An Unscientific Mechanic

Chapter 75 Von Brown offensive and defensive battle

Time passed in a flash, and it was December 0078. The RX plan is finalized and production begins.

During this period, RX plans to produce trial production machines, the first to fourth machines, and the additional fifth machine one month later. The cost is so high that the well-informed old man of the committee frowned.

The cost of a single machine is close to Magellan, what do you want to do?

The final final product is the No. 5 machine that was added later, as well as its low-end mass production version and simplified mass production version.

The highest-end machine, the production quantity does not exceed ten digits, and the machine body is called Gundam. Land and space general purpose machine, the whole body armor and skeleton are made of Luna Titanium alloy, with dozens of different modes, suitable for ultra-long-distance raid operations, high-speed pursuit operations, artillery battles at various distances, fighting battles, and water battles. Wait for all battlefields. Driven by the best pilots in the Federation, it is equipped with a growthable learning computer that Ian and the three people have brainstormed while waiting for the production of the verification machine.

The AI ​​of this computer can become more and more excellent assistants for pilots as the data collection increases.

Low-end mass production version, local type up to, the data of the 5th machine is handed over to the self-produced version of military bases in various places, only the lunar titanium alloy is used in key positions, and the production includes but is not limited to the different climatic environments in different places. , Desert type, water type, cold area type, rain forest type, heavy-armed type and other different models. Usually handed over to the squadron leader as a landline. There are also smart computers.

Simplified mass production version, Jim, only uses a small amount of Luna titanium alloy in the key position of the skeleton, simplifying a large number of structures, there are two general models of cosmic type and land type, and the land type has been developed according to the different needs of different regions in the water type. , Desert type and frigid zone type. There are only more than ten kinds of modular weapons. The production cost of a single machine equipped with 4 weapons and a universal shield is slightly higher than that of three Type 61 tanks or an early RTX-65 steel tank.

As for the earlier RTX-65 steel tanks? Ian perfected the design concepts of the Assault Steel Tank and Fighting Wolf together with Dr. Minovsky and Timre, and threw it to the committee for approval. These two large tanks are deeply loved by the committee’s elders, and the barrels are thick enough. , The gun body is long enough, the armor is thick enough, there are many additional weapons, and it can be further equipped with external armor, which can reach speeds of more than 120 kilometers per hour. These two new types of main battle tanks are now being manufactured in various bases with plain battlefields. The RTX-75, the successor of the 65-shaped steel tank, was also spotted and installed as an auxiliary bomber.

It’s worth mentioning that the Space Army did not develop more branches of Jim and Local Gundam, but purchased and produced a general-purpose cosmic type. According to the installation of the Space Army, Tiger Shark and Super Iron Ball are sufficient. ms is just the icing on the cake.

After the ms production plan was arranged, Ian was urged again to design the new cruiser.

Ian finally put together two improved versions of Irish and Salamis.

But the Irish level is actually quite different from the original.

The hull is 350 meters long, equipped with 3 large hangars, one built-in hangar, two external box hangars, and 3 catapults. It can carry 24 ms or 20 killer whales. In wartime, the outer deck can be secured with steel cables to moor an additional 20 aircraft.

It is armed with 7 280mm twin-mounted Mega particle cannons, 24 anti-aircraft guns, 2 64-mounted general-purpose missile launchers and 4 anti-ship missile launchers.

4 sets of 3-pack thermonuclear rocket engines powered by 4 Minovsky reactors.

It also uses the core cic and sightseeing bridge configuration, and the armor is also laminated armor, but due to its size, it is weaker than the enterprise-class armor.

Salamis-class aerospace improved version, equipped with box-type hangars on both sides of the Salamis-class, which can carry 8 ms or 6 killer whales, and the firepower is upgraded to 5 203 mm double-mounted Mega particle cannons , 16 anti-aircraft guns and 4 anti-ship missile launchers.

Salamis firepower improved type, on the basis of Salamis class, 4 auxiliary engines are installed in the tail, the firepower is upgraded to 9 twin 203mm Mega particle cannons, 24 anti-aircraft guns, 2 32 It is equipped with a universal missile launcher and 6 anti-ship missile launchers. ms. Fighter maintenance capability, none, 6 fighters can be tied for combat.

The above two improved models look like Salamis, in fact, the internal structure has been completely changed, instead of using a modular design, laminated armor and core cic are equipped. And the two improved models can be swapped for each other…

Considering that the Federation does not have a dedicated space aircraft carrier, and the use of cruisers and battleships to carry not many fuselages, Ian referred to the design of the Hive in the Columbus class and the Thunder Territory, and reproduced the Hive class armed aircraft carrier.

The honeycomb-class generally adopts a modular design. In addition, it is an unprecedented 4-hull ship. The hull is 400 meters long. Except for the rear engine module and the living area in the middle of the hull, all are hangars.

The hull is made up of 4 hexagonal hulls stacked in a Tian shape. The four hulls have independent power systems and operation rooms, and can even be separated from the hive class to become a separate transport ship…

There is a central bridge on the hull, which is located in front of the hull. It is divided into three layers. The uppermost one is the navigation bridge, the second layer of air traffic control room, the third layer, cic, and the central bridge is equally important and independent of the power system. Used as an escape cabin.

The hull is armed with 10 modular 127mm single-mounted Mega particle cannons, 4 8-unit general-purpose missile launchers, and up to 40 anti-aircraft guns.

The ms carrying capacity reached an astonishing 240 aircraft, and the orca-style carrying capacity reached an astonishing 480 aircraft. Basically, one ship can carry the aviation combat power of an entire fleet.

Each independent hull is equipped with two catapults, which are located on the bow door. In an emergency, the armor on the side of the hangar can be opened. The hangar will be turned into a semi-open structure to facilitate the access and maintenance of the aircraft. But again, once attacked in this situation, the ship will be bombed worse than Chi Cheng…

On the second day after the design draft was sent to the committee for review, all four types of spaceships passed the review and entered the next step. However, Ian was only responsible for the design of the Irish class. The remaining three types of hive class ships were handed over to the Luna II, and the Salamis was designed by Gabro Base.

Ian is also happily at leisure, happily doing Irish design in the office.

But the peace on the gunpowder keg is still unreliable after all.

On January 1, 0079, the Zeon Republic decided to change to a duchy and at the same time issued a declaration of independence from the Federation.

On the same day, the EFF headquarters was transferred from Alaska in North America to Gabro in South America to prevent orbital bombing by the Zeon Army.

On March 1, 0079, the Zeon Army Dozlu Fleet, five seconds after Kilian Zabi declared war on the Federation, raided the Federal Patrol Fleet and sank 3 old Salamis-class ships.

On the same day, Kycilia led the MS assault force and its lunar mobile fleet to suppress the neutral lunar city, Granada.

There were countless casualties, and all of them were civilians. There was basically no resistance in Granada.

After the Kycilia fleet merged with the Dozlu fleet and attacked the lunar city Von Brown, the EFF urgently mobilized the third fleet patrolling nearby to guard Von Brown. At the same time, the advanced mass-produced space Jim 48 machine produced by Von Brown’s Anaheim industry was requisitioned for defensive operations.

In addition, Rebir led the first fleet to aid the moon from side4. Tiam led the Second Fleet from Luna II to side2 for defense.

The EFF going to Von Brown consists of 2 Magellan-class ships that have been modernized, 6 Magellan-class ships that have not been transformed, 16 Salamis-class ships that have been upgraded, and 20 ships that have not been transformed. Two Columbus-class ships, carrying 60 Orcas and 72 Swordfish.

However, Zeon has invested 96 ships of the Musai class, 6 ships of the Lube class, 3 ships of the Gwakin class, 12 ships of the Pap class, with more than 300 MS aircraft and 700 or more Cattor aircraft.

In the face of such a large-scale enemy force, Lieutenant General Huaken, the commander of the Federal Third Fleet Squadron who rushed to assist von Brown, had no longer expecting his own survival.

“For such a large fleet, Zeon’s guys are bound to win.” Lieutenant General Huaken wore a spacesuit and sat on the bridge command seat. “And most of our ships have not received modernization. The number of warships is less than one-third of the opponent, and the number of aviation combat capabilities is less than one-tenth. It’s a big disadvantage.”

“However, at least this ship and Kentucky have received modernization, and it is not without chance.” The captain of Walken’s flagship Alaska is still relatively optimistic.

“Huh, too, the first combat configuration of the entire ship, the largest walk of Minovsky particles, each ship, confirm the laser communication data link. The shelling and air defense command of this ship and the Kentucky, MS Force, Major Kashima, Tiger Sharks, Major Jung, the air combat command is up to you. Swordfish, Lieutenant Colonel Ram, your airframe can’t fight in this situation, find the opportunity to surprise the enemy fleet.” Huaken issued an order in turn. .

“The enemy ship is in range.” Cic reported to Walken.

“The whole ship’s shooting begins.”

Magellan’s late-stage modified 3-pack 356mm Mega particle cannon kicked off the battle. Two late-stage turrets with a total of 10 forward-firing turrets fired 30 particle beams towards the Zeon fleet, followed by all fleets. The anti-ship missile launchers carried out a salvo, launching more than 300 anti-ship missiles.

The Zeon fleet was immediately sunk by the Magellan-class beams of 3 Musei-class ships, and then the 16 anti-aircraft guns on the Musei-class of the Zeon fleet were urgently modified to operate to intercept the incoming anti-ship missiles. But under the interference of Minovsky particles, the interception efficiency is not high. More than 80 missiles broke through the barrage, found their target in twos and threes, and hit them head-on. The Zeon fleet was sunk again by six Musai class and one Wubaili.

“Federal bastard…” Dozlu squeezed the bridge’s handrails. The naval gun was sunk by a tenth without reaching its effective range. Who can accept this. And the Minovsky particle has become an obstacle to the defense of one’s own side.

“Dozlu, calm down, how long is the effective range?” Kycilia also squeezed the armrest of the seat.

“There are 30 seconds left!”

60 beams broke into the fleet again, sinking 2 Musais and seriously wounding 3 ships.

“It’s too long…” Kycilia frowned. “Enough for another round of artillery bombardment by the Federation. The MS team, fighter units are dispatched, and the fighter units carry out a surprise attack from above the enemy fleet. The MS team accompanies the main fleet to charge and enter the enemy fleet. The entire fleet. , Speed ​​up! Go straight into the fighting battle, don’t let the Federation use their range advantage!”

Outside the porthole, the turret fired a beam again, and Huaken’s face was illuminated by the flash.

“Admiral, the enemy fleet is accelerating, and another suspected carrier-based aircraft is released. Some of them are moving into the sky. They are fighters. Some of them are accompanied by the fleet’s actions. They are ms.”

“Want to break into the fighting battle… The fleet retreated, the MS team left the ship, and retreated to the final line of defense. Keep the shelling and shoot out the anti-ship missiles.” Huaken scratched his chin… outside the spacesuit. “Prepare for air combat, reconfirm the data link.”

“Yes.”

“Lieutenant General Dozlu, the enemy fleet retreated, but it has entered effective range.”

“Really make me wait, the whole ship, start shooting!” The Zeon fleet fired more than 500 beams, and the beams rushed toward the Federal Fleet. but…

“The beam disturbs the curtain, unfold! I-Field unfolds!” Huaken noticed that the opponent’s main gun was charging, and decisively ordered.

The beam of Mega particles plunged into the range of the disturbance curtain, the beam close to one was canceled, and the remaining beam was also greatly weakened. What’s more, in the Minovsky particle environment, Zeon’s bombardment accuracy is not high.

“Admiral, three Salamis were sunk, and one Magellan class was broken.”

“It’s not good…Is the forecast of the enemy fighter’s flight trajectory done?”

“Has been completed.”

“The main guns of the ship and the Kentucky are switched to anti-aircraft grenade. After three rounds of shelling at the enemy group, they return to beam mode and normal shelling. Let the Swordfish team stand by and ignore the enemy fighters.”

“Understand, Swordfish, just stand by like this, Kentucky, link with this ship, main gun…”

“The enemy’s flagship appears to be fired! Suspected of being bombed!” Zeon’s flagship Valkyrie cic was very excited.

“Very well, the ships are ready to enter the fighting battle!” Dozlu twisted his hand even more…

“Prepare for fighting, Tiger Shark team, MS team cover the fleet. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com air-to-air missiles, all missiles are launched! Target, enemy ms.” Huaken waved forward. “The fleet stopped retreating here, began to accelerate, and burst into the enemy fleet. Has the enemy fleet’s flagship confirmed?”

“Confirmed, Lieutenant General Dozlu’s special-built Musai-class Valkyrie and Major General Kisilia’s Mubei-class Purple Widow.” The staff officer identified the two ships.

“Sink them.”

The Federal Fleet first concentrated its firepower on the Valkyrie. More than 40 beams directly hit the Valkyrie, and the hull of the Valkyrie exploded on the spot.

“What?!” Kycilia looked at the exploding fire outside the window and slammed a fist on the armrest of the seat. “Why is the enemy fleet’s artillery so precise!”

“I don’t know.” Cic was also dumbfounded. The flagship exploded. “Ah, the fighter unit called and encountered an attack. More than 90% of the aircraft were destroyed?! What’s going on…”

“The bomb hit, the target was destroyed.” Cic reported that “Type 3 bombs also exploded, and the results are being confirmed. The enemy fighter formation has less than 60 aircraft remaining, and the enemy flagship Valkyrie sinks, but an escape boat is observed at the bridge on the upper part of the hull. Get out.”