On 8 April, the Space Fleet's special investigation team on the death of the Kuibyshev flagship issued its first urgent summons, ordering Rear Admiral Song Houde, director of the Space Fleet's logistics department stationed in Nandu, to go to Leilondo for investigation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At the time of issuing this summons, no one expected that it would end up causing that level of turmoil.

As soon as the summons was issued, it caused a great response. Although Song Houde left Nandu GDI many years ago to work for the Space Administration, later the Samsung General Administration and the Space Fleet, Nandu GDI has always been accustomed to seeing it as a member of his sphere of influence. GDI has not been doing well in recent years, and the number of seats in the GDI Global Federation has been decreasing year by year. Song Houde, who was born in the southern capital, but mixed up a certain appearance in other units that could occupy seats, was naturally what they were willing to pursue and welcome. And Lao Song has not forgotten his roots, so much so that he is a little old-fashioned, and when he holds meetings in the space fleet, he often says the words "we are in the southern capital", and his position has not changed after so many years. For various reasons, his political relationship in the southern capital is very complicated, and his relationship with most of the elders is stronger than mine. I sent him a summons, and although it was nominally to carry out an internal purge of the space fleet, there was a violent reaction from the southern capital. Two days later, Tan Kang quietly sent me a message:

"The leaders want you to figure out your position, don't 'eat us, take ours, and clean up ours'."

"What's that called?!" I sank my face and rebuked back: "Old Song's current organizational relationship is in the Space Fleet, what does it matter to them?" Even if he is a member of the GDI in Nandu, the highest investigation team appointed by this global federation has the right to question him. Why didn't Song Houde himself consciously point out his position? ”

Tan Kang showed a distressed expression: "Lao Song has been meeting with senior leaders for the past few days, and his intention to protect him has basically been decided. If you have to go to Leilondo to be investigated, I'm afraid you have to have something in writing to guarantee that you will never impose any kind of sanctions on him. ”

"That's weird! Who are they to bargain with me? Wang Daipei and the following people in the southern capital should use 'ask for instructions' when they speak to me, that is, what Lao Wang and Chief Zhu want me to do, I should also speak in person - I still have to think about it! ”

"Don't do this, don't do this." Tan Kang said bitterly: "The current situation is not very favorable to you. The Ning faction didn't talk about it, and unanimously defended Song Houde, and even most of the Shanghai faction headed by Deputy General Director Wang on our side also stood on his side. Don't you think about it more and talk about it after discussing it......"

"There is no need to discuss this matter, and since they will not explain it to me in person, if they only make such unreasonable demands, I have no choice but to submit the matter to Chairman Adams for discussion."

Hearing me say this, Tan Kang seemed to be relieved and muttered, "It's okay." It's just that if you really make trouble over there, you may not be able to get what you want. ”

"What do I want?" I rolled my eyes and said, "This cabinet is just doing business. ”

But, as Tan Kang said, after submitting the matter to the Global Federation, it did not show the enthusiasm it should have. Chairman Adams behaved very ambiguously, and just said: "Well, Huang Erah, I heard that you had a little friction with Song Houde in the past?" Don't bring personal grudges into your work. Of course, I'm not saying that you declare a personal vendetta, absolutely not in this way. But what about Song Houde, this person has always been honest, and we should be cautious in dealing with him. ”

"Nandu doesn't cooperate with the actions of the central investigation team, so forget it?" I asked.

"This kind of work needs to be methodical. If the ideological work is not done, people may have ideas, and these can be understood. You are still young, you have to learn more about these things, and see more, it will be good for you in the future. ”

I took a breath back to Adams and returned to Leilondo, and it is said that there was still an unsigned editorial criticizing the Nandu to criticize and pursue "On the Inevitability of the Defeat of the German Warlord Huang". When I heard about it, I asked Basque Bing to show me, but he actually didn't look for me, which shows that the irony is more biting, and maybe it will go down to the street level to organize the study—I can imagine my parents cursing me in horror and in their hearts in those crusades. Although I didn't care what the old man thought of me, I was still sullen at the thought of this section.

When he returned to Leilondo, it was Titus who came to pick him up. He met him and said, "It didn't work out, right?" ”

"Damn, it's kind of for nothing. This is not over yet, you try to get a few more materials out. We're going to have to take our chance to get rid of a few nasty guys now so we can step on them and climb up again. ”

"It's not that simple, Your Excellency." Titus smiled a little lonely: "When I came to Samsung three years ago to serve as a military judge, I also came up with everything, but it didn't work out. The old and decadent forces are always entangled and snobbish. There is no justice there, only strength, and if you want to achieve some results, I am afraid you still have to rely on relationships and strength to speak. ”

"The relationship over Asano's side can't be moved anymore for the time being." I was silent for a while, and then said, "Don't be in a hurry, let's take it one step at a time." ”

Although I comforted Titus not to be anxious, I could not calm down. This is a rare confrontation with the ground forces, and I deeply understand the inextricable network of relationships of those guys. As the saying goes, officials protect each other, and it seems to be true, but to a certain extent, even the two opposing parties can join forces. It would be naïve to expect the Shanghai faction to give me everything in the back - they still don't let it go when it comes to issues that may affect the immediate benefits.

The work of the investigation team came to a standstill, and the next steps of the expeditionary fleet were shelved. Fortunately, time passes slowly over there, and we can afford to drag it out for another year, and it's only four months over there. It is precisely because everyone has such thoughts that everyone suddenly became idle at this moment when time should be cherished. I was depressed, and after reading a book at home for two days, I gradually felt a little lonely. If I hadn't forcibly pulled Yoko into my life, I might have had a partner to talk and laugh with, but now I don't think about anything. This thought made me even more afraid of being in contact with other people.

Not only the space fleet, but what should I do next?

My mind was full of chaotic thoughts, and I couldn't read the book anymore. Seeing that it was getting late, I pressed the walkie-talkie and asked the guards to bring dinner, and I was ready to eat in the room. Ever since Yoko ran away, Jin Ling has a big opinion of me, and he didn't even smile when he saw him, let alone say hello. I don't want to be looked at while eating at my own house. After waiting for a while, it was Jing Wei who personally brought in the dinner. I hadn't seen her for at least twenty days, and according to Basque Bing, she had taken a leave of absence on a special assignment. So I couldn't help but be flattered to see her personally serving me food, and said with a smile on her face: "Long time no see, how are you doing?" ”

"Don't ask me such meaningless questions, I'm so tired that I don't want to talk." Jing Wei put dinner on the table next to him and sat down tiredly: "You eat first, there are some things to discuss with you after eating." ”

"Why are you so tired? My hair is still wet, so I took a shower? "My curiosity was piqued by her.

"You eat first, I really don't want to answer you."

But my curiosity had risen, and I suddenly became **, and nagged: "Haven't you always been synonymous with being particularly energetic?" How is this so? Went to steal cattle last night? Or did you get a particularly powerful boyfriend? ”

Seeing that Jing Wei, who had been subjected to four question marks in a row, turned to iron blue, I immediately changed my words: "Have you eaten?" It doesn't matter if you don't want to answer my question, you must eat the meal, otherwise you will get stone disease. Let's eat together, there are so many anyway, and it's more wasteful to feed the old pig raised in the kitchen if you can't finish it...... Don't you be so tired that you can't lift your chopsticks, do you want me to feed you by hand? ”

Jing Wei finally showed an angry and laughing expression, and scolded in a low voice: "First say feed the pig and then feed me, what do you mean?" Dislike! ”

The atmosphere is finally a little lively. Although Jing Weiguang eats and doesn't speak, I feel much happier than being alone. After a while, I was about to go to the closet to get wine, but she waved her hand: "Don't drink now, hurry up and walk with me, there are some things for you to see." ”

On the way, I was concentrating on driving when Jing Wei suddenly asked me, "Do you have any experience in army combat?" ”

"Heh, you're asking the wrong person this question. I'm just a guy who is good at going it alone, and at best doing a small-scale special operation, and it's better to ask Simba or Fat for those questions. ”

"I didn't mean that. I mean, what would you think if the existing mode of land warfare, which relies absolutely on firearms for long-range killing, changed? ”

I don't know why she asked this. On second thought, maybe she was trying to encourage me to recruit the Mowgli Army, right? The turtle shell of the Mowgli Army is powerful enough, but it may not be able to stand up under heavy machine gun fire, and their pure defense is still much worse than that of the Dragonbone Soldiers. But the effect of coordinated operations is different......

"In the battle of Baierte in six or seven years, a group of Taiyan troops were mobilized." I replied: "The methods and methods of warfare are indeed completely different from those of the conventional army in the world, and the results are very good. However, such troops have big trouble at the political level. Even without taking into account political considerations, it should not be difficult for the enemy to develop counterforces once the enemy becomes aware of the existence of such forces. I can think of ...... It can be restrained by a regular army with a large number of Flamemen. When Zhao Xiong rebelled last year, his guards were also equipped with invulnerable armor. It's a coincidence that the people Titus brought with them happen to be equipped with flamethrowers, otherwise my life might not have been there. ”

"Don't say so much, when you get to the place, you can see for yourself."

As I was instructed, I drove up the Secret Highway 13 and entered the underground transportation network of Leilondo. After about an hour and a half of driving, we finally arrived at a military base that had never been in the future. Seeing the circular "thunder" mark on the gate of the base, he knew that it was the subordinate industry of Lei Longduo Weapon Research led by Hua Song. I put in a lot of money, and they were able to surprise me. Jing Wei was busy parking the car, so I wanted to go in and have a look. Unexpectedly, the guards at the gate looked at me again and again, and they didn't let me in. I laughed angrily and asked, "Do you see who I am?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, you are His Excellency Vice Admiral Huang, the Minister of Logistics of the Space Fleet and the Governor of this planet." The soldier replied without humility or arrogance: "But our secrecy system stipulates that no one without documents can be allowed to enter. Even if you come in person, Lieutenant General, we will not be able to let you in if you cannot provide the corresponding proof. I'm sorry. ”

I don't take it seriously, what is there to be so mysterious? Even at the Modern-Class Giant Ship Research Institute in Hongxiang, I never brought anything with me when I went. I was about to make it difficult for him, "Is it a test of my DNA?" In a kind of language, Jing Wei hurried over and complained: "After being an official for a few days, I have such a big official tone." This is your ID card, put it away. Let's go inside. ”

My first impression of this base was mysterious. When I entered, I saw a large playground, and my second impression was immediately inexplicable. Seeing the scene in front of him, he turned his head and shouted to Jing Wei: "What's going on? So many soldiers have nothing to do, and those who come here to fight and kill are not doing their jobs! Who called these men? When the war is coming, he is such a waste of manpower, I will deal with him heavily! ”

In the large playground, there was a large square of soldiers, 100 meters long and wide, and 20 columns horizontally and vertically. Around them, there were several instructor-like people in kendo uniforms who couldn't help but point out and scold, each wearing kendo leather armor and holding wooden knives to practice chopping. Look at that pose, it looks like I've been practicing it for quite some time. In any case, I can't imagine the point of sending four hundred soldiers to do such a transfer. Suddenly, the money addiction was committed again, and my heart was like lightning and quickly calculated that the monthly food, weapons, and petty allowances of the four hundred soldiers far exceeded the monthly operating expenses of my governor's private residence. But Jing didn't take me seriously at all, and still replied firmly, "I asked Miss Naito for instructions." ”

I saw that she didn't give me the stairs, so I had to continue to say hard words: "Give me a reasonable explanation immediately, do you think I can't do it to your Royal Highness the princess?" ”

Jing Wei continued to walk forward without looking back, saying as she walked, "I'll explain to you soon, let's go to the front." These people look at you and you can't practice. ”

Even she pretends to be a ghost like this! I followed her to a room around the corner at the end of the hallway. There are no windows in this room, and once I enter, the lights turn on naturally, and I can't open my eyes. At this moment, I heard the sound of the sealed door closing, opened my eyes slightly, and saw Jing Wei undressing with her back to me, and she had taken her coat down to her wrist, and couldn't help but be shocked and said, "You...... What do you want?! ”

"Don't think about it." Jing Wei hung her coat on the hook on the wall, and was about to continue to take it off, when she suddenly stopped and said, "Your mind is full of random thoughts, so forget it, although it will be very hot." After saying that, he walked to the cabinet in the corner, opened the cabinet door, took out a box, and took out a sweater-like dress from it and put it on his body.

I really don't know what she wanted to do when she pulled me here and took it off and put it on and on, so I had to stand there and watch. After a while, she put on the sweater and pulled out another set of things similar to the land armor they wore and put it on. After he stopped dressing, he carefully put on gloves and a helmet, and covered his whole body tightly. I tilted my head and looked at her for a long time, still not understanding. She checked it, stood up and said, "No problem, you try to draw your gun and shoot at me." ”

"You have a hard background, and this pavilion doesn't dare to beat you." I'll be honest.

"Don't talk nonsense, there will be no problem. You try it. Shizuki replied impatiently.

I was stunned by the results of the shooting: the magnum54 she carried with her could not penetrate the armor of her body from any angle of fire! After a box of bullets was fired, several round lead cakes appeared under Jing Wei's feet, which were the product of a ninety-degree angle of fire; More were bounced into the walls on all sides, with some ugly little holes, but the armor on her body didn't leave even a white mark.

I blew the muzzle of the muzzle and looked at the lead cake on the ground, and suddenly I felt a sense of helplessness that resembled powerlessness. After a long while, Jing Wei suddenly spoke: "We tried, and the heavy machine gun couldn't penetrate at a distance of twenty meters." This armor also has a kinetic energy transfer device, which evenly transfers the force throughout the body. Even the average person, with a little training, will not have any problems. She paused for a moment and said, "Actually, wearing this chain mail inside alone can withstand all rifle weapons directly." In addition, the outer layer is enough to resist heavy machine guns, anti-materiel sniper rifles, and light artillery explosions and fragments, and is fireproof. ”

"When did you start researching?" I stared into her eyes and asked word by word, "Why did you join this program?" ”

"After Zhao Xiong's rebellion, the institute obtained the strange armor of the rebel guards, and secretly set up a project to conduct research at that time. Later, because of the hundreds of years of experience in the study of combat armor, His Excellency Naito invited me to join the project as a consultant. Jing Wei replied: "The research has made rapid progress more than a month ago, and a stable finished product has been obtained. The one I have on me is sample number one. ”

"I'm sorry, my head is a little dizzy." I sat down on the bench by the wall, pressed my hand to my forehead, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. After a while, he said, "How much does it cost per piece?" ”

Jingwei said: "There are many grades of products, and the yield has been controlled. The one on my body is the highest grade, with the best defensive effect, and the cost is 650,000 yuan. If the general protection conditions are met, it can be controlled at around 40,000 yuan. ”

"What are 'general protective conditions'?"

"It's a model that can only withstand ordinary pistols, assault rifles, and light infantry grenades."

"What about the protective effect? Is it a one-time use, or is it ......"

"It won't break, and the effect is the same as this one. There are also kinetic energy transfer devices. ”

"Oh my God!" I looked up to the sky, and my eyes turned black for a while: "Have you pirated the turtle shell of the Mowgli Army?" ”

"It's different." Jing Wei said seriously: "This is the result of the data obtained by the institute from the 301 database and a large number of self-research. I just gave them some help and some experience in armor making. The weight of this armor is only ten kilograms, which is much lighter than the armor of the Wuji Army, but the defense is not necessarily bad. The most important thing is fire and biochemical. At this point, the armor of the Mowgli Army is not well done. ”

"Then, Your Highness Princess, please tell me. How do we fight when the enemy is equipped with this armor or defensive equipment of the same level? If you can't gnaw or chew, is this the ultimate stage of turning hostility into jade? You can't just carry a railway cannon against you - even if everyone has that kind of brute strength, they can't afford to spend ammunition! ”

Jing Wei didn't answer. I stared at her for half a minute, and a chill suddenly rose in my heart, and I muttered, "It can't be...... It can't be that ...... answer."

The facts are in front of me, and even if I don't want to accept it, it is impossible for the high-vibration particle knife that Jingwei took out to disappear out of thin air. According to the technical level of Zhao Xiong's rebellion, although this kind of knife can be used for anti-armor, it is too short. The sight of thousands of troops stabbing each other with daggers at close range would have been devastating to think about – but not anymore. The knife that Jing Wei took out was in the shape of an antique and national demon knife "Muramasa", which was one meter long. I stretched out my hands to grasp the handle of the knife, which was more than 20 centimeters, put up the knife for a while, and said with a smile: "How can you create the shape of an Oriental sword?" ”

"Most of the sword styles of the Wuji Army are similar to the Oriental sword, which is still passed down by the ancestor of Wuji, probably his personal favorite." Jing Wei shrugged his shoulders and said, "This is not a crude cold weapon, but a sophisticated combat tool, which is very difficult to do. Combining beauty, firmness, and various angles of the material, the test was created to create such a model. If you think you need to improve, in a few more months, you should be able to develop another variety. ”

"There's no need to waste time and energy, and that's good." I looked away from the knife and looked at Jingwei. Seeing her approving eyes, she stretched out her arms and stabbed them. Jing Wei lowered slightly, slightly out of the way, and my knife slashed diagonally over her shoulder, slashing off most of her invulnerable armor shoulder guards, revealing the chain mail inside. I didn't expect the destructive power of this knife to be so huge, and I didn't expect my craftsmanship to be so bad - if Jing Wei didn't dodge, he would have cut off half of my shoulder. Just as he was feeling guilty, Jing only turned around, and a strand of hair on the back of his head floated to the blade, and was immediately cut in two and flew away.

"It's amazing." I gasped twice and asked, "How much does this knife cost?" ”

Jing Wei replied: "It has not yet entered mass production, and there are certain technical difficulties. But for the time being, there is no need to produce a large number of these weapons, and it can be slowed down. The cost of this knife should be more than one million, and in the future, we will definitely develop low-cost alternative products with small power. ”

My eyes widened wider and wider, my face became numb, and I struggled to ask, "I have a vulgar question, what kind of effect will it have on chopping?" ”

"High vibration particle knives do not break substances with physical contact. How to explain it, maybe you should go to Dr. Hua Song, I can't tell. I only know that if two knives of the same grade are slashed against each other, they will not be damaged immediately - if the blade and the blade collide, the damage is very small and can be fought for a long time, and only the damage of the blade is greater. Because it's too expensive, we haven't been willing to use the hard-won specific confrontation data of the finished product test, and it is also related to the user's physical fitness and techniques, so if you want to test, you have to formulate a standard or something in detail......"

"Okay, okay, needless to say, I'm in a mess." I slowly put the knife back into its sheath and said a little miserably, "Do you know what these things mean?" An era is over. No matter how good I am at the martial arts of the Heavenly Realm, the Spirit Realm, or even Feriia, after all, I am still a warrior in the Age of Firearms, and this kind of impact is too great for me, let alone how those professional soldiers and officers who make a living from it will feel. The end of the era of cold weapons was due to the fact that the lethality of firearms gradually rose to a point that was not proportional to the best protection. And now? The lethality of firearms has been negated by this armor, and such powerful melee weapons have appeared...... Maybe because of time, it won't be used in this interstellar expedition for the time being, but for a long time in the future, history will regress to the age of cold weapons......"

After talking for a while, the depression in my heart was still unabated. I raised my eyes to look at Jing Wei and asked, "Can you understand what I said?" ”

"I know you're feeling bad. Any character who is going to be on the stage of history will feel lost. Jing Wei said: "But that doesn't mean that the sky is falling apart, the future still exists, it's just a different way." ”

"Understood. Intensify the development of popular armor and weapons, and the funds can be set up for special projects, and I will talk to Naito in two days. I said listlessly, "I'm just uncomfortable for a while, who knows what will happen to those traditional soldiers?" Regardless of that, you've done well so far. The training of these 400 men should also be intensified, and priority should be given to providing them with armor and weapons. After the training is completed, you will be formed as my direct second guard battalion, you will be the battalion commander, and you will enjoy the same regimental treatment as Basque Bing. ”

"Yes!" Jing Wei rarely respectfully saluted me with a Lei Longdo-style military salute, and suddenly asked: "The armor and weapons haven't been named yet, why don't you give them a name." ”

"Forget about the weapon." I looked at the armor on her body with complicated eyes and whispered, "This kind of armor is really a demonic invention, so it's called demon armor." (To be continued.) )