In a black-armored army base camp in the center of the "Future City" that resembled a bundled transport rocket, General Chu Ge gathered all the army commanders and senior commanders above.

In addition to announcing the major adjustments made by the Corps at the military strategic level, he also gave important instructions on the 10-year development plan, especially the direction of fleet production.

In the past two days, Chu Ge almost didn't eat or sleep before he completely changed the original response plan and the corresponding fleet expansion plan.

The legion commanders and several commanders were quite surprised after hearing this, but they did not interrupt Chu Ge's speech. Only after he finished speaking, Kane stood up.

"Commander, it seems that the production tasks of the dock base have changed a lot! Use 90% of the productivity to fully produce light cruisers and frigates?

But the Black-armored Legion starships and Star Destroyers are the main output ship types. Is there a risk of putting the cart before the horse?"

"Yes, yes, the ratio of ship types in each level of legion has always been relatively fixed. The number of heavy ships and light ships is not the same, and it is roughly maintained at the level of 1:2.

Among light ships, there are inherently more light cruisers and frigates than heavy ships.

If the new production plan is followed, the number of these light battleships in 10 years will be a terrifying number, almost the same as the number of our current nine legions.

Doubled!"

"Yeah yeah!"

The commanders were discussing one after another. They couldn't figure out the purpose of Chu Ge's decision, but they were accustomed to using heavy ships as the vanguard. They didn't seem to agree with this subversive plan.

In their minds, light cruisers and frigates are just marginal warships responsible for fleet air defense and cleaning tasks...

"As for the new light cruisers and frigates, I have an upgrade plan here. Different from the previous models, the new light ships will pursue ultimate flexibility and intensive firepower projection.

In addition, the remaining 10% of productivity will also be used elsewhere. I have decided to officially stop the production of starships and star destroyers, and switch to the production of special ships and this new type of warship!"

Chu Ge said and tapped the sensor screen in front of him.

Soon, a huge battleship model appeared in front of the commanders, floating on the conference table in the form of a holographic projection.ωωw..net

Commander Wang and others stood up instantly. They carefully observed this brand-new warship. He was a little excited. After all, the Black Armored Legion has not had a new warship for decades.

"The size seems small, about the same size as a light cruiser, about 800 meters. There is no phaser array, no ion beam array, no Leon heavy gun base, and no traces of strategic weapons such as particle blades.

There are quite a few railguns. There must be dozens of turrets on the back, abdomen and sides, right?

In addition, the densely packed circular wells on the back from the bow to the stern are missile launch ports? So many? Is this a missile ship?"

Commander Wang's eyes were sharp, and he took a close look at the weapon system of this new warship at a glance.

"Almost, it's just a guided missile destroyer! But unlike the heavy resonance torpedoes launched by heavy cruisers, these missiles are all light missiles.

The main attack targets are small targets with fast speed and a tonnage of less than 20,000 tons.

The biggest feature of this destroyer is its large bomb load, which can attack more than 500 targets at the same time. After the missile is launched, it will ignore the entire process and track it fully automatically.

It is similar to the missiles in the previous earth weapon system. The two sides only differ greatly in terms of speed and range.

The engine of the new missile uses a multi-stage ion pulse engine, and its maximum thrust allows the missile to maintain an assault speed of 8,300 kilometers per second.

The seeker adopts a composite guidance method such as galactic coordinate system laser guidance. The explosive part is an electromagnetic proton warhead, which can instantly excite high-energy beam electromagnetic fields around the target and can paralyze all combat ships within 1 kilometer around the target.

The ship has a total of 500 missile silos, distributed on the back and sides of the ship..."

Chu Ge further explained the performance of the missile destroyer's weapon system and some important parameters to everyone. He focused on the electromagnetic proton missile as the main weapon.

After finishing speaking, Chu Ge looked at Commander Wang and others. They seemed to be still immersed in those data and unable to extricate themselves.

After a long time, Commander Wang and Commander Kane raised their heads almost at the same time. "This missile is not very fast. It seems that it can only attack secondary combat platforms, such as carrier-based aircraft, gunboats, small ships, etc."

"Yes, this is also their main target." Chu Ge replied affirmatively.

"I seem to understand. What you mean is that in the mechanical civilization fleet, there will be a considerable proportion of small attack units, similar to the arsenal battleship level?

Is it because of those unmanned reconnaissance ships?”

Commander Wang thought of Sirius's clustered reconnaissance fleets.

Chu Ge nodded. This was the main reason why he redesigned this guided missile destroyer. The current black armored army was not weak in terms of firepower in terms of heavy weapons.

However, the corresponding close combat firepower is obviously insufficient, which is a hidden danger. Fortunately, they still have ten years, during which time they can focus on strengthening the fleet's air defense within a range of 2,000 kilometers, countering cluster attacks and other defensive methods.

By then, these destroyers will deploy a close-combat defense circle with starships as the core, and together with the light cruiser group, frigate group and the defensive firepower of the starship itself, it will be enough to deal with a large number of space assault groups.

After clearly explaining the tactical background of this warship, Commander Wang and Kane discussed in low voices below. They had already accepted the significance of the existence of this warship.

Discussions have now begun on corresponding tactical changes.

"There is no need to discuss those things in a hurry. Ten years is enough time for the Legion to make tactical changes. What you have to consider now is how to replace the original production lines for building starships and star destroyers in the shortest possible time.

There is also the matter of training crews and officers. New warships represent new tactics, and the previous corresponding officer training system must undergo corresponding changes."

As soon as Chu Ge spoke, Commander Wang and others immediately shut up. Chu Ge glanced at the entire audience and then stood up. Upon seeing this, the more than 20 senior commanders below also stood up.

They knew that Chu Ge was going to read out the order.

[Lord Order No. 207601 of the Legion: Commander Wang Kaixuan, Commander Kane, and Commander Sapporo are responsible for the Legion's expansion plan for the next 10 years and the construction of new destroyers and other related issues.

General Staff Zhang, Avishay, Ardu and senior staff officers from the Legion Training Center are responsible for the training and selection of new warship crews.

The commanders of other major corps will coordinate and actively discuss and practice new tactics to ensure that the corps reaches its best combat status within 10 years.]
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