Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 448 447. Remember to say hello to your acquaintances before leaving.
While it was still early, most people in the Academy City were still recuperating, and it was night outside. Seifer sat in his main control seat for the first time in a long time.

Since the various secondary battery and main guns were not in use, many younger people who were essentially here for a picnic and a visit also went into the main control cabin. It was indeed the first time that it was so lively and noisy here.

Fortunately, the noise was very loud at the beginning. As the various self-check systems in the car started up, the dense lights in the brightened main control made them gradually reduce the volume.

It finally turned into some whispers.

Everyone could see the holographic projection of the vehicle body at the front end of the main control hall, in addition to the clear image of the outside world. Under Seifer's debugging, the external armor plates slowly opened, slowly exposing the two main guns at the front and rear ends of the vehicle body.

Not only is there a main gun, but there is also a railgun carefully crafted by the technical department, which was originally intended to be installed on a large weapon carrier or a space weapon, and is also installed on the front of the vehicle as a secondary gun.

...It is a mystery what the technicians and engineers of the Phantom Mist Group had in mind when coordinating these weapons and ammunition.

The upgraded hull means more space, and more space means that a more powerful main gun can be installed. In addition, the vehicle is also wide enough, so compared to ships on the sea...

Let me put it this way, in the designs that Seifer had come across before, if the ground vehicles were made too large, it would affect their own mobility, the shadow area would also become larger, which meant that they would be more easily hit by the enemy's saturation attack.

All the constraints come from engine output, equipment materials... and the reaction force when ground artillery fires.

If it were in the past, Seifer would have had a headache for a long time, because this matter would eventually fall on his head. Designing these things, making samples and then using them, then getting feedback and then...

But now it’s different. Now he is not a designer, he is a beneficiary!

The two main guns at the front and rear of the vehicle are to make room for the observation tower in the middle structure. A lot of components are integrated under the observation tower, including the thing that Sefer took out from the vision this time.

It is a close-in integrated sighting and observation facility, and its internal integrated computing system can quickly capture and coordinate automatic close-in weapon systems to intercept incoming rockets, TV-guided missiles, and the like.

——In some cases, it can even block incoming enemy artillery.

As is customary with the designers at the Phantom Mist Group, the vehicle's two main guns were also exceptional. According to Dr. Mei's idle rant, she said the designers had originally intended to install a triple-mounted main gun with a caliber of 300mm or more...

If it's not you, then show me! You want it, I want it too, and everyone wants to see a medium-sized mobile base carrying a main gun battery that can only be installed on a large base!
Relying on this world's extremely advanced material technology, as well as a lot of things like inertial damping that Sefer couldn't quite understand.

In addition, the vehicle itself is running on soft sand. Those large mobile firepower bases can even be equipped with main guns of more than 500 mm. Give me one too!

...Unfortunately, when the technicians finally installed the modular system, they only installed twin main guns with a caliber of less than 300 mm and more than 250 mm, and inexplicably had a caliber of 280 mm.

In order to compensate for this situation of being neither too high nor too low (actually it is considered a large caliber), the technicians ingeniously added pre-feed ammunition to these two things, which means...

This thing can fire another round within two seconds after the first round. In the case of beyond-visual-range strikes, as long as the angle is correct, even large mobile bases will be penetrated!
Not to mention other small vehicles... If a high-explosive bomb was used to hit the ground, the car might be able to roll over intact, but the people would definitely not be able to be saved.

The two main guns slowly rotated their mounts, and after confirming that everything was correct, Seifer closed the covers so that they could be under the protection of the dome.

It was hard to understand how the Phantom Mist Group could install such a thing on this vehicle, but considering that even the patrol vehicles in the Edge Node City could be equipped with a single 300mm land main gun, Sefer was relieved.

The technology tree of the people in this world is rather strange. Various technologies come and go without having their own development path... after all, it is affected by the anomaly.

Besides, the mobile units here aren't like the ones in the world I used to live in. Back then, there was no need to drive a fully functional house and avoid the sun to avoid dying outside. So it's normal for a house to have some firepower, right? As long as these weapons are regarded as the firepower of a fortress, it's not unacceptable, right?
...In short, try to ignore why the fortress's firepower needs to be equipped with a long-caliber main gun to increase accuracy, and ignore these fantastic combinations. After the vehicle completes its self-inspection, Seifer notifies everyone to prepare for departure.

The factory building moved by itself, clearing the road. Warning lights and bells told people to evacuate quickly. This vehicle, which was huge for the people on the ground, was raising its engine to drive the tracks.

People in the car don't feel it very obviously, there is only the buzzing background noise when some vehicles are running. The only thing that really makes people feel uncomfortable and wear noise-isolating earmuffs is the noise.

There was no way. Her ears were too sensitive. If she didn't find a way to filter out the various noises, her brain would probably have problems soon.

We haven't entered the ground yet, so all kinds of shooting windows can be opened directly. Some younger generations peeked out of the windows and expressed all kinds of strange feelings about the movement of the "building".

Yihua was busy catching the little ones who were about to stick their bodies out of the car, for fear that they would fall off the car.

The vehicle roared low, and the body trembled slightly. Then, like a moving mountain, the traction and road wheels began to move together, and the dust raised by them kept flying amid the sound of metal friction.

There are fewer cheers for the departure, but after all, we have to be careful of the prying eyes of some people with ulterior motives, so the fewer people the better.

The huge vehicle body drove onto the traction track with a low rumble, then slowly drove on the clear road, passed through the tunnel and entered the satellite city's ring road.

While Tien was scratching his head, trying to figure out how to make this thing run more smoothly, Cypher received a communication.

Xiaoxia's.

Her message started with, "Haha!! Teacher, you didn't even tell me you were leaving? You should have at least let me see you off!"

"No, don't you still want to continue working on your tunnel boring machine?"

"No need to bother! It's soaking in the hot springs right now! Even though I can't see it off, at least let it know on the comms—oh, and to the guys from the Yorozuya, we're all soaking in the hot springs right now!"

So you guys dug another hot spring in the academy city...

"That's right, teacher, remember to keep in touch and come back to visit us before we graduate. Otherwise, I'll be very lonely." Mutsuki took the opportunity to say this, and then walked away with a "Waha!" amid the sound of water.

Probably pushed someone into the hot spring.

It was bustling over there, seemingly no different from any other day, so much so that Seifer simply smiled and said, "Study hard first. Only after you graduate and have a good education can you make a name for yourself in the world."

"Don't mention your master's name if you get caught next time, lest people think you're looking for independent mercenaries to back you up... Oh, it's okay to mention my name when you ask for help from company personnel."

At this moment, Xiaoxia was soaking in a pool of hot water, surrounded by the Discipline Committee. "Well, if I tell the Xinxiang Technical College about my teacher's name, can I get my sentence reduced?"

"I suggest doubling your detention. Good night."

(End of this chapter)