The port area of the Lagrange Space Base.
Looking at the "unrecognizable" Qinling docked in the berth, Deng Yuanshu, whose expression was completely frozen on his face, was stunned. He was speechless for a while.
If the previous Qinling had only removed the missile system, point defense artillery, and reactive armor that accounted for most of the weight, it was at most a rooster with its feathers plucked. But now, it had completely become another species.
The interface of the missile module was completely removed and replaced with twelve small electromagnetic pulse cannons, as well as a "U-shaped" large-caliber mass accelerator located on the central axis of the starship.
Obviously, after this transformation, the weapons that had been dismantled to reduce the weight could no longer be put back in …
After gulping for a long time, Deng Yuanshu squeezed out half a sentence from his throat.
"This is …"
Looking at Captain Deng Yuanshu, who was standing there motionless, Lu Zhou walked to his side and explained with a smile.
"In order to better adapt to the environment in the hyperspace channel, and to take into account the command's requirements for the combat capability of this starship, I asked East Asia Heavy Industries to carry out a certain degree of transformation on the hull.
"In addition to the mass accelerator that you saw as the main cannon, we also helped you replace it with the latest second-generation controllable fusion reactor as the energy source … Of course, these modifications have been reported, and they were all carried out under the authorization of the First Fleet!"
Deng Yuanshu's eyebrows twitched fiercely. He finally couldn't help but turn his head and stare at Lu Zhou.
"Fu * k … My Qinling is a missile cruiser! What did you … change it to? A large destroyer? "
Among all the ships of the First Fleet, only the destroyers and small carrier-based aircraft used kinetic energy weapons such as electromagnetic pulse cannons.
For large ships such as cruisers and airships, kinetic energy weapons were basically very rare. Even if there were, most of them were only used to fight against point defense weapons such as carrier-based aircraft or missiles that approached a certain distance.
Therefore, it was no wonder that Deng Yuanshu was so angry.
After all, after this transformation, the powerful missile system of the Qinling was equivalent to being directly abolished, and it was the kind that could not be installed back.
"You can also call it a battleship." Ignoring Deng Yuanshu's ridicule, Lu Zhou coughed and said in a comforting tone, "Okay, don't get too excited. The main reason for this change is that chemical weapons have serious safety risks in the hyperspace environment. Also, I've discussed it with the engineers in the command center, and we agree that this is the best choice for both combat effectiveness and safety. "
Hearing this, Deng Yuanshu almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Are you sure it can still fight?"
"You'll know whether or not it has combat power during the test later. Don't worry, in the next month, you have at least 27 flight missions. If there are any problems, just report to me directly. By the way, in addition to the routine report with the command center, I hope you can provide me with an additional experiment report … I'll send you the template later, and you can fill it in according to the template. "
Lu Zhou reached out and patted Deng Yuanshu's shoulder. He gave him an encouraging look and spoke.
"Good luck!
"The future of the First Fleet depends on you!"
…
Although he was still bothered by the fact that Lu Zhou changed his beloved ship beyond recognition without his consent, an order was an order. As a soldier, he would still complete the orders issued by the command center without any hesitation.
After spending two days familiarizing himself with the new equipment on the ship and confirming that there were no problems, the first experiment soon began.
According to the requirements of the experiment outline, Deng Yuanshu commanded the Qinling, which was fully loaded with ammunition, to set off from the Lagrange Space Base. Five minutes after leaving the port, he ordered the warp drive to start and disappeared into the distorted space at an incredible speed.
When the starship appeared in this universe again in the next second, it had already reached an astronomical unit away, 1.1 million kilometers away from the asteroid belt.
"Gravitational coordinates confirmed … We have arrived at the 'shooting range'."
"Turn on the radar and search the nearby airspace!"
"Roger that! The radar has been activated and is searching … Search completed, confirm that there are no civilian ships and space equipment in the nearby airspace. "
Inside the bridge.
Listening to the staff report coming from the front, Deng Yuanshu stared intently at the ring of asteroids and meteorite fragments outside the porthole. He continued to order in a calm and calm tone.
"Increase the upper limit of the reactor output power to the maximum, turn on the fire control system, and adjust the radar to enemy search mode."
"The enemy search mode has been activated! Searching the nearby airspace … Report! A missile array was found in an area of 2.01 million kilometers away! "
As the light blue cursor swept across the holographic screen, a series of red dots quickly appeared on the radar and were projected on the large holographic screen in front of the bridge in the form of abstract geometric figures.
Looking at the target presented on the holographic screen, Deng Yuanshu gave the order to fire with a sonorous voice.
"Fire!"
With the issuance of the attack order, the electromagnetic pulse cannons displayed on the hull instantly unleashed fierce firepower toward the front.
Dragging the orange-yellow trajectory, they formed a dense net in the pitch-black and boundless deep sky. For a moment, even the ice-cold night was faintly lit up.
Deng Yuanshu, who was standing in the bridge, was stunned as he looked at the ship cannons that fired like a strafing fire, the rain of bullets that poured down like a waterfall toward the asteroid belt ahead, and the portholes lit up by electric arcs and tracers.
What the f * ck …
Electromagnetic pulse cannons?
The electromagnetic pulse cannons that take half a minute to recharge?!
Although he had heard of the terrifying energy of the second-generation controllable fusion, he did not expect it to be so exaggerated that it could directly cut off the capacitor module of the electromagnetic weapon and directly increase the energy output power to achieve the strafing fire of the ship cannons?!
Everything in front of him was really beyond his imagination and even subverted his understanding of space warfare.
In the face of such fierce firepower, no matter how fast the missiles, torpedoes, and carrier-based aircraft were, they would have nowhere to hide. If coupled with a fire control system with a quantum processor as the core, even if they were separated by an astronomical unit, they could easily cover the opponent's ship!
Thinking of this …
With the emergence of warp speed technology and the second generation of controllable fusion, aerospace combat seemed to have returned from the era of "guidance and anti-missile Navy 2.0" to the "ancient" era of queuing and shooting. The mutual firing of missiles outside the visual range had evolved into a head-on clash of firepower and speed beyond the visual range.
At least until there was a defense method that could effectively defend against kinetic weapons, such as the shield technology in science fiction blockbusters, this situation would probably be difficult to change for a period of time.
"Captain …" Liu Zhengyi looked at the spectacular scene outside the porthole dumbfoundedly. He said in a trembling voice, "Is this … really a weapon from Earth?"
Deng Yuanshu swallowed his saliva and nodded.
"Obviously …"
Before, he was still a little dissatisfied with the hasty decision of the headquarters, and Lu Zhou dismantled the missile system on the Qinling without even asking for his opinion.
So now, he had been completely impressed by the new equipment on the Qinling …
It's simply too strong!
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