I built an armada.

At 5:20 a.m., Su Dingping returned to the central control room.

Massive amounts of data flowed across the screen in front of me.

More than twenty control consoles were arranged in a fan shape, surrounded by numerous engineers, each wearing a headset and communicating in hushed tones.

Ye Xinming handed over a newly printed report: "The final test results of the power group show that the yaw compensation algorithm of the energy storage flywheel has passed, and the joint commissioning of the entire system can begin on time."

Su Dingping began a quick scan.

The report was thick, but he only looked at the key data and then nodded in satisfaction.

"Notify all groups to enter the joint commissioning preparation state at 5:50 and start promptly at 6:00."

Su Dingping sat down, put on his headset, and began to give overall command.

As one order after another was issued, the atmosphere in the control room instantly became tense.

The engineers performed a final check on their subsystems, verifying communication links and calibrating sensors...

On the large screen, the icons representing each system changed from yellow to green one by one, indicating that all systems were ready.

"President Su, all systems are ready."

Ye Xinming's voice came through the headset.

Su Dingping glanced at his watch: 5:58.

He took a deep breath: "System-wide commissioning, begin!"

The data stream on the large screen suddenly accelerated the moment the command was issued.

The reactor power was gradually increased from 10 percent to begin simulating a low-speed cruise state.

The main grid voltage can be stabilized at 10,000 volts, and the frequency is firmly locked at 50 Hz.

"Reactor power at 30%, everything is normal..."

"The 42% fluctuation in the main power grid load is within the allowable range..."

"Propulsion system feedback normal, estimated speed 18 knots..."

Reports came one after another.

Su Dingping focused solely on the core parameters, especially the reactor temperature and pressure curves, which were of utmost importance.

If any link goes wrong, the consequences will be unpredictable.

The initial tests went smoothly without any issues, and then the stress tests began.

"Simulated port side hit, power distribution area No. 3 damaged."

Ye Xinming issued a pre-set fault command.

Instantly, the area representing power distribution zone 3 on the large screen turned red.

The power grid load fluctuated wildly, but this lasted for less than 0.1 seconds before the smart distribution system completed its reconfiguration, transferring the load to other areas.

At the same time, the reactor control system adjusts the power output synchronously to avoid frequency oscillations caused by sudden load changes.

"Fault isolation complete, critical system power supply normal."

The voice of the power group leader came through, carrying a hint of relief.

"Continue, increase to combat-ready power."

"The electromagnetic railgun is preparing for its first charging test. 10 seconds to go."

“5、4、3、2、1——充能开始！”

On the screen, the curve representing the electromagnetic railgun's energy storage unit suddenly spiked, while at the same time, the main grid voltage began to drop and the frequency began to fluctuate.

But just 0.05 seconds later, the energy storage flywheel and the ship's entire battery pack released energy simultaneously, holding up the power grid.

Voltage fluctuations are controlled to within three percent!

"Charging complete! Energy storage unit is in normal condition!"

"Power grid has been restored to stability!"

"Electromagnetic railgun simulation firing – firing successful! Estimated initial velocity of projectile: Mach 6.2!"

"Yes!"

Ye Xinming finally breathed a sigh of relief and clenched his fist fiercely.

Suppressed cheers erupted in the control room.

Several young engineers couldn't help but high-five, but were immediately stopped by the team leader with a look, because the test was not completely over yet.

Su Dingping smiled slightly, but the smile quickly disappeared.

"All units, be alert and prepare for the next round of testing..."

"Three consecutive rounds of rapid-fire tests of the electromagnetic railgun, 15-second interval, prepare."

The power grid can withstand a single impact, but what if it is hit repeatedly?

After all, in real combat, an electromagnetic railgun cannot fire only one shot.

Electromagnetic guns may even face the challenge of overload firing.

The test continues.

Energy storage unit charges, releases, recharges, releases again...

The result was beyond everyone's expectations; the stability of the power grid remained within the design threshold!

It's even more stable than expected!
This time, everyone finally couldn't hold back and let out an even louder cheer.

But Su Dingping did not relax his guard.

Because the next test is the last and most dangerous one.

"Simulated reactor emergency shutdown, the entire ship switches to auxiliary power and battery power, while maintaining the electromagnetic gun and laser defense system in standby mode!"

Since we're going to do real-world combat, we need to consider all the most extreme scenarios.

What if an enemy attack happens to cut off the reactor's power supply?
In even more extreme scenarios, what kind of emergency plans should be prepared if the reactor is hit after war breaks out?

Of course, if the reactor is hit by the enemy, then no measures are really effective.

But contingency plans are something you can choose not to use, but you can't be without!

Some of the more radical researchers have even called for the addition of overload procedures to the reactor.

When necessary, the entire mothership can be transformed into a giant nuclear bomb.

Of course, Su Dingping rejected this proposal without hesitation.

No matter what the situation, the personal safety of the people on board the ship is the top priority.

Even if they were captured, there was still a possibility of exchanging prisoners of war and rescuing them.

But if they really explode together, then there will be nothing left.

Su Dingping could not bring himself to use people's names as tools.

Long Xia is fundamentally different from those beasts.

Even if we take a step back and say that it really comes to that, the course of the war will not be changed by a reactor with severely insufficient explosive power.

After all, this kind of thing was not designed for secondary explosions from the very beginning.

Moreover, the size of such a reactor is limited, and the damage caused by an explosion may not necessarily be as great as the trouble caused to the enemy by a nuclear fuel leak.

The control room fell silent instantly.

"implement."

At a single command, the reactor power curve plummeted from 80 percent to zero!

The main power grid switched quickly, and for a moment, the lights in the entire control room seemed to dim.

On the screen, the curve representing the grid load fluctuated wildly, but quickly, the auxiliary power system took over, the battery pack replenished the peak power, and the curve stabilized again. "Grid switchover complete, critical system power supply normal!"

"The electromagnetic railgun's energy storage unit is operating normally!"

"The laser cooling system is working properly!"

"System-wide integration and testing complete, all projects finished!"

This time, the atmosphere in the command room exploded instantly, and the cheers could no longer be contained.

The engineers stood up, hugged and patted each other on the shoulder, and some even jumped onto the table.

This serious violation of discipline did not stop him, because there were many others who were even worse than him.

Su Dingping leaned back in his chair, looked at the big screen, and let out a long sigh of relief.

The tests went smoothly, and we can officially launch it into the water soon.

……

Just as the test was officially completed, negotiations between Longxia and Donghuang were also set to officially begin.

Just as Taro Kato was preparing to return to Dragon Summer, a phone call from the Eagle Tribe stopped him in his tracks.

After hanging up the phone, Taro Kato plopped down, feeling a headache coming on.

The Eagle Tribe called with a simple purpose: to take the lead in the negotiations.

For the Eagle Tribe, the First Island Chain had already become a mere shell of its former self when Longxia took over Dragon Claw Island.

Now, the Eastern Wilderness, a crucial part of the first island chain, is facing complete dismantling by Longxia, and the Eagle Tribe will naturally not sit idly by and watch this happen.

Moreover, they also have to carry out the Dark Night Plan.

However, the first step of the Dark Night Plan has fallen through, so the plan needs to be further adjusted in light of the current situation.

After discussions among the Eagle Tribe, it was ultimately decided to trade space for time and focus on the second island chain.

Anyway, the First Island Chain is definitely out of the question, because the two key nodes of the First Island Chain, Dragon Claw Island and Eastern Wilderness, have already been taken over by Long Xia.

But this does not mean that the Eagle Tribe will simply abandon all its deployments in the First Island Chain.

That would only arouse Long Xia's suspicion.

Therefore, the Eagle Tribe must get involved in this negotiation between the Eastern Wilderness and Longxia.

On the surface, this appears to be a reckoning for the Dragon Xia team in the Eastern Wilderness, but in reality, this negotiation is yet another clash between the Dragon Xia and the Eagle Tribe.

Therefore, in this negotiation, the Eagle Tribe requested that the Eastern Wilderness invite them to participate in the negotiations.

It sounds bizarre, but the Eagle Tribe had no choice but to do it.

After all, from a superficial point of view, the Eagle Tribe has absolutely no reason to get involved in the negotiations between the Dragon Xia and the Eastern Wilderness Tribes.

Therefore, they could only ask the Eastern Wilderness to invite them to act as mediators.

Originally, Donghuang was prepared to surrender, but with the Eagle Tribe's interference, things have changed.

According to normal procedures, it is now time for Longxia to settle accounts with Donghuang.

But with the Eagle Tribe causing trouble, this process, which was ostensibly a negotiation but was actually a surrender ceremony, instantly transformed into a genuine ceasefire negotiation.

In other words, the Eastern Wilderness suddenly shed its status as a defeated nation.

Since it is not a defeated country, many of Longxia's conditions and demands seem somewhat unreasonable.

For example, the $50 billion in compensation.

They weren't defeated, so why should they bear your military expenses and losses?

If that's the case, does Longxia have to return the ships from the Eastern Wilderness?
That will be a never-ending struggle.

Does the Eastern Wilderness have the opportunity to refuse?

Obviously not!

However, before officially announcing this news to the public, Taro Kato secretly informed Ryuka's side.

We must do as instructed. Letting Ryūka know the news in advance so he can prepare is the best that Taro Kato can do.

The trip to Longxia was postponed, and that very evening, negotiation experts from the Eagle Tribe arrived in the Eastern Wilderness.

They were to accompany Taro Kato to Longxia, where the Eagle Tribe would act as mediators to end the war.

When the news broke, the whole world was in an uproar.

Online and in newspapers, the Great Chief is everywhere filled with ridicule and disdain.

Everyone knows that Donghuang is nothing more than a dog of the Eagle Tribe. Without the support of the Eagle Tribe, without the Eagle Tribe to embolden them, how dare they provoke Longxia?

Even to the point of starting a war?
But now, the Eagle Tribe is acting as if nothing happened and shamelessly says they want to mediate this war.
Everyone knows that the Eagle Tribe isn't really here to mediate the war; they're just there to buy time and are unwilling to give up their interests in the First Island Chain.

To put it bluntly, things have developed to this point, and the outcome of this negotiation has nothing to do with Donghuang anymore.

They have no say in what kind of compensation they should offer or to what extent.

On the other hand, after learning of this news, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a meeting overnight.

Ultimately, Longxia dispatched a negotiation team led by Zhang Zhaoxin to deal with the aggressive Eagle Tribe.

After careful analysis, the Eagle Tribe's intentions have been largely figured out.

Long Xia knew, of course, that the Eagle Tribe needed time to further deploy its forces in the Pacific region.

But Longxia also needs more time and to launch more ships.

Neither side wants to go to war at this time, but that doesn’t mean Longxia will make concessions on the terms of the negotiations.

First and foremost, Long Xia will not back down on the issue of trying war criminals and eradicating the lingering poison of decades past.

Secondly, Longxia will never relinquish the costs and losses of war, nor the corresponding compensation.

However, the method by which this compensation will be received is something we can discuss.

Long Xia has always been very clear-headed. To act impulsively and give up real benefits for the sake of some so-called face is not Long Xia's style.

However, if you prioritize saving face, you can forget about saving face in the long run.

In comparison, the Eagle Tribe's momentum was much weaker in this negotiation.

Firstly, they know they are in the wrong and their intervention is solely based on shamelessness, so they don't need to consider the potential benefits.

Furthermore, their original purpose was simply to delay Longxia's progress, so they have a lot of room for maneuver in making concessions.

The two sides' beliefs are not on the same level at all, so it goes without saying that the outcome of this negotiation will develop in the direction that one side expects.

……

Local time 3:40 p.m.

This is already the third round of consultations.

In the first two rounds of negotiations, the representatives of the Eastern Wilderness had no say at all; it was the representatives of the Dragon Xia and the Eagle Tribe who were clashing from beginning to end.

Regarding the trial of prisoners and the clearing up of past events, Zhang Zhaoxin stated that Long Xia would not back down under any circumstances.

The Eagle Tribe had absolutely no way to deal with this.

For the Eagle Tribe, leaving some unruly people in the Eastern Wilderness was actually quite advantageous.

After all, this would allow Long Xia to spare some of his energy for his own home front, instead of focusing all his energy on the Eagle Tribe.

However, Zhang Zhaoxin was completely unmoved by reasoning and kept repeating the same pointless refrain: "The criminal must be tried."

If you push them too far, you'll have to fight again.

Although the representatives of the Eagle Tribe wanted to say, "Let's fight, who's afraid of who," they didn't dare to say it out loud.

It would be absolutely unwise to start a war with Longxia within their advantageous combat range.

As for those useless guys in Southeast Asia... please, does anyone really think that alliance of useless guys can have any impact on Longxia? (End of Chapter)