Chapter 691

If it were in the past, the military would certainly not consider the issue of close combat.

Human beings have been separated from the era of cold weapons for hundreds of years, and melee in war has been a matter of decades ago. With the development of science and technology, human beings have been more and more separated from face-to-face combat in war, but attack outside sight.

Even in close sight combat, the use of weapons such as guns and artillery is enough to kill the enemy when he approaches.

In the past, the military used pistols to solve this problem. Soldiers were equipped with an assault rifle as the main weapon. When the enemy approached, they used pistols to fight at close range.

After all, in modern warfare, no one will equip ordinary soldiers with protective equipment such as bulletproof vests or armor. The penetration of pistols is enough to kill the enemy in front of them.

However, as the battle between humans and alien creatures unfolds, small caliber weapons are just a scratch on the surface of alien creatures, and even the skin can't be broken, so they have become useless.

What this leads to is the overwhelming disadvantage of mankind in the close combat between humans and alien creatures.

Although relying on weapons with large caliber firepower, humans can still kill alien creatures at close range, once alien creatures attack humans, ordinary soldiers are simply unable to resist.

The jet backpack developed by Chen Xin has solved some of the above problems, giving ordinary soldiers at least one chance to widen the distance in close combat.

But this is only a temporary cure, not a permanent cure.

This is especially true for large vehicles such as Titan. After all, it is impossible for Titan to fly.

Even if Chen Xin can do it, the cost is still a big problem. With the technology and resources to make Titan fly, doing something else can change the war situation.

So the Titans had to think about melee.

Before, it was easy to say that the general-purpose Titan could solve the problem of close combat by adding bayonets to the weapons equipped, or simply bringing a cold weapon like Chen Xin's white dragon.

Even if these bayonets and cold weapons play a self-defense role and don't die so miserably, they do solve the problem to a certain extent.

At least, in case of emergencies, you can draw a knife to decide life and death, rather than lead the neck to kill.

However, the new model of Titan needs to face this problem. It has removed its arms and replaced them with weapons, which has indeed saved a lot of resources, reduced unnecessary structures, and made maintenance and production much more convenient.

But similarly, if you lose the grip ability of both hands, you can't equip melee weapons.

In the past, infantry can be used to solve this problem. In any case, infantry and tanks cooperate, tanks cooperate, and Titans cooperate as well.

But now... If alien creatures break through in front of them, the Titans can't stop the attack, and ordinary soldiers can only be regarded as an addition, which can't play a big role.

Of course, Chen Xin had already prepared and considered this. He motioned to the staff on one side that they would push out the melee weapons specially prepared for the new Titan after receiving Chen Xin's signal.

It's a large chain saw the size of Titan.

"When designing the new Titan, I also considered the need to replace weapons to deal with different tasks. Therefore, the new Titan's arms are plug-in. When it needs to be replaced, it only needs to pull out the originally installed weapons to replace them." Chen Xin commanded the staff to replace the weapons of the test body, While explaining to some stunned military representatives, "this is also for the convenience of logistics maintenance. If the weapon is broken but the body is still intact, the combat effectiveness can be restored by replacing the weapon.

The melee problem you are worried about is also simple. You can solve this problem by replacing one hand with a melee weapon.

However, I generally don't recommend this, because it will weaken the firepower.

Of course, this is just a suggestion. How to configure weapons is your military's business. I won't do much. "

"What did academician Chen say? The design of the new Titan is very good. Thanks to academician Chen, we can have such new equipment!" the military representative said sincere compliments to Chen Xin, but did not forget to ask: "Academician Chen, what are the production costs and man hours of the new model Titan? If the existing production line changes production, how long will it take to adjust? What changes should be made in the process?"

These are really key issues. Whether a piece of equipment is easy to use depends on whether it is large enough. No matter how easy it is, it can only be built one or two. Unless it is a nuclear bomb that can solve the problem, it will be useless.

"At this point, please rest assured that the production cost of the new model Titan is one third lower than that of the general model. The parts adopt a simpler design, which makes it easier to produce, and the technical threshold is correspondingly reduced. More factories can produce these parts." Chen Xin took the military representative to the new model Titan and continued to introduce: "Because the structure is simplified and the modular design is adopted, the maintenance is also much simpler.

If you have enough parts, you can use spare parts to put together one in a day in the rear maintenance station, even if you only rely on manpower. "

"Can you use human parts to make one in the maintenance station?" the military representative was completely surprised. Although he understood from Chen Xin's introduction that the structure of the new model Titan is simple and easy to maintain, he didn't think it could reach this level.

It's like someone telling you that there are enough parts to put together a car for you in the garage. It's beyond the scope of normal imagination.

"It's OK in theory, but under normal circumstances, key parts, such as engines and airborne main engines, will not be prepared at the maintenance station. The damage of these parts can only be repaired by returning to the rear repair shop." Chen Xin explained to the military representative.

Although the modular design makes maintenance easier, it is obviously impossible for Chen Xin to really make a Titan in the field repair station in front of him.

After all, even if he reduces the production difficulty and cost of parts, the key core parts are still quite sophisticated things, which cannot be placed in the repair station in front for simple battlefield maintenance.

Military representatives can also understand this kind of thing. After all, the battlefield simple repair station in front only plays the role of maintaining and repairing some minor problems. It is impossible to really play the role of overhaul. In that case, the maintenance cost of the repair station is too high.

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