Girls und War

It seems that if you eat less in the morning and buy fewer clothes during the holidays, you can save money?

This instantly astonished the group of country bumpkin students, who all thought she was so handsome and rich!

So everyone rushed up without hesitation, shouting, "Rich woman, look at me! I can do it! I really can!", while hugging Xia Shu's thighs.

Xia Shu looked at the scene, feeling a little confused.

But she soon thought of her own military expenditure, which was based on exploiting other army units, and she smiled bitterly.

I wonder what they would think if they knew that every time the "rich woman" in front of them bought a plane, they would lose countless opportunities to go to the front line?

Well... maybe he'll lick it even harder.

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Afterwards, after Xia Shu made the equipment procurement plan for the next quarter, he considered it over and over again and sent the report to the young commander.

After some thought, she realized that these large-scale equipment were still too expensive. It seemed difficult to carry out such a large-scale plan relying solely on the special forces' own military budget.

As for destroyers, it's easy to deal with them. We can also save a lot of money by modifying and using the retired aircraft carriers and frigates in the sea area.

Perhaps the Admiralty would be happy to do so.

But the helicopter carrier is a bit embarrassing.

Although this thing is cheap, in the view of the Hua District Naval Headquarters, its cost-effectiveness is indeed not as good as that of a regular aircraft carrier.

Firstly, the navy rarely uses helicopters. When offshore support is occasionally needed, two on an aircraft carrier are sufficient.

In those situations where a helicopter carrier is needed, a regular aircraft carrier can certainly complete the task, and do it well enough.

As for the Air Force, they looked down on the helicopter branch alone.

Is it that the fixed-wing aircraft isn't flying fast enough? Is it that it's not powerful enough? Or is it that the support isn't strong enough?

Two offensive attack helicopters and a fighter jet, at the same price, the fighter jet is more cost-effective no matter how you look at it.

Since there are no helicopters, what is the need for helicopter carriers?

Besides, the Air Force has so many military bases, why would it bother to order helicopter carriers, which is a thankless task for the Navy?

So helicopters are mostly used by the poor and rustic army.

The special forces, due to their own battlefield characteristics, are particularly well-suited to armed helicopters.

Therefore, Xia Shu believes that owning a helicopter carrier can greatly increase their mobile combat capabilities.

But unfortunately, as a top-ranked large war zone, they only have two helicopter carriers.

These two ships are responsible for the defense of the waters near the Hua District Headquarters, and there is no way they can be given at a discount to the special forces.

So if they want it, they can only customize it from the equipment department.

A brand new small aircraft carrier is not cheap.

Instead of saving money to buy it yourself, you might as well ask your boss for funding.

Xia Shu originally didn't have much hope for this application.

But unexpectedly, the young commander actually agreed to this matter.

After the two of them had a conversation on the phone, the young commander said that the helicopter carrier could be customized by the Navy Department, and two frigates could be allocated from the Sheng Qilin Aircraft Carrier Battle Group.

But if these things are taken, there will be no extra funding for special forces in the next quarter's military expenditure.

Apart from the regular maintenance expenses, the Army Department could not have enough money to order more equipment for them.

Xia Shu naturally had no objection to this, so he could only nod repeatedly, looking overjoyed.

The young commander then said that since we already have a small aircraft carrier, we should also consider vertical take-off and landing fighter jets.

Then he asked Xia Shu to prepare an equipment report and send it to her.

This even made Xia Shu start to feel embarrassed.

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When the two of them finished their conversation, Natsuki grinned with happiness, like a little boy who had received the latest model of home game console as a birthday present.

Qingxian came back from training and saw Xia Shu grinning as soon as he walked in. So he asked curiously, "Did anything good happen?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Shu just smiled and didn't say anything.

Qingxian was quite amused and confused when she saw this. But since Xia Shu didn't say anything, she couldn't ask.

What Xia Shu was thinking at this time was, by the end of the year, I will show you the big treasure I bought from the headquarters, and I guarantee you will be surprised!

After a while, Qingxian went to take a shower. While sitting at the table reading, he seemed to remember something and said to Xia Shu, "Oh, Xia Shu. The professor said earlier that he would arrange for us to visit and study at the Modern Warfare Academy. Are you familiar with the situation there?"

Hearing this, Xia Shu said helplessly, "How could I possibly be familiar with this? Am I not on the hot weapons battlefield just like you guys?"

Qingxian thought about it and said, "That's right."

Then he stopped asking about Xia Shu's Modern Warfare Academy.

However, when Natsuki was asked this question by Qingxian, he began to think about modern space warfare.

The Modern Warfare Academy, as the name suggests, is an academy that studies how to command space operations in the latest era context.

Many of the students studying there are military officers who have retired from countless battlefields and have made great achievements in strategic command.

There are both men and women.

To put it bluntly, they are a group of reserve talents who study space warfare all day long.

Xia Shu remembered that Zhan Ren's "father" seemed to be a commanding officer of the reserve force.

Maybe he has studied at the Modern Warfare Academy, or is even one of its researchers.

941. Modern Warfare Academy

To be honest, the Modern Warfare Academy is different from the Officer Academy or Natsuki and the others'.

It is a large school with a wide range of research areas.

The scale of the academy over there is about three times the combined size of their Hot Weapons Battlefield School and Cold Weapons Battlefield School.

However, the school there did not recruit students from outside and never held any publicity activities. Therefore, its reputation among the outside world was actually not as high as that of the two schools in the imaginary battlefield.

Furthermore, the Modern Warfare Academy is divided into several schools. In addition to combat academies such as the Space Warfare Academy, the Warfare Integration Academy, and the Military Command Academy, there are also high-tech research schools such as the Science and Technology Research Academy, the Naval Academy, and the Combat Weapons Academy.

The latter recruits students from various social colleges and universities, but only recruits graduate students and researchers, and does not recruit ordinary idle students from society.

The threshold is so high, so if you want to work or study there, you have to improve yourself to a certain level.

It is also not easy for active-duty officers like Xia Shu from the imaginary battlefield to enter the Modern Warfare Academy.

The first requirement is that the results of the space warfare course must be good enough.

If your grades are not satisfactory, the military will not recommend you to apply to the Modern Warfare Academy after you retire.

Come to think of it, if you can’t even understand the most basic subjects, what’s the use of having excellent strategic thinking?

It's as unbelievable as if one is not good at math but still wants to do scientific research.

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The visit and study arranged by Professor Hua this time is a routine in the Officer Academy.

The reason is not difficult to imagine.

This is probably also to help the officers understand their future goals and motivate them to study their majors more diligently.

Generally speaking, modern war academies and the ones specially opened for them - the imaginary battlefield: the ultra-modern battlefield, are places that active-duty officers will only consider after retirement.

However, there are also some students who have performed particularly well in space warfare subjects during their time at the Officer Academy and will be recommended to study directly at the Modern Warfare Academy.

It’s like skipping the college study time and going straight to graduate school.

There are undoubtedly very few people like this, and like Xia Shu, they are an extremely rare existence.

There is definitely no such talent among their students this year, so it’s just a thought and not something to take too seriously.

As for whether Xia Shu will consider taking the postgraduate entrance examination after retirement - oh no, taking the Modern Warfare Academy examination, it is hard to say.

After all, Xia Shu is not yet 18 years old, and her military career is still long, so there is no need to think so far ahead.

But speaking of which, Xia Shu’s birthday is coming up in a few days.

I have been in the army for two years without realizing it. Time flies so fast.

Let’s talk about the situation after Xia Shu and the others retired. Considering the military rank level after retirement, most of them will be fixed and it will be difficult to advance.

Therefore, while in active service, officers should try to improve their military ranks as much as possible.

This is like the ancient imperial examinations, where candidates took the exam to become Jinshi, and everyone had only one chance to win.

After the palace examination, the rankings were determined. The top three were considered Jinshi Jidi, meaning Jinshi Jidi; the second-class Jinshi Chuan, meaning Jinshi Chuan.

Being a Tongjinshi in the top three might seem a bit shameful on the road to officialdom, but the ranking given by the emperor could not be changed. This title of Tongjinshi would accompany you throughout your official career, until you were stripped of your official title or your property was confiscated and your family was exterminated.

By the same token, the generals who were awarded titles on the imaginary battlefields were like the Jinshi who won the first prize in the imperial examinations.

That is, the top three in the imperial examination.

As for the colonels, they were naturally Jinshi graduates. Although not as glorious as generals, they would still receive a certain degree of resources and support after retirement.

But the lieutenants were like fellow Jinshi graduates who had obtained the qualifications to become officials.

Although everyone is a Jinshi, almost is still almost.

For example, in the Ming Dynasty, people with the same Jinshi degree could not enter the cabinet and enter the center of political power in the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention becoming the prime minister of the dynasty and holding all the power.

Therefore, when in active service, the higher the rank, the higher the honor.

When they retire, the generals will naturally be transferred to modern war academies.

Maybe someone from the current Generals Council will be in charge of the human defense fleet in the future.

As for Xia Shu, she was working hard to achieve the unprecedented "three top rankings" position in the military rank system - the position of general.

As for the honor of "three first places", or also known as "big three places", what is it?

This refers to the god of examination who won the first place in the provincial examination, the metropolitan examination, and the palace examination during the imperial examination. He is a powerful existence like Wenquxing who has descended to the earth.

In the entire history of the imperial examination system, only a dozen people have received such an honor.

As for the imaginary battlefield, even up to now, no one has been awarded the rank of general.

Therefore, Xia Shu’s goal is extremely ambitious.

The road is long and far away, and I will search up and down.

Back to the Modern Warfare Academy, there is no doubt that they have a huge allocation of resources to a group of retired officers with the rank of general.

The teaching resources that generals can enjoy may not be available to colonels.

As for the lieutenant, well, you should learn more about space warfare first.

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So a few days later, after taking another small test, the prospective students, led by Professor Hua Shuxue, came to the Modern Warfare Academy for a wonderful visit and study.

In this huge college, a strong atmosphere of knowledge is everywhere.

Most of the students and researchers passing by were wearing the dark blue interstellar military uniforms belonging to the reserve forces.

These people include both men and women. The men undoubtedly come from the cold weapon battlefield, while the women naturally come from the non-nuclear battlefield.

Of course, in addition to them, there are also some researchers in white coats and a very small number of active-duty soldiers on the ultra-modern battlefield.

The latter category is considered a very rare category. They are responsible for conducting actual combat test simulations on the imaginary battlefield.

It can be understood as a "professional chess player" in the modern war academy.

These are the people who participate in the annual war zone competition and the modern space battlefield competition.

Their composition was a bit complex. Some were active-duty officers of the appropriate age with excellent space warfare records who had transferred over; others were "gifted chess players" specially recruited from various private colleges and universities.

In short, it can’t be explained in just a few words. All you need to know is that this group of people are really awesome.

The military ranks of these people are almost equivalent to their chess skills.