Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 241 Enemy Ships Appear

Remember this name: Cola Novels. Remember this domain name: [domain name missing]. Good books won't lead you astray.

After two hours of simulated driving, Xu Ling had a basic understanding of the ship's fundamental performance. With guidance from Lin Shu and Luo Lin, he then left the simulator.

For the next day and a half, Xu Ling kept going in and out of the simulation chamber every two hours, completing the simulation test with Lorraine and Platinum.

Lin Shu put down his research on the cryogenic chamber and began to focus his attention on the swarm of drones patrolling the entire Red Earth Federation.

[Countdown to the completion of the Level 5 flagship: 10 hours, 37 minutes, and 42 second]

An aerial reconnaissance plane patrolling at an altitude of 10,000 meters, directly south of Hongfeng Island, spotted abnormal surging on the sea surface.

Then, a white, unidentified creature with an uneven, scale-covered surface appeared on the sea.

This information was then transmitted back to the Hongfeng Island base via VHF radio by an aerial drone, and Yao Guang forwarded it to the fleet 800 kilometers away after receiving the intelligence.

At that moment, Lorraine, Bai Jin, and Xu Ling were conducting a simulation test in the simulator. Upon receiving the message, Lorraine initiated the simulator's exit procedure.

However, the message received only contained the approximate location and a description of the appearance of this unknown organism.

Lorraine sat back down in the simulator, which had been modified to connect to the entire fleet via the ship's data link.

Lorraine used this system to directly control the unmanned logistics units waiting on the amphibious assault ship.

As orders were issued, the entire amphibious assault ship began to operate busily. Two Grey Falcon 9 high-altitude, high-speed UAVs were towed out by the logistics unit and transported to the deck via the elevator between the two islands.

Immediately afterwards, 12 heavy anti-ship missiles were towed from the ammunition depot by the logistics unit and transported to the ammunition lifting platform, ready to be transported to the deck via the elevator.

These heavy anti-ship missiles have slender bodies and four small ramjet engines arranged outside the missile body. These ramjet engines all use rectangular oblique air intakes, and all eight of the missile's fins are mounted outside the ramjet engines.

After the two Grey Falcon 9 drones completed all the inspection work, a red-painted robot that was waiting nearby towed over two flat standoff weapons equipped with foldable wings.

After the mounting was completed, the Grey Falcon 9 UAV with the call sign "Reconnaissance 1" was the first to enter the catapult position. With the assistance of the brown-painted robot, the electromagnetic catapult hook was successfully attached to the UAV's wheels.

By observing the auxiliary lines on both sides of the catapult track, the robot confirmed that the drone was properly mounted and then moved away from the drone.

Next, the capacitor discharges, and a powerful current is injected into the electromagnetic catapult system, which launches the more than 10-ton drone through the hook.

After leaving the deck, the Grey Falcon 9 drone's tail propulsion unit spewed out hot flames, propelling the drone into the sky.

Next, the Grey Falcon 9 UAV with the call sign "Reconnaissance 2" began preparations for ejection.

Meanwhile, four newly produced WF-01 supersonic stealth unmanned combat aircraft were being transported to the flight deck by two elevators on the right side of the ship.

Once the elevator came to a stop at the flight deck height, four orange-yellow unmanned vehicles entered the elevator and attached their tail hooks to the front wheels of the unmanned combat aircraft.

Once the hooks were connected to the fighter jets' front wheels, the four orange-yellow unmanned vehicles started up one after another, dragging the four fighter jets, each with a combat weight of 42.6 tons, into their battle positions.

At this point, the drone's wings had been replaced with ground attack modules.

Next, several red-painted unmanned vehicles towed ammunition racks to the four drones. With the assistance of several red-painted robots, 12 heavy armor-piercing anti-ship missiles were mounted on the fuselage and wing roots.

After another Grey Falcon UAV was launched, the air traffic control aircraft parked at Hongfeng Island Airport also completed its takeoff preparations and was slowly taxiing toward the runway.

Immediately afterwards, the WF-01 unmanned combat aircraft with call sign Attack 1 was towed to the ejection position and completed ejection preparation.

Within three minutes, all the unmanned combat aircraft were launched into the air. At an altitude of 6 kilometers, the four unmanned combat aircraft formed a diamond formation, then turned around and flew southeast.

After completing the pre-battle preparations, Lorraine left the simulation chamber and put on the powered armor.

With the aid of the wearable device, Lorraine quickly donned the power armor and arrived at the amphibious assault ship's command center.

"Xu Ling is still in the simulator."

"Um."

After receiving a positive response from Platinum, Lorraine turned her attention to the several large screens in the command center.

Thirty minutes later, Lorraine received a message from Yaoguang that the drone swarm had landed at the air force base and was refueling, and was expected to take off in three minutes.

During this time, Lorraine accepted the two dinners that Bai Zhi handed over and gave one of them to Bai Jin.

Three minutes later, the two had finished their simple but nutritious dinner and turned their attention back to the big screen.

At that moment, Platinum nudged Lorraine in the waist with his elbow, producing a crisp metallic clanging sound.

"Have all the missiles carried by the unmanned combat aircraft been modified? They look a bit different in shape to me."

Lorraine nodded, then pulled up the data for the air-launched long-range anti-ship missile.

[Chang Kong-14A Air-Launched Anti-Ship Missile]

Projectile length: 6 meters

Projectile diameter: 920 mm

Range: 200 km (low-altitude launch) / 470 km (high-altitude launch)

[Warhead Type: High-Explosive Shaped Armor-Piercing Warhead]

[Warhead charge: 340 kg high-energy high-explosive, 280 kg shaped charge armor-piercing explosive]

[Engine: Hydrogen-oxygen liquid fuel ramjet engine, staged combustion cycle hydrogen-oxygen engine]

Cruising speed: Mach 2.8

Maximum terminal attack speed: Mach 5.3

The missile is initially powered by a fighter jet. After detaching from its pylon, the ramjet engine ignites, providing power for the missile during the cruise phase.

[Upon entering the terminal attack phase, the hydrogen-oxygen engine ignites, and liquid fuel is fed into the ramjet engine to increase output power, enabling the missile to reach a speed of Mach 4.5.]

During its flight phase, the missile is guided by inertial guidance. Upon entering the terminal attack phase, its radar-infrared composite guidance system activates to identify and lock onto the target.

[When the missile hits an enemy unit, the shaped charge armor-piercing explosive is detonated by the impact fuse. The shaped charge jet, slightly thinner than the missile body, penetrates the enemy's armor. Immediately afterwards, the timed fuse is activated, detonating the high-energy explosive.]

Seeing that Platinum had finished reviewing the missile's data, Lorraine added.

"According to Cleveland's calculations, the armor-piercing capability of this missile is comparable to that of an armor-piercing projectile fired from a 1000mm composite electromagnetic railgun."

"But the trade-off is a shorter range, and the warhead with this design cannot withstand high overload, so it cannot be used as main gun ammunition for the time being."

Platinum nodded, turning her attention back to the countdown on the screen.

"Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet" is presented by Qingkong Xingchen and exclusively published by Cola Novels!