Chapter 398: Back to Basics Battle
“The artillery bombardment was very effective, but why didn’t their air defense positions react at all?”
Wait until the self-propelled electromagnetic gun battalion began to attack the permanent positions outside Gallipol. After the effective shooting, Amber suddenly realized that these rounds of shelling had not been intercepted in a decent way.
Although it is more troublesome to intercept the shells of self-propelled artillery, for some "hedgehog-like" positions, relying on a large number of high-energy lasers or charged particle cannons to shoot, you can always hit a few rounds.
A more extreme method is to use the diffusion shooting mode of the heavy particle cannon.
"Their counter-battery radar and reconnaissance units are probably focused on the two brigades at the front. Our artillery positions here are probably not expected."
Oens looked at the pictures sent back from the front. As he spoke, he must also understand the issue of 'contradiction and confrontation' as a weapon designer.
“And the super-heavy projectiles fired this time are actually not that easy to intercept. In order to penetrate the top armor plate of permanent fortifications, they all use tungsten alloy warheads, unless they are multiple heavy particle cannons. Carry out spread shooting, otherwise it is basically impossible to stop it."
"Early warning radar detects artillery shells flying in the atmosphere at speeds above Mach 5, and then allows the air defense radar to disable them in less than two minutes. The team accurately locks the target and shares the information with the HCP or fixed fort on the front line, allowing them to complete the spread shooting?"
Amber shook his head, and then said: "At least with the training level of the imperial defenders in front of me. From the looks of it, it can’t be done.”
"Yes, Boss, and this is just an attack by 24 E-2s from a self-propelled electromagnetic gun battalion. If it is put into mass production in the future, attacks on such defensive positions will be carried out with the firepower of the entire artillery combined brigade. By then I estimate that the general air defense system will be paralyzed at that time."
While Oens was speaking, a hole had been smashed into the outer permanent fortification southeast of Garibal. During the attack, the imperial defenders also used their only anti-aircraft weapons to intercept, but with little success.
On the contrary, after exposing his position, he was taken care of by the 155 self-propelled artillery and loitering bombs under the two composite brigades at the front.——
Amber, Orns and Hogg and others are targeting the positioning of the E-2 heavy-duty vehicle-mounted self-propelled electromagnetic gun.
In a sense, this positioning is very close to the familiar heavy artillery such as 'Big Bertha', 'Karl', and 'Stalin's Hammer' in ancient times - they are all designed to attack high-intensity permanent fortifications.
This also has something to do with the reason why ground wars in this era have become more and more "returning to nature".
After various directed energy weapons spread to heavy mechanized troops, and the deflection force field developed based on the principle of 'directional magnetic field' moved from under the battleship in space to the ground combat troops, a new concept of 'Armor-Bomb Confrontation' appeared.
The directed energy weapons most commonly equipped by ground forces are high-energy lasers, charged particle beam weapons and heavy particle cannons.
In the future, there will also be plasma cannons that fire plasma - Amber has already asked the equipment research and development center to test this thing. According to Eugene and the others, it will be weaponized soon.
High-energy lasers are much more awkward to use in the atmosphere than in space. This light-speed weapon was originally designed to have the ability to strike enemies at long distances in real time.
This can indeed be done in space, and lasers rely on the high heat of the focus point of the beam to kill, and the deflection force field cannot be used for defense. Generally, the outer laminated armor of the ship is used, and the thermal expansion coefficient is close to 0. coating, as well as a working fluid water cooling layer to resist.
But on the ground, common planets suitable for human habitation are basically close in terms of planet curvature radius and topography. This also causes the visual distance of ground battles to be only a few kilometers against the sky. to within ten kilometers.
At this distance, the advantages of high-energy lasers are infinitely narrowed, and lasers are subject to various restrictions in the atmosphere, especially in rainy and foggy weather, so basically don’t even think about using high-energy lasers. Long range target.
So the high-energy laser weapons equipped by ground forces are basically used for air defense. When the weather is good, they can hit manned aircraft, drones, cruise bombs, and other things flying in the sky.
When the weather is not good, you can also lay it flat to hit "soft targets" at close range.
Charged particle beams, heavy particle cannons, and plasma cannons that will be popular in the future have gradually replaced various barrel artillery and become heavy weapons for ground units.
But these weapons can be defended by deflection force fields. It is nothing more than a matter of instantaneous power competition.
At the same time, charged particle beams, a near-light speed weapon, and heavy particle cannons, a two-hundredth light speed weapon, can occasionally serve as air defense units.
This is also the reason why the status of tactical air forces in the atmosphere is getting lower and lower, and it has basically become a 'mobile arsenal' for launching hypersonic weapons outside the defense zone.
The situation in the early days of carrying aerial bombs to support ground troops, or even directly licking the ground with cannons, is completely gone. After all, no pilots are willing to carry directed energy weapons with almost no attack delay. Come to ground attack.
In this context, ground warfare has become a very retro confrontation - after anti-air defense is done, focus on a new armor-based missile confrontation between directed energy weapons, deflection fields and laminated armor. '.
This is only the current situation. If the technology developed according to Amber's knowledge, ancient military buildings like the 'Fortress' will also come back to the world.
The outer walls of the fortress are constructed with a large number of laminated armor and composite armor plates, a large deflection field array covering the entire fortress, a hedgehog-like anti-aircraft weapon array, and various fixed turrets equipped with directed energy weapons, superb Sonic Missile Silo
This is basically an upgraded version of the outpost that Atlas built before. In other words, Amber made this kind of 'fortress' that will gradually become popular in the future appear in advance.
When important nodes on the surface of the planet are fortified, the planetary landing battle becomes more difficult. Even if the attacker successfully sends troops to the ground, they will still have to face a large number of turtle shell-like fortresses.
As long as the attacker wants to occupy the planet, rather than "burning glass" or "growing mushrooms" for fun, they will have to bite the bullet and rely on conventional force.
In Amber's memory, some famous fortresses can even withstand orbital strikes - not those tactical thermobaric bombs dropped from outer space, but direct fire from battleship main guns.
The way to deal with these fortresses is also very simple and simple, either by sending special forces to sneak in in advance to carry out sabotage operations, or by letting the insiders directly turn off the deflection field generator.
If the first two methods cannot be achieved, then one can only rely on high-density firepower delivery to overload and fail the deflection field generator. During this process, the fortress defenders will definitely counterattack and find ways to take away the attacker's long-range attack positions, so a unit that can deliver efficient firepower at a long enough distance is very important.
Hypersonic weapons rely on their unique penetration capabilities to indeed penetrate the final distance. However, such weapons, which are not cheap, are more used to deal with time-sensitive targets than to fight a motionless turtle. shell.
Self-propelled artillery can ensure the continuity of firepower, and the artillery shells are also quite cheap, but the attack distance of dozens of kilometers makes the artillery position not very safe, whether it is the defender's counter-artillery, missile attack, or A rapid assault by an HCP squadron will cause a fatal blow to the self-propelled artillery.
Whether it is now or in the future, the multiple rocket launcher system has proven to be an extremely effective means of fighting against fortresses in environments where tactical nuclear weapons cannot be used.
The short-term ultra-high firepower projection and plasma warhead are definitely a difficult enemy for some small fortresses.
But the multiple rocket launcher system also has flaws. One is that the firepower is not sustained enough and the reloading cycle is too long. If a salvo does not 'break the defense', the fortress will deflect when the reloading is completed. The force field has actually almost recovered.
Another flaw is that the cost is relatively high, and ammunition is relatively difficult to supply. Sometimes the fire commander has to make a choice, whether to cover the enemy's heavy equipment group with a round of firepower, or to smash the turtle shell in front of him, or to Is it to provide fire support to the troops who sent the request for support?
But the emergence of the E-2 heavy-duty vehicle-mounted self-propelled electromagnetic gun is, to a certain extent, a more economical solution.
Under the same technical processing level, the cost of electromagnetic gun shells, especially those without extended-range boost components, can be said to be worlds apart from that of long-range rockets.
Amber did a rough calculation and found that the cost of one 300mm long-range rocket with a range of 180-200 kilometers is worth nearly 20 electromagnetic gun shells that can hit 180 kilometers.
And when faced with a fortress-level deflection force field, weapons with high kinetic energy such as super-heavy bullets are obviously more difficult to deal with than the plasma fireballs of the plasma warhead.
The latter can also rely on the electric field to set off fireworks, but the former can only rely on pointing the magnetic field to twist it.
Not to mention, in the plans of Amber and Orns, there is also a super-heavy vehicle-mounted electromagnetic gun mounted on an 8-axis special vehicle and firing a 500-1000 kg warhead.
We may also consider using gravity control technology to carry a leviathan-class train electromagnetic gun that launches a 1500-3000 kg warhead
Big is good, and more is beautiful. Since the ground in the future The battlefield will become more and more extreme because of the 'contradiction battle', and Amber doesn't mind being more extreme on this basis.
Have you not seen the studio next door? There are still people playing the Cavalry Death Charge in World War I in the interstellar era. The so-called tactics are based on the technological level and combat style of both warring parties.
Of course, the salvo of long-range rockets and the killing effect on assembled troops are definitely incomparable to self-propelled electromagnetic guns, which is destined to make them difficult to eliminate in a short time.
If you are poor, you will be interspersed with tactics; if you are successful, you will be bombed by me.
For a big country, equipping its troops with long-range rockets might just be a matter of closing their eyes and paying for it, but for Atlas, it must be careful and careful.
After all, Atlas is still an enterprise in essence, and the operation of an enterprise must consider key indicators such as cost and cost-efficiency ratio. If it is a target that can be smashed through with 100 yuan on the battlefield, 110 yuan will never be used. Blocks of ammunition to smash.
Money is saved penny by penny, and Amber understands this very well.
While Amber and Orns were discussing the follow-up production of the E-2, the forward attack troops also began tactical maneuvers under the cover of the self-propelled electromagnetic gun battalion and the brigade self-propelled artillery battalion.
The HCP assault force led by Murat, relying on the outstanding mobility and protective capabilities of the improved 'Sacred Shield', directly and boldly set up a 'gun line' on the front line, attracting most of the of firepower.
Those new floating main battle tanks were completely unrestricted by the terrain that was artificially destroyed by the imperial defenders before the war, and advanced to the front of the permanent fortifications almost as if they were walking on flat ground.
The imperial defenders who were lucky enough to survive did not even have time to retreat to the second line of defense. They watched with their own eyes as these main battle tanks, which they had never seen before, did not even bother to use barrier-breaking ammunition, and directly raised the suspension height. Crossed the swarms of anti-tank and horse resistance.
Then these defenders were quickly harvested by the coaxial electromagnetic machine guns and the close-defense lasers and chain guns of the automatic weapon stations. The fixed turrets that had no time to turn around were also reconnected by the electromagnetic reconnection of these suspended main battle tanks. The cannon was destroyed.
However, the heavily armored troops that advanced to the first line of defense did not continue to advance. Instead, they began to use the debris on the position to cover the front to stabilize the line. While waiting for the follow-up troops to follow up, they were also ready to deal with the counterattack of the imperial defenders.
The first ones to 'attack' the city of Garipol were the suicide 'swarms' that passed over the heads of the heavy troops, and the loitering bombs launched by the firepower battalion of the heavy brigade. (2 self-propelled artillery batteries + 1 cruise missile battery).
Since the terminal defense weapon groups such as close-range anti-cannons and short-frequency lasers arranged outside Gallipol are basically arranged together with the permanent fortifications, they are basically destroyed under the attack of the self-propelled electromagnetic gun battalion. Swirled clean.
Obviously, the terminal defense weapon groups on other lines of defense were unable to support this gap, so they could only watch these densely packed suicide swarms and loitering bombs flowing down the street like mercury. The defense line behind rushed forward.
Amber, 180 kilometers away, could not help but feel a little pain in his face when he saw this scene through the command terminal.
"This is just burning money to reduce casualties"
(End of this chapter)