Chapter 324 Upgrade Before the War

Of course, compared to the two main fleets of Duke Yadan's Golden Ring and Shenwu, there is still a gap in combat power. After all, all the warships serving in the main fleet are new types of warships. As for the garrison navy of the Megar star system, 45% of the warships are old models. This is the inland of Monya, and there is no such big enemy as the Charles Federation. As for the Garcia Rebels, there are nearly a thousand warships there, and with the space-based defense platform, as long as they dare to come, they don't even think about going back.

With a population of 1,000 flying dragons and Corruptors, this not only means that the gas savings will be spent, but also the original combat units of the Zerg base must be slaughtered, which is too much loss. Moreover, even if he can pull some damaged units to the system space for repairs, and fight a war of attrition through soft and hard foam, and finally win this war, I am afraid that it will be a tragic victory.

Now with the addition of Raven, it is not as simple as 1+1 to improve one's own combat power. If the timing is right and reasonable tactics are used, let alone the Rector Navy, even if Bruno's follow-up reinforcement fleet is eaten It's not impossible to drop.

In order to minimize the attrition of one's own units, it is the best choice to carry out an air force technology upgrade. The "Covid Reactor" and "Durable Materials" in the Xinggang Subsidiary Pendant Technology Laboratory can improve the energy of the Raven and the battery life of the automatic cannon and fixed-point defense target drone, as well as the instantaneous automatic tracking in the engineering station, which can make the The weapon systems of automatic cannons, missile towers, planetary fortresses, and fixed-point defense target drones are more accurate and have longer ranges. Once these items are upgraded, they will undoubtedly improve the Raven's overall combat effectiveness.

"Cardusius Reactor" and "Stealth", the former is to increase the energy of the medical transport aircraft, and the latter endows the Banshee with a stealth effect. Since this space battle is of little significance, there is no need to rush to upgrade.

In addition, Tang Fang once again set his sights on the minaret of the Zerg base in the previous upgrade. By upgrading the two items of "Aerial Creature Attack LV1" and "Aerial Creature Carapace LV1", the Flying Dragon and Corruptor gained the ability to rival small and medium-sized frigates and destroyers. Since the Zerg base has climbed to 2, after upgrading "Aerial Creature Attack lv1" and "Aerial Creature Carapace lv1". The "Aerial Creature Attack" and "Aerial Creature Carapace" of lv2 have also been unlocked, but because the resource consumption is 50 times that of the game. He didn't want to upgrade.

At present, in order to obtain absolute air superiority, a second upgrade is necessary.

"I don't want the child to be tied to the wolf." With a cruel heart, he stomped his feet and turned the "instant automatic tracking" of the Terran Engineering Station, the "Covid Reactor" and "durable materials" in the Starport Technology Laboratory, and the "Instantaneous Automatic Tracking" in the Zerg Spire. "Aerial creature attack lv2" and "Aerial creature carapace lv2" have been added to the upgrade sequence.

In less than a minute, these upgrade items were upgraded successively. Seeing the resource value drop back to "12862905, 52945", Tang Fang didn't feel as pained as before. He came to "Sigma" not only to unlock the ancillary building technology laboratory of Xinggang, but also to expand the amount of zero element resources.

As one of the pillar enterprises of the shipbuilding industry in the Duchy,

"Sigma" has abundant zero element resources, perhaps incomparable with refineries and military energy supply stations, but definitely more than ordinary heavy factories. Now that you have made up your mind to be a thief, you must steal the government and ruin it!

Look up and scan the copy progress bar on the central display, it has reached "83%"

"Emma, ​​send the road map from here to the energy warehouse."

Blink of an eye. A navigation map pops up on the visual interface of the harsh environment protective clothing,

"Commander, the navigation map has been delivered."

"I see." Tang Fang nodded: "That's right. After upgrading the 'Aerial Creature Attack LV2' and 'Aerial Creature Carapace LV2', what changes have been made in the combat power of the flying dragon and the Corruptor?"

After upgrading "Aerial Biological Attack lv1" and "Aerial Biological Carapace lv1", Emma calculated based on the model and analyzed that the Corruptor can rival the 160-meter-long Thresher-class destroyer, but she didn't know that this upgrade, the flying dragon and What a terrifying level the incubator's fighting power will rise to.

"Commander, 'Aerial Biological Carapace lv2' endows the Corruptor with a more powerful biological carapace, which is enough to resist the multi-caliber rail cannon of the Tiger Shark-class destroyer, even the double-caliber or single-mounted heavy-duty cannon of the White Shark-class cruiser Orbital cannon. As long as it cannot hit the vital parts, it is difficult to achieve a one-hit kill."

"'Aerial Creature Attack LV2' increases the attack power of Corruptors by *30%. Combined with the 'Corruption' skill, it can cause fatal damage to Tiger Shark destroyers."

Caliber rail cannon capable of defending against Tigershark-class destroyers. Even the caliber main gun of the White Shark-class cruiser cannot kill in one hit. You must know that the thresher-class destroyer has a total length of 160 meters, and the longest tiger shark series destroyer is about 250 meters. According to Emma's analysis, doesn't it mean that the Corruptor can forcefully use the caliber rail cannon to attack the tiger shark-class destroyer? Deliver a fatal blow.

In other words, after upgrading the "Aerial Creature Attack LV2" and "Aerial Creature Carapace LV2", the combat power of the Corruptor is almost invincible in the destroyer class.

The Corruptor of more than 40 meters, against the 200-meter-class Tiger Shark destroyer, this gave Tang Fang a strange feeling that a little monster would overthrow Ultraman.

Immediately afterwards, Emma reported the situation of the flying dragon. This kind of Zerg unit known for its mobility is even faster and more flexible than Viking fighters in extreme flight conditions. Generally speaking, the standard weapons equipped with imperial ships simply cannot catch up with Mutalisks in terms of rate of fire and rotation speed.

Even if the flying dragon's carapace is not as thick as the Corruptor's, if it can't hit the target, everything will be in vain. You must know that in StarCraft 2, a group of flying dragons is enough to shoot down the battle cruiser, which is definitely the rhythm of punching the master to death. After upgrading the "Aerial Creature Attack lv2", the fighting power of the flying dragon has been completely reborn, not to mention the frigates and destroyers, facing such huge monsters as cruisers and battleships, once the flying dragons in groups get close, find the weak point of the armor Breaking into the ship, the consequences can be imagined.

With today's human ship weapon system, there is a tendency to return to the cannon doctrine of giant ships in primitive naval battles. After all, with the advancement of disciplines related to zero prime. Armor materials continue to innovate, and the heavy weapons carried by aircraft carrier-based aircraft play less and less roles in space warfare.

On the other hand, due to the continuous wars among various human countries. As a result, military technologies such as radar, guidance technology, close-in defense and interception systems, induced weapons, and force field applications have flourished, and the dominance of aircraft carrier-based aircraft has been shaken. therefore. Heavy ships such as cruisers, battle cruisers, and battleships gradually returned to the battlefield, gradually becoming the main combat unit capable of competing with aircraft carriers.

However, compared to the Terran in the StarCraft era. Nowadays, human science and technology are in a very embarrassing situation in the field of naval guns.

The older generation of ship-borne weapons such as artillery, missiles, and rapid-fire turrets is already difficult to pose an effective threat to the target in the battlefield environment of hundreds or thousands of kilometers in the universe.

However, the large-mass projectiles fired by the electromagnetic railgun are easily disturbed by various force fields that keep pace with the times, making it difficult to hit the target. to today's Star Wars. Either there was a lot of thunder and little rain, and the two sides dispatched a terrifying battle, but after a long confrontation, they fired two shots at each other and went home.

Either it is a real melee combat, because only in this way, the various weapons of the ship can exert their maximum power, and they will not be easily affected by the combat distance, protective force field, and the interception system of the opponent's ship like in the case of long-distance bombardment. affected by. Such close melee battles are often fierce, not only testing the commanding ability of the fleet commander, the performance of the ship, the number of troops, but also a certain amount of luck in it.

Once the two fleets fall into this state of melee, it will evolve into an endless situation.

At the moment when the warp speed jump mechanism is not perfect. Performing a retreat at close range and selling your back to the enemy is like saying to the opponent: "The chrysanthemum has been washed and the pants have been taken off, baby!" Therefore, as long as it enters a melee, unless one fleet is destroyed, the battle will continue To continue, this is one of the reasons why tens or millions of soldiers died in a big battle. Similarly, it is also the main reason why the imperial nobles treat civilians and soldiers like livestock.

certainly. Develop new types of bullets, using different materials for the core, shell, and shielding coating. The interference of the force field can be reduced, but this is not the solution after all.

In fact, every country is working hard to develop new weapons. In order to improve the combat environment, directional weapons such as lasers, plasma beams, and charged particle cannons have a firing rate close to the speed of light in a vacuum, and it is difficult to interfere with ordinary force fields.

As long as such weapons become the mainstream configuration of warships, this kind of melee combat similar to the era of cold weapons will be greatly reduced. Fleets only need to set up formations to shoot at each other, even if there is damage to the ship, as long as it is not hit by the opponent's main gun or encountered With intensive shooting, they can all retreat to the rear of the fleet, saving the lives of the crew.

When the commander confirms that his side is defeated by the opponent, the situation is irreversible, and there is still enough time to activate the warp drive and return to the rear line.

However, after all, the time for human beings to enter the universe civilization is still short, and weapon systems such as laser, plasma, and antimatter have been developing rapidly, but there are still many unsolved problems in energy collection, miniaturization, conversion efficiency, heat dissipation, etc.

The warp-speed engine that human beings came from the Ipsilon technology copycat has a complex structure and a large size, occupying a large part of the space in the ship, which undoubtedly reduces the placement space of the weapon system. Don't think that building a larger ship can solve this problem. The larger the ship, the larger the warp field will be required for the transition, and the specifications of the warp drive will increase accordingly. Moreover, a large warp speed engine does not necessarily have a large warp force field, which can be used to drive super battleships.

Huge monsters like "Sigma" and Gemini Starport, even if the warp speed engine is built as long as 10 kilometers, it is impossible to take them to play the game of interstellar travel.

Not to mention the production efficiency of antimatter weapons, cutting-edge equipment such as laser weapons and plasma weapons, which have been assembled on space-based defense platforms and some warships, also face two important problems in application, conversion efficiency and energy supply.

Just like humans used fission energy at the beginning, there is a serious waste of resources in laser weapons and plasma weapon systems, and the conversion level is very low.

The leak in the house happened to rain all night, and the boat was late and the wind started. This sentence to describe people's bad luck is very appropriate here. Under the premise of low energy conversion rate, energy supply is also a big problem.

The warp speed engine is an essential part of a battleship. It uses zero elements, and it is bulky and expensive. Laser weapons and plasma weapons are not small gadgets, and they are still big eaters. The conventional ship design concept is the integration of energy supply.

Use zero elements to power laser cannons and plasma cannons? What a joke, this is simply burning money. At present, when the zero-element refining technology of the human country is generally not up to standard, the zero element refined from the zero-element ore is insufficient to supply the military fleet for interstellar navigation. Do you still want this worthless prodigal weapon system to get a share of the action? The military's energy branch would say "to hell with it!"

If you don't need zero elements to supply energy, you can only turn to nuclear energy. Fission energy has radiation. And the production capacity is not high, but the fusion reactor is enough to provide powerful energy, and it is also very clean and has a wide range of raw materials. But unfortunately, like the warp speed engine, it is a counterfeit product, and it cannot be miniaturized in a short time.

Suppose a battleship is equipped with a warp drive and a fusion reactor. It is also equipped with directional weapons such as laser guns and plasma guns, so it is absolutely impossible for its volume to be a few hundred meters larger.

A few hundred meters larger... Ships over 400 meters are battleships and flagships, and 700 meters are already mainstream aircraft carriers. If you add the crew cabin, bridge, radar system, internal life support system, restaurant, reserve warehouse and other battleship modules, how big will it be? Even if such a battleship is produced, it is a tasteless weapon that is tasteless and a pity to discard, and has no practical value.

To sum up, it will take dozens or hundreds of years for a warship equipped with laser guns and plasma guns to become the main body of Star Wars. Of course, the guards directly under some princes, princes, and princes are another matter. After all, the lives of the great nobles are much more important than Ling Su. So, even if this is an extremely money-burning thing. Some aristocratic lords still enjoy it, anyway, the money will eventually become exorbitant taxes and fall on civilian slaves. The generosity of others to benefit oneself will always be a profitable business.

Back to the question of dragons and corrupters. In StarCraft, to deal with mobile, flexible, and small Zerg units like dragons, the small-caliber close-in defense guns of warships are ineffective. Sky fighter, facing the flying dragon who has upgraded the "Aerial Biological Carapace LV2" and has the skill of "tissue regeneration". It is a compliment to say that the mantis arm is a car.

During the counterattack, the scene of 15 Viking fighters hoisting 48 "Thunder Wings" under the rain of missiles is still vivid. There is no armory, and Viking fighters that cannot upgrade their attack and defense power have such power. What about the flying dragon that has been promoted 2 times in a row?

In StarCraft, the weapons used by human battlecruisers to deal with flying dragons are laser cannons, and only they can pose a real threat to these ferocious void hunters. But now, the Rector Navy does not have such powerful warships, and the "Wings of Thunder" is far from being an opponent of the flying dragons. As long as they survive the attacks from the few remaining space-based defense platforms, once the flying dragons break into the enemy fleet , What kind of scene will be staged next, even if you think about it with your butt, you will know.

"Commander, the data copying work has been completed." At this moment, Emma's voice came from my mind. Tang Fang looked up, and the copying progress bar on the central display had reached the end.

"Emma, ​​everything is going according to plan." After saying this, Tang Fang got up and walked out of the room. With a slight thought, his whole body entered a state of invisibility.

At the same time, those fanatics who were confronting the guard soldiers in "Sigma" Area A disappeared at the same time.

Some soldiers who survived by luck let out a sigh of relief. Although they don't know why those gods of death disappeared out of thin air, but at least their lives were saved. How did they come and how did they go? The old man is going to have a headache.

At the same time, on the transportation route of the space station, a part of the defense robots drawn from Area S were being transported to Area A, preparing to show that crazy woman who wanted to kill. However, the train had just traveled halfway, "Hey..." There was a sharp sound of gold and iron.

Countless flying sparks appeared on the two magnetic rails of the train, and the guard soldiers and defense robots on standby fell to the ground in disorder.

Fortunately, the braking performance of the train is excellent, and the safety aspect is also excellent. The driver suffered only minor injuries. However, when he got up from under the console and looked out, the scene in front of him shocked him immediately.

It was dark, dark, and the only light source for the entire transportation line was the emergency lights on the walls on both sides.

"What happened? Who cut off the energy supply of the transportation line?" The driver looked bewildered.

What he didn't know was that it wasn't just the transportation line that was plunged into darkness, but all areas of the 40-kilometer-long "Sigma" space station were plunged into darkness. From a distance, it looks like a space cemetery.

The combat command room in Area A was also dim, and the dim light of the emergency lights shone on Coverdale's old face, looking from a certain angle like a bloodthirsty beast baring its teeth.

Communication with the outside world has been cut off, and he can still use the most primitive method, using two legs and emergency intercom equipment. The closed-circuit monitoring network is paralyzed, and the movement of the quarantine area and the data room can still be relayed, and then the general combat policy is issued.

But that boy tm... He actually cut off the power system of the entire space station, even the nuclear fission reactor that is independent of the computer network and used to provide energy for important departments such as the combat command room and equipment control center during special periods. closed. (to be continued)