Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 117 High Mobility Vehicles

"drop"

Lorraine attached her name tag to the card reader and successfully opened the explosion-proof steel door.

"Buzzing"

The lights automatically turn on when the explosion-proof steel door is detected to be open.

Lorraine and the others looked past the gate and saw a large number of wheeled armored vehicles parked in the area.

Upon entering the area, Lorraine glanced at the parked armored vehicles, mainly wheeled infantry fighting vehicles and wheeled assault guns, with some off-road trucks parked in the distance.

Lorraine walked up to the nearest wheeled infantry fighting vehicle and gestured for Platinum to explain the relevant data of these vehicles.

"The Type 21 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle is a 20-ton 8x8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle. It is 8 meters long and 3 meters high. Its maximum speed on paved roads is 100 kilometers per hour, and its maximum speed on unpaved roads is 80 kilometers per hour. Its maximum range is 800 kilometers."

"This infantry fighting vehicle is equipped with a 360-degree camera and a smart helmet, which gives the crew members a strong sense of situational awareness. Combined with the vehicle's hybrid powertrain, it can silently approach the enemy in certain situations without attracting their attention."

"The vehicle's unmanned turret is primarily armed with a 30mm chain gun and a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, and is equipped with four phased array radars and two sets of twin-mounted interceptor missiles."

Then, Platinum boarded the infantry fighting vehicle and pointed to the right side of the unmanned turret.

"A set of four retractable HJ-21 anti-tank missile launchers is mounted on the right side of the unmanned turret, which is normally protected by the turret armor. Eight smoke grenade launchers are embedded in the front of the turret."

"Its armor is a combination of dual-hardness armor steel and ceramic composite armor, which can effectively resist direct hits from armor-piercing projectiles and damage from grenade fragments."

"The vehicle can carry a crew of four and an infantry squad of nine. It is equipped with two propellers with ring nozzles at the rear, giving it the ability to travel in water."

"This type of vehicle is typically equipped by our rapid reaction forces and light combined arms brigades."

Bai Jin jumped off the roof of the vehicle and led Lorraine and Ouyang Nian to another wheeled vehicle with an even larger turret.

"The Type 21 wheeled assault gun shares the same chassis as the Type 21 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle. It is 3.5 meters high and has the same maximum speed and maximum range as the Type 21 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle."

"The vehicle also uses an unmanned turret and is equipped with a 105mm smoothbore cannon, a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun, and a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun. It is also equipped with four phased array radars and two sets of quadruple interceptor missiles."

"Two drones and corresponding take-off and landing platforms were installed at the rear of the vehicle, giving it extremely strong reconnaissance capabilities."

"This type of vehicle is usually used in conjunction with the Type 21 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle to form a high-low mix."

After listening to Platinum's explanation, Lorraine was a little curious. Shouldn't these vehicles stored in the warehouses of the naval base be provided to the Marine Corps?

"Special location, special configuration."

"The terrorists here often operate on the move and lack strong armor-piercing capabilities, so the combat units here are usually converted from PAPs and need strong mobility to track down fleeing terrorists."

"At the same time, the omnidirectional situational awareness system equipped on both vehicles can prevent the crew from entering enemy traps without their knowledge."

"So the equipment stored in these warehouses is for the Navy's rapid reaction forces?"

"Yes."

Lorraine was a little confused. In his mind, rapid reaction forces were usually under the command of the Army or the Strategic Support Force.

Lorraine shook his head, giving up on thinking about the problem, and prepared to head deeper into the warehouse to find a vehicle they could use right now.

"Come with me, there are some highly mobile vehicles here for individual soldiers to use."

Bai Jin waved, signaling Ouyang Nian and Luo Lin to follow.

After walking about 200 meters towards the rear of the truck, Lorraine saw a large number of military green motorcycles parked behind the truck.

"Is this an electric motorcycle?"

"The Hu Feng X electric off-road motorcycle is fast, stable, quiet, and has good off-road performance. It also has a certain load-bearing capacity and is equipped with a multi-level adjustable kinetic energy recovery system and a solar charger. Since this type of off-road motorcycle was put into use by the troops, reconnaissance and special forces have praised it highly."

"The maximum speed on paved roads is 95 kilometers per hour, and the maximum speed on unpaved roads in light load condition is 80 kilometers per hour. The maximum range in light load condition is 300 kilometers, and the maximum range is 220 kilometers with an additional load of 30 kilograms."

"Moreover, this type of vehicle weighs only 65 kilograms when unloaded."

Upon hearing that the vehicle was relatively light, Ouyang Nian lifted it up with one hand.

"It's not heavy at all."

Then Ouyang Nian turned to look at Luo Lin and asked.

"Should we take a few with us?"

"Let's each ride one of the three of us and see how many Type 21 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles we can fit inside."

After listening to Lorraine's words, Ouyang Nian couldn't wait to get on his motorcycle, twist the handlebars and sped off, heading straight for the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle not far away.

Lorraine smiled helplessly, then rode his motorcycle back to the Type 21 infantry fighting vehicle.

At this moment, Ouyang Nian had already opened the rear hatch of the Type 21 infantry fighting vehicle and stuffed the electric motorcycle inside.

"It's a pity the seats here can't be folded up, otherwise we could fit four electric motorcycles in here."

After stuffing all three motorcycles into the car, Ouyang Nian was still not satisfied.

"Alright, it's an infantry fighting vehicle after all. Besides carrying personnel, it also has to perform combat missions. Its ammunition takes up a lot of space. It's already quite good that you can fit three motorcycles in it."

Subsequently, under Platinum's guidance, Lorraine successfully started a Type 21 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle and drove it out.

While waiting for Ouyang Nian to learn how to operate the Type 21 infantry fighting vehicle, Luo Lin drove the vehicle to the driveway leading to the supply storage area and opened the blast door.

Shortly after, Ouyang Nian and Bai Jin drove their vehicle to Lorraine's location. After the mechanical dogs boarded the vehicle, they headed together to the supply storage area.

Upon arriving at the supply depot, the first thing the three did was to refuel their armored vehicle.

After refueling the armored vehicles, Lorraine and the others prepared to search for unmanned combat vehicles and heavy weapons in the supply depot.

"This area is so large, when will we ever get there?"

Ouyang Nian felt a chill run down his spine looking at the densely packed weapon racks in front of him.

Lorraine then turned to look at Platinum.

"Platinum, could you please launch the Hummingbird drone to locate where the heavy weapons are stored?"

Two Hummingbird drones weaved through the dense array of weapon racks and soon found the heavy firepower that Lorraine wanted.