Chapter 301 [Necessities for Future Interstellar Battles......]

The "XM-25 grenade launcher" hanging on his chest was interrupted by the waist, and only half of it was hung on his body.

The outer layer of soft body armor is directly pierced;

The inner layer of the level 5 ceramic bulletproof insert plate cracked into a spider web, and a deformed warhead, steaming hot air, was deeply embedded in the bulletproof insert.

"Iron warheads?"

Ignoring the hot hands, Xing Feng buckled the bullet and put it in the palm of his hand, looking at the flattened bullet, he was stunned for a while.

At the same time, a thought popped into his head.

Could it be...... An electromagnetic weapon that is still in the research stage and is globally recognized as one of the two pinnacle killers of the future interstellar battlefield!

It is common knowledge that there is no air in the universe, there is no oxygen in existence, and thrusters cannot be used.

And the liquid oxygen will increase the weight of the projectile, or the launcher.

This is an extremely troublesome thing!

However, as the old saying goes, if there are drawbacks, there must be benefits.

In the critical vacuum of space, without the obstruction of gravity and air, the flight speed of any object will be greatly increased.

Undoubtedly, this will be the best stage for electromagnetic weapons to achieve maximum destructive power by relying on the huge impact force of high-speed flight.

Of course, this electromagnetic weapon is not his "electromagnetic weapon"!

It is not the kind of electric energy that gathers in the cartoon to form a "beam of energy" shock wave.

The latter, to be precise, should be called - "energy cluster weapons"!

The origin of "electromagnetic weapons" is based on the "Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction" discovered by British scientist Faraday in the 19th century, and uses electromagnetic force (Lorentz force) to fire artillery shells along a guide rail.

It is mainly composed of three parts: energy, accelerator and switch, of which energy is the most core part.

Due to the lack of scientific and technological capabilities, the energy sources used in the current experiments include storage battery packs, magnetic flux compression devices, unipolar generators, and so on.

Among them, the unipolar generator has the most advantages!

Since energy devices usually occupy a large volume, modern electromagnetic weapons, both in size and caliber, are very large and can only be described as "electromagnetic guns".

The journey to achieve "small-caliber" has become extremely difficult!

However, although there are many limitations, after several decades of development, electromagnetic weapons have achieved certain results in the world.

For example, in the early 70s of the 20th century, the Australian National University built the first electromagnetic launcher to accelerate a 3-gram plastic block (cannonball) to a speed of 6,000 m/s.

Since then, Australian and American scientists have built different types of experimental prototypes and conducted many launch experiments.

The electromagnetic gun, powered by a monopole generator, has been able to accelerate a 318-gram shell to a speed of 4,200 m/s. The flux compression cannon has been able to accelerate a 2-gram projectile to a speed of 11,000 m/s.

In 1978, the laboratories announced the results of their experiments, which began to attract special attention from the militaries of various countries.

At this time, the United States, which was in the midst of the Cold War, began to make preparations for future "interstellar wars" after the National Defense Committee came to the conclusion that "high-performance weapons in the future will inevitably be based on electrical energy."

Among them, the US Department of Defense took the lead in setting up a "Joint Committee on Electromagnetic Guns" to coordinate the research work of the armed forces, the Department of Energy, the Defense Atomic Energy Agency, and the Strategic Defense Initiative in a decentralized manner.

In 1980, the experimental electromagnetic cannon built by the American company Westinghouse for "Star Wars" accelerated the shell with a mass of 300 grams to about 4 kilometers per second.

In a vacuum, this speed can be increased to 8~10 kilometers per second!

In 1992, the United States pushed a prototype "electromagnetic gun" with a caliber of 90 mm and a muzzle kinetic energy of 9 megajoules to the Yuma Range for testing.

The experimental results are very good, which also lays the foundation for the transformation of the electromagnetic gun from the laboratory to the shooting range, and also represents a breakthrough in the technology of "miniaturized electromagnetic cannon".

As of April 10, 2014, the U.S. Navy used electromagnetism to fire high-speed light artillery shells with seven times the speed of sound.

The cannon has already been extensively tested on the ground, and will be installed on the USS Milinokit, a U.S. Navy fast ship, and tested at sea in 2016.

Rear Admiral Kronde, director of the research department, revealed at a military science and technology roundtable: "The electromagnetic cannon is already a real existence, not science fiction, and now you can see it launched with your own eyes." ”

Meanwhile!

The United States has developed rapidly in the field of "electromagnetic weapons," and China, the future global hegemon and has always advocated "making a lot of money by silence," is also not lagging behind.

According to a report published on November 20, 2013 in Short Defense Weekly.

Satellite imagery shows the appearance of two strange "guns" at a central test site known to the outside world as the test site for the testing of armored equipment and artillery, northwest of the Chinese city of Baoqitou.

They are about 26 meters and 33.5 meters long, respectively, and the two super guns are each fixed to a concrete base.

In front of the artillery, there was also a series of objects that appeared to be targets. Reports speculate that this indicates that the department is testing the penetration of high-speed shells.

The times are advancing, and science and technology will inevitably develop!

It is a pity that excluding the secret laboratories that are not open to the public, these "electromagnetic weapons" known to the world are compared with the "electromagnetic guns" that Xingfeng is now facing.

To use an idiom, that is - small witch to see big witch!

(PS: There are more than four words in the idiom!) )

Guns roared, and the battle situation was tense in the valley battlefield.

Recalling this kind of "electromagnetic weapon" that is currently popular all over the world and is sought after by all countries, Xing Feng couldn't help but tremble with excitement with his right hand holding the iron warhead.

When you look up at the "miniaturized electromagnetic gun" that is still emitting blue light and silently emitting blue light......

Ambition, greed, and possessiveness, like the plague of a mad python, madly occupy the brain of Xingfeng.

"Good thing, this is a really good baby, even if I lose half my life today, I will get you."

With his heart beating violently, Xingfeng was secretly ruthless and made a big gambling decision.

After feeling Caesar's pulse and making sure that he had fainted only temporarily, the torture wind dragged him to a safe slope and ran to the front line again.

At this time, the two mechanical dogs that were originally blown up appeared in the battlefield again.

And under the cover of the stormy firepower, it was less than 300 meters away from Xingfeng and the others, and everyone could already clearly see the "electromagnetic gun" glowing with blue fluorescence on its streamlined metal body.

"Fake, these three damn dogs, give Lao Tzu to die."

Big Bear picked up a bazooka, threw out an RPG, and after blowing up one of the mechanical dogs, he shouted at Xingfeng: "BOSS, these three damn monsters can't be killed, and when he approaches us, it's over, there's not much ammunition left, what now?" ”