That's right," Zhang Lan clapped her hands and looked at Xiao Chenxi with disdain, "||." Underneath T's ship is an inexhaustible supply of seawater, so did you know that water can turn into ice? As long as we add a powerful ice-making device to the ship, we can quickly and quickly freeze seawater into ice cubes and projectiles suitable for slingshot launches. Since there are such ready-made ice cube projectiles that can be used, why do we have to spend money and effort to customize such special projectiles? ”

Fainting, that's okay? Xiao Chenxi was dumbfounded by Zhang Lan's words, but then again, this method is indeed the most effective and least costly method, and at the same time, it also has the advantage of arrogance: unless the sea is dry and the rocks are rotten, you will never have to worry about the lack of ice bombs on the ship!

"Considering the multi-faceted combat that may be required, I don't think a set of ice-making equipment will be enough. But this problem is simple, if one set of ice-making devices is not enough, let's add another set, if two sets are not good, then install three sets, anyway, the ice-making device is not worth a few dollars. In this way, we don't have to carry projectiles, and there is an inexhaustible supply of projectiles for our automatic super large slingshots, a super large slingshot that never has to worry about projectiles, which is the dream of many children. Alas, but," just when Xiao Chenxi heard Zhang Lan say this, and was still shocked by his whimsy, Zhang Lan began to feel a little distressed, "How big should it be, I don't know if a one-ton ice cube projectile or a two-ton ice cube projectile is suitable?" ”

You are ruthless enough, a piece of ice weighing one or two tons smashed over, and it is estimated that those small warships of the small navy in Southeast Asia really can't cope with it. This is really not enough to see Zhang Lan's face, Xiao Chenxi couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on Zhang Lan - it was not simply pouring cold water, Xiao Chenxi did find a problem, "It's not me who hit you, how are you going to launch such a heavy projectile?" Are you still going to use a strong rubber band like a slingshot? ”

"How is that possible?" Hearing Xiao Chenxi's words, Zhang Lan shook her head, "Of course we can't use rubber bands, and it is estimated that it is also a problem to find the rubber bands that are suitable for us, but we can use alternative devices to achieve the same effect." ”

"Uh-huh," Xiao Chenxi tilted her head, looking interested, "For example?" ”

"For example, the steam catapult device is like the steam catapult device on a U.S. aircraft carrier," Ms. Zhang said, "but we don't need a steam catapult device as large and complex as a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, they need to eject a plane weighing tens of tons and accelerate it to a speed that is fast enough for the plane to fly in an instant."

But we don't need to, we just need to catapult this two-ton ice bomb out. After a pause, Zhang Lan added, "It is not necessarily limited to the steam catapult device, if there are other suitable catapult devices, we can use them as well." But there is one thing, you must not use gunpowder to propel this ice bomb, otherwise it will not be a powerful large slingshot, but a cannonball loaded with an ice warhead. ”

What a slingshot hits and a cannonball are definitely two different things, and most of the time when you get hit by a slingshot, you only think you're unlucky, but you get a cannonball...... You're planning to go to war, aren't you?

"The steam catapult device seems to be the technology of the United States, so far, such a small steam catapult device, it seems that neither you China nor Russia have this kind of technology," Xiao Chenxi muttered, "Without this technology, you still have no way to launch your super large ice bomb." ”

This is the truth, the steam catapult device used for the take-off of large carrier-based aircraft on an aircraft carrier is a technology unique to the United States, and for some countries, the launch of small arms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, missiles, or some other unmanned weapons, does not need a steam catapult device at all, and the direct use of rocket booster technology is both safe and convenient, so that the low-power steam catapult device that Zhang Lan needs has not been able to be done by any country in the world -- it is not impossible. This kind of technique is actually not difficult, but there is really no need for it, so the ghost idea that Zhang Lan came up with can be used for this trick.

"This requires the help of you and Sister Alice, Brother Zhuzi, and even Brother Tian." Zhang Lan said with a hippie smile. "It's a little favor. Such a simple thing. You won't help it. ”

"Count you ruthless!" Heard Zhang Lan say this. understood that he was fooled by Zhang Lan. stared at Zhang Lan deadly. After a long time, I finally held back a sentence. "Okay. We helped with that. But you tell me. The steam catapult device needs to be used to push a two-ton ice bomb to the ground. How far to reach? ”

"It doesn't have to be too far." Zhang Lan thought for a moment. It looks like a warship destroys a fishing boat, or a guy on a warship shoots at a fishing boat. Basically, it happened within 50 meters of each other. "Anyway, they don't dare to use the ship's surface missiles and artillery. It is only possible to get close to the fishing boats to evict and take further action

It is considered that the firing range of up to 3000 meters is sufficient. ”

3,000 meters is still a relatively safe number for Zhang Lan to take the ground. this distance. It's enough to beat those guys who have bad intentions for their fishing boats!

"3,000 meters, right?" Xiao Chenxi nodded. "Small meaning. No problem. ”

To solve the problem of the launch and range of ice bombs weighing one or two tons, imagining that large ice blocks weighing one or two tons were smashed on the small warships of the small navies of Vietnam, the Philippines or Indonesia, Xiao Chenxi couldn't help but shudder: the huge weight of the two-ton ice bomb itself, coupled with the powerful kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy given to the projectile when the powerful slingshot used by the steam catapult device as a rubber band to launch the ice bomb, is just like the small warships of those small countries with a displacement of only a few hundred tons. As long as it is smashed on these warships, no matter how thick the warship steel plate is, then these super big ice bombs must not smash a big hole in the ship? Smashed on the mast of a warship, it can definitely break the mast; If smashed on the radar, the radar will definitely be scrapped; If it happens to happen to smash into the command and control center along the front glass of the command and control center...... Khan, then this warship is scrapped - there is no command staff, how can this battle be fought?

Unless these countries use missiles and other weapons to attack, it will be difficult to withstand such a huge rain of ice bombs even if they use ship-based artillery. But in the face of this kind of almost shameless but helpless trick like throwing stones at the people on the ship, unless they want to completely offend the country, do they dare to use the artillery or missiles on the warship? ,

Such a fishing escort ship, because it does not have any gunpowder weapons, can be completely classified as civilian ships. If a country's warship uses missiles or artillery to fire at a civilian vessel -- and the officers and men on the warship use guns, and this kind of warning thing is normal -- it is almost equivalent to declaring war on the country of the civilian vessel, so although countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines have repeatedly seized and confiscated Chinese fishing boats, even if they fire, it is only a demonstrative fire using the guns carried on board, and it will not hurt anyone, let alone use the ship's guns or missiles.

As long as they don't use these things, in front of Zhang Lan's giant slingshot boat, these warships will not have any advantage! Zhang Lan will not suffer a loss in the fight, even if they fire, the ice bombs on the ship will be enough for them to suffer for a while. Xiao Chenxi was thinking in her heart, well, I just don't know where this kid plans to order this kind of boat from? It usually takes at least a year to build a ship, and when such a ship is ready, where will his crew come from? And when will it be possible to form combat effectiveness?

"When will this thing be designed?" Zhang Lan didn't know what Xiao Chenxi was thinking now, he was more concerned about this issue now: the design time of this steam catapult device was directly related to the establishment time of his fishing boat escort ship, but he couldn't be sloppy.

"There's a question, I need to know where these boats you need are coming from? How much power are these ships capable of? Thinking of this question, Xiao Chenxi asked, "How long will it take for these ships to become combat-capable?" ”

"The source of the ship asks, where are there many warships," Zhang Lan pointed to the north. Looking at the aspect of Zhang Lan's finger, Xiao Chenxi understood that Zhang Lan was talking about the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet, "With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia, which took over most of the equipment and assets of the former Soviet Union, is economically plummeting and poor to death. Even because there is no funding, it is very difficult to maintain even the most basic military equipment normally, and there is no money to paint the warship with anti-corrosion paint, so it can only be left there to rust and rot! In order to raise military funds, many warships have even begun to be sold as scrap steel. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Lan laughed, "Let's go to the Far East Pacific Fleet to pick up the rags." ”

Suddenly remembering a question, Zhang Lan asked. "Who is the current commander of the Pacific Fleet in the Far East of Russia?"

"It's still the Sironov guy." Xiao Chenxi replied without thinking.

Zhang Lan patted her head: Has history changed so much? In his memory, this guy Sironov was dismissed from the post of commander of the Pacific Fleet in the Far East by Yeltsin, but he did not expect that because of his appearance, when he was pouring things from Russia, he cooperated with several major Russian military regions that passed along the way, and actually strengthened the strength of these guys against the Kremlin, and this old guy Sironov is still in the position of commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet in the Far East.

But since they are still old acquaintances, Zhang Lan nodded, so things are much easier.