Chapter 662 Super Heavy Tanks and Stratofortress

Chapter 662 Super Heavy Tanks and Stratofortress

The chassis of the Emperor's Baneblade super-heavy tank?

Fu Qinghai was stunned when he heard the news.

Oh, is there such an unexpected surprise?

Next to her, Gladys was also stunned.

Seeing the excitement of the oil guys, Gladys felt a sense of shame inexplicably - as a planetary governor, it was really derelict of duty to not even know that there was an STC buried in the hive city. But then again, Gladys was not the first planetary governor of the Schwerin Hive World, and none of the previous planetary governors discovered this rare treasure.

It seems normal when you think about it. In the Old Night Era, after the connection with the earth was cut off, the science and technology of various human colonies declined greatly. The humans on the planet may have long been unable to figure out how to operate and maintain these giant machines, and they have become increasingly degraded from generation to generation. You can build a city on this basis like building blocks, and finally become content with the status quo.

Fu Qinghai didn't think so much.

He had already begun to make calculations in his mind:

"There is an STC in Schwerin itself... dismantle it and transport it to the Forge World, or start manufacturing it locally?"

The armored vehicle system of the imperial army is extremely large, and there are so many types that the GW author himself may not even know how many different types of armored vehicles the empire has. But just like various tanks in the real world, armored vehicles are nothing more than a chassis and a turret.

There are countless armored vehicles in the Human Empire, but there are actually only a few general-purpose chassis. Among them, the general-purpose chassis that belong to the Space Marine armor system are:

Land Raider.

Rhino personnel carrier.

Sikaran battle tank.

Spartan assault tank.

The above four are the most commonly used chassis for Space Marines. As for the Predator tank and the Maintainer tank, there are also various infantry fighting vehicles, siege tanks, assault tanks, anti-aircraft tanks, missile vehicles, command vehicles... they are all here. The four chassis are manufactured by replacing the main gun and secondary gun with different functional turrets, which is a platform-based family design.

The first three all belong to the category of "main battle tanks". Even larger than these are "heavy tanks" such as the Kratos Assault Tank and the Spartan Assault Tank. As for the "super-heavy tank" with the most massive armor and the most powerful firepower in the armored vehicle system of the Human Empire, the Space Marines and the Imperial Guard share the same chassis - the Emperor's Baneblade super-heavy tank.

Replace the Baneblade main gun of the Emperor's Baneblade super-heavy tank with twin accelerator cannons, which is the Cruel Blade super-heavy tank, replace it with the deflagration mortar, which is the Flying Blade super-heavy tank, and replace it with twin-link volcano cannons. It's the Scimitar super-heavy tank destroyer. In short, changing the main gun can transform it into a different vehicle.

In addition to the deflagration weapons that have been lost and turned into relics, Master Buck can make the twin accelerator cannons. The volcano cannon is a weapon of the Titans, and Master Xiao Fei can also make it.

Space Marines cannot pilot the Emperor's Baneblade because the Emperor's Baneblade is an armored vehicle of the Imperial Guard and its crew space is relatively small. However, the Brutal Blade, Flying Blade and Scimitar derived from the Emperor's Baneblade can all be driven. Obtaining chassis manufacturing technology is almost equivalent to acquiring a tank family.

The Iron Buddha Chapter has a super heavy tank!

Fu Qinghai is already contacting Master Quinto.

Ask him to send more Tech-Priests.

"Ask Joestar to send the first company here as well."

Fu Qinghai thought for a while and then ordered Qing Ming.

"Okay, Master."

Qing Ming began to contact the battle group's home planet.

Fu Qinghai walked up and down the suspension bridge, lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly turned around and hugged Gladys, lifted her up completely with his hands under his armpits, kissed the woman hard on the middle of her head, and then put her back Place it back on the ground.

Gladys was stunned by the kiss.

"You are my lucky star."

Fu Qinghai touched Gladys' head and praised.

Her finely braided gray hair was tousled.

"Does this count as my credit?"

Gladys asked nervously, pointing at herself.

A blush suddenly appeared on his face.

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The discovery of the STC triggered an "earthquake" in Phaeton. The Forge World sent a large number of technical priests deep into the lower hive area, followed by termite-class assault drills and giant mining excavators, which served as shield machines to assist in the dismantling of the hive city.

The plan to transform the hive city is in full swing, and Fu Qinghai no longer needs to coordinate and coordinate. The oil guys will find ways to dismantle the hive city, take out the STCs intact, and then transport them back to the forging world in batches, and finally rebuild the planet.

Fu Qinghai took a brief inventory.

The Iron Buddha Chapter now has three levels of chassis: main battle tanks, heavy tanks and super heavy tanks. The technology of Land Raider and Rhino personnel carrier is very wide, and can be produced in many forge worlds. It is very convenient to purchase them directly or to introduce technology. The two heavy tanks, the Spartan Assault Tank and the Kratos Assault Tank, and the Sikaran Battle Tank, a main battle tank, are unique to the Phaeton Forge World.

Super heavy tanks are even rarer. Since the disintegration of the Legion into a Chapter, almost no Astartes Chapter is still equipped with this slow-moving but ferocious land steel fortress. It cannot be seen even in the vehicle sequence of the nine founding Chapters. This figure is almost the last afterglow of the Legion Astartes era, which makes people sigh and lament.

There is actually a "light tank" type in the Imperial Guard armor sequence, which is smaller than the "main battle tank" and can penetrate its armor with heavy explosive shells. There is no "light tank" in the Space Marine armor sequence - the Space Marine wearing power armor is a "humanoid tank", and there is absolutely no need to ride on a thin-skinned and bulky light vehicle.

As long as they have chassis technology and by replacing different turrets, the Iron Buddha Chapter will sooner or later be able to complete all types of armored vehicles of the Space Marines. The "Armor Flood of the Legiones Astartes" dreamed by Qingshan Khan may be realized. Of course, everything has to wait until the storm covering the sector dissipates completely and the Marquez King sector returns to its normal timeline.

(PS: The armored vehicles in Warhammer 40K are sometimes called "such and such tanks", so the "tank" in the name may not necessarily be the kind of "tank" that everyone understands.)

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Fu Qinghai returned to the Phaeton Forging World.

Coming to the hot and dry surface of Phaeton.

After so many years of development, Phaeton's surface is almost completely covered by matte black photovoltaic panels. If viewed from space, the entire planet looks like a pitch-black metal sphere covered in scales, giving it a peculiar beauty.

There is a huge aircraft lying on the ground.

Three hundred meters in length, more than fifty meters in width, the flamboyant and ferocious muzzles of various weapons, the straight and hard lines unique to the Human Empire, the thick composite armor and the Skyhawk-shaped collision angle are exactly the space newly created by Master Buck. Heavenly Mothership.

Compared with the wide variety of armored vehicles in the Human Empire, the types of aviation vehicles in the Human Empire are so pitiful that they can be counted on one hand. Among them, the only dedicated Space Marine fighters are the Spike Lightning-class fighter and the Swordtail-class interceptor. The Dark Angels Chapter does have two types of specialized fighters, but they are the unique technology of the First Legion. The rest are various gunboats.

Because the empire's existing aviation vehicles have too few types and their performance is not outstanding, the Armored Vehicles of the Iron Buddha Chapter can be gradually supplemented by purchasing ready-made or introducing technology, but the aviation vehicles have to embark on the road of independent research and development. .

Fortunately, Fu Qinghai is a reincarnation, and he can obtain aviation technology from other reincarnation worlds. The so-called "independent research and development" is not a fabrication made out of thin air behind closed doors. There are actually many things that can be referenced and learned from, and SHIELD's aerospace carrier is one of them. Justine provided Fu Qinghai with a complete set of design drawings and the core key material - anti-gravity metal.

However, the space carrier that has been modified by Master Buck is less like the one from S.H.I.E.L.D., and more like the one from Skyhammer. S.H.I.E.L.D.’s aerospace carrier is a slightly modified aircraft carrier that the Magnesians are most proud of, and then moved to the sky. The Skyhammer’s aerospace carrier was designed by the Green Goblin Norman Osborn himself, making him a villain with all his teeth and claws. Painting style.

A group of Space Marines and Tech-Priests walked through the helicarrier's spacious passageways, touring the giant suborbital craft. In the past, the human empire had never had a weapon with this kind of positioning. It was larger than a gunboat, but smaller than a battleship. It was more like a giant shuttle than a smaller weapon.

"The preliminary testing of the space carrier has been completed."

The mountain-like forge master moved over and said.

"I call it a 'permanently floating weapon platform in the atmosphere'. The internal space can accommodate an entire company of Space Marines, or four Thunderhawk gunships, or eight main battle tanks, or ten Swordtail-class interceptors. The main and secondary turrets equipped are all Titan weapons, including the relatively long-range Wuwu volcano cannon and the Raging Sun plasma incineration cannon..."

Master Buck was eloquent in his introduction.

You can tell he is very proud of this work.

Joestar frowned and looked around. The Legion of Astartes did not have this kind of weapon in the past. The First Company Commander was a little unsure of its positioning and how to deploy this equipment. As for what Master Buck said, he just listened. , after all, the "Lord of the Forge" is not the "Ruling Sage". This title has nothing to do with war. Master Buck may not know how to fight.

"The largest aircraft that can enter the atmosphere is mainly used to seize air supremacy in the atmosphere. You can think of it as a Titan or a giant thunderhawk in the sky."

Fu Qinghai prompted beside Qiao Shida.

At this current point in time, the Human Empire has not experienced a war with the Tau Empire, so these Space Marine officers currently do not know the terrifying power of Manta and the huge air defense pressure Manta creates on the Imperial Guard.

Manta's full name is "Manta Guided Missile Destroyer". It is a weapon used by the Tau Empire to compete with Warlord-class Titans and Ork Ancient Giants. It is known as the "Titan Killer". Three Manta can basically kill a fighter without any damage. General Titan. The Human Empire has always focused on the army, while the Tau Empire focused more on the air force. The Tau Empire could not build a super giant battle suit that could rival the Titans, so they found another way to control the land from the air and use Manta to attack the Titans.

It's just that the Ethers don't know that the Warmaster-class Titan is not the largest Titan in the human empire. There are also Warmaster-class Titans and Emperor-class Titans. The Empire of Man and the Adeptus Mechanicus have never used their full strength to deal with this group of border aliens.

"I see."

Qiao Shida nodded thoughtfully:

"It has no enemies in suborbital and atmospheric conditions."

The Moonwolf veteran quickly understood its purpose.

In the cockpit of the space carrier.

Master Buck personally controlled the launch.

There was no roar of engines, no rotation of turbofans, and no spurts of flames. The entire space carrier just quietly and inexplicably began to float off the ground.

Qiao Shida stood by the porthole and watched the towers and vehicles on the ground getting smaller and smaller. The violent dry hot wind from high in the sky blew through the ship's hull, causing some shaking, but he could not feel the tremor of any engine running under his feet. .

"Anti-gravity metalium."

Fu Qinghai revealed the answer to the mystery for Qiao Shida:

"If the surface of the earth is simplified into a three-dimensional space, the space carrier does not need the engine to provide longitudinal lift, but only needs the engine to provide lateral thrust - just like my jet motorcycle. Once the anti-gravity metal is activated, it can automatically resist Due to the gravity of the planet, theoretically, the space carrier can float in the sky forever and never need to land."

"The fortress of the stratosphere."

Joestar murmured to himself.

Fu Qinghai was slightly startled when he heard this.

The nickname "Stratofortress" is used to describe the Boeing B-52 bomber, an ultra-long-range strategic bomber that has been in service from the Korean War to modern times. However, no matter how far the B-52 travels, it still needs to land or be refueled in the air. The air space carrier is the true aerial fortress that never lands.

But unlike other weapons and equipment that can be mass-produced, the amount of anti-gravity metal provided by S.H.I.E.L.D. is limited - they also collect this rare element from others, so the aerospace carrier can currently only build ten at most. There is no way that every company has a space carrier.

"Furthermore, the biggest weakness of the aerospace carrier is the anti-gravity metal in the core of the ship. Once the enemy sneaks inside and destroys the normal operation of the anti-gravity metal, the entire aerospace carrier will lose lift and plummet. The only emergency solution for the crew on board is Just find a safe place to crash land by paragliding.”

Master Buck reminded sternly:

"Then pray that the Emperor will bless you."

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