Chapter 393: The second set of plans

On the simply constructed defensive position, an Ailan Hill soldier drew a smoking rod from his pocket near his shoulder, and pulled it away, causing it to emit dazzling yellow smoke.

He threw the smoking stick not far in front of him, and then immediately retracted his head.

At the same time, dozens of soldiers on the human defensive position simultaneously threw this mark directly in front of them, clearly marking the approximate location of the current defensive position.

These smoking rods can be seen very clearly in the sky. In this way, those Air Force attack aircraft, especially jet attack aircraft, will not accidentally injure the areas under their control.

At this time, Yilan Leimeng, who had already swooped down, squeezed his trigger against the obvious square formation of the demon army.

The a-10 attack aircraft, codenamed Raiden, is a super ground attack aircraft designed and manufactured around the famous gau-8 Avenger cannon.

The design idea at that time was to use the powerful gau-8 Avenger cannon to destroy all types of ground targets, and the so-called bombs and missiles were nothing more than filling in the initial design of the a-10 attack aircraft.

Conversely, the gau-8 Avenger cannon was originally a parallel project of the a-x plan that was shaped for the a-10 attack aircraft. The performance requirements of the cannon were announced in 1970, and the specific plan was designed by the competition between General Electric and Philco Ford.

The two prototypes ya-10 and Northrop ya-9 of the a-x plan were originally prepared to install the weapon, but the gau-8 was not completed when the prototype was developed, so the m61 Vulcan cannon was temporarily replaced. After completion, the full gau-8 system (accurately named a/a49e-6 artillery system) accounted for about 16% of the net weight of the a-10 attack aircraft.

It can be said responsibly that A-10 and gau-8 were the products of mutual accommodation and compromise.

Therefore, the structure of the a-10 attack aircraft is quite special: the Avenger cannon is installed slightly to the left of the center axis of the fuselage, and its landing gear is slightly to the right, which ensures that the barrel that actually fires when the cannon is in operation On the central axis of the plane.

The gau-8 weighs 280 kilograms, and the weight of 1,828 kilograms after the filling system and the drum drum is close to two tons, all stacked on a machine gun, this has never happened before.

The distance from the muzzle of this gun to the end of the ammunition system is 5.931 meters, the drum diameter is 88 cm, and the length is 1.82 meters. The ammunition magazine can be loaded with 1,174 rounds at a time, but normally only 1,150 rounds are loaded.

When firing an incendiary armor-piercing projectile, the muzzle velocity of this artillery can reach 990 m/s, which is almost the same as that of the lighter-weight 20 mm shell of the M61 Vulcan machine gun.

In order to obtain the best armor-piercing effect, the standard ammunition arrangement of gau-8 is a pgu-14/b incendiary armor-piercing projectile with a warhead weighing about 425 grams and a pgu-13/b with a warhead weighing about 360 grams in a 4:1 ratio. Explosive incendiary (hei) mixture.

The pgu-14/b warhead is embedded in a lightweight aluminum alloy shell, and a core of depleted uranium with a smaller caliber is wrapped inside. The Avenger cannon is extremely effective against tanks and any armored vehicles.

Gau-8 has a very important innovation in ammunition design, which is the use of aluminum alloy instead of traditional steel and brass.

This allows the aircraft to carry 30% more ammunition with the same total load. There is also a plastic shell hoop designed to extend the life of the barrel on the shell. The ammunition is about 290 mm long and weighs about 0.69 kg.

Such sturdy performance makes this artillery full of momentum when it fires. With the terrible engine roar of the a-10 attack aircraft, the attack visual effect is very cool.

The moment Yilan Leimeng pulled the trigger, nearly a hundred shells were ejected at the enemy's phalanx. These depleted uranium armor-piercing projectiles easily penetrated the magical defense barrier above the square with their terrible rate of fire, just like cutting a piece of tofu.

Then, these terrible ammunition fell on the demon forces in the square. The huge 30-millimeter-caliber artillery shell, with unprecedented penetrating power, rages in the crowd, unstoppable.

These ammunition pierced through the thin armor, through the body of the demon soldier, and through the others behind them.

Eventually these ammunition hit the ground, splashing a piece of dust on it, filling it with heartbreaking white smoke.

Chopping melons and vegetables, this demon phalanx locked by Yilan Leimeng suddenly turned over.

The demon officer who pointed his sword to the front and ordered his troops to attack was penetrated by a cannonball. He spit out blood, clutching his arms that were cut into two by the cannonball, and looked at the sky desperately.

He was not directly hit by that terrible shell, but was hit in the arm by the gravel splashed by a shell, and he was injured like this.

Right beside him, some demons were beaten into two pieces by such a shell. The upper body was still lingering alive, lying on the ground, howling and moaning.

The place that was baptized by the gau-8 machine gun was almost in a state where no grass was growing. The demon troop that stood neatly in a phalanx was completely collapsed.

One can imagine how powerful this weapon is. To know that the puppet tank of the Puppet Empire is equipped with nothing more than a single-barreled 30mm rapid-fire gun.

This Ailan Hill anti-aircraft weapon has long been discontinued. However, there are still many production lines for imitating this artillery in various countries, and many countries are still using this backward weapon.

The Holy Demon Empire has been producing this weapon in mass production, and it has not stopped until the country is destroyed by Ailan Hill. Later, Ailan Hill took over these factories, and now they have completely stopped production and switched to producing other weapons and equipment.

The Puppet Empire has still mass-produced 30mm rapid-fire guns: they are equipped with a large number of these guns, on the one hand, because of the mature technology, on the other hand, because they have too much artillery stock.

However, Ailan Hill has put this 30mm caliber rapid-fire gun on the aircraft, and gave this gun a higher and stronger rate of fire, equipped with sharper ammunition, and raised it to an unprecedented level. height.

With just a short shot of 1 to 2 seconds, this sky-defying Avenger cannon can destroy a demon phalanx. Even if the opponent opens the magical defense barrier, it still has to pay a heavy price!

Over the battlefield at this moment, there are as many as dozens of such terrifying a-10 attack aircraft. They interspersed back and forth, destroying all the demon forces they could see.

While passing the demon phalanx, they would drop a bomb from time to time, causing more serious casualties.

The demon army that had lost its commander also appeared in chaos. This phalanx had to start to retreat. The phalanx behind gave way to retreat and reorganized, while the brand-new demon phalanx behind continued to retreat. Push forward.

However, before this new phalanx approached the human defensive position, it was patronized by an A-10 attack aircraft.

It was also a familiar round of blasting, the same bomb fell in the demon position, the same explosion and pieces of white smoke, and it was also a massive loss.

The low-altitude control performance is very outstanding, the a-10 attack aircraft with an unusually small turning radius circled in the sky, and Elan Raymond once again pressed the sight on a demon phalanx that had collapsed.

He calmly drove his plane into the attack route, and then calmly pulled his trigger.

"Tututututu!" The giant 30mm caliber gau-8 Avenger sprayed a deadly fire once again, shrouding the demon forces.

Pulling up his own attack plane, Yilan Leimeng felt very excited. He likes this kind of hearty attack and the smooth attacking feeling brought by the new weapon.

It has to be said that this new type of aircraft is really suitable for attacking large-scale cluster targets such as demon forces. It is simply tailor-made for demon forces.

Where these A-10 attack planes passed, the devil's car was destroyed, the soldiers fell to the ground, black blood was everywhere, and the scene was chaotic.

On the high ground in the distance, a demon general looked at his collapsed troops, his expression was already ugly to the extreme. He originally had a handsome face, but now he looks a little distorted.

"Where is the Dragon Troop? Why haven't you dispatched it? Ah? Why?" He looked at the demon general who was in charge of the Dragon Troop and asked, "You watched my troops get beaten?"

"I have lost more than 20 dragons today! There are more than 30 fighters! Do you think I am standing here to watch the fun?" The other party was also full of anger, and immediately retorted.

The Demon Air Force really fought its life today, taking off a large number of Demon fighters, but not even an Ailan Hill plane was taken down.

The few results were obtained during air defense by ground forces. Only some Il-2 attack aircraft were shot down, as well as a modified B-25 attack aircraft with ground support.

After losing more than 20 dragons, the Demon Air Force had to stop its stupid behavior of fighting for air supremacy.

A decisive battle with the Allan Hill Air Force, which has an early warning aircraft and F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, is indeed too reluctant for a force of the Demon Air Force level.

"Our ground forces are collapsing! Our well-planned attack has failed like this?" The demon general who had just spoken first asked again, pointing to his own troops struggling in the war in the distance.

"Maybe, we can only carry out the second set of combat plans." The demon general in charge of the demon air force thought slightly before suggesting.

"Well, it can only be so." Hearing this suggestion, the demon general looked a little better, nodded and said: "Let the devil dog queen! Withdraw the troops! Give the opportunity of attack to the humans themselves! Hum hum……"

"Woo...!" Following his order, the melodious horns of the demon troops came and went, echoing in the explosions. Following the sound of these horns, the demon troops began to retreat.