nycdaug Chapter 169 Simulated Battle, Let's Test
Chapter 169 Simulated Battle, Let's Test
Looking at the heavily modified dock landing ship, Lorraine felt something was missing. Then he noticed a propulsion technology that was to be installed on the Sea Knight.
"Hmm, it really is missing something."
Finally, Lorraine made further adjustments to the underwater section of the dock landing ship, leaving sufficient redundancy for the magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system.
After completing the layout adjustments for the dock landing ship, Lorraine looked at the radar and electronic equipment that were no longer needed.
After a moment's thought, Lorraine decided to install all of these electronic devices onto the Sea Knight.
After some adjustments, the hull of the Sea Knight underwent further changes.
The Type 1130 close-in weapon system at the bow was replaced with a Type 730 close-in weapon system, and the two 3×3 anti-tank loitering munition launchers were replaced with two triple anti-aircraft missile launchers.
Subsequently, Lorraine installed the small combined electromagnetic catapult track and two sets of electromagnetic arresting nets that had been removed from the aft deck of the Type 53B dock landing ship onto the aft deck of the Sea Knight.
But looking at the Sea Knight's spacious aft deck, Lorraine tentatively dragged the small combined electromagnetic catapult track into the production center's production list.
Subsequently, a prompt appeared on the system page requesting a sample.
After confirming that the small electromagnetic rail could be mass-produced, Lorraine contacted Yaoguang and obtained the small drone that could be launched from a dock landing ship.
【CH-2T Small Reconnaissance UAV】
Cruising speed: 230 kilometers per hour
[Battery life: 9 hours]
Service ceiling: 2,500 meters
【Dimensions: Wingspan 6 meters, Length 4.5 meters】
With its wings folded, this small drone is three meters wide and two meters high.
If a large quantity needs to be carried, the wings can be removed and packed into a box that is 5 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 2 meters high.
Subsequently, Lorraine raised the height of the Sea Knight's hangar by two meters, allowing two unfolded Rainbow II catapult-launched reconnaissance drones to be installed on the top of the hangar.
"Clang clang"
A knocking sound on the cabin door startled Lorraine awake. He turned around and saw Lin Shu carrying a lunch into the cockpit.
Subsequently, a 140mm long and 70mm wide "steel plate" slowly descended from the wall near the holographic sand table, and finally came to a steady stop one meter away from the cabin floor.
After placing the lunch on the table, Lin Shu bent down and took out two folding chairs from the storage compartment on the side.
"Commander, it's time to eat."
As Lorraine walked toward the dining table, she glanced back at the time displayed on the sand table.
[13:23 PM]
"Gurgle~"
Lorraine scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed, and sat down at the dining table.
Then, while he ate his meal, he was forced to listen to Lin Shu's rambling.
"Commander, you're just like that kid Xiao Nian. Once you start focusing on something, you become so engrossed in it that you forget to eat and sleep. If Cleveland hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have known you haven't eaten a single bite."
Listening to Lin Shu's rambling, Luo Lin couldn't help but laugh.
"Still laughing? You're the backbone of over 1000 people now, and you have two girls swooning over you. Can't you take a better look at your health? Um!"
Lorraine clasped her hands together, pretending to be very obedient as she looked at Lin Shu.
"Could you please help me keep an eye on my meals?"
"You... sigh. Now I know why you can hang out with Xiao Nian, you two look exactly alike."
While quickly clearing away the tableware, Lin Shu glared fiercely at Luo Lin.
"Cleveland, remember to call your commander to the mess hall for meals regularly!"
Then, Lin Shu picked up the tray and left the driver's seat.
The moment Lin Shu turned around, Luo Lin clearly saw Lin Shu's ears, which looked as if they could drip blood.
"Ha, no wonder Ouyang Nian used this method to escape Lin Shu's nagging."
Lorraine smiled and shook her head, then opened the intelligence sent by Yao Guang.
Both underwater acoustic decoys and high-intensity low-frequency sound waves can effectively disrupt this marine behemoth's judgment.
The condition of the ocean behemoth continues to decline, and the intensity of harassment by the anti-submarine warfare group has now slowed.
Calculations indicate that the marine behemoth's condition is expected to reach its lowest point in 8 days and 11 hours.
Lorraine glanced at the information provided by the intelligence system, which showed a countdown of 7 days, 22 hours, and 42 minutes.
"Wow, this computing power is quite impressive; the calculated result is only 12 hours different from the intelligence system's."
Lorraine then refocused and continued working on the design of the Sea Knight.
An hour later, Lorraine stored the latest improvement plan for the Sea Knight into the system. He then walked to the porthole of the bridge and saw three destroyers loading anti-submarine missiles.
There were still 7 hours left before Lorraine's scheduled flagship modification time, and Lorraine was momentarily at a loss as to what to do during that time.
After a moment's thought, Lorraine upgraded the existing unmanned combat group. He only kept the tracked unmanned combat vehicles equipped with grenade launchers, and upgraded all the other unmanned combat vehicles into hound combat platforms.
After the unmanned vehicles, under Cleveland's command, headed to the flagship for upgrades, Lorraine left the flagship with Tengu and found Platinum wandering around the underground base.
The two then went together to the submarine base on the island.
Upon arriving at the berth, the two men saw two attack nuclear submarines docked in the dry dock.
However, judging from their size, these two attack submarines are not the latest fourth-generation attack submarines, but rather more like later improved versions of the third-generation nuclear submarines.
At this moment, Yao Guang's holographic projection appeared beside the two, resolving their doubts.
[Ten minutes after the apocalypse was confirmed, all fourth-generation nuclear submarines belonging to various governments received orders to return to their homelands. The two submarines docked here are later improved versions of the third-generation Tiger Shark-class nuclear submarines.]
This type of nuclear submarine is 110 meters long, 9.8 meters wide, and has a draft of 9.9 meters. It has a surface displacement of 6000 tons and a submerged displacement of 6890 tons. Its maximum surface speed is 30 knots, and its maximum submerged speed is 34 knots.
The standard diving depth is 450 meters, the maximum diving depth is 525 meters, the range is 42 nautical miles, the ship has a crew of 13 officers and 120 sailors, and the propulsion system is a shaftless pump-jet propulsion system.
It is capable of countering various threats from the enemy, conducting conventional long-range anti-submarine and anti-ship operations, as well as various combat operations in near-shore environments, including mine laying, mine sweeping, special forces deployment/withdrawal, support for carrier strike groups, intelligence gathering and surveillance, and land attacks.
However, due to design limitations, this attack submarine lacks unmanned combat capabilities. Any modifications would require returning it to a shipyard or submarine base in mainland China.
Lorraine shook his head; in the original plan, he had not included these submarines in his available combat forces.
After hesitating for a moment, Lorraine asked Yaoguang a question.
"Could you design a torpedo boat capable of launching heavy torpedoes, preferably one that can be docked inside a dock landing ship?"
Yes, but it will take about an hour. Would you like to find a place to rest for a while?
"Does this base have a holographic sand table in its command center?"
Yes, please follow my projection.
Fifteen minutes later, Lorraine arrived at the command room. Finally, he opened his portable terminal and imported all the data stored on it into the command system.
He then began simulating the events that might occur during the hunting operation.
To avoid any unexpected events during the battle, Lorraine increased the Ocean Overlord's stats under normal conditions.
The human side's combat force consists of one dock landing ship carrying 32 anti-submarine missiles, three destroyers carrying 96 anti-submarine missiles each, and 30 unmanned combat boats carrying 4 anti-submarine missiles and 4 heavy torpedoes each.
Lorraine increased the stats of this level 5 overlord by 20% and equipped it with higher intelligence.
Simulated combat begins.
The verification machine moved forward and dropped six sonar buoys into the overlord's warning zone.
Once the sonar buoy was activated, the dominant player's position was exposed, and an attack on the sonar buoy was subsequently launched.
The first batch of 80 anti-submarine missiles were launched, and six unmanned combat boats launched torpedoes outside the hegemony warning zone.
Anti-submarine drones moved forward, perpendicular to the fleet's direction of travel, and deployed sonar buoys.
Anti-submarine missiles and heavy torpedoes advanced toward the hegemon at a speed of 80 knots.
The Overlord, with its superior mobility and explosive power, evaded the blast radius of all the heavy torpedoes.
The second wave of sonar buoys was deployed, 120 anti-ship missiles were launched, the destroyer advanced to the outer edge of the warning zone, and all unmanned combat vessels entered the inner edge of the overlord's warning zone to begin the pursuit.
During the pursuit, underwater acoustic decoys covered almost the entire sea surface, and countless heavy torpedoes switched to impact fuses shuttled through the water.
The simulated combat was conducted at 60 times the normal speed.
In the end, the Overlord was sunk, but Lorraine also paid a heavy price: two of its three destroyers were severely damaged and one sank, and all of its unmanned combat vessels were sunk.
The hit rate of 560 heavy torpedoes was only 5.3%.
"Tsk, I just hope that the layer of algae covering his body doesn't have any ability to absorb damage."
After all, Lorraine was deeply impressed by the giant zombie's resilience.
"Who knows?"
Throughout the simulation, Bai Jin and Yao Guang did not question the parameters set by Lorraine. After all, no one knew to what extent the ocean behemoth had been enhanced by the virus, nor did they know the function of the plant layer on its body.
Then, Yao Guang, who had watched the entire simulated battle, suddenly spoke up and asked Luo Lin about how to use these small boats.
Lorin pondered for a moment, but did not choose to answer Yaoguang's question directly.
"Before answering, I need to know whether heavy torpedoes can be stored in large quantities in the garage of a dock landing ship."
[Yes, but only large unmanned engineering units are capable of hoisting heavy torpedoes, and these units cannot be deployed in the garage of a dock landing ship.]
"I have my own way of solving the hoisting problem, so please design this type of small boat to be reusable."
Yao Guang's holographic projection nodded, and 15 minutes later, she displayed her design on the holographic sand table.
Unmanned torpedo boat
[Boat length: 21.8 meters]
[Boat width: 6.3 meters]
[Draft: 3.6 meters]
Displacement: 40 tons
Maximum speed: 30 knots / 60 knots
[Main unit: Three 1200 horsepower diesel engines]
[Range: 960 km / 40 knots]
[Weapons: 4 pneumatic 533mm torpedo launchers, 1 twin-mounted 300mm depth charge launcher]
[The size of this boat is similar to that of the escape boats equipped on dock landing ships. A single Type 53A dock landing ship can carry a total of 10 torpedo boats into the battlefield.]
In addition, the boat is entirely constructed of steel, making it easy to recycle.
Lorraine nodded and then instructed Yaoguang to produce that model of torpedo boat.
At 9 p.m., the Type 53A dock landing ship and the Blade-class littoral combat ship, which serves as the flagship, entered the dry dock together.
Upgrade has begun and is expected to take 70 hours.
During the three days of flagship upgrade, Lorraine was not idle. He traveled on the Vanguard high-speed transport ship with 5 unmanned combat boats and 10 torpedo boats to the sea 15 nautical miles away from the dock.
During this period, Lorraine repeatedly tested the extreme data of these torpedo boats, while also constantly using simulation sandboxes to familiarize himself with the combat effectiveness of this type of torpedo boat.
Tests have shown that these torpedo boats can reach a maximum speed of 65 knots, and their 533mm torpedo launchers, powered by high-pressure gas, can launch heavy torpedoes to a maximum speed of 80 knots in 18 seconds.
Through continuous simulations, Lorraine also discovered the reason for the low hit rate of heavy torpedoes.
"Tsk, even if this ocean behemoth only has a top speed of 60 knots, it can easily dodge a heavy torpedo at 80 knots. If only it had a supercavitating torpedo, I don't believe it could dodge such a high-speed torpedo that travels at over 200 knots."
However, upon further reflection, compared to heavy torpedoes, supercavitating torpedoes are still slightly inferior in turning ability.
According to Yao Guang's calculations, the best weapon to eliminate the sea monster is a heavy depth charge with a charge of 500 kilograms or more.
Given the current conditions of Lorraine and his group, there are only two ways to deploy such heavy depth charges.
First, use fighter jets or bombers to drop the product from the air.
Second, use the flagship device for delivery.
The problem with the first approach is that they don't have personnel capable of piloting fighter jets.
The second method is a tactic used to achieve mutual destruction, so it is not adopted.
Due to the limited width of the battlefield, Lorraine only allowed Yaoguang to produce 20 torpedo boats. Ten of these torpedo boats would be transported to the battlefield by the upgraded flagship, while the other ten would be kept as spares.
At 7 p.m. on the third day, the flagship upgrade was completed, and a light gray dock landing ship appeared in the dry dock. The unused equipment had been stored in a warehouse near the dry dock.
Lorraine and the others boarded the upgraded flagship. Then, the gates of the dry dock opened, seawater rushed into the dock, and with the help of auxiliary devices, the flagship slowly slid to the surface of the sea.
With the sound of a ship's horn, the dock landing ship started its engines and slowly sailed away from the pier.