Galaxy Domination Guide

Chapter 132 126 Space-Air Warship

Bai Zhongqi looked at the holographic screen in front of him, which was displaying the receiving and production status of military aid equipment for Country C.

With the establishment of the Star Alliance, Bai Zhongqi had provided Country C with a massive amount of military equipment, in quantities so vast it was almost frightening. Just for the most advanced J-20evo space-air fighter jets alone, Iridium Star prepared to provide around 2000 units to the Country C Air Force, and that was just what Iridium Star manufactured for them.

Country C could also produce them if they had the need.

Iridium Star United Empire had already expanded its atomic substance construction capacity to more than double. Once the construction of the orbital complex on Emerald Sea Star is completed, Iridium Star will possess over five times the manufacturing capacity of the initial R19 fleet. This atomic substance construction equipment will continuously provide Iridium Star with various products.

Bai Zhongqi assigned four atomic substance construction devices to be in charge of military aid production, while the rest of the devices were still mainly used for producing equipment and products needed by Iridium Star.

In addition to the J-20evo as a representative aid product, Iridium Star was also manufacturing other weapons such as the modified Y-20 and newly designed H-20 for Country C. Some weapons that do not have spacefaring capabilities were to be built by the people of Country C themselves on the acquired neuron production lines, and Iridium Star would provide them with some raw materials as appropriate.

The production plan Bai Zhongqi saw included, besides the J-20evo fighters, the Army's White Rhino Class amphibious combat vehicles, Saber-toothed Tiger Individual Armor; Air Force's modified Z-20MAG universal helicopter, Z-22 transport rotorcraft, Z-24 armed helicopter, and others. These equipment items were often limited in size, and their production speed was very fast.

As soon as one batch was produced, it was loaded onto Iridium Star's giant whale cargo ships and transported to the mainland of Country C. Large, cumbersome models like the Y-20 and Y-25, however, were to be directly built by the people of Country C.

Chancellor His Majesty had just received news that at a certain production base located in Qin, the first neuron production line had been installed and debugged with the assistance of Iridium Star's engineering personnel, and the first product to come online was the modified parachuting version of the Y-20.

The second production line currently being installed at this site will also produce a super-giant parachuting transport aircraft, namely the Y-25.

At this time, it was naturally impossible for Country C to fully digest and absorb Iridium Star technology as everything was just starting. However, it did not prevent them from directly utilizing the programs and production equipment set up by the people of Iridium Star, and then producing products that were many times more advanced than those of the current era.

All the technology for the military aid products had been provided to Country C, and producing a complex weapon platform was no more difficult than using a washing machine. The steps were even somewhat similar: first, place various raw materials into the input of the neuron production line; second, press the switch; third, wait for a while before pulling out the produced equipment. Continue reading at empire

The production time for the parachuting version of the Y-20 was only 110 minutes. Although this transport plane was much larger than the J-20evo, its lower technical difficulty meant that its production time was not significantly longer.

This production line had already successively produced 8 Y-20 parachuting versions within one day, more than the total number previously from the development of the Y-20 prototype to the current mass-produced models.

This situation filled the military of Country C with anticipation. In not too long a time, they would accumulate a large batch of ultra-modern weapons.

The type 052C/D and 054A warships will, however, undergo modifications, as they currently represent the strongest combat capability of the Navy of Country C and cannot be immediately abandoned. With the neuron production line, the Navy is determined to stop work on the type 052D Aegis destroyers after the 18th ship and the type 054A after the 30th ship.

The three type 055 ships already under construction will be completed under the convenient conditions provided by Iridium Star technology, with the last of the type 055 also directly produced on the neuron production line, meaning that the much-anticipated ten-thousand-ton destroyers will ultimately end after only four have been built.

Except for the 039A/B/C class AIP submarines, which will still be used for training, others like the Kilo class and type 039 will inevitably be retired. The future of nuclear submarines is unique, and further development plans for nuclear submarines have been indefinitely suspended. Only eight nuclear submarines from the 093 and 094 series will continue in service.

At this point, nuclear deterrence has become a joke, and if a nuclear strike from under the water were needed, any one type 021 space-air corvette hidden hundreds of meters underwater launching missiles with a range of tens of thousands of kilometers would be far more formidable than the old combination of strategic nuclear submarines and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

The same fate awaits surface aircraft carriers; the type 001A is nearing launch, so it is fortunate enough to enter service. But the keel of the type 002 aircraft carrier had not been laid long before the advent of the type 003 space-air carrier rendered the type 002 completely obsolete, and the shipyard had no objections to then dismantling it.

All these were measures of necessity; despite these warships being considered advanced and embodying countless hours of labor from Country C's military-industrial workers, being outdated means being outdated, and the people of Country C are ultimately very pragmatic.

Even the carrier-based aircraft on types 001 and 001A have become awkward. In the major refurbishment proposals for the two surface aircraft carriers provided by the Iridium Star people, substantial improvements to the avionics equipment were suggested, along with the installation of Global-Battlefield-Situation-Awareness and a new combat system, and the addition of sophisticated missile defense.

The bows were flattened and straightened, with two infill decks added on the left, increasing the number of parking spots. The main carrier-based aircraft were replaced with Killer Bees, with a standard mission layout capable of carrying 50 Killer Bee fighters.

All of Country C's fighters will possess VTOL capabilities in the future, even the massive J-20evo can be deployed on carriers, rendering the less powerful Flying Shark obsolete. It is unclear whether it was sentimental reasons or other considerations, but the Navy of Country C still pleaded with Iridium Star personnel to execute a modification plan for the Flying Shark.

In the plan, the new Flying Shark will also adopt condensed energy cells and electric ion propulsion. It will have Global-Battlefield-Situation-Awareness, a new data link, cloud combat systems, a quantum computer, and an artificial intelligence assistant. As for armaments, it could carry up to 40 sophisticated missiles.

Since the bows of types 001 and 001A were straightened, the new Flying Shark was simply designed as a short takeoff/vertical landing fighter, mainly intended for short takeoffs to ensure full-load launches within less than 80 meters.

Under the new configuration, types 001 and 001A carriers could deploy up to 36 J-15s for mission deployment.

Fairly speaking, although this upgrade is significant, its effectiveness is definitely not as good as newly designed fighters. Perhaps it could defeat enemies at the level of the F-22 in beyond-visual-range air combat and dogfights, but it simply cannot compare with the J-20evo and Killer Bee.

However, this does prevent a future where the two surface carriers only deploy drones and no manned aircraft. Bai Zhongqi did not see a problem with a carrier's flying squadron being entirely unmanned, but this is probably because the military of Country C has a fixed mindset and lacks full trust in unmanned systems.

A large number of Navy personnel have already entered deep sleep learning to master the use of new weapons.