Chapter 292 Weapon Upgrade

Chapter 292 Weapon Upgrade

Chapter 292 Weapon Upgrade
"1172 abnormal vibrations detected."

"It is estimated that there is a 7% to 16% chance that a self-destructing purple crystal is approaching sentry tower No. 17."

"The probability has reached a critical point, and we will start launching earth-penetrating missiles."

Farmhouse courtyard, control center on the underground floor.

Projection of the terrain around Tower No. 7.

Thousands of red spots marked as abnormal appeared.

The dense crowds make it a bit dizzying.

This is a node that is judged to be abnormal under the detection of high-precision detectors.

Most of it is invalid information.

Only a small part has little reference value.

The probabilistic analysis of artificial intelligence is based on this information, which is a mixture of true and false information.

Several ground-penetrating missiles detached from a sixth-generation fighter plane hovering in the sky.

Falling straight into the vicinity of sentry tower No. 7.

After drilling to a depth of about 20 to 40 meters below, they detonated one after another.

A violent explosion.

The permafrost, which was extremely hard due to the extreme cold, was exploded with countless cracks.

Even the No. 7 sentry tower not far away was shaking.

But that’s all the result.

In the third second after the explosion.

Artificial intelligence has already determined that this time no trace of the self-destructive purple crystal could be found.

And at the same time.

Watchtower No. 4 not far away.

Several dull roars were heard from beneath the foundation.

The entire tower sank several dozen centimeters.

Obviously, this time the self-destructing purple crystal chose its target for attack.

It was the No. 7 sentry tower that had only a 4% chance of being attacked according to the previous artificial intelligence analysis.

This is the end.

The center of the entire battlefield.

They began to surround the second line of defense and the last few remaining watchtowers.

Three hours after the war began.

Accompanied by a cluster of heavy artillery located at the foot of the Qinling Mountains.

The initial ammunition supply was emptied.

And accepted supplies from the farmyard convoy for the third time.

The last sentry tower standing on the second line of defense.

Finally, it collapsed under the continuous explosion of self-destructive purple crystals.

And Su Wu finally took advantage of the last period of time.

Successfully salvaged the incomplete remains of a self-destructive purple crystal.

“Although the loss is a bit heavy.”

"But at least it turned out OK."

There is currently no organization for the spider robots to counterattack.

Even the cluster of combat drones that had been fighting with the flying purple crystals in the air.

They also began to retreat in an orderly manner to the vicinity of the third line of defense.

Su Wu calmly watched the large group of purple crystals climbing up from the lava canyon in an endless stream.

Nothing was done.

Until they crashed into the firing range of the optoelectronic guns of the third line of defense.

Torn into pieces by the terrifying metal storm.

Thunder-class optoelectronic cannon.

As a scaled-down version of the super-large electromagnetic railgun, it is the main gun of the Iceberg-class land frigate.

On the front battlefield.

For the time being, no armored unit can face its sharp edge.

Mere quantity has almost lost its meaning in front of it.

In addition to consuming some of its ammunition.

It can no longer have any impact on it.

"At a long enough distance."

"The self-destructing purple crystal is obviously unable to remain invisible throughout the entire process."

"And there is no such killer weapon."

"The third line of defense with photoelectric cannons is a high wall that they cannot cross."

"And because the battle line is wide enough."

“The efficiency of harvesting has actually become higher.”

"After this battle, it is estimated that the amount of purple crystal debris harvested will exceed the total amount of all previous battles."

"More weapons and tools with amethyst as the core can be officially popularized on a small scale."

Overlooking the real-time battlefield holographically projected on the metal platform.

Although the current battle is still at its most intense.

Su Wu, however, was able to basically see the final outcome.

However, the destined victory outcome did not bring him much joy.

We won this time, but not necessarily the next time or the next time after that.

The speed of Amethyst's evolution is so fast that it makes people shudder.

That feeling seemed to have happened in less than a month.

We saw that the enemy had gone from ignorant primitive people, across the Stone Age and the feudal age, and directly into the modern era.

Although there is a gap in actual combat effectiveness between the two sides, the existence of top strategic weapons has made them a reality.

There is still a difference of several levels.

But there is no qualitative difference here.

It is very likely that the amethyst crystal had a small breakthrough or mutation.

For example, the Magma Roarer increases the range of the magma shells by several kilometers, and can use cover to launch long-range concentrated fire strikes on the Thunder-class optoelectronic cannons.

The threat posed to Su Wu.

It will increase several times immediately.

Of course, there is good news too.

After this massive battle.

The spoils obtained by Su Wu, the remains of amethyst.

It is enough to enable his armed mechanical army to popularize some more powerful special weapons and ammunition.

The next time we fight, we won’t have to rely solely on the Thunder-class optoelectronic cannon.

Instead, there are more tactical options.

Overall.

Amethyst is evolving rapidly.

With the support of spirituality and purple crystal debris, Su Wu is also constantly iterating technology at a high speed.

It can be predicted that, unless something unexpected happens, such a long-distance confrontation will continue for quite some time.

Turn off the projection on the battlefield.

Su Wu then connected to the mechanical laboratory.

It is said that special weapons should be popularized.

But this is not the current priority.

Su Wu needs to first upgrade the spider robots and combat drones.

otherwise.

These are basic combat units in large numbers.

In the next battle with Amethyst, he will become pure cannon fodder.

It's a waste of resources to make them.

A projection of a spider robot prototype appeared on the metal platform.

Su Wu pondered for a few seconds.

The first thing to change was its weapon module.

According to the current compilation.

There are only three series of ordinary spider robots.

There is a long-range attack type equipped with a rocket launch slot, a main battle type equipped with an electromagnetic rifle, and a support type equipped with various electromagnetic interference bombs, smoke bombs and other functional combat equipment.

For long-range attack.

Su Wu divided the rockets he carried into two new categories.

One is a short-range, individual-level rocket with armor-piercing properties.

The other type is a stun rocket with a range of more than 5 kilometers and a warhead containing special metal fragments.

The former because of its smaller size.

A spider robot can carry up to 30 of them, which can be used as main weapons in combat.

The latter has great destructive power and can form a killing area covering a range of up to 30 meters when it explodes.

It is calculated based on the speed at which the metal fragments inside it are ejected during the explosion.

It is enough to cause fatal damage to all flying purple crystals within the killing range.

It is also enough to cause certain effective damage to the Magma Roarer.

It's just that there may be nothing we can do about rock scorpions.

However, the rock scorpion has strong defense, and its attack is not that terrible.

You can leave it on the battlefield temporarily and let the individual-level armor-piercing shells at the back deal with it.

As for the main combat type and support type.

The latter does not need to be changed for the time being.

The former's electromagnetic rifle.

Keep a portion of them, return to the original form of pure metal bullets, and enhance their armor-piercing performance.

This can reduce the cost of ammunition because there is no need to fill the interior with metal hydrogen explosive.

And because of the enhanced armor-piercing performance, it can still cause certain damage to flying purple crystals and magma roarers with relatively weak defense.

At the same time, it can also take on the task of fighting against other shelters.

It is a general-purpose, inexpensive main battle weapon.

Another part was converted from electromagnetic rifles into multi-barrel light electromagnetic machine guns.

This is limited to the fact that an ordinary spider robot itself only has a mass of 500 kilograms.

Unable to carry heavy weapons.

The light machine gun is already the largest type of weapon it can carry.

After loading the light electromagnetic machine gun,

The shooting speed of an ordinary spider robot will reach 1 rounds per minute.

Although its damage is generally not high.

However, a dense air defense network can be woven in a very short time.

Flood the flying amethysts with sheer numbers.

Concentrate and shoot at the Magma Howler.

It can also achieve the effect of water dripping through a stone.

It is expected to last 10 to 15 seconds to kill a Lava Howler.

Just like this,
An ordinary spider robot can only exert full power for a maximum of one and a half minutes.

Then they would run out of ammunition and have to retreat to restock.

The last part.

Su Wu planned to make them completely give up electromagnetic firearms.

Instead, they used laser weapons and annihilation-class sniper bullets made from the remains of purple crystals.

Compared with electromagnetic weapons,
Laser weapons have stronger sustained penetration capabilities.

Just give it enough time to accumulate.

Not to mention the rock scorpion, which currently has the strongest defense among the purple crystals.

Even if other heavily armored units appear in the future, they will be able to cause defense-breaking damage to them.

The disadvantage is that it consumes too much energy, and its manufacturing materials are extremely dependent on purple crystal debris.

Unless wireless charging devices are deployed on the front battlefield to ensure that power is available at all times.

Otherwise it's just an ordinary spider robot equipped with laser weapons.

The laser can only be fired for a total duration of 60 seconds at most.

Less durable than a spider robot equipped with a light electromagnetic machine gun.

At the same time, its scale is closely related to the number of purple crystal debris.

The number of laser weapons that can be manufactured depends on the amount of wreckage there is.

From this point of view.

Even if Su Wu wanted to, he couldn't use it as the main force.

At most, it can serve as a supplement and a special force for support in critical moments.

Compared to laser weapons.

Annihilation-class sniper bullets are even rarer.

Because it is a disposable consumable made from the essence materials extracted from the remains of purple crystals.

Every time an annihilation-level sniper bullet is fired.

On average, it takes 2 to 3 purple crystal remains.

But the cost is so high.

It also brings its unique advantages.

That is, only an extremely simple and small launch device is needed to send it two kilometers away.

At the same time, the annihilation-class sniper bullet itself also has absolute destructive power.

Any part of the purple crystal that is hit.

They can be easily shattered, creating a gap with a diameter of half a meter.

In other words, just one annihilation-level sniper bullet.

Any type of evolved purple crystal that has appeared so far will be killed in one blow.

For such a precious annihilation-level sniper bullet.

Su Wu did not intend to list it as a main weapon and use it in a concentrated manner.

Instead, they plan to equip those ordinary spider robots with the highest combat effectiveness and survivability on the battlefield with laser weapons.

One piece per unit.

So that they can burst out at critical moments when performing tough tasks.

After all, at the cost of annihilation-class sniper bullets.

Every use is a loss-making transaction.

If it can't play a key role, there is no need to use it.

At the same time, carrying things in a dispersed manner can also reduce the probability of accidents.

Avoid being swept away.

"Except for the weapons."

"Ordinary spider robots have different body materials, joint structures, batteries, power, and so on."

"If it can be strengthened, we must find a way to strengthen it."

“Try to maximize performance.”

"They need stronger defenses, more agile movements, and more power reserves and carrying capacity."

A prototype of a regular spider robot.

Born earlier.

Compared with the farmyard that has traded a lot of new technologies from other super cities, and has been spiritually blessed for a long time and has achieved many new technological breakthroughs, the version is a little backward.

Then consider the powerful threat currently posed by Amethyst.

It is necessary to carry out a systematic integration and optimization to improve the overall performance.

Determined the overall idea.

Su Wu immediately devoted himself to the research.

And soon, he discovered.

Some of these new technologies can be used directly to optimize and modify existing ordinary spider robots.

Some involve fundamental structural problems.

It can only be applied to newly produced spider robots.

Moreover, the gap between their final performance is not small.

Su Wu simply added a second-generation prefix to the spider robot that needed to be reproducible.

To distinguish it from the old spider robot.

According to Su Wu's plan.

The second-generation spider robots produced in the future will be used first on laser spider robots.

Then it will gradually spread to other models.

As for the existing old spider robots.

Su Wu would still modify them as much as possible.

At the same time, priority should be given to organizing them into front-line troops.

"It would be a shame to just remake the old spider robot."

"After the weapon modules have been modified, their combat effectiveness is not bad anyway."

"They can be used as cannon fodder and slowly consumed in the battle with Amethyst."

“Make the most of every last bit of value.”

Finished the transformation of the ordinary spider robot.

Su Wu turned his attention to the heavy-armored main battle spider robot.

This weapon of war is already extremely powerful and comparable to main battle tanks.

His transformation ideas.

It's still the same as before.

It also accumulates various new technologies and replaces old styles with more advanced second-generation frames.

Then try to enhance the specifications and penetration performance of the electromagnetic sniper rifle as the main weapon.

but.

Because the heavy-duty main battle spider robot has stronger carrying capacity.

Su Wu also equipped them with laser weapons and annihilation-level sniper bullets.

Used as a secondary weapon and a killer.

(End of this chapter)