Chapter Eighty-Nine: Exploding the Tech Tree
On July 28, 1641 in the Adiac continental calendar, the southern steppes of the Orc Empire in the northern hemisphere ushered in the highest temperature of the year, the scorching sun scorched the earth, the original green pastures were more verdant, and the water level of the river did not fall but rose, it is obvious that it is now the rainy season.
Viewed from above, in the heart of this grassland, an iron-gray pattern that occupies thousands of meters around is entrenched in a sea of green, its color and shape at odds with everything around it.
In the Wolongshan Military Airport, a newly built parking lot for vertical aircraft to take off and land is now in a strong wind. Sweep away the dust that had been entrenched on the concrete floor, leaving a clean site.
On top of this flat concrete structure, an iron bird painted in camouflage green stood on it, the landing gear firmly supporting the massive fuselage, and the propellers above rotated, blowing gusts of air.
"The first fighter jet is just a helicopter, but I'm looking forward to it. Hu Yi, who served as the chairman of the base committee, stood on the observation platform not far away, touched his chin and thought a little and continued: "Can this kid Tello do it?"
Fu Baichen, who was not far away, smiled: "Lao Hu, are you worried about Mao, this kid Tello has been staying there for more than a week since this helicopter was built, and he can't be more familiar with those instruments, not to mention that there is also the protective device to escort it, this time it is just an experiment, what are you afraid of." ”
Zhang Yuan stood not far away and dozed off with no interest, not caring about this test flight at all. For him from the interstellar battlefield, any aircraft in the atmosphere, which does not fly at a speed of Mach 5 or beyond the stratosphere, is scum.
In the helicopter not far away, Tello sat firmly in the driver's seat, calmly debugging the instrument in front of him, looking at the energy grid on the LCD panel, he looked at the hot engine condition of the rotor, stretched out his hand, opened the energy dial, and slowly started, injecting Tiberium into the energy running line of the fuselage in the Tiberium energy tank located above the fuselage.
The 5% 12% 18% and 27% energy cells slowly rose, and the originally blank bottom energy grid was gradually filled with a layer of green liquid, and when the data stopped at 30%, Tello stopped the energy input.
The rotors suddenly accelerated, and an even more violent hurricane blew out, and the original huge steel monster officially woke up!
"The tower, the warm-up engine is complete, the energy injection is complete, the fuselage is in good condition, and it can take off. The former prince of the Galia Empire said in a slow tone. He is only thirteen years old this year, and after so many changes, he has found a suitable profession in this Wolong Mountain base - air knight! Although he is only an underage boy, his nerve reflex speed, eyesight, physical strength, and ability to carry G are far beyond ordinary people, and he is a good seedling to become a pilot, and he is also handy when playing with helicopters. Therefore, after a week-long brutal indoctrination of flying knowledge and physical training, he got his wish to lead the flight license and officially became the second pilot of the Wolongshan base.
Tower: "Allowed to take off, good luck." ”
Troll: "Thank you. ”
An iron bird with a large fan above its head rises from the ground
Half a month ago, thanks to the successful mass production and use of Tiberium crystals by the Scientific Research Department of Wolongshan, Tiberium crystals were officially put into use, playing a huge role in scientific research and energy, coupled with the technical support of Xiaowei's AI, the scientific and technological level of Wolongshan suddenly rose as if it had opened a plug-in (in fact, it was similar to the hanging), and it directly crossed the level of World War I with lightning speed, and officially reached the level of World War II。 Under such a scientific and technological explosion, weapons and equipment have also been transformed and upgraded.
The SKS rifle is a new product in this scientific and technological revolution. Doesn't that sound like a familiar name? Yes, this is the semi-automatic rifle produced by the original world's red woolly bear after World War II. Based on the five or six semi-automatic ones originally used by Jack, the Weapons Development Department succeeded in reproducing the first SKS rifle after several hours of analysis and research! SKS, which is the abbreviation of Simonov self-loading carbine.
The SKS semi-automatic rifle was the first rifle to fire the former Soviet 7.62×39MM43 intermediate power bullet. The SKS semi-automatic rifle is a self-loading bullet rifle with an air-conductive weapon of ordinary construction equipped with a sword-shaped bayonet. It has the advantages of simple structure and good rigidity, and is a weapon with good performance.
The Simonov rifle is a gas-conductive weapon with the most common structure. The gas conduction device has no gas regulator, the piston is pressed against the bolt frame through the push rod, and the piston recoil stroke is less than the stroke of the frame, so the automatic mode of the gun belongs to the piston short stroke. The bolt deflection locking mechanism adopted has good rigidity, simple structure, easy to produce, and good serviceability.
The firing mechanism belongs to the hammer rotary type, which is composed of a hammer and a hammer spring, a firing pin and a firing pin. The firing mechanism belongs to a semi-automatic firing mechanism, which is composed of a stopper and a stopper spring, a trigger and a trigger spring, a trigger shaft, a trigger connecting rod, a safety that is not in place, a single shot rod, etc., and is combined on the transmitter base. Among them, the single-shot lever can press the trigger link down while the bolt recoil overwhelms the hammer, releasing the blocking iron, holding the hammer, and ensuring a single shot.
Change the gun to use an empty compartment hang-up mechanism. When the magazine is ejected, the spring raises the plate to the highest position. The protrusions of the supporting plate hold up the empty compartment hanger board, and make its protrusion to the bottom surface of the receiver not more than 2.25mm, so that the supporting surface blocks the projectile protrusion of the bolt and prevents the bolt from re-entering, so that the shooter can reload from above in time.
The gun's inadequate safety is that before the bolt is properly locked, the inadequate safety stopper controls the trigger link in the upper position so that it is aligned with the guide edge on the firing base. At this time, the trigger cannot be pulled, and it cannot be fired, forming a lack of insurance. In addition, there is a bulge in the middle of the inadequate safety blocking iron, and when the bolt is not locked properly, the inadequate safety blocking iron is in the upper position, and the protrusion is fastened with the hammer clamping slot, so that the hammer can not rotate forward. In this case, even if the trigger link is aligned with the blocking iron, the trigger cannot be fired by pressing it, so a failure insurance is formed.
Manual fuse machine composition. When the fuse is in the fuse position, its limiting face blocks the trigger. When the trigger is pulled, there is only a stroke of no more than 2~3mm. When there is a bullet in the chamber, the hammer is in the rear position, the blocking iron will not be pushed, and the hammer cannot be released to form a rear safe. However, when there is no bullet in the chamber and the hammer is in the forward position, there is no forward insurance. At this time, if the frame has a long backward movement due to unexpected reasons, so that when it re-advances, the top bullet in the magazine will be pushed into the chamber, forming a state of readiness, so special attention should be taken.
Automatic mode, gas conduction locking method, bolt deflection type, aiming device, mechanical sight, cylindrical front sight, curved gauge with semicircular notched door.
The ammunition uses M43 type 7.62×39mm bullet ammunition capacity 10rds magazine feed, the whole gun length is 1022mm, the barrel length is 521mm, 4 right-handed rifling lines, the mass of the whole gun is 3.85kg, the muzzle velocity is 735m/s, the maximum lethality range is 1000m (gauge range), and the effective firing range is 400m.
All in all, a very good rifle.
Of course, in order to keep the few remaining knots in the crowd, this rifle has no vulgar name, but it adds an M1641 to the front of the original name, and the suffix retains the original name, which can be regarded as a tribute to Sergei Gavrirovich Simonov, the firearms designer of the original world red woolly bear family.
M1641-SKS, is the name of this gun, a mixed name of the United States and the Soviet Union, which makes people a little ridiculous.
However, in the current situation where the entire base is maintaining a scientific and technological explosion and the technology tree is exploding, only producing such a semi-automatic rifle will definitely not be able to satisfy the bad taste of the gang of uncles in the weapons research and development department.
Thus, a copycat version of the M21 sniper rifle, copied from the M21 sniper rifle used by the main combat forces of the US imperialists, was born!
The M21 sniper rifle, which was originally transformed from the M14 rifle, has problems such as slightly bulky guns, excessive ammunition power, and difficulty in controlling accuracy when shooting fully automatically, but the weapons produced by the base AI Xiaowei are naturally impossible to exist anymore.
The question of ammunition is simpler.
The M21 sniper rifle is an improvement on the M14 rifle, and the M14 rifle is the work of the god Garand, and naturally it also uses a 7.62mm caliber bullet. At that time, the U.S. side emphasized the design idea of long-range military rifles and did not accept small-caliber rifle cartridges. In 1953, NATO chose the 7.62x51.02 mm (.308 in) bullet as the standard rifle cartridge. The M14 rifle and its ammunition, 7.62x51 mm NATO standard rifle cartridge (the cartridge case is 12 mm shorter than the original .30-06 rifle cartridge), standardizes ammunition and rifles, and simplifies logistics, which of course is the same for Wolongshan.
The M14 rifle was born at the wrong time, in the 60s of the 20th century, the United States intervened in the Vietnam War, and the M14 rifle appeared to be relatively bulky in the jungle operations in Southeast Asia, and the amount of ammunition carried by individual soldiers was also limited, and the ammunition was too powerful, and it was difficult to control the accuracy when shooting fully automatic. Inferior to the AK-47 assault rifle used by North Vietnam. It is said that on the battlefield in Vietnam, some American soldiers would throw away the bulky M14 and pick up the AK-47 for use. In 1963, the United States terminated the purchase of the M14, and in 1967, the small-caliber M16 assault rifle was chosen, and the M14 began to be fully disassembled, which led to the closure of the historic Springfield Arsenal. A large number of M14 rifles were handed over to the foreign ** team in accordance with the military assistance program. There is also the original M14 rifle production line sold to Taiwan, which was officially signed and authorized to be manufactured on January 23, 1967, and finalized as the Type 57 rifle.
The M14 rifle has the advantages of high accuracy and long range, and in 1969, the United States developed the M21 sniper rifle based on the M14, which was welcomed by the troops. In the wars against Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. military re-activated more M14s equipped with high-precision barrels, bipods and scopes to provide long-range precision support firepower. The modernized M14 rifle was re-equipped with the army. And the traversers, it is this modernized M21 sniper rifle that is used.
As for the naming, well, the talentless traversers still followed the old rules and put the name of M1641 on the M21 rifle, and directly changed the name to M1641 - SP! In fact, it is the English word for sniper, the abbreviation of sniper
The huge steel warhawk roared through the air, flexibly doing all kinds of actions, hovering in the air, reversing, S-shaped dodging, inertial acceleration, diving and pulling up all kinds of combat air combat skills belonging to the helicopter were skillfully used by Tello as the pilot, only thirteen years old, * up the helicopter, without the slightest jerky and discomfort, his movements are sophisticated, just like those old pilots who have flown for more than 2,000 hours, of course, thanks to the violent knowledge irrigation method of the base AI Xiaowei.
Looking at the familiar figure in the sky, a group of traversers took a deep breath and glanced at each other, all of them having a sense of providence.
The AH-1 Cobra helicopter gunship is a brand-new helicopter gunship, which has many unprecedented configurations: including a narrow low-drag streamlined fuselage, a two-person tandem cockpit, and the weapon system is not a temporary firepower installed on the fuselage, but a part of the overall design of the fuselage, including a rotating turret mounted on the nose of the fuselage, and short wings mounted on both sides of the fuselage, which greatly improves combat efficiency. The front seat of D-225 is responsible for controlling the weapons on board, while the rear seat is the pilot's seat, which is lower in height than the rear seat. The D-225's main rotor gearbox, swing disc and other mechanisms are covered by fairings on the upper part of the fuselage, while the tail is of the same configuration as the UH-1 and uses a retractable landing skid, which is not available in traditional utility helicopters.
The U.S. Army was impressed by the D-225, but it still could not accept a completely pure armed helicopter gunship, preferring to continue to use the armed UH-1A/B utility helicopter. Nevertheless, the D-225, which was designed for attack, was the originator of the helicopter gunship, and its design was forward-looking, and many of the features became common to future helicopter gunships. At the same time, the bloody lessons on the battlefield in Vietnam also made the US military quickly realize the value of professional armed helicopters, so in 1964 it put forward the world's first professional armed helicopter plan - Advanced Air Fire Support System (AAFSS) to develop a new type of professional armed helicopter that can accompany ground forces and provide fire support.
Due to the tension of the Vietnam War, the Army could not wait for the large and complex AAFSS, so it put the plan on hold for the time being, and first developed a transitional professional helicopter gunship to fill the gap before the AAFSS entered service. Bidders for this transitional program include Caiman Aerospace's HH-2, Sikorsky's S-61, and Bell's Model-209. The Bell Model-209 first flew in 1965, and the fuselage structure integrated the concepts of D-225 and Model-207, such as a narrow fuselage, tandem double cockpit, nose cannon, weapon mounts on both sides of the fuselage, single engine, fixed landing skid and other designs, and continued to use a large number of UH-1 systems, including the T-58 turbine engine, transmission system, balanced two-blade main tail rotor system, etc., so that the risk and cost can be reduced. In 1966, the Model-209 defeated its opponents to obtain an order from the U.S. Army, and received the official military designation of the UH-1H (changed to AH-1G a few months later), becoming the world's first professional helicopter gunship to enter mass production, and received the official name of Huey "Cobra".
The U.S. Army contracted Bell on April 6, 1966, to produce two AH-1s for testing, and the first 110 AH-1Gs were contracted a few days later. At the end of the same year, the US Army placed an additional order for 210 AH-1Gs. By 1968, the cumulative order for the AH-1G had exceeded 800, and in 1972-73, during the tight period of the Vietnam War, the total number of AH-1Gs had accumulated to about 1,100. Because the AH-1G is highly common to the UH-1 in terms of equipment and parts, not only is there much less failure on the battlefield than other new weapons, but also logistics and maintenance are much more convenient.
The AH-1G has a TAT-102A rotating turret under the nose and a GAU-2B 7.62mm machine gun with 8,000 rounds of ammunition. The AH-1G has a short wing on each side of the fuselage, and each short wing has two hardpoints, which can carry 76.2mm multiple rocket launchers, 7.62mm machine gun pods, etc. In addition, the nose of the AH-1G did not come later