Chapter 160, digging corners

The launch of the new Archangel space carrier is in full swing, and since it was determined that the Liberator could not be repaired anytime soon, the Newport News Superyard temporarily focused its efforts on the mothership that could be put into service soon, after her ion engine and energy reactor had already been tested. At the same time, the original plan of the mothership to be used as an experimental or training ship was completely overturned, and under the leadership of Dr. Lippmann, sent by Mrs. Elmeda, the research and technical personnel of the Alliance worked frantically to plan and revise the design of the ship according to the standards of the warship, which would have taken several months to complete, but now it only took a little more than a week to complete all the modifications, and then quickly handed over to the workers to carry out the construction according to the design drawings. Once the weapons, shield systems, and other communication facilities that are indispensable to each ship arrived, they were quickly retrofitted to the ship as quickly as possible, and the Archangel changed almost day by day......

The hardware condition of the hull itself is not too easy to handle, although it is busy, although it is rushed, although there is still some confusion and difficulty from time to time, but the construction of the Archangel space carrier is finally close to the final stage, and it is no longer a problem to complete and send her into space on schedule, at this rate, even the sailing schedule can be slightly advanced. However, in another important aspect, the problem of lightning interstellar fighters, keyhole warning and control machines, and electronic storm* jammers on board the ship is not so easy to solve. The last time the Liberator went on that investigation mission, needless to say, there were no keyholes and electronic storms, and even the lightning fighters were not fully staffed, and the mothership that could carry two starfighter wings ended up only carrying one reinforced wing, which directly caused them to be passive in the face of the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial space carrier Radiance, and the Archangel also had this problem. No keyholes, no electronic storms. The number of assault ships and ambulance support ships is not enough, and as for the fighters, even if you count the two squadrons that were transferred back from the Seventh Fleet to the Archangel and the new batch of lightning that was built after a period of time, their number is only enough for two wings at most, what can a space carrier without an interstellar fighter be called?

Correspondingly, the problems of the crew and pilots are even more prominent, on the part of ordinary crews. Although many of the latest automatic control technologies have been adopted, and the personnel structure and combination have been optimized, so that the required crew is much smaller than that of the original ship, but the reduction of the crew is still necessary, especially the space carrier's fighter carrying capacity is one-third more than that of the fast space carrier, and the ground crew required for this part of the extra fighter is indispensable and indispensable, which will directly affect the attendance rate and proper rate of the fighter. Yao and Risen were so distressed to have to gather so many crews, and the headquarters of the Resistance League tried their best, but they couldn't get together so many people.

Moreover, it is not enough to make up enough people, but also to make them fully familiar with and understand the structure and various systems of this mothership, which requires a long period of training and running-in. And how much time do they have? Less than a month. Don't forget, the crew of the Liberator has been trained for many months beforehand, and there will inevitably be some nervousness and panic when the battle is about to go, and the Archangel, Risen is sure that the headquarters of the Resistance League and Lady Almeda will not let them enjoy a few months of training comfortably, and it is very likely that after setting sail, there will be a combat mission down, relying on a group of new people to fight?

But, then again, who hasn't gone through this stage of being a newcomer? Intense and brutal actual combat. Perhaps the fastest way to improve the training level of these people.

On the pilot side. Two squadrons transferred back from the Seventh Fleet, one was Ryson's Tulip Squadron. There is also a Thunderbird squadron that turned out to be Schnell, all of whom are considered acquaintances, this time the Tulip Squadron will be expanded to Tulip Wing, the Thunderbird Squadron will be expanded to Thunderbird United, and the third wing, commanded by Sonia, will be the Angel Team, including those Blue Angel girls from the Federation. All the veteran members of the original Tulip Squadron and Thunderbird Squadron were all promoted, either squadron leaders or squad leaders, and people were initially smiling, but they were soon dumbfounded, because the pilots assigned to the Archangel were basically rookies who had just completed flight training, except for a small number of pilots with actual combat experience, and the number was seriously insufficient. Risen calculated, the total number of pilots is less than seventy, even

Less than two-thirds of the full staff, not to mention the supernumeraries that were commonly seen in wartime.

There were not enough fighters, the crew was insufficient and untrained, and the pilots could not even get together two wings, most of them were newcomers, and they had to start training again...... That's the main problem Risen faces, and he hasn't counted other minor problems, such as the shortage of spare parts and the lack of missiles and torpedo stocks.

For this, in order to solve these factors that restrict the combat effectiveness of the warship, Ruison and Yao ran to the Alliance headquarters almost every once in a while, perhaps because of his great name, perhaps because of Yao's beautiful appearance and elegant and touching temperament, or maybe both, those relevant officers of the Alliance Headquarters of the Resistance Army were very polite to them, at least on the surface, they were very enthusiastic to help find a way, and provided many conveniences for them to solve the problem. The other minor issues, while still insufficient, at least less urgent, have made no progress on the main issues.

This can't be blamed on them, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, there are indeed no more fighters or personnel, and they don't have a magic lamp that can conjure everything with one wipe, how can they become out?

In a hurry, Risen was very unrighteous and hit the idea on the Liberator, there are a lot of ready-made, basically trained crew on this ship, as well as many pilots and fighters, they have also experienced actual combat, and Risen and Yao are also quite familiar with each other, and have formed a quite tacit understanding, they are all 'idle' for a few months of the Liberator's repair, why can't they make use of these resources?

............

"No way, don't even think about it. Risen had already spent a long time talking, but Colonel Aristide, who was still lying on the sickbed, shook his head like a rattle and refused, "Major, I really didn't expect you to dare to mention this?" Do you know what's left on board the Liberator right now? You are gone, Major Yao, Major Yang, and Captain Schneier are also gone, and all the leaders of the original three squadrons are gone. The girls of the Blue Squadron were also mostly gone, and now there were twenty-two pilots left on the Liberator. I'm still worried about how to rebuild the Liberator's air fleet, the Archangel is not enough, but you have at least seventy people, and you still have the idea of attacking the rest of me? ”

"This ...... Sir," Risen smiled awkwardly, "you see, the Liberator isn't still in the process of overhaul. They didn't have anything to do for the time being, and I just wanted to ......"

"Hey, Major, daydreaming is not good for your health, and I don't want the Liberator to become an empty shell, so that's the end of it. ”

"Sir, sir, how can this be?" Risen cheeky. Pretending not to hear the last sentence, he continued, "Fei Lun and I are just borrowing, borrowing, you see, the main problem right now is that time is too fast, wait a few months. There may be new crews and pilots available, but there are none at the moment, so why not make use of the unused human resources? Sir, I assure you, this is only a temporary secondment, and it will be returned after use, and as soon as the Liberator is repaired, we will return the seconded personnel immediately, without delay. ”

"Oh. Now it's a secondment. Major, you're smart. But don't think I haven't heard of the tiger borrowing the pig, I've walked more bridges than you've walked, hmph, you little trick ......" Colonel Aristide was unmoved, he closed his eyes.

@@瑞森苦着脸, after talking for a long time, he really has nothing to do, his eloquence is far from his driving skills, plus he is a little weak-hearted, and he can't think of how to say the best, he glanced at Yao, she was pursing her mouth and smiling slightly, Ruisen quickly gave her a look, don't keep standing there without saying a word, this is not only his own business, Yao also has a share, she is the captain of the Archangel.

"Captain," the girl thought for a moment, Resson's words didn't have any effect, maybe she should say something else, something that would resonate with the captain, something that would make him feel something.......

"How long will it take for the Liberator to be repaired?"

"Alas," Captain Aristide sighed slightly and opened his eyes at the question, "it will take at least four months, and the superficial damage is easy to repair, and the structural damage is not so easy to repair." However, Major, you don't need to say more, this time is just the right time for them to train well and sum up the experience of the previous battles, and the blank space left after you leave will have to rely on them. ”

"I'm sorry, sir, I just thought of the Archangel, her current situation is really strikingly similar to our previous investigation mission, we don't have keyholes, no electronic storms, and there are few escort ships, the number of fighters and pilots is seriously insufficient, although the number of fighters is slightly more than that of the Liberator, but the pilots are mostly newcomers, lack of training, and the crew is not even satisfied, and there is no time for them to run in training together, so they can only train while fighting......." There was a hint of sadness on the girl's face, "After setting sail, the Archangel will soon perform a series of combat missions, I am a little worried about her, the Archangel is not a fast space carrier, and it has no speed advantage over the Imperial ships, I don't know if I can bring her back smoothly, and whether she will also be repaired in the dockyard for a few months." ”

The muscles on Captain Aristide's face twitched unnaturally a few times, his breathing was a little rapid, and the girl's words made him feel a little sympathetic, he comforted the girl, "Don't worry, with our Major Nigaul here, the Archangel will be fine, the number of people is short, it will always be replenished, newcomers, after a few battles, they will also become veterans." ”

"That's right, only actual combat can most truly test the results of ordinary training, and only actual combat is the best way to promote the growth of newcomers, as long as we can survive the first few battles. Risen nodded in agreement.

"I understand, Risson, the first few battles were the most difficult, and I only hope that the Alliance Headquarters will not give us too difficult tasks, if the first battle is a battle similar to that of the Liberator, directly facing the Empire's space carrier, it is very likely that something will go wrong. The girl lowered her head and said softly.

"Don't worry," Risen put his arm around the girl's shoulder, "I'll protect the ship, besides, I don't believe our luck will be so bad, and the Alliance headquarters knows that we're a new ship and won't be able to challenge an Imperial fleet in the first battle." ”

Having said that, they knew in their hearts that war would not be so empathetic, the Archangel could almost be said to be one of the most powerful warships of the Alliance, and the headquarters of the Resistance Alliance would not just let them do some small tasks such as reconnaissance and patrolling, good steel would have to be used on the blade, and sooner or later they would engage the regular fleet of the Empire head-on, and those small tasks were sometimes not as simple as it seemed on the surface, and this investigation mission of the Liberator was not thought to be just a simple investigation mission before? The result?

No one can accurately estimate everything, accidents, always emerge in an endless stream, in the war, who can say clearly?

"Sir, I'm sorry, we have to go first, the Archangel is about to set sail, and there are too many facts to be busy. It's a pleasure to see that you are already in much better health this time than you were last time, and if there are no problems with the Archangel, it will officially set sail in five days, sir, we hope you will come to the inaugural ceremony of this ship. Yao was silent for a while, then stood up and said.

"Thank you for the invitation, Major, I will definitely be on time. Captain Aristide nodded in reply, he had brace himself up, but he didn't look at them, his eyes were looking straight ahead, a little distracted.

"Let's go, let's go back. The two men stood up, turned and walked out the door.

"Wait a minute, Yao," just as they reached the door, a voice came from behind them.

"What's the matter? Sir? ”

"Well," Aristide hesitated for a moment, but finally made up his mind, "you shouldn't come to me about the secondment of personnel, you should go to the Alliance headquarters, they are in charge of this matter, although I am the captain of the ship, but I don't have the right to decide who should be assigned which ship." ”

"Sir, this ...... Don't you object? Risen was pleasantly surprised, they were all smart people, and everyone knew what Captain Aristide meant.

"Against? If an official order is issued by the headquarters of the League, will my objection be useful? ”

"Mrs. Elmeda advises us to ask for your opinion first, and we need your consent. Risen scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

"I'm sorry, sir. Yao said apologetically.

"It's not necessary, who told you that I recommended you to the Archangel?" Aristide shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"Don't let me down, prove it to me, prove it to Mrs. Almeda, my recommendation is not wrong. The captain stared at the two men standing in the doorway and said solemnly.

"Yes, sir. ”。.。