binnovel Chapter 216 Testing New Weapons
Chapter 216 Testing New Weapons
Li Chenglong hadn't contacted anyone beforehand, only explaining the situation to Yun Lan and Wang Xiao, who was on duty in the central computer room that day. He also told Wang Jie in his office that she could contact him or Deputy City Lord Ma Tiancheng if anything happened. Yun Lan had recently developed a very strong thirst for knowledge, spending all her free time at the air force base learning about various fighter jets and spaceships. She also conducted simulation training in the simulator, and among all the pilots participating in the training, her simulation training was the best.
In addition to the pilots and helmsmen of space fighters and spaceships, communications officers, engineers, maintenance personnel, weapons operators, captains, and others are also being trained in an orderly manner. According to Li Chenglong's plan, by early September, the Dawn City Air Force must become capable of participating in combat and exerting its capabilities. Although time is tight, the zombies will not allow him that much time.
Li Chenglong also finalized the list of captains and other personnel for the interstellar warship his teacher had given him: Captain Yun Lan, Vice Captain Li Chenglong, Communications Officer Zhao Liying, Helmsman Dong Meng, Weapons Operator Jiang Cheng, Engineer himself, and most of the maintenance personnel were from the Special Forces.
This is also a new requirement that Li Chenglong has put forward for the special forces team in preparation for the upcoming battles. At present, in addition to carrying out missions and training, the special forces team is constantly learning about interstellar warships and interstellar language. Sometimes they also go to the Air Force to receive training from artificial intelligence robots. Yang Liu estimates that in another half month, they will be able to carry out real operations.
Of course, Li Chenglong himself didn't slack off either. After all, he had assigned himself the role of an engineer, and now he spends all his free time studying various manuals and engineering drawings for interstellar warships. When he doesn't understand something, he consults the intelligent robots or the main control computer. These intelligent robots, which he obtained from Lilith, come in many varieties. Some are specifically designed to teach interstellar languages, some are specifically designed to teach knowledge about various spaceships and fighters, and some can also perform automatic maintenance and repairs. Although he spent a lot of crystals on them, Li Chenglong believes it was well worth the money.
He swiftly descended from the sky above the heads of the 50 special operations soldiers who were conducting field training. With the departure of Zhao Liying, the Liu Fang and Liu Li sisters, Chu Xiu, and Liu Chuanfeng, the squad leaders were now almost all new faces. Wu Ruilan had also become a squad leader, managing 9 people. The special operations team consisted of 5 people per group, 10 people per squad, for a total of 10 squads and 20 groups.
Li Chenglong was discovered not long after he arrived, which was unavoidable. Using the Dragon Soaring Technique requires a relatively large amount of energy, and releasing a large amount of energy would definitely be detected by the special forces. In addition, Li Chenglong cannot fly too high at the moment.
He slowly landed on the ground and said with satisfaction, "Your training is very good. Even the new team members are quite professional. It seems that Captains Yang Liu and Wang Shuang have taught them very well." Yang Liu walked over with a smile and said, "Captain Li, did you come here today just to observe?"
Li Chenglong said, "Yes and no. First, I want to see how the new recruits are doing. Second, I want you to help test a new weapon. If the test results are good, your special forces team might be the first to be equipped with it. This weapon is very valuable; each one costs one cyan crystal."
"So expensive!?" Yang Liu and the others exclaimed in unison in surprise. They knew that the Type 20 crystal rifles, not yet fully equipped for the entire army, already cost a level 4 yellow crystal each, which was already quite expensive. They hadn't expected the new weapon to require a level 6 cyan crystal. Li Chenglong then took out three energy rifles from his spiritual energy space and handed them to Yang Liu and the others: "I manufactured a total of 360 this time. If you think they're acceptable after the testing, I'll give you 20 to start."
Yang Liu stared at the futuristic-looking energy rifle before her, momentarily at a loss for what to do. The energy rifle was 85 centimeters long and weighed 3.2 kg with a full crystal magazine. It had only a relatively short fixed stock, couldn't be equipped with a bayonet, but came with a built-in scope and illumination system. Its effective range was 900 meters, with a maximum range of 1200 meters. While its expandability wasn't as good as the Type 20 crystal rifle, its range and power were significantly greater.
This is only under the premise of using crystals as an energy source. If the energy source is the energy of the ability user or awakened individual, the power and range will increase significantly as the ability user's level increases. In fact, besides the energy rifle, there was also an energy lightsaber. Each of these lightsabers required a cyan crystal and only had a hilt. Only after opening the end of the hilt and inserting the crystal or having an ability user inject energy would an 80-centimeter-long blue blade appear. However, since Li Chenglong had just exchanged for a high-level crystal battle sword manufacturing machine at the main control computer, he hadn't considered this and only manufactured four or five to give away.
Yang Liu, Wang Shuang, and the others surrounded Li Chenglong, listening to his explanation of the energy rifle and learning how to use it. After a while, they practiced several times and finally mastered its use. The energy rifle's magazine, though called a magazine, was actually a small crystal energy converter. However, it could only use level 2 or higher crystals as its power source, and a level 2 crystal would only last for two shots before being depleted. Therefore, Li Chenglong felt that unless one was a low-level ability user, using their own energy was more cost-effective.
After practicing with the energy rifles for over ten minutes, Yang Liu said, "Captain Li, we're quite familiar with them now. Shall we begin the test?" While they were getting used to the energy rifles, the special forces soldiers had already prepared an area, gathered many stones as targets, and even prepared moving targets. Several power-type ability users were preparing in the distance, ready to throw stones into the air for Yang Liu and his team to shoot at.
Yang Liu went first. After putting on her goggles and headphones, she released the safety switch, putting the gun into a firing state. She then activated her supernatural ability, channeling it into the energy rifle. The rifle absorbed the energy, radiating subtle energy, and the indicator light on the stock turned green, indicating it was ready to fire. She turned a small knob on the left side of the rifle, switching it to the second firing mode.
Yang Liu exhaled and began firing. One after another, light orbs shot out from the muzzle of the energy rifle at high speed, smashing the 500 erected rocks into pieces and causing small-scale explosions that shattered the stones placed beneath them.
"Good!" The special forces soldiers on the scene shouted with joy. Yang Liu then turned the knob back, adjusted it to the first firing mode, and immediately fired a shot. This time, a beam of light shot out from the muzzle of the energy rifle, drilling a neat, 10-centimeter-diameter hole through a huge rock 500 meters away. Not only was this rock pierced, but several others lined up behind it were also pierced through.
Yang Liu wiped the sweat from her forehead and said happily, "Captain Li, this gun is much more powerful and accurate at long range than the Type 20 rifle. It's just a bit energy-intensive. I fired it 15 times and it felt like I used up 30% of my energy. If I, at level 8, am already consuming this much energy, then those at lower levels probably have to use crystals to power it."
Li Chenglong nodded: "Although it consumes a lot of energy, its advantages are also very obvious." Wang Shuang, Han Xiaoling, Wu Ruilan, and others successively conducted test firings at longer targets and moving targets, and the overall feedback was very good. However, this gun is a rifle, which is not very suitable for special forces to use.
Li Chenglong remembered that his space factory seemed to have a production line for energy pistols. If he went back, he could produce a few. Moreover, the crystal pistol only required 10 green crystals, which was much cheaper than a rifle. He immediately said, "This rifle is indeed a bit too big for your combat. How about this, I won't issue them to you. I'll make a batch of energy pistols tomorrow, and each member of your special forces team will have one."
"Hooray! You're the best, brother!" Han Xiaoling cheered happily. Li Chenglong checked the time: "You guys continue training, I'm leaving first. Xiaoling, send me the test video you just recorded, Wu Gang, Zheng Aiguo, and I will take a look at it." Han Xiaoling took out her crystal phone and sent the recorded video to Li Chenglong.