Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 256 Fire the gun!

The Mosquito bomber is one of the most legendary bombers in the history of World War II.

Its original design concept was based on the principle of "trading speed for survival", with the intention of creating an aircraft that was light enough, fast enough, and had sufficient payload and attack capabilities.

However, in a series of subsequent optimizations, reducing the demand for strategic materials also became one of the design requirements of this bomber.

For this reason, after several iterations of the plan and with the support of the Royal Air Force and the Air Ministry, this aircraft was finally born.

With the idea of extreme lightweighting in mind, this aircraft has eliminated all unnecessary components and is not even equipped with self-defense weapons.

In the initial version, it was only equipped with a Napier Sabre engine with only 2000 horsepower and a bomb load of only 450 kilograms, but its range could reach 2400 kilometers.

This can be said to be the "juvenile form" of the Mosquito bomber. In subsequent optimizations, the number of engines was increased and the propeller type was changed, which greatly improved the carrying capacity and flight speed, and also enhanced the multi-scenario combat capability.
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However, for the Chinese army at this time, these optimizations are unnecessary.

What Lei Jie wanted to build was very simple, a fixed-wing bomber with a layout based on the Mosquito bomber, a certain carrying capacity, and the ability to fly long distances and long flight times.

".So in fact, compared to the Mosquito bomber, we can achieve even more extreme lightweighting."

"After all, we don't even need an engine. We can just use six electric motors with a power of more than 6 kW to fully meet the power needs."

"This thing can be easily disassembled and the battery reserve is sufficient."

"According to Fuxi's calculations, we can make the powertrain, including the battery, less than 500kg, which can meet the 1200km range when fully loaded."

"Although its range is much smaller than that of the Mosquito, it is more than enough for us now."

"The frame is made of aluminum alloy, and the fuselage is made of plywood."

"We don't have a plywood production line, but to be frank, it's not difficult to make. We can get a peeling machine and a hot press. According to Fuxi's production capacity, it can be completed in about a day and a half."

"As for adhesives, we have some industrial adhesives in stock, which will be enough for the time being."

"If there is a need later, we can produce adhesives ourselves after the synthetic ammonia plant is built. If that doesn't work, we can import some natural adhesives from Jinling City."

"For other processing steps, we will try not to use machines if possible."

"According to this idea, I estimate that the first Mosquito prototype can be manufactured in about 6 days."

"Once a standardized process is formed, the time it takes to manufacture an aircraft will continue to shorten in the future."

"Maybe our air force will be formed earlier than the army"

After Lei Jie finished speaking, Chen Jian nodded silently.

In fact, his judgment that "the Air Force was formed earlier than the Army" is not without basis.

The main reason is still "different requirements".

If you say that just giving people guns and being able to go to the battlefield is considered an army, then the army is formed faster than anyone else.

But if you want to have combat effectiveness, be effective when facing monsters, and achieve a higher combat-damage ratio, there is really no shortcut that is faster than the air force.

After all, most monsters in this world cannot fly.

Especially large monsters, Chen Jian had never seen one that could actually fly.

It is said that the Qin had the ability to glide, but it was crushed to death before it could find a take-off point.

In this way, as long as you can create a bomber that can fly high enough, it will be almost invincible.

You hit me? Where did you hit me?
I can fly up to two or three thousand meters high. How can you spit out spore balls to use as anti-aircraft guns like the monster in the Jinling ruins?

What's more, the design concept of the Mosquito bomber is not to be a close-range, low-altitude attack aircraft like the Warthog, but to purely undertake the role of "bombing".

In this case, its safety performance has been improved again.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Chen Jian's lips.

"If we continue like this, the bombs in the Ring Chamber of Commerce's inventory will be useful."

"What whale loach? I don't believe it. No matter how tough you are, can you be tougher than a 500kg bomb from me?"

"really."

Lei Jie exhaled slowly, and then asked:
"What's the situation with that monster now?"

"Disappeared."

Chen Jian shook his head and replied:
"The underground tunnel system it dug was destroyed and never reappeared, and the seismic monitors could not capture the tiny seismic wave signals."

"But we can be sure that it is not approaching us any further for now."

"The base is still safe, but other places may not be."

"According to the intelligence from He Shuo, several towns controlled by the Mechanicus have been attacked recently."

"Although the scale of the monster attacks is not large at the moment, the pressure they are under is not small."

"My biggest concern right now is not the beast tide we might face."

"These monsters are very smart. They have only one goal, which is to destroy our new force."

"It seems that they might use more devious means to attack."

"For example, taking refugees with him?"

Lei Jie asked suddenly.

"Yes."

Chen Jian sighed.

"If they can really destroy all the human settlements outside, and then force the refugees to move in our direction, and finally use the resettlement pressure caused by the refugees to launch an attack."

Chen Jian hadn't finished his words, but Lei Jie's hair had already stood up.

This kind of "tactics" or "strategy" has appeared in countless rebellions throughout history.

And its effect is obvious.

As rulers and legitimate managers of a force, they actually have a natural obligation to protect and rely on civilians, but those monsters do not have that.

To them, civilians are either enemies or expendable.

Making use of the value of consumables is the optimal solution.
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But the question is, can those monsters really think of this?

If they can think of this, are they still monsters?
Lei Jie looked at Chen Jian silently, the latter's expression was extremely solemn.

After a long time, he finally spoke:
“I’m going to build an airplane.”

"The need for long-range strike capabilities is more urgent than ever for us now."

“I have to build this thing!”

"By the way, today we are going to launch the first batch of reconnaissance balloons."

"We can also place some offensive weapons on the balloons if necessary."

"Even if we can't achieve stable killing, creating some deterrent effect is better than nothing!"

"You decide."

Chen Jian answered decisively, and then said:
"The game with monsters has become more and more complicated. We have to use all the tricks we have!"

A few hours later, at the newly opened temporary airport on the east side of the 011 base.

Several balloons were already ready for launch at the airport, and Lei Jie was directing workers to use gas tanks to fill the sealed air chambers with hydrogen.

The reason for using hydrogen is that they currently do not have the ability to produce nitrogen, but the self-sustaining system of the 011 base can produce hydrogen in a fairly simple way.

Although the amount is not large, it is enough to fill a few balloons.

As for the danger, it is not even within their consideration.

As the balloon gradually inflated, the powered basket below was pulled up and floated in the air.

Lei Jie carefully checked the data on the barometer and immediately stopped the workers after the balloon reached suspension. "The air pressure is normal, the power cabin is working normally, the photovoltaic energy device is working normally, the energy storage is normal, and the data transmission is normal."

After a series of inspections, Lei Jie waved his hand and gave an order:

"Fly!"

"understand!"

Several anchor ropes used to secure the balloon were untied, and the expected scene of the balloon soaring into the sky did not occur.

In the breeze, several balloons swayed up, so slowly that Chen Jian felt he could pull them down with just a slight jump.

".This thing is so slow, can it really fly high?"

Chen Jian asked curiously.

"Absolutely."

Lei Jie said confidently:
"It mainly uses a heat storage height control system, which heats up slowly. It only rises quickly when the sun is strong."

"But don't worry, no matter how slow it is, it will be enough."

"Anyway, its purpose is reconnaissance, not aerial assault."

"That's true."

Chen Jian didn't say anything more, but just watched the balloon flying away quietly.

His neck was sore from lifting the balloons, and finally the balloons rose to a high enough altitude and started to activate the power pods to move horizontally.

The speed was still slow, but as Lei Jie said, the balloons were flying quite steadily.

When looking at the smart eyepiece again, the images captured by the reconnaissance balloon began to be transmitted in real time.

"After this system is established, we will be able to obtain reconnaissance images within a radius of 60 kilometers around the clock without blind spots."

"If you want to be more radical, you can set the balloon to cruise automatically and continue to explore."

"But in this case, there will be a delay in the transmission of reconnaissance information."

"I suggest waiting until the number is larger and a rotation can be formed before considering it."

"When the time comes, I will also install relay base stations on the balloons to further expand the network coverage."

"If we can expand our reconnaissance range to more than 120 kilometers, we can basically guarantee our own safety."

"can."

Chen Jian nodded with satisfaction and then cut off the balloon scene.

But at the moment the screen was closed, he suddenly noticed an unusual heat signal on the ground.

He quickly cut back to the screen and after zooming in, everything on the ground was clearly visible.

"Mantis."

Chen Jian said in a deep voice:

"We've already killed so many, but there are still so many?"

"How do these monsters reproduce? Were there so many of them when we were in Chuansha City?"

"No."

Xie Liu, who was standing aside, said:
"But this kind of monster is not particularly special, and it is normal for there to be a large number of them."

"Chuansha City is most likely just one of the settlements. I don't know how many such settlements there are in the entire southern region."

"However, with so many monsters gathering near our base, we can judge that the range of the beast tide may be larger than we expected."

"Most of these monsters should still be full now. After a while, they will start hunting on a large scale."

"We must inform the Adeptus Mechanicus."

"We can't stop so many monsters by ourselves. They have to take responsibility!"

"clear."

Chen Jian nodded seriously and immediately gave the order:

"Gather our own people first and give them guns!"

"Yes!"

Xie Liu immediately turned around and left. A moment later, all the residents in the 011 base gathered in the square.

Chen Jian explained the situation to everyone in the simplest and most direct way. Afterwards, he immediately arranged for the Chinese Army to distribute all of the newly produced Type 75 assault rifles.

In addition to being delivered to the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, the remaining stock of guns produced in the past few days can just meet the needs of the base residents.

In Chen Jian's opinion, they don't necessarily need to know how to use the weapons in their hands "effectively". It is enough as long as they can roughly aim at the monster and pull the trigger when they encounter danger.

Based on this idea, his plan for distributing guns was simple.

Everyone was given one, and women and children were treated equally.

When the residents received the weapons and the 30 rounds of ammunition that came with the guns, almost everyone was at a loss.

Of course they had seen weapons, and everyone had even seen the shooting scenes of the Chinese Army's new recruits during training.

But they probably never imagined that these powerful weapons would be distributed to them in such a casual manner.

These "Leaders" of the Huaxia Army
Aren’t they really afraid of rebellion?
Jiang Yu tightly gripped the Type 75 rifle in his hand and looked up at Chen Jian and others who were helping to count the ammunition in the distance.

She tentatively raised the gun and then put it down, lowered the muzzle following the movements demonstrated by Ji Xing in front of her, and loaded a bullet into the magazine.

"Spread out and keep a safe distance!"

"Raise the gun to the sky!"

Ji Xing’s voice came.

Jiang Yu immediately followed, gripped the handguard tightly, and pointed the muzzle of the gun towards the sky.

The movements of the others were somewhat slow and inconsistent. Jiang Yu looked around and gradually saw the muzzles of guns pointing to the sky, standing tall like dense weeds.

"Hold the handguard tight!"

"Pull the trigger!"

"boom!"

"Bang bang bang bang-"

The continuous sound of gunfire instantly resounded throughout the base.

The smoke gathered in one place and was soon blown away by the wind.

This is just the simplest training.

But for these residents, it means a lot.

From then on, they acquired a new title.

"Huaxia Military Militia".

"Hold the gun!"

The command came again, and this time, everyone moved much faster.