Chapter 397 Ling Yun!
The airport in the north of Shuguang City.
Luoyu, who had just been resurrected for less than half a month, was holding the pilot hat he had just taken from the rattan hut in his hand, and was pushed forward by Mosquito.
"Why are you so secretive... Where are you taking me?"
Mosquito, who was walking behind and pushing, urged with a smile.
"Don't ask, I'll show you a treasure!"
It would have been fine if he hadn't said this, but when he heard the mean tone of Mosquito, Luoyu immediately became alert.
What treasure could this stingy guy show him?
He probably wanted to use him as a guinea pig again!
And the fact was indeed so.
The direction this guy took him to was the hangar of the alliance.
Seeing the two people coming from a distance, the guards on duty at the airport entrance immediately saluted with awe and let them pass.
Whether it was Mosquito or Luoyu, they were familiar with the faces of these two people.
Especially the latter.
He can often be seen taking off, but rarely driving the plane back. However, he can be seen alive and kicking at the airport a few days later.
It is much more awesome to be able to come back alive after the plane explodes than to be able to successfully drive the plane back!
Without paying attention to the admiring eyes of those NPCs, Luo Yu followed the enthusiastic mosquito with a nervous look and walked into the closed hangar.
The lights in the hangar came on.
When he saw the plane parked in the hangar, his expression fell into a moment of dullness, and then he couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Fuck! My God!"
The streamlined silver-white fuselage!
Twin jet engines!
The sci-fi appearance design is just like the concept aircraft at the model aircraft exhibition, especially the dreamy forward-swept wing——
But it was at the moment when he noticed the forward-swept wing design that Luo Yu suddenly woke up.
"Can this fly???"
As we all know, in reality, the forward-swept wing is a relatively cutting-edge design idea, and it is also one of the more widely used ideas about the sixth-generation aircraft.
The forward-swept wing design generates greater lift, a higher lift-to-drag ratio, a lower stall speed, and excellent low-speed maneuverability, especially there is no problem of wingtip stall on swept-wing aircraft, which means that the maneuverability of the aircraft will be greatly increased!
Take the su-47 as an example, with a coupled canard + forward-swept wing layout, it can even perform a "cobra" maneuver with an angle of attack of 120 degrees at a speed close to Mach 1!
Of course, in addition to high maneuverability and handsomeness, the disadvantages of the forward-swept wing design are also obvious.
One of the most prominent ones is that the requirements for materials are too high.
If the materials do not meet the standards, performing maneuvers at high speeds will not only risk the wing breaking, but may even cause the fuselage to disintegrate.
There is a reason why the swept wing is still the mainstream. For war machines, "advanced" is not the first priority.
Stability is.
Let's not talk about the forward-swept and backward-swept wings. Is this a jet plane? !
Luo Yu would never believe that Mosquito would install a flight control system that matches this thing.
No——
Whether this thing has a flight control system is a question! Maybe the only electronic control of this thing is the airspeed tube on the head of the aircraft.
Appreciating the stunned expression on the little white mouse's face, Mosquito smiled and answered as expected.
"I don't know."
Luo Yu: "…"
Seeing his speechless expression, Mosquito coughed lightly and began to introduce his latest epoch-making product.
"Don't worry, I've considered all the issues you're worried about. The entire fuselage is made of A3 aviation aluminum, which is used for spacecraft. Don't worry about the reliability and strength of the material!"
"Not only that, the outside of the plane is also painted with anti-radar coating developed with the help of Camp 101. You will probably not be much bigger than a sparrow on the opposite radar. And I won't talk about the aviation fuel... Anyway, this thing is full of black technology, and it cost me a lot of money to make it!"
And this is the product with the highest technical content among all the products developed by Goblin Technology so far!
Looking at Luo Yu who still didn't speak, Mosquito smiled and encouraged.
"Do you want to fly it for a try?"
Luo Yu swallowed his saliva.
It's impossible to say that he doesn't want to.
However, the cost of flying once is too high.
"One time... eight hundred."
"Damn! You're ripping me off... deal!" Mosquito made a painful expression on his face, but he was secretly happy in his heart.
This little money was not enough for him to fill up the plane with fuel.
Eight hundred silver coins can buy a fearless awakener as a guinea pig.
This deal is simply too cost-effective!
…
After agreeing to Mosquito's conditions, Luo Yu followed his prompts and received the [Equipment Test] task issued by Goblin Technology on the VM.
[Task: Jet plane first flight! ]
[Requirement: Cross the anti-aircraft firepower network of the Heart of Steel]
After registering a company, players can issue tasks that meet the audit standards according to their business scope and nature of business.
This is one of the characteristics of "Wasteland OL" compared to other MMs.
Looking at Luo Yu wearing a newly bought pilot hat and sitting in the cabin with a tragic face, Mosquito patted the cabin cover and said comfortingly.
"Don't worry, this big guy is not the result of my own work, but the crystallization of the wisdom of all members of Goblin Technology! I promise it will be fine!"
As he said, he glanced at the God of Death standing aside and eager to try.
"Introduce our new product to our warriors!"
The God of Killing came forward with a smile.
"Okay!"
Taking a deep breath, Luo Yu tied the VM to his thigh, and while listening to the God of Killing's explanation, he familiarized himself with the instruments and control components in the cabin.
Out of habit, he subconsciously looked for the switch of the ejection seat, but found that there was no such thing at all. The entire seat was completely welded in the cabin.
Good guy.
This is not a fighter.
It's clearly a "special attack machine"...
It's a pity that there is no military court in this game, otherwise it would definitely be sent to the person who designed this thing.
The God of Killing, who did not notice the strange expression on Luo Yu's face, continued to introduce the aircraft's weapon system after introducing the dial.
"...The weapon is mainly a twin-mounted cannon at the front of the nose, which can fire 20mm armor-piercing incendiary bombs or high-explosive bombs. It has good effects on ground and air. However, there are only 300 rounds of ammunition at present. It is recommended to open the weapon safety when using it, and do not press the fire button for a long time."
Luo Yu couldn't help but complain: "Where are the missiles? It's a jet plane, but there is not even a guided weapon?"
Sha Shen: "Well, there are no guided weapons, but you can hang the Yellow Knife and unguided rockets! But those are designed for W-2 ground attack aircraft. Of course, if you want to use them, we can also hang them for you-"
Before he finished speaking, he was rejected by Luo Yu.
"Thank you, no need!"
The speed of the Yellow Knife is too slow. It mainly relies on diving to speed up, and it requires the cooperation of ground operators. Using that thing to attack aerial targets is a fantasy.
After introducing the functions of each dial on the plane, Sha Shen continued to point to the push-pull handle next to his right leg.
"...The handle next to your right leg is the afterburner valve, which is also the soul of this aircraft. Pushing it all the way will increase the engine's output power to the maximum!"
"There is no data yet on how much it accelerates, but it's very fast! So fast that we had to design this control valve separately! However, we found in the test that after pushing the afterburner valve to the maximum, the engine blades showed signs of melting... The function has not been debugged yet, so if you can't use it, try not to touch it."
There is no supersonic wind tunnel test.
There is no flight control computer...
What the hell is this powerful flying brick!
Luo Yu: "You guys should at least fix all the bugs before taking it out!"
"It's too late."
The God of Death looked at him seriously and continued.
"We also want to design it more perfect before taking it out, but the airship on the opposite side has already set up the gun barrel at our doorstep... I can only ask you to test its performance on the battlefield."
"Please, try to drive it back!"
That solemn look is really irresistible...
Forget it, who wants to drive it by themselves.
If he really died, it would only take three days.
Luo Yu took a deep breath and turned on the power of the avionics system.
"I'll try my best."
...
Above the clear sky.
The "Heart of Steel" floated quietly.
The towering steel fortress was as stable as a floating mountain, but in the observation cabin hidden at the front of the airship, it was in a panic at the moment.
"... An unidentified flying object was observed approaching at 116°, and the visual distance was about 10 to 15 kilometers. A gas column of more than ten meters in length was observed!"
"The speed is close to Mach 1, and it is moving straight towards us!"
"The sighting system is seriously out of focus, I can't see what it is, it seems to be a missile!"
"The radar has no response! Confirmed to be an anti-radar device!"
For flying objects with a speed of Mach level, whether it is 10 kilometers or 15 kilometers, it will take less than a minute.
The window time left for them to shoot is even shorter, even less than 20 seconds!
The soldiers in the observation cabin did not have time to be surprised. They immediately reported the situation to the weapon operator and raised the alarm level to level 2.
Although they were not sure what that thing was, since it dared to challenge the authority of "Heart of Steel", it must have been ready to die.
12 100mm secondary guns and 144 medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns were all aimed at the 90° to 180° wide-angle airspace.
They were not aiming at a single point.
But at an entire space——
"Fire!"
With a roar in the communication channel, all anti-aircraft weapons that met the firing angle conditions opened fire almost at the same time.
A series of orange-yellow ballistics gushed out from the airship, forming a dense and airtight net in the air, covering the direction of the UFO.
At the moment of approaching the airspace near the target.
The dense barrage of bullets, like a spider web, exploded with a bang, and the smoke, flames and fragments of the explosion instantly dispersed into a black cloud that covered the sky!
The Iron Heart had no guided weapons.
It was not because they did not have the guidance technology.
It was because they did not need it at all!
A sufficient number of shells was enough to make up for the lack of accuracy, and the barrage they were proud of was enough to tear apart everything that approached!
Even a fly.
It was absolutely impossible to pass through the layers of "nets"!
However——
Something unexpected happened to the soldiers on the airship.
The silver track that was supposed to fall, like a dolphin jumping out of the water, actually broke through the thick black cloud like a city wall!
"What is that!?"
The main gunner in the gun cabin in front of him widened his eyes in surprise.
He watched the silver column of air whizzing past their heads, leaving only a trail of sparks.
A string of cannons poured down on the airship like urine, and although they were all deflected by the deflector shield, the insult was extremely strong.
Looking at the afterimage speeding away through the screen, General McLen standing in the bridge had a flash of anger in his eyes.
"Is that Enterprise's plane?"
The adjutant standing nearby swallowed his saliva.
"Big, probably..."
"Flew from the East Coast to here?!"
"Sir, I don't know..." the adjutant said tremblingly.
He only knew that Enterprise's technology was very strong.
But he didn't know how strong it was.
The east and west coasts of the Central Continent span more than 10,000 kilometers, and a sentence could be spread in two completely different versions ten miles apart.
Not to mention such a large piece of land.
The staff officer standing nearby had a solemn look in his eyes.
"An airplane with a range of 3,000 kilometers... If it is really an enterprise airplane, their strength should not be underestimated."
"But their weapons are weaker than expected, and they didn't even scrape off the paint on our exterior," the adjutant swallowed his saliva and added stubbornly, "It feels just like that..."
...
"Damn..."
"It's really fucking exciting!"
Adjusting his disordered breathing, Luo Yu glanced at the impenetrable explosion cloud and the gradually receding airship behind him, and slowly loosened his right hand that was tightly holding the afterburner valve.
The pointer of the speedometer dial was stuck to the far right end, shaking wildly, and the speed measurement function of the pitot tube had been distorted half a minute ago.
He didn't know how fast he was just now, and could only judge by experience that the speed was at least Mach 3!
He had died once at the hands of that airship.
The strong omen of death made him subconsciously make the judgment to speed up, and the facts proved that his judgment was indeed correct.
If he hadn't pushed down the boost valve at the last moment, he might have been beaten into a sieve by the shrapnel of the explosion, and not even a slag would be left...
The black and red gradually faded from his vision, and the clear sky in front of him gradually returned to clearness. What left him was not only the smoke from the explosion, but also the black vision caused by the acceleration overload.
Luo Yu tilted the joystick in his hand and began to return.
He could feel that it was not just the black vision just now. For a moment, he even felt that his eyeballs were about to be pulled out of their sockets.
Fortunately-
The awakened person's physique is not weak. Even if it is an agility sequence, the physique attribute is still two points higher than the baseline value of 5.
If it were in reality, he would probably have died just now...
In any case, he succeeded.
With his heart pounding, Luo Yu took a deep breath again to calm his excitement.
Next, it was time to drive the plane back...
...
Compared to surviving the dense firepower network, Luo Yu felt that it was more like a miracle that he could land this jet plane without a flight control system smoothly at the airport in the north of Shuguang City.
Especially when it was close to the ground, the fuselage shook as if it had a cramp.
After he stopped at the airport and came down with the ladder, he found that the rear blades of the left engine had melted and deformed.
But these are all small things.
The final speed measurement result was that when he pushed the afterburner valve to the maximum, the peak speed was close to 3.7 Mach!
Looking at the car that he had owned for less than an hour with complicated eyes, Luo Yu really couldn't imagine that this guy could fly to 3.7 Mach without disintegrating...
At the same time, next to the airport.
Two Goblin Technology players were whispering and communicating.
One of them was an intelligence system and the other was an agility system. Both were newcomers that Mosquito had brought in during the Beta version. But rather than saying that Mosquito lured them in, it would be better to say that they volunteered and took the initiative to join Goblin Technology.
"I didn't expect the forward-swept wing design to shine in the game first."
"Yes."
"But based on the restoration of the physical system in this game, I feel that it can provide a reference for real-life research."
"Yes."
"Unfortunately, there is nothing here, and the conditions are worse than those in Africa... It would be great if we could build a supersonic wind tunnel."
"That makes sense."
The agility player rolled his eyes.
"... Don't just say yes, give me some advice."
The intelligence player sighed.
"No opinion, I totally agree, but I'm just thinking... The 20mm cannon is completely useless. By the way, can we break through the anti-Newtonian shield by flying over the airship and throwing low-speed bombs?"
Anti-Newtonian shield is the name given to that thing by the players. After all, the effect of that thing is really hard to explain scientifically.
If it was a metal bullet, it would be fine.
It can be explained by the Meissner effect.
But non-metal, irregular projectiles, and even the aerodynamic shock waves generated by the explosion can also be "deflected", which is a bit outrageous.
It can only be explained by an imaginary setting.
The agility player replied.
"If the target is too big, it will be intercepted by the machine gun. If the target is small... Even if it can break through the deflector shield, the explosion shock wave will be weakened by the curved armor and will not hurt the inside of the airship at all."
The intelligence player said helplessly.
"Sure enough, we still have to rely on ground troops... I always feel that the device designed by Brother Mosquito is a bit messy. Can humans really withstand that kind of pull?"
"You don't understand this. This is a game after all. It can't be the same as reality..." The agility player standing next to him laughed, "Although humans can't do it, the beasts of the strength and physique can."
A monster carrying a ton of weight, can it still be called a human?
Let alone one ton, more than 500 kilograms, it's enough to challenge the world record...
...
Although it still can't do anything to the airship, the newly developed jet aircraft of Goblin Technology still won a certain advantage for the Alliance.
As the first "independently developed" next-generation aircraft of the Alliance, its battlefield positioning is to fight for air supremacy, scout the battlefield and strike quickly at medium distances.
As for low-value targets such as general aliens and predators, the "Mosquito" ground attack aircraft and "Dragonfly" gunship with longer air time are better choices.
The players of Goblin Technology have high hopes for it.
And Mosquito rarely used some strange names for it, but opened a voting post on the forum and adopted the high vote opinion, naming it "Lingyun"!
Although a "Lingyun" can't do anything to the Iron Heart with high health and high defense, the Iron Heart can't do anything to the "Lingyun" with an absurdly fast speed.
Breaking the limit speed of Mach 3 is too scary.
Especially since no one knows what is installed on this plane, the radar array on the airship can't detect it, and can only rely on visual search.
When the observers of the airship find the approaching Lingyun fighter, they often have less than half a minute left for fire preparation.
Just after a round of barrage, the plane has already gone far away with a step on the throttle.
It is like a fly flying beside a giant. You can't hit it, but you can't not hit it, which makes the gunners on the airship sick.
The Storm Corps cheered.
With the intelligence of the "Pangolin" 100-man team, the "Lingyun" that comes and goes like the wind can often bring unexpected blows to the ground forces and key facilities of the legion.
In the past, the Storm Corps has always been bombed unilaterally, but now everyone bombs each other, which is also a big improvement.
The battle situation on the front line gradually became clear, and the players who were exchanging battle information on the forum were happier day by day, with various tricks emerging one after another.
However, Chu Guang, as a manager, did not feel too optimistic at the moment.
The reinforcements from the east coast had not yet arrived, but the emergency from the west had arrived first...
If he had to say which of the known forces on this land was the most difficult for him, it would undoubtedly be the legion on the west coast.
Not only were they ambitious, but they also regarded everything around them as barbarians, and it was almost impossible to resolve differences with them through interest exchange or negotiation.
Now the life and death of the crew of the Pioneer was unknown, and Shelter No. 0 seemed to have become the focus of the storm. The legion had invaded Luoxia Province and seemed to be brewing a second expedition.
And the southern part of the Valley Province...
There was no "holy shield" to protect it.