Chapter 56 The real departure
The huge vertical wing occupies most of the structural space of this unknown armored spacecraft. Its front end is not the same as the aircraft seen on Dujin Blue Star. It does not have a transparent cab observation window. Instead, it has a slightly tilted one. There were many protruding "scales"-like objects on the armored shield. What struck Du Jin most was that the surface and wings of this armed spaceship were equipped with a shocking number of honeycomb-shaped objects. Missiles, and some launch ports that seemed to be some kind of energy convergers. Regardless of the lethality of these weapons, Du Jin was certain that he would never be able to withstand any form of attack from the opponent.
"Are they friendly?"
Du Jin turned his head slightly and asked Li Mengyan, but Li Mengyan just gave an ambiguous answer:
"maybe........"
The armed spacecraft also noticed the two people at the door of the control room, but the huge monster obviously attracted more attention from this behemoth. At this time, inside the Brown Bear III heavy armored transport ship, Xiang Yuan immediately recognized the set of The armor he was familiar with. The armor Li Mengyan wore was a specially made version of a high-ranking federal officer. In addition, she had good popularity at the research center of the Federal Border Corps, so she used the relationship to get the armor of her soldiers and her own armor. After optimization and repair, it can be said that people like Xiang Yuan were able to escape from the federal pursuit. These combat armors, which were transformed by Li Mengyan's connections and popularity, played an important role that cannot be ignored.
This is especially true for the armor on Li Mengyan's body at this time. Although its appearance does not look much different from light armor, it is just like ordinary maintenance armor with a black and gold "skin" coating, but in fact, this body Due to changes in materials and structures, the armor's defense level against kinetic energy impact and external blunt damage even exceeds that of ordinary heavy-duty suppressive armor. It can also be immune to high-power penetrating laser weapons through the defensive stance between the armor plating. Direct fire, including the Gauss-charged rifle that combines the advantages of kinetic energy and laser.
And the most important point is that the armor on Li Mengyan can send specific identification signals to the armor information system of his subordinates under his own control, so Xiang Yuan immediately recognized that it was his commander's armor, a kind of Joy and relaxation flowed through Xiang Yuan's body. At this moment, the weapons controller on the side reported to Xiang Yuanhui:
"Captain, we have discovered a giant creature. He is advancing in the direction of a group of survivors. Do we intercept and intervene?"
Xiang Yuan nodded. Since the commander he was looking for was still alive, those survivors were not a threat. Moreover, his investigation mission for this trip also included finding and rescuing people with knowledge, so he nodded without thinking too much.
"Understood! Start attacking the target."
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On Manuka's team, Manuka is a mediocre commander. Although he is not good at commanding certain types of battles, he is very aware of the dangers of changing orders on the spot. Since his father Macas decided When Du Jin came to try, he had no other emotions. After all, his original intention was to keep his brothers alive.
Du Jin's command and previous deployment did work. Although the monster kept approaching, it did not cause any major casualties to his soldiers. Except for the two people who were really unlucky, they were constantly attacked by the monster. The pushing mining spacecraft squeezed the legs, and from the outside, even the leg armor was squashed. Manuka only pulled out two people to retreat with the wounded, but the firepower against the monster was also reduced a lot.
"Captain, our... machine guns are out of ammunition."
"Captain, there are only three magazines left in one group..."
"Captain, Team Three..."
What makes Manuka most helpless at this time is that the weapons of his soldiers are basically out of ammunition. After all, they are basically consumed along the way and there is no replenishment. It would be really damned if the ammunition is still sufficient, but in When facing these zombies, close combat is probably a disguised form of suicide. Judging from the size and weight of the monster in front of them, even if they are wearing heavy armor, they cannot change the fate of becoming "canned meat".
McCas, who was on the side, naturally knew the situation of the Guards. He slowly stopped, patted Manuka on the shoulder and said:
"Luka, it's okay. Even if we really die here, I will accompany you..."
Before McCas could finish his tragic parting words, an orange-yellow beam of light as thick as the mouth of a bowl hit the "thug" from the side who started running wildly because there was not enough firepower to block it, and forcefully hit the "thug" hugely. A big hole was directly melted into the body of the monster, but the transformation of the blood seal was really outrageous. The laser penetration of this energy level could not directly penetrate the monster's body, but only melted through the white calcified material on its surface, and then in The "thug" "raged" in the internal muscle tissue for a few meters before dissipating.
But the effect of this attack was very significant. The "thug" was instantly knocked off balance by the impact from the side, and fell to the side in a panic. This sudden situation caused Manuka's team to stop somewhat sluggishly. Cass looked at the suspended armed spaceship outside the hangar and felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart. In their subconscious, Du Jin and Li Mengyan had left home and said they were going to contact the hangar's alarm and find a way to escape. The armed spacecraft that came to support at this time was believed to be the rescue brought by Du Jin and his two men.
"We are saved!"
This is the only thought in the minds of these soldiers at this time. Judging from the attack method of this armed spacecraft, it is some kind of heavy attack spacecraft. Otherwise, it would be impossible to assemble such a high-energy level energy weapon. At this time, the "thugs" did not Completely incapacitated, it seemed to feel no pain. It used its arms to support itself and stood up again, and then ran towards the direction of the spacecraft, as if it wanted to take down the spacecraft that had just attacked it.
And the spacecraft did not stop in a daze. Two micro missiles were launched from the mounts on its wings and flew towards the legs of the "thug". The "thug" seemed to have discovered the opponent's intention. He pulled the spaceship aside to protect himself. It seemed that the laser just now made it very frightened, but the two missiles did not directly hit the mining spacecraft blocking the "mob", but changed in mid-air. The trajectory, like a turn, went around the mining ship and hit the Thug in the leg from the side.
"Roar!!!"
A violent explosion sounded, accompanied by a large shock wave. Manuka quickly hugged Macas behind him and turned his back towards the direction of the shock wave to prevent his father, who was not wearing armor, from being harmed. He was heading towards Du Jin, who had arrived with the team, immediately put his arms in front of him. The micro-missile was relative to the body size and equivalent of the Brown Bear III heavy armored transport ship, but in the space age, the explosive intensity of the micro-missile was also absolute. Not low.
The micro-missiles used by the Brown Bear III heavy armored transport ship are anti-ship missiles, which are missiles used to attack light ships. There are various launch platforms, such as fixed shore launchers, shore missile launch vehicles, and aerial fighter jets/bombers/helicopters. , space ships, submarines. Anti-ship missile power and guidance methods are also diverse.
In today's world, the most common anti-ship missiles use small turbofan engines to cruise at subsonic speeds, or anti-ship missiles that use ramjet engines to cruise at supersonic speeds. There are also anti-ship missiles with solid rocket engines as the main power and short range. Moreover, the speed and altitude of launch platforms such as the ground, water and even helicopters are very low. The missile cannot provide enough thrust to enter the cruise stage by relying on the turbofan engine, so a solid rocket booster is needed.
Although the ramjet engine has large thrust, it requires a certain speed to start (the principle can be searched separately, so I won’t go into details here), so it also needs solid rocket boost. However, fixed-wing aircraft platforms such as fighter jets and bombers themselves have a certain height and speed, so after the missile separates from the body, it directly turns on the turbofan engine and enters the cruise stage (but the ramjet missile still needs a solid rocket to boost it to supersonic speed. to start the ramjet engine).
The guidance method of anti-ship missiles generally adopts composite guidance, such as radio command guidance + inertial guidance + terminal infrared guidance, passive/semi-active radar guidance + inertial guidance + terminal active radar guidance, satellite positioning guidance + inertial guidance + terminal active radar guidance, etc. etc. (There are many permutations and combinations, but they are generally divided into active guidance + passive guidance, and mid-course guidance + terminal guidance).
Radio command guidance means that after one's own launch platform (such as an aircraft or warship) is launched, it uses its own radar to continuously track the target, and then combines the status of the missile to calculate the correction amount and transmit it to the missile. Passive radar guidance is a missile receiving electromagnetic waves emitted by the target. Semi-active radar guidance means that the radar of one's own launch platform (fighter, bomber, warship, etc.) or the radar of a platform that provides relay guidance (early warning aircraft, relay helicopter) continuously tracks the target, transmits the target position to the missile, and the missile corrects itself. Guidance. Active radar guidance means that the missile turns on the radar and tracks the target by itself.
But Du Jin knows that the missiles launched by this armed spaceship are definitely much stronger in terms of technical level than those in today's world. Missiles in this world will not have flexible trajectories and powerful destructive capabilities after passing through the space environment. "Thugs "The lower limbs were undoubtedly blown to pieces, and the huge impact caused its body to collapse backwards, sliding from the ground to the other end of the hangar.
Seeing that the monster was expected to temporarily lose its mobility and threat, the spacecraft sailed directly into the hangar. The transparent particle barrier only caused a "ripple", but did not trigger the alarm again. After entering the hangar, , a hatch opened at the bottom of the spacecraft, and thirty soldiers wearing heavy armor fell directly from the hatch, and then stood firmly on the ground. At this time, some corpse mutants had been attracted by the sirens just now, and Coupled with the crack that the "thugs" had torn from the alloy wall on the side of the hangar, dozens of zombies poured in, and these soldiers who fell from the spacecraft did not hesitate at all, and decisively moved towards those The necromorphs opened fire.
As soldiers inside warships, they are equipped with Gauss rifles, weapons that work based on the interaction of magnetic fields between energized coils. The accelerating coil is fixed in the barrel. When it passes an alternating current, the alternating magnetic field generated will induce an electric current in the projectile coil. The magnetic field of the induced current interacts with the magnetic field of the accelerating coil current to produce an electromagnetic field force, which accelerates the projectile and launches it. Simply put, it is an upgraded version of the general electromagnetic rifle. The Gauss rifle is a classification of firearms. Depending on the use environment, There are also armor-piercing versions equipped with laser attachments, close-range combat versions equipped with plasma grenades mounted on the bottom, etc. The one equipped by Xiang Yuan's team is a light assault version used for airborne landing operations.
Although the attack distance and ammunition caliber have been slightly reduced, the increased magazine capacity and enhanced high-speed rail muzzle mean that this Gauss rifle is an expert in shipboard combat, commanding twenty soldiers to attack those who are pouring into the ship. When the zombies came to block the attack, Xiang Yuan took the remaining nine soldiers and ran towards Manuka's team. At this time, Du Jin and Li Mengyan also happened to arrive in the team. Xiang Yuan came to the team first. Time looked at Li Mengyan and said:
"Everyone, I am Xiang Yuan, captain of the first armed reconnaissance team of the Xunyang. I will come to provide support after receiving the distress signal."
Li Mengyan immediately understood the identity of the person who came. She nodded towards Xiang Yuan without leaving any trace. Du Jin looked at Li Mengyan's reaction and guessed in his heart that the officer who came to the rescue should be acquainted with Li Mengyan. This also meant that He could leave here safely, which made him relax immediately, and McCas was naturally very happy. As a captain, his position and influence in the Federation were still enough. To put it simply, he did not Not wanting to die on this ship, he tried every means to get his personal guards out, not to save the ship.
"Captain Xiang Yuan! Thank you for coming to rescue us. I am Captain McCas of the Eden. I know a lot of the information you need, including the causes and related information of the zombies."
McCas can be regarded as an "old man" in officialdom. Although he is a miner and a soldier, his political experience and talent are not false. From his position in the Xiangyuan Armed Reconnaissance Team, he can see In order for himself and his team to get away from the "surroundings" of these zombies as soon as possible, McCas told the people behind him the information he wanted in exchange. Subconsciously, he needed the spaceship as soon as possible. Take him away instead of continuing to wait here for the results of this armed reconnaissance team.
Hearing McCas's self-reported identity, Xiang Yuan naturally understood his intentions. The task he received was to search for information about the attack of alien creatures on the "Eden", not to eliminate and eliminate it, let alone Xiang Yuan. Yuan did not want his commander Li Mengyan to continue to be in such a dangerous situation. After all, he was not sure whether there was only one large creature like that just now. If there was another one, it might be a bit dangerous.
As for some of the political and military issues involved in McCas' identity, Xiang Yuan does not have the energy or ability to deal with them:
Theoretically, military warfare is not limited to but focuses on violent means and forms of force, while political warfare is not limited to but mainly uses peaceful means and non-force forms. Military warfare and political warfare are not two separate and distinct forms of struggle. In theory, military wars and political wars are interrelated and interconnected. In practice, military wars and political wars are often intertwined and closely related, often showing that military struggles and political struggles are mutually exclusive. A state of coordination, close integration, and high mixing.
So, in practice, whether a military war or a political war should be fought, or both a military war and a political war, requires a detailed analysis of the specific situation, and is determined by the decision-maker based on the overall consideration, comprehensive measurement, and comprehensive consideration of the characteristics of the situation. Although fighting a political war does not exclude fighting a military war, fighting a political war does not necessarily mean fighting a military war. On the contrary, fighting a military war cannot be separated from fighting a political war. This is because "war is the continuation of politics", and military affairs are determined by politics and serve politics. It can even be said that military warfare itself is a part of political warfare. It is in this sense that military wars must include political wars, and even military wars themselves are political wars, or they are both military wars and political wars.
But Xiang Yuan left these troublesome matters to the colonial bureaucrats to worry about. These soldiers, even the Xunyang, would not be involved. After all, they were only the discoverers, not the main force. Then Xiang Yuan led everyone to prepare Back on the armed transport spacecraft, even though the "thug" lost its legs at this time, it still relied on its strong arm strength and loud voice to constantly harass Xiang Yuan's evacuation, and more and more necromorphs were coming. The influx also made the soldiers a little tired to deal with it.
Xiang Yuan was not anxious when he saw this situation. Instead, he said to the crew of the armed transport spacecraft through the communication unit of his helmet:
"Report to the Xunyang. We searched and rescued survivors at the landing site, as well as Mr. McCas, the captain of the "Eden". During the evacuation, we encountered a large number of alien creatures and requested artillery support. The support position is 12-75 -89”
After receiving the order, the transport spacecraft immediately relayed it to the Xunyang. After the destroyer Xunyang, which had been preparing, received the information, it immediately turned the giant gun muzzle that had completed loading. The V-12 particle cannon was charged briefly. After being able to do so, it is shot out from a huge energy acceleration orbit. Although the "Xunyang" is a guided missile destroyer, there are also conventional anti-ship energy weapons, but the range, specifications and energy level are different from those of the battleships. .
After all, the missiles on the "Xunyang" are used to destroy the structure of enemy warships and disintegrate the deflector shields on their surfaces. If they are used in areas where there are troops of their own, I am afraid that regardless of the alien creatures, All the soldiers under his command will be destroyed together. At this time, laser weapons with smaller killing range, strong instant support capabilities and high power are naturally the first choice.
Laser weapons are directed energy weapons that use powerful directional laser beams to directly damage targets and render them incapable of combat. It can destroy or kill enemy aircraft, missiles, satellites and personnel through the huge energy carried by high-brightness laser beams. and other targets, with outstanding characteristics such as fast speed, high accuracy, long interception distance, rapid fire transfer, no interference from external electromagnetic waves, and strong continuous combat effectiveness. When dealing with space targets such as spacecrafts and satellites that are far away and fast, lasers Weapons are bound to play an increasingly important role.
At the same time, laser weapons also have some fatal flaws that cannot be ignored. On the one hand, this kind of weapon cannot operate all-weather and is greatly affected by bad weather such as fog, snow, and rain. On the other hand, laser weapons are limited to the mode of linear transmission, and the attack range is greatly affected by the curvature of the earth. Once it is launched, If the optical path is blocked, the aiming and tracking accuracy of the weapon will be greatly offset; in addition, laser weapons also have problems such as larger size and heavier mass. Of course, these shortcomings only exist in the current world where Du Jin lives, and in the world of Blood Seal In China, this type of weapon has been installed. Not to mention warships, many space pirates are equipped with a large number of laser weapons.
Moreover, deploying laser weapons in the space environment can overcome some of its shortcomings to a large extent, allowing the effectiveness of laser weapons to be fully utilized. The vacuum environment in space greatly reduces the degree to which laser weapons are affected by weather. At the same time, it avoids prominent problems such as energy absorption by the atmosphere, energy attenuation caused by atmospheric disturbances, thermal halo effects, turbulence, and attenuation caused by beam jitter. Deploying laser weapons in space can also enable the weapons to have a wider attack angle, solve the problem of optical paths being blocked by the curvature of the earth when deployed on the ground, and expand the laser strike range. In addition, laser strike weapons can also cooperate with the high-precision guidance of satellite clusters to carry out precise strikes and decapitate enemies, achieving a true hit without missing a beat.
A blue trajectory streaked through space, like the phantom of a bright meteor, but for its target, this "meteor" is definitely a nightmare on the space battlefield, especially for "Eden" For a civilian ship like the "No. 1" without energy shield, this laser with a diameter of several meters penetrated the hull on the top of the hangar without any accident after a few seconds, and landed on the previously scheduled Within the attack range, the necromorphs at the center of the laser were instantly vaporized, and the surrounding necromorphs did not end well. The attack methods of the V-12 particle cannon were not as simple as penetration and melting.
When the laser itself was about to be consumed, a metal ball carried at the tail of the laser beam also fell down. The violent impact caused it to immediately shatter. Countless high-temperature plasma suddenly spewed out from it and spread over a larger area around it. Within the area, not to mention the corpses contaminated by plasma, even the corpses that later stepped into the plasma-covered area were quickly burned into a pool of blood-red liquid.
