Chapter 264: Jump Engine Started
Ah Dai's answer was a little vague and Li Jian was confused. Only Fan Ren understood what he meant.
"Have the data come out? When can we enter the experimental test flight phase?"
Fan Ren did not change the topic. Although the Galactic Alliance has many advanced civilizations, it is extremely backward in information processing, governance and management due to the lack of intelligent electronic life.
And with Ah Dai in his hands, he found many things very convenient.
Moreover, through the industrial processing mother machine on the Conqueror, tasks such as raw material processing can be completed quickly, which also made this technological product that Fanren obtained not long ago, able to be completed very quickly.
"Boss, when I designed it, I adapted it to the size of the Peregrine Falcon. At the same time, I also urgently built a new Peregrine Falcon that is suitable for the ship. It is now being installed. It will be ready for experimental flight soon."
Ah Dai's reply was very quick.
In this hidden base, Ah Dai has enormous authority.
With Fan Ren's permission, Ah Dai has complete and thorough control over all industrial settings, as well as the authority to independently plan, manufacture, and upgrade industries.
Even the Conqueror, in fact, in a sense, the authority that Fan Ren gave to Li Jian was equivalent to the level of authority possessed by A-Dai.
There was no other way. Before this, the Conqueror needed to travel frequently between the solar system and the Ross 154 planetary system, which meant that it had to be controlled autonomously by Ah Dai when some people were not present.
As for Li Jian, he is obviously not as good as Fan Ren and A-Dai in terms of technology.
This led to Li Jian gradually loosening his formal authorization to A-Dai and releasing a series of autonomous control rights to A-Dai.
Fan Ren nodded, glanced at Li Jian who was confused, and said:
"Boss, as a pirate group, do you think that in our current state, we can, to a certain extent, launch some small-scale plundering wars against the seven surrounding civilizations?"
His words made Li Jian put aside his doubts.
As a space soldier, he knew that his mission was to be loyal to the committee forever.
And now, the former second in command in front of him is the current chairman of the committee.
In a sense, Fan Ren’s words represent the committee.
"Chairman, based on the current situation, I have two points to share with you. I will provide you with some analysis conditions."
"You said."
Seeing Li Jian's formal reply, Fan Ren couldn't help but sit up straight like him.
“I am here on behalf of the Qingluan Corps this time because of this consideration, which is why I am somewhat concerned about the current situation of our corps.
Because according to the current status of the Qingluan Legion, we do not have the ability to launch small-scale, predatory wars against extraterrestrial civilizations.
It's very simple. Without the Conqueror, our fleet is a force that has no ability to quickly enter or leave the battlefield."
There was no concealment in his words, this was the truth.
The reason why the previous blocking battle was successful was largely due to the presence of the Conqueror, which provided the Qingluan Legion with the conditions to quickly enter and leave the battlefield.
If it left the Conqueror, then it is conceivable that with the Punisher's speed, if there was no opportunity to suddenly enter the battlefield, it would be impossible for it to be within the effective defense distance of the opponent's fleet, making it impossible for the opponent's fleet to make corresponding adjustments and directly enter the combat range.
It's very simple, facing an enemy fleet of up to 5000 battleships of the same level.
In an environment like interstellar space where jumps are impossible, the expeditionary fleet of the Hans civilization must have made the decision to evacuate and escape as soon as it discovered this fleet.
And the distance of this discovery can be as far as one light year.
After all, a fleet of 5000 battleships is too large a target.
Fan Ren did not answer, he was waiting for Li Jian's next words.
"This is the first point. That is, in interstellar space, our fleet cannot catch up with the enemy fleet in terms of speed. Another point is that even if we fight within the star system, through the star gate blocking method, our fighting time is actually very urgent and short, and to a certain extent, we may not be able to cause large-scale damage to the enemy.
Because we don't have a warp drive, we don't have a warp field generator to prevent warping.
And this brings up another problem.
That is, once we express the intention of malicious attack, we may not even be able to withdraw.
Because the other party must have a jump engine."
Li Jian finished his words. Although he kept his hands raised and chest out, Fan Ren still noticed that he looked a little depressed.
As a type of jump equipment commonly installed in the Galactic Alliance, it not only changes the way of warfare, but even at the tactical level, it is incomparable with previous forms of warfare.
Just as Li Jian said, once a war breaks out, the human fleet without a jump engine will undoubtedly be restricted by the enemy.
The initiative of the war will also be completely transferred to the other side.
"After all, it comes back to this question. Let's assume that our fleet is 100% equipped with jump engines. Tell me what you think."
Fan Ren laughed and looked at Li Jian's expression which suddenly changed from surprise to shock. He nodded and signaled him to continue talking along this line of thought.
Li Jian carefully observed Fan Ren's expression for a while, then suppressed his excitement and forced himself to calm down.
He took a deep breath and said, “If that’s the case, then with our fleet’s close combat firepower, although we may still have a gap in speed performance compared to the other side.
But in the previous blocking battle, the use of dense bombs by the Dragon spacecraft for interception has shown that this method is absolutely capable of blocking.
In this way, we may still lag behind in terms of speed performance, but as long as we can slow down the opponent's fleet by blocking and intercepting with the Young Dragon, then when our fleet enters the attack range, I think the balance of victory will definitely be on our side."
Li Jian's tough face was full of confidence at this moment.
Fan Ren looked at the other person and nodded.
Not only Li Jian, but he himself also firmly believed in the close combat capability of the Punisher.
"Boss, the assembly is complete. Shall we start the experiment now?"
Ah Dai's words broke the atmosphere of the conversation here.
"Try it, send the picture over."
"Ok."
After Fan Ren and Ah Dai finished their conversation, a Peregrine spaceship with the Fox Pirates' unique rust-red paint job appeared on the table in front of them.
"Preparing for the jump"
After a few seconds.
"Jump drive activated."
"Boss, it's obvious that the small spacecraft's jump preparation speed is very fast. If the inertial performance of a frigate-level spacecraft like the Peregrine Falcon is further optimized, I think it can complete the jump preparation process within 1 second."
Ah Dai's words slowly reached the ears of the two.
On the other side, Li Jian, who was in shock, suddenly realized.
(End of this chapter)
