dmims Chapter 121 Replenishing Ammunition
Chapter 121 Replenishing Ammunition
After hearing Ouyang Nian's suggestion, Luo Lin thought for a moment and shook his head.
"Robots modified in this way cannot handle all maintenance tasks."
Lorraine pointed to the various vehicles parked there.
"According to the data in the database, the modified robot cannot complete all the maintenance work here, and the non-humanoid robot cannot drive the vehicle to the professional maintenance area for vehicle maintenance."
"We can't just move all the shipyard workers here and let them do production and live here."
In response to Ouyang Nian's rebuttal, Lorraine retrieved several pieces of information related to humanoid figures from the database and showed them to her.
"Based on the information in the database, we can estimate that there will be humanoid robots available for use in the database after the third level."
At this point, Ouyang Nian raised his head and looked at Lorraine.
"Whether we'll still need this base by then is an uncertain factor."
Lu Lin shook his head and opened the map marked with danger levels. Seeing this, Bai Jin explained to Ouyang Nian.
"The base is equipped with two types of large loitering munitions, namely the Sharp Knife-3 and the Shadow-2, both of which have an operational radius of over 70 kilometers."
"The Sharp Knife III has a flight speed of 240 kilometers per hour, an endurance of one hour, and an effective payload capacity of 12 kilograms. By changing the type of munitions loaded, it can perform air-to-air and air-to-ground strike missions."
"The Shadow II has a flight speed of 150 kilometers per hour, an endurance of ten hours, an effective payload capacity of 7 kilograms, and can be loaded with high explosives to carry out ground attack missions."
"This strike range completely covers the shipyard. The two types of loitering munitions work together to precisely target and strike dangers around the shipyard."
Lorraine then added a sentence.
"With the help of these vehicles, armed humanoid robots can arrive at the shipyard within an hour and a half to provide support."
Ouyang Nian then understood why the two wanted to occupy the base, but then she asked curiously.
"What are the drones deployed here for?"
"This facility is equipped with only one type of high-speed stealth reconnaissance drone, which uses a swept-wing configuration and a jet engine. It has a maximum service ceiling of 20,000 meters, a combat radius of 1,300 kilometers, and a maximum endurance of 15 hours."
After explaining to Ouyang Nian, Lorraine glanced at the time and gestured for Bai Jin to drive the loitering munition launcher back to the transport ship.
By the time the group returned to the transport ship, the sun was setting and the sky was gradually darkening.
Subsequently, Lorraine remotely closed the exits near the berth and controlled the Vanguard high-speed transport ship to slowly leave the berth and stop with the flagship 5 kilometers away.
After returning to the flagship, Lorraine instructed Ouyang Nian to research how to enable the loitering munition launcher to have unmanned combat capabilities.
Afterwards, Lorraine and Platinum huddled together to discuss the unusual aspects of the base and the previously mentioned deep-sea state.
"A normal naval base shouldn't have this many long-range strike devices hidden there, right?"
"Indeed not. Moreover, the equipment and ammunition stored here are enough to arm an entire medium combined arms battalion, and the remaining equipment can be used to form an enhanced reconnaissance company."
"With the base's fixed armed forces, this far exceeds the needs of regional peacekeeping; it's more like a dagger stuck near the enemy's heart."
"There should be more."
Seeing Bai Jin's confused expression, Lorraine showed him the short-range air defense missile launch system.
"Hmm? There are six 22-cell short-range air defense missile launchers on the top of the mountain, plus a total of 48 large-caliber universal vertical launch units on both sides of the mountain."
Platinum stared in shock at the data Lorraine presented.
"These 48 large-caliber vertical launch units were discovered by Cleveland in its archives and were never displayed publicly. This also explains why the arsenal contains some heavy bunker-buster missiles."
Although Lorraine was well aware that the primary mission of the vanguard formation was coastal warfare and ground attack, the number of bunker-buster missiles in the arsenal exceeded expectations, accounting for 10% of the total.
Platinum was silent for a moment, then spoke in a hoarse voice.
"If only a large number of troops are stockpiled here, then there is still room for explanation, after all, there are also abundant mineral resources here."
Platinum didn't say the rest of his words; he simply shook his head in silence.
The two then consulted the data on the ground-attack missiles stockpiled here, and searched the map for the potential native threats they might face.
But soon, the two discovered a blank area on the satellite map. This area was located in the north-central part of this independent continent, 1,600 kilometers away from the dock, right at the edge of the attack radius of the Longsword supersonic cruise missile.
The access to this region is terrifyingly high; even though Lorraine possesses the authority of an heir, she cannot obtain information about this area.
"It seems this is one of the reasons."
After searching for a long time without finding anything else, Lorraine could only add the exploration of the area to his memo and wait to obtain a long-distance communication device before continuing the exploration.
When Platinum returned to its cabin to rest, Lorraine opened the intelligence system to check the updated information.
[1. There is a naval museum located 21.5 nautical miles east-northeast. The ship docked in its dry dock is a modernized light cruiser (lacking ammunition and fuel).]
[2. There is a small mine located 508.7 kilometers north-northeast. Its warehouse contains a batch of intelligent mining equipment, but an unknown danger lurks within.]
[3. 38.7 nautical miles east of the coastline, there is a high-tech industrial base with access to a large number of manned and unmanned vehicles, but there is a certain degree of danger within it.]
4. Countdown: 2 day, 14 hours, and 23 minutes
Lorraine then found the warship on display at the museum in Cleveland’s archives.
[HMS Sea Knight, lead ship of the Sea Knight-class light cruisers]
After modernization, its weaponry is as follows:
[Bow: Equipped with two triple-mounted 152mm guns (47 caliber), and one cantilevered twin-mounted missile launcher (originally the twin-mounted 127mm secondary gun emplacement).]
[Amidships: Two twin-mounted 30mm chain guns are mounted on each of the port and starboard sides.]
[Stern: Equipped with a triple-mounted 152mm caliber naval gun and a cantilevered twin-mounted missile launcher (originally the triple-mounted 152mm main gun emplacement).]
[Note: Data such as maximum speed, range, and crew size have not been entered into the system.]
Lorraine lay in bed, looking at the data displayed on the dashboard, pondering the ship's modification plan, and unknowingly fell asleep.
The following morning, after confirming the base was safe, the two ships docked at their berths, and Lorraine began resupplying the flagship with weapons and ammunition through the base's command system.
[Commander, should we replace the main gun at the bow with a 76mm naval gun?]
[Estimated modification time: 3 hours.]
Lorraine didn’t mind replacing the 85mm main gun at the bow with a dedicated naval gun, but he needed to know whether the ship’s weapons would function properly during the refit.
The laser weapons and twin 30mm cannons were functional during the modification process.
Once it was confirmed that the flagship would still be able to protect itself during the modification, Lorraine agreed to the modification.
For some unknown reason, there are currently no satellites in space that can provide navigation capabilities, so Lorraine is mainly loading anti-aircraft missiles, anti-ship missiles, and supersonic missiles with inertial navigation and autonomous search capabilities into the vertical launch system.
"I always feel like something's missing."
Lorraine looked at the newly replenished weapons and ammunition and fell into deep thought.
"Commander, what are you thinking about?"
As soon as Bai Jingang entered the driver's seat, he saw Lorraine's worried and distressed expression.
Lorraine pointed to the weapon and ammunition replenishment plan, hoping that Platinum could help supplement and improve it.
Platinum stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and pointed to the 10-ton medium-sized utility helicopter.
"Do you need this?"
Lorraine shook his head; after all, such a general-purpose helicopter was too vulnerable without the protection of an armed helicopter.
"Then we can temporarily set up some loitering munition launchers and recovery nets on the decks of our two warships. The ammunition can be stored in the mission compartment below deck and then hoisted onto the deck by the crane at the stern."
"However, for those on transport ships, secondary loading and recovery can only be done manually."
Lorraine nodded and added four 4-cell anti-tank loitering munition launchers and corresponding loitering munitions to the supplementary plan.
Afterwards, Lorraine took Platinum and Ouyang Nian to the vehicle area to drive back some modified Warriors.
After the ammunition replenishment and weapon replacement were completed, Lorraine and his team drove back nine reconnaissance vehicles, six air defense vehicles, twelve loitering munition launchers, two communications vehicles, and two sets of individual radars via trailer.
Despite this, 60% of the cargo hold of the transport ship was still not filled.
"Phew, if we install this ourselves, when will we ever finish? And why do we even need to install so many ground vehicles?"
After making three round trips, Ouyang Nian looked at the warehouse and asked Luo Lin.
"These are level three or higher equipment, and they will be given to humanoid mechs in the future."
"After all, we can't support the entire fleet with just this few manpower and artificial intelligence."
Upon hearing Lorraine's words, Ouyang Nian was startled and shouted in a somewhat panicked manner.
"You're going to recruit soldiers in this wasteland? Are you crazy?"
Lorraine covered her ears and answered with a pained expression.
"Why do you think I need humanoid robots? Isn't it just to fill this fleet with flesh and blood?"
"Oh, oh, oh."
Ouyang Nian, feeling a little embarrassed, came closer and offered his tail to Lorraine as compensation.
Lorraine released Ouyang Nian's tail and vigorously rubbed Ouyang Nian's face as compensation.
Then, urged by Platinum, the two returned to the flagship and prepared to head to the ship museum.