Great Power Technology.

Chapter 293 Prelude

While Ye Zhou was busy collecting data for simulation and remotely participating in the promotion of the topological quantum computer project, a small-scale fleet was sailing along a predetermined route on the high seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, intending to complete an ocean voyage around the Thousand Islands After the training, go to a port in Xiong Daguo to berth, log in there, and participate in the upcoming 202x International Military Competition.

The so-called international military competition is an international military cooperation and exchange activity initiated and led by Xiongda University and participated by many countries.

This event started in 2013 and is held once a year. The elites of the multi-national military continue to refresh and create new records in the world military training in this event. A large number of new equipment will also be unveiled in the game to compete for awards in special subjects.

The International Military Competition is known as the "Military Olympics". Its main purpose is to promote military exchanges and cooperation among countries, increase information transparency among countries, and eliminate vicious competition caused by information black holes, so as to avoid recurrence as in the last century. adverse consequences.

Of course, another consideration not mentioned by the organizers is actually obvious in the eyes of the participating countries.

That is, through this competition, various countries can selectively display their military training and equipment results, so as to achieve the effect of "talking about war on paper" to a certain extent, and avoid irrational conflicts caused by misjudgment of each other's strength. Conflicts occur, thereby maintaining world peace to a certain extent.

There is no problem with this idea itself. Objectively speaking, after several consecutive military competitions, the confrontation situation of some countries has indeed improved, but this is only for small countries.

For a giant like Wuchang, this competition is actually more like a trade fair. The louder the noise, the better their products will be sold.

The most typical case is that after a certain military competition in 201X, the sales of Rabbit's drones began to rise sharply, even reaching the point where a local wealthy country in the Middle East received an order.

However, in such a grand competition with more than 200 participating teams every year, there is one figure that is always absent, and that is Ugly Country.

In fact, not only do they not participate, but they even continue to provoke trouble during the game, just like a neighbor who can’t see you, your party is lively, and he wants to make more noise next door, the purpose is not To attract other guests, just not to make you feel good.

During the holding of more than one international military competition, Ugly countries are simultaneously organizing large-scale military exercises, such as "Malabar" and "Noble Alliance", once a year, and there is no offensive action. The summary of the words is, don't bite people, respond to people.

However, this year's International Military Competition has ushered in a major change, that is, more than a hundred countries headed by Ugly have signed up to participate in the competition, and have organized teams as quickly as possible, preparing to go to Xiong Daguo.

As the event organizer and host country, Xiongda held urgent discussions internally, and the final conclusion was also very simple: open the door to welcome guests.

When friends come, there is good wine, when jackals come, there are shotguns. In Xiongda’s territory, even if Baiyue’s people try to escape, it’s impossible to make any trouble—at most, it’s just some small tricks on the field. .

As a result, the race schedule will also be carried out according to the original plan.

This time the competition includes tank biathlon, reconnaissance vanguard, ring of the ocean, sea landing, aviation darts, etc., and is divided into [-] sub-items in total, basically covering the three aspects of sea, land and air in the process of military operations. The selected items It is also the project with the highest requirements for equipment and personnel training.

For example, the aviation darts project includes low-altitude aerobatics, aerial visual reconnaissance and other small projects. Although the content is a bit out of date, the test of equipment and technology included in it cannot be underestimated.

A big aviation country like Xiongda basically wins most of the championships every year, while Huaxia generally has the strength to compete for the championship in fighter jets and transport planes.

But after Ugly Country participated this year, no one dared to guarantee the final result.

As for the offshore project, Huaxia basically missed the award-except for the subject of landing at sea.

In this subject, Huaxia basically has to win an award for "Best Marine Platoon" every year.

And this year, last year's best marine platoon team will compete again on behalf of the Huaxia team.

On the deck of a Type 075 landing ship, two soldiers of the Marine Corps were standing leisurely on the side of the ship, looking at the sea view in the distance.

A soldier glanced back at the islands that were gradually being left behind, and said with some emotion:

"This Dadeng is different when sitting up. It doesn't sway at all. I remember that when I first got on the ship, I was still sitting on 067. It was small and broken. As soon as I got on the ship, I became dizzy and vomited for three days and three nights. adapt."

The soldier who spoke was named Ma Zhubo. He has been in the army for more than ten years. He started from a low-level sailor and has been a company commander of the Marine Corps. The hard work and sweat he put in does not need to be said.

"Yeah, everyone has to go through this. Isn't it the same when I got on the boat? You brought me back then—but I'm a little stronger than you, and I only vomited for two days."

Hearing this, Ma Zhubo looked at the other party with some amusement, and said:
"I said, He Jinghai, do you still have to compete with me in this kind of thing? Why did you only vomit for two days and didn't know? Didn't I teach you the horse stance? Come on, neither of us counts What kind of natural soldier king, don't look taller than a dwarf."

"To be honest, we even have a new recruit. Our ancestors have been fishing in the South China Sea for three lifetimes. It is said that they have worked in Danhu. They are called amphibious. Diving is like playing. Last time Our amphibious vehicle broke down in the sea, and he fished it out."

"That guy didn't come up in the water for 2 minutes. I thought he was going to die, but guess what? He just drove the car back by himself."

He Jinghai on the side nodded slightly, and replied:
"I heard that, didn't you give me a first-class merit? But let me tell you, don't let them do such a dangerous thing next time. How much is a car worth? What if you lose a soldier? , I have to feel bad for the rest of my life."

"Yes, he is rich now. However, his spirit is worth publicizing, it's just that the method is not right."

"Well, anyway, you should take good care of your own soldiers. This time we are going to compete, not to fight. If we can get the ranking, we will take it. If we can't win, there is no need to risk our lives-it's not worth it. I really have that kind of heart. Where they served their country."

Ma Zhubo nodded in agreement, but then suddenly sighed, with a worried expression on his face.

After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly asked:
"Your tone. Why, you also feel that you will not be optimistic in the future?"

He Jinghai froze for a moment, then replied:

"It's not that I'm not optimistic, but how to put it, our confrontation will always go to the deep water area in the future. You also know that the deeper the water, the easier it is for accidents."

"No one can guarantee that your opponent will not jump the wall in a hurry. We must be prepared for everything and have the awareness to dare to fight at any time."

"How many years have you been doing military competitions like this time? They have never participated in it before. They suddenly participated this year. What does it mean?"

Ma Zhubo frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he replied:

"I think this is just a kind of temptation - to see how our level is at a close distance. Or a demonstration is fine, maybe they are ready for this competition to win all the awards and win a Grand Slam." ?”

"Don't be silly, if they really have that strength, they won't come to participate in this competition."

He Jinghai shook his head with a smile, then sighed and said:
"What you said is actually correct. This is a kind of demonstration, but it is within the rules and does not show any offensive demonstration."

"They want to show their strength in front of us and want us to retreat in spite of difficulties, but the problem is that we are not the kind of masters who retreat in spite of difficulties at all."

"So, the final result is actually very easy to speculate."

"The confrontation on the arena will definitely continue outside the arena. It is possible that the intensity will not increase, but the scale will definitely become larger-but the fact that the scale has become larger is enough to give us a headache."

"We are still short of ships. If there are two more formations, we won't have to suffer from such uselessness."

Hearing this, Ma Zhubo finally laughed.

"Fuck, you bastard, you co-authored it for a long time and finally cried poorly with me here?"

"What's the use of telling me, I'm not a shipbuilder, you have the ability to take your set to Shanghai Shipyard and talk about it."

"Then I don't have the ability to do that?"

When the topic came to this point, the two chatted about the new aircraft carrier, electromagnetic gun, and laser anti-missile. These new equipment that emerged one after another seemed to make them feel a lot easier, and the smiles on their faces became more relaxed. .

However, when they were chatting enthusiastically about whether electromagnetic guns could be used in this year's artillery project, a hurried whistle suddenly sounded behind them. They all looked back and saw a scene of a helicopter scrambling to take off.

The two walked towards the combat duty room in a daze, trying to figure out what happened.

Logically speaking, if there is an emergency, the ship should pull the emergency assembly number, but if there is no emergency, what is the helicopter flying for?
Can you still meet pirates in this place?
When they walked into the command room, they finally learned about the situation through the captain who was deploying.

It's not really an emergency, but it's something they have to deal with.

The airborne early warning aircraft found another fleet on the sea [-] kilometers away from them, and the early warning aircraft of this fleet had obviously discovered their own side.

However, neither side took any action, they just looked at each other from a distance.

Ma Zhubo and He Jinghai looked at each other, and at the same time, a strange but extremely reasonable idea emerged in their hearts, that is:

This international military competition has not yet kicked off, but in fact, it has already begun.

(End of this chapter)