Chapter 362: Burning the Cold Winter into Midsummer
On Death Boar 1, Kane scolds Fang Xuan about the war between humans and insects.
Liberty said that the number of alien insects is large enough to make humans kill to the point of weakness and despair.
Just like now, the size of the ground effect aircraft with a displacement of more than 200,000 tons is huge, but the ammunition that can be carried is also limited, and the weapon also has a service life.
Kane acknowledges that this is possible, but he says otherwise, saying: "The insect's short breeding cycle is not immediate, which means that it is still largely subservient to the traditional law of dispatching troops." ”
This Liberty can understand, combined with the current situation, it can be said that the alien insects here have so many troops, at least in the short term, even if there is a strong production system, more insects will not be hatched to fight.
"How long do you think the incubation cycle of the insect is?" he asked.
"It's not easy to estimate, but generally speaking, it seems that the big guys need a longer incubation cycle, after all, there are more types of cells to fill. But like self-detonating bats, the stability is poor, and if you want to maintain this balance, you have a lot of requirements for the construction of physiological structure. Another example is the stinging snake, whether it is spraying spikes, or spraying acid, it means that there is a production function, imagine if a gun is to be equipped with ammunition production function, how much more complex it is all of a sudden?"
"To sum up, I think that the average incubation cycle of alien insects is about a week. ”
Liberty nodded frequently at first, and finally asked, "One week, is it too short?"
Kane smiled: "No, how can we reflect the advanced nature of alien insects in bioengineering? ”
Liberty thought about it, and it is true that interstellar navigation means jumping, and even the ability to leap can be achieved in a biological way, and other relatively low-end technologies must be much less difficult to achieve.
At this time, Kane said: "One of the longboards of the insect is to replenish troops quickly. Of course, we have to avoid getting into that kind of rhythm as much as possible. Therefore, for us, we are not afraid of fierce battles, but we are afraid of fierce battles. ”
"Compared to the Alien Worm, we compare the firepower pouring efficiency per unit of time, and the combat exchange ratio. Whether it is us or alien insects, fighting a war is fighting resources, and the role of technology is to make better use of resources. The essence of war is to compare this. ”
While the two were talking, two ground-effect aircraft had already broken into the vicinity of the backwater base. Before that, the aircraft was already suffering from spore crawlers.
The Spore Cannon is an alien surface-to-air weapon, and the Heavy Spore Cannon is an Earth Cannon-level weapon that can directly hit targets in planetary orbit or even in space.
"Don't worry, I've always despised the so-called all-encompassing, the hull of the ground effect aircraft is specifically for energy attacks, and there is a strengthened anti-acid corrosion coating, it is not easy to rely on spore reptiles to beat us down. ”
Having said that, the warning of the blow displayed on the big screen still made Liberty's eyelids jump.
Through the battle on Josara, people are now fully aware of the power of spore reptiles and spinal needle reptiles, and the Federation's fighters, except for the heavy Vikings, are all one cannon at a time, and the Federation has to urgently develop external reactive armor for the Banshee helicopter.
After all, the Banshee helicopter is meant to fight on the ground, and it is the same as the A-10 attack aircraft of the Earth Age, at least it must have an iron belly, otherwise the cost performance will immediately fall out of the limit, and no one likes to fly a coffin in the air.
And this time, an important reason why Kane dared to play air charge was that the M energy explosion worked.
The spore crawler is also affected by the interference of psionic communication, otherwise it can launch an attack from dozens of kilometers away, and now, it can only use the original line-of-sight positioning and locking system, to put it bluntly, it can only keep watching, and the locking can be completed, as well as the guidance of the attack. This kind of optical illumination is outdated in this era, that is, it can be used as a backup.
In this context, the ground effect aircraft is condescending, looking farther, seeing more clearly, and the spore reptile enters the strike range of the precision rapid-fire cannon, anyway, this semi-permanent alien insect wants to remove the stationing mode is more time-consuming, can't run, can't dodge, so let's carry the blow raw.
Therefore, the two Death Porcupines were advancing and firing frantically at the same time, giving full play to the Qian strong firepower of the arsenal ship.
The ground was blown into a sea of fire by the metal hydrogen projectiles of rapid-fire guns, and the alien insects in the air were hit by radium radio flashes, and the corpses rained down.
Through the ship monitoring system called by Liberty, countless viewers witnessed the Death Porcupine 2 marching bravely in the spore cannon fire, outputting tons of damage, and screaming with excitement.
The audience can fully imagine that as the No. 1 who goes hand in hand with No. 2, he may have the same style at the moment.
"Damn, this is war, enough men, strong enough, cool enough!"
This is typical to see the excitement is not a big deal. Some commentators who specialize in taking advantage of the heat of news and current affairs have pointed out that such a strategy of rapid advance means that the commander is completely self-willed.
"It's like a helicopter flying on the sea, with more than half of the fuel consumed, and the destination is still uncertain, so you can only bet that you can see the land before the fuel runs out, otherwise you have to crash into the sea. ”
Many people agree with this statement, Kane and they obviously don't know how strong the Alien is in the backwater base, and if the protection threshold of the two aircraft is exceeded, it will most likely fall.
Kane himself is very confident, not only because he knows more about bugs and terrain, but also because he is satisfied with the state of fire of the two aircraft.
Sometimes offense is the best defense, and the insect's anti-air ability cannot form an effective joint force in the context of the impact of psionic communication, and the spore reptiles along the way are often knocked out by the precision rapid-fire cannon without waiting for tons of damage to be output, so it seems to be dangerous, but in fact, the artillery fire is not fierce enough, leaving the possibility of emergency repair and damage to the mechanical nanoworms.
Sure enough, the ferocious rush stunned the insects, and in order to intercept them, a large number of stinging snakes crawled out of the burrows or the soil, trying to inflict damage on the aircraft with thorns and acid.
It is indeed enough, after all, the aircraft is less than 200 meters from the bottom of the canyon.
But when the stinging snake jumps out at this time, it is purely an act of death.
The ATS's rapid-fire cannon array can lock on to 30,000 targets per minute, and the reaction of the stinging snakes cannot escape the observation of the AI.
As a result, there were obviously a lot of stinging snakes, but they were pressed and beaten, and one died one when they came out, and two died one when they came out.
Kane smiled: "This is the end of playing tricky tactics with favorable terrain, but the superior combat power can't be unfolded, and it can't give full play to its own advantages, and the shortcomings of thin skin and big stuffing are vividly reflected, and they deserve to be ridden in the face!"
The disadvantage of the insect is that it is relatively brittle, otherwise the ATA laser will have to reduce the rate of fire and increase the laser power in order to kill the mantis.
Of course, Kane also bullied the insect this time and did not evolve the armor, if the evolution function of its evolution room and tower nest is available, he may not dare to advance by leap and forth in this battle.
The bully is that the alien insects here happen to be overwhelmed by their own conventional firepower, and the knife is deadly.
"Commander, you should have noticed that we rushed in and only cleaned up the exposed insects along the way. I'm afraid there are more insects out there now. Liberty kindly reminded him that he was worried that he would rush in with a bloody path, and it didn't take long for him to be surrounded by a group.
"This possibility has been thought of for a long time, and Fort Sanctuary has been called, and now the artillery strike should be on the way. ”
Liberty was surprised: "Isn't it that the communication is interrupted, how can the communication be completed?"
"Take advantage of the oldest method, the signal flag. It's just that this banner is forged with energy, and we call it the Banner of Radiance. ”
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a spectrum that cannot be observed by the human eye, and by releasing this spectral signal to the sky, the shelter obtains first-hand shooting coordinates.
Then it was time for the quantum artillery to strike in groups, with a large number of metallic hydrogen shells fired from the Fort Shelter artillery platform more than a hundred kilometers away, covering the coordinate area and extending the artillery fire.
A large number of insects that came out to gather were killed, and only a few of them burrowed back into the hole when they saw that the situation was not good.
Kane looked at the super sea of fire behind him, where even the sky was red by firelight, and looked satisfied: "When we land later, we will enjoy the heat of summer, not the snow in winter." ”
Liberty looked down: "Still landing?"
"Of course, maybe a few survivors will be saved. ”
Liberty was mournful: "I understand, not only to land, but also to drill holes." ”
Indeed, according to the reality of the biological signal detector, there is a group of beings that meet the human life signal trapped in an underground bunker, whether it is a stubborn human being, or a trap dug by alien insects, you have to explore to know.
"Brethren, it's time for the revelry, let's go and have a good time!"
The Graybeard Members, dressed in various beastly decorative power armors, responded with a "aaaa!", not aaagh!, but the atmosphere was extremely similar, just the attitude of a happy fight.
Naturally, the militiamen who accompanied the team did not have this kind of fanaticism, and they had different expressions, some excited, some excited, some nervous, and some whispered prayers.
The target location is reached, and the delivery begins. As a landing ship, the Death Porcupine is also equipped with a rappelling system. However, compared with professional transport ships, the risk of launching is greater, because the airdrop is made from the blank space of the ATS precision rapid-fire gun array, in case the buffer system is not taken care of in time, and it falls straight down from the air of 100 meters, even if it is not dead, it is half disabled.
Fortunately, the buffer system played normally, and a huge magnetic field was formed at the critical moment, which completed the buffer for the launched vehicle.
The liquidator, the Overlord locomotive, landed and merged into a stream of iron, advancing towards the semi-cavern area. It's all areas that can't be seen from the air with precision rapid-fire guns. The ground-effect vehicle did not carry ground-to-ground missiles this time, so it could not achieve a curved strike.
Stinging snakes and jumping insects are intimidated by the death porcupine, and the cats do not dare to expose themselves to the sky in the cave system, but they are ready to fight.
However, except for a few stinging snakes that spew thorns, the attack distance of the stinging snakes spraying acid is more than 100 meters.
Kane's side naturally doesn't mind bullying the other side for being short-handed.
The honeycomb missiles carried on both sides of the Overlord locomotive have a striking effect that is very majestic as the Wuzhi rockets pouring down in the earth era.
Each of these semi-intelligent missiles has its own specific attack area, and its speed is also fast and slow, and will eventually reach the attack point at the same time.
A full blow from a hive can create a 200-square-meter dead zone. A number of locomotives were launched one after another, and a large area of fire was immediately fired. The densely deployed insects paid a heavy price for this.
The Overlord locomotive is a typical one-hit detachment, and the Hive missile launch is also very flexible, and the launch bay can be rotated 180 degrees, so the driver only needs to drive the locomotive around the front line in a circle, and the ammunition can be exhausted.
After that, immediately abandon the launch module, quickly slip away, find the ammunition supply vehicle behind to hang the launch module again, and overhaul it by the way.
Even the fastest jumping worm among the insects can't catch up with the locomotive before it evolves its wings, but there is no shortage of death squads for the insects, and in order to prevent the locomotive from going unchecked, thousands of bugs rushed out.
As a result, he was hit by the rapid-fire cannon of the Death Porcupine, and was suppressed by the fire of the liquidators who rushed up just behind the locomotive.
This armored vehicle, which has the characteristics of a trilobite cascadade with a cascading carapace, is typically large, thick, wide and heavy, and is not slow due to its strong thrust, with a triangular shovel head in front of it, and fires as it advances, and a temporary flamethrower to burn wherever it passes.
This flamethrower, instead of a plasma flame, is a high-end version of napalm, which can be said to be designed for arson. Several of these cars were pushed sideways, and the surroundings could be described as a sea of fire.
Kane and Liberty were in one of these cars, and he smiled and asked Liberty, who was a little pale, "How is it, does it remind you of a hot summer, oh, and a delicious barbecue and cold beer." ”
Liberty rolled his eyes, he could indeed smell the smell of barbecue, but it was disgusting to think of barbecue or something.
"The consumption of ammunition for this kind of dispatch is really not small. He digressed.
Kane's jaw was raised. "That's right, but we have! High production capacity, that's it!"