stonecrandall Chapter 162 Gathering Information
Chapter 162 Gathering Information
Chapter 163 Gathering Information
After reviewing the data of this amphibious assault group, Lorraine had a general understanding of the number of zombies he was about to face.
To confirm whether the unmanned combat group could move freely inside the warship, Lorraine searched for the blueprints of all the warships in the amphibious assault group in Cleveland's database.
According to the warship design drawings, the warships in this amphibious assault group have all undergone modernization, with wider passageways inside the ships. The narrowest passageway is 1.2 meters wide, and the widest passageway can even reach three meters. Unmanned combat vehicles in the unmanned combat group can easily move around inside the warships.
In order to carry out boarding operations efficiently and accurately, Lorraine needs to transmit the blueprints of all warships to every command node in the unmanned combat group.
In reality, the data volume of each warship blueprint is astronomical. Even the blueprints for just a destroyer can fill up the storage space of the command node.
Lorraine then turned her attention to the mechanical dog.
By reviewing the design data of the mechanical dogs, Lorraine discovered that only the Tengu, a battlefield support mechanical dog, could store the complete blueprints of a warship.
However, Tengu's energy and its own command system were insufficient to support him in commanding an unmanned combat group to complete a boarding operation of a warship.
"Tsk, it seems the only option is to have the unmanned combat group retrieve the warship's blueprints directly from the flagship, but this requires a more powerful communication relay node."
Helpless, Lorraine directed Cleveland to cram the remaining communication relay equipment into the modular cabin of the drone.
After the drone was modified and tested in Cleveland, Lorraine reopened the intelligence system and looked at the somewhat familiar coordinates.
The coordinates displayed by the intelligence system only changed in the fourth decimal place.
Lorraine racked her brains trying to figure out where she was located in a similar coordinate system.
"By the way, the naval base logs."
Lorraine quickly found the logs that were included in the database and extracted the key information.
The vanguard fleet discovered aquatic creatures approximately 45 meters long at a depth of 40 meters at a depth of 136.85–38.044 meters; the number of such creatures is unknown.
Rocket-propelled depth charges have limited effectiveness against it, while heavy torpedoes can inflict significant damage.
[The concealment effect of aerosol grenades is ineffective against it.]
[With a maximum movement speed of approximately 50 knots, it possesses extremely high offensive capabilities.]
Lorraine then retrieved the anti-submarine warfare weapon package for the Blade-class littoral combat ship from Cleveland's database.
The anti-submarine warfare package is equipped with two triple-launcher 200mm rocket-propelled depth charge launchers, and the vertical launch unit holds 16 anti-submarine torpedoes.
The rocket-propelled depth charge has a diameter of 200 mm, a length of 1830 mm, and a weight of 119.5 kg. The warhead contains 23.5 kg of explosives.
Equipped with a timed fuse, capable of anti-submarine warfare at depths of 10–330 meters, with a damage radius of less than 5 meters and a maximum diving speed of 12.5 meters per second.
Looking at the data in front of him, Lorraine scratched his head. The anti-submarine torpedoes loaded in the vertical launch unit had a diameter of 533 mm and a warhead weighing 300 kg.
"It's not a big problem. It just means we have to go back to the naval base and replace all the missiles in the vertical launch unit with anti-submarine torpedoes."
That being said, Lorraine doesn't have much time left; there's only a little over a week left before the fifth-level overlord separates its offspring.
Based on the available information, a small vanguard fleet is no match for it; it needs a larger formation of warships capable of conducting anti-submarine warfare.
Secondly, the existing information can only be used as a reference; he needs to know the current size of this level 5 overlord.
Finally, Lorraine adjusted the course of the transport ship Vanguard and the light cruiser Sea Knight, directing them directly to the Red Peak Island dock.
He then approached the Level 5 Overlord's perimeter with his flagship, using sonar buoys and unmanned underwater vehicles to probe for information about the Level 5 Overlord.
After Cleveland used a robotic arm to install the sonar buoy into the test vehicle's cabin, Lorraine sent a message to the Sea Knight.
"The flagship sonar has detected an anomaly in the sea area to your left front. You continue along the route, and I will take the unmanned underwater vehicle to take a look."
After receiving Platinum's reply, Lorraine controlled the flagship to leave the formation. The flagship then increased its cruising speed from 30 knots to 45 knots and headed towards the outer edge of the Level 5 Overlord's warning zone.
The flagship cut through the waves and reached the outer perimeter of the level 5 overlord's warning zone in just one hour.
The flagship slowed down 1 kilometer from the edge of the warning zone, slowly changed course, and Cleveland used a robotic arm to drop the unmanned underwater vehicle into the sea.
The verification machine took off and began flying towards the location of the Level 5 Overlord.
At the same time, the flagship began to accelerate towards Hongfeng Island.
The verification aircraft only began to fly towards the center of the restricted area after climbing to 1 kilometer.
With a flight speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the demonstrator aircraft reached the other side of the overlord's warning zone three minutes after leaving the flagship.
Then, the verification aircraft changed course and lowered its altitude, dropping a sonar beacon every 1 kilometer, starting from the edge of the warning zone.
One kilometer from the location of the overlord, the demonstrator dropped its last sonar buoy, then climbed up and returned to the flagship at full speed.
Once all the sonar buoys were operational, the communications relay drone took off and hovered above the overlord at an altitude of 2 kilometers.
At the same time, the unmanned underwater vehicle entered the overlord's warning zone and activated its hydrological measurement and sonar systems, recording all information in the area.
The communication relay drone recorded the entire process of this Level 5 Overlord attack, from initiating the attack to ending it.
The entire process takes 17 minutes and 58 seconds.
Second 1: The sonar buoy detects the overlord starting to move.
3 seconds: The Overlord's movement speed reaches 40 knots.
20 seconds: Ripples appear on the sea surface.
At the 50th second: A huge, black tail emerged from the sea and shattered the sonar buoy numbered 6.
At the 99th second: the huge, dark tail reappeared on the surface of the sea, and the sonar buoy numbered five was destroyed.
At 147 seconds: Sonar buoy number four was destroyed by its tail.
At 205 seconds: Sonar buoy number three was destroyed by its tail.
At 254 seconds: Sonar buoy number two was destroyed by its tail.
At 304 seconds: All sonar buoys were destroyed.
404 seconds: The Overlord's movement speed is reduced to 35 knots.
410 seconds: The amplitude of the sea surface ripples decreases.
At 1068 seconds: A Level 5 Overlord was detected approaching, and the unmanned underwater vehicle surfaced.
At 1079 seconds: A "blue whale" about 65 meters long leaped out of the sea and crushed the unmanned underwater vehicle. As it entered the seawater, its 20-meter-wide tail fin created a 5-meter-high wave on the surface of the sea.