Chapter 516 Escort Fleet and Mining Platform

The construction of industrial command transport ships is in full swing, and the escort ships supporting such large ships are also being constructed step by step.

Escorts and mining ships are attached to industrial command ships and various land-based platforms, exchanging long-distance navigation capabilities for better combat performance.

After confirming that they will take root in the sky island world and carry out large-scale expansion, it is also time for the territory to conduct a comprehensive improvement and optimization of its aerospace ships.

"The first industrial fleet is expected to be equipped with sixteen new escort ships, equipped with ten 75mm anti-ship support artillery."

Peregrine class.

Ji Lin stared at the fully integrated improved aerostat. The originally exposed keel structure was now filled with dense additional armor. In order to maximize the efficient use of space, the entire ship did not use the Seagull-class pod design.

Its purpose is extremely clear, which is to fight.

The Seagull class needs to replace the pod to take on other tasks.

The Peregrine-class aerostat without a pod design looks a bit like a low-lying black fish. A large number of replaceable additional armors overlap like scales on the slender black hull. The integrated design allows them to use additional armor. Cover the Peregrine Falcon with a whole layer.

The obvious benefit of integration is that the turning speed of the Peregrine class is twice that of the prototype Seagull class.

The Peregrine class has devoted all its endurance, multi-function, and crew capacity... to become a high-speed escort similar to a heavy fighter.

"There is no need to consider the issue of human habitation. After compressing the crew cabin and fixing some stable structures... we got about 50% of the extra space. We used this space to install energy storage modules reversely developed from the ruins."

A special short-range escort and interception ship redesigned based on the Seagull class. It can move at a speed of 20km/h and has the ability to accelerate over short distances.

The only small problem is that the high-speed range of this thing is only 100km. After the shipboard energy is exhausted, it can only move at a moving speed of 10km/h. It needs to go to the nearest large ship or base to replenish energy.

Save money.

‘Peregrine-class escort ship’

‘Energy storage: Install a rune cycle battery to store the generated energy and have the ability to accelerate over short distances. ’

‘Firepower group: 75mm ship-borne rapid-fire artillery: range 1500 (meters), weapon power: 200, 2 rounds/minute. ’

‘Additional armor: Install medium additional armor, which can absorb a large amount of damage and can be disassembled and rotated through simple repairs after the war. ’

Sixteen thirty-meter-class standard Falcon-class escort ships are enough to deal with a medium-sized conflict, and at least they can ensure that the industrial ships escape unscathed.

The 75mm ship-borne artillery with an effective range of 1.5 kilometers and a maximum range of 2.5 kilometers allows them to output suppressive firepower against the enemy at a safe enough distance.

The parts of the Peregrine and Seagull aerostats are common, and the territory will not consume more resources due to the additional production of the Peregrine.

The two ships can even share a parts and equipment production line, but they have different special accessories and different final assembly processes.

"very nice."

Ji Lin nodded and expressed his approval for Chong Yan.

He is responsible for designing fast small ships, while Sif is responsible for designing large ships, each with their own strengths.

It's just that they are not very good at designing medium-sized ships.

"There is also a second model, which we designed based on the floating platform used by the floating island - a mining platform... or a mining ship?"

Zhongyan pointed to the large black iron block on the other side. If he hadn't pointed it out, Ji Lin might not have noticed the several black iron blocks parked in the corner over there.

That thing was a real iron box, and he wouldn't have noticed it without the tautological reminder.

Big black iron box.

The long iron box, which is 40 meters long and 15 meters wide, is not noticeable at all when placed in the corner.

Just like the buildings that originally existed there, not even the engineers coming and going paid attention to the iron head.

Maybe it's because this thing really doesn't look that good.

"This guy can probably transport more than 75 tons of materials at a time. In the case of overloading, the overload can reach up to 120 tons."

An industrial command ship is expected to carry twelve mining platforms.

Zhongyan said, glanced at the tablet in his hand, and explained to his lord.

"Of course, what we mainly do is to install a new energy supply system on the original mining platform so that it can use robotic arms... A mining ship is equipped with two robotic arms."

It’s just a pity that robotic arms have not yet been able to replace human labor. This clumsy robotic arm functions as a crane and installs small impact drills.

After the heavy drilling machines on the mining industry command ship have plowed the ground once, they will use small airborne impact drills to break the ore veins that the heavy drilling machines have not completely crushed. A steam nail gun is used, but the discharge function is removed.

Some ore veins that cannot be reached by industrial command ships can also be crushed and mined by these mining ships. The mining efficiency of the impact drills they carry is also much higher than that of ordinary mining methods.

After the crushing and mining is completed... send people down to pick up the stones.

Mining platforms usually dock in areas that are inconvenient for industrial command ships to collect biological and mineral resources based on demand.

They are more flexible, and the spacious platform can also accommodate a large number of workers to collect and recycle the resources growing on the cliffs, which allows the industrial command ship to mine large resource areas without getting close.

It is like an extension of the industrial command ship.

It extends into every corner of the resource mining area like the tentacles of the industrial command ship.

It is worth mentioning that whether it is a mining platform or a Peregrine class, it is generally not parked in the small hangar of the industrial command ship... but parked in the engineering frame extended from the industrial command ship.

Only when maintenance is needed will it enter the hangar and use the mechanical arm for maintenance.

This can greatly save the internal space of the industrial command ship and give space to more important storage space.

Sixteen Peregrine class interceptor escort ships and twelve small mining platforms.

In this way, it is a complete long-distance industrial fleet that can bring unparalleled benefits to the territory that ordinary mining fleets cannot match.