On a practical level, this news is not a big deal. It was nothing more than a few people who defected, and the spaceship that was robbed was only a civilian spaceship, and it had no ability to sail far at all. For human civilization, as long as a search and arrest is launched, and a few small spaceships are touched, it will probably only take a few days to arrest these criminals.

But that's not what Xiao Yun is worried about. What Xiao Yun cares about is that these criminals have made a bad start, and the restless elements that exist in human civilization may be inspired by this behavior and follow these criminals. And since they are emulating, they must be much more prepared than these criminals who fled in a hurry, that is, they are likely to succeed.

This is what Xiao Yun is most worried about. At the same time, Xiao Yun is also very clear that he is not the only one who is worried about this. There are many people who can see this, the Führer, the Führer's think tank, some of the eminent people in civilization know this. But everyone, like Xiao Yun, had nothing to do about it. Because this is the trend of the times, it is determined by the instinct of human beings, and no one can change it. They can only be like Xiao Yun, praying that human civilization can find that glimmer of life before the situation becomes irreversible.

Sighing silently, Xiao Yun closed the community and came to the cliff again. But today, before Xiao Yun entered deep thinking, the computer he carried with him vibrated a little, Xiao Yun opened it, and the figure of General Emek appeared in the picture.

"Xiao Yun." General Emak said bluntly, "Tomorrow we will have a military exercise, and I hope you can participate." ”

"Acting?" Xiao Yun was slightly puzzled.

"Yes." General Emak nodded, "I hope that through this acting, you can clearly understand the power we have at our disposal at this moment, and I think it may be of some help to you in your subsequent work." ”

"I see." Xiao Yun nodded, "I'll go to Capital City tomorrow." ”

As far as the current human civilization is concerned, the so-called military exercises will naturally not be the mutual attack and defense of ground troops -- as human civilization has stepped into the space age, this ground offensive and defensive tactics has long been eliminated, and at most it is only an auxiliary means of modern interstellar warfare.

Military exercises in the space age are naturally conducted in space. However, the military strength of the autonomous government is far inferior to that of the fugitive government, so the scope of this military exercise organized by General Emak is limited to the Earth-Moon system, not to mention the long-range war across the star system, and it has not even reached the orbit of Mars - the reason is very simple, the old obsolete spacecraft owned by the autonomous government do not have the ability to travel long distances, and the logistical supply capabilities possessed by the autonomous government at the moment cannot support a war that requires long-distance navigation.

Early the next morning, Xiao Yun drove his own aircraft to the capital city, where he met with General Emek, and Xiao Yun also met an old acquaintance, Dink, who was in charge of the research and development of the smallpox virus.

Dink has not left the earth either, Xiao Yun has always known about this matter, but the two have never met.

"The research and development of the smallpox virus has taken all my efforts, and I must see the scene of the smallpox virus raging in the robot group with my own eyes, definitely." Dink said to Xiao Yun, "This is the common wish of me and the entire team I led at the beginning. ”

"Your wish will come true, definitely." Xiao Yun nodded lightly.

General Emak is Xiao Yun's staunchest supporter, and Xiao Yun has always been presiding over the affairs of the robot group, so the decision on whether to use the smallpox virus to fight the robot group is in Xiao Yun's hands.

Dink said, "I take this as a promise you made to me. ”

Xiao Yun said: "Yes. ”

Dink's expression suddenly relaxed, as if Dink didn't care about anything other than that.

General Emak finished the arrangements at this time, so he took Xiao Yun and Dink to the space base in orbit around the earth. This military exercise will be completed with this as the command center.

In front of General Emak was a huge display screen with all the information about the spacecraft in the exercise. General Emak pointed to the screen and said, "That's all we have now." ”

"We have 10 Everest-class warships, 200 Taishan-class warships, 3,000 medium-sized combat spacecraft, and 20,000 small combat spacecraft and micro mobile spacecraft." "Of course, these classifications are only based on size and tonnage, and their technology content is much worse than that of previous ships of the same class. ”

"Our main strategy for this exercise is defensive counterattack, we simulated the scenario of the vanguard of the robot group coming to the Earth-Moon system, in this case, we will rely on the Earth and the Moon, as well as the space base in the Earth-Moon system, and launch the spacecraft to kill and damage the enemy while trying to preserve ourselves."

While General Emak was explaining to Xiao Yun, a soldier with gray hair and a somewhat rickety figure walked in, but still trying to stand upright. He first saluted General Emek, and then said: "General, the participating departments have been assembled and prepared, and the acting can begin." ”

General Emak nodded: "I order, the exercise begins." ”

"Yes!" The old soldier saluted again, then turned and left the command room.

After the old soldier left, General Emak said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that my guard regiment would be filled by some people who are older than me......"

Xiao Yun and Dink glanced at each other, their expressions a little gloomy.

The exercise has begun, and under General Emek's explanation and the rendering of real-time battle footage, Xiao Yun and Dink also have some understanding of the process of the exercise.

Xiao Yun saw the miniature motorized spaceships that played the role of the robot army roaring from outside the Earth-Moon system, and Xiao Yun saw those old-fashioned spaceships that had long lost their color and looked dilapidated awkwardly taking off from the base, and then arranging formations in space, cooperating, shooting, defending, and repairing......

Artillery roared in space, spaceships came and went, orders were issued from the command room, and radio signals shuttled between the earth and the moon...... The battle was fierce, but ...... Even if Xiao Yun is a layman and doesn't know much about war, Xiao Yun can see that this time the battle is a bit awkward. But I can't say exactly what is awkward.

If I had to describe it, it felt like watching two little children fight.

General Emak also seemed to sense Xiao Yun's feelings, so General Emek spread his hands: "There is no way, let a group of middle-aged and elderly people who have never been in contact with war before drive a spaceship to fight after a few months of training...... It's a bit of a bummer for them. In fact, it was beyond my expectation that they would be able to do this. ”

"They train hard." General Emak said quietly, "In the past, among the soldiers I led, those young people did not have the hard work of their training. But...... But ......"

General Emak shook his head and sighed, "but" after that words were not uttered.

"Only you, General Emek, can do this in just a few months, and no one can deny that you are the best military commander." Xiao Yun said.

General Emak did not answer Xiao Yun's words, but said directly: "Xiao Yun, you see, this is the military strength we have at this stage. And, in addition to improving our combat skills, we basically have no room for improvement in terms of hardware. ”

"According to the fugitive government's estimates, the robot legion will be in the solar system in about three to five years, with a maximum time of five years. In other words, we have four and a half years left at most, and only two and a half years at the very least. So...... General Emek, by that time, how long can our military forces hold off the enemy? How many enemies can you fight against? ”

General Emak silently calculated, and then said: "In two and a half years, I am sure that I can rely on our military power to destroy eight million robots." In four and a half years, that number could rise to 10 million units. However, if the enemy's number increases to 20 million units, then we will have to go on the defensive completely, and we will be able to defend for about three months. If the number increases to 100 million, then we will be captured in a day. ”

Xiao Yun nodded, and then put his gaze on Dink: "Dink, let me ask you, how lethal is the smallpox virus that you modified is now to the robot legion?" ”

"The smallpox virus will be less lethal to the robot legions over time," Dink said. In other words, the smallpox virus is most lethal when it is first released, and then as the robot evolves itself and enters the entanglement phase with the smallpox virus, the lethality of the smallpox virus will plummet. However, there is one point, any robot infected with the smallpox virus and does not die will have a certain degree of combat effectiveness decreased. This is because they have to devote a certain amount of computing power to fight the smallpox virus. ”

"How lethal is it?"

Dink hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Give me two years, and I can transform the smallpox virus to the point where the first batch of lethality reaches eighty percent, and then the combat power of the surviving robots is weakened by at least forty percent." ”

Xiao Yun closed his eyes, let out a long breath, and then opened his eyes, his gaze as calm as ever: "Enough." I'll take care of the rest. (To be continued.) )