Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

[Self-test complete. Flagship basic data is as follows]

[Ship length: 135 meters]

[Ship width: 32.5 meters]

[Draft: 4.68 meters]

Displacement: 2200 tons (standard) / 2850 tons (full load)

Speed: 47.8 knots

[Range: 2300 nautical miles/30 knots]

Since the weapons and equipment have not changed much, there is not much information on the panel.

Subsequently, Luo Lin used the flagship's built-in communication system to contact Guo Zhiwei.

"Engineer Guo, when will the maintenance work on the Pioneer-class high-speed transport ship be completed?"

Guo Zhiwei, after receiving the Lorraine Communications report, checked the work that had been completed and, after some estimation, gave his answer.

"The maintenance work on the Pioneer-class high-speed transport ship is expected to be completed in 4 hours."

"learn."

After obtaining the approximate time, Lorraine hung up the communication and instructed Cleveland to begin filling the dock with water.

After a 20-minute wait, the dock was opened and the gates were opened, and the flagship slowly slid into the water with the help of machinery.

Upon reaching the water, Lorraine sounded the ship's horn and then reversed the ship away from the dock area.

After setting some distance from the dock, Lorraine began a brief sea trial on the nearby waters.

"Cleveland, heading southwest, economic speed."

[Received. Heading southwest, speed 37 knots.]

Under Cleveland's control, the flagship adjusted its course, broke through the waves, and headed towards the sea near the estuary.

More than 10 minutes later, the flagship arrived at the battlefield where it had previously fought the overlord.

"Cleveland, deploy the submersible and begin testing the sonar system."

At this time, the flagship's hull was equipped with two storage systems: one was a fishing sonar called a fish finder, and the other was a conventional military sonar.

[Received. Submarine deployed. Sonar system expected to activate in three minutes.]

After entering the water, the unmanned underwater vehicle headed in the opposite direction from the flagship.

Three minutes later, Cleveland activated its sonar system on schedule, but this test was of the standard military sonar mounted on the flagship.

"((((Na))))"

Low-frequency sound waves are emitted from the sonar, travel through the seawater, and bounce back after encountering obstacles.

The location of the unmanned underwater vehicle was then marked on the nautical chart.

"Cleveland, switch sonar to passive search mode."

[The sonar has switched to passive search mode and begun monitoring the surrounding environment.]

Lorraine took control of the unmanned underwater vehicle and began to move randomly at different speeds and depths.

After several probes, Lorraine had a clear understanding of the data from the conventional sonar, and then he issued a new instruction.

"Recover the unmanned underwater vehicle, launch the drone, and after recovering the unmanned underwater vehicle, turn on the radar."

[Received. Drone is being launched. Unmanned underwater vehicle is expected to be retrieved in 5 minutes.]

Lorraine handed over control of the unmanned underwater vehicle to Cleveland, and then the flagship and the underwater vehicle headed towards each other.

The unmanned underwater vehicle has been recovered, and the air search radar has been activated.

"drop"

Then, a green dot appeared on the screen of the control panel, and the size, direction of travel, speed and other data of the drone were displayed at the bottom of the screen.

[Suspicious target detected. Fire control radar activated.]

"drop--"

[Target locked, 5 kilometers from our position, within range of laser interceptor weapon, optical lock complete.]

At this moment, the laser interception weapon on top of the flagship was already pointed at the drone in the sky, and the optical observation equipment had also firmly locked onto the drone's position.

"The drone began high-speed maneuvering to test the tracking capabilities of the laser interceptor weapon."

Following Lorraine's order, the drones performed various maneuvers in the air in an attempt to break free from the laser weapon's lock.

During this one-minute test, no matter what maneuvers the drone made, it was unable to escape the laser weapon's lock.

"All drones take off and approach the flagship from the right, establishing a simulated attack path."

[Received. All drones are taking off and are expected to enter the simulated attack starting point in fifteen minutes.]

Fifteen minutes later, eight drones of various models gathered 10 kilometers to the right of the flagship.

The drone has reached the attack initiation point and is now advancing towards the flagship along the attack path.

"Air search radar activated, fire control radar ready, laser weapons ready to conduct simulated attack."

Soon, eight drones entered the range of the laser weapon at the same time.

The air surveillance radar has detected the target; the fire control radar is activated and is currently acquiring the target.

The holographic sand table clearly shows that in less than half a minute, all the drones were locked onto by the fire control radar and began evasive maneuvers in the air.

[Target locked, strike commences.]

In less than a minute, all the drones were marked as destroyed on the holographic sandbox.

"Test complete, all drones return to base."

After these simple tests, Lorraine had a clear understanding of the flagship's current combat capabilities.

"Now I'm completely unafraid of flying things."

After hearing Lorraine's sigh, Ouyang Nian asked a question out of curiosity.

"Do you think these two laser weapons on the flagship can effectively damage ground targets within their range?"

Upon hearing her question, Lorraine and Platinum were taken aback, since in their understanding, anti-aircraft machine guns or anti-aircraft artillery were usually used to carry out ground attack missions.

"Anti-aircraft laser weapons probably aren't powerful enough to destroy ground targets."

Platinum was also a little confused, but after thinking for a moment, Lorraine replied.

"Anti-aircraft laser weapons may indeed be unable to effectively kill ground armored targets, but they are most likely facing various zombies, so as long as they can aim and burn through the brain, it will be fine."

"How accurate is the Cleveland laser weapon? Can it perform the aforementioned operations?"

[Based on the output power of this type of laser weapon, the aforementioned objectives can be easily achieved, and the laser weapon can accurately lock onto a target the size of a coin within a 4-kilometer range.]

[However, due to the small size of the zombies, fire control radar cannot lock onto them, so the optical detection equipment of laser weapons must be used for aiming, resulting in low efficiency in killing zombies.]

After confirming the advantages and disadvantages of laser weapons, Lorraine had a general idea of ​​the scope of their use.

"Its main application is to protect high-value targets and efficiently eliminate threats near the target."

"That will make our search for supplies on land much safer!"

After all, the flagship's carrying capacity is limited, so most of the time they still go to land to obtain various resources.

"This test mission has been successfully completed. Return to base!"

Cleveland steered the flagship around and headed toward the shipyard.