Chapter 1071: Modified Tank

1071. Modified Tank

after a month.

Boom~~~Boom~~~~ The dull and huge sound of the engine kept ringing, and a tank was driving on the wilderness. Judging from the appearance of this tank, it can still be seen that it is a British Firefly tank during World War II, but it has been modified in too many places.

The engine part at the rear of the tank has been raised a lot, so that it can accommodate the nuclear fusion reaction engine used in the ceratopsian tank produced by the guardian group. The turret of the tank has also been greatly changed. The original British 17-pound anti-tank gun was removed, and a large hole was opened in the gun mantlet, replaced by a short and thick one composed of four energy guide rails and a magnetic field restraint device. ion cannon barrel. The top of the turret was also opened into a convertible shape, and advanced radar and fire control systems were installed.

And there is also a red rotatable 'eye' on the front armor of the tank, and this 'eye' is turning around to observe.

The speed of the tank is not fast, about 30 kilometers per hour, which is similar to the original speed of the firefly tank. However, considering that the actual weight is close to 50 tons, which is about a third higher than before, the power is still very sufficient.

Tang Yu and Christina stood by and watched the tank driving with satisfaction. From time to time, he tapped twice on the light screen that popped up in front of him to input some data for calculation. After a while, he said to the communicator: "Try the weapon system, target a rock in the direction of eleven o'clock."

Squeak~~~ The tank stops and the turret starts to rotate. Under the action of the brand new electric motor, the turret rotates very fast. The only fly in the ointment is that because the rear hood is raised, the turret cannot rotate 360 ​​degrees and can only rotate towards Rotate 120 degrees left and right respectively.

I only saw the barrel of the ion cannon start to charge, and the electromagnetic restraint device compressed a blue-white light cluster. About 2 seconds later, with a bang, the ion cluster burst out! boom! ! ! The rock 300 meters away was accurately hit, and the super high temperature even instantly melted part of the rock into magma!

"Very good, not bad. Come down now, and prepare to test the shield system." Tang Yu said.

Click, the hatch opens, and a person wearing a VR holographic helmet emerges from the cockpit. With the movement of his head, the 'eye' in front of the tank is also turning accordingly. It turns out that this 'eye' is an optical sensor that provides the driver with a field of vision. This person took off his helmet, and it turned out to be Zheng Hong. He laughed and said with satisfaction, "Except for the lack of sensitivity of the suspension system and operation, this tank is simply too cool!!"

Then another militia soldier climbed out from the turret, his face also had an excited look. After the improvement, the Firefly tank can be operated by only two people, a driver and a gunner.

"The improvement of the suspension system can only be done to this extent. If there is more, the project will be too large, and the gain will not be worth the loss. We will have a brand new tank in the future." Tang Yu clapped his hands and said.

From the other side came a t-800 holding an m-134 gatling machine gun. Tang Yu nodded and said, "Okay, come here, Zheng Hong. Now the second round of shield testing will start. The time since the shield was broken in the last test is... 5 minutes and 14 seconds, start."

~~~~~~~~! ! ! The Gatling machine gun in the t-800's hand spewed out flames! Countless bullets hit the past! However, an energy light curtain appeared in front of the tank, blocking all the bullets! After about 20 seconds, after resisting thousands of bullets, the shield suddenly disappeared. Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang! Numerous bullets hit the tank's outer armor, leaving countless bullet marks.

Tang Yu continued to record data on the light screen.

"That...Brother Tang Yu...Big Brother...Give me one more chance, please! Just once! This time I really won't mess around..." Kang Hao laughed beside Tang Yu and kept saying.

"Don't call me big brother, I should be younger than you." Tang Yu ignored him.

"Oh... this... sister-in-law... sister-in-law, you can persuade him... I was really careless before..." Kang Hao looked at the majestic modified firefly tank, swallowed, and turned to face him again. Christina said without saying a word.

Kristina tilted her head, pointed at a firefly tank behind which the road wheels and tracks had fallen apart, and said, "If it wasn't for your disobedience, you must drive that tank to 60 kilometers per hour, Tang Yu, right? will be angry."

"As I said earlier, the engine power of the Ceratops tank is 1300 standard horsepower, which is more than twice the power of the Firefly's original engine, so although it can theoretically drive at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, in fact it exceeds There will be problems at 40 kilometers per hour. After all, the engine and the tank do not match, and this tank is a product from 100 years ago." Tang Yu said next to him.

"Yes... yes... yes... I know I was wrong... At that time... I just wanted to help you try the theoretical maximum speed of this tank... Hehe...hehe..." Kang Hao laughed, Scratching the back of his head, he said embarrassingly.

"But Tang Yu also said that this kind of tank can only be used as an infantry tank. If it is advanced in coordination with the infantry, the combat speed will generally not exceed 20 kilometers per hour." Christina directly punctured Kang Hao's excuse.

Kang Hao choked suddenly, and his whole body drooped.

Tang Yu looked at his appearance, sighed and said, "Okay, okay, I'll give you another chance. The Churchill infantry tank will be tested in the afternoon, so you can claim one."

"Really! That's great!!" Kang Hao jumped up like a child, and ran towards the ten modified Churchill infantry tanks neatly arranged behind him at a speed of 100 meters.

The chassis of this tank is like a ship, the road wheels are very small, the turret is not big, and it is boxy. It even looks like a product of the late World War I. In short, it is an extremely ugly tank.

Under Tang Yu's transformation, this tank also raised the rear engine part to install a nuclear fusion reaction engine, and replaced it with a double-mounted 30mm caliber electromagnetic cannon on the turret. For the Terminator, it would be like a nightmare. And six laser close-in defense devices are installed on the wide and flat chassis.

This time Tang Yu modified a total of ten Churchill infantry tanks and four Firefly tanks, the former equipped with high-power electromagnetic guns to fight heavy targets, and the latter equipped with dual 30 mm caliber electromagnetic cannons to fight light targets. Yes to Terminator.

The modified Firefly tank is just a simple heavy firepower platform. In order to install electronic equipment, the original side-by-side machine guns and other weapons have also been cancelled, so it can only act together with the modified Churchill tank equipped with a large number of close-in defense systems. Any agile infantry can put the Firefly tank to death.

Tang Yu also plans to assemble two giant tanks from the super-powerful engine dismantled from the previously destroyed hunter tank and some usable parts. These will constitute the main armor force of the current New Atlanta Militia. With the addition of these armor weapons, Tang Yu finally has some confidence.

Over the past month, survivors who wandered over one after another joined New Atlanta, which brought the population of the settlement back to about 8,000. Counting the 3,000 prisoners of war, New Atlanta finally began to show some signs of prosperity.

The time has entered June 2046, and there is still about half a month before the arrival of the first batch of reinforcements teleported from his own era!

Now Tang Yu has looked further afield. On the northeast side of New Atlanta is Southampton, continuing to the east is a large desert, and the west and south are also barren. In the north is a mountain range that is not high but stretches very wide. On the other side of the mountain range, there is an even bigger human settlement, New Chengdu! !