Chapter 526, Eight Giant Ships

Four years ago, Gu Hang went to Jindi Star in person and negotiated with the Mingyang Sect. The two most important things were that the three star regions would be re-managed by the star region government led by the Alliance, and that the production capacity of the forging world would accept orders from the Alliance.

Everything else was fine. Even the Titans produced by the Mingyang Sect were in demand by the Alliance, but it was not necessary.

The only thing was large starships, which took several years to build, and were the most scarce for the Alliance.

Jindi Star had the ability to build battlecruisers.

The Dragon Snake class was even more famous and favored than the Holy Grail class in the entire Imperial Navy system. After all, the construction of the Holy Grail class was relatively rare.

In the past, Jindi Star rarely even fully started the construction docks of the two Dragon Snake classes.

The price of building a battlecruiser was still a bit too expensive, and it consumed too many resources. If there was no urgent need, such a high-cost project would not be easily launched; most of the produced ones were sent away as orders for the Imperial Fleet. Otherwise, keeping them in hand and maintaining them would also be a lot of money.

In the past, the orders that the Mingyang Sect accepted were not limited to the Eastern Universe, but more from other universes.

Of course, it is not a non-urgent situation now.

When they decided to build their own Mingyang Fleet, the two docks started working at full capacity; after the "black box negotiation" with Gu Hang, the giant ships of the two docks became the orders of the Alliance.

The two warships cost the Alliance 110 billion tax coins.

This price is a bit high.

The Alliance builds a Holy Grail class at a cost of only 45 billion. The cost of the Dragon Snake class should be even less than the Holy Grail class, and it is estimated to be 35 billion to 40 billion at most.

However, the cost is the cost, and the selling price is the selling price.

According to the sages of the Mingyang Sect, 55 billion for the Alliance is already a good deal.

For the Imperial Navy's order, the Mingyang Sect's offer is 60 billion per Dragon Snake.

Gu Hang accepted this offer.

For warships of the battlecruiser level, price is not a problem, but production capacity is a big problem.

If we can get two more ships in a short time, then that's two ships.

It's necessary to spend more money.

However, the Governor's words made the financial department of the Alliance scratch their heads.

Two battlecruisers, adding up to 110 billion.

And this wave of orders placed by the Alliance on Jindi Star is not just two battlecruisers.

There are also twelve moon-class cruisers.

This is another 160 billion.

Counting some other ships, the Mingyang Titan Corps purchased or leased...

In four years, the total amount paid by the Alliance to Jindi Star exceeded 300 billion!

In addition, the Alliance has its own shipbuilding plan, the army is also expanding, and economic construction requires investment, and political construction requires costs...

Spending money like water!

But the Mingyang Sect is actually quite difficult.

The orders from the Alliance have basically squeezed the production capacity of Jindi Star.

Let alone rebuilding the Mingyang Fleet, let alone expanding the Guardian Army, the reconstruction and capacity recovery progress of Jindi Star itself have been affected to a certain extent. The construction speed of their mechanical ark, which was working very hard, has obviously slowed down, greatly extending the construction period.

Gu Hang also asked if he could buy this mechanical ark.

He was flatly rejected by the Mingyang Sect.

And now, the two battlecruisers produced in Jindi Star have finally been built.

...

Originally, these two warships were to go directly to the heart of the alliance.

Morgan fought for a long time before the two warships were delivered directly on Ronglin Star.

As for naming one of the warships directly as "Ronglin", it is even more glorious!

It is not just a simple name. The former will form a huge demonstration effect: even large ships such as battlecruisers are delivered on our Ronglin Star, so other commercial activities can be carried out here with more confidence!

As for the naming of the latter battlecruisers, although it has long been decided to name them according to the planetary worlds in the star field, there are more than 400 worlds in the Dragon Eagle star field, and there are only a few new battlecruisers? How could it be named after Ronglin Star!

This is also because he sold his old face, pulled a lot of connections, and even handed a letter directly to Mr. Gu. After the alliance leader took the time out of his busy schedule to approve it, it was decided.

When a rare battlecruiser is named "Ronglin", it can certainly bring a continuous advertising effect!

It seems that Jason Morgan has made a lot of efforts for a bunch of false names, but in his opinion, these will eventually turn into actual benefits for Ronglin Star and even the entire Steel Fire Dragon Star Region!

Thadius also understands this truth.

When he arrived at Ronglin Star Port, he was warmly received by the local Steel Fire Dragon Alliance officials headed by Jason Morgan.

Generally speaking, he would refuse such hospitality.

So far, the alliance has not developed a particularly strong trend of luxurious banquets.

Generally speaking, Jason Morgan would not do such a thing.

Not only is there no benefit, but it is also easy to be investigated by the anti-corruption department.

But this time, he made an exception.

Thadius also made an exception to participate.

The consideration is that welcoming the arrival of two new giant ships will greatly help the development of Ronglin Star.

In the case of no harm, Thadius is not particularly opposed to using his status to attend a banquet to provide some help to the local development.

However, business comes first anyway.

At the banquet, Thadius, who was dressed in military uniform, spent most of his time negotiating with the representatives of the Mingyang Sect who were also invited to the banquet, and determined the details of the delivery of the giant ships one by one.

He turned a good banquet into official business.

Jason Morgan was not annoyed, but only happy.

There were quite a few people coming today. Taking advantage of the opportunity, various chambers of commerce and various prominent figures from the central alliance gathered together. He was happy that Ronglinxing showed up this time, and he couldn't help but imagine how to take advantage of this limelight to seek some practical benefits in the future.

For example, he could negotiate with a few more chambers of commerce, or negotiate with the logistics equipment department under the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, whether the cargo transportation of Jindixing could also be distributed from Ronglin in the future.

After the guests and hosts had a good time, Thadius took people and moved into the two battle cruisers the next day.

The shipbuilding engineers transferred from Feiyi Star and Nuxiao Star will complete the inspection of the entire ship in the following period of time.

In fact, this step of work has been done a long time ago.

It costs 60 billion to buy a ship. Among the many star regions controlled by the Alliance, at least half of them cost 60 billion. The total output value of four years may not add up to this figure. This is a huge fortune and must be taken seriously.

After confirming that the two ships will belong to the Alliance in the future, the Alliance's shipbuilding engineers have already moved to Jindi Star a few years in advance. The main goal is to supervise and inspect during the construction phase to ensure that the ships are handed over without problems.

Well, it has absolutely nothing to do with stealing technology! Wu Jiarong definitely didn't help!

Even though Alliance engineers have been involved in the construction process, the necessary inspections for the overall delivery work still need to be very detailed.

This work lasted for more than ten days.

Until each team signed to ensure that there were no problems, Thadius and the naval forces of more than 300,000 people he brought finally took over the two battlecruisers and drove out of Ronglin Star Port.

...

After a long voyage, Thadius returned to the Winged Star with two giant ships.

And in the orbit of the Winged Star, a huge fleet was gathering.

Almost every one of those battleships was equivalent to the wealth of one or even several planets.

And each of those dozens of Moon-class cruisers was equivalent to the wealth of a star region.

But despite this, the most eye-catching thing was the six giant ships surrounded by so many ships.

The first one was the flagship of the Alliance, the ‘Burning Star’, which was a Retribution-class battleship.

The second one was the ‘Pegasus’ Zhuge-class battleship, which even looked bigger and longer than the ‘Burning Star’!

The other four were the ‘Yunluo’, the ‘Angry Owl’, the ‘Flying Wing’, and the ‘Korojia’.

The ‘Yunluo’ was a Dragon Snake-class battlecruiser, which was the original flagship of the Yunluo Fleet. When the Fury Flame Regiment was driven away, they had originally thought of taking the Yunluo Fleet with them, but on the way of evacuation, the Yunluo quietly "left behind".

Who wants to leave with a group of losers, like a defeated dog in a hurry?

What's more, this is their hometown.

The Fury Flame Regiment, whose morale was broken, had no time to care about these things, and finally they failed to successfully take the Yunluo Fleet away.

Strictly speaking, the Yunluo Fleet does not belong to the Alliance.

They have an independent Imperial Navy sequence, which is not the same as the Alliance Navy.

However, this is the same as the Pegasus Fleet is not a member of the Alliance. That being said, under the influence of Ye Lishia, when the fleet was sent into the political commissar by the Alliance, how could it not obey the Alliance's dispatch?

The nominal organization is not together, but in fact it is as close as a family.

In addition to the Yunluo, the remaining three giant ships named after the three most important planets in the Pegasus star region are all "Holy Grail-class" battlecruisers, all of which are warships completed by the Alliance in the past few years.

Compared with the 'Dragon Snake Class', the 'Holy Grail Class' looks more slender and more beautiful in appearance. In fact, its cost is also more expensive than the 'Dragon Snake Class'. In terms of firepower, the 'Holy Grail Class' directly has an X-level gun position more than the 'Dragon Snake Class'; it is slightly weaker in defense performance, but it is even better in ship speed.

The Alliance has two Holy Grail Class construction docks, one of which was built earlier, and the first 'Holy Grail Class' of the Alliance, some precious and very difficult original parts were pulled directly from the black box.

This greatly accelerated the work efficiency of the first Holy Grail Class construction dock, allowing it to produce two ships in six years.

The second dock produced one in four years.

This is the source of the Alliance's three battlecruisers.

The simultaneous construction of two Holy Grail Battlecruisers and one Zhuge aircraft carrier is currently the Alliance's maximum production capacity.

Although it is said that there is a third Holy Grail Class dock, which is being planned for construction. However, if they want to open another battlecruiser production line at the same time and support the purchase of orders for the two Dragon Snake-class production lines on Jindi Star, the Alliance's finances will not be able to bear it.

It's not like they only need to build ships and not do anything else.

The expensive part of such a large ship is not just the cost. After its construction was completed, it was still a gold-swallowing beast that continued to exist. Every voyage consumes fuel, every drill consumes artillery shells, every maintenance consumes resources, and the manpower expenditure of hundreds of thousands of crew members...

In a decade or so, the cost of such a warship will be equivalent to building a new one.

But no matter what, now, the naval power controlled by the alliance can definitely be said to be different from what it used to be.

Counting the 'Ronglin' ​​and 'Steel Wing' brought back by Thaddeus, the alliance has one battleship, one aircraft carrier, and six battle cruisers!

With these eight battleships as the core, supplemented by more than forty cruisers, other lower-tier destroyers and frigates are not included... The combined power of such a fleet is huge!

Thaddeus stood on the bridge, quietly looking at the hundreds of warships gathered in this space, and the heroic feeling in his heart continued to surge.

At this moment, a communication request came through.

That comes from Lady Oceana.

"General Thaddeus," Oceana said, "Were things going well along the way?"

"Everything is fine. The two battleships arrived safe and sound. I also saw many local officials from the alliance along the way. They are all trying their best to develop their own star areas, especially Jason Morgan and Rong Linxing. He has done a good job. If each of our star regions can develop like this, the future of the alliance will be even more worth looking forward to!"

"That's great." Oceana smiled politely and said, "However, there are still some financial procedures that need you to sign as soon as possible."

"No problem." Thaddeus said, "It should be."