Chapter 1670: Dragon Eagle Military Reserve Base Plan
Time flies. The Dragon Star Empire is developing, and other interstellar civilizations are also developing.
In the blink of an eye, there are only three months left until the duel they vowed to fight.
As the time for the vowed duel draws ever closer, many things are quietly changing.
The Xiaolong Interstellar Empire has quietly entered a state of full-scale combat readiness, with all first-level commanders of all legion fleets prohibited from taking leave and on standby 24 hours a day.
Other combat personnel are allowed to take leave but are not permitted to leave their fleet's base. They must ensure that they return to their combat posts within twelve hours should any military missions arise.
Once the state of emergency preparedness is entered, this time will be shortened to three hours.
In preparation for this decisive battle, the Dragon Star Empire had prepared several dedicated military bases well in advance.
These military bases primarily serve as resource reserve bases. Rather than allocating resources from various star systems after the start of a war, it is more efficient to concentrate resources in military bases within a few star systems in advance.
Although this method could be attacked and destroyed, and the losses would be severe if it were destroyed.
However, compared to other factors, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Moreover, not all strategic reserve resources are located [N O V E L I G H T] in one star system.
Right now, Zhao Chen is inspecting a military base star system.
Dragonhawk 03 Base System
This is information that is essentially worthless. When it was selected by the Imperial Military as part of the 'Dragon Eagle Military Reserve Base Project', there was no one left living in this star system.
Therefore, it was chosen as a military base star system, and this star system is not large, belonging to the small star system category.
There are only two planets in the entire galaxy; the rest are satellites, asteroids, and a dead star.
Therefore, it is relatively easy to carry out relevant modifications within such a galaxy.
There's no need to consider other factors; we just need to build this place into a military base.
The basic process involves selecting a planet, establishing a habitable city on it, and mainly arranging relevant logistical personnel and daily necessities for base work.
Then build a stargate and a starport, and build some warehouses as needed.
These warehouses can be located in space or on planets, depending on the needs.
In this way, a military reserve base was ready.
There are at least ten such military reserve bases known to the outside world, not including some military reserve bases with higher levels of secrecy.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
"I am the head of the Dragon Eagle 03 military reserve base." The head of the Dragon Eagle 03 base looked excitedly at the Xiaolong Emperor in front of him.
People like them, who operate behind the lines, rarely see the Dragon Emperor.
She was very excited to have the opportunity to meet Emperor Xiaolong this time.
Upon hearing the news, she rushed over immediately.
"Don't be nervous, this is just a routine inspection."
"No need to notify the base. Just show us around, but don't disturb other people's work," Zhao Chen said calmly, sitting inside the shuttle.
He was only accompanied by his personal guards, including the Leopard Woman.
"Yes." The head of the Dragon Eagle 03 base stood up straight.
"Sit down, it will take another ten minutes or so to land."
"Standing for so long is tiring," Zhao Chen said, pointing to the seat opposite him.
“Yes...” The person in charge of the Dragon Eagle 03 base immediately sat down opposite Zhao Chen, but it was obvious that she was very nervous.
Even the simple act of fastening the seatbelt went wrong, almost causing him to embarrass himself.
"Tell me about the general situation of your Base 03," Zhao Chen asked bluntly.
They knew that His Majesty the Emperor was testing their professional abilities.
The head of the Dragon Eagle 03 base immediately said, "The Dragon Eagle 03 military reserve base was initially set up as a level-two military reserve base, but not long ago the Imperial Military decided to upgrade it to a level-one military reserve base."
It can store strategic reserve materials worth 50 quadrillion star coins, and is equipped with a dedicated warehouse for storing interstellar missiles, which can store T6-level interstellar missiles.
There are also rapid loading and unloading equipment and procedures, which can be completed as soon as an order is received.
With the arrival of interstellar transport ships or interstellar supply ships, the T6 Star Whale-class super-heavy interstellar transport ship can complete the full-load loading and unloading task within fifteen minutes.
The T6 Star Elf heavy interplanetary supply ship can complete a full-load loading and unloading mission within seven minutes.
The T5 Star-Kun-class super-heavy interstellar transport ship can complete a full-load loading and unloading mission within five minutes.
The T5 Ark-class heavy interplanetary supply ship can complete a full-load loading and unloading mission within three minutes.
Achieve full-load loading and unloading within one minute for any of the T4 and below JF-17 series interplanetary supply ships or interplanetary transport ships.
Our stargate, when operating at full capacity, can handle a daily flow of 100,000 interstellar warships.
If there is an overflow of flow, you can travel to a nearby galaxy.
Assuming a T5-class interstellar transport ship or a T5-class interstellar supply ship travels to the nearest stargate, the one-way trip is estimated to take fifteen hours.
Our Longying 03 military reserve star system has 300,000 staff members, and the operational support personnel are 100,000. In special circumstances, 50,000 people can also be used to ensure operation.
It can achieve a six-hour, four-shift configuration in wartime to ensure work efficiency and staff time.
In addition, it is equipped with a certain amount of defensive weapons.
Examples include ground-based railguns, spaceport railguns, and satellite railguns.
It can withstand an attack for 72 hours from a conventional interstellar fleet of 3,000 T5 interstellar civilization ships.
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After listening to what the person in charge of the Longying 03 base had to say...
The shuttle that Zhao Chen was in had already been parked in a warehouse berth.
From a distance, this warehouse actually looks like a large cube floating in an area, and there are many cubes like this.
"Is this cube the T5-level Dragon Nest-type armory that our Imperial Research Institute developed before?"
"How is it working?" Zhao Chen asked.
The head of the Longying 03 base immediately said, "The dragon nest-type military depot is very convenient to use."
This is the truth.
In the past, many of our strategic materials were stored in warehouses inside military starports.
I've also been in charge of this kind of work, so I know very well how efficient it is.
Previously, our JF-17 series starports were also very efficient.
However, compared to this dragon's nest-type arms depot, it is far inferior.
First of all, when you see these dragon nest-shaped arms depots, aren't they just cubes, looking very standard and nothing special?
In reality, what you see now of this dragon-nest-shaped arms depot is only its state during the storage phase.
When in use, it will be surrounded by mechanical arms, mechanical pipes and other facilities to connect interstellar transport ships and interstellar supply ships.
In this way, interstellar transport ships and interstellar supply ships can be resupplyed quickly.
Its greatest use is its convenience!
It is portable.
This means we have many ways to resupply, depending on actual needs.
We currently have several supply plans.
The first approach is to establish a supply anchorage and arrange these dragon-nest-shaped military depots in a matrix pattern at certain intervals.
After the interstellar transport fleet or interstellar supply fleet arrives in our star system, we can sail into the ready-made Dragon Nest anchorage along the designated route.
Dragon's Nest Anchorage... that's how we describe it.
Next, these dragon-nest-shaped arms depots can then conduct resupply operations around these interstellar transport ships and interstellar supply ships, enabling large-scale simultaneous replenishment.
This is why our resupply efficiency can be reduced to such a short time.
This is currently the most convenient method, and it is also our top priority.
The second type: When facing some T6 basic super-heavy interstellar transport ships, these dragon-nest-type armories can move on their own or be towed by interstellar barges.
Multiple dragon nests resupplying a single T6 interplanetary transport ship will greatly increase efficiency.
The third type is rather special.
Firstly, these dragon-nest-type armories can directly resupply interstellar warships on the battlefield. However, direct resupply has some drawbacks in the battlefield environment, such as easily attracting enemy encirclement and attacks.
Therefore, this plan is generally not arranged.
However, this arrangement is acceptable if there are special needs.
Such an arrangement would require some interstellar transport ships to carry these dragon-nest-type arms depots directly to the battlefield.
These dragon-nest-shaped arms depots are essentially super-large shipping containers that can be directly loaded onto interstellar transport ships and sent to their destinations.
These are the three methods we use most often.
In addition, resupplying these dragon-nest-shaped arms depots is also very efficient.
Within our starport, there are special passageways prepared for them.
They can enter through one channel, run the supply automatically, and then exit through another channel.
When it came out, the dragon-nest-shaped arms depot was already fully loaded with strategic materials.
In non-combat situations, these large military containers can be stacked in certain areas for easy management.
Saving time and space, and with extremely low construction costs—these are the advantages of the Dragon Nest-type arms depot!
Hearing the head of the Longying 03 base praise this technology so highly.
Zhao Chen was also very happy, because this was something that scientists and researchers from their Xiaolong Interstellar Empire had independently developed and produced using the Xiaolong technology they had accumulated.
It can be said to be the result of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire itself.
This is far more exciting than Zhao Chen creating an earlier interstellar warship provided by the system.
This means that the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire has gradually begun to possess the ability to generate its own revenue in the field of scientific research!
This is something to celebrate.
Zhao Chen walked up to this dragon-nest-shaped arms depot.
As Zhao Chen walked up the corridor, he looked up and saw through the transparent glass above that there were two huge numbers on the roof of this dragon-nest-shaped armory.
The first one is 03, which has a dragon eagle pattern on the back.
This signifies the start of Project Dragon Eagle, the third military base under Project Dragon Eagle.
The other number is C18.
Zhao Chen inquired about this with the person in charge of Longying 03.
Her answer was...
Currently, the Dragon Nest-type arms depot has undergone many modifications, tending to be more suited to supplying various types of strategic resources.
The current Dragon Nest-type arms depot belongs to Type C, and it is the 18th Type C depot belonging to Dragon Eagle Base 03.
Zhao Chen walked into the warehouse and saw that the interior space was very simple, with almost nothing superfluous.
First, there's a long corridor, which quickly leads to a crossroads, with elevators on both sides leading to the ceiling.
Zhao Chen looked up at the space above him; it was so high, he couldn't see the top.
"Because the Dragon Nest-type armory has a square structure, its internal passages are basically like this."
In fact, most of the time no one uses these internal passageways.
Mainly, during routine maintenance and inspections, we will arrange for someone to personally go through the entire process.
Normally, you can hardly see anyone there.
Such a dragon-nest-shaped arms depot only requires 30 permanent staff members to ensure its operation.
It can be described as extremely efficient.
Basically, over 90% of the work is now handled by artificial intelligence and robots.
"Staff members typically stay in the control room, where their job is to issue orders and supervise operations," explained the head of the Dragon Eagle 03 base.
"Can we take a look at the space for storing strategic materials?" Zhao Chen asked.
"Yes, please come with me."
The closest place to our current location is the warehouse where energy blocks are stored. As he spoke, the person in charge of Dragon Eagle Base 03 led Zhao Chen and the others to a corner.
The moment Zhao Chen stepped in, the scene before him changed, and a pitch-black space appeared.
You can't see the top of your head, you can't see the bottom of your head, and you can't see the distance.
But you can vaguely see the outlines of some things, like soldiers standing there in neat rows.
"Because it's designed for unmanned operation, lights aren't needed under normal circumstances to save energy," said the head of Dragon Eagle 03 base as he entered his program.
Suddenly, the entire space in front of Zhao Chen was illuminated.
The space, which was originally pitch black, suddenly became bright and spacious.
Zhao Chen saw the neatly arranged energy blocks; those were the outlines he had seen earlier.
It was in front of Zhao Chen, above Zhao Chen's head, and at Zhao Chen's feet.
They are almost everywhere, taking up every available space.
Only a few necessary transportation routes were left.
“There are 998 warehouses like this in the Dragon's Nest.”
The internal structure can be customized for the efficient storage and transportation of various types of strategic materials.