Homo sapiens.

Chapter 245 Equipment and Hanging

After the artillery battle ended.

More than five hours have passed.

The Tianzhu army was full of mourners, and the 21 big pits were in a mess.

In the valley base.

Thunder Dragon No. [-] has quietly returned to the diving port of the base, and a large number of technicians are inspecting the hull and gun chamber of Thunder Dragon No. [-].

Looking at the reconnaissance report in his hand, Gu Li was not too surprised by the results of Thunder Dragon One, but he still reminded:

"The Thunder Dragon One's movement speed is still too slow. Once the enemy has figured out its situation, they will definitely use saturation strikes."

As the designer of Thunder Dragon [-], Alexey said with a smile: "General Guli, don't worry, this is only the first version, and I will upgrade Thunder Dragon [-] next."

"Upgrade? The speed of the ground effect ship is almost at the limit?" Gu Li asked curiously.

"Yes, even if our engine power is relatively sufficient, the speed of Thunder Dragon 480 has reached its limit, and [-] kilometers per hour is its limit speed."

"Then how to increase the speed?"

"It's not to increase the speed, but to reduce the size, and build a batch of self-propelled artillery ground-effect ships with a caliber of 150mm. With our material advantages, the weight can be reduced to about 80 tons, the flying height is maintained at about 15 meters, and the flying speed is It can reach 650 kilometers per hour."

Hehe, why do you guys have such big brains, Gu Li complained secretly.

Alexey continued: "The improved version of the Brontosaurus ground-effect ship can be used as a ground strike group and can be hidden underwater. Even if the opponent has artillery radar, it will take a few minutes to launch rockets and missiles after locking. Siege."

"Furthermore, the modified Brontosaurus ground-effect ship can completely fly away from the original place with one shot. At a speed of 650 kilometers per hour, it can move more than ten kilometers in two to three minutes. In addition, the ultra-low-altitude flight radar cannot lock , the survival rate on the battlefield will rise in a straight line.”

Gu Li thought to himself, fortunately, the production cost of many materials of Homo sapiens company is very low, otherwise, according to the crazy design of you gangsters, ordinary forces would have gone bankrupt long ago.

A gunship like the Thunder Dragon [-] has a variety of stealth designs, and can even be covered with an optical camouflage layer to make it invisible to satellites.

After using the extended-range ammunition, even a 150mm caliber shell can have a range of 60-70 kilometers.

Of course, the Thunder Dragon ground effect ship can not only be used as a self-propelled artillery, but also can be transformed into a carrier platform for rocket launchers, anti-aircraft guns, and missiles.

The reason why missile vehicles are not used is that the speed of vehicles is too slow. In front of modern artillery radars and early warning aircraft, the survival rate on the battlefield is too low.

Moreover, in the control area of ​​the Assam branch, there are only a few roads, the target is too obvious, and the road conditions are still very poor.

Therefore, in some bases before the Assam branch, some people were thinking about how to solve this problem.

Alexei, who came from Lucia, had worked in the Caspian Sea Shipyard before. He had seen a large ground-effect ship like the Caspian Sea Monster, so he proposed the ground-effect ship plan.

Thunder Dragon One is one of his experimental products.

Thanks to Homo sapiens' strong technical reserves, Alexei's Brontosaurus in-ground effect ship went very smoothly.

For example, the low-altitude flight control problems, ground obstacle avoidance problems, mountainous terrain problems, engine high energy consumption problems, and hull structural strength problems that plagued ground-effect aircraft have all been solved one by one.

This thing is a sharp weapon for the Assam branch, which does not plan to live on the ground, has relatively complicated terrain, and has a poor road foundation.

After all, this new type of ground effect boat does not need roads, and the berthing site does not need to be too demanding. It can be parked on water, swamps, grasslands, and farmland.

Moreover, it can be used as a platform for a variety of weapons, moving faster than an armed helicopter, and can fly at ultra-low altitude.

Unless the Tianzhu people use early warning aircraft to hover around them 24 hours a day, there is really no way to take the Brontosaurus ground effect ship.

Coulee even considered customizing a batch of Brontosaurus ground-effect ships as transport ships, which can quickly move field troops.

He suddenly thought of a question: "Engineer Alexei, what is the range of the Thunder Dragon?"

Alexey thought for a while: "The Thunder Dragon 5000 is about 2000 kilometers away, and the improved version of the Thunder Dragon is about [-] kilometers."

"2000 kilometers? That's enough. If it's transformed into a troop carrier, it can carry about 30 people!"

Alexei raised his eyebrows: "A troop carrier? If you remove the heavy equipment and use a 30mm cannon, it can indeed carry 30 fully armed soldiers."

"Then what if we use Thunder Dragon [-] as the foundation?"

"Bronto Dragon One? That can transport 200 fully armed soldiers."

Gu Li touched the stubble on his chin: "Can I let the ground effect ship attack in flight?"

"Huh? General Guli has the same thoughts as me, and my next step is to improve this problem." Alexei said happily.

The reason why the self-propelled artillery of the ground effect ship has to stop and launch is because of the recoil; for rocket launchers and missiles, it is because of the sudden reduction in weight that it is easy to cause flight out of control.

In fact, with the biochip and smart technology of Homo sapiens, it is still possible to improve this problem.

The two talked for more than half an hour, and finally Gu Li agreed to apply for special resources for Alexei's Thunder Dragon in-ground effect ship project.

Coulee has already planned to apply to the branch to manufacture 200-300 small Brontosaurus in-ground effect ships and 50 large Brontosaurus in-ground effect ships.

As for the manufacturing base, it certainly cannot be placed in the Siliguri Corridor, or even the Darjeeling area.

Only the more closed Zhuyu and Manipur are suitable to be the manufacturing base of ground effect boats.

After watching the performance battle of Thunder Dragon One.

Gu Li bid farewell to the base chief python flying dragon and engineer Alexei, and secretly went to the Darjeeling base with his subordinates.

In the past few days, the Assam branch and Tianzhu have not been calm, but have been maintaining fighting, especially in air combat, basically fighting every day.

However, basically in air combat, the Assam division has the upper hand.

Mainly the advantage of magnetic field radar, and the harassment of drone swarms.

Even if it is a phantom fighter, facing hundreds of drones, it will not get any benefits.

Just in the second half of the night after the artillery battle ended.

The revenge of the Tianzhu Air Force is coming.

Three Mirage fighters, plus five MiG-25s pulled out from the sealed warehouse, quickly approached the Siliguri Corridor.

The moment these planes take off.

The magnetic field radar at the Darjeeling base immediately locked the position of these aircraft.

Then three small airports hidden in the mountains quickly opened the gates, and 60 fixed-wing drones equipped with rocket engines took off quickly.

This is not so much an aircraft as it is a cruise missile.

The drone flying close to the ground was not detected by the Tianzhu Air Force's radar at all.

The moment the planes of the two sides met over the city of Siliguri, the drone showed a hideous face.

The rocket engine exploded at full strength in an instant, and the speed soared to Mach 2.5.

Before a Phantom fighter could react in time, it was flanked by three drones from the front, the back, and the bottom.

"Damn!" The pilot pressed the cannon button in horror, and the cannon fired violently at the drone rushing forward.

Yet he was too naive.

The drone directly exploded by itself, and a large number of steel needles sprayed in all directions like a goddess scattering flowers.

Desperate pilots can only pull the ejection seat.

It's just that his body was penetrated by several steel needles, and the severe pain caused him to pass out directly, and then hit the ground.

The other planes quickly pulled up, and two more MiG-25s were killed by more than a dozen drones during the period.

The two sides fought for more than ten minutes, and in the end only two MiG-25s and two Mirage fighters retreated safely.

Faced with this kind of drone raid, the Tianzhu Air Force was very powerless. The main reason is that drones are not afraid of death at all. Low-cost drones and expensive fighters fight recklessly. Even if it is 10 for 1, the fighters will lose money. of.

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