Since it is a combat spacecraft of a higher level than the Mercury-class spacecraft, its combat capability must also be a level higher than the Mercury-class spacecraft. It needs to have stronger defense, more powerful firepower and mobility, a more sensitive radar system, longer endurance, and so on. Every aspect must have huge improvements. If this cannot be achieved, there is no point in simply building a larger spacecraft. If such a spacecraft were to go to the battlefield, it would be a sitting duck. Not only would it be useless, it would also be a burden to the overall situation. Spacecraft, especially combat spacecraft, are extremely complex and involve extremely diverse types of technology. They are related to almost every discipline in the entire scientific system and none of them can be missing. Thanks to his dedicated research in the past few years, Li Qingsong has made great progress in his research in every subject. In terms of materials science, the clones improved the performance of materials bit by bit, whether it was connecting parts or fireproof materials, buffer materials or heat-resistant materials, or radiation-resistant materials, armor materials, corrosion-resistant materials, and so on. After countless improvements and accumulation bit by bit, they completed the accumulation in materials science. In terms of weapons, the clones studied one firearm structure after another, studied how to make bullets that were more suitable for the space environment, and studied more advanced radars. It was also the accumulation of countless bits and pieces that finally advanced the technology to the current stage. There is also research on fuel, spacecraft structure, electricity, life support systems, etc., countless subsystems, plus the previous successful development of new high-efficiency engines, and the supplies that are now flowing in from the enemy planet. Li Qingsong finally made this decision. The development of the Venus-class spacecraft will involve a general mobilization of all of Li Qingsong's factories, bases, and disciplines.
For this huge project, Li Qingsong first selected about 10,000 clones to be used specifically for engineering pre-research, to take an overview of all the technologies at the current stage, to build the framework of the spacecraft, and to study what technologies were still missing and what improvements needed to be made in order to manufacture a Venus-class spacecraft at the current stage. This work was completed at a very fast speed. Finally, Li Qingsong came to a conclusion. In order to truly manufacture the Venus-class spacecraft in his mind, he still needs to carry out about 9 major categories and 377 minor categories, involving about 16,000 specific technical research items. These projects range from small issues like how to resolve interference between power supply lines to improve stability to big issues like how to manufacture new high-speed deep space radars. Once the goal is clear, there is nothing more to say. With the help of Jade Emperor AI, Li Qingsong's production efficiency has reached an unprecedented level. As a result, a large number of clones were temporarily "idle", and Li Qingsong put them all into scientific research. Adding the clones that were originally responsible for researching the Venus-class battleships, the total number of clones Li Qingsong invested in this project exceeded 1 million! Almost one-fifth of all consciousness connections are devoted to this task. And, if one million top military experts who have knowledge in all disciplines, can work 24 hours a day without sleep (they have backup clones to take over when they sleep and rest), have no internal friction and no communication barriers, and carry out research at the same time, what a terrifying research capability can be unleashed? Li Qingsong had never carried out such a large-scale scientific research project before, but he had a rough estimate. Li Qingsong felt that the research efficiency of one clone was at least equivalent to that of 10 human scientists. One million clones was equivalent to 10 million people. To train these 10 million scientists, a country with a population of at least one billion is needed, and this is also based on the premise of cutting down other expenditures and making every effort to provide them. Roughly speaking, the research efficiency of these 1 million clones is roughly equivalent to the level of a country with a population of more than one billion going all out to conduct corresponding research! At this moment, the research capabilities of an entire huge country are all concentrated in this one project. At the Armor Research Institute, armors of different materials, structures, densities, and types were brought in one after another. Machine guns and cannons roared all day long, attacking them with all their might. The Gun Research Institute has a large-scale research on machine guns suitable for space environments. Thousands of machine guns with different designs are tested here, and tens of millions of special bullets are consumed every day. Firearms suitable for space environments must first have a high rate of fire, because the space environment is too vast and the bullets take a long time to fly, so it is impossible to accurately hit with just a few bullets. The only solution is to increase the rate of fire, fire a large number of bullets in a short period of time, and rely on quantity to increase the range. In addition to the rate of fire, there is the muzzle velocity.
The muzzle velocity must also be high. The reason is simple: high velocity means high kinetic energy and high lethality. Without mastering the electromagnetic gun technology, Li Qingsong could only achieve these two goals by optimizing the gun structure, improving heat resistance, and improving gunpowder performance. In the radar laboratory, Li Qingsong tested one material after another, trying to find a formula that could improve radar performance; In the propulsion laboratory, an improved version of the high-efficiency engine is being tested, with flames spraying all day long. In the spacecraft structure laboratory, the clones built spacecraft frames one after another, testing their stability in various extreme environments and looking for structural defects; … With the full efforts of a total of 1 million clones and about 5,000 laboratories operating day and night, Li Qingsong spent a full two years and finally mastered all 16,000 specific technologies in the project list! The Venus-class battleship has finally entered the actual manufacturing stage. Because the assembly line has not yet been built, the various parts needed for this Venus-class battleship can only be manufactured in a customized way. Finally, all the parts were assembled in the final assembly plant. With the help of various precision mechanical equipment, a huge spherical spacecraft with a radius of 10 meters and a total height of 20 meters, which is equivalent to a 7-story building on Earth, a total mass of 800 tons when fully loaded, and seven times that of a Mercury-class spacecraft, finally appeared in front of Li Qingsong. ignition! Following Li Qingsong's command, the four high-efficiency thrusters below simultaneously ejected bright white flames, pushing the huge sphere into the sky in an instant, and disappeared the next moment.