, when will the battleship be built, when will we depart, and when will we arrive on Mars?" He asked three questions in a row.

Ling Xiao couldn't suppress the urge to comment, and leaned into Ou Zhanpeng's ear and whispered: "Hey, this earth is in a mess, and you still have time to take care of Mars?" ”

Ou Zhanpeng's eyes were very surprised: "What, do you think you shouldn't care?" ”

"Not really." Ling Xiao immediately denied it, "I just think it's almost funny." ”

Ou Zhanpeng is very sensible: "The space force is responsible for space, and the ground force is responsible for the ground, which is normal. ”

On the stage, Shan Qiuyu replied carefully: "The nearest Earthfire launch window is at the end of June, and the battleship is expected to be built at the end of May, if everything goes well, it should arrive on Mars in mid-to-late November, five to six months later than the aliens, if you miss the window at the end of June, it will be too late to wait until next year." Shan Qiuyu explained all the questions clearly, and asked, "Are there any more questions?" ”

"I don't have it anymore." The man sat down.

"What about the others?" Shan Qiuyu asked again.

"May I ask when the construction of the new ship began, and why haven't I heard about it?" A voice asked.

In today's era, all kinds of media are highly developed, and every new ship built will receive the attention of countless media people, and there is no possibility of complete secrecy.

"I don't know the exact time, it seems to be November last year, or December."

The audience suddenly buzzed, and everyone couldn't help but talk.

Space battleships are much more difficult to build than aircraft carriers, and not only do they require an extremely long construction period, but they also have to consider the assembly of warships.

To put it simply, the battleship is divided into several modules, packaged according to the specified standards, launched one by one, floated at an appropriate orbital altitude, and then assembled in outer space like building blocks.

At present, the maximum rocket with a carrying capacity is 260 tons, that is, the mass of each module must be controlled below 240 tons.

Why not 260 tons?

Because it is also necessary to reserve 20 tons of maneuverable mass for the encapsulation material.

The environment of outer space is harsh, and care must be taken to ensure that the individual components are intact.

The total mass of the training ship is only a little over 3,000 tons, and theoretically requires 13 launches of heavy launch vehicles, but in practice it is limited to the design and shape of each module, and a total of 19 launches take three months.

With a total mass of about 7,200 tons, the Polar was launched 30 times theoretically, 44 times in practice, and took 5 and a half months.

And that's just the number of launches needed for the ship itself, with additional deliveries for personnel, provisions, and ammunition.

Aerospace is the most money-burning systematic project, and space battleships are the spires of the aerospace pyramid.

It is no exaggeration to say that space warships are definitely something that only big countries can afford to play, but if the comprehensive national strength is even a little worse, they will not dare to fight the idea of space warships.

Why, when alien warships appeared, there were only two fleets and eight warships in outer space of the earth, this is the reason.

Although the participants did not know the specific data of the new ship, Shan Qiuyu said that the Polar is not suitable for long-distance missions, that is, the total mass of the new ship must still be above the Polar.

Assuming that the total mass of the new ship is 10,000 tons, it will theoretically take 42 launches to send the battleship into the sky, and the actual number of launches is expected to be about 60.

Follow-up personnel and materials will have to be transported in at least a dozen sorties.

At the speed of Xia Guo's manufacturing, it is not difficult to build a warship, but it is not so easy to send a new ship into space after more than 70 launches.

At present, only the Qiongzhou base can launch heavy carrier rockets, and the deployment and recovery of carrier rockets, the mobilization and transportation of massive amounts of fuel, and the coordination of other aspects take time, and the launch once in three days is already the limit of the Qiongzhou base, that is, it will take a full seven months to launch all the components of the new ship.

From November last year to June this year, it was only eight months, in other words, the military had to launch the spacecraft components from December last year, and there must be no irreparable mistakes in the process, otherwise the new ship would not be able to launch before June.

Attention, just launch into the air, not complete the assembly!

Forget if others don't understand the situation, Ou Zhanpeng and Ling Xiao only returned to the ground in early February, and they know very well that there are no battleship modules waiting to be assembled in orbit at all, and they have not heard of Qiongzhou's intensive launch of heavy carrier rockets recently, there are only two months left in total, how can the new ship be launched before June?

It's hell, isn't it?

Ou Zhanpeng immediately thought of a possibility, raised his hand and asked: "Are there only us in the new ship?" ”

"Yes, it's just you for now." Shan Qiuyu gave an affirmative answer.

Ou Zhanpeng's whole person is not good, the training ship is full of 420 people, the Polar is full of only 380 people, but the new ship is only 40 or 50 people, does this mean that the new ship is far from being as large as imagined?

"What is the displacement of the new ship?" He immediately asked his doubts.

There is no water in space, and naturally there is no displacement, this is just the habit of the past, and the quality of the battleship is the same meaning.

Shan Qiuyu glanced at Ou Zhanpeng deeply: "The mass of the whole ship is 9,800 tons, the standard mass is 15,800 tons, and the full load is 18,800 tons. This is the data I know, the details are not yet known. ”

There was another uproar, this is much higher than expected, it will be completed in June, is it too late?

"With a warship of more than 10,000 tons, there are only a few of us?" Ou Zhanpeng couldn't believe his ears, if it weren't for the fact that the person in front of him was indeed the familiar Shan Qiuyu, he would have thought that he had met a liar.

"It's a little less, really." Shan Qiuyu affirmed Ou Zhanpeng's statement, "But as far as I know, the degree of automation of the new ship is very high, so the manpower required is far lower than that of the traditional warship. ”

Everyone was stunned, that's how the elite is used? What the hell is this reason for?

In fact, Shan Qiuyu also concealed a more important reason, that is, the overall strength of the Space Force is insufficient, and it can't draw too many manpower, and the enemy is just a lost dog, which must be paid attention to to a certain extent, but it has not yet reached the point where it must do its best.

Take 10,000 steps back and say that if the new ship is destroyed by aliens, it will not cause too much loss and hurt the muscles and bones of the Space Force.

It's just that these inside stories don't have to be so clear.