American Celestial Master

Chapter 246, Anti-aircraft Artillery

School X is now in New York State and has many friends in the Donkey Party and even the Elephant Party. Many relatives or friends of the Donkey Party and Elephant Party bosses are running businesses related to X School, or have shares in X School’s business. Therefore, the plan proposed by the advisory group of X school was easily adopted and entered the implementation stage.

But after entering the implementation stage, the efficiency of the plan suddenly dropped. This is not because someone wants to cause trouble, but simply because there is a lack of talent.

According to Zhenjun's plan, the National Guard will arrange some magic formations on several highlands near the restricted area, and then connect these magic formations through wired lines to form a large magic formation. This involves the erection of many magical weapons and related equipment. There are not so many people in the National Guard who can do this job. Not to mention those who can set up devices, there are not even enough people who can set up various modern technical equipment.

However, there was widespread opposition to redeploying manpower from other places, especially from X school. Because most of the people in X school are doing more urgent things - making money. And among the money they make, the big guys also have a share. As for the progress here, just slow it down, it’s not a big deal.

Therefore, the construction of these magic circles was quite slow, taking a full two months. After the construction was completed, a lot of errors were discovered during the debugging process, and it took another half a month to solve these problems. But this is not a bad thing. The delay in the project gave more time for preliminary reconnaissance and made preparations more complete. It's just that some guys at the HX Academy who are waiting for papers with good data generally feel very hurt - because they are about to miss this period of professional title evaluation.

By the end of October, all preparations were finally completed, and the trial operation could begin immediately.

Before the official trial operation, the advisory group held a series of meetings with officers from the New York National Guard to prepare various combat plans.

On the last day of October, at noon, this reverse formation finally started. Many moving reflectors focused a large amount of sunlight onto the dark formation flag in the core formation on several highlands. . Then an invisible wave overflowed from the formation flag, and then was reflected by another invisible reflecting wall, converging into a huge wave, rushing towards the restricted area surrounded by the formation.

When this invisible wave hit the fog that had been shrouding the restricted area, it immediately became visible to the naked eye. To be more precise, people can "see" the wave through the changes in the fog. Under the impact of this wave, the fog rolled up violently and retreated towards the center of the restricted area, revealing some locations that had been covered under the thick fog. Then the mist that was repulsed rushed back again, and then was pushed back again. During this process, the mist was constantly being impacted and dissipated. Generally speaking, the area covered by fog is getting smaller and smaller.

In the evening, the sun gradually set. According to normal principles, it would be the fog's turn to counterattack and regain the lost ground. However, new energy was connected, and several thick cables were connected to the magic circle. system.

"According to our calculations, the current electricity can probably help us maintain our victory during the day. But after the sun sets, some dark creations can move away from the cover of the fog. We must prepare to resist attacks from these dark creations. "Looking at the last rays of the sun, Lin Qiusheng said to O'Dell.

"We are ready, the artillery is on standby, and armed helicopters and fighter jets are also on standby. In addition, the infantry units have also entered defensive positions." O'Dell replied.

"We will deal with those large-scale magic attacks, and leave the physical damage to you." Lin Qiusheng said.

At this time, the last ray of sunset light had disappeared. In the middle of the restricted area, the fog that had been retreating began to become thicker again, and began to slowly expand outward. Just on the edge of the fog, you can see the flashing of electric light from time to time, and you can faintly hear the crackling sound of discharge coming from there.

The thick fog is spreading slowly, but the spreading speed is getting slower and slower. Although the power brought by a few cables cannot be compared with sunlight in terms of effect, the effect it plays is still very obvious.

"The range covered by the fog is smaller than during the day." When the range covered by the fog stabilized, everyone came to this conclusion.

"If we continue like this, we will be able to eliminate the fog in at most one week, although doing so will probably bring about other mutations, just like a piece of paper that is rolled up and then becomes uneven. If we twist it in the opposite direction, the paper will probably become flatter, but it is absolutely impossible to flatten it, not to mention that the root cause of rolling it up is still there. Well, I estimate that the being in the restricted area cannot just watch us roll this paper back. It will definitely do something at night... Well, you see, there is already movement over there. Yes." Lin Qiusheng pointed towards the thick fog.

Everyone followed Lin Qiusheng's fingers and saw that under the moonlight, the thick fog over there was rolling like boiling water, and then there was a strange sound coming from there, which sounded like crying and laughing. , neither male nor female, but although this sound is weird, it doesn't seem to have any impact on everyone. It's just that there are more electric sparks shining in the direction of the sound. "Can the power consumption be sustained?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

"There is still 20 percent redundancy, but that is overload and cannot last for too long." O'Dell said.

"Their sound attack didn't work. I guess they will change their attack method soon. Look, they are coming. Get the anti-aircraft guns ready." Lin Qiusheng said.

Since the Vietnam War, the US military has always maintained air superiority over its opponents, so the US military has not paid much attention to anti-aircraft artillery. However, under the influence of the Jersey Devil attack, the US military found that they were now extremely short of small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns. So they dragged out the sealed Bofors M1 and M163 for emergency use, imported and purchased licenses, and urgently produced a lot of Oerlikon Twin 35 anti-aircraft guns. They also pulled out a bunch of spare Phalanx from the navy's warehouse and put them on a flatbed truck for emergency relief. The Vulcan cannon was dragged out from the Air Force warehouse, and then a random rack was installed on it, and it was directly converted into a manually operated anti-aircraft gun.

So now, anti-aircraft guns are stationed at several nodes of the formation. It's just that there are a lot more types of anti-aircraft guns, ranging from 20mm to 40mm, from fully automatic to fully manual.

At this time, a group of things suddenly flew out of the black fog. Although they were still far away and the light at night was not good, Odell recognized these things at once relying on the night vision device on his helmet.

"A bunch of Jersey Devils!" Odell said through gritted teeth.

As the Jersey Devils took flight, the anti-aircraft guns opened fire.

The first to fire was the Bofors M1 anti-aircraft gun, which has the most historical and heavy feel. This thing made great contributions to the US military in World War II. This thing has an effective range of more than seven thousand meters, which is the longest range among these anti-aircraft guns. However, these guns are all manually operated. On such a night, although these Bofors M1s are firing very lively, the tracer bullets will cover half of the sky. The sky was illuminated, but in fact, they basically failed to hit anything.

However, the power of 40mm caliber artillery shells is very trustworthy. Although they rarely hit the target, once they hit the target, they can break the flying Jersey Devil into pieces.

"This is not a Jersey Devil, it is a Jersey Devil transformed into a gargoyle. They are made of stone and are much stronger than normal Jersey Devils." Lin Qiusheng said.

"Let the Oerlikon 35 use armor-piercing ammunition and programmable ammunition at a ratio of 1:1." O'Dell immediately ordered.

The Oerlikon Twin 35, produced under a license from Sweden, is the most advanced of all anti-aircraft guns on the scene. Although it is a towed anti-aircraft gun, it can automatically aim under the control of fire control radar and electro-optical systems. , automatic fire. And it is also equipped with programmable cannonballs. When the cannonball leaves the muzzle, the electronic system will program it so that it explodes at the right time. Therefore, when this thing is fired horizontally, it can even explode over the trench very accurately, thereby killing the target in the trench. And when shooting in the air, its shells can also explode at the most suitable location. So although its rate of fire is far less than that of Gatling cannons like the Phalanx, its efficiency is actually higher when intercepting targets such as cruise missiles.

The steel balls thrown out after the explosion of the programmable cannonballs would be very effective if used to fight against real Jersey Devils. The barrage generated by the explosion of a few cannonballs could kill a Jersey Devil. But the Jersey Devils here are different. They are gargoyles. Their defense is much stronger than that of normal Jersey Devils. The steel balls that could have caused serious damage to ordinary Jersey Devils are now still effective against them. It's hard to say how effective it will be.

At this time, the Jersey Devil stone statues were flying closer and had already entered the range of the Oerlikon 35mm anti-aircraft gun. More than a dozen Oerlikons near the core formation fired wildly at those guys, while Lin Qiusheng stared wide-eyed to observe the impact of the blow.

"Programmable ammunition still causes some damage to their wings. Although it cannot guarantee that they will be knocked down, it can effectively reduce their speed and flexibility, making it easier for armor-piercing projectiles to hit them. Unfortunately, we have Without Otto 76, otherwise, these guys wouldn’t be able to fly at all.”

(End of this chapter)