The Admiral of Hogwarts

It is a well-known fact that wizards have logistical advantages that others do not. That is to say, when wizarding wars break out, there is actually not much distinction between the front lines and the rear.

In this way, even wizards in Britain can easily obtain support in terms of personnel and supplies from the entire Europe and America during wartime.

This is an important reason why Voldemort, who stirred up trouble in Britain alone, was called the Second Generation Dark Lord, because although Voldemort's battlefield was concentrated in Britain that year, he actually mobilized the power of the entire Europe and even parts of America.

After discussing some details about the wizarding world war during the exchange, today's spaceship arrived. Soon, Hugo and the others boarded the transport ship via a metal corridor bridge.

Because all the equipment now only considers efficiency and safety, these transport ships look more like military transport aircraft than passenger planes.

For example, there are no portholes on the ship's sides, and the comfort of all the chairs is very average, and no cabin service is provided.

However, considering that the hyperspace engine currently in use compresses all voyages to within half an hour, this simple cabin decoration is naturally acceptable.

"The entire journey from here to Mars only takes 25 minutes, which is a very short journey," said the Soviet Union, sitting on the side and fastening his seat belt.

"Moreover, the actual journey across Mars to Earth takes less than a second. The main time is spent on ship docking, departure to safe areas, and engine charging."

"How long does engine charging take?" Hugo asked after thinking for a moment, because among these three time-consuming processes, the first two are safety-related projects and cannot be reduced, while the third process is closely related to technology.

"About ten minutes," the Soviet Union said. "Actually, our technology can compress this time to within 3 to 5 seconds, but the corresponding engine cost will skyrocket to about ten times the current hyperspace jump engine, and the energy consumption will also double."

"Considering that these ships are transport ships, we need to consider usage efficiency. Therefore, we have adopted the current engine to improve efficiency as much as possible and reduce usage costs."

"However, on the two frigates and two destroyers planned to be built, we will install those high-level military engines, so that these warships can perform the tactical and strategic maneuvers required by the military."

"I see!" Hugo nodded after hearing the Soviet Union's explanation. It seems that spaceships are no different from other means of transportation in this regard. Different configurations are naturally required for different usage scenarios.

In fact, in addition to the engine, this type of transport freighter also reduces a series of navigation and detection facilities compared to military ships.

For example, the space jump guidance compass, which combines computers and the principle of arithmetical divination with magic, is not available on this transport ship, thus saving a lot of resources and space.

The reason why this equipment is not installed is because the main purpose of this equipment is for long-range jumps when there is no star chart and the specific situation of the target location is unknown.

After all, if there is something at the target location or there are certain energy bursts during a long-range jump, it may pose a huge threat to the ship performing the hyperspace jump.

But for these fixed-point freighters, the specific situation of the target location is completely clear, so there is naturally no need to equip this expensive detection equipment.

Less than three minutes after everyone was ready, with a slight tremor, the ship left the space station and headed towards the space not far away.

Because there were no portholes around, Hugo and the others only felt a slight dizziness in the middle, and then the screen above the seat showed that they had reached Mars orbit.

"It took us half a day to return to London from Hogwarts, but it took less than half an hour to get from Earth to Mars. Even in a world with magic, this is simply amazing."

Carrying her suitcase and walking along the trestle bridge to Mars One Space Station, Hermione looked at the red Mars below and the vast space in the distance through the porthole in the corridor and exclaimed from the bottom of her heart.

"It feels like this place is obviously more magical than the ground. You're right, it's ridiculous to fight over that little bit of interest on Earth. Our future must be in this starry sky."

"Welcome, Admiral, and my sisters." After they walked through a corridor, Leo saluted them and led them towards the atmospheric shuttle.

"On behalf of the Mars base, I welcome your visit. You will see all our achievements during this period, which even exceed our previous plans—"

Five minutes later, a 55-ton shuttle detached from the space station and flew towards the red earth below, and soon entered the side of the planet facing away from the sun.

After entering the atmosphere, the anti-gravity system on the spacecraft was activated to slow down the speed, and then gently flew towards a huge crater, and then passed through a door on the inside of the crater and entered the cave.

"It seems you guys have done a good job." After completing the docking work and getting off the spacecraft, Hugo looked at the entrance hangar with a layer of metal armor inside and nodded with satisfaction.

"This is mainly because we have built the second geocentric furnace. Because of the experience of the last construction, and a batch of finished parts that were originally used as spare parts can be used, the construction progress of the geocentric furnace is much faster than we imagined."

Hearing Hugo's question, Leo, as the highest person in charge of the local area, immediately entered a working state and took out a tablet computer from the ship's equipment space to report in a methodical manner.

"So we only spent 15 days to repair the geocentric furnace on Mars, and then used the furnace's powerful productivity to feed back the construction project."

"With this geocentric furnace, we can quickly make all kinds of items we need using the raw materials produced locally on Mars, without occupying the already stretched production capacity of Earth itself."

"So now the production capacity on Earth is mainly for use on Earth and the Moon, while the production capacity on Mars, in addition to supplying Mars itself, can also accelerate the development of the asteroid belt, thereby forming a perfect industrial cycle."

The speed at which the geocentric furnace was built is related to the ship girls' habit of hoarding supplies. At least Hugo knew that the ship girls had stored at least 80% of the geocentric furnace's accessories, and almost all of them were core accessories.

So, in this case, after transporting these core accessories over, you only need to quickly replenish the remaining 20% of the equipment to quickly build a new geocentric furnace.

"Very good, I am very glad that you can fully develop your subjective initiative." After checking a series of detailed information transmitted through the admiral network, a satisfied smile appeared on Hugo's face.

"So, I think the focus can gradually shift to Mars next. After all, the scale of the base on Earth has always been limited due to security issues. Only Mars is the future."