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Chapter 586 A Flawed Example of Technological Soleilism! (First Update!)

Beside him, Zhu Jingyao seemed not to have heard anything, turning his gaze to the window and silently admiring the sound barriers on both sides of the highway.

Feeling awkward at the lack of sound, he then said in a serious tone:

"They actually painted the sound barriers on the highway blue! What a great color! What genius came up with that idea!"

The words were stiff, so stiff that Lin Yi began to doubt whether they were true or false, or perhaps just sarcastic.

Seeing Lin Yi deep in thought, Guo Song gently tapped him with his elbow:
"Alright, stop making things difficult for Old Zhu."

As he spoke, Guo Song began to list the uses of the navy's funds for Lin Yi, counting on his fingers:
"The biggest expense in the Navy is equipment. Because they are at sea, their equipment is more complicated, and this part of the budget accounts for the majority of the expenditure."

"Then there's their base. No, our army can just build a few houses and stuff people in them."

"They also need to build a lot of supporting facilities to support the use of naval equipment."

"Finally, there's the people. Their people are all top students, even better than the Air Force."

"And there are a lot of people, so there's a lot to eat..."

Guo Song got more and more excited as he spoke, until finally Zhu Jingyao simply stepped in and covered the loudspeaker:
“The navy really doesn’t have the money. The funds we gave you before were all for building aircraft carriers.”

"But that was last year. In a few days, the budget for the new year will be approved. With the development of last year, the budget for this year should be more."

"By the way, the official list of the youth talent training program will be released in a few days. At that time, you will need to go to Yanjing."

"After registering and holding a meeting, we can get the funding."

"Okay! I'll go as soon as I'm done!" Lin Yi nodded repeatedly, keeping the matter in mind.

I made a big promise to those younger students back then, saying that I would send them all into the youth talent training program.

This trip will be a good opportunity to set an example for them.

With the minor tasks finished but the major tasks yet to come, the three people in the car could only sit together and chat idly.

The shuttle car left the airport, got on the highway, and the driver floored the gas pedal, speeding to the entrance of Xiaomi Heavy Industry Special Vehicle Company.

After getting off the car, Guo Song waved his right hand, signaling Lin Yi to lead the way to the workshop.

Upon entering the workshop, Guo Song and his companion were immediately drawn to the five tanks under the bright lights.

All five tanks are at the same stage of development; the armor and internal structure are complete, and now the turrets need to be installed, along with the external mounting equipment.

Guo Song took the briefcase from the guard, opened it, and took out a stack of photos. He unfolded the photos one by one, showing several tanks racing across the desert.

These photos are from Saudi Arabia.

He picked up one of the close-up side photos, brought it close to the tank, and carefully compared the tank in the photo with the one in front of him from the side.

Upon comparison, he discovered that the tank tracks in the photo were wider.

The teeth on the tracks should also be smaller.

Then there's the paint on the tank, which doesn't seem to look very shiny.

Noticing these two differences, Guo Song turned to Lin Yi and said, "The tank's tracks and paint job look a bit different from the photos Saudi Arabia gave us."

"Of course it's different!" Lin Yi walked up to the tracks and gave them a light kick, not daring to use much force.
"Saudi tanks are mainly used in the desert, so I widened the tracks for them."

"As for the domestic situation, I estimate that the first thing you'll do upon receiving the tanks is send them to the northern grasslands."

"The situation over there didn't require such wide tracks or such closely spaced teeth, so some adjustments were made."

"As for the paint, it's newly applied paint that can absorb some radar waves, making the radar signal received by the base station less than normal."

"So these five tanks in front of us look a bit different from the ones in Saudi Arabia."

"Want to go in and have a look?"

Finally, Lin Yi asked another question softly.

Upon hearing this, Guo Song pointed and asked cautiously:

"May I go in?"

"Okay, but it's not completely tidied up inside yet, it's a bit messy!" Lin Yi nodded, then turned around and grabbed a small ladder from the side, placing it next to the tank.

He then stood next to the tank and waved to Guo Song and the other man.

At Lin Yi's urging, the two elderly men climbed up the small ladder onto the tank and then crawled inside.

Then, like an old child, one head peeked out from the hatch, one hand pointing forward and the other pointing backward.

The two laughed and joked for a while, then Gao Song suddenly looked up and whispered to Lin Yi:

"Actually, the main purpose of my visit this time is to ask you a question: how much of a role do you think tanks will play in future wars?"

The question was so abrupt and illogical that Lin Yi didn't know how to answer it for a moment.

He rested his chin on his right hand and pondered for a long time before finally looking up at Guo Song:

"Has something happened recently?"

Guo Song climbed out of the tank and returned to the ground. He beckoned to Lin Yi with his finger, leading him to a quiet place, before adding in a low voice:

“A few days ago, after the incident in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi side contacted us and proactively provided us with relevant information and materials.”

"After reviewing those information and materials, the General Staff conducted an unlimited war game simulation."

“They started with our existing equipment, then added equipment from America and several other countries, and finally, they added yours.”

"It's not just tanks, it's also drones."

"Once all the procedures were prepared, they began the simulation."

"Under any unrestricted simulation, the role of tanks is gradually diminishing."

"In the end, this group of people came up with a lot of stuff, and at the same time, they also came up with a question."

"That's a tank. Under these circumstances, how much of a role can it play?"

"It was precisely because of this question that I embarked on this trip."

"I've come to find you."

"Since you can build a tank like this, perhaps you can give me an answer!"

Guo Song's eyes brightened considerably at that moment. Lin Yi rested his chin on his hand, thought for a moment, turned to give a few instructions to the people in the workshop, and then looked back at Guo Song:

"Do you have any data? If so, show me the scenario they used in their simulation!"

Guo Song smiled and agreed, then turned and took out another document from his briefcase.

Lin Yi took the document with curiosity.

After flipping through the document and studying it, Lin Yi discovered that it was actually a deduction record.

After figuring out where this thing came from, he blinked, closed the cover, and then reopened it.

That's right, it's official wargaming research data.

After flipping through the first few pages for a while, Lin Yi raised his hand and sat down outside the workshop, speaking to the two men lingering near the tank:
"Let's go, let's talk in my office over here!" After saying this, Lin Yi turned and walked towards the people in the workshop, explaining the safety procedures to them. When he turned back again, Guo Song was already ready to go up to the roof.

And so, the three of them walked into Lin Yi's office in the special workshop, one after the other.

After closing the door, Lin Yi slowly turned the documents in his hand over, pointing the text towards Guo Song:

"Sir, is it really appropriate for you to give me the original copies of these weapon simulation data?"

"It doesn't matter!" Guo Song stretched his neck, placed his hands on the briefcase in front of him, and gently shook his head.
“I brought the documents with me and said that this is what you are looking at.”

"Things that you can't see will never come to you."

"Tell us your opinion!"

Urged once again, Lin Yi picked up the documents and calmly opened them:

"Judging from the records, their war game simulation was very good this time, but they made a very fatal mistake."

A fatal mistake!
When these words were put together, Guo Song and Zhu Jingyao looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

This information comes from the General Staff Department.

Those who can enter the General Staff at a young age are definitely outstanding individuals; they would be elites anywhere.

And this plan, which required so much effort to create, was only glanced at by Lin Yi, who said after just one look that it was a bit expensive, and that it wouldn't be suitable for the average person...

It's a bit too much.

After frowning and thinking for a while, Guo Song raised his eyes and asked:

"What fatal mistake was it?"

Lin Yi picked up the documents with his left hand and flipped through the pages with his right. When he found the key points he wanted to make, he turned around and arranged the relevant documents in front of Guo Song and the others.

After the two picked up the documents, he stepped onto the ground and said, "Technology is everything!"

As he uttered those words, Lin Yi noticed the curiosity in Guo Song's and the other man's expressions, realizing they hadn't quite grasped the meaning. He picked up the weapon simulation data, flipped it over, and then turned to face the two men:

"Look here! Here, and here too."

“From a normal perspective, there is no problem, but if you look closely, you will find that the new things they have chosen are out of touch with reality.”

"Take a look at the description!"

"A brand-new intelligent machine tank with an independent thinking system."

"I don't know what this is. It could be an unmanned tank remotely controlled by humans."

"The information didn't mention the manufacturing method, it just gave a name and a corresponding function, which seemed very impressive, and based on the description in the information, it was indeed very impressive."

"But nobody said how to make this thing, or whether it could be made at all."

"Look here again, an extreme parkour robot."

"It can be placed in the city as a beautiful sight, and in actual use, it can be equipped with relevant hooks and ropes."

"But nobody says how to make this."

"And then to the back, which is here." Lin Yi quickly flipped through the documents, found the location he was looking for, and pointed to the corresponding spot, saying:

"This place has been completely transformed."

With Lin Yi's guidance, Guo Song also noticed the problem in the data and began to carefully check the similar issues in the documents.

He hadn't expected to look, but once he did, he discovered there were many similar problems.

Among these documents, there was a large number of pieces of equipment whose names were unknown and whose uses were unclear.

All I know is that each piece of equipment corresponds to a specific function, but this particular piece of equipment exceeds that function by far.

After reading the information, Guo Song put the documents aside and looked up at Lin Yi:
"Could you tell me why this is happening?"

"Or is it still that so-called technological supremacy you just mentioned?"

"Yes!" Lin Yi nodded, took the documents, and said in a gentle voice as he flipped through them:
"With the continuous development of technology, people will naturally form the idea that a brand-new super weapon can solve all problems."

"So they began to pin their hopes on creating a super weapon to solve all the problems."

"Once they have this idea, they will put it into practice."

"If you can't find a point of comparison, you can look at America; they're just like that."

"After the Soviet Union disappeared, especially after the turn of the millennium, what did you see them do?"

"Build the Zumwalt, the future warship; build space weapons; build all sorts of random stuff; and at the same time, treat all that random stuff as something you already have and use it in practice."

"But in reality, these things don't exist."

"The Zumwalt, the future super battleship, is still perceived by everyone as just a warship that is parked there."

"Nobody knows how much combat power this thing actually has in a fight."

"Nobody wants to know."

"Because according to the disclosed design data, the Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer, at least with current technology, cannot achieve this."

After this explanation, Guo Song picked up his pen and searched through the documents for equipment that looked very advanced but had never actually been made and was unlikely to be made in the future.

He found the equipment, copied down its information, and then crossed out the items.

After crossing it out, the entire record of the war game simulation looks much better.

In particular, the army's tanks can finally take on their own tasks on the ground.

Looking at the new information, Guo Song smiled and breathed a long sigh of relief.

He put the documents back in his briefcase, waved to Lin Yi, and pointed to the door:
"Let's go, let's go explore some more!"

"If your tanks can withstand the test, then you might win the order for the next generation of tanks."

"Thank you so much!" Lin Yi was overjoyed to hear this.

China's tank orders amount to at least a thousand vehicles.

Even at a discounted price, it's still a huge profit!
As he stepped outside, Guo Song suddenly asked:
"I heard you guys have been working on chips lately. How's it going? Any progress?"

The mere mention of chips gives Lin Yi a headache.

The main problem is that there's no one around.

He shrugged. "I've already found someone to get the equipment done outside."

"But the main problem is that we don't have enough manpower. Our HR department is recruiting at schools and in the community, but we can't find anyone."

Upon hearing that the equipment issue had been resolved, Guo Song once again gave a thumbs up:

"Great!"

(End of this chapter)