Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 441
2042 9 Month 1 Day.

Zhong Cheng, Lu Yao and others watched the four Qinglong space aircraft carriers: Ganhuang, Gaoxin, Taotang, and Chonghua leave the dock at the starship manufacturing base in Tiangongcheng, like four giant goshawks slowly Sliding into the starry sky.

Near the orbit of Mars, four Qinglong aircraft carriers will join 36 small and medium-sized space battleships and fly to Ceres together.

After arriving at Ceres, integrate all the existing space battleships of the Federal Army to form the second space fleet.

In addition to the original Taiyi alloy shell, the four Qinglong aircraft carriers installed a new type of sliding composite armor.

This composite armor consists of six layers, the outer two layers are high-strength chaotic alloy steel plates, the middle two layers are extremely hard ceramic plates, and the inner two layers are also high-strength chaotic alloy steel plates.

When the hull of a battleship is hit by an armor-piercing projectile, the outer two layers of steel plates will first slow down the speed of the projectile core. Change, even the core can be cut into three sections.

The kinetic energy of the damaged bullet core decreases sharply, and the remaining kinetic energy is quickly absorbed by the two inner steel armor plates.

This new type of armor was developed by the Kunlun Research Institute last year. It can greatly improve the protection capabilities of warships. It is being tested on the latest batch of space battleships, and the modification of the Qinglong aircraft carrier is just in time.

After summing up the lessons of this defeat, Zhong Cheng took the lead in making drastic adjustments to the equipment composition of the federal space fleet.

The Suzaku space fighters and Tiger Guardian mechanical fighters, which performed like chicken ribs in the Vesta space battle, will be removed from the battle order of the space fleet and will only be used for planetary surface defense in the future.

The role of the Jingwei space unmanned fighter has been affirmed. It removes weapons, strengthens its armor, and serves as a shield for the main battleship and mecha troops. It can also use "suicide" attacks to block enemy assault aircraft and mecha troops when necessary. charge.

Similarly, the Chongmingniao-class space frigate was retained because of its excellent escort capabilities, while the Feilian-class space assault ship was eliminated because the target was too large and the assault capability could not be used.

Instead, it is a miniature space battleship similar to an assault boat, only 6 meters long and 2 meters wide, and it is still "open", much smaller than a space fighter.

It can only carry three mecha fighters, which can provide armor protection for the mecha fighters in front, and the sharp head can break the shell of the space battleship under high-speed impact, and send the mecha fighters into the cabin.

Because of its low cost, it can be equipped in large quantities and become a standard vehicle for mech troops. Zhong Cheng named it the "Locust Class Assault Ship".

The drawings of the Locust-class assault ship were sent to the Ceres military base, and the Qinglong aircraft carrier can be deployed on a large scale after arriving at Ceres.

Therefore, the armed forces carried by the four Qinglong aircraft carriers departing this time are completely different from those before the modification.

In addition to hundreds of various types of artillery, a Qinglong aircraft carrier also carried 1 mecha fighters and 2 unmanned fighters, no longer carrying Suzaku fighters, and a full staff of 12000 combat personnel.

Because until the more advanced space artillery is put into battle order, the best way to deal with the rebel mech fighters is to use the mech fighters head to head.

At present, heavy or large electromagnetic guns and laser cannons on space battleships deal with mech fighters just like cannons attack mosquitoes, which is laborious and inefficient.

The small and medium-sized electromagnetic guns and laser cannons have very limited damage to the mech fighters. The medium-sized ones can destroy a mech with consecutive hits, but the small ones are helpless.

In the face of mecha troops moving as fast as the wind in space, the existing attack weapons are obviously not suitable.

The Gauss rifle that Zhong Cheng placed high hopes on also performed extremely poorly in battle. The firing frequency was low, and its power was still too small compared to heavy mechs.

At present, the main weapons of the mech troops of both sides are still "cold weapons" made of Taiyi alloy, but the rebels use big swords and spears, and the federal army use scimitars and long swords.

In the face of bloody close hand-to-hand combat, the mecha fighters of the federal army still have a long way to go.

Zhong Cheng and Lu Yao sent off the four Qinglong space carriers, but their mood did not improve.

Seven days ago, the rebel fleet approached Juno.

Nearly [-] soldiers and civilians on Juno had no time to retreat, and the two sides launched an asymmetric offensive and defensive battle.

Facing the three-dimensional attack of the rebel space warships, mech troops, space fighters, and unmanned fighters, the federal army used a large number of artillery in the ground defense positions to give the rebels a tenacious counterattack.

I received the latest battle report from Juno yesterday, and the rebel army has already occupied the surface of Juno.

More than half of the federal soldiers and civilians were killed or injured, and the remaining personnel retreated deep underground in Juno City, continuing to deal with the rebels.

Since the fall of Pallas in early August, it has caused great panic among the people of the earth, and the trend of anti-war thoughts has begun to rise.

Some celebrities and well-known people began to speak publicly, calling on the Federation to recognize the Jupiter-Saturn autonomous government and end this civil war as soon as possible.

Anti-war demonstrations appeared in some cities in the former European and American regions, and the scale became larger and larger, and serious bloody conflicts occurred with people who supported the war.

However, Western politicians in the top ranks of the Federation are at both ends. On the one hand, they support the war against the rebels, and on the other hand, they oppose the use of forceful measures to deal with the anti-war demonstrations. The entire Federation is full of chaos.

Now the news of Juno's fall has added fuel to the flames, making those celebrities and public figures feel like a treasure, and shamelessly claiming that the federal government will not listen to their advice, and now they are suffering.

The wave of anti-war has intensified and has spread to various administrative regions on the earth, the moon, and Mars.

Lu Yao looked at Zhong Cheng and said, "We have to make a decision. Nearly half of the military factories on the moon have stopped production. In the heavy industrial areas of Gaoyuan City, Qaidam City, and Tazhong City, some people are already instigating Red Star employees to go on strike. "

"If this continues, there will be no need to fight this battle, and we will collapse internally!"

Zhong Cheng remained silent. He was both moved and disappointed by the current situation of the Human Federation.

Countless soldiers and civilians in the asteroid belt have proved that the people of the Federation will not succumb to military conquest, but the people in the rear are influenced by those conspirators, unable to distinguish right from wrong, and blindly follow the trend to make trouble.

The unity of human society is only a formality and superficiality, and there are still too many people who do not truly identify with this common country of mankind.

Lu Yao said angrily: "The news control decree cannot be passed. They even oppose the blocking of news released from Jupiter and Saturn, let alone ordering the Federation to enter a state of martial law."

"A group of Western officials always use the Federal Constitution and the Rome Convention as an issue. I can't do anything I want!"

Zhong Cheng frowned, Lu Yao's complaint was indeed the biggest problem for the Federation right now.

Blindly talking about democracy, respecting public opinion, and freedom of speech will only push the nascent human federal republic into the abyss.

Zhong Cheng said: "Well, I'll talk to Orlando again and ask him to come forward to mediate, so that both parties can temporarily put aside their prejudices and tide over the crisis together!"

Lu Yao is not very hopeful about this, "Orlando's current management and control over the Mutual Aid Association is not as good as before. The failure of the Battle of Dawn made him lose his prestige. The group of people under him have different ideas, so ask him to help them. It won't do much."

Speaking of this, his eyes flashed fiercely, "How about we..."

Zhong Cheng shook his head and said resolutely: "We can't set such a precedent. Once the incident happens, there will be endless troubles!"

"Orlando is a trustworthy and responsible person. We have to trust him, and he will give us an explanation!"

Lu Yao said helplessly: "I hope so!"

(End of this chapter)