Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 56 Harpoon Cannon
"Actually... there is also a heavy weapon on the transport ship, but..."

"What are you talking about?!" Benson raised his head very upset and was about to curse, but he was stunned to find that it was not his subordinate who spoke, but the captain of the material escort unit.

"Uh... I mean... where are the heavy weapons..." Benson's tone was slightly embarrassed. These people who escorted the troops were still not willing to offend them. No consortium would be stupid. against the mighty military.

"In this batch of supplies we escorted, there is a harpoon-type heavy artillery. This is a special equipment that Pioneer applied to Ark a month ago, and it is specially used to deal with some powerful sea beasts..."

"And this thing?" The materials in the cargo hold are all sealed in metal boxes, and Banson is not interested in going through the list of materials, so he didn't know there was such a thing on the transport ship at all. He thought that The things sent to the pioneers this time are some regular supplies.

"It's just... the recoil of this harpoon gun is very strong, and it must be fixed on a ship or a battleship before it can be fired, but there is no place to install the base on this transport ship." The captain of the escort appeared embarrassed.

"Can the weapon be dropped on the Pioneer?" asked the huntress named Sharon.

"I'm afraid not." The escort captain shook his head and pointed to the observation window under his feet, "Let's not say that we have no way to get close to the Pioneer, look at the situation on the deck, those people can't even protect themselves, it's impossible to be there. In this case complete the assembly of the weapon."

"In other words, this weapon is actually not helpful to the current situation at all, right." Benson sullenly looked at the battle below.

"...But this should be the only weapon that can threaten those creatures." The escort captain was silent for more than ten seconds before he choked out such a sentence.

"What's the difference between a gun that can't shoot and an iron rod?" Benson waved his hand, "Let the transport ship go directly to the satellite launch mission, and then return home. As for the people on the Pioneer... Hmph, can Stupid enough to send a signal for help to an unarmed transport ship, and it's not wrong to die."

With that said, he took off the walkie-talkie hanging on the bulkhead, intending to let the transport ship leave.

At this time, Ke Lan finally couldn't help but say, "Wait!"

"Huh?" Benson turned his head, "What qualifications do you have to point fingers at me? You have to know that my decision is responsible for the lives of everyone on the transport ship, including you guys, is it possible, you want Are we going to bury the Pioneer?"

"If they want to be heroes, just let them jump from here, it's none of our business." Sharon, who stood behind Benson, said, which immediately caused a burst of laughter from the hunters of the Aurora Consortium.

"Yeah, jump down, fall from the sky, how majestic!"

"Maybe those monsters ate you and just filled your stomach, and then left? If you are lucky, you might even get a posthumous medal hahaha!"

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Ke Lan ignored the sarcasm and ridicule, and instead looked at the escort captain and asked, "The harpoon cannon can be fired directly, right?"

"The launching mechanism and gun barrel are pre-installed on the ark. As long as the shell can be loaded, it can be fired theoretically, but the problem is that this is not the kind of individual weapon that can be carried on the shoulder. The stand and the base, you can't even aim." The escort captain sighed, "I think it's better to give up."

"As long as the pedestal problem can be solved, it can be used, right?" Ke Lan asked again.

"Are you planning to make a simple base? It's not as easy as you think. The harpoon cannon is different from conventional artillery. Its shell is actually a giant harpoon equipped with rocket thrusters. The steel cable is connected to the base. After hitting the target, the icebreaker's own power is used to drag the target out of the sea... You can also see that the power of those deep-sea giant eels can even shake the icebreaker. How can the temporarily assembled bracket withstand that? What kind of shock?"

"Maybe you can try." Ke Lan turned around and said to Trorigato and Layton, "Can I do what I told you just now?"

"If it's just the tasks assigned to me, that's fine." Layton patted his chest.

"I can try." Zorigtu also nodded.

"What are you going to do?" The escort captain looked at Ke Lan and the others in confusion. "As I said, the base needs to withstand a lot of pulling force. Even if it is transforming people, it is impossible to resist that force."

"Let's take the weapons from the cargo hold first. For the specific implementation plan, I have to see the real thing before making a conclusion." Ke Lan said.

"Are you kidding me?" The escort captain looked a little angry. "I have to state in advance that if the equipment is damaged due to your reasons, you will need to compensate in full!"

"Um... how much is that thing worth?"

"680 credit points!"

"It's really expensive... But I also want to ask, if the weapon is damaged, but we succeed in saving the pioneers, what does it count?"

"Are you dreaming? Just the few of you? Giving you ten harpoon cannons may not be able to kill those monsters. I think it's better to save it." Benson sneered aside.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Ke Lan asked back.

"Do you know what this kind of behavior of yours is called? It's called being overwhelmed—I really don't know how you can survive to this day?" Benson's eyes were full of disdain, "Besides, just a few of you can get 680 million come?"

"Of course, look, how much is this?" Ke Lan showed his account. Just now, he asked the hound, Layton and others to transfer all the credit points in hand to him. Out of 7 million credits.

"Hehe, this is all of your family's belongings, right? You won't repay the loan shark, right? If the money is gone, I'm afraid you won't even be able to eat?" Benson sneered.

"You don't have to worry about it, in short, we can afford this thing." Ke Lan said to the escort captain again, "Can we try it now?"

"Okay..." Seeing that Ke Lan can come up with so many credit points, the escort captain has nothing to say. Anyway, as long as the compensation amount is in place, even if the weapon is damaged, he doesn't have to take any additional responsibility.

What's more... If these few people really succeed, he will be able to get a lot of credit together. There is no reason for anyone to refuse this kind of guaranteed profit and loss.

"You have to see how you toss." Benson folded his arms and sat down on the seat beside him.

Ke Lan looked up and down the captain of the advance team of the Aurora Consortium, and suddenly said: "You know what...you look like the stupid villain who is about to be beaten in the face in the novels of Shuangwen."

"What do you mean, kid?!" Benson, who usually doesn't read novels at all, might not understand the meaning of Ke Lan's words for a while, but at least he can understand the words "Silly Que".

"It's nothing interesting, just telling the truth." Ke Lan shrugged, then ignored Benson, and led Leighton and the others directly to the cargo hold at the rear of the transport ship.

The harpoon cannon is stored in a metal container with a width of two meters and a length of nine meters, but this is only the main body of the gun. The sights, bases, shells, etc. inside the box.

After transferring the 680 million compensation deposit to the captain of the escort, the latter took out the key and opened the container.

The main body of the harpoon cannon is a bit like an ancient giant ballista, except that the bowstrings and machine brackets have been replaced with acceleration coils and crystalline energy converters, and the grooves used to accommodate the crossbow bolts have become electromagnets glowing with metallic luster. rails.

At the end of the barrel, there are also several bowl-sized slots, which are used to install the cooling rods.

Electromagnetic weapons are different from gunpowder weapons. The recoil generated by gunpowder weapons is instantaneous and explosive, as long as they can withstand the force of that moment, and the projectiles of electromagnetic weapons are fed back during the firing process. A constant and uniform force, like the high-pressure water gun of a fire truck, requires higher strength for the base and bracket.

"It's not that I don't trust you," the escort captain said as he opened another box. The box contained four "harpoons" that were more than six meters long and resembled missiles. The front end was a sharp arrow made of Nino alloy. With expandable barbs, the tail is equipped with six disposable rocket thrusters.

"There are only six shells in total, and there are so many sea beasts besieging the Pioneer. Even if you can kill one with each shot, it won't help."

"When the time comes, there won't be enough shells, so let them get into the cannon and shoot themselves out." Benson, who followed him, leaned against the door of the cargo hold, holding an unlit cigarette in his mouth, a silvery white one. The lighter crackled between his fingers, and swept over Ke Lan and the others with a gloating look.

"Don't you like to be a hero, don't you think you are very powerful? Keep jumping, six cannonballs, I see how you will deal with dozens of deep sea giant eels!"

(End of this chapter)