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Chapter 68 Living Like a Simple Life

"Guangxi Province is no ordinary place; it's one of the few places in the country that is constantly on standby for military operations!"

"If I remember correctly, CNOOC was going to hold an oil and gas field bidding in the South China Sea this June. I remember that the monkey made quite a stir this time, and these kinds of things are definitely prepared for six months or even a year in advance..."

Is this an attitude of responding to "simple life" being used to show off to the "monkeys"?

"Excellent! That's the correct posture for a drill!"

Looking at the information on the red and blue teams, Lin Dong guessed the headquarters' intention for this exercise, and his heart became noticeably excited.

In his understanding, the exercise was not only a training exercise to maintain its own combat capabilities, but also an arrangement to demonstrate its strength and send signals to the outside world.

obviously.

With the advent of laser identification and interception systems and swarm drones more than a decade ahead of schedule, the headquarters has also begun to thrive.

These tools might not be enough to subdue the bald eagle, but they can easily teach a lesson to the small fry and deal with the underlings.

"How is it?"

Wang Xingguo waited a while, then added from the side, "If you think this is too difficult, our Red Team's equipment configuration can be improved slightly, but at most by half..."

"No."

Lin Dong shook his head, put down the documents in his hand, and said confidently, "20 drones. That's incredibly powerful against an armored division of the Blue Force that has never even seen drones before."

"Too extravagant?"

Wang Xingguo, Xu Ziming, and Chen Jianhua looked at each other, not expecting Lin Dong to give this answer.

Chen Jianhua immediately did some mental calculations.

According to the costs reported by Lin Weiliang, the R&D costs of the core control system are not included.

The hardware cost of the most advanced swarm drones, produced in mass production, is approximately 6000 to 8000 yuan per unit. With the advancement of Moore's Law in semiconductors, this cost can be reduced by 30% annually.

Mid-range FPV drones that require pilot control have a mass production cost between 1200 and 1500.

The most basic suicide drones are equipped with only infrared recognition sensors and bite anyone they see; the cost for mass production is only around 280 yuan.

Further calculations show that each drone carrying 1 kg of TNT and its associated detonation device would cost approximately 35 yuan in domestic mass production...

The total cost of 20 drones would be no more than 10 billion yuan.

But how much does it cost to build a modern armored division? 500 to 1000 billion!

War is all about cost.

Now you're saying it's too extravagant to use 10 billion to fight an enemy force of at least 500 billion?

In the conference room, only Lin Weiliang did not react much.

After studying swarm drones for more than a month, he had a relatively clear understanding of them and agreed with Lin Dong's words.

The Red team has 20 drones against the Blue team's 1.2 personnel. This Blue team is not a hypothetical enemy at all; they are really going to treat the Blue team like a pushover.

"Since there are no problems, I will reply to headquarters and ask them to arrange a team to work with us as soon as possible."

Although Wang Xingguo was surprised, he still maintained absolute trust in Lin Dong: "For this military exercise, let headquarters invite the observation team to join us."

"Engineer Wang, I have a suggestion."

At this moment, Xu Ziming seemed to have thought of something and said seriously, "Since this time drones are the main combat mode, I suggest that Xiao Dong, my Qingling, and the other children from the last outing participate in the military exercise to operate the drones."

In addition, military enterprises such as Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, as well as some family members and children of military personnel, will be involved to form a drone pilot team to participate and be responsible for operating a portion of the drones.

"Should we form a drone pilot team composed of family members and children?"

Wang Xingguo was taken aback, seemingly not understanding Xu Ziming's intentions.

But the next moment, Xu Ziming continued, "Last time I took Xiao Dong on a picnic near Longquan Mountain, the military was mobilized urgently, which has already attracted some attention and news from the outside world. In addition, there are some rumors in several nearby villages..."

"I see!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xingguo's expression instantly turned serious: "I will report to headquarters that the Red Team will win this military exercise. Furthermore, I will have headquarters coordinate with family members and children to form a pilot team, for the reason..."

"The reason is that controlling a drone is like playing a flight game, and kids are more agile and skilled at playing games," Xu Ziming immediately added.

"I'll have my son participate too. He's in the second year of junior high, no problem," Chen Jianhua chimed in, indicating that he would also send a family member.

No one present was a fool; upon hearing Xu Ziming mention external attention, they immediately understood his intention.

That is to expand the group of drone pilots among his family members and children, thereby reducing external attention on Lin Dong.

Because once the exercise begins and the swarm drones make their debut worldwide, the chase incident during the Longquanshan outing will undoubtedly come to the attention of major countries.

Lin Dong, the first pilot to operate a drone, will also receive a great deal of attention.

By allowing more family members and children to become drone pilots, Lin Dong can go from being the first pilot to becoming a member of the pilot community, reducing external attention and achieving the effect of remaining hidden in plain sight.

At that time, apart from his father being the "research leader" of drones, Lin Dong will be no different from other family members and children.

Even his father's title as the "research leader" of drones perfectly explains why Lin Dong became the first drone pilot, forming a perfect logical loop.

When others saw what was inside, their first reaction was not that Lin Dong was hiding a secret.

Instead, it was Lin Weiliang, the "super engineer," who developed the drone, but because he wasn't very good at playing flight games, he didn't know how to operate the drone.

My colleague happened to be taking his son on a picnic, so I just handed the drone to him and his son to test it out...

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Ring ring—

Chengdu Military Region.

Less than ten minutes after Wang Xingguo reported to headquarters, the confidential phone in the combat readiness room suddenly rang.

"Hello!"

Before the phone could ring a second time, the duty officer quickly picked up the receiver: "This is the Chengdu Combat Readiness Room... Received! Understood!"

The duty officer answered firmly for a few minutes, hung up the phone, and waited less than ten seconds before a document marked as confidential was printed out of the fax machine next to him.

The duty officer took the document and rushed to the command center in the middle of the military region without hesitation.

boom--

The leader, who had just finished dinner in the canteen and was picking his teeth with dental floss, was startled when the door was suddenly pushed open, and the sharp dental floss poked into his gums.

"What happened?!"

The commander abruptly pulled out his dental floss, ignoring the pain and the taste of blood in his mouth, and immediately looked at the combat readiness duty officer who rushed in.

As a regional commander, he understood that when a duty officer rushed in like this, it often meant something unusual had happened.

"Reporting to the commander, the latest exercise instructions: headquarters requires us to coordinate with Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) within half an hour, assign combat personnel to follow CAC's training arrangements, and jointly complete this exercise mission!"

The duty officer saluted and handed over the classified documents he was holding.

"Follow Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's training arrangements? We only lost two air combat exercises in the past two months, how come we've lost command as well?"

The commander's eyes widened as he grabbed the document and read it carefully. Then his expression became excited: "Go to Guangxi Province for an exercise and use Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's latest equipment to fight Lao Xu."

Armored division? Isn't that the kind of setup you'd expect from a lowly family... Hahaha, is Lao Xu really going to play a lowly family this time?!

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