Chapter 832: Guardian-class destroyer

A small accident did not affect the strategy of the Daxia Empire.

It’s just that the security measures have been tightened and some loopholes have been closed.

In fact, the situation is better than expected. The Blue Star Federation may have never encountered such a situation, so its alertness is very low.

After repeated trials and investigations by the government, they basically determined that there was no problem with Maple Leaf Mining.

After all, from a normal perspective, if an alien civilization discovers the interstellar passage to the Pegasus galaxy, a war will definitely break out.

Instead of supporting agents to do business and engage in peaceful evolution.

As long as it controls the interstellar channels within the federation, the central government will naturally not be afraid of accidents.

To put it bluntly, even if it is attacked, it will cut off a galaxy at most, and the overall impact will not be that big.

And judging from the performance of Maple Leaf Mining, they are actively integrating into the Blue Star Federation just like the newly emerging capital groups in the past.

Doing business, technology exchange, and even other commercial and political activities all behaved very normally.

In just one or two years, it has become no different from ordinary capital.

In other words, Maple Leaf Mining has become a part of the federal high-level, how can anyone oppose it?

Tianma Group wanted to fight back at first, but as Maple Leaf Mining's apparent shipbuilding capabilities improved, they could only maintain the current balance.

After struggling a few times with no results, I could only accept the reality.

The new round of federal cabinet change has ended, and Vice Minister He joined the cabinet formation as he wished.

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Today, a special battleship is about to roll off the assembly line.

Guardian class destroyer!

This is the latest destroyer, aiming at the... entry-level version of the Blue Star Federation's new generation of battleships.

In terms of technical indicators, it is just above the threshold of the replacement of old and new, and is certainly not advanced.

In the past two years, various warships developed individually or jointly by major capitals have begun to be built and rolled off the assembly line on an experimental basis.

It is much stronger than the Guardian class and has an advantage in cost performance.

But for the Daxia Empire, its existence was very meaningful.

Because this is the first purely technological warship created through technology exchange, transfer and stitching.

It took almost all the research and development power of the Daxia Empire to complete the battleship design, production line design and manufacturing, and raw material manufacturing and production, and finally rolled off the production line.

Many of the raw materials are alloys produced by the Daxia Empire itself, otherwise it would be difficult to meet the standards of the new generation of warships.

The transferred technology is often retained by others, and truly top-notch technology is difficult to transfer.

Maple Leaf Mining and even the Daxia Empire have almost no background in this area, so it is not easy to build a seam monster battleship.

Unlike other self-use warships, this purely technological destroyer is for sale to Maple Leaf Mining for daily use.

The reason why destroyers were chosen was also due to short-term trade-offs due to limitations in research and development capabilities.

In the case of frigates, their uses will be limited.

For cruisers, it is difficult to produce qualified supplies in a short time.

Destroyers are in the intermediate transitional stage, able to adapt to most usage needs, and the technical difficulty is not so great that they are hopeless.

Finally, this new generation of destroyer, which has been given much hope, rolled off the assembly line.

All high-level officials from Maple Leaf Mining and the Great Xia Empire in the Pegasus Galaxy participated in this offline ceremony, including representatives from the Pegasus Galaxy government, the federal government, and various capital consortiums.

As for reporters and even official media, many came.

Chairman Lin stood in front of the camera with high spirits and introduced the specific parameters of the Guardian-class destroyer to everyone.

"...The Guardian class is a new generation destroyer independently developed, designed and produced by Maple Leaf Mining. It can not only be provided for safe use by the group, but also sold externally. It has currently obtained legal authorization from the federal government..."

This much-anticipated stage is indeed enjoyable.

By the time he finished speaking, everyone in the audience had raised their hands.

The press spokesperson selected several cooperative media to ask hello, me, hello, everyone.

But when the right to ask questions was handed over to other non-cooperating media, the style immediately changed.

"Director Lin, according to the data you released, the performance of the Guardian-class destroyer is not superior, and it is almost at the bottom among the new generation of main destroyers. What do you think?"

Chairman Lin's face remained unchanged: "The Guardian class is the first warship independently developed by Maple Leaf Mining. It is naturally deficient in performance, but we have reserved room for upgrades."

"But its performance lags behind."

"We are selling it to foreign countries. It is the first new-generation destroyer sold by the Federation to foreign countries."

"The Guardian class has no advantage over other destroyers."

"No, the previous generation destroyer has obvious advantages over it. Based on past experience, it takes more than ten or twenty years to replace a battleship from the beginning to the end. The Guardian class will definitely be stronger by then."

"But that's inconsistent with Maple Leaf's status."

"It's cheap."

The old chairman is obviously an expert at dealing with the media, and he rambles without anyone finding a clue.

And it is true that the Guardian class has many shortcomings, but it also has many advantages.

First, it is cheap.

Yes, the low cost performance is based on the standards of the Blue Star Federation.

In fact, the price level of the Daxia Empire is even lower, and warships that use a large number of original Daxia parts are cheaper to build.

Moreover, shipbuilding is not a commercial activity for Daxia, but a government activity.

A series of goals include boosting research capabilities, maintaining the scale of warship production, and cultivating industrial workers.

Big losses are not losses, small losses are profits, and no losses are big profits.

Maple Leaf Mining can keep low profits, which is enough.

Second, it is sold to the outside.

After quickly obtaining the formal sales and operation rights, Maple Leaf Mining is sold to the outside.

For a large number of small and medium-sized capitals, they are not capable of designing or even producing warships.

So buying becomes the only option.

But sometimes money cannot be spent, and the new generation of warships will not be sold to the outside in the early stage.

In order to maintain the competitiveness of the capital group, it is normal to sell after iterating one or two versions.

Therefore, Maple Leaf Mining seizes time, on the one hand, sells quickly, and on the other hand, reduces after-sales maintenance costs and cultivates customers.

Third, the current opponents of the Guardian-class destroyer are really ordinary old-fashioned warships, with sufficient performance and large upgrade space, which are very practical.

Most of its customers require self-protection, rather than military expansion and hegemony.

So in summary, the Guardian-class destroyer has a market.