thefictionvixens Chapter 235 Shipbuilding!
Chapter 235 Shipbuilding!
Although this warship is called a frigate, its actual displacement is on par with the latest aircraft carriers of the Free Federation before the apocalypse, with a standard displacement of 102,500 tons.
This vessel has completely exceeded the carrying capacity of the offshore work platform and the nearby dry dock.
In order to complete the construction of this type of ship, Lorraine mobilized all the idle engineering teams in its subordinate fleet and suspended the clearing work in several surrounding cities.
Within four hours, a total of 15 engineering teams and offshore platforms will converge at the artificial bay southeast of the port of Jask.
The artificial bay is shaped like two stacked spoons, with a 30-meter-wide artificial dike in the middle. The two bays are both 120 meters wide, and the straight sections are 445 meters and 238 meters long, respectively.
The two man-made bays are connected by a 150-meter-wide waterway on the land side, with two large floating bridges, each 130 meters long, spanning the water. Their 10-meter width is sufficient for some large engineering vehicles to access the breakwater in the middle of the bay.
The first offshore platform to arrive carried all six secondary nanocores of the fleet, and then this more than 200-meter-long offshore platform was positioned across the exit of the southern bay.
Subsequently, a large number of nanorobots emerged, securing the offshore platform and constructing three long transport belts with widths of two meters, five meters, and ten meters respectively, for transporting different types of materials.
The steel needed to build the warships will be produced in Aion City and transported from Aion City to the bay 60 kilometers away by unmanned cargo ships.
Four hours later, when 15 engineering teams gathered to carry out their work, the offshore operation platform had completed the sealing of the two artificial bays.
Next, a large amount of specialized equipment was transported to the coast by offshore work platforms, where engineering robots installed the equipment onto the engineering teams.
At the same time, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian completed the upgrade plan for the flagship and upgraded all the main guns on the flagship.
The upgraded main gun has a caliber of 2100 mm and a length of 168 meters.
To accommodate this massive cannon, the flagship's dimensions were significantly increased, from the original 283 meters in length to 465 meters, the width from 36 meters to 63.7 meters, and the overall height from 32.7 meters to 54 meters.
Because the ship might subsequently penetrate directly into the atmosphere to engage in space warfare, Lorraine almost completely modified the flagship's structure.
The modified flagship no longer has the displacement-type single-hull high-floating deck commonly used in modern ships, but has become a submarine-like hull. The overall shape of the flagship looks very much like a somewhat square long spear.
At the center of the first ship was a massive 168-meter-long, 2100-millimeter-caliber cannon, with an additional 600-millimeter-thick composite armor covering the entire cannon.
On either side of this giant cannon, a distributed sensor array, eight point defense systems, and three quadruple 2000mm universal vertical launch units were installed.
Behind it are two electromagnetic catapult tracks and a double-layered hangar that can accommodate eight heavy fighter jets.
These two electromagnetic catapult tracks are arranged in a V-shape and are 102 meters long. They can provide the flagship's heavy unmanned combat aircraft with an initial speed of 2 kilometers per second, and can also launch a four-aircraft formation into the air within 10 seconds.
The carrier-based aircraft recovery system consists of an electromagnetic arresting net and an electromagnetic adsorption device. The system is located below the ship's hull and is directly connected to the bottom of the double-layer hangar.
Thanks to the spacious area at the bottom of the ship, the system can recover two fighter jets at a time, with each recovery taking between 1 and 2 minutes.
On either side of this double-layered hangar, Lorraine has set up a twin-mounted 2800mm heavy missile launcher and a missile supply system.
Below this giant cannon is the array of nuclear fusion reactors that power it. This array consists of eight miniature nuclear fusion reactors that power the entire ship's weapon systems.
There is a twin-mounted turret at the diagonal front and diagonal rear of the nuclear fusion reaction array.
To its diagonal forward is a twin-mounted 600mm composite electromagnetic accelerator gun, a long-barreled version of the electromagnetic gun equipped on the frigate, with its muzzle velocity increased from Mach 4.3 to Mach 5.6.
To its diagonal rear is a triple-mounted 380mm coilgun dedicated to ground attack. Lorraine has left ample space here for replacement with a larger caliber ground attack cannon.
Around these two cannons, Lorraine is equipped with a dedicated ground-attack sensor array and 12 integrated missile-gun point defense systems.
Behind the hangar is the core area of the entire flagship, with the flagship's armored bridge at the very top, located in the center of the ship. Next to the hangar is the flagship's machining center.
Behind the hangar is the core area of the entire flagship, with the flagship's armored bridge at the very top, located in the center of the ship. Next to the hangar is the flagship's machining center.
Behind the processing center is a small but powerful hydroponic farm, which also has protein synthesis technology that can synthesize plant-based meat with a texture and taste that is very similar to real meat from plants with high protein and oil content.
Between the hydroponic farm and the armored bridge are Ouyang Nian's design studio, Lin Shu's laboratory, and a cabin for four people.
The Guardian Squad's maintenance room was placed by Lorraine below the flagship's processing center, adjacent to the hangar. Lorraine specifically equipped the Guardian Squad's maintenance room with a ground-launching channel adapted to the two existing mechs.
Behind the bridge is a 50-meter-long and 50-meter-wide helipad. Below this helipad is a dedicated shuttle/transport aircraft hangar, which is directly connected to the armored bridge and serves as a rapid evacuation route for Lorraine and his crew.
Below the hangar is the flagship's propulsion system, which consists of two large plasma thrusters and six smaller plasma thrusters, with an overall cross-section resembling an elongated octagon.
The working fluid required by the plasma thruster is stored in a storage space located behind the preparation room of the Guardian Squad below the hydroponic farm, which is part of the flagship's structural resistance system.
看着舰体左右两侧剩余的空间，洛林一共布置了8套双联装130毫米速射电磁轨道炮台、16套弹炮一体点防御系统以及6套38联装干扰弹发射器。
After the design was completed, Lorraine placed the warship into a simulation space in Cleveland.
[Note: This ship lacks sufficient maneuverability within the atmosphere. It is recommended to add stub wings, aerodynamic rudders, and steering propulsion systems.]
After seeing the hint given by Cleveland, Lorraine stared at the slowly rotating 3D projection model and fell into deep thought.
"Got it."
Lorraine first symmetrically arranged two sets of plasma thrusters in the gaps on both sides of the giant cannon at the front of the ship.
He then symmetrically arranged a set of plasma thrusters in the middle of the ship, between the aircraft catapult exit and the heavy missile launch unit.
Next, Lorraine removed all weapon configurations located in the armored island area and on both sides of the hull.
Immediately afterwards, a pair of trapezoidal wings were placed in this area. Lorraine placed two large dual-mode thermonuclear engines at the wing roots on both sides of the trapezoidal wings, and another dual-mode thermonuclear engine near the wingtips.
They serve both as auxiliary propulsion for the flagship and as an increase in the ship's turning speed.
To further enhance the flagship's maneuverability, Lorraine also added a set of forward-swept wings to the wingtips on both sides of the main wing.
Lorraine then put the modified flagship back into Cleveland’s simulation system.
After a short wait, the flagship's various data passed Cleveland's simulation tests.
After the upgrade, the flagship is a gunboat with extremely powerful firepower and a certain airlift capability.
However, what worries Lorraine is that the upgraded flagship still does not have a shield system, and no relevant information can be found in the Level 6 database.
Upon seeing the short wings on the left and right sides of the flagship, a worried Lorraine had a bold and crazy idea.
He then adjusted the positions of the point defense systems located on the left and right sides of the propulsion system hull, and installed a set of oversized horizontal tail fins on the lower left and right sides of the hull.
Next, he installed two sets of rectangular nozzle plasma thrusters inside the tail fin.
To further enhance the flagship's maneuverability, Lorraine went all out and equipped the bow with an oversized canard in a position that would not obstruct the gun's firing arc, and also installed two sets of giant plasma thrusters.
Looking at this flagship with its powerful firepower and excellent maneuverability, Lorraine was truly relieved and allowed Cleveland to begin calculating the time required for the flagship's upgrade and modification.
However, the time required for the flagship upgrade was beyond Lorraine's expectations. Even after a near-complete overhaul and optimization, the flagship upgrade only took 70 hours.
Lorraine then did a quick calculation of the remaining nuclear fusion fuel on hand and allocated it using Cleveland's computing system.
First, Lorraine allocated 24 units of nuclear fusion fuel, which will supply the nuclear fusion engines of the three existing airships in its fleet, enough for these three airships to operate at full power for two months.
He then allocated another unit of nuclear fusion fuel, enough to keep the two T-160 supersonic variable-sweep wing bombers, which were under construction and powered by thermonuclear engines, flying continuously for six months.
He then allocated 10 units of nuclear fusion fuel as a backup power source for the fleet.
After dividing the fuel, he looked at the remaining four units of nuclear fusion fuel and fell into thought.
However, his thinking time was not long, and soon the flagship arrived at the port of Aion City.
Although the existing dry dock in Aion City is insufficient to complete this giant ship with a design value of over 10 tons, the engineering team in the steel plant has completed the conversion of the dry dock.
The renovated land-based dock can accommodate a 550-meter-long giant ship, but the trade-off is that the ship must rely on its own levitation capabilities to enter and exit the area.
Immediately afterwards, 90% of the ship's electrical system's power flowed to the anti-gravity unit located at the ship's core.
As the output of the anti-gravity unit gradually increased, the ship slowly rose to the surface under the buoyancy of the seawater.
Five minutes later, the flagship had completely left the water and was hovering 15 meters above the surface. At this point, the propulsion system at the stern of the ship was also revealed.
Then, pale blue plasma flames shot out from the nozzles at the stern of the ship, propelling the flagship forward slowly until it came to a stop in the center of a land-based dock composed of six level-two nanocores.
Immediately afterwards, a giant support structure that fit perfectly against the ship's hull appeared beneath the vessel. Guided by machinery, the ship slowly descended and came to a steady stop within the support structure.
Next came the process of building the floating fleet, during which Lorraine was not idle.
He first marked out two docks around the steel plant in Ain City that could accommodate 150,000-ton warships, for which he did not hesitate to cancel the docks of the coal mine smelter and part of the storage area near the shipyard.
Lorraine instructed Ouyang Nian to stay behind and oversee the progress of the project.
He then left the amphibious assault ship, the light cruiser HMS Sea Knight, a destroyer, and an unmanned combined arms battalion there as escort units for his flagship.
He and Platinum, dressed in their finest attire, returned to Kanna City with a heavy cruiser, a dock landing ship, and two destroyers.
With the danger in the entire city of Kanna now completely eliminated, Lorraine and Platinum, along with their guard squad and a combined arms battalion deployed in Kanna, headed directly to the large storage facility mentioned in the previous intelligence report.
The vault is located in a mountain range southeast of the city center, and intelligence points to an abandoned mine in that mountain range.
Led by an unmanned reconnaissance company, Lorraine and Platinum's mech squad were positioned at the center of the entire combined arms battalion, surrounded by a guard composed of enhanced Guardian III robots.
Soon, the unmanned reconnaissance company arrived at the abandoned mine pit along the mountain road.
Six fire support unmanned vehicles and two reconnaissance unmanned combat teams descended into the mine and began searching for the entrance to the large storage facility based on the information provided by Lorraine.
With the help of the spherical robot, they quickly found the entrance to the vault in a clearly abandoned mine.
However, the entrance was not wide enough for the mechs to enter.
Upon receiving the message, Lorraine and Platinum's mech squad, escorted by the guards, quickly arrived at the mine and saw the specific situation inside the mine through the data link.
After confirming that there were no abnormalities in the mine, Platinum and the mechanical dogs left their respective mechs, picked up their weapons, and prepared to venture deeper into the mine.
At the very front of the entire force was a reconnaissance squad consisting of three sentry robots and two hound multi-purpose combat platforms, followed by a fully armed guard.
And guarding Platinum and Lorraine were still those six heavily modified mechanical dogs.
Upon reaching the heavy steel door, Platinum used the mech's built-in scanning system to locate the identification system hidden beneath the rocks.
A member of the guard nearby reached out and smashed the rock, revealing the identification system underneath. He then took a chip from the armor's storage compartment and attached it to the identification system.
With a beep, the explosion-proof door opened, revealing a dark and secluded passage behind it.
Before the two could speak, the reconnaissance team waiting at the front of the group entered the passage first.
Next, Lorraine and Platinum checked the various systems of the power armor, and the armor's life support system was locked in internal circulation mode.
After completing the inspection, Lorraine and Platinum, escorted by mechanical dogs and the guards, entered the dark and secluded passage.
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