paranoianovel Chapter 202: Insufficient firepower! ! !
Chapter 202: Insufficient firepower! ! !
Subsequently, Lorraine recalled four Qianlong fighter jets via a communications relay drone.
Meanwhile, unmanned engineering units at Airport No. 2 hauled 12 heavy bunker buster bombs from the ammunition depot.
While waiting for the airborne command and control aircraft's reconnaissance results, Cleveland controlled a small mechanical dog to deliver four energy bars and a bar of chocolates to the cockpit.
【12:58】
The communication relay drone transmitted the latest information: there was another silicon-based creature of the same size near Mine Pit 5.
"Tsk."
Unsure whether electromagnetic measurements would attract the attention of these large machines, Lorraine did not send reconnaissance aircraft to continue investigating the other four mines.
However, just in case, Lorraine recalled all of its Wasp attack helicopters.
With the order issued, Airport No. 2 became busy again, with a large number of 140mm rockets being towed out of the warehouse and transported to various parking areas to await installation.
Replacing all the armed helicopters with 140mm rockets would take a lot of time. During this time, Lorraine took out his data panel and checked the rewards for annihilating these silicon-based creatures.
A total of 4562 silicon-based organisms were killed.
[Kill Reward: 28000 units of High Explosive, 45 Biological Resource Selection Packs.]
[Special Rewards: 2 Sub-Nano Cores, 1 Incomplete Silicon-Based Biology Atlas]
[Note: When encountering silicon-based creatures that do not belong to this encyclopedia, the encyclopedia will automatically collect information and analyze it.]
The last book-shaped program appeared on the data panel. Opening the book, there were only four highlighted illustrations in the table of contents.
The four highlighted icons in the catalog, from top to bottom, represent small, medium-small, medium, and large individuals. Below the large individual is a flashing icon, followed by a spinning semicircle.
Three minutes later, the icon stopped flashing and then became highlighted, followed by the label "Small War Beast".
[Miniature War Behemoth]
【体长38-47米，高6.7-8.2米，背负两门大口径电磁炮与四门小口径电磁炮。大口径电磁炮的口径在210毫米-240毫米之间，小口径电磁炮均为40毫米。】
This entity contains a nuclear-powered furnace, which primarily powers the electromagnetic railgun. To conserve energy, the entity is typically in a dormant state, with the nuclear-powered furnace increasing its operating speed before the entity awakens.
The individual's body is covered with an extremely thick layer of armor, typically composed of silicon-based materials and metals, possessing exceptional defensive capabilities and fire resistance. If this armor layer were converted into a homogeneous steel plate, its thickness would be approximately between 1880 mm and 2680 mm.
"Tsk, this is going to be difficult."
Lorraine scratched his head, carefully flipping through the encyclopedia and comparing it with the data he had just obtained.
After some comparison, Lorraine received some not-so-good news.
"We've alerted them, but fortunately, their reaction intensity is only 10% higher than when they were in a dormant state, so we still have time."
However, the unmanned combat group was in an extremely awkward situation at this time.
A 130mm vehicle-mounted electromagnetic gun can penetrate approximately 2320mm of homogeneous steel plate when firing at full power, but it cannot fire continuously for extended periods, and this condition requires the use of armor-piercing discarding sabot projectiles.
If only conventional capped armor-piercing rounds are used, the penetration depth can only barely reach 1960 mm.
After Cleveland's calculations, a feasible solution was obtained.
A 203mm 60-caliber electromagnetic railgun can reliably penetrate 2300mm of homogeneous steel plate when firing conventional capped armor-piercing projectiles.
If a terminally guided projectile is used to ensure the projectile's angle of impact, then the projectile can penetrate a 2500 mm thick homogeneous steel plate.
After obtaining the main gun data, Lorraine looked up at Platinum and saw that the troops were being mobilized in a tense but orderly manner. He then looked down at the technical documents of the two secondary nanocores.
After reading the technical documents for the secondary nanocore, Lorin discovered that the operational capability of this single secondary nanocore was only 30% of that of the flagship nanocore.
When two nanocores are connected in series, their operational capability can reach 75% of that of the nanocores on the flagship, but they can operate at full power in a space that is 240 meters long and 35 meters wide.
When three or more nanocores are connected in series, the space required for full-power operation will increase dramatically.
After a brief moment of thought, Lorraine found a suitable ship for installing the nanocore—a semi-submersible vessel.
This is a special type of ship design. Such ships usually have a deep draft, but they are not completely submerged like submarines. Even after they sink, part of the hull or structure will still be exposed above the water.
Due to their deep draft, these vessels are less affected by waves on the sea surface, ensuring better stability and making them suitable for use as working platforms on the water.
This type of vessel includes various models, such as semi-submersible crane vessels, offshore support vessels, and offshore operation platforms (some oil drilling platforms are a type of non-powered semi-submersible vessel).
What Lorraine wants now is a semi-submersible offshore platform that can navigate autonomously, but currently there are only two 4-ton cargo ships docked in the port.
Fortunately, Lorraine had previously obtained information about the surrounding cities from the intelligence system.
[1. At 305 degrees northwest, 106 kilometers away, lies a large coal mine. Beneath the mine lies an unknown number of silicon-based war monsters, currently dormant.]
[2. At coordinates 138.665981, -34.980195, there is a large reservoir inside the mountain, storing abundant biological resources.]
[3. At 338 degrees northwest, 270 kilometers away, deep in the bay, lies a heavy industrial city. Surrounding it is a large sea salt factory and four mines of varying sizes and mineral resources. The area beneath the mines is safe.]
[4. Coordinates: 138, -34. The city's railway distribution center contains four heavy locomotives with a carrying capacity exceeding 24000 tons. Numerous silicon-based lifeforms inhabit the area surrounding the city, aware of the unmanned army hunting them there, and are currently expanding their populations by gathering resources in the vicinity.]
【appendix:】
Subsequently, a Grey Falcon-9 UAV took off from the amphibious assault ship and flew towards a coal mine 106 kilometers away to reconnoiter the situation in its berth.
To ensure the smooth implementation of the shipbuilding plan, Lorraine also sent a request for material support to Yaoguang via over-the-horizon shortwave communication.
Twenty minutes later, the Grey Falcon-9 returned to base, bringing back good news as well.
A 10-ton cargo ship was docked in the port's berth, but the ship also contained some coal.
However, coal mines are not a problem, as the secondary nanocores themselves can directly utilize energy sources such as coal and oil.