Guide to Galactic Dominance

In addition to the two major classes of capital ships, the Star Alliance Space Force's shipbuilding plan also includes a wealth of other ship types. From cruisers, aircraft-carrying cruisers, destroyers, frigates to reconnaissance ships, logistics ships, comprehensive engineering ships, etc. used in conjunction with the fleet, there are still a lot of warships listed in Bai Zhongqi's construction list.

In order to make construction easier and provide better training versatility, in the new batch of shipbuilding plans, basically only one or two ship classes will be built for each ship type. For example, the Yunlong-class heavy cruiser, which Bai Zhongqi originally had high hopes for, will be shelved after six ships were built. The Sichuan-class heavy cruiser, which was improved on the Baoxiong class, will be built on a large scale.

This is also the first time that the Star Alliance uses place names on Earth as the naming method for its ship classes. The first batch is planned to build up to 48 ships, all of which will use more famous cities on Earth. After the Space Force proposed a new ship class, various countries also had some quarrels over trying to get a ship name of their own.

Bai Zhongqi studied the construction parameters of the battleship and felt relieved: "After the Sichuan-class heavy cruiser was highly standardized and simplified, the construction time has been shortened to two months. The standard firepower it carries should be comparable to the Tezien of the same level. When it comes to battleships, there are still good advantages.”

Bai Zhongqi truly positioned this new type of cruiser as a hunter-killer for small starships. Once the two sides really set up their battle formations and started to bombard each other, the battleships would basically form a formation to catch each other and fight, and starships below the capital ship would basically not be able to participate in that level of battle. No matter which interstellar civilization it is, the largest number in the fleet is definitely the frigate level. To better destroy the enemy's small and medium-sized ships, warships with particularly fierce firepower and effective strikes are needed. The Yunlong class produced before actually had stronger firepower and more comprehensive functions, but the Yunlong class was built to be used as half a battleship. Now Bai Zhongqi is pursuing cost-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, so it can be used to fight small and medium-sized starships. The Sichuan level is even more valuable.

The destroyer class is also a new ship class. In the past, Iridium destroyers were more responsible for Star Destroyer missions. However, in the face of Tezion's invasion, the Star Alliance expanded the destroyer's positioning to focus more on air defense missions. The countries on the earth are also asked to claim ship names, so the hundreds of destroyers that may be built in the new destroyer class will all adopt the names of ships currently used by the navies of various countries on the earth. The first destroyer is the USS Mahan, a ship name inherited from the Lighthouse State, so this class of destroyers will be called the Mahan class. The Americans also stuffed in some ship names such as Ticonderoga, Spruance, Pensacola, Zhongyun, etc., and ships from other countries such as USS Audacious, USS Terrifying, USS Dragoon, USS Modern, etc. The name will also appear in the space army's fleet.

In terms of general-purpose frigates, the Star Alliance Space Force is very satisfied with the use of the Tai'a class and has no plans to continue replacing new warships. The Tai'a class will become the largest number of main battleships built in the space army, and the final number of the army may exceed three hundred.

"A Tai'a-class shipyard can produce one ship a month, and the Tai'a-class can stably suppress the opponent's frigates. On a larger battlefield, the frigate formations can also deal with the enemy's multi-faceted raids." Bai Zhongqi thought in his heart.

Two days after the summit, Bai Zhongqi has been at the Star Alliance Defense Department in Taiping City, discussing shipbuilding plans with Space Force personnel. Although after being liberated by his genetic advantage, Bai Zhongqi's energy will not be affected even if he does not sleep for several days, but he is still somewhat tired now.

Xu Lanzhou also saw the fatigue on the head of state and comforted him: "Your Majesty, within two years, we will definitely be able to complete the goal of building 600 main battle ships. In addition, we are fighting at home, so in this interstellar cloud All kinds of effective galaxy and planetary defense methods can be set up inside, so there is nothing to fear from the Tezien's offensive."

Bai Zhongqi nodded and said: "Battleships are the part that I am least worried about. We can build a large enough fleet before the enemy arrives. What really worries me is that it takes two years to train enough people to pilot hundreds of ships." It’s a difficult thing to be a space officer and soldier on a battleship.”

He did not hide his anxiety and worry at the moment, saying: "The new crew members will come from various countries on the earth. They will have different languages ​​​​and cultural customs. In order to integrate them, we will disrupt them and arrange them to work together. Fight, but it may not be easy for them to truly form a fighting group."

"I plan to carry out genetic optimization and liberation of all the enlisted sailors, and then carry out certain human body modifications on them." Bai Zhongqi said lightly.

Xu Lanzhou was a little surprised. Human body modification has always been considered very taboo on Iridium and is only allowed with special permission.

"I didn't plan to create any monster soldiers, but I did need the soldiers to become easier to fight together." Bai Zhongqi explained.

His route of transforming the soldiers' human bodies is actually somewhat similar to his own. Of course, he will not implant an overly powerful biological computer in the soldiers' bodies. This implanted chip will allow soldiers to access some important information. Two years is too short. Even with deep sleep learning, they still need a backup information database.

In addition, the languages ​​​​of various countries can be integrated into the biochip. When a Gaulish speaks French to a Frenchman, although the Frenchman hears French, the chip will translate it into the meaning he understands and transmit it directly. Nerve signals to the brain. This method is more intuitive than using a translator, but the essence is not much different.

At least in this way, soldiers from all over the world can understand each other's meaning. True collaboration is only possible if fleet members can communicate with each other.

Bai Zhongqi added: "Our warships all have warship AI and complete systems. In theory, unmanned navigation and combat are possible. But we all know that when there is a lack of human decision-making, a single ship will not be able to sustain itself on the battlefield. Your ability to fight flexibly will be greatly reduced."

Xu Lanzhou knew what Bai Zhongqi meant, and Iridium had done experiments before. In most environments, warships with autonomous navigation and combat command have certain advantages. However, human unpredictability and genius cannot be simulated by artificial intelligence, so with the cooperation of manpower and advanced intelligent systems, the fully unmanned fleet lost almost all exercises.

Bai Zhongqi cannot predict whether the space army composed of people from all over the world will really be able to resist the first round of invasion by the Tezien in two years' time, but he is full of hope.