Deep Space Fleet

After the meeting, Zhang Yuan specially called Ye Kaifu, the chief mineral engineer of the Ministry of Industry, and made him a cup of tea with a smile.

"The scientific research achievements in the past two years are still very good. If we continue to stay in Gliese 581, how can we have such achievements? Alas, war is indeed a good channel for progress. We even only plundered a part of the third-level civilization. With a small part of the results, there is such a good development, and I don’t know how much time has been saved for nothing.”

Ye Kaifu took a sip of water unceremoniously: "You still want to rob a more powerful civilization? Are you impatient as a captain?"

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Don't think that advanced civilizations are stronger than us. For example, this Badit civilization, if it takes a few million more, it will exhaust the potential of its own race, but it has not established a better civilization for a long time. The system is likely to regress, or even self-destruct..."

"Such a retrogressive civilization cannot exist in the universe."

"Decline is a common thing in the universe. For example, in the history of earth civilization, the empire on which the sun never sets declines, and only the subsequent countries rise..."

After chatting about some gossip, Zhang Yuan changed the subject and started talking about business: "By the way, more rhodium and platinum elements need to be mined, so they will be used in the future... To manufacture supermagnetic A generators, you need Heavy users of both elements."

"Nuclear fuel replenishment must be paid close attention. Our spacecraft should be able to carry finished raw materials. With enough raw materials, at least I feel at ease in my heart. Is there any problem with the entire smelting project? Do we need more manpower?"

coming!

This guy really wants to ask these questions!

Ye Kaifu's old face suddenly wrinkled like a crumpled piece of paper, and the feeling of being on the verge of sudden death reappeared.

"The one who owes the debt is the uncle! I'm afraid of him!"

Thinking of this, Ye Kaifu crossed his legs and said casually: "There is too much time for overtime work. I visited the hospital a few days ago and said that I am old and have some problems with cardiac pacing...Old Zhang, look , can I ask for leave to rest for a few days?"

"Oh..." Zhang Yuan said nonchalantly, "Then I approve you to get a bionic heart replacement. After the operation, you can rest for half a day...it's just a minor operation."

"It's only been half a day..."

Ye Kaifu said again: "My wife's tooth hurts a little, I want to accompany her to the hospital. It's been a long time, and if I delay, my whole face will swell."

"Oh, approve your half-day vacation again."

"Li Zhendong has suffered from hemorrhoids these days, and I want to accompany him to the hospital for surgery."

Zhang Yuan looked up at the ceiling: "Approve your half-day vacation again."

"Colonel Guo, I seem to have a bit of shoulder pain these days, I want to accompany him to the hospital..."

"Then, approve your half-day vacation."

Do you add up to two days of vacation...

Ye Kaifu was really happy.

Wait a moment!

When he saw Zhang Yuan's malicious smile, he felt a thrill in his heart.

Sure enough, Zhang Yuan said with a blank face: "I recorded the recording just now, and I will send this message to your wife, Li Zhendong and Guo Qiang's mobile phones. Especially Li Zhendong, does he have hemorrhoids? After surgery, he will get better." Lie in bed for days..."

Damn, this guy is still so black-bellied!

Ye Kaifu quickly jumped up from the stool, smiling flatteringly, "Delete it, delete it quickly! Just kidding...how can it be, don't you just want to rest for a while?"

Zhang Yuan sighed, "I'm lying to you, who is free to record here all day long?"

"However, although your mineral mining and smelting team has heavy tasks, it's not a problem to take a few days off occasionally. Why do you come to me to ask for instructions? You can take a normal holiday on holidays."

"Isn't this too many tasks, afraid of delaying things?" Ye Kaifu returned to seriousness.

Zhang Yuan thought about it for a while, Lao Ye had nagged in front of him many times that he was going to take a holiday, but in the end he never had a holiday, which can be regarded as the hardest department.

He sighed slightly: "We discussed it at the meeting just now. The technology of the Haiyan-IV spacecraft is not in place, so the related machines do not need to be manufactured in large quantities. The demand for mineral resources is also much less, so you can take a few days off. No problem. We will stay here for another two years, enough for you to dig a lot of minerals."

"Really?" Ye Kaifu took a sip of water, and he couldn't help making gestures with his fingers.

Immediately afterwards, he suddenly realized that his excitement seemed a bit out of place, so he couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

The technology of the Haiyan-IV spacecraft is not in place, so it is not good news at all...

Zhang Yuan didn't care about the other party's expression, but was just thinking about something silently.

Looking at the planet below from this place, the development of this planet by human beings is only a small part, not even one ten-thousandth.

This planet is really too active. Since the formation time is only 300 million years, the planet's rotation speed is very fast, which reduces a lot of difficulties in the laying of space elevators.

But because the planet is so young, there is still a small amount of atmosphere on the surface that has not yet escaped. All kinds of geological disasters occur frequently, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and other messy accidents are numerous, and there are a lot of harmful gases in the atmosphere. .

Fortunately, human beings are no longer the original human beings. Some important factories are carried on transport spacecraft. If it is transported to an emergency, it can take off and evacuate urgently.

Although the progress of the entire industry is not very smooth, it is not impossible to develop.

The accumulation of experience is still a very important step. In case of any emergency in the future, human beings need to forcibly mine this planet to supplement resources. At that time, it will definitely not be worth the loss to gain relevant experience temporarily.

"You know, what is our most urgent need right now?"

"What?" Ye Kaifu asked suspiciously.

"Shield!" Zhang Yuan said excitedly: "Third-level civilization can theoretically have shield technology. The current electromagnetic shield that can barely be realized is still too weak. We need real ion shields! With ion shields, When you encounter a lower civilization, you just hang and beat, and you don’t have to be afraid of anything anymore.”

In interstellar warfare, the fastest weapon is the laser, followed by the ion cannon.

What the ion shield can defend is mainly laser weapons, and it can also weaken part of the power of ion cannons.

These two weapons are high-speed weapons that are difficult to intercept. If they can be offset by the ion shield, there is no doubt that they will be invincible in the war of low-level civilizations.

Of course, the ion shield is not invincible.

The electromagnetic gun can break through the defense, but the speed of the electromagnetic gun is generally not too fast, at least it is impossible to reach the level close to the speed of light.

There are also anti-matter weapons, which are in the category of higher-level interstellar warfare.

"Didn't it mean that there is a low-level civilization at the next foothold?" Ye Kaifu said, "We shouldn't be afraid of low-level civilizations, right?"

Zhang Yuan nodded: "Yes, it has been discovered by the Badit civilization, what is it called... Riley civilization, a primitive civilization that has not yet developed technology. It is a pity that the Badit civilization is not interested in it , without in-depth investigation."

"But that was a thousand years ago. Who knows what will happen in a thousand years?"

"I bet nothing will happen in a thousand years. Primitive civilization is still primitive civilization."

"Bet?" Zhang Yuan shook his head quickly: "Forget it, I don't think anything will happen...it should be a very interesting trip."

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