Chapter 263: Fleet Shortcomings
Ross 154 star system, Fox Pirate Group Station.
In comparison to the Solar System which is booming with development, the star systems here, whether the desolate scenery on each planet or the ships operating in space, make this place seem extremely barren.
Even though the Azure Phoenix Legion under its command here possesses as many as ten thousand Space Battleships, compared to the forty thousand Battleships of the Black Tortoise Legion and Azure Dragon Legion combined in the Solar System, the numbers still don’t measure up.
But even so, as the Legion Commander of this legion that seems like an abandoned legion, Li Jian still maintains an extremely high intensity in the daily training of this legion.
In the Conqueror command room, Li Jian sat frowning across from Fan Ren, his expression not good.
And Fan Ren, looking at the document in his hand, had a much more relaxed expression.
As the one who previously proposed to build the Azure Phoenix Legion into a powerful “Blue Team” legion to occasionally launch “exercise” attacks on the Solar System, it is clear that the current Azure Phoenix Legion does not have the capability to conduct these offensive exercises.
First of all, it is the most important indicator in terms of mobility.
All the information obtained by the Peace Messenger when it went to Sirius Prime Star, Li Jian also received a copy.
After studying and observing it with the legion Staff Department and most frontline combat commanders, and comparing it to the data of ships assembled by most Tier 2 Civilizations, he helplessly discovered that the short-term maneuver speed of Hans Civilization’s Battleships is not particularly fast.
In the main fleet configurations of most Tier 2 Civilizations, the movement speed of their Warships, whether it is the Warp Engines that Humanity has not yet begun assembling or the overload technology of Afterburners, makes the Punisher far inferior in maneuver speed compared to same-level Warships.
And this indicator is extremely fatal for the Punisher, which uses close-range attacks as its main attack method, and that is Humanity’s main Warship.
It must be known that due to cost reasons, most civilizations have unanimously chosen Weapon Systems like Missiles, which have low technical content but possess long-range attack capabilities.
Similar close-range Weapons like Electromagnetic Railguns exist, but as mentioned, due to the balance of the Power Supply System, they are not assembled in large numbers.
For this reason, Li Jian proposed a solution.
Propose to the design department to modify the Punisher or redesign it into a brand new Spaceship equipped with a long-range Missile strike Weapon System.
In order to compensate for the Azure Phoenix Legion’s shortcomings in Spaceship mobility, or rather fleet configuration diversity, to use Electromagnetic Railguns or long-range Missile attack Spaceships in a reasonable state.
Rather than only having one card of close-range attack Ships in hand.
Besides mobility, in terms of special operations Ships, the Azure Phoenix Legion also has not many choices.
This includes Ships equipped with special equipment that can be responsible for establishing Warp interception generators, as well as other electromagnetic warfare type Ships.
Even, in the hands of high-level civilizations, they have a logistics repair Ship that is extremely expensive to build.
This kind of Ship has the ability, on the battlefield, when its own fleet suffers non-instantaneous destructive strikes, within a 200 km range, through a very advanced long-range nano speed-of-light transmission technology, to make the attacked Ship completely abandon its own Armor Repairer and gain extra Armor repair.
This way, not only can it save the extremely high energy consumption of its own Armor Repairer, thereby freeing up some energy, but also allow the attacking team to focus more on the battlefield’s offensive end.
Fan Ren looked at the document in his hand.
It must be said that Li Jian’s research on the obtained information is very thorough.
Although as a Legion Commander with basically zero actual combat experience, he has not lost his keen insight into the key factors affecting victory or defeat in future wars.
Overall, this suggestion from the internal Staff personnel of the Azure Phoenix Legion, most of its content Fan Ren can accept.
Because the Azure Phoenix Legion, now as a legion organization outside Humanity’s establishment, under the name of the Fox Pirate Group, must shoulder its original responsibility.
Li Jian himself knows that whether it is the previously set plan to build the Azure Phoenix Legion into a Blue Team legion, to shoulder surprise combat exercises against the Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise Legions, to strengthen and improve their response capabilities.
Or the other purpose that only he, Fan Ren, and Liu Shengzhan know, the Azure Phoenix Legion must have extremely high tactical literacy at the combat personnel level, and also have a certain degree of lead in equipment advantages.
Of course, there is another point that Li Jian also considered.
This is what is proposed in the report.
Currently, most of the assembled Ships of the Azure Dragon Legion, whether it is the Punisher or the Young Dragon which has quick air defense, rescue, and other main combat purposes.
These Spaceships, although they have undergone a complete change in paint scheme to distinguish them from Human Ships.
But if used for a long time, the Fox Pirate Group will inevitably be suspected to be linked to Human Civilization in future missions.
This point, whether for Fan Ren or current Human Civilization, is an unacceptable and unbearable result.
Fan Ren closed the thick document, took a deep breath, pondered for a moment, and slowly spoke under Li Jian’s solemn gaze.
“Boss, the many demands of the Azure Phoenix Legion that you mentioned are very timely.”
After saying this, he couldn’t help but think of the committee higher-ups who are now clamorously arguing over funds for two Star Gates, making it easy to understand.
After Human Civilization came into contact with the Starfield Market, the urgent demand for those technology products far exceeding Human level indicators has also brought about a shortage of Star Coins.
Whether it is Warp Engine Technology, or faster overload-capable Afterburners, or those special diverse types of Ships, even hundreds or thousands of technology products in the civilian field, they are all things that Humanity currently lacks or whose similar products are far inferior.
And now, Human Civilization does not have enough Star Coins on hand.
Not only that, for two Star Gates, they also owe a huge debt.
A massive loan of 10 billion Star Coins.
However, evidently, the Star Coin issue will still take some time to resolve.
Fan Ren did not keep Li Jian waiting long, and said to the voice receiver nearby: “A’dai, the design blueprints I gave you a few days ago, are they designed and manufactured yet?”
“Boss, it’s almost complete. The small multifunctional mother machine on the Conqueror is very powerful. In terms of Raw Material processing, compared to the Galactic Alliance’s industry that I obtained, this kind of Machine is something only top civilizations in the Galactic Alliance have.”
