Anyway, the end result was not bad. Chen Ming also let go of those cranky thoughts, and now there are more important issues to think about.

First, of course, is the impact of damage to the cabin. The impact on the ship itself also needs to be decided by the director department according to the efficiency of the damage management operation. But the food stock in the storage compartment is equivalent to being useless, and if you want to use the remaining food to last until the end of the exercise, then it is destined that the soldiers will not want to eat well in the past few days.

Second, the 548 ship can keep chasing itself without turning on the active radar. Chen Ming has never figured out the reason for this, and even the radar squad leader on the ship can't say why.

The expression on his face was a little gloomy, and Chen Ming first told Political Commissar Huang about the situation after returning to the war room. Then turn on the ship's radio and inform the fighters about the damage to the ship. And, most crucially, food control will be in place in the coming days.

The period of the assessment exercise was not long, and the base only gave a total of three days. But for a small 200 person, the amount of food consumed in one meal is not a small number, let alone nine meals in three days? Hearing what was on the radio, the fighters were able to understand it. As if nothing had happened, he continued to be busy with the things in front of him.

"Report to the captain, the sealing operation is complete!"

"Yes, report to the director's department!"

Hearing the report, Chen Ming subconsciously raised his arm and looked at the time. Due to the fact that the cabin was not actually damaged, many of the steps were actually very perfunctory compared to the real damage management operation. From the perspective of time, Chen Ming is quite satisfied. Not too fast, not too slow.

"Lao Huang, can you help me think about it, how did this 548 track us?"

"Hey, you ask me about this? You haven't figured it out, how do I know? ”

Chen Ming thought about this question and thought about it a little bit crazy, and Commissar Huang, who was watching all this from the side, smiled and quipped, trying to reconcile Chen Ming's mentality.

"Helicopters? It shouldn't be or can't. The movement of the helicopter and the target were too large for the fighters on board to find it without a single person. ”

In the time of waiting for the director's ruling, and having dinner in the evening. Chen Ming was still muttering to himself, and at the same time, his hand unconsciously touched the pack of cigarettes on the table.

"Captain, do you think it could be an aerial photography drone?"

Hearing Chen Ming's muttering, a little soldier sitting next to him asked.

"No, it's not like you don't know. The drones at the base have all been pulled back for system upgrades, so there are no drones on all ships in this exercise. ”

To be honest, from the very beginning, the target of Chen Ming's suspicion was the drone. But this was also the first possibility he ruled out. Because the work on the upgrade of the UAV system has been going on for some time, and now it happens that it is the turn of the UAVs of the frigate detachment to upgrade. For the sake of fairness, it was stipulated before the start of this assessment that destroyers were not allowed to use drones for reconnaissance work.

Moreover, even if the other party wants to operate in violation of the law. Then it's also a frigate, and there should be no drones on the ship at all.

"I know. Still, Captain. I'm talking about civilian drones ...."

"What did you say?!"

Hearing this, a thunderclap seemed to explode in Chen Ming's mind. That's right, military drones can't be used, but what about civilian ones?!

Chen Ming, who seemed to have captured the crux of the problem, hurriedly opened the computer in front of him and began to search for information about civilian aerial photography drones on the Internet.

If this is the case, then there are only two core problems. One is whether civilian drones can complete reconnaissance missions, after all, the distance between the two ships is not close. Second, it is the question of whether there is a violation.

"Signal transmission distance 8 km ......"

While looking at the parameter information on the Internet about some drones that can be bought, Chen Ming asked a question.

"Look, that doesn't seem right. The signal transmission distance is too close, just 548 and we are separated by 110 chains, if you really want to use this, then you can't fall into the sea? ”

"No, I have a classmate in college who likes to play with model airplanes. I think I've heard him say that the control distance is about 30 kilometers. ”

The little soldier beside him was stunned when he heard Chen Ming's words, and then he put his head in front of Chen Ming's computer to check it in confusion. While looking at the parameter description of the drone on the Internet, he muttered.

"Otherwise, you can call your classmate now. Shall we ask him? ”

"Good!"

Hearing this, the soldier immediately took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and then looked at Chen Ming with a bitter face.

"Captain, no signal.....

"Mobile, right? Forget it, use mine, my telecommunications ....."

Glancing at the soldier's mobile phone, Chen Ming smiled and took out his mobile phone with a three-bar signal and handed it to the other party. Looking at the way the other party entered the number in his mobile phone address list, Chen Ming suddenly felt that it was the right decision that he had not forcibly forbidden the soldiers to play with their mobile phones before.

"Hello? Shoko, it's me...... Hi, okay. Without further ado, this is our captain's phone number, I'm on a drill right now, and I have a question for you....."

"You need to install additional video transmission equipment, right? Up to 50 km?! ...... Okay, I get it! ”

After the soldier hung up the phone, he said excitedly while returning the phone to Chen Ming.

"Got it figured out, Captain. After the civilian drone is equipped with an additional image transmission equipment, the signal transmission distance can be significantly improved, not to mention that we are at sea, without buildings, mountains, etc., the signal transmission distance will be farther than on land. ”

"But the problem is that after the installation of this equipment, the endurance of the drone will be reduced. According to my classmate's analysis, there are generally no requirements for the take-off site is more of a four-cantilever drone, which originally had a low battery life, and with this thing, it is estimated that it will only have a battery life of about 20 minutes. ”

20 minutes?! Looking at the excited and apprehensive expression on the soldier's face, Chen Ming smiled and signaled that the other party was fine. At least, the most critical problem has been solved, and that is that drone reconnaissance can indeed be done.

As for the problem of battery life, it can be solved by changing the battery. In addition, it is not necessary for the drone to be floating in the sky all the time, as long as you determine your approximate position, the drone can return, which can also reduce the chance of being detected.

Now that this problem has been solved, there is another key issue in finalizing this. That is the rules of the exercise, whether the use of civilian drones is allowed.

"Hey, Old Xiao?!"

"Why are you calling now? I'm telling you, don't think I'm revealing anything to you. ”

As the so-called one person ascends to heaven, Xiao Weiguo, who has been mixed into the leader of the detachment, was arranged to work in the director department this time. Originally, considering that he was the leader of the submarine detachment and a deputy with relatively few things, he was brought here, and Chen Ming was cheapened.

"Hey, look at what you said. We're not that person, I'll ask you a question, is it illegal to use civilian drones for investigation in this assessment? ”