usatvline Chapter 386 Drone Swarm Tactics, Terrifying Exchange Ratio
Chapter 386 Drone Swarm Tactics, Terrifying Exchange Ratio
Faced with General Liu's urgent needs, Lin Kaifeng said without hesitation: "Okay, I can do it for you next year."
"puff!"
All the tea that General Liu had just drunk was sprayed out.
Lin Kaifeng hid aside nimbly.
General Liu did not bother to wipe the tea residue from the corner of his mouth. He said in disbelief: "Boy, say what you just said again."
"Don't get excited, old general. I told you that next year, you will have an aircraft carrier."
"So fast?"
General Liu said to himself, "Even if General Constantine reaches out to the aircraft design bureau, it doesn't mean he can control the navy."
"Old General, let me wipe the sofa first, and then I'll explain to you."
The sofa was covered with tea. Lin Kaifeng picked up the windowsill rag, prepared to wipe it clean, then sat down and slowly reported to General Liu.
"Hurry up and tell me! You don't have to do this kind of work."
General Liu snatched the rag from Lin Kaifeng and couldn't wait to ask Lin Kaifeng to explain himself clearly.
Wipe the water stains yourself.
Lin Kaifeng said slowly, "Old General, I will definitely be able to get an aircraft carrier, but it's a little different from what you imagined. The aircraft carrier I'm going to get is not an aircraft carrier that carries carrier-based aircraft, but a new type of aircraft carrier that carries drones."
"Carrying drones? What kind of aircraft carrier is this?"
General Liu gave Lin Kaifeng a displeased look.
The brat gasped, giving himself a surprise in vain.
An aircraft carrier must not only have a large tonnage, but also be able to carry a certain number of carrier-based aircraft.
What Lin Kaifeng said about drone aircraft carrier is just fooling people.
If an aircraft carrier does not carry carrier-based aircraft but carries drones, can it still be called an aircraft carrier?
Lin Kaifeng patiently explained: "If you want to buy a large aircraft carrier that can carry carrier-based aircraft from the Soviet Union, you need to get through many links, and it may not be done in one or two years."
"I see that you are so anxious and concerned about naval construction. It's a bit troublesome to get a traditional aircraft carrier as soon as possible, but there is no problem with a new aircraft carrier."
Then, Lin Kaifeng gave a detailed account of the progress of Northern Machinery Group’s research and development of drones.
"Old General, you are well aware that the drones developed by our group are not the same as traditional model aircraft."
"In addition to reconnaissance, detection, and cargo transportation, drones can also carry out cluster strikes against the enemy."
"These include the enemy's fixed targets, mobile targets, maritime targets, and logistical targets."
As he spoke, Lin Kaifeng gradually talked about the price and exchange rate of drones.
By modifying some retired missile destroyers, they have the technical capability to command swarms of drones.
The hundreds of drones deployed on the ship serve as both defensive and offensive weapons.
When the fleet is sailing on the sea and detects enemy targets, the drones will be transformed into cruise missiles one after another, attacking the enemy with intensive firepower.
"Kid, war is not as simple as you say. Let's take the US warships as an example. As far as I know, the US large-scale water warships are equipped with varying numbers of close-in defense guns and dense anti-aircraft firepower."
"You mean to use the low cost of drones to consume a large number of enemy air defense missiles and achieve a low-for-high exchange ratio, but the enemy is not a fool and will not counterattack according to your wishes."
General Liu Dao retorted.
"Once the enemy's air defense fire network is deployed, the warship will become an iron hedgehog covered with thorns. No matter how many drones we send out, they may not be able to break through their air defense fire network."
Lin Kaifeng asked back: "What if it's a double blow?"
"What is a double whammy?"
General Liu was puzzled.
Lin Kaifeng raised his left hand and said, "Some drones carry droppable military explosives and carry out air strikes over enemy warships, while other drones collide with enemy ships in a suicide manner."
"No matter how dense the enemy's air defense firepower is, it cannot be foolproof. We use fifty drones to exchange for one US air defense missile, and the result is that we will definitely make a profit."
"In addition to being able to attack enemies at sea, drone carriers also have ground attack capabilities."
"The air defense fire network can stop dozens or hundreds of drones. What if the number increases by two or three times? Can the US air defense fire network still be airtight?"
Lin Kaifeng described drone tactics as swarm tactics.
Once a bee colony is disturbed, it will be densely packed with bees.
They are so overwhelming that they are hard to count.
Even if the person disturbing the hive wears protective clothing, it is impossible to be airtight and will always be stung by bees in the soft spot.
General Liu took a deep breath and said in a strange voice, "According to your estimate, how much can your group control the cost of a military drone?"
Lin Kaifeng raised two fingers and said, "In the case of mass production, I will reduce the cost to 2,000 yuan per unit."
"In other words, 200 drones only cost one million..."
"It's done!"
General Liu slapped his thigh hard.
The cost of 500 drones is one million, which is not cheap, but definitely not expensive.
Use five hundred drones to intensively attack US warships.
If five hundred are not enough, use one thousand or two thousand.
What is the cost of the warship? The exchange ratio is so damn cost-effective!!!
"The difficulty in mass production of drones lies not in the materials used to make them, but in the control systems, avionics systems, internal chips, and electronic components. These are the strengths of our Northern Machinery Group."
Lin Kaifeng smiled and said: "Our group has always maintained a leading position in the field of electronic computers. Domestic computers have opened up many sales channels in the international market, proving that our computer research and development capabilities have been recognized internationally."
"Affected by the Dongzhi incident, the island country's companies have become the most hated existence in the United States. All goods exported to the United States and the West are subject to sanctions."
"The major lithography equipment companies in the island country have no time to engage in a commercial war with us. Now that we have solved the photoresist material problem that restricts the mass production of chips, no one can stop us from developing drone swarm tactics first."
Lin Kaifeng not only appeared confident, but was also quite determined in his heart.
After several years of operation, the overall scientific research capabilities of Northern Machinery Group have improved by ten years.
This is equivalent to the global average scientific research level in the mid-90s.
By next year, many impossible things will become possible.
Drone swarms are coming.
Military drones and civilian drones will play a dual assisting role in the fields of production and construction and national defense.
Time passed quickly and it was midnight, but the lights in the director's office in the headquarters building were still on.
Lin Kaifeng was responsible for speaking, and General Liu was responsible for asking questions.
The old man and the young man chatted all night long.
Lin Kaifeng spoke eloquently and talked about a lot of tactics and new military theories that General Liu had never heard of.
Asymmetric warfare, electronic warfare, cyber attacks.
Compared with these refreshing tactics and means of attack, the Soviet Union's armored cluster deep tactics were almost half a century behind.