Mecha and Knife

The Heian space battleship dragged a light blue arc across the sky and flew towards the No. 6 base.

The Heian, which was originally the main space battleship of the Empire, was not weaker than the main space battleship of the Federation. After several upgrades and transformations in more than three years, it was fully upgraded.

The most important modification is to adapt to the Federation's technological system. For example, the space battleship Heian completed the modification of the electric propulsion engine system before the "Chessboard Battle".

Compared with the traditional chemical fuel propulsion system, the electric propulsion system has great advantages in the interstellar era, because the chemical fuel propulsion system needs to carry a large amount of fuel, which further compresses the already insufficient carrying space.

The disadvantage of electric propulsion systems compared to chemical fuels is that the thrust is seriously insufficient and the acceleration time required is longer.

But these problems were all resolved after the Heian space battleship was equipped with the latest generation of the Federation's controllable nuclear fusion reactor.

Power up to 12000MW.

Compared with the Nimitz aircraft carrier in Azure Star Eagle Island a hundred years ago, the two A1G pressurized water reactors and four steam turbines used in it have a maximum total power of only 194MW, and the weight of a single set of equipment has reached 900 tons.

Just this level of power can allow a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier to have a speed of up to 36 knots.

What about the power of 12000MW?

It is equivalent to the power of two large nuclear power plants using nuclear fission technology a hundred years ago.

It's too normal to fly, and the consumption of a high-energy weapon like God's Light of Punishment is nothing.

The key point is that the fuel demand for controlled nuclear fusion is quite low in quality. Theoretically, only 200 tons of nuclear fusion fuel is needed to meet the electricity consumption of the entire Longzhou Island for a year.

Changed to Longzhou 80 years ago, it only needed 167 tons of fuel. (Note 1)

If it is replaced by traditional chemical fuels, how many tons are needed?

The Heian space battleship, as well as all space battleships equipped with the latest generation of nuclear fusion reactors in the Federation, have enough carrying capacity to allow them to easily carry hundreds of tons of fuel.

That is to say, if the power issue is not considered, if the space battleship Ping An is turned into a generator, it can meet the electricity demand of the entire Longzhou Continent for several years.

The transformation of the Ping An spaceship to adapt to the federal technology system does not stop there, the key lies in adaptation.

Based on the God's Light of Punishment weapon system, the upgraded energy main cannon weapon system also has the opportunity to complete the modification as soon as the technology matures.

And energy shield technology and more...

"It's gone, it's gone."

Xie Rui's voice was a little loud, as if he was speaking to someone on purpose.

"The manufacture of tungsten steel alloy has already begun. Although it can't completely solve the material problems that need to be solved for the energy main gun and energy shield, it is said that it can barely be used. Originally, we could jump in the queue, but now, there are none. Already."

Resentment rose up in the bridge of the Heian space battleship, like curling cooking smoke, telling the longing when the stomach was hungry.

Liu Mian, who was also on the bridge, said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lao Xie, the rules of our independent regiment have never changed, and we have always been short of what we want. We will give you what you want in the future." Just grab it back for you."

Xie Rui became even angrier when he heard this.

"Why, do you still dare to take people to rob the Federation? Or do you want the empire to have energy main gun technology and energy shield technology?"

"..."

Liu Mian was defeated.

He actually feels a little guilty towards Xie Rui, because for a long time to come, the bridge of Xie Rui's space battleship Ping An will become the staff of the Independent Regiment.

Needless to say, when Ji Xinghe is there, he must be sitting on the captain's seat. If Ji Xinghe is not there, then Chen Xun is sitting there. If Chen Xun, the chief of staff, is not there, then he, the deputy chief of staff, is sitting there .

As the captain, Xie Rui had to be in the fourth position when he wanted to take the position that should belong to him.

Xie Rui was a little proud, but when he saw Ji Xinghe's expressionless face, his expression instantly collapsed.

"Old man, I'm not blaming you. What I mean is, can you stop making the relationship so rigid? In that case, our Ping An will still have a chance to transform the main energy cannon and energy shield in the first place." of."

Ji Xinghe ignored him, and continued to look at his bracelet, not knowing what he was beating on it.

Xie Rui had no choice but to ask for help: "Old Chen, what do you think?"

Chen Xun also had the same expressionless face as Ji Xinghe, as if the facial nerve damage had not been repaired, and asked: "What do you think is not making the relationship so rigid?"

"Um..." Xie Rui gritted his teeth: "We really don't need to snatch all three hundred Shanshanjias...cough, take them away. With those four Princes and forty Dukes, As well as those state-level and general-level mechas that we had before, it doesn’t matter if we leave them some.”

Hearing this, the people in the bridge and the headquarters of the Independence Regiment all had strange expressions.

Because just over half an hour ago, they could be said to have 'robbed' something from the Federation.

For the four Prince Armors and forty Duke Armors seized in the 'Shangshan Battle', as well as Qin Tong's national-level mechas and Jiang Yun's general-level mechas, no one dares to say anything, and I am embarrassed to say something.

However, out of the 300 Shanshanjias of the Independent Regiment, it was considered that at least 50 should remain.

To be reasonable, there is actually nothing wrong with it, because although those Duke A and Prince A can be said to have been captured by Ji Xinghe, some of them were captured by the independent regiment itself. However, if the "Shangshan Battle" does not have the support of the main force of the Federation, as well as the other three major battlefields, including the mobilization of all troops to participate in the battle.

Even if Ji Xinghe wins, he can't bring it back, and it's even more impossible for the independent group to win.

You can't ignore all the losses of the Federation's support for the independent regiment, can you?

If Ji Xinghe and his independent regiment are still the same as before... surely no one will say anything, but will actively ask how much resources the independent regiment needs to be able to repair the battle-damaged Zhan Shanjia and transform those who have been defeated. Duke A, who had passed, and tried his best to send the relevant supplies as soon as possible, and there is no problem in supporting some mechanics.

But now it is different after all.

Then, relevant orders were issued. As a result, the independent regiment chose to ignore the order.

It's not appropriate to say that they were snatched away, because no one stopped them, and they just violated the order. No matter how you look at it, it looks like they snatched those Shanshanjia.

This was also the reason why Xie Rui was suddenly dissatisfied.

"It's really okay to leave them some Zhanshanjia. I even made preparations not to take one Zhanshanjia. After all, as long as we take away four Princes, forty Dukes, and our original Some state-level mechas and general-level mechas can easily snatch mechas from the empire that are not weaker than Zhan Shanjia, or even stronger mechas."

Chen Xun patiently explained to Xie Rui, and he was also explaining to others.

He really thought so before, because in his opinion, Yiji Xinghe sometimes has the hesitant character of an "old woman", and would not choose to "turn faces" with the Federation so directly.

Just like when Qin Tong said that he would gather everyone together to help Ji Xinghe express his opinion, he raised his hands in favor.

But he didn't expect that Ji Xinghe was really ruthless this time. Not only did he directly express his position, but he also didn't show any sympathy.

"But." Chen Xun paused for a moment, his expression became more colorful, and he said loudly: "You have to consider the issue of the neural link cockpit. Although we can grab a lot of imperial mechs, the empire does not have this technology. And we are used to using this technology to drive mechas. It is difficult to use the stolen imperial mechas to transform our combat power."

Xie Rui said helplessly: "I also know this, so I said that the relationship can't be so rigid. Now that we do it like this, we want to use imperial mechas or other imperial materials to exchange nerve links with them in the future." They must be reluctant to exchange resources related to the cockpit with us.

Also, the energy main gun is really a top-notch weapon, we don't have any long-range fire support now, and we don't have the support of regular mecha corps anymore. It must be a common thing to have more enemies with fewer. You said, how can it provide enough support for ground battles with only the Peace of God's Light of Punishment?

Moreover, if we support the ground battle, the imperial space battleship will definitely come to attack us. We are not afraid of death, but we only have this space battleship now. There is no energy shield, in case of being hit... Bah, bah, bah, I'm crowed, but the reason is the same. "

Xie Rui's tone sounded like a penniless child who ran away from home. While he was full of expectations for the future, he was also melancholy about the small issues of where to eat the next meal and where to sleep tonight.

Chen Xun was not dissatisfied with Xie Rui's words. He knew very well that some problems must be made clear, otherwise, the small problems that accumulated over time would eventually turn into big problems.

Xie Rui's questioning in public must be an opportunity for him to explain to others.

"actually……"

Chen Xun thought about some things he knew through Su He, hesitated for a while, and decided to speak out when he saw that Ji Xinghe still did not respond.

"Some purposes can be achieved through commercial activities."

"En?" Xie Rui was stunned for a moment: "You mean, spend money to buy it?"

"right."

"Are you kidding me? Where can we buy the latest military technology? It's not allowed to sell well. It's not a civilian technology product."

"So, the old man asked us to retain our military rank and establishment. We are also the military, why can't we buy the latest military technology?"

"That makes sense." Xie Rui nodded, and then asked another question: "What about the money? Where do we get the money? We can't get much money in exchange for the looted imperial supplies."

"this……"

Chen Xun was speechless. Although he already had the rank of colonel and was the chief of staff of the independent regiment, he really had no money.

This is also what Ivanovic said before, capable people are not necessarily willing to join the army, they can rely on their abilities to live a good life on Azure Star.

As for the outcome of the war?

If the sky is falling, there will be a tall man holding it up. People who have this kind of thinking are not uncommon in any era.

"I have money!"

A loud voice came from Wang Kang, the leader of the mecha squad of the independent regiment.

After he attracted everyone's attention, he corrected again: "My family is rich."

Xie Rui smiled: "Let's not talk about whether your family's money is yours, how much money can your family have?"

Wang Kang's voice was a little softer: "I'm the only child, so if there's no accident, it should be all mine. As for how much money, if you cash it out directly, it's only about 50 billion."

"..."

"..."

Everyone fell silent.

Some of them knew that Wang Kang was a rich second generation, but they never thought that Wang Kang's family was so rich.

The new mecha that the Federal Academy of Sciences built for Ji Xinghe was known as the strongest mecha in the Federation, and the cost was only more than three billion.

The cost of cutting mountain armor is lower.

More than 50 billion, even able to build half an independent regiment... the mecha.

Qin Tong took a deep breath, broke the silence and asked, "What do you mean, if you hadn't become the ace mecha fighter back then, you would have gone home and inherited more than 50 billion yuan?"

Wang Kang corrected again: "If it's just inheritance, it's more than 100 billion. You know, family property, social value, market value, etc., are actually a lot of water, which is completely different from cashing out."

"..."

"Come." The smile on Xie Rui's face suddenly became brighter than ever: "Captain Wang Kang, come and sit by my side. Don't get me wrong, I'm not greedy for your wealth, I'm just curious."

Su Chuanyun suddenly said: "By the way, is Jackson's family also very rich? I remember that there were some reports before that he was the richest among mech fighters? He also said that he is the most powerful fighter in history. Strong second-generation rich, no, third-generation rich or something."

The left hand pouted: "Why, you want to call Jackson over?"

"Do you need me to shout? Believe it or not, when he gets the news, he will come directly."

"That's not enough to come here with family property."

"Bring some here, anyway, he can't spend all that money."

"If you put it this way, that Huang Shisan's family seems to be quite rich."

"..."

The captains of the independent group suddenly began to diverge their thinking, with some evil humor and some helpless seriousness.

"okay."

Ji Xinghe finally reacted, put down his bracelet helplessly, and made a sound as if he couldn't listen anymore.

"You don't need to worry about these issues, and you don't need to think about collecting money, or seeking other people's property."

Wang Kang whispered: "You can't count me as someone else, my parents and I are not someone else."

Ji Xinghe glanced at him, then glanced at the others.

"I will solve these problems."

Xie Rui frowned and asked, "Old man, we must trust you in other matters, but how do you solve these matters?"

Ji Xinghe pondered for a while: "Actually, I am very rich."

? ? ?

Xie Rui continued to question: "It's very rich, how much is it? You didn't hear clearly just now, did you? Wang Kang's family has more than 100 billion yuan."

Ji Xinghe hesitated again, thinking about the number that Xingyue reported just now in order to make up for something.

He felt that it was better not to speak out, lest these people's hearts would not be able to bear it.

"Very rich means that from now on, you don't need to worry about money."

? ? ?

Xie Rui's voice was trembling: "You, can you say it again?"

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Note 1: I am a soft science fiction, so I will refer to some professional books, um, such as "Scholar's Black Technology System".