Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 38 Sentinel Laser Weapons

After reading the panel’s latest description of Wuling mini, Wei Jiang was full of anticipation.

When he saw that the enhanced mission required a driving distance of 10 kilometers, his brain immediately skipped a beat.

You have to know that the land circle around the Eastern Powers is only about 2 kilometers!

10 kilometers, that will take forever!
Although he was upset, Wei Jiang was now more curious about what the armed module of this vehicle was.

"How do I deploy this armed module?"

“There’s no sign either.”

Wei Jiang looked around, trying to find any new operating buttons or switches.

With the help of the mobile phone's light, Wei Jiang did not find what he wanted.

"Owner, do you want to deploy the armament module now?"

When Wei Jiang was in distress, a sweet female voice sounded from the car terminal.

"You can control the weapon module?"

"Yes, all vehicle systems can be controlled by the onboard terminal."

Upon hearing the answer, Wei Jiang immediately became excited.

Like a child who just got a toy, Wei Jiang held the steering wheel with both hands, with endless light in his eyes.

"Unfold! Now!"

As soon as Wei Jiang finished speaking, the interior ambient light of the car started from the central control screen and turned from blue to red, and instantly spread to all positions.

Even Wei Jiang noticed that the front and rear lights of the car also turned red.

"Sentinel mode activated."

"Begin scanning the surrounding area for potential threats."

"Small attack module being set up."

Different from the sweet female voice in the previous car terminal, the voice in the car at this time was mechanical and cold.

In addition to the voice prompts from the in-vehicle smart terminal, Wei Jiang also heard movement coming from the rear of the car.

Because of the newly added metal barrier, he couldn't see it while sitting in the car.

Wei Jiang was just about to get out of the car to check when the digital bird's-eye view displayed on the central control screen attracted his attention.

Wuling mini is in the center of the bird's-eye view, with mountains and forests on both sides. Wei Jiang noticed several small circles locked around the vehicle on the central control screen.

There were text annotations next to the small circles, and he then realized that the small circles were all small animals or birds.

"Amazing!"

"Let me see, the marked range should be 5km, right?"

After witnessing the power of the sentry mode scanning perception mentioned by the vehicle-mounted terminal, Wei Jiang is now more curious about the so-called small attack module.

After pushing open the car door and getting out, Wei Jiang noticed that the rear part of the car was completely different from before.

The two sides of the rear of the car opened, and a robotic arm extended from each inside. Wei Jiang slowly opened his mouth when he saw the thing at the end of the robotic arm.

It is 10 centimeters long and pyramid-shaped. The silver-gray gun body has smooth lines and a compact structure. The barrel is very short, and red light flashes from the muzzle from time to time, as if light will be ejected at any time.

Under Wei Jiang's stunned gaze, the two mechanical arms slowly turned, and the muzzles scanned the surroundings 360 degrees.

"This looks like a gun, right?"

Wei Jiang was a little undecided. The thing at the end of the robotic arm looked obviously different from an ordinary firearm.

It's just the red light flashing in the muzzle, which ordinary firearms don't have.

"These two guns are small attack modules?"

"Can you tell me what these two guns are?"

Wei Jiang turned sideways and asked the in-vehicle terminal. Since he couldn't understand, he might as well ask someone who knew.

The cold female voice immediately answered Wei Jian's question, but this time the address for Wei Jiang changed to commander.

"Reporting to the commander, in armed mode, the small attack module contains two all-round laser guns and a small laser cannon."

laser gun
When Wei Jiang heard this term, he suddenly realized that it was a laser weapon. No wonder it looked so strange.

Just as enlightenment was rising, a new term came into his ears and Wei Jiang opened his eyes wide again.

"Laser cannon?!" Wei Jiang withdrew his gaze from the car and looked towards the rear part, looking for the laser cannon mentioned by the on-board terminal.

The robotic arm equipped with the laser gun slowly turned, and Wei Jiang finally saw the small laser cannon that had just been blocked by the robotic arm.

This is a module that is lifted directly from the top of the rear of the vehicle and exposed to the outside.

It lives up to the small size of the vehicle-mounted terminal. Although it is called a cannon, it looks more like a large-caliber laser gun to Wei Jiang.

The laser cannon has an estimated caliber of about 5 centimeters and is mounted on a freely rotating circular wheel.

There was no red light coming out of the muzzle of the laser cannon, and Wei Jiang looked at it for a while but still couldn't figure out what was going on.

Standing next to the Wuling with red light all over its body, Wei Jiang looked around and got back into the car.

"Laser guns and laser cannons, what's their range? What's their power?"

This is the issue that Wei Jiang is most concerned about. The most important thing is to know the performance of the weapon clearly when you get it, so that you can have confidence when using it.

"Laser gun, effective range 5km, can penetrate 5cm thick steel plate from 0.5km away."

"Laser cannon, effective range 10km, can penetrate 10cm thick steel plate from 1km away, and 5cm thick steel plate from 3km away."

Hearing these numbers, Wei Jiang felt both excited and shocked.

The range is as high as 5km, which is far beyond the current mainstream firearms.

The 0.5cm thick steel plate was directly pierced through. Wei Jiang didn't think any strong man could withstand this blow.

Of course, it was impossible for Wei Jiang to directly confront military units. All he wanted was to defend himself.

After looking at the slowly moving little animal on the central control screen, Wei Jiang locked his eyes on a target a few hundred meters to the right in front of him. The text next to it said it was a hare.

try it?
When this idea came up, Wei Jiang became excited.

Now that there's no one around here, isn't this the best place to test weapons?
"Aim at the rabbit in front of you on the right and shoot with the laser gun."

After saying that, Wei Jiang saw on the central control screen that the rabbit was not small in size, so he added another sentence.

"Aim for the head if you can."

The red circle on the rabbit on the central control screen began to flash, and Wei Jiang looked up at the front of the vehicle.

"Received the order, gun number 1 is aiming."

As soon as the cold voice ended, the attack was triggered!
It was like a flash of red lightning, without any sound. Wei Jiang only vaguely saw a very thin red light flashing, and the forest returned to darkness again.

"The target has been hit."

When Wei Jian lowered his head, the red circle representing the rabbit on the central control screen had disappeared.

"Is this the end?"

Wei Jiang decided to get out of the car to look for the rabbit and see the damage effect. When he got out of the car, the mechanical arm at the rear of the car was still swinging slowly.

"Disarm mode."

"receive."

The two robotic arms folded in an orderly manner and retracted into the rear of the vehicle from the side, and the laser cannon on the top was also retracted into the vehicle.

The vehicle lights returned to normal, and seeing that the appearance was exactly the same as usual, Wei Jiang nodded with satisfaction.

As long as the armed mode is not deployed, no one can tell that this is a deadly weapon that can threaten armored vehicles.

With the help of his cellphone, Wei Jiang pushed aside the bushes and entered the forest. Ten minutes later, he returned to the Wuling mini car with the rabbit ears in his hand.

Wei Jiang carried the rabbit all the way, but there was still no blood from the wound.

"Shit! My bones are all burnt!"

With the help of the car lights, Wei Jiang discovered that the rabbit's skull was pierced through and the wound was charred.

Taking a deep breath, Wei Jiang thought that if it was a person who was hit, the wound would probably be cooked immediately.

“It’s a bit cruel.”

He opened the car door and threw the rabbit on the passenger seat. The rabbit was quite big, enough for both father and son to have a meal.

As soon as he got into the car and looked at the central control screen that had returned to normal, Wei Jiang began to feel restless again.

I've tried the laser gun and was satisfied with its power. But what about the laser cannon?
"Try?"

(End of this chapter)