Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 180 Sea Knight ProMAX Edition

On the morning of the 6th day, Lorraine and the others arrived at the dry dock, waiting for the Sea Knight's modifications to be completed.

As the white light slowly dissipated, a clean and tidy cruiser appeared before them.

Unlike previous refit plans, the Sea Knight, which sailed out of the dock, did not have additional hulls added to the left and right sides of its stern, retaining the conventional layout.

However, during the refit, Cleveland improved its design flaws such as narrow hull and high center of gravity, and reduced its instability during navigation by compacting the superstructure and merging the twin funnels into a single funnel structure.

Powered by two upgraded GT-4000 heavy-duty gas turbines equipped with waste heat recovery systems, this modified large cruiser can maintain a high speed of 34.2 knots while simultaneously unleashing the full power of all its onboard weapons.

After some testing, Lorraine was astonished to discover that the total power of this large cruiser reached a terrifying 178 megawatts.

"hiss!"

Lorraine gasped, then tremblingly tapped on the output power of a single gas turbine.

The screen clearly displays that the output power of a single gas turbine is 78.2 megawatts, and the thermal efficiency of a single gas turbine has increased from 37.1% to 64.2%.

After a moment of silence, Lorraine immediately sent the technology, known as the supercritical carbon dioxide turbine, to Yao Guang. Soon after, he saw Yao Guang's holographic projection appear beside him.

"I think you could consider replacing the generator sets on the island with this type of generator first. After all, this thing can be used in conjunction with nuclear power systems and can also be widely applied in high-energy-consuming industries such as steel, cement, and glass to effectively recover industrial waste heat and improve energy efficiency."

Of course, when Lorraine sent the technology to Yaoguang, she removed the Level 3 label from it.

Most importantly, this technology uses a closed-loop system, which drastically reduces the difficulty of daily maintenance.

When Yao Guang replied to Luo Lin, she was still further optimizing the existing renovation project.

Subsequently, Lorraine received the latest parameters of the light cruiser HMS Sea Knight from Cleveland.

【Sea Knight】

[Ship length: 181 meters]

[Ship beam: 36.2 meters]

[Draft: 7.7 meters]

Standard displacement: 1.2 tons

Full load displacement: 1.5 tons

Maximum speed: 34.2 knots

Maximum range: 10000 nautical miles / 20 knots

[Main Units: Two improved GT-4000 gas turbines equipped with waste heat recovery systems]

[Auxiliary power: Two diesel engines equipped with waste heat recovery systems.]

Crew: 30 full-size engineered humanoid robots and 40 spider robots

[Armament: Three triple-mounted 130mm electromagnetic railguns (two forward and one aft), three 30mm electromagnetic close-in weapon systems (6-barreled), one high-energy laser weapon on each side, and two 18-cell decoy launchers.]

Electronic equipment: multi-band three-coordinate search radar, low-altitude search radar, three gun-launched fire control radars, three radar/optical fire control systems, navigation radar, satellite communication antenna, two small electromagnetic catapult tracks, and two arresting nets.

[H/PJD-3 Type Triple 70-caliber 130mm Electromagnetic Naval Gun]

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When firing conventional ammunition, it can accurately strike targets 30-180 kilometers away from the ship; when using guided projectiles, it can accurately strike targets 300 kilometers away.

This naval gun can achieve different rates of fire and ranges by adjusting the coil output.

[Note: This type of artillery can fire projectiles made of metallic hydrogen.]

"Yes, that means that even at maximum output, the range of a conventional shell can still reach 300 kilometers, and the explosive yield is far greater than that of a conventional 130mm shell."

However, when an affordable high-explosive grenade can be launched to a distance of 300 kilometers, the nature of the matter changes. After all, when naval guns are needed for land attacks, it is highly likely that a large cluster of targets has been discovered that cannot be dealt with by ground equipment.

At this point, the accuracy of a single cannon shot is not so important. After all, the destructive power of a 130mm naval gun firing at full speed is comparable to that of an artillery battalion, and the ammunition fired by nine 130mm naval guns is likely comparable to the ammunition capacity of the Van Fleet.

After reviewing the data of the Sea Knight, Lorraine began to ponder the current weakness of the fleet: the lack of a systematic air strike capability.

"There's no rush. After all, we'll be focusing our operations on this continent for the foreseeable future. Once we equip the drones with buddy refueling capabilities, fighter jets taking off from Red Peak Island will be able to provide air support within this continental area."

With this in mind, Lorraine planned to bring more than 1000 skilled workers from the shipyard camp to Red Maple Island, and entrust all material collection activities to robots capable of mass production.

Before taking action, Lorraine first communicated with Yaoguang, informing her of her thoughts.

Lorraine suspects that there are still a large number of undiscovered silicon-based organisms on the Red Earth Federation continent. If they follow the transport team and find the survivor camp, there is a high possibility of extremely serious casualties.

After the communication was completed, Lorraine took away the first batch of 120 humanoid robots named Guardians and a large number of unmanned units from Yaoguang.

Along with these unmanned units, eight specially modified robots were also boarded the ship.

These four robots are about the same size as a 1.7-meter-tall adult male, with enhanced control and computing capabilities in their limbs, but their power devices can only support them to run in low-power mode for one hour.

However, when they are piloting the aircraft, they will be powered by the aircraft itself.

There are three reasons why Lorraine does not use unmanned aerial vehicles exclusively.

One reason is that converting a manned aircraft into an unmanned aircraft is more expensive.

Secondly, it's because there's a high probability that a significant number of people in this world are still in deep-sea mode.

Thirdly, civilization without people is meaningless.

That evening, Lorraine prepared to lead the fleet away from Red Peak Island and back to the shipyard camp.

On this return trip, he did not take all the ships with him. This fleet consisted of the flagship, three Type 42DL destroyers, one Type 53A dock landing ship, and the Sea Knight.

After leaving the base dock, the fleet formed a single column, with two destroyers positioned at the very front and the very rear of the fleet, respectively. The entire fleet slowly headed towards the shipyard camp at an economical speed of 15 knots.

Eight hours later, the lead ship of the entire fleet appeared in the thin fog on the sea 30 nautical miles away from the shipyard.

At that moment, a small drone patrolling at a high altitude spotted a ship appearing on the distant sea.

This information was then sent to the underground server, which in turn transmitted the information to the destroyer on the sea surface via the radio equipment mounted on the Warrior Communication Vehicle.