Chapter 729: Low-Tech War

The reason why monsters can wreak havoc in the world is nothing more than relying on two magic weapons - super electromagnetic interference ability, and energy shield.

But these two "superpowers" are only effective against the most sophisticated war machines of human armies.

As for this old-fashioned third-line fleet, which was purely armed with twentieth-century technology, they were not equipped with much electronic equipment in the first place, and the ship's radar system and automatic fire aiming and locking system were all good and bad, and the crew had long been accustomed to fighting in the oldest and most reliable way, even in the most intense psychic magnetic storm field, except for hair standing on end, fingernails crackling, and a little dizzy, it was basically not greatly affected.

And the monster's energy shield can play the greatest defensive role against supersonic attacks, their old-fashioned naval guns and rockets, and even hand-held weapons that must shoot at close range, even at the highest speed, it is difficult to break through the speed of sound, just enough to penetrate the monster's "indestructible" invisible armor.

What's more, artillery shells are always much cheaper than missiles, and there are many more of them, and while an elite fleet fires a hundred missiles, even a third-line fleet with patchwork equipment and so-so training can calmly and unhurriedly fire out tens of thousands of shells to achieve a steady stream of firepower coverage.

Monsters are flesh and blood after all, and when the energy shield loses more than 70% of its effect, and when it loses one or the other, how can it withstand such an indiscriminate bombardment?

Of course, in actual combat, after losing all its electronic equipment, this third-line fleet had its slow speed, short range, single tactics, and only close "fighting bayonets" and other defects were exposed, and the monster seized the opportunity to easily smash the two battleships from the middle, and the ancient watertight compartment and clumsy damage management system did not play the slightest role, and the fragmented battleship and hundreds of crew members died in the sea.

But after all, the battle is no longer a one-sided slaughter, and while the monsters inflict heavy losses on the human fleet, the human fleet also viciously tore off a piece of bloody flesh from the monsters!

At this time, there was a roar of engines in the sky.

Two Warthogs appeared over the battlefield.

There were no aircraft carriers in this third-line fleet.

The Warthog is also not an advanced all-weather over-the-horizon stealth fighter.

The "Warthog" - A10 close support attack aircraft, is a ground attack aircraft originated in the sixties and seventies of the twentieth century, specializing in attacking tank armored vehicles and moving targets, its performance parameters are lackluster, and its appearance is even quite ugly, just like its nickname "Warthog".

As early as the mid-to-late 20 th century, when it was just born, many military experts scoffed at it, believing that it was already backward in an all-round way just after its birth, with slow speed, low altitude, short firing range, lack of fire control radar and advanced optoelectronic systems, and even though it had the advantages of low price and durable leather, it was also "not elegant" and could only be used to fight rebels, eliminate small bandits, or clean up the battlefield under the premise of absolute air superiority, and was absolutely not suitable for all-out war between superpowers.

However, in the mid-to-late twentieth century, the risk of all-out war between superpowers became less and less, but all kinds of rebels and terrorist forces appeared on the scene, active in all corners of the world, and the A10 attack aircraft also shined for a while, a total of thousands of aircraft were produced and delivered, most of which were in the middle and late 21st century, with the collapse of the Western powers, together with the production line, resold or lost to all parts of the world.

These two "Warthogs" came from military airfields on land.

In the core area of the Earth Alliance's key construction, old antiques such as "Warthog" are not even qualified to park in the airport and squeeze space.

However, in the equatorial region, which has just joined the alliance and has an extremely backward level of development, it is already very good to be able to send two "Warthogs" to support the battlefield at sea!

In fact, the initial task of these two "Warthogs" was only to entangle the monster and delay time - if it can't be done, as long as the whole process of the fierce battle is filmed, so that the military can sum up the lessons afterwards, and the mission will be completed.

Because high-altitude reconnaissance satellites and supersonic reconnaissance planes equipped with advanced electronic warfare equipment have been jammed, there is no way to send such a stupid, big, coarse, cheap, and downed thing as a "warthog" to carry out a mission.

As a result, after discovering that the third-line fleet was unusually violent, the monster screamed, although he didn't quite understand what was going on, the hot-headed "Warthog" pilot actually made a bold decision without reporting to his superiors - of course, in a strong electromagnetic interference environment, and without being able to report to his superiors.

They voluntarily hover over the monster's head and attack it.

A new miracle has appeared!

Since the twentieth century, the machine guns and rockets that have long been completely backward have given monsters a heavy blow that even precision-guided missiles cannot cause!

Although the warthog's flight speed is slow and the flight altitude is quite pitiful, for a monster that has no flight ability and does not have many long-range attack methods, two warthogs are like two annoying flies, "buzzing" in its ears, but it is difficult to catch.

In the end, the monster finally seized the opportunity and tore apart a "warthog".

But it also paid a heavy price, and was beaten and fled by the third-line fleet and A10 attack ships with ancient naval guns, machine guns and rockets.

This battle became a turning point in the battle between humans and monsters.

Before this war, human beings have discovered a lot of superpowers of monsters, but the combat ideas have always revolved around the word "high-precision", and the equipment research and development department of the Earth Army and civilian weapon manufacturers are thinking hard about how to develop weapons with stronger electronic warfare capabilities, more anti-jamming, and faster, and can actively and accurately lock on the weaknesses of monsters.

This line of thinking cannot be said to be wrong.

After all, no one knows if a missile can penetrate the monster's energy shield in one fell swoop when it reaches five or even six times the speed of sound.

And the electromagnetic combat and anti-jamming capabilities that are superior to monsters, once developed, can naturally solve the problem once and for all.

There are only two problems.

One is called "money".

One is called "time".

The research and development of military equipment was originally a bottomless gold-swallowing beast, and technological development was not a one-time thing, and there was not even a timetable to speak of.

It is really an impossible task to achieve epoch-making technological innovation in just one and a half years, quickly put them into active service, and build hundreds or thousands of super warships equipped with the latest technology.

If we continue along this dead end, I am afraid that the progress will not be 10%, the military spending of the Earth Alliance will exceed 50% of GDP, and the alliance's finances will be declared bankrupt - a fleet built with this incredible super technology is simply more precious than gold of the same volume and weight, and it is even more unaffordable!

However, this encounter on the equator gave the military a new enlightenment when it was mired in the quagmire.

Since the "high-tech" path is not feasible, what about "low-tech"?

That's right, the superweapon of the Earth Army in the 22nd century is powerful, but in the battle with monsters, what "all-weather, over-the-horizon, supersonic, automatic fire control, spy miniature, tactical data link", these things are all technology spillovers, except for wasting money, time and valuable manpower and material resources, there is no use for half a dime at all.

So, what about getting rid of them all?

Since supersonic missiles don't work against monsters at all, then don't use supersonic missiles or even any kind of missiles at all, just machine guns, close defense guns, heavy machine guns, mines, fish, and bombshells.

Since radar, autopilot, autopilot, and autolock...... All equipment involving electronics will be interfered with by monsters, and then all of them will be discouraged, and the technical level of the human fleet, at least in terms of electronic control and communication, will be reduced to the level of World War II or even World War I!

Since those all-weather and anti-stealth, electronic warfare and anti-electronic warfare capabilities of "fifth-generation and sixth-generation aircraft" cannot deal with monsters, and the cost is high, the cost is hundreds of millions at every turn, and it will be distressed for a long time to be shot down, then simply don't want it, just come to the "Warthog", even more backward propeller fighters and bombers than the "Warthog", the optoelectronic equipment can be made up at will, anyway, no matter how advanced it is, it will be interfered with, or the pilot's naked eye is the most reliable.

What if the firepower isn't fierce enough? It doesn't matter, use quantity to make up for quality, the power of a gun is naturally far inferior to a missile, then ten, a hundred, within the limit of what the battleship can bear, all the space on the deck is densely stacked with turrets, the ammunition depot is stuffed with the most backward shells, it really encounters a monster, it doesn't matter if it can be hit, anyway, all the ammunition is roughly in the direction of the monster, and all of it is a victory!