Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 88 Laser Weapon Audience

「Summary on November 2024, 11」

"A total of 165 sonar detection devices were salvaged that day."

Fishermen from coastal provinces of Donghai topped the list with 74 catches.

"The security department distributed a total of NT$43 in bonuses yesterday."

"According to the air defense radar detection department, several foreign aircraft entered our airspace yesterday."

Busy with the task of manufacturing new equipment, Wei Jiang opened the fishery forum again one night, and a daily report post on the forum caught Wei Jiang's attention.

Wei Jiang saw several similar daily newspaper posts, suggesting that someone was deliberately directing the salvage operations to continue.

“It’s like a competition.”

Wei Jiang looked through the daily reports of the previous few days. The number of sonar detection devices salvaged each day varied, but basically remained at an average of about 200 per day.

Looking at the content of the forum announcement, Wei Jiang knew that this must be an official effort.

Collecting statistics and publishing external machine dynamics are two things that cannot be achieved by relying on the power of private online forums.

Thinking about the fact that Chouying's military plane just flew away, the Dongda fishing boat cast its net and started salvaging right after, both sides were busy.

Wei Jiang, who stayed in the laboratory, was only thinking about making the combat suits and equipment as quickly as possible, but the confrontation in the outside world was constantly intensifying.

At 11:23 am Beijing time, in the Dongdadong Sea, a gray ship without a painted hull number was sailing on the outskirts of the Dongda exclusive economic zone.

Li Luocheng, who originally had a dark complexion, now looked a little pale. There were constant waves on the sea outside the cabin, and he had been vomiting for the past ten hours.

All the contents of his stomach were vomited out, and his strong body no longer had the vitality it had on land. The long sea voyage made the old man very weak.

The captain stood beside Li Luocheng and felt sorry for the old man's frail face.

"Mr. Li, you can just give remote guidance on land. Why do you have to suffer this?"

He took the thermos cup from Li Luocheng's hand, which contained hot soup specially made by the ship's chef for the old man.

"Speaking of this nonsense, I will definitely participate in the first actual combat exercise of the equipment."

"If there's any problem with the operation when I'm not around, who will take the responsibility? Can you do it?"

Although Li Luochang's voice was weak, he did not lose any of his unyielding spirit when he spoke.

When the other people in the cabin heard Li Luocheng's words, no one objected to the vulgarity mixed in the old man's words.

It was because the secret weapon installed on the bow deck was beyond the imagination of all of them, and the frail old man in front of them was the chief engineer of the secret weapon project.

Noticing that Li Luocheng was retching again, the captain quickly persuaded him:
"Please stop talking and take it easy."

The ship continued to sail, seemingly alone, but the captain was well aware that there were two of its own submarines following and escorting it underwater.

This live-fire exercise is of great importance. In addition to testing the performance of secret weapons in actual combat conditions, it is also intended to express to the outside world the University of Tokyo’s firm stance on safeguarding its maritime interests.

Recently, rival groups have been making moves around the University of Tokyo, continuously challenging the University's existence.

Todai has the strategic determination to surpass all forces, but this does not mean that Todai is a paper tiger.

The necessary countermeasures will be shown to the outside world today!
The mission of their ship this time is to demonstrate military deterrence to the Ugly Eagle!

Two hours later, at noon, a soldier in the cabin reported loudly.

"Captain, radar detected an approaching foreign aircraft 180 kilometers southeast!"

Everyone in the cabin was shocked; they had finally waited for something.

"So damn punctual."

"Come here every day, come here every day, come here to see his father?!"

"Damn it, you really think you can't cure them!"

After cursing a few words and looking at the cylindrical weapon standing in front of the cabin, the captain showed a hint of anticipation on his face.

"Humph, you must be very satisfied with this gift."

Li Luocheng, who was drowsy while sitting on an iron chair, also heard the soldiers' report.

The old man stood up directly from the chair, but his weak body caused his legs to go weak and he almost fell down.

The soldier next to him quickly supported Li Luocheng.

"Mr. Li, slow down."

Li Luochang held on to the armrest of the chair to steady himself, and with one hand he pushed away the soldier's arm that was supporting him.

"Captain, adjust the course and block the external aircraft!"

"Live-fire drills cannot be conducted without spectators." The ship under your feet is the latest test platform manufactured by Southeast University, which was originally used to verify the design of new ships.

Faced with increasing confrontation pressure at sea, the laser weapons developed under the leadership of Li Luocheng were allowed to be installed at the bow of the ship.

During this outing, laser weapons will be demonstrated to the public for the first time.

The audience in the script is the Ugly Eagle reconnaissance aircraft that repeatedly breaks into the East China Sea area to carry out reconnaissance missions.

"The target aircraft's flight direction is at an angle of 23 degrees to our ship's heading."

While the soldiers on the ship were busy maneuvering the ship to adjust its course, Li Luocheng left the operations room accompanied by a soldier.

He needed to find several researchers from the Laser Research Institute who were maintaining the various modules of the laser weapons below deck.

During the voyage of the ship, the ship will be obviously bumpy due to the wind and waves, and Li Luocheng needs to be careful when climbing the stairs.

Passing through the empty rest area, several figures in protective clothing appeared in front of Li Luocheng.

"Is everything all right?"

Seeing the people coming, one of them wearing a silver hood walked up to Li Luocheng, and his voice sounded a little muffled coming from inside the hood.

"Engineer Li, the weapon power supply system is running stably, and there is no problem with the laser generator module either."

"The weapons are always ready to work."

Looking at the transformer device surrounded by the people, that is the power supply module of the laser weapon.

In order to increase the power of laser weapons, the voltage must be sufficient.

The ship's lower cabin contains several integrated battery packs to power the laser weapons.

"The drill will begin soon, be prepared."

After instructing several researchers, Li Luocheng picked up a protective suit next to him and put it on.

Next he has to stay here and deal with any problems that may arise at any time.

The encounter with the external aircraft came very quickly. After detecting the Dongda ship, the external aircraft changed its flight direction and headed straight for the ship.

"Hmph! That's too much!"

The captain looked at the radar detection signal on the display and his anger suddenly surged.

It was clearly illegal to enter the airspace of the University of International Business and Economics, but the other party did not even try to avoid us and headed straight for the ship.

The arrogance of the foreign aircraft greatly stimulated the masculinity of all the crew members on the ship.

"Shut down the power!"

"Since the audience can't wait to come and see his dad, we'll wait here."

"Tell Mr. Li and the others to be prepared."

150 kilometers southeast of Li Luocheng's ship, a gray-painted RC-135B reconnaissance plane flew straight towards them.

Inside the reconnaissance cabin, a dozen Ugly Eagle soldiers were in a relaxed atmosphere.

After repeating tasks like today's for a while, they no longer feel any pressure.

At first they were still nervous, worried about an accidental conflict with the East China University of Technology's air force.

The collision that occurred in 01 has not occurred in the past month.

Shouting to drive them away will not stop their plans to approach for reconnaissance day after day.

"Guys, when will Dongda's paper plane come over?"

"It's a bit boring. I can't see those guys. The mission is boring."

A black soldier was shaking his head and joking, and several other soldiers followed suit and laughed.

"Quiet!"

"The radar signal just now is not in the military database. It is very likely a new type of ship of the University of East China!"

"The mission has changed, get serious!"

The crew leader scolded the crew members at the right time. He had a hunch that today's mission would not go smoothly.

"9 miles from the target ship."

"Alert! Begin collecting target ship data."

As the confrontation between Dongda and Chouying escalates, a new ship of Dongda is accidentally discovered. The base decides to let them abandon their original mission and focus on detecting the target ship's intelligence.

(End of this chapter)