wavenovel Chapter 76 The Shock at Headquarters
Chapter 76 The Shock at Headquarters
At headquarters, at eight o'clock at night, the lights were still on.
Ma Tian spent the whole day in meetings and then worked overtime in the evening to finish today's work.
At this moment, the secretary, still somewhat shocked, knocked on the door and came in, placing a report in front of Ma Tian.
"Sir, this is the training report on the new drone equipment submitted by Chengdu today in response to the exercise in Guangxi Province..."
"How did their first day of training go?"
Ma Tian wrote several approvals on a document, looked up and asked with a smile, "In the many meetings over the past month, the think tank has made very high predictions about Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's drone, saying that if used properly, it can enhance the army's combat power by four or five times."
"You'll see when you take a look, boss."
The secretary opened her mouth, then finally exhaled, "I can only say, it's beyond my expectations."
"Oh, is it really that amazing?" A hint of surprise flashed in Ma Tian's eyes as he took the report and glanced at it.
Ok?
Ma Tian's expression froze. He subconsciously touched his eye socket to make sure his glasses were still on, looked at himself carefully again, and then looked up.
"Is its authenticity confirmed?"
"Sure."
The secretary nodded earnestly: "After receiving the report, I made several phone calls to confirm its authenticity. In addition, the data from the exercise system has also been uploaded."
"Aside from the report from Chengdu, who else knows about this for now besides you?" Ma Tian's expression immediately turned serious upon hearing this.
"Only I knew that after receiving the report, I didn't let anyone else contact me."
"Okay! Okay!"
Ma Tian exclaimed in surprise twice, pushed back his chair, stood up, and said, "Come with me to find the leader; we need to report this to him."
talking.
Ma Tianyi took the lead and quickly left the office, arriving at the headquarters chief's office not far away on the same floor.
"Boss, what a surprise! A huge surprise!"
Ma Tian knocked on the door and went in. Before even sitting down, he shouted, "In the military exercise in Chengdu, the Red Team used 160 men to wipe out 800 Blue Team soldiers in five minutes, destroying the entire armored battalion!"
"Eliminate an entire armored battalion in five minutes? The Red Team used thermobaric weapons to focus fire at the start?"
The headquarters commander looked up, his eyes wide, and said, "Didn't we say that, apart from the new UAV equipment from Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, the rest are all one-fifth of the same equipment and personnel?"
As a soldier with decades of service, he had confronted Soviet revisionism and taught the monkeys a lesson.
The headquarters commanders were well aware of the sheer size of an armored battalion of eight hundred men spread out in the field.
To put it bluntly...
In open field battles, even if tanks charge at full speed for five minutes without any resistance, they might not be able to escape the formation of a large camp.
As for the idea of having all soldiers stay in one position during combat, as seen in movies and TV dramas, if that happened in reality, the commander would be executed immediately.
"That new equipment is amazing!"
Ma Tian placed the report on the table, gesturing for the leader to review it.
"Let me see."
The commander picked up the report and read it carefully. After a long silence, he suddenly said, "The drone swarm took off in unison, carrying bombs, and hurtled directly at our face at a speed of over 200 kilometers per hour..."
This isn't the four- to five-fold increase in army combat power that the think tank analyzed; this is clearly an attempt to annihilate the army.
"Sir, isn't it a bit too much of an insult to Guangzhou to have 20 drones attacking an armored division?"
Then Ma Tian remembered something and whispered, "Should we change it?"
"Change what?!"
The commander waved his hand and said, "The exercise was only announced a few days ago and you're already changing the rules. You know how stubborn Xu Zelin is. Changing them might make him think we're looking down on him. So let's proceed as planned."
That's all.
The commander adjusted his reading glasses, his expression grave as he looked at Ma Tian: "If you were in command, facing a swarm of drones like this, would you have a solution?"
Ma Tian thought about it seriously for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile: "There is no effective way."
The way this drone is used is a very obvious piece-trading tactic, and it even uses pawns to forcibly exchange for rooks.
A drone costs 300 yuan, but it can cost the life of a soldier or even an entire squad.
Add to that air superiority, speed advantage, agility, and multiple tracking methods, and I can't even imagine how this battle would be fought. We can't just assign the navy's close-in weapon systems to the army, can we?
"Cable net interception, mountainous environment, signal jamming, electromagnetic bombs..."
The leader listed the solutions he had come up with one by one, but before he could finish speaking, he saw the report mentioning that the swarm drones had backup redundancy with laser communication and electromagnetic shielding design. He paused for a moment and then said helplessly, "It's all just a temporary fix, not a permanent solution."
"Sir, there is actually another way..."
At this moment, the secretary who came with Ma Tian to report seemed to have thought of something and reported to the leader: "Three years ago, Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group developed a laser interception system."
It's just that the semiconductor industry is underdeveloped, the power of laser devices is not high enough, and they are still unable to intercept long-range high-altitude missiles.
But after checking the relevant parameters, I believe intercepting this type of low-altitude drone is not a problem.
In addition, Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's swarm drones include a version equipped with laser weapons...
"Laser interception?"
The leader and Ma Tian exchanged a glance.
Ma Tian couldn't help but laugh, "Chengfei... they've made both the spear and the shield! Chief Engineer Lin Weiliang is incredibly skilled."
"Since the training is going so well, and we now have our interception shields..."
The commander smiled but didn't respond. He slammed his hand on the table, his eyes filled with determination and passion: "Then this exercise can be officially announced, and foreign observer groups can be invited!"
However, we should put away the swarm version with 3,000 aircraft reported by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group. Just get them a few swarm versions with 800 or 1,000 aircraft each to broaden their horizons!
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At 8:30 p.m., the streetlights cast yellow patches of light on the ground.
Lin Dong and the others had a proper meal cooked in the mess hall at the training ground before heading back to the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's residential compound.
"Lin Dong, fellow students, Chief Engineer Lin is still explaining the combat command codes for swarm drones. He asked me to come out and see you off."
Qi Jingchuan personally saw Lin Dong and the others off to their car, and didn't forget to give each of them a bag of canned meat supplied by the military as a souvenir for their first visit.
"Thank you, Uncle Qi."
Lin Dong didn't stand on ceremony, politely thanked him, took his can, and got into the car.
With Lin Dong leading the way, Li Tao, Zhang Yihao, Huang Qingyao, and others also accepted their share of canned food and politely boarded the bus one after another.
boom--
The driver started the minibus, made a turn on the spot, and drove out of the training ground.
"Lin Dong".
Xu Qingling looked out the window at Qi Jingchuan, who had been standing by the roadside for a long time without leaving. Suddenly, she thought of something and asked Lin Dong with some doubt.
"Our Red Team won tonight's exercise, but why do Uncle Qi Jingchuan, and the other soldiers and uncles, not seem very happy?"
"It's nothing."
Lin Dong looked back at Qi Jingchuan's figure, then at the soldier driver in front of him, and after a moment of silence, replied, "They want to win. Every soldier is born wanting to win."
But today's victory made them suddenly realize that, for them, this victory was not only an honor, but also a heavy end to an era, an end even heavier than the Gulf War.
In the Gulf War, the United States used air superiority, precision-guided missiles, and information-based warfare.
In just 42 days, without a single casualty, they destroyed Iraq, which was then among the top five in the world in terms of overall military strength.
This war directly awakened the world at the time, and also brought an end to the steel tank onslaught that had dominated for more than half a century, wiping out half of the army's strength.
The current tactic of using drones to cheaply replace weapons will further complicate matters for the army.
This once dominant leader has suddenly become a mere filler, relegated to a post-battle cleanup role.
"what!"
Sitting next to her, Huang Qingyao looked over, her expression surprised and doubtful, and asked, "Then what's wrong with Uncle Lin...?"
"The trend of the times is unstoppable."
Lin Dong shrugged: "If we don't put this period in, someone else will, and then the situation will become even more passive. At least for now, we have the initiative."
"Is the Army going to go from being the big brother of the three services to becoming the biggest problem of the three services?" Zhang Yihao shouted, leaning out from his seat to the right.
"Times are constantly changing, and technology is constantly advancing; these are all temporary," Lin Dong smiled, offering no further explanation.
In the past, when the Sino-Mao War began, drones changed the battlefield landscape, and the army indeed became the biggest problem for the three services, turning into a professional line-filling baby.
But within a few years, China made breakthroughs in robotics, intelligent collaboration, and semiconductor laser technologies...
A video released by CCTV shows army soldiers walking robotic dogs equipped with laser-guided eyes.
This thing excels at everything, from intercepting aerial drones and intelligent mine clearance to various three-on-three tactics and infiltration tactics, directly elevating the army to new heights.
After all, no matter how far the war develops, there must be people to actually occupy the land. This inherently determines that the role and status of the army will always be irreplaceable.