Looking at Jacob's confused expression, Bahram guessed what he was thinking and said slowly:
"Yes, this is the Basilisk anti-aircraft rocket vehicle that uses air-explosion rockets. The air-explosion rockets are specially made to deal with flying biological groups like Tyranids. They are 50 mm in diameter and 410 mm long. They use disposable small plasma
The engine has an effective range of about 5,000 meters and is loaded with 32 small bombs. After the explosion, it can cover a spherical space with a radius of 300 meters. When the 32 small bombs detonate, they can cover an area with a radius of more than 1 kilometer. Therefore, the minimum launch height is
It must not be lower than 1000 meters, otherwise there is a possibility of accidental damage. A Basilisk can carry two launch nests, and one launch nest can be loaded with 72 air burst rockets. If you calculate the firepower, it means that a Basilisk can launch one in 1 second.
144 air-burst rockets, and then 4,608 small bombs were projected, and the four Basilis dropped 18,432 small bombs into the air at the same time."
Bahram then pointed to the remaining few hundred gargoyles that whined and flew high into the sky.
"Tylans like to get together. There are at least 50,000 Tyranid flying creatures in the pile just now. If we use conventional weapons to fight them, how long will it take to destroy them? The small size of Tyranids flying creatures happen to be relatively fragile, even with grenades.
Level explosions and fragments can also cause fatal injuries to them. The dense covering attack of the Basilisk captures their characteristics and weaknesses. At the same time, after the attack, they can quickly move or dodge to guard against the enemy's counterattack. The Tyranids are not
Without large air units, if fixed air defense positions are deployed, the survival rate is actually very low."
Jacob shook his head and clicked his tongue. He really watched the Tyranid biota being "evaporated" directly into the sky.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this Basilisk anti-aircraft vehicle is awesome... I've never heard of it before. Was it developed recently? Isn't it reasonable to say that the development of new weapons is very slow?"
"There are many reasons for the slowness, such as rules, laws or political considerations, historical factors... The weapon itself is not complicated. As you can see, the chassis is a Chimera, and the launch nest is not surprising. The only thing that needs to be studied is the rocket itself, and this
It should be that the legion commander gave Ulanhuda and Sage Zhao Akada instructions to develop it very early."
Jacob nodded in realization, and then looked at the Basilisk tank that was hoisting a new rocket nest with the assistance of the Centaur logistics vehicle - it was more troublesome to load the rocket nests on site, so they were all directly replaced with the installed launch nests.
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"The legion commander is really far-sighted. This weapon is really suitable for dealing with Tyranids. It is completely tailor-made."
Hearing what Jacob said, Bahram seemed to think of something, but he just nodded silently.
Then he patted the other person's shoulder.
"A lot of Tyranid corpses have just fallen into the stronghold. You can take people to deal with them, gather them together and burn them, and see if any fish have slipped through the net."
"yes!"
"Wow, uncle, what kind of weapon was it just now? Now it gives the cloud-like Tyranids... yo, be careful."
Little Phaidon, who had just emerged from the bunker, was almost slapped in the face by the wings of a gargoyle just as he said a few words. He quickly glared at the two guys who were carrying the remains of Tyran's body.
"What if this poisonous guy disfigures you with plastic surgery!"
"I know, I know, stay away, we are going to throw you down."
When he walked to Hayes cursing, the other party was directing people to help clean up the corpses in the nearby position. They didn't miss anything during this period. The next door was more unlucky. A corpse of a sky demon was smashed directly on the wall, almost knocking out a
There was a gap, but the metal machine gun turret was tilted directly by the tail. Now the company commander is scratching his head and trying to find a way to "righten" it.
After hearing what Feiton said, Hayes looked at the location of the four Basilisks. Although he couldn't see their true appearance due to the obstruction of the building, he could still guess them.
"It should be an anti-aircraft rocket launcher. This is indeed a very unique idea. Most of the empire's anti-aircraft missiles rely on direct hits to kill, such as hunter-killer missiles, but the problem is also obvious. For such small clusters,
The target has almost no effect... This kind of cluster rocket is usually used for ground attacks. I didn't expect that it can also work wonders if it is transferred to air shooting. The person who designed it is really a genius. It's not that this weapon is such an artifact. The key is
This is a change of thinking... Don't be stuck here, help clean up quickly, these Tyranid corpses may rot and produce toxins."
While the stronghold was busy cleaning up the fallen corpses of Tyranid flying creatures, the raised observation servo skull quickly discovered anomalies and sounded a sharp alarm.
"The enemy is coming!"
Bahram came to the small tactical display of the temporary command post and saw the picture returned by the detection servo skull. A large number of small Tyranid creatures were climbing up the steep hillside at high speed. Their powerful jumping ability and climbing ability
The crawling ability can be said to be almost as good as walking on flat ground. There are also many large creatures mixed in, mainly warrior bugs and holy prostitute bugs. And have larger Tyranid creatures appeared yet, such as executioners? Maybe this kind of terrain is not suitable for
It is suitable for them to play, after all, the location of stronghold 7 is very dangerous.
But Bahram had another worry. He looked into the distance with a large observation glass, and sure enough he saw some four-legged monsters that were moving slowly.
"...Sure enough, Tyran's artillery has also arrived."
When he saw a dozen Tyranid artillery creatures standing firm, Bahram immediately turned around and said to the mechanical priest behind him who was operating and meditating:
"Is the void shield on?"
"Return to my lord, it has been opened."
"Energy levels are monitored at all times and reported every ten minutes."
"yes."
As Bahram watched, the dozen Tyranid artillerymen fired deadly ammunition, those rolling spherical fireballs, towards the high position of No. 7.
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"Snow Palace Headquarters, this is No. 7, the enemy artillery position was discovered, the coordinates..."
Bahram immediately reported the position of the opponent's artillery to the rear. One shortcoming of the Tyranid artillery is that its range is generally not very far. This may also be related to their inaccurate biological positioning. Except for the secretion worms, most Tyranid artillery
The range of Lun's artillery is much lower than that of human artillery.
After obtaining the coordinates of Bahram, the artillery position established in the Snow Palace responded immediately. In order to deal with Tyran's biological artillery, Soshyan specially established a counter-artillery force, and this force consisted of 24 Poison Swords.
The Poison Sword super-heavy tanks have actually appeared in the armory for a long time. A batch of them were obtained through transactions with various forging worlds before the Maelstrom Expedition. Ulanhuda itself can also manufacture this kind of weapon, because the weapon is
The weapon itself is not complicated. It uses the chassis of the Shadow Sword and only replaces the main gun with a seismic cannon.
The birth of this kind of artillery came entirely from the needs of the Astra Militarum generals. Although the Astra Militarum often has an advantage in numbers, this advantage will disappear when facing the enemy's reinforced fortresses and fortifications. Although
An Astra Militarum general would consider sending Leman Russ Crusher or other siege tanks to carry out the task of destroying city defenses, but their disadvantage in range can easily cause these valuable siege vehicles to be destroyed before reaching the attack position.
Destroyed by the enemy's city defense firepower, long-distance artillery such as the Petrified Lizard self-propelled cannon, although capable of firing beyond the range of the defenders, was somewhat compromised in its power. Although the Shadow Sword was also capable of destroying city defense, it was
It is lacking in firing frequency and maneuverability.