In the long history of human wars, "people" are often used as a consumable of war, and the most worthless thing in war is soldiers, and the importance of equipment is far greater than that of soldiers, so it is often seen that such battle scenes are often seen, and many soldiers sacrifice in order to snatch a certain equipment.

There is also a strange thing like Dongying in World War II, in order to save ammunition and not distribute a large number of submachine guns, stubbornly use the 38 big cover, which is not even a semi-automatic rifle.

But with the advancement of technology, everything has changed.

In today's post-industrial era, the price of ordinary technical materials is very low, and the automated assembly line can produce various parts at high speed, and the cost is also not high.

For example, this most common quadcopter, if the production base in Mo'an Town is at full capacity, it only takes two days for a quadcopter to grow from scratch.

This is not to say that it takes an average of two days to manufacture a quadcopter, but the production time of each quadcopter takes two days.

It is also said that this kind of quadcopter, the common brands such as DJI on the market are only sold for four or five thousand yuan, no one knows what the profit margin of these high-tech enterprises is, but the cost must be far lower than the selling price, otherwise what do enterprises rely on to make money.

Although the quadcopter used by the Blood Lion mercenaries has been strengthened and transformed, the cost is only the price of DJI, about 5,000 yuan.

If it is fully upgraded according to Canghao's requirements, equipped with weapons and sighting systems, even if the cost is doubled, it will only be more than 10,000 yuan.

But that is, a quadcopter equipped with a weapon system can almost play the role of a soldier on the battlefield, so how much does it cost to train a soldier?

First of all, in terms of time, from the time a recruit enlists to the time they can officially participate in the battle, all countries generally adopt a three-month period, that is, only the recruit company stage has to stay for three months.

Next, it is necessary to let the soldiers participate in various exercises and constantly increase their actual combat experience, so that they can form real combat effectiveness, and it will take even longer.

All these things cost money, not to mention arming a soldier, from clothing to weapons, which would have cost quite a bit. In addition, it is not a small expense to build dormitories and daily rest places for soldiers, provide soldiers with daily meals and medical services, and maintain the normal operation of the entire barracks.

What's more, soldiers are not helping to fight the war for free, they are themselves to be paid. In particular, the mercenary team should give every soldier a lot of money. In the unfortunate event that a soldier dies in battle, a pension is also given to the family, which is even greater.

Therefore, the most valuable thing in ancient warfare is the soldiers, and in modern warfare, the most expensive is the soldiers, which is the evolution of the times.

Human life is more important than equipment, and it is precisely because of the realization of this that country M is playing with its life to develop high-tech equipment. As long as it is a battle that can be won with weapons, country M will not sacrifice soldiers, and as long as there is equipment that can improve the survival rate of soldiers, country M will definitely adopt it without hesitation.

In short, it doesn't matter if the equipment is sacrificed, and it is very sensible for country M to save the lives of its soldiers as much as possible, just from an economic point of view.

However, everyone must also understand one thing, there are some countries that do not think so, anyway, they have people in their own countries, and they do not hesitate to use soldiers as cannon fodder, in a vain attempt to use crowd tactics to counter the enemy's sea of fire tactics.

Compared with the high cost of using mercenaries, a four-rotor that can fight only costs 10,000 yuan, and even the monthly salary of an ordinary soldier is not even cheap.

Of course, human beings have their own advantages, that is, they can improve their combat skills through continuous learning and experience.

Cang Hao has grown from a hairy boy who has never even touched a gun to a generation of soldiers.

The existence of the soldier king is to give birth to the strongest person from the bones of countless fallen soldiers, and the machine is always a machine that fights according to the program.

Although, at least at this stage, there is no combat power of unmanned equipment that can replace a soldier with high tactical experience, the cost advantage of UAVs is irreplaceable.

Therefore, the most reasonable way of warfare is to cooperate with soldiers with unmanned aerial vehicles.

Although Mo Shi is not a soldier, he also thought of the crux of the problem: "There can be two ways to combat UAVs, one is to command with a matrix system, and the other is to fight according to autonomous procedures. The matrix system can accurately calculate the battlefield situation and then design the most scientific tactics, but if there are no conditions to communicate with the matrix system, then the drone can only use the latter way. It is important that no matter what kind of combat method is carried out, it must be carried out under the guidance of the program, then it is necessary to design the corresponding program according to scientific algorithms......"

"I see what you mean. Cang Hao nodded: "The development of this kind of program is beyond your ability. ”

"Yes. The ink master said proudly: "But I have already thought of a solution, which is to let the matrix system learn from you, and then teach it to the drone." ”

Cang Hao didn't understand: "Learn from us?"

"I researched a carry-on gear, which was small and the equivalent of a smartphone, and each of you carried it with you. This equipment can record the battlefield situation in each of your battles, shoot the entire battle into a video, and track the tactics you use, including how to use the terrain, how to avoid local fire, how to aim and shoot, etc....... All this data will be automatically summarized here in the matrix system, which will analyze in detail the success or failure of each battle, why it won and why it lost, and then automatically formed the corresponding tactical program and transmitted it to all drones. With the assistance of this device, everything is done automatically and we don't even need to do anything ourselves......"

That is to say...... Can a matrix system learn?"

"Yes. Mo Shi nodded: "We all know that one of the advantages of humans over computers is that they have the ability to learn, humans can learn, and computers can only run according to programs designed by humans." But from now on, we can make the matrix system have the ability to learn to some extent and form a more powerful combat power. ”

"It's a good thing, but it sounds a little scary, and maybe the war between humans and computers isn't a science fiction movie. ”

"I don't know if there will really be a war between humans and computers, just like in "Terminator", but I know one thing...... "The ink master said in a long voice: "Every progress in human technology is actually accompanied by huge risks, and the risks are still diverse. For example, nuclear technology can create nuclear bombs to destroy hundreds of thousands of people in an instant, but it can also make nuclear power plants to produce clean energy. Technology itself is not guilty, and the key to what role it plays lies in human control. ”

"You're right, you can't stop letting technological progress happen just because it's risky. ”

"If you agree, I'll start making these data collection devices, and let as many soldiers wear ...... as much as possible," Mo Shi told Cang Hao: "There is no doubt that this kind of data collection requires a huge amount of storage space, and each battle is not small in size just for video." Every soldier has a video of the empty air, and all of them add up to a staggering amount of storage, not to mention all sorts of other data. Similarly, analyzing a battle requires a lot of computing power, such as bringing together videos of all the soldiers in a battle to form a basic overview of the battle, which is not something that ordinary mainframe computers can do. ”

"I know what you're trying to say. Cang Hao pursed his lips: "Only the matrix system in the world can do it." ”

The ink master nodded: "That's right. ”

Although Cang Hao doesn't understand computers, he thinks that to carry out such a huge amount of data collection and analysis, it is definitely not something that ordinary computers can do. Mo Shi is very proud of the matrix system, and Cang Hao is not proud: "Now it seems that the investment in the matrix system is completely worth it." ”

Cang Hao and Mo Shi discussed the matrix system, and Emperor Yu felt that he was a little left out, and hurriedly said: "I think we must use war to feed the war, whether it is drone or battery technology, it needs to consume a huge amount of money, and it is not enough to rely on the blood lion mercenaries to make money by fighting wars." I designed this battery technology with the intention of selling it on the market, not for military purposes. I think it's possible to open a factory to produce these batteries and sell them to the world, so as to get money to help us upgrade our weapons and equipment?"

Cang Hao questioned: "What if our opponents also get this battery technology?"

"It's easy to do. Emperor Yu had already figured out a way: "All the batteries used by the Blood Lion mercenaries themselves are all the most advanced, and all the batteries that are publicly sold on the market are all reduced." ”

Cang Hao nodded: "I understand what you mean, all the simple version of the battery, reduce the use of some key technologies, provide less power, and take longer to charge." ”

"That's the truth. After a pause, Emperor Yu further proposed: "The whole world wants to get this battery technology, do you know what this battery means once it is introduced to the market?"

Cang Hao guessed what Emperor Yu wanted to say: "Then someone will definitely trace the source of this technology, and then find out to your head...... In this way, it looks like your personal safety is in question, and many people will try to kidnap you to get technology. ”

"When I first started researching this technology, I thought it was simple, but after being kidnapped by the hospital in Lejmann, I realized that the world is full of dangers. Emperor Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If you find a technology that can affect the world, many people will not hesitate to kill for it!"