26: Chapter 26 Multi-Target Joint Guidance! The Ultimate and Abnormal Armored Firepower System!
General Li Jingwu stood there, dumbfounded. He had only been away from the field for five days, so how had the armor changed so drastically? But he could not admit that he did not know anything about it!
General Li Jingwu swallowed hard and forced an explanation: "This is the latest armored flight system developed by Lin Mo!"
"It was only recently equipped. Isn't it impressive? Ha, haha!"
Although the leader's expression remained calm, a ripple of emotion seemed to stir in his eyes.
He had participated in nuclear bomb explosion tests before, so he was quite experienced and knowledgeable.
Yet today, it was his first time seeing personal combat equipment with flight capabilities in reality!
This was completely different from what General Li Jingwu had described in his previous report to the Supreme Military Region!
High in the air, Captain Liu Zhihui was conducting an armor test involving a stable one-minute hover.
Suddenly, he saw a large group of people not far away.
"Huh? Isn't that Chief Li? No, wait..."
"Holy crap!!!"
"Isn't that Commander-in-Chief Long???"
"And the one in the middle..."
"Holy crap, isn't that..."
"How did such big bosses come here!"
Startled, Captain Liu Zhihui wobbled, nearly falling from the sky.
It was only thanks to the intelligent behavioral adaptation system that he managed to stabilize himself.
Captain Liu Zhihui breathed a sigh of relief.
If he had fallen, would he not have made a complete fool of himself in front of the leaders?
Thinking of this, he suddenly realized something.
Why else would these boss-level figures come to the research base? Wasn't it to see his Exoskeleton Armor!
Damn it! He had to show off his skills!
He quickly turned on the loudspeaker system, performed a salute in mid-air, and shouted down to the ground.
"Greetings, leaders!"
"Captain Liu Zhihui of the 'Dragon Claw' Special Operations Force of the Supreme Military Region salutes you!"
"As deployed by Lin Mo, I am currently conducting a comprehensive full-process test of the Individual Exoskeleton Armor!"
"Should I continue the test?"
"Please provide instructions, leaders!"
Everyone looked up, watching Captain Liu Zhihui stand at attention and salute from over fifty meters in the air.
It felt surreal.
They had been saluting for decades, but this was the first time they had ever seen such a novel way of saluting!
As the commanding officer of the research base, General Li Jingwu quickly asked the leaders if he should continue the test.
After receiving the leader's nod of approval, he shouted loudly: "Captain Liu Zhihui, listen to orders!"
"Present!"
"Continue the armor test according to the original plan!"
"Yes!"
Captain Liu Zhihui roared in response.
He was extremely excited.
Next up was the Exoskeleton Armor personal showtime for old Liu!
The next step was the live-fire test of the micro-guided tactical rockets!
Flames erupted from the armor's joints.
Captain Liu Zhihui flew rapidly toward the test area.
In front of him were three target areas.
The first target was a moving target!
Inside the area, a humanoid target board was moving rapidly in an irregular pattern.
And Captain Liu Zhihui was a full two kilometers away from that area!
Captain Liu Zhihui raised his right arm.
"Launch!"
The machinery on the right upper arm armor clicked, a mechanism opened, and eight micro-rockets were suddenly ejected.
At the moment of launch, they were not fast.
But locked on by the internal guidance system, they immediately changed direction and sped toward the target!
Although the target was constantly moving, to the point where someone with poor eyesight would get dizzy just looking at it, these eight rockets seemed to have aim-assist hacks enabled, locking onto the target relentlessly!
"Boom, boom, boom, boom! Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!"
A series of roars echoed!
The target board had been blown to smithereens, leaving only a large crater where it once stood!
All eight rockets had hit their mark precisely, without exception!
The time between consecutive impacts was less than 0.1 seconds!
This scene struck a heavy blow to the worldview of everyone present!
"It's actually micro-guidance!"
Long Jianjun's deep voice rang out, seemingly providing a commentary for the leaders.
"Micro-guidance is a major subject in army combat equipment,"
"Currently, the micro-guidance technology researched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences is not mature, and it will take several more years to be put into actual combat."
"But the micro-guided rockets on this new Exoskeleton Armor have very mature technology in all aspects!"
"Especially this super high hit rate, it can be called a miracle!..."
As the Army Commander, what kind of land combat equipment had Long Jianjun not seen?
Micro-guidance had been researched for many years, and he had long hoped for it to be put into actual combat sooner.
After waiting bitterly for many years, it was still immature and required waiting!
But for a micro-guidance technology that could fire eight rounds at once, over a distance of two thousand meters, with a 100% hit rate—if he had not seen it with his own eyes, Long Jianjun would definitely have dismissed it as a fantasy!
Standing to the side, Peng Hao could not believe the scene before him at all.
He grabbed his hair and shook his head vigorously.
"Micro-guidance is one thing, but how could it be embedded into the Exoskeleton Armor!"
"How is it possible to fit it in? How is it possible to hit everything? How is it possible..."
A look of intense heat simultaneously erupted in the eyes of General Hu Yanwen and the Commander of Western Military Region!
This trip to participate in the project inspection was truly the right decision!
The Commander of Western Military Region shouted internally that even if he had to kneel and call someone 'daddy' or pester them endlessly, he would beg General Li Jingwu to prioritize supplies for the Western Military Region!
At worst, he would just make that idiot chief of staff run another eighty laps when he got back!
In the air, Captain Liu Zhihui did not stop.
The second target area consisted of eight targets scattered within a range of one hundred meters!
"Aim!"
Beep, beep, beep... beep!
After less than 2 seconds of scanning, all rockets were locked onto their respective targets.
"Launch!"
Eight rockets were ejected from the left upper arm.
They headed toward their respective predetermined targets.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"
Eight non-continuous roars.
All eight targets were blown to pieces!
Once again, all were precise hits!
A sharp light flashed in the leader's eyes.
Long Jianjun said subconsciously.
"Multi-target joint guidance!!"
"From lock-on to impact, less than 5 seconds!!!"
"How is this possible!!!"
Long Jianjun could not believe it at all.
If the technical capability required for the single-target precision guidance just now was 10 points, then the technical capability for multi-target joint guidance would require at least 100 points!
A technical iteration of at least seven or eight generations!
This joint guidance technology alone would require a decade of technical accumulation!
And yet, it was just displayed so plainly at this research base?
Damn it, and this was just a sub-test of one of the firepower configurations?
Everyone held their breath.
Watching the scene before them in shock.
Everyone present was an expert in the military field, so they could naturally see at a glance just how monstrous this newly demonstrated technology was!
It was simply several generations of innovation on top of already fully mature micro-guidance technology!
Furthermore, what the hell was this—were they testing the Exoskeleton Armor technology, or were they testing the micro-guidance technology?!