Chapter 394： armory

Compared with the old Chariots of Fire, the new unit of Heart of the Swarm, the new unit of the evil bat, has been upgraded in 5 aspects.

1. Deformation servo system. Empire engineers developed a set of deformation modules composed of complex servo system, water cooling system, and robot components. Through renovation, the old fierce fire can be switched back and forth between tank and robot modes.

Second, the improved target locking system. At first, the evil bat used the locking system in the form of evil fire, which is easy to accidentally injure its own soldiers. After the improvement, the evil bat’s enemy detection module is replaced by a more complex system. The system can provide better target acquisition and tracking capabilities, and can strengthen the situational judgment ability of the evil bat driver, thereby reducing the chance of accidental injury.

Third, the large-scale variable-range combustion engine is actually an upgraded version of the main engine of the Fire Fighter, which strengthens the air convection, so that it has enough energy to support the extra weight in the evil bat mode.

Fourth, structural changes. The evil bat uses an experimental double-material steel and binding carbide weave method to protect the driver and the vehicle itself from the scattering of napalm with a lighter, more insulating, and heat-insulating outer armor. The ultra-high temperature also improves the explosion-proof capability of the evil bat.

Fifth, the napalm injector and the Hellfire injector of the evil fire tank are not effective in close combat, and the installation of a second weapon system on the heavy chassis has also proved to be unfeasible. To solve this problem, the ingenious evil bat driver added a self-made control system. In the form of a robot, pump polystyrene gas into the barrel of the Hellfire Thrower. The gas will change the density of the plasma fuel. This makes the flames ejected by the evil bats have a greater range of effect in close combat, and it can target lightly armored targets. More deadly.

In the past, the Fire Fighting Vehicle was more suitable for surprise operations as a high-speed vehicle, but. After the armory is completed, you can obtain structural upgrades, which can be switched between the evil fire mode and the evil bat mode. Such changes have given it a strong melee ability. The evil bat can be said to be a nightmare for light armor units.

In the past, the attack mode of the Hellfire Thrower was a straight line. Except for the ability to travel at high speeds, it is very inflexible in combat. However, after structural transformation, it can be called a generalist, a special force in a light vehicle.

Imagine how the enemy's mechanized infantry would feel when they saw a high-speed locomotive transform into a realistic version of Autobots with double shields in their hands and flames out of their heads. I'm afraid it will scare the crotch.

Of course, the surprise of the "Autobot" was nothing to Tang Fang, and it was another big guy, Thor!

Thor is a huge and powerful mecha. People named this engineering mecha after Thor in Norse mythology. Although it is one size smaller than the Odin prototype, it is still equipped with a powerful fire system. With solid armor, it is currently the strongest and heaviest ground combat machinery used by the Imperial regiment. In addition. Thor only needs one person to control it.

Raytheon's core modules have five parts. First, the sturdy armor, heavy steel and ceramic composite armor protects the heavy Thor. These modular armors can be quickly replaced once damaged, and can be replaced with more targeted armors according to the battlefield situation. Thor's armor is designed to resist high-explosive armor-piercing projectiles and interfere with the burning rays of energy weapons. The inner layer of the armor also has a thermal kinetic energy mesh that can effectively resist shrapnel, metal fragments, and even destroyed armor fragments. Therefore, both the Thor and the driver are well protected.

two. Punisher cannon, it is the cannon on Thor's back. Advanced electronic equipment can be used to launch anti-aircraft missiles with an exit diameter. The depleted uranium core of the shell can penetrate the protection of heavily armored air units and cause serious damage. Each shell is stored separately with basic automatic loading equipment to simplify repair and maintenance. It is worth mentioning that the Punisher’s artillery is not only one, but a 4-unit.

Third, the high-pressure cockpit, Raytheon's high-pressure cockpit is protected by military-grade tempered glass, a series of thick stainless steel and ceramic composite armor. The inertial damper and foam cushion of the core seat protect the driver from injury. Multiple indicators and displays monitor all Raytheon’s systems. The main holographic display can project computer-generated terrain images. If the display fails, the tempered glass assembly also integrates a complete set of head-up display equipment, navigation screens and foundations. The target locking system is for the driver to use.

Fourth, the Gafferin launching tube, located on both sides of the cockpit is a double Gafulin launching tube, which can shoot 4x2 small iff fragment warheads at one time, penetrating the protection of multiple light armored air units. Due to the small size of the missile, Raytheon can carry a large number of this type of missile to deal with a large group of air targets.

Fifth, Thor's Hammer particle acceleration cannon, Thor's hammer is equipped with 2 Thor's Hammer particle acceleration cannons, which can compress high-energy particles into a group through the magnetic confinement mechanism, causing high-temperature melting and powerful explosion damage to the target.

If the evil bat and the Viking fighter are a light machine gun, then Thor is a powerful artillery caliber 4-gang Punisher artillery, plus the launch tube, Thor's hammer particle acceleration cannon, it is basically a mobile fortress.

How big is the main gun of the Morningstar? There are a total of 6 railguns on the left and right. Look at Thor's Hammer, a land weapon, with 4 artillery. Under the current human ship system, on planets with general gravity coefficients, only small ships of the destroyer and frigate level can penetrate into low-altitude operations, and their armor is simply not enough to defend Thor's large-caliber depleted uranium armor-piercing projectiles.

For small aircraft, Raytheon also has a Gafulin launch tube, which can shoot 8 fragment warheads at a time, and with sophisticated enemy tracking equipment, it can cause large-scale fragmentation damage. It is a powerful means to attack and interfere with fighter clusters. On the ground, four particle-accelerated guns with a caliber a circle larger than the cannons of the Punisher, not to mention vehicles such as tanks and armored vehicles, even if the gates of anti-nuclear explosions are opened, they can be blasted into **** after a few shots.

In addition to its slow movement speed, this thing is a ground fortress. In the sky, there are Viking fighters that can be used as warplanes and can be as high as high. On the ground, there are chariots of fire that can drive at high speeds and become Autobots, coupled with a city-breaking sledgehammer like Thor, supplemented by siege. Ultra-long-range fixed-point bombing of tanks. Just talk about planetary inland warfare. Who is your opponent?

Control a man to drop the armory not far from the heavy factory, and the building is completed in about 10 seconds. then. He switched the cursor to the heavy factory, and the two production items of Evil Bat and Thor were locked in gray. Change to highlight available.

The cost of the evil bat is 100 crystals as in the game, and the cost is 2 people. As for Thor, it needs 600 crystals, 400 gas, and a population of 6. Its resource cost is twice that of the game, according to previous experience, that is to say. The height of Thor exceeds 20 meters.

Tang Fang subconsciously raised his head and glanced at the ceiling. How high is this lounge? It is more than 3 meters. So, Thor is almost 10 stories high... Before crossing, he has seen Thor's official concept map. The width and height of this thing are almost the same. What is this concept? I'm afraid it can scare people half to death if you go out, don't shoot, pull out and walk around the battlefield, just wait for your opponent to raise the white flag.

If evil bats, Vikings, Thor, these three fighters line up in a row. Autobot, Gundam, King Kong. Too much joy.

Turning his head and sweeping the Fire Chariot on standby in the system space, he wanted to see if the distorted picture of this thing in reality would be as cool as Optimus Prime. But... thinking of the size of the lounge, he can only hold off this idea, really want to make the evil bat so toss, maybe the room will be upside down.

Next, he counted the Terran units. When he was in the Northern Suburb Research Institute, the ground units were reduced by a lot of people under the influence of the "Archangel" plasma cannon. After that, he experienced several naval battles with Recto. Now there is still:

, Machine Gunner x119. Reaper x4, plunderer x12. Fire Bat x8, Medical Soldier x16, Fire Chariot x15, Siege Tank x28, Viking Fighter x48, Medical Transport Aircraft x16, Goliath Armed Robot x22, Vulture Chariot x31, Widow Thunder x4, Iron Crow x12. The population is 580/1000.

He looked up and glanced at the resource readings, 13348445, 283434. Then, he set his sights on the armory.

Compared with the offensive and defensive upgrade restrictions of the Protoss and Zerg, the weapon and armor upgrades of Terran ships and tanks are much simpler. As long as there is an armory and sufficient resources, you can go straight to lv3.

Emma said before that research projects like this kind of comprehensive improvement of unit offense and defense cost 10 times, 50 times, and 200 times.

The cost of "Upgrading Tanks and Ship Weapon Level 1" and "Upgrading Tanks and Ship Armor Level 1" both cost 1,000 crystals and 1,000 gas. Tang Fang did not hesitate to press the upgrade hotkey continuously.

In about half a minute, the 2 studies are completed, and then the level 2 studies require 8750 crystals and 8750 gas. After thinking about it, he pressed the upgrade hotkey again.

After the research on "Upgrading Tanks and Ship Weapons Level 2" and "Upgrading Tanks and Ship Armor Level 2" was completed, he hesitated looking at the resource consumption of 50,000 crystals and 50,000 gas.

Level 1 offense and defense and level 2 offense and defense have consumed 19,500 crystals and 19,500 gas. At level 3 offense and defense, it costs 100,000 crystals and 100,000 gas. Not to mention the infantry upgrade items in the engineering station are also unlocked. Of course, crystal or something doesn't matter, but gas... it's too heavy a burden.

Faced with such a chaotic situation in the Tianchao star area, there will be a lot of wars in the future. Powerful naval warfare units such as the Corruptor and the Iron Raven are big gas consuming units. If you have too little money on hand, it will be very uncomfortable if you encounter a large-scale naval battle.

"Upgrading tanks and ship weapons to level 3" and "Upgrading tanks and ship armor to level 3" are too expensive. Tang decided to hold off and waited for the "Babylon" free market in the future to purchase enough supplies. , It’s not too late to study.

After that, switch the cursor to the engineering station. After the armory is built, the two research projects of "Upgrading Infantry Weapon Level 2" and "Upgrading Infantry Armor Level 2" in the engineering station are also unlocked, which are the same as "Upgrading Chariots and Ship Weapons/Armor Level 2" , Also 8750 crystal and 8750 gas.

After upgrading the "Infantry Weapon Level 2" and "Infantry Armor Level 2", the "Infantry Weapon Level 3" and "Infantry Armor Level 3" are also temporarily put on hold. At this time, deposits dropped from 13,348445,283434 to 13,311445,246434.

"With the current level 2 offense and defense, I don't know how much improvement will it bring to the overall combat performance of Terran units? Well, it is better to let Emma build a model to calculate." Thought of this. Tang Fang turned his attention to the Star Orbit Command Center.

"Emma, ​​how is the decryption work going?"

"Commander, the progress has reached 78%. It should be completed in another minute."

"One minute..." Tang Fang groaned for a while, and then ordered: "Emma. Take this opportunity to calculate that'Infantry Weapon/Armor lv2' and'Chariot and Ship Weapon/Armor lv2' are for human units. Combat power bonus coming."

"please wait……"

10 seconds later, Emma responded. The level 2 offensive and defensive power of the infantry unit is increased by about 45% compared to the level 1. As early as lv1, the uniform steel that the c-14 piercing hand of the machine gunner can penetrate, causing strong armor penetration for light vehicles Injury, after upgrading to lv2, even against some special light vehicles with external Chobham armor, it can still cause not weak damage. As for defense. For example, the defensive robots previously encountered in the Xinggang administrative division can effectively resist their 23mm cannons. Of course, this is a general statement. After all, there are many types of warheads. Ma Runjia is a single-soldier combat armor, and he is not a big guy like Thor. Faced with some special warheads, he is equally powerless. Such as depleted uranium core armor piercing projectiles, tungsten core armor piercing projectiles, and even mixed ammunition with radionuclides and anti-matter. Similarly, the muzzle velocity of the bullet. The shooting distance will also have varying degrees of influence.

As for the offensive and defensive aspects of tanks and ships, they have also been greatly improved. I want to upgrade the level 2 offensive and defensive of the Zerg aerial creatures. Corruptors can head-to-head with Tiger Shark-class destroyers, and flying dragons can also cut into certain weak areas of warships through flexible mobility to attack or even penetrate.

When it comes to human units, the overall combat effectiveness is even stronger. After all, the armory upgrade project does not distinguish between tanks and ships as in the first game, but stacks them together, which means that it costs the same amount of money. , Buy two kinds of goods.

In terms of human units that can be controlled at the moment. In terms of ship attack, the unit that best reflects the progress of offense and defense is the Viking fighter. "Chariot and ship weapon level lv2" gives Viking fighters a destructive effect far exceeding that of flying dragons, and they are not too big. A three-person team can easily sink a 100-meter-class frigate. As for the destroyer, according to Emma, ​​a volley of three Viking fighters, the dense mt-50 Lanzel flying lightning will directly destroy the structure of the ship, and the combat power is enough to compare to the Corrupt.

Of course, in terms of defense, the Viking fighters, even with upgraded armor, cannot resist the above-mentioned railguns, which is not comparable to the Corruptors. But as the saying goes, the ruler is shorter and the inch is longer. The flexibility of the Viking fighter is much more than that of the Corrupt. It is comparable to a flying dragon. Shoot two flying thunders to hide in the dead corner of the fort, and hit two shuttles to the ship. The body shadow is hidden, and the weapon systems of ordinary warships want to kill them? That is tantamount to hitting mosquitoes with anti-aircraft guns. Not to mention that it can also perform ground support operations. This thing falls from the sky and rolls into a land robot. The key parts can resist the humanoid gundam of the tank's main gun. The upgraded large-caliber Gatling gun to fight the saber-toothed armored vehicle is simply cutting melons and vegetables, even if it is a heavy tank, it can be swept into a hornet's nest.

The combat effectiveness of the flying unit has been greatly improved, and the upgrade of the tank’s capabilities cannot be ignored. Take the siege tank as an example. In normal mode, the unupgraded twin plasma turrets can blast off the "Unihorn Rhinoceros" main battle tank at one time. After weapon upgrades, the turrets of the U.S. can almost pierce the unihorn rhinoceros. In terms of defensive performance, when the Beijiao Research Institute was in the defense battle, the main gun of the "Unicorn Rhinoceros" was still able to cause some damage to the armor of the siege tank, but now, at most, it will blow up a few craters and collapse. That's it.

"Ha, now I really hope to have a fun battle on the ground." Tang Fang feels a bit pity, a large and mighty Mr. Thor like Thor, drove out for a round, so cool, so cool and handsome! , 36k pure handsome! The rate of turning back is absolutely leveraged.

Think again about the earth trembling under its feet, and the picture of a steel boot exploding the main battle tankIt is so beautiful that people dare not look directly at it...Alas, it’s a pity that "Rockia" Starport has limited space. , There are too many people, otherwise...

"Commander, the data decryption work has been completed." Just as Tang Fang was itching, Emma's prompt sounded in his mind.

"Huh? Finished? Report the situation."

"Commander, the data stored in this chip is a giant combat robot manufacturing process numbered 1a4789."

"What? Giant combat robot?" Tang Fang sat up suddenly, took the coffee table and put on a pda: "Emma, ​​import the details into the pda."

"Yes, Commander." As Emma's voice fell, a three-legged machine appeared on the PDA's display. The chassis was a bit similar to the "Poison Sickle" encountered by Crotan, but it was longer and wider. The foot part is also different, similar to duck webs, the torso is a long and narrow column, painted in purple, there is an oval crystal cockpit in the middle, and a turbine-shaped cooling unit behind it. On the upper part of the torso, it is Three thick metal black tentacles, the front part of the tentacles is in the posture of iron claws, three sharp thorns are arranged, and the middle is a red diamond-shaped crystal. The circular indicator light on the cooling turbine on the back of the robot flashes at the same frequency. (To be continued)