Chapter 141
Phoebe Heavy Industry? "Botao-class" high-speed assault ship?
Director Shi did not expect that things would change so much in just one night. If the "Dragon-Slaying" warships cannot be equipped with the Storm Fleet smoothly, then it would be a fantasy to sell all of these thousand warships. In order to save this arms sale, he said to General Morz; "General, you should know that we have signed the preliminary order agreement for the "Dragon-Slaying" and all the warships have been shipped. You said no at this time, but I cannot accept this result."
General Morz was also very embarrassed: "Of course I know that the 'Dragon-Slaying Class' warships are very good, but this arms sales transaction is no longer what I said alone. Phoebe Heavy Industry used their relationship within the Free Army, and the Free Army also tended to continue to purchase Phoebe Heavy Industry's warships. After all, most of our warships come from Phoebe Heavy Industry. Some people are afraid that purchasing from other places will cause logistical troubles."
If the senior executives of the Free Army intervened in this arms sales, Director Shi knew that General Morz was indeed powerless. Just when he had no choice, Ling Xiao said: "I have sent the warships to your door. If I don't even give us the opportunity to show them, it would be too bullying. I hope the Free Army can give us the "Dragon-Slaying" warships of the Tiangong Group a fair opportunity. If the "Dragon-Slaying" warships are really weaker than the "Botao-Slaying" as you said, I am willing to take all of these thousand warships away."
The arms dealer is the person that pirates are most reluctant to offend because you don’t know when you need them. Although in General Morz’s eyes, “The Wave-level” is stronger than the “Dragon-Slaying Level”, since Ling Xiao wants a fair opportunity to show it, he has no reason to refuse. “Maybe he can also use the ‘Dragon-Slaying Level’ to suppress the ‘Bo-Slaying Level’ price.”
So, news about the bidding meeting for the new ship of the Storm Fleet soon spread throughout the Storm Harbor.
Phoebe Heavy Industry is a well-known arms dealer in the Tata civilization. The weapons they produce are famous for their excellentness and are suppliers to many armies. At the same time, since Phoebe Heavy Industry is one of the few companies willing to provide arms to pirates, a large part of the warships controlled by pirates are produced by Phoebe Heavy Industry.
This time, Phoebe Heavy Industry brought a new type of warship to the Free Army - the "Botao-class" high-speed assault ship. Its first appearance instantly overshadowed the "Dragon-Slaying Class" that appeared not long ago. Although everyone does not know the performance of the "Botao-class", they are already amazed at its appearance. Looking at the energy cannons spread all over the hull and the two thick main guns, they are definitely not inferior to destroyers in the military fleet in firepower.
On the other hand, the "Dragon-Slaying Class" has no appearance of any warship on the smooth upper deck. Although there are many weapons outside the hull, the caliber is too small and its power is definitely limited. The important thing is that it cannot see where its main gun is. If it does not have a main gun, it will not even match some commercial cargo ships in terms of firepower, so how can it be driven out and robbed?
In short, neither the top leaders of the Free Army nor the pirates at the bottom were optimistic about the "Dragon-Slaying Level". Everyone was gloating and prepared to see how the so-called Tiangong Group drove these warships back as they were.
Since the Storm Fleet urgently needs to be supplemented, the tender will be held soon. Three Free Army officials, General Morz and three well-known interstellar pirate leaders formed the tender team.
Bidder: One side is Debra, the representative of Phoebe Heavy Industry, and the warship she brought was the "Botao-class" high-speed assault ship. The other side is Ling Xiao, the representative of Tiangong Group, and he brought the "Dragon-Slaying" raid ship. That's right, Ling Xiao characterizes the "Dragon-Slaying" warship as a raid ship for this bid, and first casts the pirates from the name.
There are also a large number of pirates and smuggling merchants watching this bid. They want to see which one will win this bid? In fact, "There is no doubt that everyone is looking at the 'Botao', not only the 'Botao' high-speed assault ship, but also the pair of 'Botao' on the chest of Phoebe Heavy Industry. It can be seen that in order to promote the 'Botao' high-speed assault ship, Phoebe Heavy Industry has put in a lot of effort to grab this big order."
Without letting everyone wait for a long time, Debra stood up first. She deliberately tightened her clothes, and the collar that seemed to explode at any time caused a whistle.
"As for the significant losses suffered by the Storm Fleet just now, I express my deep concern to General Morz on behalf of Phoebe Heavy Industry. However, we can also see through this battle what the Storm Fleet lacks, one is speed and the other is attack power. If the Storm Fleet could equip our 'wave-level' earlier, the losses would not be so painful."
After successfully mobilizing everyone's interests, Debra checked in the three-dimensional projection, and the structural diagram of the "Watow-class" high-speed assault ship appeared in front of everyone.
"The characteristic of the 'Botao-class' high-speed assault ship is that it has high speed. At the stern of its ship, we installed two strong ion pulse supercharged engines. This is the 23rd generation light carrier-based engine newly developed by Phoebe Heavy Industry. It can allow the 200,000-ton high-speed assault ship of the 'Botao-class' to easily cruise at 10 times the speed of light. The conventional combat speed can reach 48 maneuver units, while the similar battleships of the Shanglian Fleet are only 45 maneuver units. In addition, our modified space engine can allow the 'Botao-class' to complete the preheating of space jump faster than similar battleships."
The 10-times light speed cruise and combat speed 48 mobile units, these two values aroused everyone's exclamation. Everyone's eyes moved away from Debra's chest and began to carefully observe the "wave-class" high-speed assault ship in front of him.
Debra was very satisfied with everyone's performance. She continued: "Firepower is also our focus in the design of the 'wave class'. You can see the firepower layout on the 'wave class'. There are 22 short-range defense cannons with energy levels below 3, 16 fourth-level medium-range defense cannons, 36 fifth-level attack cannons, 16 sixth-level secondary cannons, and 2 ninth-level main cannons. The 'wave' has a total of 92 guns of various types. Especially the two main cannons, their energy levels are nine. This powerful cannon is only equipped with light cruisers in the military of the Federation of Commerce."
The main gun with an energy level of nine! All the pirates are fanatical. The battleship with such high speed and high firepower is definitely what they need most. As the actual beneficiary of the procurement, General Morz couldn't wait to ask everyone's voice: "This is a very good battleship, Ms. Debra, how do Phoebe Heavy Industry intends to price the "Botao-class" high-speed assault ship? Your quote was indeed a bit too high at the beginning. After all, the "Dragon-Slaying" raid ship of the Tiangong Group is also a very good battleship."
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Chapter completed!