Chapter 479 Saleh’s Suggestion
“Vote?”
After realizing that Saleh could not answer the question, Amber coughed awkwardly and continued: “Ahem. My It means that after approval, we will expand and optimize based on this plan."
"So refreshing?" Saleh was stunned for a moment. She originally thought Amber would make other suggestions.
"Otherwise? At least your current design does meet my current needs, and I am not a professional ship designer after all, so there is no need to make any unreliable suggestions. Anyway, when the time comes, Atlas People from the ship design team are also going to come and interact with you. If you two professionals can tell the truth, I feel quite relieved~"
Amber's tone was relaxed. It was obvious that Saleh had thought carefully about the solution of "rapidly deploying a large number of ground troops" before.
The psyker has extremely strong brain supplementation ability due to the in-depth development of his brain, which also allowed him to quickly imagine the future scenario of using the 'Planet Landing Fortress'.
Currently, neither the Federation nor the Star Dragon Empire has a good solution for the large-scale deployment of ground troops.
Although the orbital paratroopers can be dropped directly, the size and load limitations of the airborne capsule mean that the orbital paratroopers are only a light infantry tactical unit no matter how they are dropped.
In more cases, when combat commanders choose to use orbital paratroopers, it is to complete some tactical purposes, such as occupying key nodes, decapitating high-value targets, or intercepting evacuating enemy troops.
Conventional ground forces, which require the support of a large number of combat vehicles and technical weapons, obviously cannot be deployed through airborne capsules. Therefore, apart from using space elevators for delivery, the only option left is a fleet of air and space transport aircraft.
But these two options without exception have a prerequisite, that is, the fleet in orbit must obtain sky control, so that it can control the space elevator or attack the enemy air defense when the aerospace transport group descends. Units are suppressed.
When launching a planetary landing battle or when rapid deployment of troops is required, although a group of air and space transport aircraft can be used to forcibly penetrate the defenses, the resulting huge losses are not something that every commander can bear or accept. .
This is why Amber has been asking the think tank deacon to help design and develop a planetary landing vehicle after she 'picked up' Saleh and obtained the Forerunner's gravity control technology.
As for the 'Planet Landing Fortress' that the other party has taken out now, except for the temporary lack of the ability to take off again from the planet's surface, in other aspects it can be said that it fully meets Atlas's current needs.
Just imagine that one day in the future, Atlas needs to quickly deploy an army-level ground force to a planet to support operations against "friendly targets" on the planet.
However, due to the existence of an enemy fleet in the orbit of the planet, the window period for large-scale airdrops has become extremely short.
So the 10 planetary landing fortresses, fully loaded with a group army's troops, began to forcibly break into the planet through a round of orbital strikes launched by the escort fleet on the 'landing site' on the surface after the combat fleet entangled the enemy's garrison fleet. atmosphere.
The enemy air defense units that survived the orbital strike immediately organized their forces to intercept, but when the planetary landing fortress broke through the atmosphere, a layer of high-temperature plasma wrapped around it caused heavy particle cannons and charged particle cannons to The attack effect of such charged particles is greatly reduced.
The specially reinforced bottom armor plate not only isolates the high temperature caused by atmospheric friction, but also has strong protection against high-energy laser beams or live ammunition attacks.
As the escort warships staying in low orbit continued to suppress ground air defense units with their main guns, the 10 planetary landing fortresses successfully passed the most dangerous break-in phase.
At the same time, with the help of the gravity control unit, the fortress also entered the final landing stage at a relatively gentle speed.
When the 10 fortresses maintain a distance of about 10-20 kilometers and land on the ground in a ring, the area circled in the middle will naturally become a safe enough 'large landing site'.
The 10 fortresses will also gradually release combat-ready troops. These ground troops will advance outward under the cover of the large-caliber electromagnetic guns, missile launch arrays, high-energy laser turrets and other weapons carried by the fortresses. And clear out the remaining enemies in the fortress-controlled area.
At this point, a ground force organized into a group army, as well as the 'ground fortress group' as an attack support point, were deployed on the surface of the planet in a short period of time. Coupled with the subsequent deployment of hive cores and backup troops, Atlas Group can use this powerful force to carry out armed intervention on the planet.
However, after staring at the design drawings produced by Saleh's light-speed hands for a long time, he still pointed at the 'half-buried' jump engine and asked:
"This thing Is it really okay to just place it here? Isn’t it too crude?”
“Don’t worry, Amber, the ‘outboard’ jump engine is a fairly conventional design for us Jerram people. Well, besides, this thing is our technology, are you still worried that I can’t handle it?”
When it comes to technical issues, Saleh, the deacon of the think tank, couldn’t help but become full of confidence. , in her opinion, technical advantages may be the only thing that can hold her head high in front of Amber.
After the two continued to communicate for a while, Saleh suddenly stared at Amber and asked: "Amber, your rush to get this thing out, does it mean that the Atlas Group will officially start to arm the outside world?" Interference? "
"In fact, it cannot be said to be 'armed intervention'. Your wording and description are not accurate. To be precise, 'planetary landing fortress' is to facilitate our ground forces to quickly carry out operations. "
Amber opened his mouth to correct Saleh's statement, and then continued: "You know, our Atlas Group also provides military contracting services."
"You follow me. Do you still need to say this?”
Listening to Amber’s words, Saleh rolled her eyes angrily. This is a way she recently learned from humans to express speechlessness.
Then, she controlled her expression and said in a relatively serious tone: "Actually, I very much support and suggest that Amber use force to 'unify' the entire human race, and even the elves."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I said before that the arrival of 'bad news' cannot be hindered or corrected, so now there is only one response method left, and that is to unite all those who can unite Strength, make the final struggle.”
There was no joking in Saleh’s words. This was the first time Amber had seen this forerunner say this to her so seriously.
After a while, Amber said: "Why do I feel that the 'unity' you are talking about is different from the unity I understand? And with the current situation, just uniting the entire human society is too much. It can be regarded as a 'great cause', not to mention that there are more powerful elves"
Saleh: "So my suggestion is to do whatever it takes, even if it means conquering by force."
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Seeing that Amber didn't speak, Saleh continued. He said seriously: "Amber, you are actually in conflict with the Federation now, and I believe that with the continuous development of Atlas Group, it will be a matter of time before you and the Star Dragon Empire conflict. As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers. When you change When there is enough threat, other forces will no longer be able to communicate with you in a peaceful way."
Salih's words silenced Amber. He admitted that what the forerunner said was not wrong, and that she was right. These are exactly the issues I have been thinking about.
As Atlas continues to expand, direct conflict with the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire can be said to be a certainty.
Even if there are conflicts with the elves of the Thousand Star Empire due to various interests in the future, Amber will not be surprised.
“So?”
“Since you have already come this far , why not just go further?”
(End of this chapter)