Lin Yuan asked, "Teacup?" What do you mean? ”

Chen Fei said: "What I'm talking about is not a teacup, it's the water in the teacup, Afghanistan is a mountainous landlocked country, what this country lacks most is water, if we build several water pipelines from Central Asia into Afghanistan, can their king not be happy?" ”

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up and said, "Transporting water resources is indeed a good way, how to operate this matter?" I need emissaries to Afghanistan. ”

Chen Fei patted his chest and said with a smile: "I can go to Afghanistan!" ”

Lin Yuan was shocked for a while and said, "You are going to Afghanistan?" Will it work? ”

Chen Fei smiled: "What's not to do?" In our time, I had carried out military missions in Afghanistan, and I had a certain understanding of the terrain there, and I was relatively familiar with the customs and habits, although there was a gap of more than 100 years, but the terrain and customs did not change much. ”

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, you immediately take your subordinates and fly back to the Western Province, from there, enter Afghanistan through the Wakhan Corridor, and discuss this matter with the king of Afghanistan, the headquarters of the Plateau Combat Division is in Kyrgyzstan, which is relatively close to Afghanistan, and they will fully cooperate with you." ”

Chen Fei agreed to come down and said goodbye, when Lin Yuan suddenly said, "Wait a minute." ”

Chen Fei stopped and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled mysteriously and said, "Let's go, I'll show you something, maybe you can use it." ”

Chen Fei wondered, "What is it?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "You'll know when you arrive." ”

Chen Fei knew that he wouldn't say anything if he asked Lin Yuan again, so he didn't ask anymore, followed Lin Yuan out of the house, and came to a courtyard, only to see a few huge tarpaulins in the yard, and there was something covered under the tarpaulin, which looked like a big box, Chen Fei pointed to the tarpaulin and asked, "This is what you want to show me?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded, walked to the tarpaulin and lifted it open, only to see that inside was a machine that looked very much like a motorcycle, but the strange thing was that this motorcycle-like machine qì did not have wheels, but had four legs, and there was a big box on his stomach, Chen Fei couldn't help asking: "What is this weird-looking thing?" ”

Lin Yuan was just about to speak, when an officer ran from a distance, this officer looked only in his thirties, but he was carrying two bars and three stars on his shoulders, and the rank was colonel, Lin Yuan popularized the military rank system in the whole army in 1898, and the military ranks were divided into three classes and ten grades, the third rank from high to low were - general, colonel, and captain, and the ten grades were - general, lieutenant general, and major general; Colonels, Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, Majors; Captain, lieutenant, ensign. In addition to these three and ten grades, there is also a "marshal" rank, which is only awarded to Lin Yuan alone.

The officer ran to Lin Yuan and Chen Fei, saluted, and said, "Lin Shuai is good, General Chen is good!" ”

Lin Yuan and Chen Fei returned the salute, and the officer smiled: "Lin Shuai, why didn't you say anything before you came?" I'm so good to prepare in advance. ”

Lin Yuan smiled, turned his head to Chen Fei and said, "This is Xu Shaoqiang, the commander of Unit 168 directly under the General Armament Department. ”

Xu Shaoqiang hurriedly stretched out his hand to Chen Fei, Chen Fei stretched out his hand to shake Xu Shaoqiang, and asked, "Unit 168 directly under the General Armament Department?" What does this force do? ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said to Xu Shaoqiang, "You come and introduce your troops to General Chen." ”

Xu Shaoqiang nodded and said: "Our unit is a brand-new unit that has just been established this year, and the equipment we use is unmanned machinery. ”

Chen Fei was stunned for a moment and asked, "Unmanned machinery?" Isn't there a drone unit? ”

Xu Shaoqiang said with a smile: "Although UAVs are also unmanned machines, they have been widely used in our time, and the unmanned machines used by our troops are less used in our time, or have not been developed at all." ”

Chen Fei nodded, then pointed to the strange machine on the ground with his hand, and said, "It's also an unmanned machine?" What is it for? ”

Xu Shaoqiang said: "Its official name is 'four-legged self-propelled weight machine qì people', its load capacity is 100 kilograms, can be loaded with 100 kilograms of food, fresh water or weapons and ammunition, the big box on its abdomen is a solar cell, used to provide energy when it walks, its official name is too tongue-twisting, so we usually call it 'wooden cow flowing horse', this kind of thing is not very advanced in our time, our country has developed it." ”

Chen Fei stretched out his hand and touched the four mechanical legs of the machine and said, "The walking part is not a wheel, but this kind of mechanical leg, its walking speed must not be fast, right?" ”

Xu Shaoqiang nodded and said: "Yes, its speed is much slower than that of a wheeled transporter, but this kind of mechanical leg has many advantages that wheels do not have, for example, the mechanical leg can pedal up the mountain, over the obstacles that the wheeled transporter cannot overcome, and so on." ”

Chen Fei's eyes lit up and said, "Kicking up the mountain? Afghanistan happens to be a mountainous country, and this type of machine seems to be tailor-made for me! ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile on the side: "This type of machine has not been tested in actual combat, and I transferred the 168 unit directly under the General Armament Department to India this time, just to take a look at the actual combat performance of this type of machine, and then improve it." ”

Chen Fei thought for a while and said, "There won't be only this type of unmanned machine in Unit 168, right?" If it's just this one, it's not very useful. ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Self-walking weight machine qì people are only a small part of the 168 troops, the 168 troops still have a lot of good things, I will slowly show you later, after you return to the Western Province, I will let the 168 troops bring some of this equipment to Afghanistan with you, imagine the surprised look of King Rahman, who has never seen the world, when he saw it." ”

Lin Yuan said and asked Xu Shaoqiang to show Chen Fei the ability of this type of machine to walk, climb over obstacles, etc., and Chen Fei left to prepare to go to Afghanistan.

Lin Yuan's test of unmanned weapons in India actually originated from Lin Yuan's grand idea - an unmanned battlefield, the essence of which is to let unmanned machinery replace manned machinery, so as to achieve unmanned warfare.

Unmanned war is the goal that Lin Yuan has always pursued, because unmanned war can greatly reduce casualties, and casualties will have a huge adverse impact on the politics and economy of society.

Unmanned machinery can also be applied to many places that cannot be reached by personnel, such as the deep sea and space, and the human beings under Lin Yuan's rule cannot rest on their laurels on the earth, and must explore the distant stars in the future.

However, if you want to realize an unmanned battlefield, science and technology must reach a considerable height, and Lin Yuan in this era can't do it, so Lin Yuan plans to try step by step, explore step by step, and walk on his own is the beginning of these attempts.