An Unscientific Mechanic

"Suggestions on the development of mobile weapons?"

"Well, in order to better deter the enemy, we developed the RTX65 steel tank, which started the history of the use of the Federation's half-human MBT. After intelligence showed that Zeon was developing a humanoid weapon, the Federation also hurriedly launched it. Regarding the development of humanoid weapons, General Garp feels that the development of the Federation's equipment is a little messed up. I hope to hear your opinion."

"What's your opinion? The Federation doesn't need to worry too much about MS development. It can use the Swordfish fighter as a blueprint to develop a new type of space fighter with heavy armor and heavy firepower. It can use long-range missiles and high-penetration medium-caliber rapid-fire guns at medium and long distances. Attack the enemy's human-shaped weapons, and the armor should try to resist 120 cm caliber shells. In this way, it should last for a while. I remember seeing that the Federation had a 60mm armor that penetrated more than 500mm armor 30 years ago The long barrel artillery is coming."

"Space fighter, the technical difficulty is really not high. But the induced weapon doesn't work well in the environment of Minovsky particles."

"Then just don't use radar. Wired guidance, laser guidance and optical guidance, there are many guidance methods suitable for the Minovsky particle environment. As long as you are prepared, the Minovsky particle environment does not Not scary.

The most urgent task now is to upgrade the old ships, at least replace the cables used for signal transmission with optical cables and install the graviton radar, new optical system and new laser communication system. "

"Well, I'll pass it on."

"In addition, the steel tank is a good body, and there is still a lot of room for development. I will go back and sort out my thoughts. You can refer to it. Does the Federation have quantum communication technology?"

"Quantum communication? Let me ask. Well, yes, the High Energy Physics Research Center has developed experimental quantum communication equipment. But the cost is too high."

"Install it on a reconnaissance plane. Can it be worth a cruiser? A communicator that ignores distance and interference. History has told us countless times that a successful reconnaissance can change history."

"I understand. In addition, I transferred you to the RX project development team because I want you to master the relevant theory of Minovsky particles as soon as possible. Now I personally hope that you can preside over the development of the new MS as soon as possible. In addition, you have If you have any good ideas, just tell Tim Ray directly, and if you want to learn the theory of Minovsky particles, just ask Dr. Ray directly, he is Dr. Minovsky’s chief student."

"Well, I also know, I will master it as soon as possible."

After hanging up the phone, Ian found out the assault steel tank that had been trapped in his memory.

"Assault steel tank, equipped with 220mm main gun, 80mm cannon, flamethrower, can transform, probably like this."

Ian wrote down the model appearance and performance requirements of the Assault Steel Tank, and prepared to send it to Tim Ray. "Why don't you make Wolf Fighting too? I don't know if Zeon has developed Wolf Fighting in this world. Forget it, let's talk about it after making it, and remove the Zeon style on it."

Three days later, Ian sorted out the questions he wanted to ask and the design ideas of the two types of land combat mobile tanks. With a USB flash drive and a notebook, Ian walked to Tim Ray's office.

"Long time no see, Director Lei."

"Ian-jun, although we are in the same base, we haven't seen each other for more than two months. The director has already told me that now I will guide you on Minovsky particles while presiding over the development of 78." Theoretical application. I will also ask the technical department to open the data permissions on your computer."

"Excuse me, Director Lei, let's take a look at the design idea of ​​the steel tank development first. If you use it well, the land battle should not be weaker than the ms."

"Well, the development model of the steel tank? This is..." Tim Ray opened the USB flash drive Ian brought. "Is it a pure land combat aircraft?"

"That's right, the assault steel tank and the sniper steel tank." Ian named the fighting wolf the sniper steel tank. "The specific design hasn't been done yet, but the reserved space should be enough. Please ask others to help complete it. I probably don't have the energy to complete these two designs recently."

"Well, I will get rid of the director and find someone to complete these two bodies, but these two bodies use small Minovsky reactors?"

"No way, the gas turbine does not have such a strong power to make these two airframes achieve the expected performance."

"I see. It just so happens that I don't have any important work today. Please tell me about your progress." Tim Ray pulled out the blueprint of the Minovsky reactor and opened it on the computer.

"I don't know how much the progress is. I did some research on my own. These are all my questions. Let's go one by one." Ian took out his small notebook and started to ask questions. "The first is the isolation of the Minovsky particles from the electromagnetic waves and radiation produced by the fusion reaction..."

After listening to Ian Barabara's speech, Tim Ray sighed, "I knew this was not a teacher's task... Your own research has reached a very deep place. Let's explain it slowly."

And this explanation has passed for nearly half a year. During this period, the new cruiser designed by Ian passed the review of the drawings, and the manufacturing of the verification ship began. However, due to the size and firepower of the new ships are far stronger than the Magellan-class heavy cruisers, the new ships are classified as battleships. The development of the super mega particle cannon and the plasma cannon was not smooth, so the first ship first installed a large electromagnetic gun as a special gun.

At Ian's suggestion, the new battleship was named the Enterprise class.

Because the reviewing old men were very curious about the purpose of the several empty warehouses inside the hull, Ian had no choice but to say that the ship reserved space for the Minovsky particle flying device. Therefore, the Minovsky particle flight device is also installed at the enterprise level.

The 49 members of the development team returned to the original working group after the drawings were reviewed and approved to continue their own research work. Lieutenant Colonel Tanaka was retained by Ian and recommended to come to the RX project. Ian hoped that he could develop a small I-Field generator for MS.

One day, Ian was suddenly interested in seeing the development progress of Gundam, but he was surprised to find that the appearance of the finished product of RX was not at all the appearance of 78 Gundam...instead, it was very close to RX77 Guncannon.

"What's the problem..." Ian was puzzled, and he didn't interfere with the Gundam's development plan. Ian didn't remember this episode until August 77, when Tim Ray and Ian were asked to meet in the conference room.

"This is a confidential image we obtained from Dr. Minovsky, Director Lei, Director Vasti, I hope you can take a look and make an assessment."

In the video data, a yellow mobile phone made a lot of fancy maneuvers in the universe, and then pulled out a 100mm machine gun to shoot at the target ship.

"We also have a machine called Mobile Engineer here."

"That's right, there's also Gaburo's construction site."

"That ship is called the Arcana class, right? It's armed with 100mm machine guns and tank guns."

"After all, it is still a big toy. Our battleship will not be sunk by 100mm bullets. And our next-generation mbt, RCX76, has also begun to be installed."

"No! Is it finally finished, Dr. Minovsky, that ms is already something from a different era." Tim Ray leaned forward, trying to see more clearly. "General Garp, you just said that this video was obtained from Dr. Minovsky?"

"Let's go outside and talk, Director Lei."

"Dr. Minovsky going into exile?"

"That's right, on the one hand, it's because of the hacking of the Anaheim Society, on the other hand, Dr. Minovsky was also restricted in Zeon, and the orders of Zabi's family changed day and night, completely in accordance with Kilian Zabi's personal Hobbies, this weapon called MS has been suspended many times. Basically, Druzi Zabi is using his family property to maintain the development of MS."

"I can't comment on the doctor's value, but I probably understand from your evaluation. The doctor went directly to Von Braun from Granada, you go there to assist him."

"With the assistance of Dr. Minovsky, your RX plan should be able to advance better. Let's go back and look at the new body of our Federation."

"Next, the Federation's latest large-scale space fighter, the FFF-S04 Tiger Shark fighter, is 21 meters long, with 6 large rocket engines, 4 auxiliary engines, 38 attitude control nozzles, and a built-in cockpit. Driving, fixedly equipped with a 155mm smoothbore gun, two 90mm rapid-fire armor-piercing guns, two double-mounted 40mm cannon turrets on the left and right sides of the fuselage, and 3 magazines inside the fuselage, which can carry 6 anti-ship It is armed with missiles or 18 anti-armor missiles, and there are 12 pylons outside the fuselage, which can also be equipped with anti-ship missiles, anti-armor missiles, rocket launchers, etc. "

Looking at this large fighter, Ian was very happy. Finally, he saw a decent space fighter.

"According to the simulated battle, in a frontal conflict, a Orca can sink a Magellan-class heavy cruiser. 155mm smoothbore guns and 90mm rapid-fire guns can also threaten the main armor of the Salamis-class light cruiser. It is possible to sink the Salamis class without using missiles. Of course, it is the Salamis class and the Magellan class that have not been upgraded."

The Federal Space Force officers on the scene were amazed.

"Then there is the federal fleet upgrade plan, adding graviton radar, new optical system, adding armor to the bridge, replacing anti-aircraft guns and main guns, adding laser cannons for anti-missiles, and installing 60 gats for anti-missiles Lin mm close-in anti-aircraft guns, new optical path conduction system, etc., have comprehensively improved the fleet's bombardment and air defense capabilities. Now, the second fleet of the Space Force is undergoing upgrades. It is expected to be completed by the end of 1977, followed by the first fleet. remodel."

Seeing the hedgehog-like anti-air firepower of the Magellan class and the Salamis class now, the officers of the space army were relieved.

"Then there is the Army's new body, the RTX76 assault steel tank, code-named Assaulter, equipped with a 220mm smoothbore gun, a quadruple "toy air gun" missile launcher at the end of the left arm, and two missile launchers on the right hand. A large flamethrower, a 30mm "Avenger" 6-tube Gatling cannon. The left and right pylons of the body can be hung on rocket launchers, 64 rocket launchers, MLRS and other weapons. The body can be used in assault form and human form According to the simulated battle, one RTX76 can fight against 6 RTX75 without losing the wind.

The RTX77 sniper steel tank, code-named Fighting Wolf, uses a large chassis with a length of 30 meters and is equipped with a 300 mm 100-caliber cannon. The range of ordinary shells has reached 30 kilometers. The chariot form and half-human form are switched, and the chariot form cannot be armed with arms. According to the simulated battle, the fighting battle can be confronted with 4 RTX75s. As for the long-distance bombardment battle, the RTX75 needs to sacrifice more than 35 vehicles to get close to the range of the 120mm cannon. "

This time it was the turn of the army officers to be amazed, but the logistics were too much to be equipped with three types of mobile tanks at the same time.

"Can the fighting wolf be equipped with MLRS weapons?"

"It is theoretically possible, but it needs to be demonstrated by the development team."

"very good."

It seems that the assault steel tank should not be installed...

After the internal presentation of the new equipment, time went by in December 1977. The first enterprise-class battleship Enterprise and the second ship Napoleon were completed. Ian and the original development team members were invited to participate in the launching ceremony.

As the champagne hit the bow and shattered, the two giant ships started their engines and slowly moved out of the dock, and relying on the Minovsky particle flying device to leave the atmosphere, the Enterprise went to the moon to join the First Fleet and became the First Fleet The flagship, Napoleon, went to Luna II to become the flagship of the Second Fleet.

As for Dr. Minovsky, it was only in January 0078 that he decided to go into exile.

"The flowers I've been waiting for are all gone..." Although Tim Ray didn't say that, it was to the effect. o(╯□╰)o

Ian and Tim Ray boarded a flight to the lunar city of Von Braun. Arrived at the company branch of Feng Braun, as Ian expected, the person in charge praised the performance of RCX76. Seeing the unconcerned expressions of the two, the person in charge slapped the table.

"I'll take you to visit the production line. Now the Federation is also installing steel cannons on a small scale. We believe that the steel cannons will not be at a disadvantage against Zeon's next-generation ms."

"The cost of the ms04 produced by Zeonic is too high. The next generation of ms05 will reduce the performance to control the cost. We have enough information. Lei Jun, we are also aware of the news that your RX78 development progress is lagging behind. , after Dr. Minovsky comes from exile, he should be able to guide you and speed up your research process." At this time, the head of the branch of the AE agency was still very complacent.

But he didn't know that with the joint efforts of Ian and Lei, the design and manufacture of the Minovsky fusion furnace for RX78 has been completed, and the next step can basically be carried out.

Back on the surface, looking at the 18-meter-high steel cannon, Tim Ray sighed, "This is not the ms that the doctor wants, absolutely not."