The technological competition starts with the integration of space-time memory

Chapter 197: Heavy Armored Infantry

"…The four combined battalions under the Red Army's 9th Combined Brigade, with the support of its artillery battalion, have deployed on the front and are attacking Hill 532, which is held by a battalion of the Blue Army.

The Blue Army used a large number of land and air mechanized forces to launch layered attacks on the Red Army's combined battalion.

The effectiveness of the Red Army's artillery coverage of the high ground was greatly reduced, and the overall offensive was completely blocked.

After nightfall, the Blue Army's heavily armored infantry equipped with power armor jumped out of the defense line without being noticed, and after high-speed maneuvers, they circled behind the Red Army's heavy troops.

First, they eliminated the Red Army's artillery battalion and anti-aircraft battalion, and then suddenly launched a powerful attack on the Red Army's front line from the side and rear, like a hot knife cutting butter, and annihilated the Red Army's two combined battalions with great force.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle, the Red Side's organization was disrupted, and the Blue Side's heavy armored infantry launched a one-sided massacre against the Red Side.

By daybreak, the Red Army was completely defeated. The 9th Combined Brigade lost three and a half combined battalions, the artillery battalion and the anti-aircraft battalion were completely wiped out, and half of the support battalion and guarantee battalion were lost, and the entire brigade was crippled.

In this battle, the Blue Army won a great victory, with 172 units of ground and air mechanized forces lost, and zero personnel casualties! "

Listening to the commentary and watching the exercises of the red and blue sides on the comprehensive simulated battlefield, Zhao Changhai seemed to be witnessing a fierce and brutal battle.

The comprehensive simulated battlefield is a newly built exercise and training venue here at Li Tang. It can simulate the battlefield environment almost realistically, allowing the officers and soldiers participating in the exercise to feel as if they were in the corresponding battlefield environment in person.

The entire exercise process is very close to the real battlefield situation.

The only difference is that the simulation field area is limited and at most a battalion-level confrontation exercise can be simulated.

The exercise that just took place and was explained by the directorate of the exercise could only use 30 people to simulate a 500-man heavy armored infantry battalion of the Blue Army and 360 people to simulate a 6000-man combined brigade of the Red Army.

This shows how a heavy armored infantry battalion of the Blue Army directly confronts an active combined force brigade.

“Yes, this system is very good. If it is used on Zhu and the training ground, I am afraid it will be able to fully show the original appearance of the battle just now.”

Amid Zhao Changhai's praise, the infantry battalion, whose members were all wearing the second-generation Tianwu power armor, had already lined up in front of him with smoke all over their bodies, looking murderous.

Yue Guoqiang was dressed in military uniform, also wearing power armor, but the visor of his helmet was open.

He walked a few steps to Zhao Changhai and reported loudly: "Report to the commander, all members of the Super Blue Army Heavy Armored Infantry Battalion are waiting for your inspection."

Zhao Changhai nodded slightly and said, "Please join us."

Yue Guoqiang turned around and quickly returned to stand beside the formation.

Zhao Changhai stood in front of these blue soldiers and found that there were more than 500 people here. With some confusion, he looked at Li Tang beside him.

Li Tang seemed to understand his intention and made a gesture to Yue Guoqiang who was standing next to the blue army formation.

Yue Guoqiang immediately reported loudly again: "Report to the commander, the heavy armored infantry battalion has 1200 units, including 500 heavy armored infantry, 500 mechanical soldiers [Qin Terracotta Warriors], 80 fire support platforms [Qiangliang], and 120 aerial mechanical forces [Hunter], waiting for your inspection!"

Only then did Zhao Changhai understand that the Super Blue Army's heavy armored infantry battalion was a mixed formation of humans and machines.

"Everyone, please stand still!"

After he shouted the command, he walked over excitedly, first to the heavily armored mobile infantry wearing the [Tianwu] second-generation power armor, and then to the robot soldier [Terracotta Warriors] that he had been thinking about.

Zhao Changhai could recite its specifications: the Terracotta Warrior was 2.3 meters tall, weighed 115 kilograms, and had a maximum speed of 30 kilometers per hour.

Then came the fire support platform robot [Qiangliang] that he had never heard of. Looking at it now, it vaguely looked like the [Baigong] robot, but it was fully armed to the teeth.

Finally, there is the [Hunter] hovering in the air. It’s an old acquaintance.

Having just watched their combat, Zhao Changhai looked at these guys' equipment again and felt that in the previous battle, the heavy infantry battalion was most likely not fighting at full capacity.

Apart from anything else, those long and narrow projectiles on the Qiangliang support platform are definitely equivalent to long-range rockets and were completely useless in the previous exercise.

"Well, Professor Li, I didn't expect you to give me a surprise so early in the morning! This trip is really worthwhile, really worthwhile!"

Li Tang came over and said, "Except for the [Strong], these weapons have all been used in actual combat overseas. The effect can be described by an idiom."

"What idiom?"

Li Tang said: "Destroy it with ease!"

"What a devastating blow!"

After Zhao Changhai praised them, he ran over excitedly and shook hands with the heavy-armored infantrymen one by one. After the review was over, Yue Guoqiang arranged for the staff to take the troops back.

The three of them then walked towards the lounge.

"Xiao Yue, this heavy armored infantry battalion is incredibly powerful. However, if this super blue army wants to become the Blue Star Defense Army in your mind, it is still a little short of it."

Li Tang smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao, this means that it will be launched this afternoon. The payload of the [Shooting Sun] No. 20 is the long-range transport system [Golden Cart] used by the Super Blue Army, which can carry heavy armored infantry at a time.

Or it can be loaded with 10 heavy armored infantry and 10 [Terracotta Warriors] armed robots.

Or load a combined squad, that is, 5 heavy armored infantry + 5 [Terracotta Warriors] + 2 [Strong] + 6 [Hunter]. "

"Ah?! The Super Blues are going to be launched on a rocket? How expensive is that?"

Zhao Changhai’s first thought was that it was too expensive!

Yes, the space rocket launch, even after Mark’s space exploration company entered the market, has rapidly reduced the cost of a single launch to a few dozen dollars per kilogram through rocket reuse.

If you really calculate it, a single launch costs hundreds of thousands of dollars per ton. The maximum near-Earth orbit payload of the [Sheri]-90 is 5000 tons. Based on this cost, it will cost at least million dollars each time.

[Sun Shooting] No. 1 is a solid rocket, which in principle cannot be recovered, which means that the cost cannot be reduced by reusing rockets.

Li Tang explained: "Mr. Zhao, the Golden Chariot was sent into space via a rocket this time, mainly for further testing, especially its ability to operate in low orbit for a long time.

See how long the energy storage device it carries can operate in orbit during the orbital maneuver to resist the force of the Earth's gravity.

After all, the future orbit of King Chariot is initially planned to be slightly above the Karman Line, which is about 120 kilometers.

Because of the Earth's gravity, an orbiter at this location can easily lose its orbit and fall into the atmosphere.

In addition, we also need to test the transition of [King Chariot] from its in-orbit operation state to its flight state after entering the atmosphere.

You also know that the Golden Car is meant to carry people, so it must be foolproof."

Zhao Changhai heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and quickly said, "Yes, yes, manned space flight must be cautious first, and strive to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

Li Tang smiled and said, "As for how the subsequent [Golden Chariot] will fly onto the track, this is the new engine technology that we are currently researching for the second generation of [Predator].

This will require the use of a new generation of nuclear technology, and you will need to coordinate this and approve the Nuclear Energy Research Institute of our Future Science and Technology Institute to conduct relevant research."

Zhao Changhai frowned upon hearing this and said, "You mean the Golden Car is powered by nuclear power?"

Li Tang nodded and said, "Yes, it is nuclear power, but it is not the third-generation nuclear reactor technology we have now, nor is it the thorium-based molten salt fourth-generation nuclear reactor technology we are working on.

It is a new generation of nuclear reactor technology that is safer and more reliable. You can call it the fifth generation or the sixth generation.”

Zhao Changhai asked in shock: "You have developed a nuclear reactor technology that is more advanced and safer than the newly developed fourth-generation thorium-based molten salt nuclear reactor technology?
When did you get a nuclear energy institute?"

The Future Science and Technology Institute not only has a Nuclear Energy Research Institute, but has also secretly completed the operation of a new generation of nuclear reactors.

Part of the underground city's energy consumption has been compensated by the electricity generated by this experimental nuclear reactor.

The power of this nuclear reactor is not large, only 10 kilowatts, but its successful operation and power generation gave Li Tang strong confidence.

You know, the size of this nuclear reactor is only as big as a car!

Although the domestic Linglong No. 125 nuclear reactor has an output power of 15 megawatts, it is 10 meters high and meters in diameter.

The reason why the output power of this nuclear reactor is not large is that the nuclear reactor is small and the number of nuclear fuel balls placed inside is small.

In other words, if you want to increase the output power in the future, you only need to slightly increase the size of the nuclear reactor and increase the corresponding number of nuclear fuel balls, and the output power of the overall reactor will double.

At that time, to achieve the output power of Linglong No. 10, a nuclear reactor as big as a -ton truck would be enough.

This means that whether it is nuclear submarines, nuclear-powered ships, or even nuclear-powered aerospace fighters, they will have strong and reliable energy.

It is precisely because of this that Li Tang accelerated the testing process of the [Golden Chariot], because the next step would be to install a nuclear-powered electromagnetic ion jet engine, allowing the [Golden Chariot] to enter space without the aid of a rocket launch.

Achieve true flight from the ground directly into space!

(End of this chapter)