Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 154 Investigating the Steel Mill

Chapter 155 Investigating the Steel Mill

[Support variant: Equipped with a 30mm cannon in the nose, and additional short wings on both sides of the fuselage to carry a total of 6 anti-tank loitering munitions. The cabin can store supplies or carry four unmanned assault units.]

[Note: 1. Subsequent models will be fully equipped with Gauss weapons (railgun weapons).]

2. When using support units for troop deployment, most unmanned combat units will be hoisted to the battlefield, but the risk of loss during airlift is relatively high.

As they discussed this, the reconnaissance drones on the transport ship gradually gained power.

[Commander, the reconnaissance aircraft is fully charged.]

At this time, Lorraine was designing a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with enhanced troop deployment capabilities using four large-diameter ducted fans.

After receiving Cleveland's suggestion, Lorraine dispatched the drone to a steel mill on the outskirts of the East Coast.

When Lorraine arrived in the cockpit, the drone had just reached the airspace above the steel plant.

The drone captured images of two creatures that were very familiar to Lorraine from an altitude of 6 kilometers.

"Tsk, as expected, these things are here too."

Lorraine then instructed Cleveland to reload the prototype with anti-tank loitering munitions, preparing it for a ground attack mission.

While waiting for the prototype to complete its arming, Lorraine summoned several members of the transport team and had them drive trucks to transport a group of unmanned combat vehicles to the vicinity of the steel mill.

Meanwhile, Lorraine also summoned the robotic dogs patrolling the factory area, ordering them to command this unmanned combat group in carrying out the task of eliminating the steel plant.

As the transport convoy carrying the unmanned combat swarm drove out of the shipyard camp, the demonstrator aircraft, carrying 30 anti-tank loitering munitions, had already arrived over the steel mill.

"click"

The bottom hatch opened, the racks unlocked, and the first batch of six loitering munitions began to freefall downwards.

One second after leaving the pylon, the tail propellers of the six loitering munitions began to spin, and with the help of the X-shaped tail fins, the six loitering munitions headed straight for the two small silicon-based individuals.

Although the attack was sudden, the two small silicon-based entities still destroyed four loitering munitions, and of the remaining two, only one hit its target and destroyed the enemy.

The other small individual managed to slip into a nearby warehouse at the last minute, thus escaping the attack.

Due to the obstruction of the steel plant buildings, the reconnaissance aircraft circled repeatedly over the steel plant but did not find any more small individuals.

Of course, Lorraine did not intend to risk his life. According to Cleveland's calculations, as long as there were fewer than 10 small enemy individuals inside the steel mill, the unmanned combat swarm led by the mechanical dogs could easily wipe them out.

The truck sped along the smooth road, delivering the unmanned combat circle and robotic dogs to the steel mill gate in just 15 minutes.

As soon as they got out of the car, the cat hid behind a cover and launched two Hummingbird drones to scout ahead.

Roy and Xuan Tie, who had been equipped with grenade launchers, remained as support, staying on the outskirts of the factory to conduct indirect fire.

Di Ting led four tracked unmanned combat vehicles as a reconnaissance group, while Tian Gou and Qie Xue divided the remaining unmanned combat units into two groups, each led by a mechanical dog.

The group led by Tengu was named Assault Group 1, and the group led by Keishe was named Assault Group 2.

After confirming that the area near the entrance was safe, the reconnaissance team's four tracked unmanned combat vehicles led the way, while the unmanned units of Assault Team One and Assault Team Two formed two lines and surrounded the mechanical dogs.

After the unmanned combat group safely passed through the open area at the entrance, they first arrived at the office area located to the left of the gate.

Upon arrival at the office area, images from the drone revealed that the left half of the steel plant comprised the office area, energy center, environmental protection center, water treatment center, and storage area.

The right half of the steel plant consists of the steelmaking area, continuous casting area, and rolling mill area, as well as three small warehouses responsible for the temporary storage of rolled steel.

The two small enemy units discovered so far are located at the very back of the left half of the steel plant, near the warehouse on the right side of the last part of the storage area.

To ascertain the situation in the right half of the region, the demonstrator aircraft released two anti-tank loitering munitions.

After the two loitering munitions reached low altitude, they were handed over to Tengu for control.

Tengu controlled the two loitering missiles to hover at the slowest speed near the steelmaking area, searching for any individuals that might be lingering there.

After half an hour of investigation, Tengu found no danger. Meanwhile, Maomao retrieved two Hummingbird drones that had gone to the energy center and water treatment center for reconnaissance.

Tengu then deployed an anti-tank loitering munition, which hovered over the storage area, ready to strike any small enemy units that emerged from the warehouse.

The reconnaissance team led the way, with assault teams 1 and 2 flanking them. They quickly passed through the energy center and water treatment center and arrived at the outer perimeter of the raw material storage warehouse in the storage area.

Behind the raw material storage warehouse is the warehouse where the small enemy unit is hiding, and to the left of this raw material storage warehouse is the place where raw materials are pre-processed.

The reconnaissance missions for the raw material storage warehouse and raw material processing area were not assigned to Maomao, but Diting was instructed to divide his reconnaissance team into two two-vehicle groups.

One team went into the storage warehouse to conduct reconnaissance, while the other team crossed an open area to conduct reconnaissance of the raw material processing area.

The reconnaissance of the raw material storage warehouse went smoothly, and the two unmanned combat vehicles quickly explored every corner of the warehouse.

There were no small enemy units inside the warehouse; they only found some traces of raw materials being dragged on the ground.

However, the two unmanned combat vehicles heading to the raw material processing area were very unlucky.

The two unmanned combat vehicles thoroughly scouted all the accessible buildings on the ground in the raw material processing area, but found no small enemy units.

However, as the two unmanned combat vehicles crossed the open area and returned to the raw material storage warehouse, they were shattered into pieces by dozens of projectiles.

Subsequently, the anti-tank loitering munitions that had drifted into this area were also destroyed in mid-air.

Fragments from the detonation of the loitering munition struck nearby buildings, making a clanging sound.

By analyzing the wreckage of the two unmanned combat vehicles, the robotic dogs located the source of the projectiles, which were launched from a tower used for sorting raw materials.

This is not good news, because it is the tallest building in the warehouse area and also the sniping spot chosen by the cat.

Tengu then contacted the two drones hovering high in the sky, instructing them to lower their altitude and scout the raw material sorting tower painted with light blue paint.

Upon receiving the information, the two drones descended to an altitude of 3 kilometers and circled the light blue iron tower at a distance.

Soon after, two drones circling on either side of the tower spotted a suspicious heat source in the middle of the tower.

Using the high-magnification camera mounted on the photoelectric turret, they quickly identified the source of the suspicious heat.