149: Long track

A little closer, closer and closer!

Finally, the three flying target drones could not escape that fiery red long whip.

In an instant, three balls of flame bloomed in the air, then quickly plunged into the sea.

The remaining two target drones seemed to sense the threat and immediately scattered to the sides, one to the left, one to the right.

The AK-130 almost imperceptibly adjusted its direction, aiming again at the closer target drone, the tongue of fire shooting from the muzzle following closely behind, almost catching up to the target.

In fact, this target drone only lasted for a dozen seconds before being hit by a tracer round, exploding and disintegrating.

The line of fire formed by the tracer rounds bit tightly onto the tail of the target drone as if alive, seeming ready to devour it in the next moment.

Grigory and Yatoniy's hearts raced; from shooting down the first three target drones until now, only dozens of seconds had passed, and they felt that this time they might break the previous record and complete all targets within two minutes.

This was an unprecedented achievement, how could it not be exciting!

"Bang." The tail of the last target drone was finally hit, the entire plane shrieked out of control and plunged headfirst into the sea.

The Ms. Anna waited for a moment, and the walkie-talkie transmitted a confirmation sound: "One minute and fifty-three seconds, less than two minutes."

Grigory shouted excitedly: "Oh, my God, it really is less than two minutes."

Yatoniy also echoed: "That's right, it's simply unbelievable."

The two embraced each other excitedly, as if victory was already decided.

Makarov recovered from his shock, secretly rejoicing at his foresight, and whispered to the Ms. Anna: "Watch my eyes, be ready to slow down the target drones."

The Ms. Anna was surprised at first, then nodded in agreement, and there was a hint of contempt in her eyes as she looked at that contestant.

And Kadeyafu's face turned pale, he knew deeply the meaning of these two minutes for Adrian, that was his dream, the source of motivation for his countless nights of effort.

And now, Adrian's achievement was finally realized.

However, his heart was a mix of emotions, wanting to cry and laugh at the same time, anger burned like a raging fire in his chest, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.

Kadeyafu's gaze towards Grigory and Yatoniy became sharp, this was the first time he felt such a strong desire to retaliate against those who took Adrian's life.

His anger was not because of his own failure, but because Adrian's achievement was stolen by these people, they were enjoying the glory that should have belonged to Adrian.

This honor should only belong to Adrian.

Grigory recovered from the excitement of victory, looked provocatively at the silent Xu Ning, thinking he was stunned by the power of the naval gun, and mocked:

"This representative from Malyshev, are you alright? Don't let our naval gun scare you so much you wet your pants, haha."

Xu Ning still had a gentle smile on his face, as if he hadn't heard these words, and turned to Makarov and said: "Mr., is it our naval gun's turn for the demonstration?"

Makarov replied: "Yes, Mr. Xu, it's your turn, oh, by the way, I haven't asked what your naval gun is called?"

Xu Ning replied politely: "Mr., it's called 'Dragon Whisker'."

"Dragon Whisker?" Makarov was stunned for a moment, then recovered, and said to the Ms. Anna next to him:

"Then let's see how Malyshev Military Industry's 'Dragon Whisker' performs."

After the Ms. Anna nodded, she immediately began giving commands using the walkie-talkie.

Everyone's gaze was focused on the naval gun named "Dragon Whisker", some full of anticipation, while others were waiting to see a joke...

Soon after, a sound of breaking through the air came from the sky.

Xu Ning looked up and saw a group of target drones appearing in the distance again.

This time there were still five target drones, but they were at least fifty to sixty kilometers away from the test site.

On the nearby pier, the "Dragon Whisker"'s radar seemed to sense something, and the muzzle turned in the direction of the target drones.

What happened next left everyone dumbfounded.

Despite the distance still being forty to fifty kilometers, the "Dragon Whisker" actually opened fire directly.

Makarov frowned tightly, his heart skipped a beat, he knew that naval guns estimating lead for firing was standard practice, just like the previous AK-130.

The "Dragon Whisker"'s main gun had a muzzle velocity of 950 meters per second, which meant that from firing to the target, the explosive would take approximately 21 seconds to reach its maximum range; normally, the AK-130 would calculate the target's path in advance and open fire at an appropriate distance.

However, this time the "Dragon Whisker"'s timing for opening fire was much earlier than expected, almost twice the usual time, which would undoubtedly increase a significant amount of extra ammunition consumption, and this clearly did not conform to the principle of cost-effectiveness.

With a roar, the "Dragon Whisker"'s muzzle erupted with dazzling light, as if it were a giant dragon's roar, everyone present was startled by this sudden sound and covered their ears with their hands.

Although the flame when the "Dragon Whisker" fired was not as ostentatious as the AK-130, it burned more intensely, even with a hint of blue light.

Everyone was stunned, this was the first time they had witnessed such a spectacular sight, and while everyone was still surprised, the tracer rounds had already left a long trajectory in the air.

Unlike the curved path of the AK-130, the trajectory of the "Dragon Whisker"'s tracer rounds extended almost in a straight line, like a sharp sword, or like a flying dragon.

The Ms. Anna was dumbfounded, unable to believe what she saw, she realized that only when the explosive's speed was very fast could such a straight trajectory be formed, and before she could recover, the beam of light formed by the tracer rounds had already approached the five flying targets.

In an instant, three targets were hit and fell in flames, the other two targets tried to dodge, but the "Dragon Whisker"'s turret quickly adjusted direction and conducted tracking fire at an angle exceeding 45 degrees.

In the end, these two targets also failed to escape, the beam of light formed by the tracer rounds was like golden ropes, capturing them one by one, and they also plunged into the sea.

The scene was silent, everyone was shaken by this astonishing sight.

Everyone stared at the sky without blinking, Grigory's smile had completely disappeared, his face stiff as a stone.

The Ms. Anna's hand gripping the walkie-talkie began to tremble slightly, clearly she was also shocked by the scene before her, and soon, a message came from the walkie-talkie.

"One minute... one minute and zero two seconds." Her voice trembled, "Almost within one minute."

In fact, the real time had already entered the target range, but the timekeeper was also stunned by the scene just now, and forgot to press the stop button, by the time he recovered, the time had already exceeded the predetermined value.

Fearing punishment, he could only grit his teeth and report a delayed time.

Although he knew that once the lie was exposed, the consequences would be even more severe.

Kadeyafu swallowed, he still couldn't believe everything he had just seen, the scene was too fast, making him wonder if his eyes had deceived him.