Chapter 1,109 The 2nd Batch of Colonists

Five kilometers underground in the Martian colony, suspected traces or relics of Martian civilization activities were discovered.

This is great news.

After reading the report of colonial captain Hong Zewei, Jiang Chen immediately called Kerwin and then issued the task of sending out the second batch of colonists in advance.

The one carrying out this transportation mission is a new 500,000-ton Seagull-class ship that was "launched" half a month ago. It uses an improved version of the Honghe X1 engine, which can complete the acceleration and deceleration stages in a shorter time and operate at a higher speed. Complete the flight within the solar system at a cruising speed.

According to the orbital data calculated by the quantum computer, the current relative position of the Earth and Mars means that it only takes 21 days to travel from Halo City to the Mars synchronous orbit.

Because the colonization plan was advanced by a full three months, the one hundred colonists who were undergoing training had to end the training course early, board the transport ship with the cargo that was about to be taken to the Mars colony, and lie down in the dormant warehouse. In addition to the colonists, there are ten orbital airborne troops equipped with state-of-the-art Gauss rifles and outer space exoskeletons.

Although Jiang Chen expressed doubts about the existence of Martians, after all, it was more than three billion years ago that humans could live on Mars. They just dug the tomb for themselves underground, and by now they have probably weathered into sand, let alone living things.

However, in order to reassure the people in the colony, Jiang Chen finally decided to send a ground force.

He knew very well what extreme things people would do when they were isolated and helpless.

At the same time as the second batch of colonists set off, twenty members of the Earth Defense Alliance also returned to the surface one after another, allowing the ghost agents to end their surveillance of the twenty members. After Jiang Chen left the office, he went to Futureman Heavy Industries shipyard.

The shipyard is currently located in the gravity-free section of the main axis of the space elevator, next to the port of Starlink City.

When Jiang Chen arrived at the shipyard, the hull of a jet-black Seagull-class transport ship more than 600 meters long was being fixed by more than a dozen mechanical arms, quietly suspended in the air, occupying almost 9% of the shipyard. Ten spaces.

Countless construction robots surround the outside of the transport ship, welding the processed parts to the transport ship. At the rear of the ship, four mechanical cantilevers are connected to a variety of tools, from files to laser welding guns. At this moment, these mechanical cantilevers are doing difficult actions to connect the Honghe X1 engine to the groove at the rear of the transport ship.

The wisdom of working people is infinite.

Although the design drawings and key technologies of the Seagull-class transport ship were given by Jiang Chen,

But the entire production process was worked out bit by bit by 10,000 scientists, technicians, and senior engineers from Future Heavy Industries using existing equipment.

This production process may not be the most perfect, but it is comparable to the world's top levels.

Jiang Chen is proud to announce to the world that Future Heavy Industries is the only company in the world that masters the manufacturing process of a 500,000-ton transport ship. Whether it is the Russian Grand Duke Oleg, the Chinese Changchun, or the American Apollo X1, they are no different from fish in the water in front of his "big seagull".

Of course, YY belongs to YY. He came this time not just to admire the majestic size of the Seagull-class transport ship, but he also had more important things to do.

Without waiting for a long time, a middle-aged man in work clothes floated towards him on his legs, skillfully grasping the handrail and standing firm by the window.

As the owner of a shipyard owned by Future Heavy Industries, he was just having a meeting with senior engineers of the shipyard. When he heard his subordinates reporting that Jiang Chen had come to the shipyard in person, he hurriedly handed over the meeting to his deputy, put on his work clothes and ran over.

Looking at Jiang Chen apologetically, Dai Zhengming explained, "I'm sorry, I was in a meeting with technicians just now. I didn't know that you, boss, would personally come to inspect the shipyard. If there is any lack of hospitality, I hope you will be kind to me - "

"There's no need to be so polite." Jiang Chen let go of the guardrail and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to take it to heart. He said with a smile, "I'm just here to take a look. I hope I don't disturb your work."

"No, no." Dai Zhengming waved his hands quickly and said with a smile, "If there is anything you don't understand, please be sure to tell me and I will answer everything you know!"

Jiang Chen smiled, turned his attention to the Seagull outside the glass window, paused for a moment, and then continued.

"In the fleet plan commanded by the Earth Defense Alliance, it is scheduled to open bidding to domestic companies in member countries in one week to build the first million-ton warship. Currently, we are the only ones in the areas of hull welding, engines, and ecological warehouses. The ability to bid. You are an expert in this area, and I would like to refer to your opinion. Do you feel confident about this million-ton battleship?"

After hearing Jiang Chen's words, a look of embarrassment appeared on Dai Zhengming's face.

"Boss, to be honest, you should have seen that our shipyard is still too small. There is simply not enough construction space. The 500,000-ton class is already the limit. If it gets bigger, we will have to extend the bow of the ship outside. ."

Jiang Chen nodded.

He had already noticed the space problem in the shipyard just now. This Seagull-class transport ship alone had occupied the entire construction space of the shipyard.

What needs to be mentioned here is that the entire Halo City is divided into a gravity-free section, a gravity section, and a low-gravity section in the middle. Since it involves the center of gravity of the entire space elevator, in addition to some light industries and planting industries, heavy industries with large resource throughput such as shipbuilding and steelmaking are all distributed in the gravity-free section, which is the main axis of the entire space elevator. Shipyards, ports, and heavy industry factories like this are all built layer by layer on the space elevator like building blocks.

There are many benefits to doing this, such as maximizing the use of space resources, reducing the time spent in the logistics and transportation of industrial raw materials, etc. However, the disadvantages are also obvious. One of them is that if there is not enough space, there is no room to move.

At present, there is a steel plant below the shipyard, and the port is directly above it. Demolition is quite troublesome. Expanding outwards is not a problem, but the lack of vertical space severely limits the scale of the shipyard's projects.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Chen looked at Dai Zhengming and said.

"Megaton warships cannot be built on a space elevator. What do you think if the entire shipyard is moved out of the space elevator and placed in a synchronous orbit alone?"

"Put it alone in a synchronous orbit?" Dai Zhengming was keenly aware of the meaning of his boss's words. His eyes lit up and he asked quickly, "You mean to build a separate space station as a shipyard outside the space elevator."

"That's right." Jiang Chen nodded, "I just don't know if it will be difficult to implement it."

If the shipyard is moved out of the space elevator and exists as a satellite city of the entire Star Ring City, then the construction space of the entire shipyard will be more than a little larger than it is now, and it can continue to expand as needed. Let alone a million tons, even a 10-million-ton interstellar giant ship has a construction foundation.

As for the current shipyard, it is enough to build small ships of less than 500,000 tons.

Dai Zhengming has considered this issue before, but after all, he is just a factory director and does not know how the space elevator operates. Another one is that he is owned by Futureman Heavy Industries, and the space elevator is under the control of Starlink Trading. His questions are reflected upwards, and it is not so easy to be heard. .

Now that the boss mentioned this, of course he applauded it with both hands.

"I will find someone to arrange this matter, and you will also study how to plan this space station."

While saying this, Jiang Chen actually recited something silently in his mind: The stakes of Star Ring Trading and Future People Group are getting bigger and bigger. It seems that the cooperation between the various departments must be stepped up. We will have to discuss it with Xia Shiyu later. See See if there is any good way.

After Dai Zhengming and other employees saw him off, Jiang Chen left the Future Heavy Industries Shipyard and was about to make a call to Xia Shiyu. However, before the call was dialed, she took the initiative to call.

"what's up?"

"Zhang Yaping just called you, but couldn't reach you, and then called the company. He said that the Japanese Foreign Minister is in Koro City now and he hopes to talk to you." (To be continued.) Enable new URL