God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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In order to match the massive weight of the main ship and demonstrate its combat power, Lu Jun did everything he could to overcome one difficulty after another during the construction process.

From the initial raw materials to the design blueprints, and then to the power, defense layout and weapons, etc.

Regarding this characteristic of weapons, after witnessing the vector projectile, Lu Jun completely abandoned the conventional super-large ballista and super-heavy catapult, and instead embraced the vector projectile with its extremely absurd output.

However, for the main ship, neither the initial 800-ton vector projector without optimization and weight reduction, nor the current 300-ton "Ninghai-class" vector projector, can become the main weapon of the main ship.

Therefore, in order to make this main ship as close to perfect as possible, Lu Jun also sought out the Zhang family of Nanyang, as well as some members of the Gongsun family, and even members of the Lu family, to create a vector projector for the composite main ship.

During this manufacturing process, multiple versions of the vector projector also emerged.

The simplest and most mindless version is simply a scaled-up version of the original 'Ninghai-level' vector projector product, which is then manufactured and tested.

This simple approach ultimately failed, but it also proved that scaling up proportionally is basically ineffective, especially when applied to the main ship, where it is full of perfunctory and unreliable results.

Subsequently, with ample funding, the vector projector, which had been jointly developed by several companies, was scrapped and rebuilt from scratch.

With no restrictions on gravity or materials, the vector projector was redesigned and rebuilt, and numerous etched nodes were carved to further enhance the absorption efficiency and throughput of the essence of heaven and earth.

In less than a year, the vector projector, which had been completely redesigned, was finally launched with everyone having experience and sufficient materials. It was a version unique to the main ship.

The vector projector, weighing over three thousand tons, is remarkable for both its robustness and its energy confinement channel, which extends over twenty meters.

"Three thousand tons?!" Fan Qin looked at the weight figure, and his eyes flashed with surprise, even obvious shock.

"That's right. This weight is the result of their efforts to optimize and reduce the weight. Needless to say, its power is much stronger than the 'Ninghai-class' vector projector, and it can even be said to be overwhelming." When Li Ru first heard about this weight, he was also extremely shocked, but after a while, he was able to accept it.

A three-thousand-ton vector projector, a purely steel structure, would have consumed enough resources in the past to easily arm an army of 100,000, but this was just a vector projector.

The plan is to install three vector projectors on the main ship, which shows just how ruthless the resource consumption is.

That much steel, in today's era, could form a hundred thousand elite troops, yet all that metal was consumed was merely used to forge the main ship's offensive capabilities.

"Isn't this great? Its attack power far surpasses that of the 'Ninghai-class,' not only further enhancing the navy's offensive capabilities but also compensating for the 'Ninghai-class's' shortcomings. Furthermore, with the 'Ninghai-class' providing protection, the mutual reinforcement will further enhance combat effectiveness. There's nothing wrong with that..." Having received considerable military training, Fan Qin instantly grasped the complementary roles of these two types of warships and began to approve of this heavy vector projector. "Theoretically, both sides do indeed complement each other, increasing adaptability and ensuring offensive and lethal capabilities against the enemy. However, this heavy vector projector has drawbacks..." Facing the increasingly curious gazes of the crowd, Li Ru also revealed the main reason why the naval commanders rejected the proposal.

"A drawback?!" Chen Xi also raised her head slightly, looking at Li Ru with some surprise, while also wondering about the reason.

In this era, vector projectors were developed, and their combat power and strength far exceeded that of naval guns. Although they could still be called naval guns, their form of expression and working principle were completely different.

Since the Ninghai-class destroyer completed its verification, Chen Xi has rarely personally guided or observed it. Compared to the gunpowder-laden naval guns, the vector projector, apart from gathering dazzling light when it is fired, is mostly plain and unadorned.

"The current drawback of this heavy vector projector, which can only be mounted on the main ship, is that it cannot carry out cross-horizon strikes..." Li Ru pointed out a drawback, a fatal one in naval warfare.

"Unable to conduct cross-horizon strikes? How is that possible? Even the 'Ninghai-class' and some large crossbows can conduct cross-horizon strikes, so why can't the heavy vector projectile do it?" Fan Qin found this conclusion completely incomprehensible.

Is the effect of a 3,000-ton vector projector really less than that of a 300-ton vector projector? Wouldn't that be a clear case of negative growth?

"Is it because the speed is too fast that it is impossible to carry out cross-horizon strikes?" Chen Xi, who had a lot of knowledge and experience in this area, quickly thought of a possibility, a possibility that should not occur under normal circumstances.

"That's right. The Navy conducted several experiments before reaching this conclusion: the arrows launched by the vector design were too fast and didn't fall at all, making it difficult to achieve cross-horizon strikes through correction." Even Li Ru himself found this reason absurd.

"Is that really so? Then I can understand." Chen Xi nodded slightly, and at the same time gained a deeper understanding of the power of this generation of heavy vector projectors.

Whether it's an archer, a ballista, or a catapult, during the attack process, they are all affected by gravity, which causes the arrows, crossbow bolts, and stones they shoot to move in a predictable arc.

With the help of this curved surface, and given sufficient power, it is also possible to launch cross-horizontal strikes.

The fact that heavy vector projectors cannot do this proves that the weapons projected by a single vector projector have exceeded the first cosmic velocity (note: exceeding 7900 M/s), escaped the influence of gravity, and flew in an almost straight line, making it difficult to achieve cross-horizon strikes.

Because if you can't see it, it basically means you can't hit it.

Excessive kinetic energy and speed do indeed bring greater power and penetrating ability, but the effective range is actually reduced.

Although one could stand at the highest point of the main ship and observe the situation within a radius of over twenty kilometers, based on the height of the vector projector, the actual range of attack was limited to targets within fifteen kilometers, targets that could be hit within two seconds. (End of Chapter)