Chapter 108 This Cannon is Really Awesome
Inside the training ground, Zhang Sirui was supervising the daily training of the resistance fighters as usual.
Compared to before, Zhang Sirui no longer needed to stay on the platform and pay attention to the dynamics of the field, ready to use a sniper rifle to rescue the resistance soldiers in danger. As these soldiers became more and more skilled in training, more and more fully prepared, and the command and coordination of each team became more and more perfect, dangerous situations were extremely rare.
After training these middle-level resistance fighters, Zhang Sirui can completely let go and let these middle-level resistance fighters continue to , so that the training of the resistance army can flow like running water.
However, Zhang Sirui still came to check on them frequently, discovering any problems in the training at any time, and then summoned the team leaders to explain the situation to them.
Just then, there was a knock on the door. Zhang Sirui turned his head and found Chen She walking in holding a thick and long pipe.
Chen She put the thick and long tube on the table, still a little out of breath.
This new sniper rifle has such a huge caliber, so its weight must be relatively scary. During the production process, Chen She has tried every means to reduce the weight of this sniper rifle and bullets. The main method is to change the properties of rare metals through space-time particles, so as to make the weapon lighter while ensuring reliability.
But even so, this huge sniper rifle, which is a circle larger than a single-soldier rocket launcher and has a caliber of almost half a meter, is still a bit too heavy for Chen She.
After all, Chen She’s profession is a creator. Although he has been injected with basic genetic drugs and his physical fitness is stronger than ordinary people, it is still a bit difficult for him to control this weapon.
However, most of the resistance fighters are genetically and mechanically advanced, so using this sniper rifle shouldn't be a problem.
"Third brother, take a look at my newly developed individual weapon. I plan to name it "Defender."
Chen She pushed the weapon in front of Zhang Sirui.
Zhang Sirui was very happy after seeing it. "Hey, Captain, are we planning to organize an artillery unit? It's a pity that the caliber is a bit small, but it does meet the requirement of portability."
"For us now, the artillery unit is indeed a relatively cost-effective unit. When facing the enemy's floating vehicles, air fortresses and other large equipment, we can also launch an effective counterattack. We don't have to hide like before."
Originally, the rebel fighters were most concerned about large equipment, because they had suffered a lot in this regard before.
If the corporate army deploys floating fortresses, most of the small-caliber firearms in the hands of the rebels will be like tickling and will not be able to cause any effective damage.
But if there were heavy artillery, the situation would be completely different.
To Zhang Sirui, the new weapon in front of him had a caliber of half a meter, which obviously could not be considered a firearm. Weapons like this, if each team was equipped with one, might work wonders in some special situations.
Chen She found that Zhang Sirui had misunderstood his meaning, and hurriedly corrected him: "No, no, no, this is not a cannon. How can such a small caliber be called a cannon?"
"The way I designed it, the Defender is a sniper rifle."
"You see, it is exactly the same as a sniper rifle in many aspects. For example, it can be aimed and kill with one shot. The aiming system above is a model I modified based on the most advanced aiming system of the Icefield Defense System. It has built-in environment and wind speed detection and algorithm correction, and can achieve the effect of automatic aiming through the smart aiming scope."
"In fact, there are only two ways to improve the lethality of a sniper rifle: either improve accuracy or increase the lethal radius. Improving accuracy is too difficult, and I think the latter is easier."
“In terms of killing key enemy targets, I think the Defender sniper rifle will be better than other sniper rifles.”
"As for your feeling that it looks like a cannon, this is a complete misunderstanding. Not only is its caliber small, but it is also not that rugged. I designed a special propulsion control module on its warhead. After the intelligent aiming system detects the movement of the target, this propulsion control module can also fine-tune the trajectory to ensure the hit rate."
"A precision weapon like this that can kill enemies should definitely be classified as a sniper rifle."
"Of course, I think this weapon has two biggest drawbacks. The first is that it can only carry a limited number of bullets, and the other is that it is relatively expensive."
"But doesn't this also fit the characteristics of a sniper rifle? After all, other sniper rifles also carry a small number of bullets and are relatively expensive."
Zhang Sirui was completely confused by Chen She's unprofessional remarks.
Increase the killing radius?
Yes, if a shell like this hit an ordinary enemy, it would probably be blown to ashes on the spot, right?
Moreover, Captain Chen She actually thought that this thing had a small caliber. I wonder what he used as a reference for comparison.
If the caliber of this thing is considered small, then in Captain Chen She's eyes, what should be the caliber of a standard cannon?
No wonder Captain Chen She designed the anti-aircraft gun with a caliber several times larger. It seems that Captain Chen She has no correct understanding of the standard caliber of weapons.
The most outrageous thing is that a special propulsion control module is designed on the warhead, which can fine-tune the trajectory.
Zhang Sirui understood that this thing was neither a sniper rifle nor a cannon, but a single-soldier missile launcher!
It can aim automatically before firing, and can fine-tune the trajectory after firing. It is also very powerful. This shot is like using an anti-aircraft gun to shoot a mosquito. It is outrageous!
However, once he accepted this setting, Zhang Sirui felt that it was not a bad idea.
The premise is that this weapon can really play the expected effect.
Zhang Sirui picked up the Defender sniper rifle and carried it on his shoulder.
He found that the design of this thing was quite reasonable. Although it was much heavier than ordinary firearms, it was still not a big deal for the resistance fighters who were generally much stronger than ordinary people, and it was completely within the tolerable range.
Compared with other sniper rifles, it has some similarities, such as having a bracket and a sighting system.
There are also some differences. Other sniper rifles are mounted on the shoulder, but this sniper rifle is carried on the shoulder. The scope is also on the side of the barrel, not on the top. In addition, this gun needs to be reloaded after each shot.
At present, Zhang Sirui still doesn’t know the specific recoil and power of this gun. These can only be determined in the training ground.
"After this training session, the next training session will be suspended. I need to occupy the training ground to test new weapons."
After Zhang Sirui gave orders to the resistance fighters who were in training, he went to the training ground with Chen She.
While walking on the road, Zhang Sirui suddenly thought of another problem, "Captain, carrying ammunition is also a big problem."
"This cannon, no, this sniper rifle uses a lot of special metal to reduce its weight and can barely be considered portable, but the problem of shells, no, bullets is not so easy to solve."
"Weight is not a big deal. The key is volume. Each soldier can only carry two bullets of this size at most. Carrying more will definitely affect operations."
If it was a normal artillery unit, there would definitely be a special vehicle to transport the shells. It couldn't possibly go silent after firing a few shots, right?
But Chen She insisted on calling this weapon a sniper rifle, so it must be designed to be portable. If the gun itself is barely portable, but the bullet is not, what’s the point?
You can't just shoot three times when you see the enemy and then throw the gun aside to engage in hand-to-hand combat, right?
Chen She smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I have thought about this problem and it should be able to be properly resolved."
He kept it a secret and didn't tell the answer right away, so Zhang Sirui had no choice but to keep the suspense and went to the training ground.
Soon, the rebel fighters' daily training was completed, and they were just conducting defensive training.
As the last rebel fighter withdrew from the trench, the space-time creatures occupied the entire position, and the soldier in charge of timing also recorded the time of this defense.
Compared to the initial stage, the resistance fighters' defense time has been extended by more than 4 times. This is not only because the resistance fighters' coordination and tactics are gradually improving, but also because their energy fluctuation level is increasing rapidly.
At this time, the resistance fighters who were in training all turned their eyes to the large-caliber gun on Zhang Sirui's shoulder.
"Third brother, is this our new equipment? It looks like a portable artillery."
"I've seen people from the Icefield Defense Group use this portable rocket launcher before. It's very powerful against floating fortresses. Do we finally have our own rocket launcher?"
"This doesn't look like a bazooka. It feels very sophisticated. Could it be a miniature missile base station?"
Zhang Sirui chuckled and glanced at Chen She.
You see, any normal person cannot think that this is a sniper rifle.
However, he did not explain much, just aimed at the space-time creature that was ready to move in the position and then pulled the trigger.
With a loud bang, everyone's ears were buzzing!
Zhang Sirui was shocked to find that this thing had a very high initial velocity when it first left the gun, which naturally produced a strong recoil.
Even though Zhang Sirui is a professional sharpshooter and has played with many guns in his life and is very good at controlling guns, and this sniper rifle also has a tripod for support, his body couldn't help but shake violently at this moment.
Even he couldn't fully control the recoil of the gun, let alone the other resistance fighters. The muzzle of the gun would most likely go off the mark if they fired.
Such a large recoil ensures both the initial velocity and the flight speed, but the question is whether the aiming result calculated previously is still valid?
After all, the so-called intelligent aiming system is also affected by recoil. The greater the recoil, the harder it is to control the muzzle. There will also be a certain deviation from the original intelligent calculation result after the bullet is fired.
However, Zhang Sirui saw a surprising scene. Although the bullet was lifted up a section due to the huge recoil, it quickly corrected its trajectory after leaving the barrel, increased the curvature of the shooting curve by itself, and then accurately hit the target that Zhang Sirui aimed at at the beginning - a space-time creature with a second-level energy fluctuation.
"boom!"
There was another violent explosion. The air wave generated by the explosion even blew on the faces of Zhang Sirui and others, and judging from the scale of the explosion at the moment, the power shocked Zhang Sirui a little.
A moment later, Zhang Sirui discovered that a big pit had been blown out where the space-time creature had been before, and that space-time creature, along with the space-time creatures around him, had disappeared.
Such terrifying power and such incredible shooting accuracy made Zhang Sirui recognize that this was a sniper rifle.
After all, ordinary single-soldier portable rocket launchers can only hit a rough range and have poor accuracy. But the thing Zhang Sirui is carrying on his shoulder can indeed hit the target very accurately.
Don’t worry about whether this is due to shooting skills or cheating, the goal has been achieved anyway.
The other rebel fighters were all stunned.
In the fierce battlefield, the enemy and our side are shooting at each other passionately or drawing their swords to fight hand-to-hand.
What would it be like if someone suddenly, without saying a word, put this thing on his shoulder and fired at the enemy?
It can only be described in four words: no moral ethics!
Zhang Sirui barely controlled his shocked expression. After seeing the magic of this thing, he felt that even if each soldier could only carry three bullets, this thing still had great practical value.
However, he still looked at Chen She, wanting to know what exactly the portable bullet solution Chen She was talking about was?
Chen She took out a small box. The size of this small box was just a little bigger than a bullet of the Defender sniper rifle. To it was like a small handbag.
At one end of the box, there is a piece of special alloy and a whole unit of space-time particles.
This special alloy was made in advance by Chen She. Although it consumed a lot of space-time particles, this alloy was relatively light and only a very thin layer was needed to make bullets.
Chen She opened the box, and inside lay a bullet from a Defender sniper rifle.
He handed the bullet to Zhang Sirui and closed the box. The box was filled with the sound of a manufacturing machine. It could be seen that the weight of the special metal and space-time particles seemed to have decreased to a certain extent. The small display screen on the box originally had a number 30, but now it became 29.
Chen She opened the box again, and like a magic trick, he produced another bullet defending the sniper rifle.
Zhang Sirui was shocked. "Is this a manufacturing machine?"
Chen She nodded. "Yes, I named it the Black Box Manufacturing Machine, but it can only produce bullets and nothing else."
“Although the number of bullets that can be produced is still limited to 30 rounds, the portability has been greatly increased.”
The reason why it is called a black box is that Chen She himself cannot clearly explain the specific manufacturing principle of it. He just made such a special micro-manufacturing machine according to the prototype of the manufacturing machine in this world and through the special ability of the creator.
This thing currently has only one use, which is to produce bullets. It consumes the energy of space-time particles.
Zhang Sirui was almost speechless.
Is this human language? The number of bullets is limited to only 30?
Is 30 rounds not enough?
The power of this thing is even more outrageous than that of a single-soldier rocket launcher. With this kind of accuracy and lethality, a rebel fighter can kill 30 enemies of similar strength as long as he finds a favorable terrain and empties his bullets!
If the enemy is level 4, level 5 or even higher, the killing effect may be reduced. But when used against enemies with energy fluctuations below level 4, this thing is a sure-fire killer. Fighting against enemies at higher levels has never been so easy.
Of course, this thing is also a walking money-burning machine.
Whether it is firing or making bullets, it requires a large amount of rare metals and space-time particles.
To carry this thing with you, you need to prepare a whole unit of space-time particles. How can an ordinary family make that?
Don't call it the Defender Sniper Rifle, just call it the Money Shredder Sniper Rifle.
Zhang Sirui himself found it hard to imagine that if the rebels were really equipped with this thing, and each of them had one, the biggest problem would not be insufficient firepower, but how everyone should distribute it to ensure that bullets were not wasted.
So far, this field base of Lishan Technology has made a leap forward.
Whether it is magnetic coils, anti-aircraft guns, or defender sniper rifles of the defending soldiers, as long as the base has enough stockpiled materials, the space-time particles are definitely a hard bone that no one wants to chew.
Zhang Sirui didn't want to fire the second shot either. He was already convinced and didn't want to waste any more bullets because it would hurt.
The other rebel fighters were also very excited because this weapon was completely beyond their imagination!
Before, everyone was envious of the good equipment of the Corporate Alliance Army, especially the various individual combat equipment of the Icefield Defense Group, which made the resistance fighters drool.
But the Corporate Alliance doesn’t have this magical weapon!
One of the rebel fighters said, "Brother San, can you let me have a try?"
Zhang Sirui frowned, "Do you know how much this bullet costs? Don't waste money, just train honestly."
Chen She was unhappy when he heard this. "Since there are new weapons, of course we should equip everyone with one so that everyone can practice more. You are worried about wasting bullets now, but on the battlefield, if everyone is not proficient in using this weapon, it will not be a matter of wasting bullets."
"Everyone, rest assured. Our military factory will be built soon. By then, this Defender sniper rifle will be mass-produced and each person will be equipped with one."
"When you are training in the training ground, you can also occasionally fire a few rounds to get familiar with the feel, and strive to hit the target every time!"
"As for the matter of space-time particles, don't worry, I will find a way to solve it."
The rebel fighters cheered.
The captain is so open!
When has the rebel army ever fought such a prosperous war?
Zhang Sirui wanted to say something else. After all, in his opinion, it was a waste to use such expensive bullets for training. But he thought about it again. Captain Chen She was right. It seemed too stingy to have weapons but not be willing to use them and not pay attention to daily training.
If you think it is a waste, then make good use of the training effect and don't let the ammunition consumed in training go to waste.
Thinking of this, Zhang Sirui said: "Everyone gather and continue training. Those who perform well in training will be given priority to be equipped with new equipment!"
