1083, Confederation Summit (Part 2)
Count Dooku shook his head helplessly, "Unfortunately, Mrs. Shu-Mai, it is not us who decide whether to upgrade, but the battlefield. The cost of the Defiant class is as high as 61 million credits, but it requires 4 to 6 ships.
Only in this way can we ensure victory over the Jaeger class, which cost only 59 million credit points..."
He spread his hands and continued: "Even if we include the cost of the huge Jaeger-class carrier-based aircraft fleet, this is far lower than the construction cost of four Defiant-class ships. Therefore, upgrading is imperative.
.This is also a way to reduce our financial pressure and improve industrial efficiency."
The anger on Shu Mai's face could no longer be suppressed. Her body even trembled a little, but she still said: "This is against the rules! This is different from the agreement! It's different!
I can promise to reduce the construction cost of the Disobedient class as much as possible, maybe to 50 million... no, 55 million credits, but the battleship order must meet the specified quantity!"
She could only say this. In fact, she herself understood how much the cost of the Disobedient-class light destroyer was worth.
The design of this kind of battleship was actually an immature design stolen from the planet's shipyard by creating chaos when the Quarren Isolated Alliance split from the planet Mon Calamari. It was then bought by the business guild at a high price as a treasure.
After some modifications and improvements, it became their own battleship.
So Shu-Mai was confident at that time that this way, the commercial guild could be regarded as one of the forces with the ability to design and build its own main warships, and it was qualified to be on an equal footing with other major corporate giants.
With such a treasure, it is natural to make good use of it.
For this war, the commercial guild invested a huge amount of money and materials. As businessmen, it was naturally impossible for them to lose everything. So investment was investment, and they also invested in the cost of the Disobedience-class light support destroyer.
They used a lot of tricks to increase the cost of parts and components, and then made a lot of difference in the price.
Then through Shu-Mai's operation, these price difference profits were used as dividends that she personally brought to the commercial guild, thereby further consolidating her position, and also filling her own pockets, making a lot of money.
But now, this cash cow must be canceled directly!
This is absolutely impossible!
At this time, a voice came from the Dawn Planet group on the other side, "Actually, the commercial guild can also accept behemoth-level parts orders and contribute its own strength from another direction."
The speaker was the Prime Minister of the Fourth Civilization, Francis Underwood.
"Who said you have to contribute! Don't I make money just by producing these parts?!" Shu-Mai couldn't bear it anymore and blurted out without thinking at all.
Then the next second, when she saw the expressions of those around her, she realized that she had said the wrong thing.
The Confederation of Independent Systems was established under the principles of fairness, justice, and freedom. You can make money, but on the surface, you must be righteous. Putting money on the surface is tantamount to slapping everyone in the face.
At this time, Gross Shelbia, the director of the Fourth Group, smiled coldly, tapped the button, and projected the projection of a huge battleship in the holographic projection. This battleship had an approximately rectangular hull, and it was
There is a raised dome in the middle and rear of the hull.
"This is... one of the shipbuilding plans that Quat Power Shipyard is preparing to update in the near future - the Mandator II -class Star Dreadnaught. It is a thorough modernization based on the previous Commander class.
The redesigned new super battleship is still 8,000 meters long... According to the data comparison and simulation we have obtained so far, such an interstellar dreadnought would require 1,000 Defiant-class ships to compete. Mrs. Shu-Mai
, the battleship you built is really too powerful, it is just like the name, it is a disobedient! 1000 to 1 disobedience, hehehehe." Gross-Shelbia mocked.
Shu Mai suddenly turned around and yelled at Walter Tambor and Parcell Argent: "Are you just going to say nothing?! These liars have already bullied us to the point where
Coming up!
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However, Walter Tambor had already seen clearly the current direction of the wind, and he kept his nose and heart in mind without saying a word.
Anyway, their technical alliance has little influence. After all, the main factories and shipyards of the Confederation of Independent Systems are here. If you want to build warships, no matter what you build, they will eventually have to come from them. As for the OEM cost... it's not that big a deal.
It's better to make a little less every now and then.
Parcell Argent was even more silent. After he was dealt with by Tang Xiao in the Battle of Christophsis a long time ago, he had already realized how powerful this group of people was, and he was completely dissatisfied after that.
If you dare to disobey them in any way, you will be afraid of offending them again.
Bogle the Inferior was also silent, and he was also assessing the situation. Like Count Dooku and Newt Gunray, he was once a member of Darth Sidious, and later he was involved in the super tank project.
I have been flirting with the capital in the Republic, and it is even more impossible to take a dip in this muddy water now.
Tang Xiao, however, always maintained an indifferent smile and watched everything unfold with cold eyes.
That's right, in the offensive of the Delong Galaxy, most of the old warships currently in stock will be taken out and given away, and then this military reform can be carried out in a logical manner.
The greedy business guilds are the first target of this military reform!
And there will be more after that! Technical alliances, enterprise alliances, and even trade alliances that have joined them, no one can escape!
There is no doubt that after the Battle of the Dron System, the Confederation of Independent Systems will have a large window of mobile fleets, but the sooner this window comes, the better.
After all, the current battle line is still on the edge of the inner ring of the Milky Way. If the Republic waits until it is pushed all the way to the middle ring or even the outer ring, then the military reform will be carried out at that time, facing the same fleet window period, maybe the Galactic Republic fleet will directly stab it with a stick.
To the Dawn Planet and Laxus.
And later, General Grievous changed the pillars and raided the planet Kamino, which was also an important part of this plan.
As long as the production of clone troopers is destroyed, the threat of the Galactic Republic on the surface of the planet will plummet!
That's right, their plan is to give up space and stop the Galactic Republic on the planet's ground battlefield! They have deployed combat robots on a large number of occupied planets very early on.
If you don't have a fleet, it doesn't matter. Just surrender your troops to fight with me. If you don't have a clone army, I'll see how you can defeat my robot army!
Orbital bombing? It doesn't matter. If you have the ability, you can start from the middle ring and bomb all the way to the outer ring.
Which planets will surrender? It doesn't matter, the main force of combat has always been robots. From the moment I put the robots on these planets, the position of these planets was determined!
The Federation of Independent Systems lacks a fleet, strategic projection power, and the most important thing is combat robots!
When the Galactic Republic launches an orbital bombardment on the already unstable Middle Ring planet, then see how many other planets are willing to help the Republic!
When your power surpasses everyone else, it doesn't matter how much massacre you do. But at least for now, the Confederacy of Independent Systems is still there! The fear caused by orbital bombardment will only force those planets to have planets that are at least as weak as the Galactic Republic on the surface.
The power of the Confederacy of Independent Systems is here!
Trade space for time, use the robot army, and use the Central Planet as a strategic buffer. On this basis, Tang Xiao can work with Thorn Hill, Newt Gunray, and Count Dooku to clean up and reform the Federation of Independent Systems.
Political reform and military reform.
Use a new fleet that is more advanced and more centralized to produce to replace the old fleet that was previously dispersedly produced, has different models, has low performance and high costs!
Later, after a full contraction, a brand new fleet was used to fight the decisive battle with the Galactic Republic in the outer ring of the galaxy!
This chapter has been completed!