Chapter 150: Apocalypse Tanks?

Suddenly, Star Ocean’s voice resounded in the command hall, startling Liu Yaofeng.

“Boss, this is… Ning Shuangshuang’s voice.”

“Yeah, I used her voice for my AI Assistant’s voice.”

“Hey, this idea is great. I should also get an assistant robot and use Tian Ya’s voice for it.”

“Liu Yaofeng, quickly look, the attack has started.” Hao Ren pulled Liu Yaofeng, signaling him to watch the screen carefully.

In the footage, the two circling hawks began to dive from a height of 2000 meters down to about 1000 meters.

Sudden flashes of firelight sparked from beneath the bellies of the hawks.

The twin streaks of firelight struck with instant precision, hitting the small hilltop accurately.

Two massive booms echoed out, and the peacefully grazing herd of wild bison on the grassland instantly began to run amok.

Liu Yaofeng and Hao Ren gaped as the small hilltop, now cleared of dust and its massive rocks gone, revealed twin craters each 10 meters in diameter.

Wasn’t this power shockingly formidable?

Clearly seen by Liu Yaofeng, compartments on the belly of the hawk drones opened, releasing objects no longer than 60 centimeters.

“Boss, did it just fire a micro-missile?”

“That’s right, it’s not too extraordinary, is it? Our Tang Country has something similar, but the range and power are lesser than this one.”

“I know, that’s the ‘Sleeve Sword’ micro-missile displayed at the Sea of Nations Air Show. It’s 69 centimeters in length, 6 centimeters in diameter, and the total weight is 4 kilograms, with a maximum range of 3 kilometers.”

Liu Yaofeng rattled off the specifications of a Tang Country micro-missile like the devoted military fan he was.

“I know you’re a military enthusiast. This missile, it’s 50 centimeters long, 5 centimeters in diameter, weighs 3 kilograms, with a maximum range of 6 kilometers.”

“How could it possess such tremendous power?” Liu Yaofeng was somewhat incredulous as the explosion nearly rivaled the might of a standard ground-to-ground missile.

“The explosive used is different. This is a high-energy all-nitrogen explosive I developed, which, at equal weight, is about five times as powerful as an all-nitrogen anion salt.”

“Ah? Even more powerful than all-nitrogen anion salt? Isn’t that too expensive?” Liu Yaofeng smacked his lips as he spoke.

“When have I ever made something expensive? I think I’ll name this explosive N2,” Du Qiu glanced at Liu Yaofeng.

“My goodness, just like that, you’re borrowing ‘N2’? That explosive is used as a detonator for hydrogen bombs, and only then is the bomb called an N2 bomb,” Liu Yaofeng immediately complained.

Du Qiu spoke unperturbed, “I’m just saying it’s called N2, I didn’t say it’s an N2 bomb. But now that we have it, is an N2 bomb that far off?”

Liu Yaofeng stared, “Boss… you… you’re not really thinking about making an N2 bomb, are you?”

Du Qiu scratched his head, “It should be something even more formidable than an N2 bomb, actually.”

“Ah?!” Liu Yaofeng’s face changed, pondering just how many terrifyingly powerful things the boss had created in his deep dive into weapon research over the year.

Du Qiu patted Liu Yaofeng’s shoulder, “Don’t worry, it hasn’t been made yet. Otherwise, I would have swaggered back to our country long ago.”

Hao Ren suddenly said, “Master, although I don’t understand what you’re talking about, I know that this weapon is very powerful. By the way, when will the results of the major parts of the weapons improvement plan you promised my father be available?”

The weapons improvement plan mentioned by Hao Ren was in fact why Houssain Mu Weini valued Du Qiu and was willing to help him take refuge in the Tanga Federation.

After Du Qiu arrived in the Tanga Federation, he met Houssain Mu Weini, the Minister of National Defense of the Federation.

Mu Weini had earlier studied at the military academy in Stone City, Tang Country, and spoke fluent Tang language with a Stone City accent.

This also influenced Hao Ren, whose accent never changed.

When Du Qiu offered to help with the Federation’s weapons improvement, Mu Weini became much more enthusiastic.

Based on the current state of the Federation’s defense forces weaponry and corresponding military budget, Du Qiu drafted a comprehensive plan for improving the weaponry.

Mu Weini highly appreciated and supported this plan.

Over the past year, the plan’s light weaponry improvement was completed, and some elite troops of the Tanga Federation had been re-equipped.

This force had shocked the Tang Country military during last year’s joint military exercise.

The Tanga Federation was not rich, and mostly armed with Tang-made weapons. To see such a transformation in light weaponry, and its impressive performance, caught the attention of Tang’s northern group. This had been their stronghold for Tang-made weapons, and now it was being encroached upon?

Upon examination by experts sent by the northern group, it was discovered that these were merely improvements upon Tang-made weapons.

In reality, Du Qiu hadn’t made significant changes; after all, how much can you really change light weapons?

He had just installed an auxiliary aiming system, which instantly curbed the wasteful ammunition habits of these dark-skinned uncles.

Learning that this improvement was assisted by the Germanyan company Dream Technology and was also patent-protected, the idea of copying them surged among the northern group’s experts.

The northern group remained highly vigilant about Dream Technology’s involvement in the Federation’s weapons upgrade project.

After all, the Germanyans had once colonized the Tanga Federation and thus maintained a degree of influence.

The northern group wanted to delve further into just how closely the Germanyans were working with the Tanga Federation’s military, but Mu Weini’s tight security meant they learned nothing.

With the achievement of light weapons improvement, Mu Weini anticipated the heavy weaponry upgrade project, and often sent his son, Hao Ren, to inquire about the progress.

Hearing Hao Ren’s question, Du Qiu smiled, clapped his hands and said, “Star Ocean, show the modified photo of the Type 59 tank.”

The image on the large screen flickered, revealing a tank that a military enthusiast like Liu Yaofeng instantly recognized as Tang Country’s Type 59 tank.

It was the earliest copy of a Soviet tank by Tang Country, and at one time, the main battle card of the Tang land forces.

Then came another image: Liu Yaofeng also recognized it—a 59 Type tank that had been upgraded by Tang Country for the Tanga Federation 10 years ago.

Its redesigned reactive armor modules, turret, and smoke launchers, with a main weapon being a 125mm smoothbore gun, made its silhouette very similar to the Tang Type 96 tank.

Surely the internal fire control system would be the same as the Type 96, and the engine had been upgraded to a new 730 horsepower engine.

This modified 59 Type tank was for the Tanga Federation to counter the neighboring U-country’s purchase of the T90SU, specifically tailored by Tang for this purpose.

Despite cost considerations which ruled out equipping it with thermal imaging night vision systems, it was comparatively advanced.

However, ten years on, the tank showed its age.

The screen changed again, and a new photo appeared on the screen.

“My god!” Liu Yaofeng blurted out swear words again, “Is this still a modified Type 59?”

“Wow, that’s so cool! Master, is this really our modified 59 turned into a mod through magic?”

Du Qiu felt a bit embarrassed, “Well, the changes were indeed significant, mostly because after I replaced the engine, there was much more space.”

“Boss, are these just large modifications? I think this is a totally new tank you have crafted. How can it look so much like an Apocalypse Tank? Can people even sit inside the turret?”

Du Qiu touched his nose, “The tank that left the deepest impression on me was the Apocalypse in the Red Alert game. This time I had the chance to mod the Type 59, that design came to mind.

This tank has a high rate of automation. Normally, it only requires two people to operate—one to drive the tank, the other to select targets and fire.

Uh, in a special situation, actually, one person would suffice.”

At this last remark, neither Hao Ren nor Liu Yaofeng paid attention; they were already captivated by the tank on the screen.

The tank displayed on the big screen was unlike any real-world tank; it had two barrels!

Such twin-barreled tanks were most famously represented by the Apocalypse Tank in the Red Alert game.