God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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"Has the Northern Navy's annihilation fleet been completed?" Fan Qin frowned slightly and asked, responding to Li Ru's question.

Although he wasn't in charge of military affairs, it's impossible that he wouldn't know about such an important matter under normal circumstances.

If such a thing really happened, it can only prove that he was blocked, or that it was deliberately concealed.

Although I don't really care, I'm still a little annoyed inside.

Who wouldn't love a steel behemoth weighing tens of thousands of tons, a colossal vessel dominating the ocean?

Although it consumes a great deal of public funds, it would be worthwhile if we could see such a creation appear in reality.

The moment such a colossal structure is completed, they should be notified and allowed to see it for themselves and broaden their horizons.

As for whether everyone should go, Fan Qin didn't care at all; as long as he could go, that was enough.

I especially enjoy seeing scenery and experiencing the wonders of nature. I am also very interested in man-made wonders and ingenious creations.

"No, but the other frigates and supply ships are almost finished. We can transfer some of these ships to the Southern Navy to strengthen its capabilities." Li Ru gently shook his head, explaining the current situation of the Annihilation Fleet.

Whether it was the Ninghai-class frigates or the wooden warships of the supply ships, thanks to the ever-growing number of workers and construction teams, and with ample construction resources, they were completed in a relatively short time.

However, as the flagship of a fleet tasked with destroying a nation, the situation is entirely different.

Benefiting from the experience gained in the naval battles against the Kushan Empire, the flagship of the fleet that destroyed the nation also absorbed these experiences during its construction, and was further improved and strengthened.

In fact, it wasn't just the main ship of the annihilation fleet that absorbed relevant experience; the subsequent 'Ninghai-class' ships also absorbed similar experience, thus becoming more complete, more targeted, and more adaptable.

"I remember that the components have been laid, and it won't be long before it's launched, right?!" Sun Qian responded to the construction of the relevant roads and the feedback from the relevant engineering personnel, explaining the current construction progress of the Lu family shipyard.

"Whether it's the keel of the ship, the main frame, the armor, the main power source, etc., they are almost all installed. However, the weapons have not yet been installed and are still under dispute. Even if the dispute is resolved, it will probably take one or two months to complete the installation..." Li Ru, who was clearly very concerned about this aspect, said this with a hint of helplessness.

"Weapons controversy? The Navy has such a controversy in this regard?" Fan Qin looked at Li Ru in surprise, never expecting that there would be such a controversy within the Navy, a controversy that was clearly illogical.

The sooner the ships are completed, the sooner they can be launched, and naturally, the faster they can provide combat capability. Given their relatively weak strength, it's truly incomprehensible that the navy would agree to such a time-consuming undertaking.

Fan Qin was very familiar with the naval officers, and naturally he knew that the officers recommended by Chen Xi were very reliable in the navy, both in terms of performance and strength.

It's really inappropriate to make such a blatantly counterproductive decision under the current circumstances.

Make a clean break when necessary; dragging it out will not bring any benefit.

"Yes, and it's quite simple. The point of contention recently has been what kind of naval guns should be used on that flagship..." Li Ru nodded slightly, explaining the core of the debate.

Fan Qin suddenly felt that there were even more doubts in his mind.

When did naval guns become a point of contention? Is there a possibility that this thing is being targeted?
Something that has never existed before is now in reality. Could it be that people are unable to assess the practicality of naval guns, which is why they are hesitant and conflicted?
But this shouldn't be the case. The experience gained from the 'Ninghai-class' battles can provide valuable references and even a lot of information on naval guns, so there shouldn't be any hesitation in this regard.

"The main reason for the debate in the navy regarding naval guns, or rather, vector projectors, is whether the main ship should use a large-caliber vector projector or the small-caliber vector projector of the 'Ninghai-class'," Li Ru explained, using his mental power, excellent memory, and accelerated processing speed to retrieve some intelligence information from the shelf behind him and transmit it to everyone. He added, "The 'Ninghai-class' vector projectors have been proven to be more than sufficient to deal with Kushan Empire ships in terms of both sustained combat capability and power. On the main ship, if the 'Ninghai-class' 300-ton vector projectors are used, twenty can be loaded simultaneously, significantly increasing the number of projectors and forming a powerful area deterrent. It can even effectively penetrate key defenses under an adaptive circulation system."

"The Ninghai-class ships already have such vector projectors, and the fact that the main ship also uses such vector projectors, even if the number has been greatly increased, is essentially a waste, not to mention that so many Ninghai-class warships have been built." Fan Qin immediately pointed out the inappropriateness of this approach.

If we only rely on the vector projectors of the 'Ninghai-class' ships, then there is absolutely no need to build a main ship; we can simply build a large number of 'Ninghai-class' warships.

It's important to know that there's only one shipyard in the entire Qingzhou that can build the main warship, but if it's a shipyard for building the 'Ninghai-class' warship, there's no problem gathering a dozen or twenty.

Therefore, to fully utilize the advantages of the main ship itself, it is naturally impossible to adopt the lightweight vector projector optimized from the 'Ninghai-class'.

On other ships, this would be considered a deadly weapon, but for the weight and defensive capabilities of the main ship itself, it is simply inadequate.

“That’s right, the Navy’s rebuttal on this point is indeed similar, but the reason why the Navy can make a comparison is not just because of this one point…” Li Ru glanced at Fan Qin and did not think there was anything wrong with what the other party said, because he had the same question when he received this information.

However, despite the doubts, there must be other factors that could cause such contradictions and entanglements within the navy, factors that allow for comparison between the two sides.

This reason stems from the vector projectors built specifically for the main ship. (End of Chapter)