RNP Chapter 110 Flagship Upgrade Completed
Chapter 110 Flagship Upgrade Completed
Undeterred, Lorraine circled around and found that all the workers shared the same attitude. He then pulled Ouyang Nian away from the engine room to discuss how to help the workers replenish their energy.
"No matter the reason, you can't get them to leave their posts at this time unless the workers who ate lunch in the morning come down to take their shifts."
Before Lorraine could speak, Ouyang Nian shook his head and said while munching on the energy bar in his hand.
Lorraine racked her brains and came up with a solution that was hardly a solution.
"Could you temporarily cover for one of the workers and finish his job?"
Upon hearing his words, Ouyang Nian swallowed the food in his mouth, looked up, and said in shock.
"You want to forcibly remove a worker from his post while he's working?"
Lorraine gave an awkward laugh.
"I advise you to give up on that idea. Just wait patiently for the workers to take turns. If you really want to do that, you'll probably get a severe scolding from the experienced workers."
"Alright then, here you go. Please keep an eye on the workers' health. I'll go get some water later."
"Okay, you can go back now."
Ouyang Nian waved his hand, sending Luo Lin back.
After returning to the living quarters, Lorraine took a case of well-packaged drinking water from the storeroom and delivered it to the engine room.
After the workers finished lunch, Lorraine arranged a private cabin for each of them.
After watching them begin their shifts, Lorraine went up to the cruise ship's bridge to begin preparations for the return voyage.
In the wheelhouse, after communicating with Cleveland, he took control of the behemoth and began to retrieve the anchor.
"Splash!"
After retrieving 20 meters of anchor chain, Lorraine left the bridge and went to the bow to inspect the underwater portion of the anchor chain.
After reaching the bow, Lorraine gripped the railing with both hands, leaned out, and looked down at the deck below.
As Lorraine had predicted, the underwater portion of the anchor chain was now rusty and on the verge of breaking.
After understanding the situation, Lorraine returned to the living quarters, where he planned to discuss with Platinum and Ouyang Nian which ship they would spend their return journey on.
"Ouyang Nian, come to the restaurant to discuss something."
Lorraine sent a text message to Ouyang Nian.
A few minutes later, Ouyang Nian, covered in sweat, returned to the restaurant.
"The workers have already completed one shift, what else is there?"
"The tanker's maximum speed is currently only 15 knots. To maintain stability, the speed should be kept at 12 knots. We expect to spend 18 hours at sea."
"I'd like to ask you, on which ship did we spend these 18 hours?"
After saying that, Lorraine turned her gaze to Ouyang Nian.
"Do you need to be stationed in the engine room for extended periods of time?"
Ouyang Nian shook his head and replied.
"No need for that later. I've seen their shift schedule, and there are no problems with the timing."
"There is no need to leave armed forces on the tanker. According to the workers' daily routine, they will basically not appear on the deck."
"Then I'll go to the engine room and talk to the engineers, and then we'll return to the flagship."
Ouyang Nian ran back to the engine room and informed the workers of the situation, after which they returned to the flagship.
After returning to the flagship, Lorraine used a drone to remove the anchor hook and retrieve the two ropes.
To ensure the safety of the tanker during its return voyage, the flagship maintained a speed of 12 knots and returned to the shipyard together with the tanker.
When the tanker came to rest at the shipyard dock, it was already 7 p.m. After the workers’ efforts, an hour later, the tanker was successfully connected to the oil pipeline and began pumping fuel into the shipyard’s oil depot.
Lorraine briefly inquired about the maintenance status of the Blade-class littoral combat ship and learned that all maintenance work would be completed in 16 hours.
"Thank you for your hard work these past two days."
Lorraine patted Guo Zhiwei on the shoulder.
"Hey, what's so hard about this? It's just doing my job."
"Once the maintenance work on the Vanguard-class transport ships is completed, you should be able to rest for a while."
Seeing Guo Zhiwei's excitement, Luo Lin added a sentence.
"However, during that period, you should be divided into several groups and go to assist agricultural production in batches."
After saying that, Lorraine waved his hand, stopping Guo Zhiwei from saying what he was about to say, and returned to the flagship to prepare for a good rest.
As night fell, the oil tanker stopped its oil transport operations, and Lorraine slept soundly until dawn.
As the sun rose and a new day began, the oil tanker resumed its oil transport operations, while Lorraine, after the Blade-class littoral combat ship completed its maintenance, sailed its flagship into the dock where it was located.
After everyone left the flagship, Lorraine initiated the flagship's upgrade process.
Subsequently, the machinery in the dock began to operate without human intervention, and the familiar white light shone from the flagship.
[Integration Countdown: 72 hours]
During those 72 hours, Lorraine's life became more regular, with her getting up early every day to exercise.
After breakfast, Lorraine practiced archery with the new patrol team.
After lunch break, Lorraine, using the intelligence system, began planning the upcoming itinerary and the camp's future development.
Three days after the flagship began its upgrade, the maintenance work on the Vanguard-class high-speed transport ship, which started at the same time as the flagship upgrade, was also nearing its end.
At 11:30 a.m., Lorraine, Platinum, and the others returned to the dock to await the completion of the flagship upgrade.
At this moment, the white light on the flagship gradually dimmed, and a lot of materials that were not needed for the time being were piled up on the ground on both sides of the dock, including marine gas turbines that Lorraine and Ouyang Nian had previously obtained in the industrial area.
At noon, the white light on the ship dissipated, revealing its current form.
The upgraded flagship is the same size and looks very similar to the original Blade-class littoral combat ship, but with a low-visibility gray paint scheme.
The relatively narrow foredeck was not fitted with the designed 76mm compact rapid-fire naval gun, but rather with the flagship's 85mm tank gun.
Although Lorraine had no missiles available, the upgraded flagship still retained the 16 universal vertical launch units on the foredeck.
On the top of the ship, where a seven-barreled 30mm close-in weapon system was originally intended to be installed, a twin-mounted 30mm cannon has been replaced, with two laser interceptor weapons on the left and right sides.
The stern of the ship's aft deck remains a dedicated take-off and landing platform for various types of drones, while the two robotic arms originally equipped on the flagship have been repositioned and placed at the rear of the aft deck.
The two landing craft were concealed within the ship's hull and directly connected to the compartments below the aft deck for easy access by personnel.
When landing craft are needed, two hatches will open from the side at the rear of the flagship, and a robotic arm will be used to deploy them onto the water.
When Lorraine finished inspecting the ship on shore and came to the starboard side, a hatch opened in the middle of the hull below the aft deck. The hatch was large enough for a regular light vehicle to enter the compartment.
[Commander, flagship upgrade complete. Please board.]
After the hatch opened, Lorraine received a message from Cleveland, and then he led Platinum and the others into the flagship.
Directly connected to the cabin is the processing center, and directly above it is the fulcrum team's preparation room. On the same floor as the preparation room are the restaurant, medical room, and hydroponic farm.
One level up are six separate cabins, and above the cabins is the flagship's cockpit.
Lorraine and the others continued upwards until they reached the flagship's cockpit.
Pushing open the hatch, the first thing the group saw was a huge "table," with the cockpit just beyond that.
Lorraine strode to the control panel and pressed the activation button.
The screens on the dashboard lit up one by one, flashing lights as they entered self-check mode, and at the same time, the "big table" behind Lorraine also underwent some changes.
"Beep beep—beep"
Hearing the sharp buzzing sound, Lorraine turned around and saw a blue light emanating from the table behind her.
"Beep, the holographic sand table has been activated."
Lorraine glanced at the self-inspection progress, which had just begun, and then called everyone to stand in front of the holographic sand table to study its functions.
Holographic 3D Intelligent Interactive Digital Virtual Sand Table
[Utilizing 3D visualization technology, it is suitable for military situation simulation, military command, equipment design, and other fields.]
This sandbox is directly connected to the flagship database, allowing direct access to resources within the database.
Looking at the description above, Bai Jin and Ouyang Nian each occupied half of the holographic sand table and began to try out the various functions described above.
After four or five minutes of testing, Lorraine found that the device allowed people to understand the battlefield situation more intuitively and effectively reduced the thinking time of battlefield commanders.
After a brief experience with the holographic sandbox, Lorraine Station returned to the control panel and waited for the self-check to complete.