pertwk Chapter 204 The Mushroom Cloud That Suddenly Rises
Chapter 204 The Mushroom Cloud That Suddenly Rises
During this time, while monitoring the ship's sea trials, Lorraine also reviewed the data on the shells used in the twin-mounted 230mm electromagnetic railgun.
This type of artillery is equipped with a variety of shells, including high-explosive shells, armor-piercing high-explosive shells, fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing shells, and terminally sensitive ammunition.
Except for the fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing projectile, the other three types of ammunition all weigh over 100 kilograms.
Terminally guided projectiles are divided into two types: one is a cluster munition without a propulsion system, used for large-area coverage strikes; the other is a terminally guided armor-piercing projectile with a propulsion system.
These cluster munitions, which lack a propulsion system, are typically launched from standard artillery platforms, and their firing parameters and fuse setting operations are the same as those of conventional munitions.
Once the terminally guided munitions reach the target area, the time-delay fuse is activated, the ejection device is turned on, and the terminally guided munitions are ejected in sequence.
After the terminally guided bullets separate, the deceleration device is activated to slow down and reduce the spin of the bullets, stabilizing their attitude.
The battery then kicks in, the electronic system begins operating, detects target information, and determines the attack altitude.
When the target is locked and the bullet reaches the predetermined altitude, part of the deceleration device is jettisoned, and the bullet begins to rotate and descend with the assistance of a vortex-type rotating parachute.
The purpose of equipping the electromagnetic gun with a longer terminal-guided armor-piercing projectile is to maximize the advantage of its high initial velocity.
Relying on an inertial navigation and propulsion system, the projectile can fly at extremely high initial velocities along the curvature of the Earth.
In order to enable it to accurately hit the target even when it is hundreds of kilometers away, Ouyang Nian also installed laser guidance and electromagnetic field detection devices on the original sensor system.
When this ammunition hits an enemy target, the detection and scanning device and electronic system installed at the front of the projectile inside the cap break first, and then the softer, blunt-shaped cap comes into contact with the enemy's outer surface.
After contacting the outer surface, the cap reduces the angle of incidence between the projectile and the armor through the orthogonal effect, maximizing the armor-piercing capability of the armor-piercing projectile.
Amidst the discussions between Lorraine and Platinum, the sea trials of this heavy cruiser concluded perfectly, with its speed and rate of fire bringing Lorraine many pleasant surprises.
Compared to its prototype ship's maximum speed of 33 knots, this heavy cruiser can reach a maximum speed of 35.2 knots when the gas turbine is engaged.
These four twin-mounted shipborne main guns brought an even bigger surprise to Lorraine.
While using electromagnetic railguns would save time on propellant loading, advanced ammunition delivery systems and loading mechanisms would significantly reduce ammunition loading time.
However, the increase in its rate of fire far exceeded Lorraine's expectations, with the maximum rate of fire reaching 40 rounds per minute, which is 4 times the original rate of fire, and the amount of ammunition dumped by a single ship increased to 55.3 tons per minute.
The ship provided Lorraine with extremely powerful firepower, but for some reason, he felt that the ship was somewhat strange, but he couldn't find the source of this feeling.
After Ouyang Nian returned to the flagship, the three of them began to discuss the strange things about the ship while waiting for the unmanned combat group to arrive at its combat position.
Platinum thought for only a moment before pointing out what Lorraine found strange.
Since this ship was designed as an unmanned warship from the outset, and because the secondary guns on both sides of the hull were removed and the massive superstructure was reduced, the ship looks somewhat empty.
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When Platinum was studying the ship's internal layout, she was taken aback at first, and then she opened the ship's detailed data.
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Just as she was about to ask a question, she saw a one-minute countdown pop up on the holographic sand table.
She could only sigh, adjust her mindset, and focus all her energy on observing the battlefield situation.
This is near Mine Pit No. 2 at this time.
In the past two days, the unmanned engineering unit has dug a huge circular position consisting of four layers of trenches, with the closest layer being 2 kilometers away from the war behemoth beneath the ground.
Moreover, eight compartments were excavated beneath the outermost layer, containing not only maintenance equipment, ammunition, and fuel, but also a 5-kilometer-long underground tunnel.
When 60 Wasp helicopters arrived at the makeshift airfield outside the position, two Qianlong fighter jets carrying three heavy bunker buster bombs began to taxi.
Thirty-two seconds later, two Qianlong fighter jets arrived in the combat airspace, and the electromagnetic shielding system was activated. Now, Lorraine can only use the laser communication equipment of the communication relay drone to command the unmanned combat units on the position.
Guided by the central beacon, Attack 1 Qianlong fighter jet dropped its three heavy bunker buster bombs.
"boom"
A tremendous explosion rang out, and the tons of explosives placed on the surface of the behemoth were detonated by the three bunker buster bombs, which then created extremely strong tremors and terrifying shockwaves in the local area.
Then an unusual electromagnetic signal emanated from the bottom of the pit, but it did not penetrate the electromagnetic shielding system.
After the dust settled slightly, the three heavy bunker buster bombs detached from Attack 2's mounting racks and, through the billowing dust, struck the behemoth once more.
Another huge explosion rang out. This time, before the smoke had cleared, the airborne command aircraft activated the synthetic aperture radar pod and began scanning the situation inside the crater.
Once the location of the war behemoth was determined, this location information was sent to the Wasp attack helicopter group parked at the makeshift airfield.
Subsequently, the aircraft took off and, following the guidance of the data link, systematically unleashed 140mm armor-piercing rockets and anti-tank missiles downwards.
Before this round of firepower could be completed, the war behemoth had already climbed up the slope.
Subsequently, the Stealth Eagle drone, having achieved its intended strike effect, flew out of the electromagnetic shielding system's coverage area and transmitted the intelligence back to the flagship.
The three men shook their heads helplessly after seeing the effect of the attack. According to the pictures taken by the Stealth Eagle drone, the close-range explosion of nearly 10 tons of explosives almost completely destroyed the four electromagnetic guns on its back.
In this way, the opponent transformed into a gigantic turtle, only able to launch attacks through its massive size.
However, judging from their speed of movement, the enemy is unlikely to be able to catch up with these agile unmanned combat units within the position.
The heavy cruiser CA-302 had turned its two twin-gun turrets at the bow toward Mine Pit 2, and four terminally guided armor-piercing rounds had been loaded into the gun barrels.
"Buzz"
The four terminally guided armor-piercing projectiles flew out of the gun barrel almost at the same time and arrived near the No. 2 mine pit in just a few tens of seconds.
The guidance system then activated, and four guided armor-piercing projectiles accurately hit the area illuminated by the laser designator.
Four muffled thuds echoed across the battlefield, and visible deformation appeared on the surface of this war behemoth.