Chapter 296: Recent Plans

"Thank you, Belfast." Qin Ge took the tea Belfast poured for him, smiling and nodding at Belfast.

Belfast smiled slightly; every time she poured tea for Qin Ge, he would say thanks, and this had become a habit between them. Originally she would politely say "no need to thank me," but now it seems unnecessary.

After Belfast finished pouring tea for everyone, everyone began to look toward Qin Ge.

"Commander, what should we do next? Do you have an idea?" Ou Gen Qin Wang asked with a smile.

Qin Ge nodded. "First, we definitely still need to return to Donghuang, after all we still have to stay one year at the Commander Academy. And during this year, we should accumulate resources as much as possible and spend them where they count, to enhance your strength as much as possible."

Then comes the improvement of our Grand Fleet; the gap between our fleet and theirs is truly huge, so we must do our best to help them narrow this gap.

What happened today you also saw; even if we gather an Awakened Shipgirl of a faction and a fully trained Shipgirl, we cannot inflict lethal damage on the Sirens' advanced humanoids.

But we can stop her actions, halt her offensive. Moreover, guarding the sea is everyone's responsibility; I don't have the confidence that one person can bear such a big situation.

Furthermore, the upcoming Nine Major Factions competition—although the situation of holding the competition seems very minor now—if the competition takes place, we must win it.

Currently, this is the plan; concrete implementation will depend on future circumstances. As the saying goes, "Human plans are not as good as uncertainty; after that, other situations may still arise."

So we just need to solidly take each step now, striving toward our original goal.

After hearing Qin Ge's words, the shipgirls nodded. Indeed, the situation has become bewildering; it's hard to say what will happen later, so taking steady steps one by one is best.

"But speaking of which, Donghuang really made a splash this time among the other major factions." Guanghui smiled, "They actually developed the missiles you previously mentioned, Commander."

When missiles were mentioned, Qin Ge instantly became energized; he smiled and nodded, "Yeah, I didn't expect that either. At that time I was standing on the bow watching the Purifiers gradually approach, thinking I was about to die on the spot."

As it turned out, four missiles flew over my head, precisely striking the Purifiers. That scene was truly shocking, even though I have seen many missile launches in that world.

"Then Commander, do you have any materials regarding Donghuang's missiles?" Bisimai asked.

"Materials?" Qin Ge looked dubiously at Bisimai, "You mean whether such missiles have prototypes in my world?"

"Yes." Bisimai nodded.

"This definitely has a prototype." Qin Ge nodded, saying, "In another world's Donghuang, which is my country, there indeed is a missile called Upper Stream No. 1."

It is a copy of the Northern Union's P-15 ship-to-ship missile, and also the earliest ship-to-ship missile to enter service in my country.

And the Upper Stream No. 1 is 6.55 meters long, diameter 0.76 meters, wingspan 2.4 meters, weight 2095 kilograms, of which 513 kg is the heat warhead. Speed 0.8 Mach, flight altitude 100–300 meters, using inertial guidance plus active radar guidance, effective range 42 kilometers.

Mainly equipped on the Four Great Vajras, that is Anshan and her sisters. Later, there was also an improved version of the Upper Stream No. 1, named Upper Stream No. 1 Jia, which is an armor-piercing ship-to-ship missile.

But I don't know if this data still holds in this world, after all you know that ship equipment is mainly controlled by the shipgirls, and since Anshan and Changchun have awakened into missile destroyers, they certainly have related abilities that can enhance missile performance.

The shipgirls nodded, and then Bisimai sighed, saying, "Indeed, battleships will gradually decline; with such powerful ship-to-ship missiles, having such long range and radar guidance, they can completely be used as capital ships."

"Not bad." Qin Ge nodded, saying, "So when I came to this world, the sea's hegemony was composed of aircraft carriers plus destroyers and submarines."

"And submarines? So in the future, will submarines be very formidable?" U96 looked at Qin Ge and asked.

Qin Ge nodded and smiled, "Yes, in my world, submarines are divided into conventional submarines and nuclear submarines."

Conventional submarines carrying heavy torpedoes can easily use a single torpedo to directly break a ship's waist and destroy it, and can also be equipped with sea-based anti-ship missiles.

Moreover, they are quieter, have longer submerged endurance; if not for a country with highly developed sonar, it is very difficult to detect enemy submarines' tracks.

As for nuclear submarines, only a few major powers in the world have them: namely, after its dissolution, the Northern Union, White Eagle, Royal, Iris Holy See, and Donghuang; and what they equip are intercontinental missiles carrying nuclear warheads.

They appear and disappear mysteriously in the oceans; no one knows their exact whereabouts, because their location is the highest state secret of that country.

They can easily destroy a medium or small country, and can inflict lethal damage on a major power, so they are the final trump card in the hands of those aforementioned countries.

Together with land-based intercontinental nuclear missiles and the intercontinental nuclear missiles carried by strategic bombers, they form the triad of nuclear strike capability.

"What about the Sardinian Empire and Iron Blood? Commander, why didn't you mention them?" Weineituo asked Qin Ge.

Qin Ge startled, then coughed, "Um, didn't I tell you before? Most of you are warships from my world's Second World War."

Thus, in any war there must be a losing side; and in the Second World War, as Axis powers existed Iron Blood, Sardinian Empire, and Sakura Empire all lost.

And as defeated nations, they are not allowed to develop strategic weapons exceeding conventional armaments.

"Did they lose?" Bisimai and Weineituo and a few others exchanged glances.

Qin Ge shook his head, "But you don't need to take it to heart, because these situations only happened in my world; perhaps in other worlds, things like the Second World War didn't happen."

Instead, it's like in this world, where all factions unite to resist external enemies and jointly create humanity's future.

"Thanks for your concern, Commander, but we aren't that fragile yet." Weineituo smiled slightly.

"Not bad, people differ from each other, let alone worlds differ. Moreover, I firmly believe we are now in a righteous war, so we will surely win." Bisimai said.

"I also believe that." Qin Ge nodded, smiling at his shipgirls.