God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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For Gan Ning, after discovering that Lu Jun was building steel warships to help the navy, he initially offered strong support, not only providing money and materials but also mobilizing relevant ships to help transport resources.

It wasn't until nearly two years later, after all the work had taken its toll, that Gan Ning finally realized what was happening and tried to check on the progress of the steel warship's construction.

The steel warships built by the Gongsun family are indeed of good performance, but wouldn't it be wonderful if the Lu family could provide even better steel warships?
With this thought in mind, Gan Ning fell silent the moment he saw the nearly 300-meter-long steel keel.

Having commanded the navy for so many years, it would be a lie to say he had no knowledge of ship construction.

Generally speaking, the length of the finished ship is much longer than the length of the keel.

As it turned out, the keel of this steel warship was nearly 300 meters long, and Gan Ning instantly realized how terrifying the situation was.

Especially after confirming that Lu Jun had received authorization and after further investigation, Gan Ning fell silent.

Gan Ning had initially thought that warships like the Ninghai-class were a product of some rear-area personnel's folly, but after seeing the warships in the Lu family's shipyard, he had no doubts whatsoever about his own logistical capabilities.

If they can even get this thing started and built, what about their own logistics?

Therefore, in the later stages, Gan Ning had little to say about Lu Jun's imaginative ideas and the steel behemoth plan, except for admiration and feeling awe.

However, when introducing this behemoth to his friend Meng Kangbu, Gan Ning spoke as if he had returned to the past.

Moncomb listened attentively to the introduction without showing any impatience, but rather with complete focus.

As a naval commander, someone who commands a naval fleet, one can say that he has a deep emotional connection to the ships.

They were well aware of the importance of the ships.

Moncombe has a deep understanding of the ship's parameters and characteristics.

The parameters described by Gan Ning caused Meng Kangbu to fall silent.

The warship's special steel armor, with its weakest points measuring half a meter and its critical parts exceeding one meter, made Moncomb realize just how terrifying its defensive capabilities were.

Even without cloud-based reinforcement, there are very few people in the world who can penetrate half a meter of special composite gold armor, let alone with cloud-based reinforcement materials.

Compared to the amount of cloud energy that wood can contain and the extent to which it can withstand cloud energy enhancement, this cloud energy-limit-strengthened steel, developed through targeted research, has a cloud energy enhancement range and a limit to the amount of cloud energy it can contain that wood cannot match.

The limits of how well wooden boats can be maintained are not even a fraction of those of this special steel.

In the development of this special composite armor material, the Han Empire was fifty years ahead of other countries (Note: In materials science, fifty years generally means that the technology will not be seen in one's lifetime, not literally fifty years). It can be said that it had no rivals.

In the vast chasm of materials science, other empires are still in the stage of accidental discovery, relying on luck to collide, and even how it is formed and how it reacts are only partially understood.

Under Liu Tong's guidance and the leadership of the inner energy ball, the special composite armor of the Han Empire can directly understand the properties of various steel ores and some special composite armors that have already been researched, relying on the large amount of materials that can be obtained in the chat group.

In addition to these, Liu Tong also gradually understood the characteristics of cloud temperature regulation and explored its biases through comparative research. Using this as an anchor and adaptable point, and combining it with the supercomputers that could be mobilized within the chat group, the data and references obtained after deduction and calculation were simply incomparable to those of craftsmen in this world.

Even if some craftsmen are so skilled that they can turn the rotten into the magical and create some excellent composite materials, they are already considered very capable. But Liu Tong will conduct comprehensive simulation calculations and upgrades based on known materials.

Even the most skilled and talented craftsmen are limited by their status, resources, abilities, wealth, and manpower, and their progress is ultimately limited.

In this respect, Liu Tong also surpassed everyone else of his time, and the progress he brought was truly epoch-making.

The result of this progress is that the special composite armor on this brand-new northern ship, after being strengthened by extreme cloud energy, has a defensive effect that surpasses that of any city wall on land.

If placed in the ocean, it would be an iron fortress situated on the sea.

Even the giant ballistae and catapults reinforced by naval cloud technology couldn't withstand this level of defense; they wouldn't even be able to scratch it.

Even with the power to burn mountains and boil seas, it's nothing more than a clash and tug-of-war between forces against the Northern Ship.

Gan Ning, who had a deeper understanding of this aspect, was even more aware of the formidable defensive capabilities of the Northern Ship.

The new generation of vector projectors, when unleashed at full power, can indeed penetrate half a meter of alloy armor, but that's all it can do.

Space-penetrating long rod projectiles can only penetrate to the level of kinetic energy when facing corresponding alloy armor; they cannot further shatter space to cause more damage.

Regardless of the high cost of each space-penetrating long rod projectile, if it does not cause space collapse, how much of a threat can a warship over 300 meters long pose to a hole less than half a meter in size after penetration?

How many hits would it take to sink the Northern Ship using attacks of this magnitude?

One thousand rounds? Or three thousand rounds?

"So they've specifically built a defense capability against space attacks? It seems their past war experience has been effectively utilized, which is a good thing." Moncomb nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction.

After spending a long time with Gan Ning, they gradually began to adopt the mannerisms of the Han people in nodding and shaking their heads.

Moncombu paid no attention to these small changes in his daily habits; in fact, he was completely indifferent to them.

“We can’t just take a beating without learning from it. We’re not stupid people. Learning from mistakes is the way we’ve always been,” Gan Ning said calmly.

This wisdom, built upon failure, allows one to grow rapidly while leaving an indelible mark on one's heart.

Because the price involved is one that even Gan Ning would find difficult to bear.

That was experience gained at a terrible cost to the entire Northern Navy.

“It’s not just the North…” Turning his gaze away from the Northern warships, Meng Kangbu looked towards the Gongsun family’s shipyard not far away, at the four or five docks still working overtime, and at the steel warships inside. He took a deep breath. (End of Chapter)