Chapter 38: 72 Hours of Arms Sales
After the explosion, those laboratories had been completely blown open, and the water inside gushed out and splashed all over the ground, and the corpses that had been immersed in the water were also scattered by the majestic current.
Ethan then led everyone out of the aisle with the water.
"Alright, where do we go now" Seeing that the obstacle was completely gone, Ethan nodded in satisfaction and looked at Kaplan.
"Okay, once we're through here, we'll be in the console," Kaplan said, pointing to the directions on his computer.
At this time, Barton, who had been paying attention to his surroundings, had a stronger sense of foreboding in his heart, and finally when his eyes fell on a floating corpse at Ethan's feet, he finally understood the source of that uneasy feeling.
"Ethan, be careful!!" Barton exclaimed.
βwhat?β At this time, Ethan was confused, and then the corpse at his feet stood up sharply and threw himself straight towards Ethan's legs.
However, the corpse was not able to pounce on Ethan, because Barton, who sensed that something was wrong, had already shot an arrow, right in the throat,
The force of the force caused the corpse to pause, and it was enough time for Ethan to back away from the corpse.
Then in the stunned eyes of everyone, the corpse with an arrow in the throat quickly stood up again.
"What the hell is this" Seeing this living corpse, Ethan couldn't help but scold, he didn't think this moving thing would be a living person...... A living person would not be hit by an arrow in his throat as if he was nothing, and more importantly, Ethan could see that the throat of the corpse that had just been hit by the arrow was only a little dark red, not like the people who were usually shot by Barton, and the bright red blood splattered.
Seeing this, Barton shot an arrow again, this time in the foot, but the corpse still only paused, still persevering towards Ethan.
A gunshot rang out, and the "corpse" finally lost its vitality and collapsed to the ground, but it was Ethan who shot the head of the thing.
"Looks like a headshot" Ethan shrugged as he kicked the corpse and made sure that the other party was completely immobile, but he found that no one cared about his findings and instead looked behind him with a blank stare.
"Ethan, I think we're in big trouble," Matt swallowed.
Seeing this, Ethan looked back, and the corpses scattered everywhere and as far as his eyes could see, as if they had received some signal, all staggered up and rushed towards them.
"Where is the B restaurant you mentioned," Ethan asked Campland after a few seconds of silence.
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In northern Oregon, at Joint Military Base Lewis-McCord in Washington, where the 75th Ranger Regiment is stationed, a convoy slowly pulls into the airport, and General Ross and an old man in a suit get out of a Humvee.
A major general who was waiting at the airport hurriedly greeted him.
"General Ross, Mr. Secretary of Defense" Major General gave a military salute to the two, and it turned out that the old man in the suit was the current Minister of Defense.
"General Hawke, haven't they arrived yet," Mr. Secretary of Defense asked with a nod at the major general.
"They're already here," the major general said, pointing to the three chic-looking transport planes parked in the distance.
Seeing the three transport planes, the eyes of General Ross and the Secretary of Defense were immediately attracted because they were three tiltrotor transport planes.
In fact, as the supreme military commander of the most powerful country on the planet, General Ross and the Secretary of Defense have seen an innumerable number of aircraft, and there are naturally rotary-wing transport aircraft, such as the 14 V-22 "Osprey" twin-engine tiltrotor transport attack aircraft that the Marine Corps has just purchased and developed by Boeing and Bell Helicopters.
But after seeing the three rotorcraft planes in front of them, General Ross and the Secretary of Defense felt that Boeing and Bell's decades-long investment in rotorcraft was probably going down the drain.
Because the three rotary-wing transport planes in front of me look much larger than the Osprey, and they are also four-engine.
Although for transport aircraft, size and engine are not the only criteria to measure the quality of transport aircraft, but they are one of the most important criteria, because this means that the carrying capacity is also large, and for the transportation vehicle, who doesn't want to carry as much as possible?
The closer they got to the three planes, the more the Secretary of Defense and General Ross were amazed.
"This is the representative of Osborne Industries, Mr. Rory Swan, the engineer," General Hawke pointed to Swan, who was directing the personnel to carry things next to one of the planes, as the Secretary of Defense and General Ross carefully examined the three transport planes.
"General Hawke" saw General Hawke coming, and Swan immediately walked over.
"Mr. Swan, this is Mr. Secretary of Defense, and this is General Ross" Under General Hawke's introduction, Swan stretched out his right hand and shook hands with the two of them.
"Mr. Swan, your hand?" The Secretary of Defense immediately noticed the robotic arm in Rory's left hand.
"Oh, a little accident, it's a bit ugly, but I think this hand is better now," Swan said, waving his arm nonchalantly.
"No, no, I mean, is this arm of yours also the technology of Osborne Industries?" The Secretary of Defense asked with some hot eyes, although Rory's robotic arm looks very rough in workmanship, but in fact, the technological content of Swan's robotic arm is not low, and it is very flexible, Mr. Secretary of Defense, obviously see this.
"Oh, yes" Swan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, this kind of artificial prosthetic limb is actually relatively backward in the interstellar world, but for this world earth, it can be regarded as high-tech.
It's just that both Swan and Chris have subconsciously ignored this point before, and when asked by the Secretary of Defense, Swan immediately realized this, Swan is not as simple as he shows, in the interstellar world, in addition to being an excellent engineer, he was also an excellent manager, controlling a large mining company, if it weren't for the use of official means by competitors to suppress him, he would have been a mining tycoon a long time ago.
However, the Secretary of Defense did not continue to delve into this topic, but turned the topic to the plane behind Swan, the allure of the robotic arm is not as attractive as these big guys.
"These three planes are also products of Osborne Industries?"
"Yes, these three planes are our latest VOTL four-engine tiltrotor transport aircraft launched by Ostens, of course, it can also be converted into a transport attack aircraft, this aircraft is 29.8 meters long, 11.6 meters high, has a wingspan of 16 meters, and has a load of 50 tons...... "Swan immediately reported a string of data.
For Swan, this transport aircraft is completely unattractive and too backward, but for these American troops, the temptation is great, and the Secretary of Defense and General Ross at this time have already moved their minds to procurement.
"Two, please allow me to introduce the new equipment that Mr. Osborne has prepared for this operation, HULC (Human Universal Load-Bearing Exoskeleton) Power Armor" After introducing the plane, Swan interrupted the two who were still shocked by the data of the three VOTL transport planes, and opened a large transport box with Osborne's industrial imprint, and what appeared in the eyes of the Secretary of Defense and General Ross was a set of power armor combat suits that looked seven points similar to CMC power armor.
Of course, although it looks seven points similar on the outside, it is actually quite different on the inside.
First of all, the power source must have been changed, and it is not the time to take out such a thing as a fusion reactor, so this set of HULC power armor uses a rechargeable high-energy battery, which can support this set of armor to run at full power for about 8 hours, which is enough for special operations.
The three-proof system has also been changed, although it is also a fully enclosed design, but the degree of protection is equivalent to that of a general chemical protection suit, which is sufficient, and there is no need for anti-corrosion and radiation protection.
Auditory reinforcement? This is not necessary.
Lifetime support? No, you don't.
Gravity generators? Don't.
Alloy armor? It's enough to be able to defend against rifle bullets, it's not necessary to defend against RPG or anything, if the protection is too strong, it's not easy to break, it's not easy to break, then it's not easy to earn maintenance fees.
Automatic sighting? This is not needed either, the cost is too high.
Integrated communication? Just kidding, it's too wasteful to pretend this, just plain radio communication.
Locking system? It doesn't work.
First aid device? No, the Ministry of Defense would like the soldiers to hang up on the spot, and the long-term cost of the wounded and sick pension is much higher than that of the dead.
Lighting equipment, uh, this is cheap, keep it.
Supporting frameworks? Well, there's no need to be too strong, it's almost enough to be able to hold two hundred kilograms and keep running at a constant speed without getting too tired.
C14 rifle? What are you kidding, this is worth the cost of a set of armor, two light machine guns, a grenade launcher, a rocket launcher, enough firepower.
As for why so many things have been removed, this power armor looks not only smaller but larger, very simple, these weapons consume a lot of ammunition, so bring more, it just happens that even the self-destruct device is saved, and after the ammunition is detonated, it is guaranteed that there is not much left.
What? How much does this suit cost, you ask? Don't worry, it's very cheap, five million sets, it's just the price of an M1A2 master tank, and if you really want to fight, as long as you use it well, it's no problem to fight the tank.
By the way, high-energy batteries are sold separately, 500,000 pieces, but buy a set of armor and get a battery.
What? I don't know if it's good or not? No, this time I sent one hundred and twenty sets, just for you to try, the situation in Raccoon City, our boss should give you the information, a very good experimental battlefield, if it is not easy to use, we will not charge money.
By the way, this armor can also be airdropped, and these three VOTL rotary-wing transport planes are equipped with airdrop equipment, which are also borrowed from you.
Oh, how much does a plane cost, you ask? It's cheap, it's only 200 million, you see that the osprey has to be 100 million, the load of our VOTL is several times that of theirs, and all the data are better than them, don't you think it's very affordable?
Yes? Will Boeing and Bell go bankrupt? It has nothing to do with Osborne Industries, but Osborne Industries doesn't mind buying them if the price is right.