Chapter 2879 Basilisk Anti-aircraft Rocket Vehicle
Looking at Jacob’s confused expression, Bahram guessed his thoughts and said slowly:
“Yes, this is the use of air blasts. The rocket-propelled Basilisk anti-aircraft rocket vehicle, that kind of air-explosion rocket is specially made to deal with flying biological groups such as Tyranids. It has a diameter of 50 mm and a length of 410 mm. It uses a disposable small plasma engine and has an effective range of about 5,000 meters. , 32 small bombs are loaded inside, which can cover a spherical space with a radius of 300 meters after explosion. When the 32 small bombs detonate, they can cover an area with a radius of more than 1 kilometer. Therefore, the minimum launch height must not be lower than 1000 meters, otherwise there will be accidental damage. Maybe, a Basilisk can carry two launch nests, and one launch nest can be loaded with 72 air burst rockets. If you calculate the firepower, it means that a Basilisk can launch 144 air burst rockets in 1 second, and then project 4,608 small bombs, four Basilisks, that is, 18,432 small bombs were dropped into the air at the same time."
Bahram then pointed to the remaining hundreds of gargoyles that were whining and flying high into the sky.
“Tylans like to get together. There are at least 50,000 Tyranids flying creatures in the pile just now. If we use conventional weapons to fight them, how long will it take to destroy them? The small size of Tyranids flying creatures happen to be themselves. They are relatively fragile. Even grenade-level explosions and fragments can cause fatal injuries to them. The dense coverage attack of the basilisk captures this characteristic and weakness of them. At the same time, after the attack, it can quickly move or dodge to guard against the enemy. To counterattack, Tyranids are not without large air units. If fixed air defense positions are deployed, the survival rate is actually very low.”
Jacob shook his head and smacked his tongue. He really watched the Tyranid biota being "evaporated" directly into the sky.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, this Basilisk anti-aircraft vehicle is awesome. I have never heard of it before. Was it developed recently? Isn’t it reasonable to say that the development of new weapons is very slow?”
"There are many reasons for the slowness, such as rules, laws or political considerations, and historical factors. The weapon itself is not complicated. As you can see, the chassis is a Chimera, and the launch nest is not surprising. The only thing that needs to be studied is the rocket itself, and this should be The legion commander had already signaled Ulan Huda and Sage Zhao Akada to develop it."
Jacob nodded in realization, and then looked at the hoisting process being carried out with the assistance of the Centaur logistics vehicle. Basilisk tanks with new rocket nests - those rocket nests are more troublesome to load on site, so they are directly replaced with the installed launch nests.
"The legion commander is really far-sighted. This weapon is really suitable for dealing with Tyranids. It is completely tailor-made."
Hearing what Jacob said, Bahram seemed to think of something, but he just nodded silently.
Then he patted the other party on the shoulder.
"A lot of Tyranid corpses just fell into the stronghold. Take some people to deal with them, burn them together, and see if any fish slipped through the net."
"Yes!"
"Wow, uncle, what kind of weapon was it just now? Now it gives the cloud-like Tyranids. Oh, be careful."
Little Phaidon, who had just emerged from the bunker, was almost slapped in the face by the wings of a gargoyle just as he said a few words. He quickly glared at the two guys who were carrying the remains of Tyran's body.
"What if the poisonous guy disfigures you through plastic surgery!"
"I know, I know, you stay away, we are going to throw you down."
Go away cursing. When they arrived at Hayes' side, the other party was directing people to help clean up the corpses in the nearby position. They didn't leave anything behind. The next door was more unlucky. The corpse of a sky demon hit the wall directly, almost making a gap, but The metal machine gun tower was tilted due to the tail. Now the company commander is scratching his head and trying to find a way to "righten" it.
Hearing what Feiton said, Hayes looked at the positions of the four Basilisks. Although he couldn't see their true appearance due to the obstruction of the building, he could still guess them.
"It should be an anti-aircraft rocket launcher. This is indeed a very unique idea. Most of the empire's anti-aircraft missiles rely on direct hits to kill, such as hunter-killer missiles, but the problem is also obvious. For such small clusters, The target has almost no effect. This kind of cluster rocket is usually used for ground attacks. I didn't expect that it can also work wonders when it is transferred to air shooting. The person who designed it is really a genius. It's not that this weapon is such an artifact. The key is this Change of thought. Stop being stuck here and help clean up quickly. These Tyranid corpses may rot and produce toxins." While the stronghold was busy cleaning up the fallen corpses of Tyranid flying creatures, Rise came up. The observation servo skull quickly discovered the anomaly and sounded a sharp alarm.
“The enemy is coming!”
Bahram came to the small tactical imager in the temporary command post and saw the picture returned by the detection servo skull , a large number of small Tyranid creatures are climbing up the steep hillside at high speed. Their powerful jumping and climbing ability can almost be said to be as smooth as walking on the ground. There are also many large creatures among them, mainly warrior bugs and holy prostitute bugs. , and have larger Tyranid creatures appeared yet, such as executioners? Maybe this terrain is not suitable for them to perform. After all, the location of Stronghold 7 is very dangerous.
But Bahram had another worry. He looked into the distance with a large observation glass, and sure enough he saw some four-legged monsters that were moving slowly.
"Sure enough, the Tyranid artillery has also arrived."
After seeing a dozen Tyranid artillery creatures standing firm, Bahram immediately turned around and said to the mechanical priest behind him who was operating and meditating:
"Is the void shield turned on?"
"Return to my lord, it has been turned on."
"Monitor the energy level at all times and report every ten minutes."
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"Yes."
As Bahram watched, the dozen Tyranid artillerymen fired deadly ammunition, those rolling spherical fireballs, towards the high No. 7 stronghold.
A few seconds later, the fire ball hit the void shield heavily, causing a flash of air.
"Snow Palace Command, this is No. 7, the enemy's artillery position was found, the coordinates."
Bahram immediately reported the position of the opponent's artillery to the rear, and the Tyron artillery's One drawback is that the general range is not very far, which may also be related to their inaccurate biological positioning. Except for the secretion worms, the range of most Tyranid artillery is much lower than the range of human artillery.
After obtaining the coordinates of Bahram, the artillery position established in the Snow Palace responded immediately. In order to deal with Tyran's biological artillery, Soshyan specially established a counter-artillery force, and this force consisted of 24 Poison Swords.
Poison Sword super-heavy tanks have actually appeared in the armory for a long time. A batch of them were obtained through transactions with various forging worlds before the Maelstrom Expedition. Ulan Huda itself can also manufacture them. This weapon, because the weapon itself is not complicated, it uses the chassis of the Shadow Sword, but only replaces the main gun with a seismic cannon.
The birth of this kind of artillery came entirely from the needs of the Astra Militarum generals. Although the Astra Militarum often has an advantage in numbers, this advantage will not work when facing the enemy's reinforced fortresses and fortifications. would be gone. Although an Astra Militarum general would consider sending Leman Russ Crusher or other siege tanks to perform the task of destroying city defenses, their disadvantage in range could easily render these valuable siege vehicles useless. It was destroyed by the enemy's city defense firepower before reaching the attack position. Although long-range artillery such as the Basilisk Self-Propelled Cannon has the ability to fire outside the range of the defenders, it is less powerful. Although the Shadow Sword is also capable of city defense It does a good job of destroying, but it lacks in firing frequency and maneuverability.
(End of this chapter)