hsntnovel Chapter 225 Mech Exercise
Chapter 225 Mech Exercise
After breaking out of the preparation area, Platinum activated the mech's search radar and adjusted it to maximum power, quickly locating the approximate position of the target cluster.
Platinum then activated the mech's propulsion system, preparing to provide a certain initial velocity for the rocket launcher.
When her movement speed reached its peak, Platinum pulled the trigger of the rocket launcher, and two thick rockets disappeared quickly from her sight, trailing white smoke.
Finally, she dropped the twin rocket launcher from her shoulder and moved along the vertical direction of the rocket launch, preparing to use the mountain to the left of the target cluster for cover.
As Platinum shut down its propulsion engine, the two rockets had already reached the top of the ridge and were beginning to turn with the help of the fins.
The air defense radar in the target detected the two rockets and calculated their origin.
Subsequently, the truck-mounted artillery located at the rear of the convoy drove away from the group, stopped on both sides of the road, and deployed its spades to firmly secure the vehicle in place.
The cannon muzzle rises, and the robot loads the shell into the breech.
The cannon was charged, and then shells flew out of the barrel, extending their firing range from the front of the preparation area to the surrounding area.
While moving toward her target location, Platinum spotted a shell flying in the sky. She then activated her propulsion system, raised her machine gun, and began intercepting the shell while moving at high speed.
Once the mech had calculated the origin of the shells, she called upon the Sea Knight, which was located on the shore, to prepare for a salvo against the artillery cluster.
"It seems that this set of electronic components does indeed have extremely strong performance. Before the upgrade, only the flagship model had such a fast computing speed."
"In that case, it seems that drone swarms and even floating cannons can be put on the agenda. At least now the mechs have enough computing power to control these unmanned devices."
After a brief chat, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian continued to focus their attention on the holographic sand table.
The unmanned combat groups in front of us, which are being used as targets for the mechs, still use the artillery manuals of the Great Yan Dynasty and execute the tactic of quick attack and quick retreat.
However, by the time they completed this round of three rapid fires, the main guns of the Sea Knight had already fired nine 130mm high-explosive shells.
As the artillery group completed its conversion and prepared to leave the scene, the nine 130mm high-explosive shells had already detonated in the position, and the exercise system determined that 92.4% of the vehicle-mounted electromagnetic guns were destroyed.
Upon receiving the message from the exercise system, Platinum multitasked, keeping moving while also opening the map to carefully observe the surrounding terrain and choosing a suitable ambush location.
The mech then changed direction slightly and ran towards a new location.
To fully demonstrate the mechs' mobility advantage, the exercise was held near a relatively flat mountain range, with a large open plain beyond the mountains.
The target swarm in this exercise consisted entirely of unmanned combat groups preparing to return to the flagship for upgrades. They had departed from the nearest railway hub and were currently moving along mountain trails.
Platinum, on the other hand, relied on its powerful propulsion system to traverse the mountains directly and arrived at a necessary route for the target cluster to cross the mountains.
Because of the presence of drones patrolling the sky, Platinum had to hide the mech in the mountainside near the railway hub to avoid detection.
She then left the mech and used the dense forest on the mountain and the optical cloaking device on her pilot suit to travel through the area, eventually finding a well-hidden observation point that was easy to evacuate from.
"Looks like we'll have to upgrade the pilot suit, even if we won't really need it."
"As expected of experienced elites, this is something we overlooked before, or rather, our thinking was a bit too rigid."
After adding the upgrade to the pilot suit to their to-do list, the two zoomed in on the image in the holographic sand table and carefully examined Platinum's next move.
Before long, the vanguard convoy came into Platinum's view, but she did not choose to launch an attack, but continued to wait for the heavy armored convoy to arrive.
Ten minutes later, the main force finally appeared in Platinum's field of vision.
After roughly estimating the time it would take for the heavily armored units to arrive at the ambush site, she activated her cloaking device and began to slowly retreat.
She successfully crossed the ridge and was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when a notification suddenly appeared on the screen.
[Stealth device remaining time: 10 minutes]
"Tsk"
Platinum replanned her route, quickened her pace, and headed towards the location where the mechs were hidden.
Even though she tried her best to avoid moving in the area where light and darkness meet, she was still inevitably discovered.
The convoy then began to deploy, with self-propelled mortars taking their positions first. 120mm shells roared out, heading towards the position that Platinum had previously exposed.
"laugh--"
Platinum leaped into the air, activated its thrusters mid-air, and flew towards the mech's location.
"laugh--"
Platinum leaped into the air, activated its thrusters mid-air, and flew towards the mech's location.
At the same time, the first volley of shells landed behind Platinum.
Looking at the scene in the exercise system, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian broke out in a cold sweat.
The rapidly falling platinum reactivated its thrusters, decelerating in a very short time.
She landed successfully on the mech's raised hand before the second round of bombardment arrived.
She then jumped onto the unfolded hatch, turned around, and entered the cockpit.
Then the mech raised its machine gun, leaned out, and aimed at the drone in the sky.
The reconnaissance drone has been destroyed.
After receiving a notification from the exercise system, Platinum controlled the mecha to run out of the hiding place.
Subsequently, the 180mm electromagnetic cannon on the back of the mech unfolded, turned towards the cannon array, and fired rocket-assisted projectiles at a rate of one per second.
Lorin and Ouyang Nian watched from the flagship as six low-velocity 180mm shells crossed the ridge, then, propelled by rocket engines, evaded aerial interception and successfully hit the self-propelled mortar that was firing.
[The exercise system determined that the loss rate of 120mm self-propelled mortars was 71.8%]
The destroyed self-propelled mortar was determined to have left its original position and rejoined the rear of the evacuating convoy.
At this moment, the wheeled infantry fighting vehicles in the convoy, with their superior mobility, were traversing the gentle slope, chasing after the fleeing mechs.
However, during Platinum's escape, the external weapon box attached to his leg kept ejecting spider-shaped anti-tank mines.
The moment the lead infantry fighting vehicle passed the last mine, all the spider mines were activated and rushed towards the nearest infantry fighting vehicle.
[Drill system assessment: The loss rate of the chasing convoy is 90.2%]
Then, Platinum controlled the mech to turn around suddenly, aiming the light machine gun in his hand and the anti-tank missiles mounted on his shoulder at the three surviving infantry fighting vehicles.
Five seconds later, the entire infantry fighting vehicle convoy that had come to pursue them was destroyed.
Just as the convoy was about to leave, Platinum noticed some changes on the ground.