Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 431 Federal Space First Fleet
After the pre-war mobilization meeting held in Penglai City on Ceres, Zhang Qian led the first space fleet to set off.

Zheng Qingwu and Meng Ye sit on Ceres and command the battle of the entire asteroid defense line.

The asteroid belt defense line not only has military fortresses built on the four largest asteroids, but also military fortresses built on more than 200 asteroids with a diameter of more than 10 kilometers.

There are defense forces ranging from 100 to 1000 people stationed on these asteroids, relying on numerous ground forts and four military fortresses to form a solid line of defense in the asteroid belt.

It's just that the sudden attack of the rebels tore a hole in this line of defense, and a loophole appeared in the defense system.

But as long as the command is properly dispatched, these military fortresses can still play a role, confining the rebels to the starry sky around Vesta.

Wu Tie came to Ceres this time mainly to supervise the military production on Ceres.

Although he said well at the mobilization meeting, it will take more than a few months for federal enterprises, including Red Star Corporation, to complete the transformation from civilian production to military production. After the transformation is completed, the construction of space battleships cannot be completed in a short period of time. .

Judging from the current situation, the Jupiter-Saturn rebel government has made preparations in advance, and their military production capacity may be higher than that of the Federation in a short period of time.

Now the Federation can only pin its hopes on the largest military production base on Ceres, hoping that it can hold up temporarily and wait for Red Star Company to complete the transformation of military production.

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Zhang Gan is a middle-aged soldier in his 50s. He served in the navy in his early years and was later promoted to the captain of the Zhonghua aircraft carrier, one of the five Qinglong aircraft carriers.

When the First Space Fleet was formed six years ago, he was appointed as the Supreme Commander of the First Fleet because of his youth and rich experience, and he was in charge of the only space fleet of the Human Federation.

He is now on the flagship of this space fleet - the Asia space battleship, the Asia space battleship is currently the only Kunpeng-class space battleship in the Federation.

Kunpeng, the ancient mythical beast in China, is two kinds of extremely large creatures. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the kun turned into a Peng.

Zhong Cheng named this type of space battleship Kunpeng, taking the meaning of "Kunpeng spreads its wings for ninety thousand miles, and fights in the sky without cliffs".

The Kunpeng-class space battleship is a heavy space battleship, just like the battleships of the Earth Navy before, with super firepower and thick armor.

In order to reduce the area under attack, it adopts a flat structure with a sharp front and a thick rear. It is about 2 kilometers long, with an average width of 300 meters and an average thickness of 100 meters.

With a maximum take-off weight of 30 tons, thousands of artillery pieces of various types are installed, and two land-based heavy-duty coil electromagnetic guns are used as the main guns.

It is equipped with a large number of space fighters, mech troops and unmanned fighters, with a full staff of 12000 combat personnel.

This is a space fortress that can move at high speed, with a cruising speed of 1000 kilometers per second and a maximum speed of 1500 kilometers per second.

However, due to its huge size, the target is too large in air combat, and it needs other medium-sized and small warships to escort, mainly for firepower output, and as the flagship of the fleet, it is centrally commanded.

The First Federal Space Fleet also has three Yinglong-class space cruisers. The Yinglong-class space cruisers are large space battleships with a maximum take-off weight of [-] tons, which is the miniaturized Kunpeng-class space battleship.

It also adopts a flat structure, with a sharp front and a thick back, about 1 km long, an average width of 200 meters, and an average thickness of 50 meters.

It is also equipped with a large number of space fighters, mech troops and unmanned fighters, with a full staff of 8000 combat personnel.

The Yinglong-class space cruiser is usually the flagship of the squadron and the main battleship in space battles.

Yinglong himself is also the number one general in the hands of the Yellow Emperor in ancient Chinese legends. In the war between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, Yinglong killed Chiyou and Kuafu, and made great military exploits.

In addition to these four heavy-duty large-scale space battleships, the Federal Space First Fleet also has 72 Feilian-class space assault ships and 36 Chongmingbird-class space frigates.

These two types of space warships are small and medium-sized high-speed space warships, with a maximum take-off weight of only about 1 tons and a maximum length of only about 100 meters, smaller than aerospace aircraft.

The common feature is fast speed and high maneuverability, and the maximum speed in combat can reach a speed of more than 3000 kilometers per second.

However, limited by the load capacity, it is impossible to cover everything. One emphasizes attack and the other focuses on defense.

The Feilian-class space assault ship is equipped with large electromagnetic guns and laser cannons, and can carry mech fighters and space drones, but the armor of the battleship is only concentrated on the pointed head, which is used for assault attacks in space battles.

Heads can be smashed into the body of a large space battleship through high-speed impact, and the mech fighters conduct internal boarding operations.

Fei Lian was named after Feng Bo, Chi You's right-hand man during the Yellow Emperor's time.

Feng Bo's name is Fei Lian. He was originally Chi You's younger brother. After being subdued by the Yellow Emperor, he became the god in charge of wind.

The Chongming Bird-class space frigate is equipped with a large number of short-range weapons and has solid armor, and is used for escort missions of large space battleships.

It is specially designed to eliminate small battleships, space fighters, and mecha units that cannot keep up with the artillery fire of large battleships. When necessary, the hull is used to block the fatal attack on the main battleship.

The Chongming bird is a divine bird in ancient Chinese myths and legends. This bird has two eyeballs in both eyes, so it is called the Chongming bird, also known as the Chong-eyed bird.

Legend has it that it has great strength, can fight off fierce beasts, and can eliminate disasters such as beasts and monsters. This name vividly reflects the function of the space frigate.

Eight of these two types of space battleships were wiped out by the rebel fleet in the Vesta airspace. In the absence of large space battleships, the advantages of space assault ships and frigates could not be brought into play, but their shortcomings were infinitely magnified.

However, these two types of small and medium-sized space battleships can be built in the military base of Ceres, and the losses of the First Fleet have been replenished when the First Fleet sets off, and 112 space battleships are fully deployed.

Zhang Gan stood straight in front of the porthole of the command center of the space battleship Asia, looking out of the window at the mighty battleship group moving forward at high speed, feeling uneasy.

Before coming to Ceres, he specially visited Zhong Cheng in Kunlun City and exchanged his views on the war, mainly to listen to Zhong Cheng's opinions.

Zhong Cheng was noncommittal about the space warships of the rebels, but only asked him to pay attention to the mecha units of the rebels, thinking that this was the main force of the rebels.

Zhong Cheng believes that the Federal Space Force still follows the strategy and tactics of the traditional navy, and it may suffer a big loss against the rebels.

Zhang Gan attaches great importance to Zhong Cheng's opinion, but judging from the current situation, the rebel army has not shown any advantage in mecha troops.

What's more, the way the rebels will use the superior mech troops is just Zhong Cheng's speculation, and everything needs to be proved by actual combat.

Zhong Cheng did not support this expedition in principle.

He believes that the best option for the First Fleet is to stick to Ceres, wait for the reinforcements from Earth to arrive, and strengthen the fleet's carrier-based mecha units before setting off.

After the 718 Incident, the Human Federation has urgently recruited 100 million reservists, 30 of whom have been assembled, and will be transported to Ceres by spaceship in 10 days.

But the current situation is that Vesta has been lost, and Pallas is less than a day or two away from Vesta. If Pallas falls again, the federal government will not be able to explain to the public.

Therefore, it is imperative for the First Fleet to immediately reinforce Pallas. Zhong Cheng can do nothing about it, but he just told Zhang Qian to be careful!
(End of this chapter)