A week after the airport began, Ron left China again. But this time, he didn't go back to the United States directly, but went to Australia first.

The main reason for going to Australia is that the full simulation experiment of the bat incendiary bomb is about to be carried out in Australia. It was already winter in the United States, and the bats were hibernating. But the experiment couldn't stop just because the bats hibernated, so the experiment was dragged to Australia.

According to the test plan, a bomber will take off from New Zealand, fly thousands of kilometers, and finally drop a few incendiary bombs in a desert in central Australia to attack a simulated town with more than 1,000 buildings.

Unlike the previous experiment, this time it will be a complete test of the high-altitude resistance of the bat bomb, the geomagnetic field caused by long-distance flight, and the effects of jet lag. If this series of experiments can be successful, the bat bomb will be ready for production.

As soon as he landed, Ron's first instinct was that it was too hot. Contrary to the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer. In particular, the airport where Ron landed was a desert airport, and it was noon, and the scorching sun almost melted the runway. The moment the cabin door opened, a blinding white light shot in, stabbing Ron and his entourage unable to open their eyes, and a wave of heat rushed over, almost staggering.

"This is not the right place." After getting off the plane, Ron said to Dr. X, who came to greet him~one~Ben~Read~ the novel YBDU, "It's not that hot in Japan." This will not affect the results of the experiment. ”

"Don't worry, General, it's not hotter here than Japan in the early morning."

Deserts are characterized by a large temperature difference between day and night, and early morning is the hottest time of the day. Mornings in desert areas are always quite cool or even cold. Even in a desert above the equator like Sahara, at night, you can shiver from the cold.

After a short break in the break room, as the sun was about to set, Ron and Dr. X took a jeep ride to check out the target town.

Because of the multiple rounds of the experiment to test the reliability of the bat bomb, the target town was different from the one in Nevada, which was built of reinforced concrete.

In the last experiment, the destructive power of the bat incendiary bomb on Japanese-style wooden houses was fully confirmed. Now, what needs to be proven is the question of reliability, which requires repeated experimentation, and it would be too extravagant and too time-consuming to build a small town every time you try to do it. And a reinforced concrete town will not be burned down by this incendiary bomb. In particular, these incendiary bombs are not filled with white phosphorus, nor thermite, but just napalm, although the flame of this thing is not small, but the temperature that can be reached is quite limited, there is no problem at all in igniting a wooden house, but it is far from enough to burn reinforced concrete. At most, it is just a few blackened marks between the beams and pillars of the house. And if you examine these traces, you can see how many incendiary bombs have successfully fired.

This way, before the next experiment, there is no need to recreate a town, only to repaint certain places. And when the experiment is completely over, this "town" can be used for other purposes. The army also said that the town could be used as a training base for street fighting, in preparation for possible future street fighting on Japanese soil.

"How's the preparations going on in New Zealand?" Ron asked.

"It's almost as planned, Your Excellency." He was answered by a beautiful young female secretary of Dr. X.

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Two days later, the first round of experiments was over. The results of the experiment show that the state of bats is affected to a certain extent by long-distance high-altitude flight. Experiments have shown that nearly 1 in 10 bats fall to the ground and die. However, the other bats are quite normal, and the ignition rate is quite good.

A large number of bats fall directly to their deaths on the street, which may attract attention and thus discover the secrets of this bat. If the Japanese had detected it early and organized their countermeasures, the lethality of the bat bomb would have been greatly reduced.

"The dead bats have been retrieved and studied. The preliminary judgment is that these bats are of poor physical fitness. In the next round of experiments, we will use a selection of strong bats to see how much we can reduce the proportion of falling deaths. Faced with this question, Dr. X grimaced.

"Okay, a few more experiments." Ron was also worried, and even wondered, is this one of the reasons why this plan was ultimately rejected in history?

Fortunately, in later experiments, this problem was alleviated to a certain extent, and after using a selection of strong bats, the rate of falling deaths was reduced to less than one percent. Although such a fall rate may still lead to the enemy discovering the secrets of the bat, the probability of discovering them is much smaller after all.

Spent nearly two weeks in Australia, watching the progress of the experiment while Ron gradually outlined a plan for the "reverse cross" reform. As for the more details, we will need to consult with others in the "Reverse Cross" after returning to the United States before they can be finalized.

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Speaking of which, Ron has been away from "Reverse Cross" for almost half a year. But he also kept the title of "Reverse Cross" commander. When Ron returned to the "Reverse Cross" again, he found that the current "Reverse Cross" seemed to be running smoothly without him, and even the "Reverse Cross" still did not run smoothly in the absence of not only the chief officer, but also the deputy chief officer. This reminded Ron of a joke:

In IBM, there are two ogres lurking. They ate one IBM employee a month and kept eating for ten years without being noticed. But finally one day, they were still exposed and caught. In the courtroom, the ogre armor scolded the ogre B: "I told you a long time ago, cannibalism can only eat executives, you just don't listen!" You see, we've been an executive for ten years, and no one has ever noticed that there are fewer people in the company. But you didn't obey you, and you ate a cleaner two days ago, so we're here now! ”

Ron felt that if he was also eaten by the ogre, the staff in the "Reverse Cross", although it would not be found for ten years, at least, it was entirely possible that he would not be found out for half a year.

In fact, in some units where the way of working has stabilized, the presence of the top management is sometimes really weak. Ron's feeling also shows that the operating mechanism of the "reverse cross" has been quite mature.

However, as soon as Ron returns, the stability of the "reverse cross" is about to be broken. In a company, long-missing executives suddenly appear, usually with dramatic changes. In the army, too.

Ron returned to the "Reverse Cross" at noon lunchtime. He also went to the cafeteria to get a lunch, casually said hello to the pilots who had not been seen for a long time, and then ate with everyone.

Unlike some armies in the East, in the cafeteria, there are not many rules in the American Air Forces. It's not a big deal to talk while eating. So, when someone walked past him, he suddenly stopped, and then said, "Sir, are you back?" "It's fun out there, isn't it?" Something like that.

And Bunge even came up with a sentence: "What a coincidence that the chief came back, shouldn't you have come back specifically to see the beauties?" ”

"Specially come back to see beautiful women?" Ron was stunned, "Reverse Cross" is a Shaolin Temple, when will there be a beautiful woman?

"Looks like you really don't know." Bunge laughed, swallowing a chicken leg into his stomach and muttering, "There's a Ballet Russo that's been touring the United States lately. It is said to be of a very high standard. Especially the standard of beautiful women is very high, and it is said that you can't find a few in Hollywood that are so beautiful and temperamental. Two days ago, the ballet company moved to Nevada. We all talked about finding a weekend to see ......."

"Ballet? Could it be that Nadya and they haven't been back in the United States for almost two months? Ron thought, but considering that there are dozens of states in the United States, it does take a lot of time to tour or something.

"General, there's a troublesome matter...... "We don't have your ticket ready." ”

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The ballet company that performed was the one that arrived in the United States with Ron. They will also be in Nevada for a week. During the war, the theater took good care of the soldiers. The pilots of the "Reverse Cross" were seated in the front row of the theater, and even Ron, who came to buy tickets temporarily, found a good seat in the front row. From here, you can see the dances of the actors most clearly.

This performance is the most classic ballet "Swan Lake". This is based on a well-known fairy tale and is a classic ballet repertoire, but this work is quite difficult to perform, and it is very demanding for the male and female protagonists, especially the heroine, who needs to play two characters with very different personalities, such as the white swan Ojieta and the black swan Ogilia, which is very difficult.

Ron knows that there are two ways to end this work, one is the reunion of the prince and princess living happily together, and the other is the tragedy of the prince and princess both dying in the storm. I don't know which ending the director intends to perform in this performance.

But for the pilots of the "reverse cross", none of this is important, the important thing is that the actress must be beautiful.

At this time, the lights gradually dimmed, the curtain slowly opened, and the show was about to begin.