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Chapter 526, Eight Giant Ships

Four years ago, Gu Hang went to Jindi Star in person and negotiated with the Mingyang Sect on two of the most important things. The three star regions would be returned to the management of the star domain government led by the alliance, and at the same time, the production capacity of the forging world would accept orders from the alliance.

Everything else is easy to deal with, even the Titans produced by the Mingyang Sect. The Alliance needs them, but it is not necessary.

The only thing that is most in short supply in the Alliance is large starships, which take several years to build.

Jindi Star has the ability to build battlecruisers.

The Dragon Snake class is even more famous and favored than the Holy Grail class in the entire Imperial Navy system. After all, the Holy Grail class is built more rarely.

In the past, Jin Dixing rarely even used these two Dragon Snake-class construction docks at full capacity.

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

In the past, the orders accepted by the Mingyang Sect were not limited to the Eastern Universe, but mostly came from other universes.

Of course, this is not a non-urgent situation.

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

The two battleships cost the alliance 110 billion tax coins.

This price is a bit high.

The Alliance only costs 450 billion to build a Holy Grail-class ship. The cost of building a Dragon Snake-class ship should be even less than that of the Holy Grail-class ship, with a maximum estimate of 350 billion to 400 billion.

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

According to the wise men of the Ming Yang sect, giving the alliance 550 billion is already a great discount.

For the Imperial Navy's order, the Ming Yang Sect's offer was 600 billion per Dragon Snake.

Gu Hang accepted the offer.

For battlecruisers, price is not an issue; production capacity is the big problem.

If we can get two more together in a short period of time, that's better.

It is necessary to spend more money.

However, the Governor's words were enough to make the Alliance's financial department scratch their heads.

Two battlecruisers, a total of 110 billion.

This wave of orders placed by the alliance on Jindi Star is not just for two battlecruisers.

There are also twelve Moon-class cruisers.

This is another 160 billion yuan spent.

Add to that some other ships, and the Mingyang Titan Corps that were purchased or leased...

In four years, the total amount paid by the alliance to Jin Dixing exceeded 300 billion!

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

Spend money like water!

But the Ming Yang sect is actually quite difficult.

The orders from the alliance have basically squeezed Jin Dixing's production capacity to the limit.

Forget about rebuilding the Mingyang Fleet or expanding the Crusader Army. The reconstruction and production 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 it was possible to buy this mechanical ark.

It was flatly rejected by the Ming Yang Sect.

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

...

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

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

As for naming one of the battleships directly "Ronglin", that is a great honor!

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

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

This was also because he sold his reputation, pulled a lot of connections, and even handed a letter directly to President Gu. It was only after this alliance leader took time out of his busy schedule to approve it that the matter was finalized.

When a rare battlecruiser is named "Ronglin", it will certainly bring a lasting advertising effect!

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

Thaddeus also understood this.

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

Normally, he would refuse such an offer.

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

Normally, Jason Morgan wouldn't do such a thing.

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

But this time, he made an exception.

Thadius also participated as an exception.

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, no matter what, business comes first.

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

He turned a good banquet into a business affair.

Jason Morgan was not annoyed, he was just happy.

There were quite a few people here today. Taking advantage of the opportunity, various chambers of commerce and various prominent figures from the central alliance gathered together. Rong Linxing was happy that he 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, we can negotiate with more chambers of commerce, or talk to the logistics and equipment department under the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs to see if Jin Dixing's cargo transportation can also be distributed through Ronglin.

After both hosts and guests had a great time, on the next day, Thadius brought his people and moved into two battlecruisers.

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

In fact, this step has already been done.

It costs 60 billion to buy a ship. Of the many star regions controlled by the Alliance, at least half of them have a total output value of less than this figure in four years. This is a huge fortune that cannot be ignored.

After confirming that the two ships would belong to the Alliance in the future, the Alliance's shipbuilding engineers had already moved to Jindi Star a few years in advance. The main goal was to conduct supervision and inspection during the construction phase to ensure that there were no problems with the handover of the ships.

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

Even though alliance engineers have been involved in the construction process, necessary inspections still need to be carried out very carefully in the overall delivery work.

This work lasted for about ten days.

Only after all the teams had signed to ensure that there were no problems did Thaddeus and the naval force of more than 30 people he brought finally take over the two battlecruisers and leave 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 is gathering.

Almost every one of those warships is equivalent to the wealth of one or even several planets.

And each of those dozens of Moon-class cruisers is equivalent to the wealth of an entire star zone.

But despite this, the most eye-catching are the six huge ships surrounded and guarded by many other ships.

The first is the Alliance flagship, the 'Nova', a Retribution-class battleship.

The second one is the Zhuge-class battle carrier "Tianma", which even looks bigger and longer than the "Nova"!

The other four ships are the 'Yunluo', 'Angry Owl', 'Flying Wing' and 'Koroga'.

The Yunluo is a Dragon Snake-class battlecruiser, and was originally the flagship of the Yunluo Fleet. When the Fury Flame Regiment was driven away, they had originally intended to take the Yunluo Fleet with them, but during the evacuation, the Yunluo quietly "fell behind".

Who wants to leave in a hurry like a bunch of losers?

What's more, this is their hometown.

The Fury Corps, whose morale was crushed, had no time to care about these things, and ultimately they failed to successfully take away the Yunluo fleet.

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

They have an independent Imperial Navy sequence, which is different from the Alliance Navy.

However, this is just like the Pegasus Fleet is not a member of the Alliance. That being said, under the influence of Ye Lishia, when the Alliance sent in political commissars to the fleet, how could they not obey the Alliance's dispatch?

Although they are not organized together in name, they are actually as close as a family.

Except for the Yunluo, the remaining three giant ships named after the three most important planets in the Tianma star region are all "Holy Grail-class" battlecruisers, all of which were completed by the Alliance itself in the past few years.

Compared with the 'Dragon Snake', the 'Holy Grail Class' looks slimmer and more beautiful in appearance. In fact, its cost is also higher than the 'Dragon Snake'. In terms of firepower, the 'Holy Grail Class' has one more X-class gun position than the 'Dragon Snake'; its defensive performance is slightly weaker, but its ship speed is even better.

The Alliance has two Holy Grail-class shipbuilding docks, one of which was built earlier. In addition, some of the precious and difficult-to-make original parts of the Alliance's first Holy Grail-class ship were pulled directly out of the black box.

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

The second shipyard produced one ship in four years.

This is where the Alliance's three battlecruisers came from.

At the same time, two Holy Grail Battlecruisers and one Zhuge aircraft carrier were started, which is currently the maximum production capacity of the alliance.

Although it is said that there is a third Holy Grail-class dock that is being planned to be built, the Alliance's finances will not be able to bear the cost of opening another battle cruiser production line and supporting the purchase of orders for the two Dragon Snake-class production lines on Jindi Star.

It's not like we only have to build ships and do nothing else.

The cost of such a large ship is not only due to its construction cost. After it is built, it is still a money-eating beast. Every voyage consumes fuel, every drill consumes shells, every maintenance consumes resources, and hundreds of thousands of crew members are often spent on manpower...

In ten years or so, the cost of building such a battleship will be equivalent to building a new one.

But no matter what, at this point, the naval power controlled by the Alliance is definitely incomparable to what it used to be.

Including the 'Rong Lin' and 'Steel Wing' brought back by Thadius, the Alliance now has one battleship, one aircraft carrier, and six battlecruisers!

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

Thadius stood on the bridge, quietly looking at the hundreds of warships gathered in this space, with a heroic feeling in his heart constantly surging.

At this moment, a communication request came in.

That came from Ms. Ossena.

"General Thadius," Ossena said, "how was everything along the way?"

"Everything is fine. The two warships arrived safely. I also saw many local officials of the Alliance along the way. They are all trying their best to develop their own star regions, especially Jason Morgan. Ronglin Star has done a good job in his leadership. If each of our star regions can develop in this way, the future of the Alliance will be even more worth looking forward to!"

"That's great." Ossena said with a polite smile, "However, there are still some financial procedures that require you to sign as soon as possible."

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

(End of this chapter)