The groundhog tactic is based on the invention of an advanced desert machine

This is a technique that allows you to quickly build a bunker of several cubic meters in the sand dunes. It is a machine weighing 600 kilograms and can be transported in sections by mechanical pack horses. When you reach the fixed dune, you drop it down and dig directly into the dune while a special paint is sprayed in the dune to fix the dug cave into a tough, rubbery film. This film is supported by metal poles in the ground and becomes a simple tunnel

This digging machine alien resembles a large marmot. It is possible to construct a simple underground fortification on the sand dunes to a depth of 5 meters in less than 5 minutes, which is quite rudimentary (see Vietnam War Cat's Ear Piercing) but very effective, and can effectively occupy the high ground of the sand dunes to block the enemy.

It is also able to provide a good defense against heavy weapons bombardment, and most importantly, an effective defense against a large number of nuclear attacks by the enemy's air force.

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In today's warfare technology, it is increasingly likely that nuclear weapons will be used. No longer a specialized warhead for large ballistic missiles.

Nowadays, airplanes, self-propelled artillery, and even, heavy mecha infantry squads, are capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

On the large positions in the desert area, if the nuclear protection cannot be strengthened, the nuclear fire bombardment of the defense line is of little significance. This allows mechanized infantry to quickly build bunkers and obtain nuclear weapons protection that is stronger than that of armored troops. Almost strategic technology. As long as a few hundred people, it controls nearly 10,000 mechanical troops. Defending one dune after another can make the attacker very embarrassed.

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The technology was quickly proven in practice.

June '70,

In the Middle East, a sudden battle has attracted the attention of all sides.

On the Arabian Peninsula, the Europeans amassed the powerful firepower of 140 self-propelled guns, 60,000 mechanized troops and 840 light infantry fighting vehicles of the attacking side. Strike at a prominent occupation unit of Imperial Russia. The original plan was to completely penetrate the salient of the Russian line. Then retreat. But it soon turned into a meat grinder-like battle.

Self-propelled artillery bombarded 40 square kilometers of sand dunes. The top of the dune was flattened by three or four meters, but after a few minutes, the reconnaissance drone was still guided and fell by the defending forces of the Tsarist positions on the position. Then these warriors, dressed in exoskeletons, jumped out of the trench in the middle of the sand dunes, commanding the missile launchers on the mechanical camels. With small-sized anti-tank missiles. Shoot one infantry fighting vehicle after another.

Then it directed the rear ballistic missiles, which fell from the sky and then dispersed, releasing cluster bombs and harvesting more than half of the attacking clusters on the European side. Left the European side with a wreckage.

With the occurrence of this war, the world knows two facts

First: Under modern firepower, there has been a trend of machines replacing people in individual soldiers. The population, which can only be cultivated in twenty years, is burned into char in twenty seconds by intensive fire on the battlefield, which is the biggest loss.

Second: Bunkers are still important. And the excavation of bunkers will also become mechanized.

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According to the groundhog machine collected by the European coalition forces on the battlefield, the chip program found that this groundhog machine continued to dig down in the interval between bombings. Dig to the bottom of the entire sand layer (about twenty meters thick). The European side quickly copied this groundhog machine. And put into use.

So at the beginning of '71, Russia and Europe began a war in the Middle East that was somewhat similar to the First World War

In the occupied territories of both sides, both sides are using marmot machines to operate tunnels under the dunes. Some of the tunnels even formed a network of tunnels, which were so narrow that the cross-section of only one or two cabinets was so large that soldiers could not crawl on their own, but lay down on specialized crawling machinery, smashing into narrow tunnels. As for the largest part of the tunnel, it is only half the size of a bed. The ventilation in the pit can only be ventilated by a very small electric fan, so the air is very turbid.

So since 71

The biggest casualties of war are no longer the killing of shells and bullets, but the wound suppuration and infection caused by self-mutilation in the huddled space. There are also non-combat attrition such as suicide and self-harm, because the psychology of the soldiers in the confined space is too tormenting (the Vietnam War cat's ear piercing, the soldiers held on to the narrow hole for more than half a year, almost playing with ants and raising rats for fun). Both Europe and Russia recognized the problem and began to include video games as a must-have military item. to relieve the pain of the silent waiting of the front-line soldiers. Of course, this does not curb the widespread use of some addictive drugs.

And in this war, Shang Heng's reputation seems to be starting to stinker. Shang Heng is the inventor of this tunnel excavation machine. The most that the soldiers on the front line cursed in the tunnel was to discuss and balance, and the pain of war needed someone to scold to vent.

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On a destroyer off the coast of Dubai, Shang Heng was standing on the bridge and shook off the pre-order fishing. Holding the rod in one hand, the line is thrown far away on the surface of the sea. The feel will indicate whether there is a fish bite. So visually, Lu An is wearing an eyepiece to tour today's news.

And on the "side" of the road is Beria, and now the general is on the flagship three kilometers away. And use military signals to keep in touch with the balance. At this time, the two sides are in a virtual space, so Beria is 'side' of Luan.

Compared with Shang Heng being so relaxed, Beria, who was sitting on the command ship, looked at the map quite seriously at this time.

Beginning in the second half of the 71st, the Russian and European sides used tactical nuclear weapons more and more often. Tactical nuclear weapons on both sides are frequently used in desert areas. After everyone understands that their own defense and that of the other party are strong, they begin to gradually let go and increase the intensity of their attacks.

The effect of nuclear weapons is there, and it can kill all the enemy troops in a sand dune at once (that is, five or six soldiers, paralyzing dozens of mechanical ones). ）。 But in further afield, the killing of light radiation is hindered by sand

And now the electronic map in front of Beria, with white dots, is where the core strike occurred this week. White represents a thousand tons of equivalent, and blue represents two thousand tons to five thousand tons. Yellow represents 10,000 to 20,000 tons, orange is 20,000 to 50,000 tons, and red is 50,000 to 100,000 tons. As for the higher equivalent, black is used as the standard. At present, all the white dots appear on the map, indicating that everyone is using tactical nuclear weapons.

Shang Heng turned on the news screen, and the screen was divided into two columns. One column is on the European side, and the other on the Russian side.

And the comments in both columns threatened to use tactical nuclear weapons in retaliation offensively.

When Beria saw Shang Heng watching the news here, he smiled helplessly: "As you can see, the fire on both sides is very big now." Our people, hey."

Shang Heng pointed to the content of the news and said, "I don't believe that modern governments don't have the ability to control the news. And the people! Hehe, everyone is mortal, what kind of information you see, what kind of reaction you will have. The mood of the population is news-provocative.

In the same way, I use two narrative methods, and I can make the person who reads it produce two completely different reactions: aggrieved and excited. The reason for this is that the way I narrate leads the minds of the people. As for the people's own thinking? ”

Speaking of which, Shang Heng pointed at himself with a smile and said: "They are all mortals, no matter what they do, it is normal for them to be too lazy to think deeply." shallowly follow the narrative of others to vent their emotions, and then the public. ”

Beria frowned and said, "You mean, what is the anger of public opinion right now?" ”

Shang Heng rubbed the fishing rod and said, "It's just something that can be controlled." The real reason is that some bigwigs want to use war for their own benefit. ”

Beria took a deep breath and said, "You're so safe, I'm afraid you don't know what the front line looks like." ”

Shang Heng said: "I know, and I also know about the situation of those poor little animals that fell into the hands of front-line soldiers. ”

Beria was stunned when he heard this, then smiled and said, "Okay, I'm sorry my friend, I'll let the guys on the front line restrain a little." ”

Note: In the tunnels on the front line, soldiers are accustomed to pets, such as rattlesnakes and lizards with fangs, but these pets often live only a few days at most, and only a few hours at least, and they are chopped to death. Then throw it out of the hole and dry the meat. Of course, the names of these pets are the most named and called Shang Heng.

When Shang Heng heard this, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, human nature, in other words, who else can they scold me?" This damn war has to scold someone. (In the front line, soldiers can't scold other superpowers with military power, nor can they scold commanders, and scolding Shang Heng is the least risky, so he also scolds Shang Heng.) ）

Hearing this, Beria said silently: "When do you think the war will end?" ”

Shang Heng began to reel in the line, the pole was bent, and a fish appeared on the sea in the distance. Slapped on the turquoise sea except for the white splash.

Shang Heng dragged and said, "The war is over? Well, now is the time to buy life with money. Either people's lives go up, or those people have less money. ”

Shang Heng dragged a shark onto the splint, cut the line short, and kicked it off the deck. Then he said: "You can't stop the rich from having money (you can't beat capitalism), so you can only expect the price of human life to rise." All people have to struggle to live in this world. ”

Shang Heng put away the fishing rod and said, "Let's go, you continue." ”

Beria nodded, watched Shang Heng walk into the cabin, turned off the monitoring communication, and then sent the recording of the conversation just now to the rear.

At this time, Imperial Russia was ruled by spies, and everyone could be part of the surveillance network, and everyone could be monitored by another person when they were monitoring others. In this society where whistleblowing is commonplace, there is little friendship. And Beria is part of being monitored, and part of the surveillance network.