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Chapter 135 DXN-1 land-based laser cannon is successfully developed
"Plane 2 takes off."

"Roger that, taking off."

"Reporting from the Energy Supply Center."

"The transmission voltage and current are normal."

"Radar tracking ready."

"Received. Already powered on and aiming at the target airspace."

"Prepare the aerial observation aircraft and stand by in the designated airspace."

Five minutes later, when the radar observer reported that target aircraft No. 5 had reached the target airspace, Wang Jiankun ordered the DXN-2 laser weapon to be turned on and aimed immediately.

At this time, target aircraft No. 2 was 5 kilometers away from this newly developed directed energy weapon, and its flying speed was 1.2 Mach.

"The aerial observation aircraft immediately tracked target aircraft No. 1, and the radar synchronized the target data to the weapon system."

"Received, aimed at."

"Received, synced."

"DXN-1 fire, continue shining for 5 seconds."

Just 1 seconds after DXN-1.5 aimed and shone, the more than 3-meter-long target aircraft lost balance and fell.

"Jiankun, is this a success?" the uncle asked Wang Jiankun.

"Yes, the killing performance within the 5-kilometer range in the atmosphere has reached the standard. Next, I will test the maximum killing range."

"This 5-kilometer range is indeed a bit small, but it is cheap to use. How about making a few sets like this?"

"Let's wait until the test is finished. There's no need to rush. Currently, I have to use my super powers to manufacture this kind of cutting-edge weapon, so I still have to pursue the best performance."

"Okay, continue testing. Our area should be safe."

At this time, Wang Jiankun was in the former Chen Jiajun territory in northern Myanmar. There were mountains on three sides. The surrounding countries did not have the ability to deploy long-range radars, and the neighbors in the northeast would only arrange for border guards to conduct manual patrols.

Prior to this, Wang Jiankun conducted three days of laser weapon testing at a base in his hometown of Wuyuan.

It started out in an underground base.

The first sample is a continuous-emission laser with an average power of 100 kilowatts and a wavelength of 290 nanometers, which is in the ultraviolet band.

After the manufacturing was completed, he used metal plates of different thicknesses as targets for testing, starting with 1 mm thick copper plates and up to 30 mm thick alloy steel plates.

As the board becomes thicker, the heat resistance of the material increases, and the time required to burn through the target increases.

100千瓦功率的激光器在5米距离照射10毫米厚的合金钢板需要10秒，到了30毫米厚时需要25秒。

Moreover, this is done at a close distance, and the weakening effect of the air on the laser is negligible.

So after collecting data on the first sample, Wang Jiankun asked Zhizi to help design a second 500-kilowatt laser.

The testing process was the same as the first one, with the board gradually becoming thicker and the material changing from copper to alloy steel.

在5米的距离时，照射10毫米厚的钢板需要0.5秒，照射30毫米厚的还需要6秒钟时间。

After achieving this power, Wang Jiankun decided to conduct an air defense test.

Because the armor and skin of an aircraft are generally only between 5 mm and 30 mm, and this type of air defense can be mainly aimed at the aircraft wings in actual combat.

Wang Jiankun has data on many types of US military aircraft. He also conducted some tests based on the material and thickness of their skins and found that at a distance of 5 meters, this 500-kilowatt laser can burn through it within 0.2 seconds.

So on the evening of August 8, Wang Jiankun came to the water airport that had not been used for a long time.

He first built a runway 1 km long and 8 meters wide on the narrow and flat river beach, mainly by cementing the surface to facilitate the takeoff of the target aircraft.

After the runway was completed, he then built three target aircraft with different performances. Target No. 3 was a subsonic fighter, and its skin was manufactured according to the US military's F1 fighter.

Target No. 2 is capable of supersonic flight, and its skin is made according to the F14 fighter jet.

Target aircraft No. 3 is modeled after the Greyhound transport aircraft and will be used to test the thickest 30 mm target.

After the target drones were built, he went to the speedboat, moved the 2-kilowatt graphene battery down and placed it on the levee, then used his super powers to mobilize elements on the speedboat and in the river to create a 500-kilowatt laser.

After manufacturing was completed, Wang Jiankun connected the power supply and then turned on the power for testing.

First, he manually aimed the laser at the cliff opposite the river, and then started the laser. The moment it was started, Wang Jiankun saw a purple light path across the river.

This discovery surprised Wang Jiankun. He had not noticed it when he was in the underground base before, but when he came to the dark wilderness, this purple light was so eye-catching, so he quickly turned off the laser.

Logically, the laser he made had a wavelength of 290 nanometers, and should have emitted ultraviolet light, which is invisible to the human eye, but now it is so obvious in the dark night.

It turns out that this is the interaction between the laser and the air. When part of the ultraviolet light shines on the air molecules, it causes its wavelength to lengthen to the purple band, so that such a conspicuous purple light path can be seen in the night sky.

This was also Wang Jiankun's negligence. Because the lights in the underground base were too bright and the distance was short, Wang Jiankun did not notice this situation during the test.

Now that this situation has arisen, it is obviously not possible to conduct tests on this water base.

By then, a purple light will appear frequently in the night sky, which will definitely attract people to check, and then the water airport will be lost.

So that night Wang Jiankun conducted a simple horizontal test in the river. The straight-line distance of the river was more than 3 kilometers, which was enough for him to conduct a static test.

最后的结果是在3千米的距离上，这款500千瓦的激光器能够在5秒到8秒的时间内烧穿F5和F14的机翼蒙皮。

Then, when dealing with 30 mm thick aircraft armor, it took more than 30 seconds to burn through.

Although Wang Jiankun had anticipated the above results, when they really happened, he felt that it was a bit inappropriate to use this laser weapon in the atmosphere.

However, now that we have achieved this step, let’s consider it as a reserve for the subsequent development of space-based lasers.

So that night he contacted his uncle and asked him to prepare a secret testing base, and he planned to go to northern Myanmar to conduct follow-up tests.

On August 8, Wang Jiankun flew from Hong Kong to Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar, and followed the same route as last time to reach the Southern Liberation Army’s position in northern Myanmar.

After arriving, Wang Jiankun went directly to the secret warehouse area of ​​the former air force base.

"Jiankun, you've worked hard. How about taking a break before starting again?"

"Uncle, there's no need to rest. I dozed off for a long time on the speedboat. Let's get started quickly. You can rest after finishing the manufacturing work here."

"That's fine. You can make it pretty fast anyway."

"Uncle, has the surrounding area been cleared?"

"Don't worry, Jiankun. After you left last time, I set up a restricted area within 5 kilometers around this warehouse, and then used thermal imaging equipment to screen back and forth every day to ensure that no one was hiding."

"That's good. I'll start now. Uncle, please stay away from me a little, and it's best to go to the monitor."

Wang Jiankun started manufacturing only after checking it again with the infrared thermal imaging instrument he made himself.

There are a lot of elements prepared in the warehouse this time. Before leaving last time, Wang Jiankun provided his uncle with some element composition tables of weapons and equipment as well as electromechanical equipment. If he wanted any of them, he would prepare them according to the elements in the table.

按照先难后易的原则，王建昆首先制造了4套D-300武器系统，32枚地地导弹。K-3防空系统制造了6套，防空导弹制造了120枚。

After this construction is completed, if there is no large-scale conflict with the government forces, the Southern Liberation Front where my uncle is located will be more than enough to deal with the other warlords in the southwest.

Now the South Liberation Front can produce its own rifles, light machine guns, pistols, and grenades, and it has a bullet production line that can produce 2 rounds a day.

Then individual air defense and anti-armor missiles and rockets can also be assembled. Most of the parts can be produced in Hong Kong, and a small part is produced by Xingyao Electronics.

In other words, light weapons and individual missiles and rockets can be produced domestically, and now we have these two medium-sized missiles, which is the first in South Asia.

If it had not been limited by its short development time and relatively small number of core backbone personnel, the Southern Liberation Front would have been able to eliminate the government forces in the South.

Now they can only erode the surrounding warlords while strengthening organizational construction and developing the productivity of the base. When it reaches a certain level, the Southern Liberation Front will be able to advance southward along Myanmar’s two major rivers and reach the seaside.

After the weapons were manufactured, Wang Jiankun continued to manufacture means of transportation. There was a shortage of trucks in the base at present. Wang Jiankun combined several truck styles he had seen and asked Zhizi to design two models suitable for the Nanjie formation, one light truck with a load capacity of 2 tons, and one medium-sized truck with a load capacity of 5 tons.

It’s not that we don’t want to manufacture trucks with greater load-carrying capacity, but the current roads do not allow it. Even if they are manufactured, they can only be used in a limited number of places, which is rather useless. We have to wait until the road projects are completed one after another before heavier trucks can be manufactured.

However, at that time, Wang Jiankun was preparing to provide electric heavy trucks to Nanjiezhen, using graphene batteries.

After all, the South Liberation Front does not produce crude oil, and all gasoline and diesel are purchased from Singapore and then smuggled in.

It is fine to use a small number of trucks and motorcycles, but if there are too many heavy trucks, the transportation of diesel will become a big problem.

A total of 30 light trucks and 15 medium-sized trucks were manufactured this time. After these trucks are put into use, they can basically meet the transportation needs within the old base.

As for the newly conquered territory of Chen's army, there are already dozens of trucks in the territory, and there are many rivers there, and large brown goods are transported by cargo ships, so there is no need to add trucks.

Wang Jiankun no longer needs to manufacture the motorcycles. The first batch of 1 motorcycles purchased from the Jialing Factory have already arrived at the Indian Ocean and will be transported to the base in about ten days.

After the trucks are manufactured, the next step is to produce some equipment that is more difficult to buy, such as a 5-kilowatt hydroelectric generator, a large transformer, an excavator, a bulldozer, etc.

The first two are because if you want to buy them, you need to go to the manufacturer to customize them, which will take a long time, and the manufacturer must send people to install them. Obviously, the Southern Liberation Army cannot allow uninspected people to do this kind of energy project.

The previous hydro-turbine generator was also manufactured by Wang Jiankun, but the small transformer was purchased on the market.

Such medium and large-sized ones are not available in the market now and are usually customized.

The latter two types are available in the market, but transportation is a big problem.

The transport ship that Wang Jiankun built for the Southern Liberation Army could not lift such large-scale engineering equipment. If it went by land, it would be difficult to pass the government army's checkpoints, and the distance was too long. After such a long journey, the machinery would be almost scrapped.

最后总共制造了4台5万千瓦的水轮发电机，2台大型变压器，12辆挖掘机，6辆推土机和2辆压路机。

After the manufacturing was completed, Wang Jiankun felt very tired and his head felt tight, which was a reaction to excessive use of mental energy.

He had often used this ability to mobilize elements to the limit before, but it was always rough control. This time, manufacturing so many weapons and machinery and equipment required him to exercise precise control throughout the entire process, and the consumption of mental energy was too great.

"Jiankun, how are you? You look a little pale. Shall I take you to see a doctor?" When the uncle saw that Wang Jiankun stopped producing and was standing there a little swaying, with his face starting to turn pale, he couldn't help but ask with concern.

"It's okay, little uncle. You don't need to see a doctor. The weapons and equipment you asked for have been manufactured. Take me to rest and prepare some nutritious food for me."

"Okay, I'll help you go, slowly."

After leaving the secret warehouse, Cen Yong drove Wang Jiankun to the barracks of the distant air force base. After putting him to bed to rest, he told the chef to prepare food quickly.

Wang Jiankun rested for two hours. After his headache was no longer so tense, he got up and ate the meal prepared for him. Then he went back to rest.

After that, he slept for 10 hours before waking up. The first person he saw when he woke up was his uncle.

"Uncle, have you been here with me all this time? I've told you I'm fine, I just mobilized too many elements at once, so I'm a little exhausted."

"You scared me. You should be more careful next time. I thought your ability could be used infinitely and would have no effect on you."

"Okay, I get it. I was too impatient and wanted to finish it all at once before developing the new weapon."

"What exactly is that weapon you're dreaming of? The surface-to-surface missiles and K-3 anti-aircraft missiles you provided are already powerful enough. Why do you need new weapons?"

"It's enough for now, but this weapon is the future, and I think it's interesting, so I thought about making it and seeing how it works."

"Okay then. The place and reliable personnel you asked me to prepare are all ready. Do you want to rest for a while or prepare to set off now?"

"Let's go now. The test will take some time, and I have to go back to my hometown after it's over."

So, accompanied by his uncle, Wang Jiankun crossed mountains and rivers and came to the small town of Jiatonga, which was originally the territory of Chen’s army.

In the secret base over there, Wang Jiankun first checked the prepared materials and found that they were more than enough, after all, they were all relatively common elements.

After a brief exchange with the people gathered by his uncle, Wang Jiankun divided them into groups and distributed test manuals according to different tasks.

While having people familiarize themselves with the test manuals, he built a 500-kilowatt laser and a 1-megawatt laser in a secret space underground.

Two batteries were also manufactured that can store 2 kWh of electricity. After they were manufactured, the power supply team was asked to charge them immediately.

While waiting for charging, Wang Jiankun asked someone to conduct a simulation test.

Because we didn't prepare high-power charging equipment in advance, the charging process was particularly long, and it took more than 10 hours to fully charge one battery.

After charging, Wang Jiankun immediately arranged for a 500-kilowatt laser to be tested. Its effect was OK when the aircraft was below 3 kilometers and the speed did not exceed 800 kilometers per hour, but after exceeding that, its killing effect was greatly weakened.

So Wang Jiankun shelved this 500-kilowatt model and then started testing the 1-megawatt laser.

The article begins with the first test of this laser, and the results met Wang Jiankun's expectations.

Then he carried out extreme tests, including distance limit and speed limit. It took one day, and Wang Jiankun obtained the effective killing data of this laser.

At a distance of 8 kilometers and a speed not exceeding Mach 2, this laser can burn through aircraft armor or skin within 3 mm in 30 seconds.

This killing distance is already of practical value. Although its distance is slightly shorter than that of the K-3 missile, it is cheap to use, simple to maintain, and requires far fewer people than the K-3. It can be operated by only four people.

A light truck can carry this weapon system because it uses graphene batteries. The total weight of a 2-kilowatt-hour battery is only more than 50 kilograms. The laser launch system weighs more than 480 kilograms, the target illumination radar weighs more than 820 kilograms, and other control equipment. The total weight is less than 2 tons, so a light truck can easily carry it.

Moreover, my uncle will not have a problem with electricity in the future. Chen Jiajun has already built a medium-sized hydropower station, and now they are going to build another one. There will be no shortage of electricity here in the short term.

After the test was completed, Wang Jiankun named this land-based laser weapon the DXN-1 land-based laser cannon, where DXN is the abbreviation of the first letters of the Chinese pinyin for directed energy.

"Uncle, the test is done. Here are the relevant data. How many units do you think would be best?"

"Kill range 8 km (target speed below Mach 2), unlimited number of launches (batteries can be carried extra)."

"Jiankun, this is too powerful, isn't it? Isn't your battery too amazing? And the power is 1 megawatt, no country in the world can do that, right?"

"Please keep the battery secret for a while. As for the laser power, as far as I know, three countries have already been able to produce high-power ones, but their size and weight cannot compare to mine."

"Okay, let's make 12 sets first, and place one set in each of the important towns, factories, mines and power plants, in case the government forces call in foreign aid to launch an air strike."

"Okay, go prepare the materials. If you need a few, we'll build them here. The ones at the old base will be built in the warehouse over at the air force base, saving the transportation."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right now."

(End of this chapter)