Years of experience in fighting have given Soshyan a deeper understanding of war, especially in large-scale ground operations. He has realized that first ensuring air control is much more important than any tactical action.
Only by controlling the air can you always keep a close eye on the enemy's scale and route of action.
Only by controlling the air can we suppress and slow down the enemy's support force to the greatest extent.
Only by controlling the air can we use more precise methods to attack the enemy's traffic lines and hidden facilities.
The warships on orbit may be powerful, but they are also subject to multiple restrictions. They cannot even provide sufficient support to the ground during the stage of the two sides' competition for void control. At this time, they rely heavily on the ground's aviation power.
This is also why Soshiyang asked Ulanhuda to turn the center of gravity of the equipment to the flight vehicle. When Pao Shangxing was fighting, the powerful flight formation of Dark Angel left a deep impression on him, making him develop a powerful air force that could overwhelm most of his opponents.
"Legislature Commander, we have produced 250 Storm Falcon Interceptors so far, but we can only stay in the warehouse due to the Great Vortex Expedition."
When the lighting balls of the huge metal warehouse opened one by one, the thick canvas was slowly pulled up by hooks, and silver-gray war eagles lined up in dense and neat rows appeared in Soshiyan's sight.
Their appearance looks slightly smaller than the Storm Raven, with huge forked tail wings. On both sides of the narrow and long fuselage are two short and strong wings, each carrying a huge engine. There are two twin assault guns at the end of the wings. There are a pair of missile launchers at the junction of the wings and fuselages. The cockpit is completely covered by thick armor plates and only a thin row of electronic equipment. It is also engraved with the Star Knight logo with two swords crossing. There is a main gun below the cockpit, and there are two small short wings on both sides of the head of the aircraft. There are two weapons that look like plasma at the junction of the fuselage.
"...This batch of storm falcons is generally built according to the prototype. Depending on the combat targets, the main weapon of the aircraft can also be replaced with different types, such as laser claws used to fight the combat. It can fire two burst lasers in a row to ensure that it can kill armored targets cleanly or storm cannons that deal with a large number of light targets on the ground."
Soshiyan took a few steps forward and observed this air combat aircraft at close range. The reason why he chose the Storm Falcon instead of the Storm Crow was because of his professionalism. The Storm Crow emphasized multifunctionality too much. After taking on certain transportation functions, the Storm Crow's weapons and flexibility made it difficult for it to truly undertake the task of air control.
The Storm Falcon is different. This is a real raptor in the air. It can not only hunt enemies in the air high in the clouds with its heavy armor and superior maneuverability, but also use violent firepower to cover and annihilate the enemy, pour incredible firepower on high-value targets, such as destroying the entire armored column, or smashing the enemy's fortification bunker, leaving only rolling flames and ashes.
Bangula then gently touched the weapon at the junction of the short wings on the right side of the head of the Storm Falcon.
"In order to increase its ground attack capabilities, we also integrated the rainstorm plasma gun into the fuselage so that it can effectively kill dense ground targets. At the same time, we have also adjusted the wing length and added a hanging point so that it can carry two more Hunter missiles or four Hell's Wrath missiles when necessary."
Needless to say, the Hunter missile is the first choice for attacking large targets. Hell's Wrath missile surprised him a little, because there are not many castings in this kind of missile that can be made in the world, and he did not see it for the first time until the Great Vortex Expedition.
This missile is a very rare large-scale air-to-ground killing weapon. Each Hell's Wrath missile is an independent ammunition depot. The warhead is installed on a single-stage booster, equipped with guidance devices and detonating bird meter, which can carry out extremely long range strikes. Its warhead, which accounts for one-third of the length of the missile, is equipped with a coaxial ammunition bracket of small high-explosive bombs, and each is soaked in the holy oil of the mechanical teaching.
When launched, the Hell Wrath missile will pass through the battlefield along the guide route and land on its target like a vengeance angel. The deafening roar it makes when it approaches the target will cause the enemy to retreat in fear, or scream and run away, hoping to protect itself. When it comes directly above the target area, the consecrated warhead will automatically disintegrate, release the small bomb it carries, covering a wide area.
Light armor will be overturned by shock waves, or completely shattered by the power of multiple explosions. Infantry will either be directly vaporized or thrown into the air. The charred corpses roll in the rocket impact zone like ashes of hellfire. Each warhead will produce a thunderous carpet explosion, and only the fragments of anger remain in the trail.
"Well, this kind of multi-purpose fighter with strong air control and ground-to-ground capabilities is exactly what I expected, OK, very good."
Soshiyan looked around, and the Space Marines who followed him were also curiously looking at the powerful raptors in the air, and judged them by the standards of a warrior and a soldier.
In the end, everyone gave positive comments.
Arriving behind the Storm Falcon, Soshiyan noticed that there seemed to be a missile launcher on the top of the fighter plane, but it was heading backward.
"Director Bangula, what is that? Is it a missile? Why is it fired backward?"
Bangula immediately explained:
"Legislature Commander, that is a Hell's Halo Launcher, an active defense system. Generally speaking, most of the enemy's air attacks will come from the rear, including many missiles, which are heat source tracking, and will be highly likely to aim at the tail of the fighter. When locked, the Hell's Halo Launcher will launch Hell's Halo jamming bombs. This jamming bomb will form a golden halo that can interfere with and confuse the enemy's aiming equipment and the logic system of the missile."
"So that's what it means, it makes you laugh. As Astart, he still has unknown imperial weapons."
"This is not surprising. The Empire has a wide variety of weapons and is very strange. Many equipment is limited to a single model, and the number is very small. Even if Astart doesn't understand it, it is normal. In addition, this model has not only some changes in external equipment, but the biggest difference between it and the prototype is actually internal."
As he said that, he pointed to the slight bulge on both sides of the rear of the machine.
Chapter completed!