Chapter 282: White Wolf with Empty Gloves (Medium)
October 3rd.
While the negotiations between China and the United States were in full swing, a virtual military exercise was held on an island in the Six Degrees space that was not open to the outside world.
The exercise, codenamed "Operation Mori," was inspired by the largest ground offensive launched by the U.S. Joint Counterterrorism Unit against the Al Qaeda group in Afghanistan from March 2 to 18, 2002. Historically, however, this operation was a very unsuccessful operation, and it was another operation in which the U.S. military suffered heavy casualties after the arrest of warlords Mohammed and Farah and Aideed in Somalia in 1993.
This "Operation Mori" resulted in the destruction of an MH-47 Echinook helicopter of the United States, the death of several personnel, and the almost total annihilation of the army, which can be said to be a very unsuccessful plan. It was the Pentagon that was very secretive about this operation, and it never mentioned it on weekdays!
I have to say that this operation in the Sixth Degree Space really made the Yankees angry, as the saying goes, you don't hit people in the face! Compared with the once majestic "Desert Shield" operation, this assault can be called a disgrace for the US military, but it was simulated in this way by the Sixth Degree Space, how can it not make Pentagon officials embarrassed and angry?
In fact, this is also what the Chinese bigwigs are willing to see, and the beautiful name is to let the Americans find lessons from their failures, but the actual meaning is ...... Hehe, everyone knows it.
A brief introduction to the operation.
After the 911 World Trade Center terrorist attacks, the Joint Anti-Terrorism Force, led by the U.S. military, waged a war on terror in Afghanistan. The objective of the operation was to sweep away hundreds of Al Qaeda soldiers in the Gandeg Mountains south of Kabul, the Afghan capital, and to send troops to occupy vantage points in the valley and surrounding highlands in order to obtain important information for future observation and monitoring of the Al Qaeda area.
In this operation plan, the US military adopted the tactics of hammer and cutting board. First, send troops to occupy the vantage point of the valley and organize the enemy army to spread around, and then enter the northern end of the valley to sweep the enemy army.
But it backfired. At 3 a.m. on March 3, the helicopters of the 160th Combat Aviation Regiment were carrying Navy SEALs to the top of the hill to occupy the stronghold and establish an observation post......
However, the Yankees' equipment is indeed strong, and it did not crash after being bombarded by a single rocket launcher (RPG). Under the enemy's heavy machine-gun fire, he began to flee the attacked area, but while fleeing, one of the Navy SEALs lost his balance and fell.
This is simply a shame for the American seals, who were captured by a group of ordinary militiamen! This is even more embarrassing to the Yankees than the Apache helicopter that was bombed down by the militia with AK47 during the Iraq War!
The helicopter was soon forced to land, and the entire squad was surrounded by enemy troops, so they had to rely on superior firepower and bomb support from the air force to confront the enemy. Three hours later, the second squad arrived, reunited with the trapped first squad and launched a counterattack, but the cost of killing two of the opposing enemy was that one of his team members had been shot and died of blood loss.
Due to the suppression of the opponent's ground fire. It was not until evening that the U.S. military was able to dispatch helicopters to rescue the bodies of the dead soldiers and the wounded. The "Operation Forest" lasted until the 18th, but a small battle actually cost two Navy SEALs. In addition, more than a dozen people were injured, which really made the Yankees lose face, because this operation was not hyped up, and not many people knew about it.
The reason why Han Feng chose this campaign, in addition to slapping the Yankees, another main reason is that the scale of this campaign is not large, which is just suitable for the exercise of anti-terrorist robots. As with the U.S. military's previous setup, a helicopter was loaded with more than a dozen anti-terrorist robots to replace the original Navy SEALs.
This simulated ground is completely controlled by artificial intelligence, and the purpose is to let the United States take a look. The performance of this unmanned anti-terrorist robot in actual combat.
The beginning of the campaign. The helicopter gunship went to occupy the top of the hill as originally planned, and then came under attack by enemy rockets, and in the process of fleeing the helicopter, one of the team members lost his balance and fell......
The story takes place exactly as it did back then. But the results were very different. Although the intelligence level of these combat robots is still the same as that of "Moon Rabbit One", they are only D-level. It's equivalent to an ordinary pet dog, but creatures of this level already have an instinct - the instinct to fight!
Pentagon officials were amazed to find. The robots researched by China are not as they think, relying on their bodies that are much stronger and harder than humans to resist the opponent's fire attacks, but have learned to dodge, find cover and other means!
As the saying goes, hooligans know martial arts, and immortals can't stop them. What would it be like for robots to have a terrible dodge rate when they had great defense? They weren't as agile as the elite warriors of the human race, but ordinary bullets would have little effect even if they hit the shell, and don't let these steel monsters be the moving targets of Hollywood blockbusters, standing there like idiots firing at all costs.
Just imagine, the enemy can only hit one or several bullets of the robot after paying a considerable price, but even the opponent's oil skin is not damaged a little, this kind of battle is not a level at all, how many people can hold on in the face of such an enemy?
Therefore, just a "accidentally" dropped combat robot frightened the surrounding enemies, and after dropping a few corpses, they quickly evacuated, and the first step of the "Mori Plan" was successfully completed.
"How simple is it?" the Pentagon officials sweated on their foreheads, and they once fantasized about the grand occasion after the establishment of the "First Iron Corps", because most of the wars in the future will be local wars, and local wars obviously do not need large troops, so the concept of elite wars has been proposed for a long time. With the current air force of the United States, they are fully capable of airdropping troops to any corner of the world within 24 hours, and they watched the performance of this robot. They also believe that these robot teams
Solve a skirmish in 24 hours and win!
What a concept!
And the next simulation exercise made these officials even more excited, and they were even convulsed!
In the ensuing battle, the robot team not only showed the true colors of the killers. They repaired damaged helicopters, then climbed mountains and mountains into enemy fire blockades, using laser guidance systems to call in fighters to bomb some of the enemy's most powerful pillboxes, killing the recalcitrant terrorists.
If these are nothing, then these combat robots can independently judge and use special equipment such as flashbangs, smoke grenades, and tear gas canisters to gain the initiative on the battlefield for themselves, and when facing the enemy leader, they actually captured the opponent alive and rescued some of the "hostages" who were imprisoned......
This is really too unexpected for Pentagon officials!
It turns out that these robots can not only kill people, but also save people! And they did a great job of repatriating prisoners and protecting hostages! They even killed a terrorist who was mixed in with the hostages and tried to make a sudden attack!
How do they do it?!
"Mr. Han Feng. After the exercise, it took a long time for Pentagon officials to recover from the exercise and said, "I beg your pardon." It's just a game. That's right, it's just a game on a simulation platform, hehe, Blizzard can make a better game than this, you say?"
Although they are here to negotiate, it is still difficult for Americans to accept this fact. Once upon a time, China, which they looked down upon, actually came ahead of them, and as experts who came to negotiate this time, these officials still know very well about robot control systems, this kind of technology. It's exactly what the United States dreams of right now!
Han Feng, as the negotiator of the Chinese side this time, also smiled. "Do you think it's just a game?"
"This ......"
"Please see clearly, this platform is a pure sixth-degree space and not a sixth-degree red alert, and this island is exactly the same as the place leased to the Pentagon for their exercises! That is, everything that happens here is real. These are the main stats of the Battle Robots. Oh, these are no secrets. This is just the official data published by your country, and of course, with the addition of our special control system and judgment mechanism. In other words, these technologies can be used in reality, otherwise they cannot be embodied in the six-dimensional space. ”
"But...... This," the official at the head of the group, Jamis shook his head slowly: "Chinese style, we have no doubt about the strength of the sixth degree space. But this negotiation is very serious, and I hope you understand that I can't go back with a video that looks like a Hollywood blockbuster and get Congress to agree to this plan, I need more weight!"
"Weight?" Han Feng smiled, gave up a position and said: "I believe that there should be programming masters among the experts who came this time, you can completely design a campaign by yourself, I think these should not be difficult things, after you have designed the campaign, terrain and tactical distribution, I can use these combat robots to simulate it again, everyone will know, this is not us cheating." If it's too troublesome, we can do another rehearsal of this 'Snake Snake' operation, and I guarantee that even if it is the same model, you will see a different process. ”
According to the views of these officials, the battle simulation they saw was likely to be a "play" made by the Sixth Degree Company in advance, anyway, the server side is in the hands of the other party, can they change it as much as they want?
Han Feng's response was that if you don't believe it, then make a set of battles yourself, or let's do this "Operation Forest" again. Artificial intelligence is not an ordinary computer program, it must be done according to the steps in the plan, and every slight change may cause different judgments of the intelligent system, which will affect the course of the entire campaign. Of course, Han Feng is very sure that the result will not change much, because the strength advantage of intelligent robots is too great, and under the suppression of this strength, the result is definitely only victory.
Several officials exchanged views with each other, and Jamis said, "Chinese style, your proposal is good, we can try it." But I still say that after all, this is only a computer-simulated battle, and it does not represent reality. Please understand that this time we have come with great sincerity, and your request is really ......."
Han Feng interrupted him: "It's not that our request is excessive, but that our things do have this value!"
Jamis laughed, "Okay, Chinese style. From my personal standpoint, I believe in the strength of your country, but you have to come up with something that satisfies us in reality, and that's the principle of doing business, isn't it?"
Jamis coughed and said, "Our opinion is that your country's 'Moon Rabbit No. 1' should have supplies, so let's study it......"
"Phew!" Han Feng scolded in his heart, thinking about it is beautiful! When he opened his mouth, he asked for "Moon Rabbit No. 1", and he would study it? After the study, he couldn't talk about it, didn't Lao Tzu eat this dumb loss in vain?
Han Feng shook his head and said, "Mr. Jamies, please pay attention to your position. Yuetu-1 represents our country's top military secret, which is not within the scope of our business, and your country needs software technical support, and related hardware, hehehehe......"
Jamis wasn't upset either, because it was something they expected. He asked very gently: "Then your country must come up with some finished products to show its sincerity, otherwise I think there is no point in us having a dialogue." ”
Han Feng touched his nose: "This is difficult, you must know that our China is ahead of the world in terms of intelligent systems, and there is really no comparison with your country in terms of hardware." These words made the faces of the officials in the United States twitch for a while, and then they heard Han Feng say: "Otherwise, I have the idea of the best of both worlds...... What do you think of your proposal that you can bring in a robot that you have developed and researched with very advanced hardware and then we will be responsible for installing the software?"