Chapter 213: rail guns that have been eating dust for many years.
Chapter 213: rail guns that have been eating dust for many years.
After the meeting, Lin Fan took Liang Xue to the Scientific Research Space City on the orbit of Vellas.
The person in charge here was Lin Fan’s old acquaintance, Bai Zixuan. After he completed the task on Ed’s side, he came to the Shanhai Pass with the third Transport Fleet.
Old Bai had been wondering when Lin Fan would hand him another SD card or something. Unfortunately, even after a few years, there was nothing.
This made Bai Zixuan so angry that he rushed to Lin Fan’s office, pointed at Lin Fan’s nose and cursed him out. Saying that Lin Fan obviously had such a good scientific research talent, but was simply wasting it and so on.
In the end, Lin Fan could only promise that after the matter with the Babawi Empire was settled, he would definitely study various techniques. It was only then, did Bai Zixuan let him go.
Lin Fan was also helpless in this situation. After all, the System had become dormant. It’s been 20 years since then…
Without dealing with the Babawi Empire, the System will not be able to activate its official version, and he would not be able to get more technology.
He could only hope that when the System does reactive, it would be stronger than ever.
After arriving at the Scientific Research Space City, Lin Fan took Liang Xue directly to Bai Zixuan’s laboratory.
“Old Bai!”
“Huh? What are you doing here, kid? I don’t welcome a waste of talent here!”
Seeing that it was Lin Fan, Bai Zixuan immediately started shooting shots.
“Old Bai, as I said last time, I can’t concentrate on research before I finish dealing with the Babawi Empire! Don’t worry, I will definitely do so once I’m done with it”
Hearing Lin Fan’s words, Bai Zixuan glared at him a few more times, before heaving a long sigh.
“Tell me, what are you doing here?”
“Old Bai, the first fleet of the Babawi Empire is already on its way. It will arrive in about 3 years. There are a few things I need your help with!”
“Tell me, what do you need, boy?”
Bai Zixuan looked at Lin Fan and said angrily.
“I need you to help me design a rail gun, in the form of a turret, with a small propeller that can adjust the firing angle. The projectile speed must be at least 0.7 times the speed of light and could be mass-produced quickly. I need to deploy at least 10 million of them within three years!”
“Do you want a guided rail gun?”
“It isn’t a requirement.”
“Alright, come with me!”
After saying that, Bai Zixuan walked out, but Lin Fan was stunned for a moment.
Did he have one ready?
Thinking of this, he immediately followed Liang Xue with him.
Soon, under the guidance of Bai Zixuan, the three came to a large warehouse in the Space City.
In this warehouse were all kinds of equipment. From a single glance, one could tell that some were the predecessor of a certain weapon that was currently used by the Human Federation. Some of them, Lin Fan couldn’t recognize.
“Here are all of the things I have studied before. If there’s a new upgrade, the old ones are put here. Some are also just phased out, such as the rail guns you want.”
As Lin Zixuan spoke, he brought Lin Fan and Liang Xue to a huge device.
The first impression of this device was that it was like the naval gun on a battleship, but its shape was a bit strange. There were ten gun barrels in front, of which nine gun barrels form a circle. In the middle of this circle was the 10th barrel, which was obviously much thicker than the other nine.
“Old Bai, is this?”
“This is what you want, ten sets of rail guns! This is what I specially designed to fight against the Energy Shields of Level 4 Civilizations. It can fire ten projectiles at the same time, one big and nine small. At the same time, it hits a very small area. The projectile’s speed can reach 0.99 times the speed of light. If we add a few attitude control devices that can adjust its position, then it perfectly meets your needs!”
“Old Bai, why didn’t you take out such a good thing?”
Lin Fan’s eyes lit up when he heard Bai Zixuan’s words. This was a great piece of equipment.
The power of one shot of this thing could definitely reach the standard of a Level 4 Civilization!
“You think I’m also willing to just let the creations I’ve worked so hard on simply collect dust? But do you think there are still people who support rail guns?”
“Uh…”
Lin Fan scratched his head in embarrassment.
Indeed, no one in today’s Federation would support the development of rail guns. After all, this thing had always been said to be used by low-level Civilizations (referring to Level 1-3 Civilizations). Energy Weapons were the mainstream and future development after Level 4.
Therefore, let alone Killer Whale-Class Battleships, even the previous Snow Leopard-class Battle Cruisers had not installed rail guns.
“Old Bai, can we mass produce this type of rail gun?”
“No problem. With the current productivity of the Shanhai Pass, it is a trivial thing to produce 10 million units per year. The technical content of this thing is very low for the current Federation! Even many current civilian production lines can make it!”
“Alright. Liang Xue, you are responsible for this matter. Arrange things for Old Bai to make the production line move as soon as possible!”
“Yes, I’ll get to it!”
“By the way, Old Bai, can I pull this one out for a test? After all, I can better plan my tactics by knowing the weapons we would use!”
Lin Fan stepped forward, stretched out his right hand and touched the jet-black barrel, then turned to ask Bai Zixuan.
“Okay, I will arrange a group of people to cooperate with you in the test!”
“Thanks. Sorry to trouble you, Old Bai.”
Bai Zixuan glanced at Lin Fan, waved his hand impatiently, then left the couple.
Lin Fan and Liang Xue showed a wry smile.
He was still the same old man.
The next day, with the support of a technical team sent by Bai Zixuan, the rail gun, which had been in the warehouse for more than ten years, was pulled out and sent to the test airspace.
There, a Killer Whale-Class Battleship was on standby. Of course, there was no one on the ship. It was just there and activated its shield.
“Commander, the pre-launch inspection of the rail gun has been completed. The test can be started at any time!”
“Okay, let’s start then. Aim at the target ship for the first round of shooting!”
“Yes… aiming at the target. The distance is 1AU, the countdown is 3 seconds before shooting.. 2..1.. shooting!”
Just like a fleet forming an attack formation and firing, ten projectiles formed a neat trajectory, shooting towards the target at 0.99 times the speed of light.
“Commander, the rail gun has been fired. It is expected to hit the target in 9 minutes and 52 seconds!”
“Okay, keep monitoring, and immediately report the damage to the target ship’s Energy Shield after impact!”
“Yes, Commander!”
After 9 minutes and 52 seconds, the ten projectiles hit the target ship without error, causing a ripple on its shield.