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The reason why monsters can wreak havoc in the world is nothing more than two magic weapons - super electromagnetic interference ability and energy shield.

But these two "superpowers" are only effective against the most advanced war machines of the human army.

As for this outdated third-line fleet armed purely with twentieth-century technology, they were not equipped with much electronic equipment. The radar system and automatic fire targeting and locking system on board were both up and down. I am used to fighting in the oldest and most reliable way, even in the most intense spiritual magnetic storm field, except for my hair standing on end, my nails crackling, and a little dizziness, I am basically not affected much .

The energy shield of monsters can play the greatest defensive role against supersonic attacks. Their outdated naval guns and rockets, and even hand-held weapons that must be shot at close range, even at the highest speed, it is difficult to break through the speed of sound. Can penetrate the monster's "indestructible" invisible armor.

What's more, artillery shells are always much cheaper than missiles, and they are much more numerous. When an elite fleet fires a hundred missiles, even a third-line fleet with patchwork equipment and sloppy training can blast them out with ease. Tens of thousands of shells achieve continuous fire coverage.

After all, monsters are made of flesh and blood. How can they withstand such indiscriminate bombardment when their energy shield loses more than 70% of their effectiveness and they lose sight of the other?

Of course, in actual combat, after losing all electronic equipment, the third-line fleet has its slow speed, short range, single tactics, and can only approach "bayonet fighting" and other defects. Smash the two battleships from the middle, the ancient watertight compartment and the clumsy damage control system did not work at all, and the fragmented battleship and hundreds of crew members lost their lives at sea.

But the battle was no longer a one-sided massacre after all. While the monsters were causing heavy damage to the human fleet, the human fleet also viciously tore off a piece of blood dripping flesh from the monster!

At this time, the roar of engines appeared in the sky.

Two "Warthogs" appeared over the battlefield.

There is no aircraft carrier in this third-line fleet.

Nor is the Warthog an advanced all-weather, over-the-horizon stealth fighter.

"Warthog" - A10 close support attack aircraft, is a ground attack aircraft from the 1960s and 1970s that specializes in attacking tanks, armored vehicles and moving targets. Its performance parameters are lackluster, and its appearance is even quite ugly. Just like its nickname "warthog".

As early as the middle and late twentieth century when it was just born, many military experts sneered at it, thinking that it was completely backward when it was just born,

Slow speed, low altitude, short range, lack of fire control radar and advanced photoelectric system, even though it has the advantages of low price, durable leather, etc., but it is also "unrefined", and can only be used to fight rebels and eliminate Small groups of bandits, or sweeping the battlefield under the premise of absolute air superiority, are in no way suitable for application in an all-out war between superpowers.

However, in the middle and late twentieth century, the risk of an all-out war between the superpowers became less and less. On the contrary, various rebels and terrorist forces appeared on the stage and were active in every corner of the world, and the A10 attack aircraft was so popular because of this. After a while, a total of thousands of aircraft were produced and delivered, most of which were resold or lost to all parts of the world along with the collapse of the Western powers in the middle and late 21st century.

These two "warthogs" came from military airports on land.

In the core area of ​​the Earth Alliance's key construction, old antiques like the "Warthog" are not even qualified to park in the airport to occupy space.

But not long after joining the alliance, the equatorial region, whose development level is extremely backward, can send two "Warthogs" to support the maritime battlefield, which is already very good!

In fact, the original mission of the two "warthogs" was just to entangle the monsters and delay time - if it couldn't be done, as long as the whole process of the fierce battle was filmed, it would be convenient for the military to sum up the experience and lessons afterwards, and the mission would be considered complete.

Because high-altitude reconnaissance satellites and supersonic reconnaissance planes equipped with advanced electronic warfare equipment have been interfered with, so the "warthog" is sent to perform missions that are stupid, thick, cheap, and don't feel bad if they are shot down. There is no way.

As a result, after discovering that the Third Line Fleet was beating the monsters so violently that they screamed, although they didn't quite understand what was going on, the hot-headed "Warthog" pilots didn't even report to their superiors—of course, under the strong electromagnetic In a disturbed environment and unable to report to the superior, make a bold decision.

They took the initiative to hover above the monster's head and attacked the monster.

A new miracle has appeared!

Originated in the 20th century, machine guns and rockets, which have long been completely outdated, actually inflicted heavy damage that even monster precision-guided missiles could not cause!

Although the warthog's flying speed is slow and its flying altitude is quite pitiful, for a monster that has no flying ability and not many long-range attack methods, two warthogs are like two annoying flies. "Buzzing buzzing", but it is difficult to capture.

In the end, the monster finally seized the opportunity and shredded a Warthog.

But he also paid a painful price, being beaten by the third-line fleet and the A10 attack ship with ancient naval guns, machine guns and rockets, and fled.

This battle became a turning point in the battle between humans and monsters.

Before this battle, humans had already discovered many superpowers of monsters, but the combat thinking has always revolved around the word "high-tech". Stronger electronic warfare capabilities, better anti-interference, and faster weapons that can actively and accurately lock the weak points of monsters.

This way of thinking cannot be said to be wrong.

After all, no one knows whether a missile with a speed of five or even six times the speed of sound can penetrate the monster's energy shield in one fell swoop.

And the electromagnetic warfare and anti-jamming capabilities that are superior to monsters, once developed, will naturally solve the problem once and for all.

There are only two problems.

One is called "money".

One is called "time".

The research and development of military equipment was originally a gold-swallowing beast like a bottomless pit. The development of technology is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and there is even no timetable.

It is really an impossible task to achieve epoch-making technological innovations in just one year and a half, and quickly put them into active service, and manufacture hundreds or thousands of super warships equipped with the latest technology.

If we keep going down this dead end, I am afraid that the progress will be less than 10%, and the military expenditure of the Earth Alliance will exceed 50% of the GDP, and the alliance's finances will be declared bankrupt. The fleet is simply more precious than gold of the same size and weight, and it is also less affordable!

However, this encounter on the equator gave the mired military a new inspiration.

Since the "high-tech" approach is not feasible, what about "low-tech"?

That's right, the super weapons of the Earth Army in the 22nd century are powerful, but in the battle with monsters, "all-weather, beyond-the-horizon, supersonic, automatic fire control, spy micro, tactical data link", these things, all They are all technical spillovers, and they are useless at all except wasting money, time, and precious manpower and material resources.

So what about removing them all?

Since supersonic missiles don't work against monsters at all, then don't use supersonic missiles or even any kind of missiles at all, just use machine guns, close-in anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns, mines, fish and heavy bombs.

Since radar, auto-navigation, auto-pilot, and auto-locking...all the equipment related to electronics will be interfered by monsters, then they are all gone, and the technical level of the human fleet, at least the technology of electronic control and communication, Reduced to the level of World War II, or even World War I!

Since those all-weather "fifth-generation and sixth-generation aircraft" with stealth and anti-stealth, electronic warfare and anti-electronic warfare capabilities can't deal with monsters, and the cost is high, and the cost can easily reach hundreds of millions. For a long time, I don't want it at all, and come to "Warthog", even the propeller fighters and bombers that are even more backward than the "Warthog", the optoelectronic equipment can make do with it, anyway, no matter how advanced it is, it will be disturbed, and the pilot's naked eyes are the most reliable.

What if the firepower is not fierce enough? It doesn't matter, use quantity to make up for quality. The power of a cannon is naturally far inferior to that of a missile. Then add ten or a hundred. Within the limit that the battleship can bear, all the space on the deck is densely packed. Go to the turret, and the ammunition magazine is filled with the most backward shells. If you really encounter a monster, it doesn’t matter whether you can hit it or not. Anyway, if you put all the ammunition roughly in the direction of the monster and shoot them all out, you will be considered a victory!