254: Promotion to Major General - Super Weapon and Kirov Airship

With the complete liberation of Hongdu City, the over 800,000 rescued survivors began to be orderly transferred to various newly built bases. The total population under Jiang Xin's rule instantly broke through the four million mark!

At the same time, after reorganization and expansion, the total number of combat troops in the Red Alert Legion also exceeded 100,000, becoming a significant and powerful force within Hua Country. The National Government also officially released an announcement that during the upcoming military parade, Jiang Xin would be awarded the rank of Major General (commission pending).

Just at this moment of frequent good news and high spirits, a long-awaited, cold, yet incredibly anticipated system notification sound boomed deep within Jiang Xin's mind:

[Ding! Detected that the host's population and military strength have both met the standards.]

[Major General Promotion Mission—Exceeded!]

[Given that the host exceeded the requirements, the base mission rewards have been upgraded! The following units are now open:]

Immediately after, a massive and dizzying stream of information flooded into Jiang Xin's consciousness. It was a brand-new construction list, dazzling with the light of future technology! Every name represented a new and more powerful branch on the Red Alert technology tree!

Jiang Xin sat in the large chair of the headquarters, his fingers trembling slightly with excitement. For a moment, he was so dazzled that he didn't know which intoxicating icon to click on first.

"Too many... there are just too many... which one should I look at first?" He took a few deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down. "Better... look at the superweapons first!"

His consciousness focused on the two icons at the top of the list that exuded an aura of danger and power.

[Nuclear Silo] - Construction Price: 100,000 Gold/unit—

· Introduction: The ultimate symbol of nuclear civilization's power, a strategic-level weapon optimized and safety-enhanced by the red alert system.

· Each silo can automatically generate and stockpile a "nuclear yield quota" equivalent to 4 million tons of TNT every week. This quota can be freely allocated to manufacture one or more nuclear warheads of different yields (for example, manufacturing 10 tactical nuclear warheads of 400,000 tons yield, or 1 strategic nuclear warhead of 4 million tons yield).

· Yield Stacking: The weekly yield quota from multiple silos can be centrally utilized across silos. For example, with 10 silos, a single super-nuclear bomb with a yield as high as 40 million tons can be launched from any one of them within a week, or the yield can be dispersed across silos to launch multiple nuclear bombs.

· Warhead Adaptation: The generated nuclear warheads can be adapted for the silo's own large vertical launch system, loaded onto v3 rocket launcher vehicle, or equipped as tactical nuclear missiles or drop-type aerial nuclear bombs on Vindicator Strategic Bombers, providing unprecedented tactical/strategic nuclear strike flexibility.

· Maintenance and Safety: Built-in multiple physical and energy barriers ensure absolute safety. Equipped with self-destruct devices and anti-cracking systems.

"Holy crap! Awesome!" The usually steady Jiang Xin couldn't help but swear, grinning so wide he was almost about to laugh out loud. Humanity's ultimate weapon of destruction actually seemed so "affordably priced" and powerful in the system! This was currently the highest level of strategic deterrence for mankind!

[Iron Curtain Device] - Construction Price: 50,000 Gold/unit—

· Introduction: An absolute defense system that can be called BUG-level. Its principle is to generate a localized invisible defensive force field.

· Defense Range: A single device can generate a spherical "Iron Curtain" force field with a maximum radius of 5 kilometers, completely covering a small to medium-sized base or key area.

· Range and Intensity Stacking: Multiple Iron Curtain Devices can work in coordination to linearly stack the defense radius (e.g., 2 devices covering a 10km radius) or exponentially increase the single-point defense intensity and duration.

· Energy Consumption and Duration: Consumes a massive amount of energy upon activation; the duration depends directly on the power and reserves of the connected energy source.

· Unit Application: The force field can be flexibly applied to specific buildings, areas, or even moving large units such as aircraft carriers and kirov airships. Units protected by the Iron Curtain will be in an "invincible" state for a short period.

"Sss—!"

Jiang Xin sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes flashing with sharp light. This was equivalent to putting a temporary invincibility shield on key targets! It could protect the Command Center against decapitation strikes; its tactical value was immeasurable!

After calming his heart, which was racing because of the two superweapons, Jiang Xin's gaze turned toward that aerial behemoth, the most expensive and most fascinating of all.

[kirov airship (Interstellar Version)] - Construction Price: 500,000 Gold/ship (Requires prerequisite building: Aerospace City/Aviation R&D Center - 200,000 Gold)

· Introduction: One of the true pinnacle creations of Red Alert technology, it is an entry-level spaceship that can venture into the sea of stars. It is not an airship in the traditional sense, but a multi-functional interstellar ship integrated with countless black technologies for low-Earth orbit and short-distance travel within a star system.

· Core Parameters:

· Dimensions: Length 480m, Width 220m, Height 120m.

· Crew: Standard crew of 500 (320 combat personnel, 150 logistics support, 30 command and scientific research). The living quarters are well-equipped with leisure areas to support long-term missions.

· Core Power Units:

1. Nuclear Fusion Reactor: The main power source, providing nearly infinite and surging energy.

2. Light-energy Capture External Deck: The hull surface can extend light-energy absorption panels covered with special materials, which can efficiently absorb and convert stellar light energy for storage.

3. Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Device: A single full load can store enough energy to run the kirov airship for half a year, ensuring deep-space navigation.

· Propulsion System:

1. Anti-gravity Thrusters: Allow the kirov airship to hover, maneuver at subsonic speeds, and perform vertical takeoffs and landings within a planetary atmosphere.

2. Particle Propulsion Array: The primary propulsion method used outside the atmosphere and in interstellar space, obtaining continuous acceleration by ejecting high-speed particle streams.

· Range:

· Within Planetary Atmosphere: Theoretically infinite endurance (via anti-gravity devices and light-energy replenishment).

· Short-distance Interstellar Travel within a Star System: Maximum designed single-trip range of 1.2 light-years, sufficient to explore the Solar System.

· Aviation Support: Equipped with dedicated berths and maintenance channels, it can provide parking, resupply, repair, ammunition reloading, and energy charging services for 10 apollo aerospace fighter, serving as a mobile home port and frontline base for space fighters.

· Weapon Systems:

1. High-energy Laser Matrix Cannon (Main Cannon): Located at the bow. An array composed of hundreds of independent laser emitters that can focus to fire a terrifying beam sufficient to instantly vaporize large meteors, or disperse into multiple laser beams to cover a wide area for intercepting barrages or clearing ground targets. It has excellent penetration effects against energy shields and biological hard shells (such as high-tier Corpse King defenses).

2. High-speed Proton Jet Cannon (Secondary Cannon): Distributed on both sides of the hull. It fires proton clusters accelerated to near-light speed, damaging targets through their staggering kinetic energy and the secondary radiation effects triggered after penetration; its destructive power against heavy armor and deep fortifications is amazing.

3. Close-in Defense Laser Array and Electromagnetic Railgun Array, used to intercept missiles, fighters, and other close-range threats.

· Construction Prerequisite - Aerospace City:

· Cost: 200,000 Gold.

· Area: Requires a dedicated construction area of 100 square kilometers.

· Function: A highly automated and integrated aerospace vehicle comprehensive R&D and manufacturing center. The interior contains a complete industrial chain from special alloy smelting, composite material production, fusion engine assembly, and precision instrument manufacturing to AI system integration. It is equipped with over 20,000 Engineer, scientific researchers, senior technicians, workers, and security personnel (provided for free by the system), possessing the full capability to independently research, design, produce, and maintain kirov airships and future more advanced spacecraft.

(I've been brainstorming for a long time, so today's post is a bit late. I'm out of drafts, and there's been a lot of work at my unit lately. Everyone, come follow along tonight.)