For Teresa, I have inexplicable already complicated feelings, but one thing is for sure, I don't want to see such a tsundere girl crying, and I don't want to see her efforts subverted again and again due to external forces. I secretly swore in my heart that as long as there was a way to keep the Martian Child, not for anything else, but to see the bright smile of the little beauty.

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Spending a whole day at the Martian Sons was a fulfillment of some of my obligations as a leader, and I could roughly understand that I was not useless to the Martian Sons. As the existence of some status in the military department, my name is relatively easy to use for the status of the children of Mars, as well as to deter those with ulterior motives. Of course, when it comes to the conflict of interests, it even involves Kramer and Green, after all, in the eyes of most people, I am a confidant of the two of them. I'm a little worried about what these two generals will think of me, and if they hold the idea that active duty soldiers shouldn't have too much intimacy with social organizations, I'll have to choose between my current position and the position of leader of the Martian Child. No matter what the trade-offs are, someone will eventually be lost.

Thinking over and over again complex political questions with no right answers, the scooter drove me on the way to the military office building.

Originally, he was scheduled to return to the Wanwang to deal with the re-compilation of the detachment and how the marines could further adapt to the boarding battle in space, but they did not expect to receive an order early in the morning and an important meeting was held at the military headquarters. All senior officers are required to participate in person, and officers at the mid-level and above attend by videoconference at the stationing of the units.

I thought that this should be an extremely important move for the military, and I couldn't help but cheer up. Although I know that with the improvement of status, the inevitable result of the arrival of responsibility, but when I really encounter the occasion of responsibility, I find that whether it is freedom of action, even the whole life and the way of thinking about problems have been affected.

Unlike the previous meeting, which involved government officials, it was held in the administration building. This meeting, which was entirely local, was held in the core building of the military headquarters. The office center of the military headquarters is not so much a building as a complex of mostly underground facilities. Compared with the administrative office center, almost to the top of the waterproof space, giving people a tall and majestic feeling of the government building, the facilities of the military department have not considered the impact of visual effects at all, everything looks so simple, but has a more practical side, whether it is the office area or the defense efficiency of the military office center fully reflects the consistent style of Commander Kramer and others in reality, pragmatic.

Walking into the military building, in the aisle to the largest conference room 0, I met Maxim and the others again, but Verelli was already working in the building, and I was not with them.

"Sir, have you heard about this meeting?"

Maxim walked beside me with an unnatural expression, and deliberately lowered his voice when talking to me.

I shook my head. I spent all day yesterday in the Martian Son, and if there was any gossip, it wouldn't reach me.

Zach followed quickly.

"There are a lot of people here, don't discuss things that are too detailed, let's go to the venue first, and there is a special seat with a soundproof force field."

I've noticed that these three have become the focus of attention for my colleagues. It's strange what caused us to be so high-profile, but seeing the secretive appearance of the two subordinates, I wisely shut up.

Something seemed to have happened at a time when I didn't know it, and it had pushed me, and indeed the entire detachment, to the forefront.

Conference Room 0 is not so much used for meetings as it is a large auditorium for issuing orders, and under the rostrum, nearly 1,000 sheets are spread over a vast area. In order to ensure the quality of the meeting, as a small circle of small circles in the walled city that are not tightly arranged like the interior of the theater, there are stereoscopic projection equipment in the middle of each circle to synchronize the influence of the rostrum, and these projections can also be switched to the speaker's screen if necessary.

The sound-blocking equipment that Zach refers to is the equipment inside each small circle. Because most of the officers who held the meeting belonged to their own units, they naturally gathered into a pile, and these small circles were really used by those who unified the troops.

The three of us found a small circle specially arranged for the detachment and found that there were already officers of our own fleet sitting in it. After greeting and taking his seat, Zach turned on the sound-blocking field. Even at this time, there was still a lot of attention in the venue. We seem to have gone from an ordinary detachment to a star in the army overnight, and I'm not sure if the meaning behind this is good or bad. It's just that being exposed to other people's comments is really uncomfortable.

"There's something wrong with things! Late yesterday, the headquarters suddenly issued a circular to all units that in order to improve the overall quality of troops as soon as possible, it is necessary to decide as soon as possible whether or not measures such as genetic modification and mechanization should be applied to the troops. For this reason, they came up with the method of an open competition, and it was necessary to determine the gap between the reformed soldiers and ordinary soldiers in some subjects in the whole army, so as to finally decide whether or not to use enhanced means to enhance combat effectiveness. ”

Before Maxim could finish speaking, I realized that the matter was a big deal.

The so-called mechanical enhancement was an emergency treatment method for the most disabled soldiers on the battlefield in the original Space Army, just like my own damaged parts were replaced by high-performance prosthetic limbs, and my combat effectiveness was strengthened. This approach has been widely accepted by soldiers, but the way to improve the quality of soldiers discussed this time is not only about disabled soldiers. Once the plan is approved, all Starship Soldiers, as well as Marines, and even the guards may be asked to pretend to be mechanical aids, such as special electric shock devices that stimulate muscle strength, or artificial spines, without any anomalies. This is not just a purely military issue, but also a matter of ethics and the way the warriors perceive their own bodies. There will be a lot of resistance to pushing it by force.

Another type of fortification is genetic modification. It's an irreversible option that turns people into pure war machines. Genetically modified fighters will never be able to break free from the shackles of their modified bodies. The subhumans of Brande are the best example of this. It is conceivable that for ordinary soldiers, genetic modification is to turn them into monsters, which is the source of tragedy in many entertainment dramas. If these measures are to be forced, even if they are not necessarily enforced, they may be used in conjunction with cloning technology, but for ordinary soldiers, being forcibly transformed into monsters without knowing it will definitely become a haunting nightmare.

The two approaches to strengthening the source of troops can also have the effect of inter-group differentiation within the force. Imagine the existence of a group of colleagues who far surpass their colleagues in terms of mental power, physical strength, and defensive power, which will bring great pressure to their colleagues and comrades-in-arms. Those who have not undergone rehabilitation will feel that they are in a disadvantaged position and no longer have the opportunity to be promoted. And those who have undergone reform will also regard their relatively weak companions as a burden, and it is inevitable that over time they will cause factions and antagonism within the army.

Since I'm a heavily mechanized warrior myself, Kiana's starship cores can be seen as a perfect example of genetic modification combined with machinery. Although the army did not deliberately publicize their existence, they had experienced many difficult and abnormal battles, and anyone would inquire about the secrets of the 16 starships with extremely flexible mobility and combat power reports. General Kramer and the others have adopted a laissez-faire strategy internally for the starship core and let the news about them spread. Over time, the special identities and abilities of these 16 girls have become an open secret in the army.

Now that we are talking about strengthening the quality of our troops, it is predictable that we will be the object of everyone's attention as the detachment with the most transformed human beings, but I am considering that the vast majority of those eyes that are sent are not curious or inquisitive, but wary eyes full of resentment. The most troubling thing is that people will superimpose prejudices and fears about new technologies on us? In the event of violence, the members of the detachment will bear the brunt of it.

Although I would love to say out loud to the hosts of the malicious gaze that the truth is not that mechanization is reversible as they think, and that genetic modification will not be used on born people, the military department is considering applying genetic modification mainly to cloned soldiers. However, it is really difficult to say how many people will listen to such an appeal and how many people will be able to understand it.

As the renovation progressed rapidly, I felt that I and my colleagues in the detachment had been roasted on the fire, and this feeling of rejection affected the officers and men of the detachment and myself through various channels. Either way, now that peace has been restored for the time being, I never expected to be forced to jump into the giant pit of reformed warriors. I felt my own powerlessness, more so than I did in the face of a powerful enemy. I prayed in my heart that it wouldn't end in tragedy.

"Sir, I personally think it's too early for this kind of thing to be discussed on a large scale. The military department should conduct experiments on a small scale with small units, and over time perhaps everyone will be more receptive to the existence of modified fighters. Such a fanfare may be met with a fierce backlash, and we, as a unit with many reformed fighters, are likely to bear the brunt of the victims. ”

I couldn't agree with Maxim's words, and looking at Zach and Jasmine, who had just arrived, and the other officers of the detachment nodding yes, I knew that everyone was actually thinking of going together. You should think that I should take the initiative to propose to the command and adopt the experimental plan, rather than immediately implement it on a large scale. But I couldn't do that, because I knew why Verelli had come up with the plan so early, because with a huge enemy fleet on the horizon, we didn't have time to think about it in the long term.

While coping with the expectations of my colleagues, I thought over and over again about the good and bad effects of the whole project. With the cue on the stereoscopic projection, we no longer discussed, but General Green personally presided over the large-scale meeting within the army.

General Green's style is also straightforward. He didn't even bother to hide the suspicion that there might be a large fleet of people lurking nearby. As soon as the words fell, there was a cacophony of whispers in the room. TechnologyWe have turned on the sound blocking force field, and the noise from the communication loop cannot be filtered out.

"I would like to state here first of all that regardless of whether or not the plan to strengthen the fighters is implemented in the future, there will never be a matter within our army that forces everyone to participate in the transformation without disregard of the personal wishes of the soldiers. This transformation plan is mainly considered to be implemented in the soldiers conceived by clones or artificial wombs, and since they are transformed at birth, there is no problem of violating their personal wishes. As for the question of whether reformed fighters have the same civic rights as ordinary people, our command has a tendency to believe that reformed fighters should be accepted as normal members of society. The only difference between them and this is that they were strengthened and transformed at birth. ”

In my opinion, Green's statement has been able to solve the doubts of most people, but looking at the venue, I can see that most people are listening to Green's speech with a skeptical expression, thinking that in the future, even if the plan to transform the soldiers is not implemented, the detachment will be excluded because of the status of the transformation of the soldiers, and I feel that the future is too breathing.

"Now I ask that all units be recruited to specialize in starship control and land warfare. The military department should select the best of them to compete with the reformed fighters in Senior Colonel Zhao Ping's rapid reaction unit. The military department will decide whether to carry out the fighter transformation program based on the results of the actual competition. ”

Although I was mentally prepared for the realization, when General Green actually announced the result, I immediately felt more malicious eyes cast around me, and the tremendous pressure and inexplicable uncomfortable feeling still made me want to vomit.

Regardless of the outcome of the competition, my detachment has been isolated from the rest of the forces. If the competition fails, it proves that the transformed soldiers are not as powerful as they imagined, and the status of the soldiers in the detachment, including me, in the army will drop sharply. If the contest is successful and it turns out that the Reformed Warrior is indeed stronger than the average Warrior, we will be isolated by most of the troops. Some old antiques who insist on recognizing the body and giving it to their parents and not being able to move it lightly will hate us, and the misunderstanding of ordinary people about the transformation of soldiers will exacerbate the difficulties of future detachment fighters in the army.

"Regardless of the outcome, it looks like we're going to make a total enemy within the army."

Maxim's sigh was telling, and Zach and I were speechless.

How did things come to this?

At the end of the meeting, a test involving the whole army was finally scheduled to be held in five days to determine whether the reformed fighters were really more competent than the well-trained ordinary soldiers in the battlefield environment.

As I walked down the long passage away from the venue, even if I didn't have to feel it, I could see that my colleagues around me were deliberately pointing at us, and from time to time there would be malicious glances.

Verelli caught up before we left.

"I'm sorry, I know you were roasted on the fire this time. However, please understand the situation we are facing, and if we do not implement measures to strengthen our combat capabilities as soon as possible, there will be no future for the Provisional Government. And those of us who are attached to the Provisional Government will not end well. ”

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In the face of the initiators of all this, we can only be silent.

"I'm here to tell you. Don't underestimate the opponents of the competition, as far as I know, everyone in the army is serious, and will send the best and most experienced starship piloting team, as well as the best marines besides you. Based on the internal data I've learned, you mechanical transformation fighters don't talk about it, and it will never be easy for the starship cores to defeat their opponents. But don't think about it perfunctory, the results of this competition are related to your future prospects, and the question of how the rapid response squadron will be treated in the future. Once it turns out that the Reformed Warriors are not as powerful as they thought, your detachment will likely be disbanded, and explain what kind of pressure the Warriors will be under to replenish the various fraternal units, which you absolutely do not want. ”

Looking at the back of Wei Leili, who left in a hurry after speaking, I couldn't help but scold, this guy pushed us into the pit, and he was still adding fuel and vinegar on the side, didn't he feel a little guilty?