Years of combat experience have given Soshyan a deeper understanding of war, especially in large-scale ground operations. He has realized that ensuring air superiority first is much more important than any tactical action.
Only by controlling the air can we keep a close eye on the enemy's scale and route of action.
Only by controlling the air can we suppress and slow down the enemy's support forces to the greatest extent.
Only by controlling the air can we attack the enemy's traffic lines and hidden facilities in a more precise way.
The warships in orbit may be powerful, but they are also subject to various limitations. Even during the stage when the two sides compete for control of the void, they cannot provide sufficient support to the ground. At this time, they rely heavily on the aviation power of the ground.
This is also the reason why Soshyan asked Ulanhuda to shift the focus of equipment to flying vehicles. During the battle on the Death Star, the powerful flying formation of the Dark Angels left a deep impression on him, which gave him the idea of building a
Powerful air power that can overwhelm most opponents.
"Legion Commander, we have produced 250 Storm Falcon interceptors so far, but they can only stay in the warehouse due to the Maelstrom Expedition."
When the lighting balls of the huge metal warehouse were opened one by one, the thick canvas was slowly pulled up by the hook lock, and a series of silver-gray war eagles appeared in Soshyan's sight in a dense and neat queue.
Their appearance looks slightly smaller than the Storm Crow, with a huge bifurcated tail. The long and narrow body is flanked by two short, sturdy wings, each carrying a huge engine. There are also two double doors at the end of the wings.
There is an assault gun, a pair of missile launchers at the junction of the wings and the fuselage. The cockpit is completely covered by a thick armor plate with only a thin row of electronic equipment, and the Star Knight logo of crossed swords is engraved on it. The cockpit
There is a main gun below, and there are two small short wings on each side of the nose. There are also two plasma-like weapons at the joints between them and the fuselage.
"...This batch of Storm Falcons is generally built according to the prototype blueprint. Depending on the combat objectives, the main weapon on the nose can also be replaced with different types, such as the laser claw used for counter-attacks, which can fire two burst lasers in rapid succession.
, ensuring that the storm cannon can cleanly kill armored targets, or deal with a large number of light targets on the ground."
Soshiyang took a few steps forward and observed this air superiority fighter at close range. The reason why he chose the Storm Falcon instead of the Storm Raven was because of its professionalism. The Storm Raven placed too much emphasis on multi-functionality and assumed a certain transportation function.
Finally, the Storm Crow's weapons and flexibility make it difficult to truly assume the task of air supremacy.
The Storm Falcon is different. It is a true aerial raptor. It can not only hunt enemies in the sky high in the clouds with its thick armor and superior maneuverability, clearing the sky, but also use violent firepower to cover and annihilate the enemy.
Unbelievable firepower is poured onto high-value targets, such as destroying entire armored columns, or smashing enemy fortifications and bunkers to pieces, leaving only billowing flames and ashes.
Bangura then lightly touched the weapon at the junction of the short wings on the right side of the Storm Falcon's nose with a tentacle.
"In order to increase its ground attack capability, we also integrated the rainstorm plasma gun into the fuselage, so that it can effectively kill dense ground targets. At the same time, we also adjusted the length of the wing and added a hardpoint for it to
It can carry two more Hunter-Killer missiles or four more Hellfury missiles when necessary."
Needless to say, Hunter-Killer missiles are the first choice for attacking large targets, but Hellfury missiles surprised him, because there are not many forge worlds that can produce this kind of missiles, and he was not the first to do so until the Maelstrom Expedition.
times seen.
This kind of missile is a very rare air-to-ground weapon of large-scale destruction. Each Hell's Fury missile is an independent ammunition depot. The warhead is installed on a single-stage booster, equipped with a guidance device and a detonating auger.
It is capable of striking at extremely long ranges. Its warhead, which occupies one-third of the length of the missile, is equipped with coaxial ammunition holders for small high-explosive bombs, each of which is soaked in the holy oil of the Mechanicum.
When launched, the Hellfury missile will follow its guidance path across the battlefield and land on its target like an avenging angel. The deafening roar it emits as it approaches its target will cause enemies to retreat in fear or shriek.
It screams and runs away in a hopeless attempt to protect itself. When it comes directly above the target area, the blessed warhead will automatically disintegrate and release the small bomb it carries, covering a wide area.
The light armor will be overturned by the shock wave, or completely shattered by the power of multiple explosions. The infantry will either be directly vaporized or thrown into the air. The charred corpses will roll in the rocket impact zone like the ashes of hellfire. Every warhead will
Produces a thunderous carpet explosion, leaving only angry debris in its wake.
"Well, this kind of multi-role fighter with strong air superiority and ground attack capabilities is exactly what I'm looking forward to. Okay, great."
Soshyan looked around, and the Space Marines following him were also curiously looking at these powerful aerial raptors, and judging them based on the standards of a warrior and a soldier.
In the end, everyone gave positive reviews.
Arriving at the rear of the Storm Falcon, Soshyan noticed that there seemed to be a missile launcher-like device on the top of the fighter, but it was facing toward the rear.
"Director Bangura, what is that? Is it a missile? Why is it shooting backwards?"
Bangura then explained:
"Legion Commander, that is the Hell Halo launcher. It is an active defense system. Generally speaking, most of the enemy's air attacks will come from the rear. Many of the missiles, including missiles, are heat source tracking. They will aim at the tail of the fighter aircraft with a high probability. When locked,
, the Hell Halo launcher will launch Hell Halo interference bombs, which will form a golden halo that can interfere with and confuse the enemy's aiming equipment and missile logic system."
"I see, it makes you laugh. As an Astartes, you actually have imperial weapons that you don't know about."
"This is not surprising. The empire has a wide variety of weapons. Many of the equipment are limited to a single model, and the quantity is very small. Even if the Astartes don't understand it, it is normal. In addition, this model does not just have some changes in external equipment.
, the biggest difference between it and the prototype is actually internal.”
As he spoke, he pointed to the slight bulges on both sides of the tail.
"...Originally, the Storm Falcon's detection equipment was mainly aimed at the air, and its ability to scan ground targets was relatively poor, so we improved it and replaced it with the 'Spider Web' radar, which can quickly cover large areas at long distances.
area, has fine resolution capabilities for target detection to simultaneously determine, distinguish and display up to 400 targets, and is combined with the intelligent auxiliary combat system we researched, which can assist the driver in forming combat plans, attack paths and
By highlighting high-threat targets, information on other targets can also be transmitted to surrounding Stormclaws, forming a shared target information network, which is similar to the collective information chain technology of the Skitarii."