DipNovel Chapter 182 Armored Convoy
Chapter 182 Armored Convoy
Relying on the unmanned units pre-positioned there, Lorraine spent only one day pulling out all 200-plus armed vehicles of various types stored in the garage.
Next, Lorraine and Platinum will make simple modifications to these vehicles to integrate them into the manned-unmanned control link.
In this way, it only takes a small amount of manpower and resources to transport these 200+ armed vehicles to the high-tech industrial base.
According to Lorraine's schedule, two days after the convoy arrives at the high-tech industrial base, the Vanguard high-speed transport ship, escorted by three unmanned combat boats, will arrive with a large number of engineering units.
These engineering units will take over the smart factory within the industrial base, and then they will use the materials stored in the smart factory and warehouses to modify these armed vehicles.
After the modifications are completed, these armed vehicles will be assigned to tasks such as transportation, patrol, and camp defense.
In order to enhance independent combat capabilities, in addition to modifying existing communication and command vehicles, Luo Lin and Ouyang Nian also designed a mobile command center based on the transport vehicles stored in the base.
In Lorraine's plan, this mobile command center will carry 4 to 6 medium-sized multi-rotor drones to provide close-range aerial reconnaissance for a transport or patrol convoy, along with two small drone launchers.
一支运输车队由两辆6×6勇士侦察车，两辆6×6勇士突击车，2辆21式轮式步战车以及一套移动指挥系统组成，而他们保护的目标通常是由6~8辆重型运输载具组成的车队。
Each infantry fighting vehicle will also carry four sentry robots and two support humanoid robots equipped with 40mm electromagnetic cannons.
Because Lorraine suspected that an unknown number of silicon-based entities still existed on this land, he divided the patrol convoy into two types to ensure the safety of the transport convoy and several outposts.
The primary duty of the first type of patrol team is to patrol the area around the outpost, detect and eliminate any suspicious targets operating in the vicinity.
Such patrol teams typically consist of two 6x6 Warrior reconnaissance vehicles, three Type 21 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, and one Type 21 wheeled assault gun. Each infantry fighting vehicle carries one assault robot and two robots equipped with two electromagnetic sniper rifles.
The air support required by such patrols is generally provided by the outpost, and in order to save fuel, the Type 21 wheeled armored vehicles in the patrols usually use the power stored in their batteries to move.
The second type of patrol team is responsible for ensuring road safety between various outposts. This type of patrol team also undertakes certain rapid response responsibilities, so its configuration is more advanced.
整支巡逻队配备了两个由2辆6×6勇士侦察车和1辆6×6勇士突击车组成的侦查小组以及一套移动指挥系统。
The patrol's combat force consists of five Type 21 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, two Type 21 wheeled assault guns, and one anti-tank loitering munition launcher.
The energy consumption of these combined arms units is not a major concern. At present, there are more than 20 tons of fuel oil stored in the oil depot below the shipyard.
Once solar photovoltaic panels and supercritical carbon dioxide generators are deployed, coupled with various all-electric propulsion unmanned combat vehicles, energy shortages will be largely eliminated. (A vast collection of science fiction novels is available.)
By then, those armored vehicles that have been modified but still require fuel will be fueled by oil drilling platforms that have returned to production.
To address the mining challenges, two supercritical carbon dioxide generator sets will be installed here to power the intelligent mining equipment.
To witness firsthand the smooth progress of the various plans, Lorraine and her team stayed there for seven days.
During those seven days, Cleveland, along with a large number of engineering units, completed the assembly of the Vanguard transport ship.
The steel plant's exterior walls have been reinforced, and the supercritical carbon dioxide generator units inside the plant are operating smoothly. As long as personnel and raw materials are in place, the steel plant can immediately resume production.
With the arrival of the second batch of humanoid robots, the defensive fortifications around the mine have been completed, and the intelligent mining equipment that was in storage has also been tested and is ready for use at any time.
With the assistance of unmanned engineering units, the smart factory in the high-tech industrial base worked day and night and successfully completed the unmanned transformation of more than 200 armed vehicles and more than 100 transport vehicles.
The unmanned combat units that remained in the area have also completed their upgrades and returned to their respective posts.
During this period, Yaoguang completed the production of the unmanned underwater vehicles and underwater maintenance robots needed by Lorraine, and delivered them together with the shore-based heavy artillery needed by Lorraine.
On the morning of the 7th day, Lorraine arrived at the cockpit and could clearly see four 203mm electromagnetic heavy guns standing inside the naval base through the cockpit window.
These four heavy cannons will be installed on four land-based gun emplacements, located on the east and west sides of the naval base, respectively.
The shells of this heavy artillery weigh 117 kilograms, with an explosive component weighing over 100 kilograms. With the assistance of the tail fins, this electromagnetic heavy artillery can deliver shells at a rate of 6 rounds per minute to a circle with a radius of 2 kilometers 500 kilometers away.
However, from the initial design stage, Lorraine left room for upgrades to this heavy artillery. By adding a longer acceleration track, this heavy artillery could use armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds to fire at targets at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
According to Cleveland's calculations, these giant cannons will be deployed in 30 days and put into use in 60 days.
Lorraine nodded, then steered the flagship toward the oil drilling platform more than 300 nautical miles away.
This time, Lorraine left the shipyard with an entire fleet, leaving the two high-speed transport ships to Yaoguang, who are now mainly responsible for transporting materials between Red Maple Island and the shipyard camp.
As the fleet was about to enter an area of unknown conditions, Lorraine ordered the fleet to maintain a speed of 20 knots, and he and Platinum would take turns on watch in the bridge.
Fortunately, nothing happened during this journey, and the three destroyers sailing on the outer side of the fleet did not detect anything unusual.
During the journey, Lorraine was also reviewing data related to the oil drilling platform.
This oil drilling platform had only been in operation for four years before the apocalypse, and it was a fairly advanced oil drilling platform.
This oil drilling platform weighs 13.2 tons and is 98 meters long, 52 meters wide, and 121 meters high.
The overall structure is divided into 5 layers, including living quarters, drilling modules, emergency systems, and helipads.