digital storm

Chapter 296 Under the Iceberg
As a bigwig who controls the military production and R&D of the entire country, Norman has a lot of information.In the totalitarian Hefner system, Norman was not considered a high-ranking executive at first, at best, he was just a figure who gradually turned from a thug to a civil servant. Let him be in this position because he valued that he was already in the military. He has established a considerable reputation in the middle and will not cause too much backlash. At the same time, this guy is also very obedient in doing things, and will not let Ludwig or Kane have a hard time.However, since he is in this position, he has handled all kinds of important things, and Norman's status has risen rapidly.

Norman also understands that he is not the most trusted person of Kane or Ludwig, and many things are still hidden from him, hoping that he can stay out of it.But how could it be that simple?Lyons, who dislikes him the most, does not need to inform him of the progress of the project when developing mechs, but a large amount of funds, materials, manpower and material resources must be organized and distributed through Norman after all.Lyons also had to give Norman face now, at least getting along was good.Totalitarian Hefner's organizational structure determines their use of resources and materials, and it is basically difficult to completely bypass Norman.He has eyes and ears, and he always knows something.

Now that he couldn't hide it from Lin Wenfang and An Lian, he naturally explained it in as much detail as possible.In fact, there is one thing that he may not realize himself: Totalitarian Hefner, a system that attaches great importance to power control and inheritance, is undoubtedly an elite organization, and it is also an organization that attaches great importance to bloodlines and inheritance. Here, they may regard An Lian and Fuxing Hefner as opponents, but they never dare to ignore an existence like An Lian Hefner.She is the most legitimate ruler of the Hefner Society, and Norman really has no psychological pressure to submit to her.

"Now, Moya's mecha research is at a critical stage. The team led by Lyons may be inferior to the Federation's Mecha Research Institute, but the resources he can use are beyond your imagination. It’s almost one-fifth of Moya’s military budget, plus the support from the various business groups to which the totalitarian Hefner belongs, I believe that you will not be able to do this kind of support.” Norman sighed a little Said: "Lyons divides all sub-projects into countless teams to solve them separately. Some can have several directions to choose from. He will divide them into several teams to work together, and then comprehensively test the best performance combination. I can't describe it. I have complained to Mr. Kane countless times about how much he spent on this, but both General Ludwig and Mr. Kane are obviously on his side. At present, the old models of mechs are installed There are a total of 700 units, and the experimental models of the new models at various stages add up to more than 120 units, and there are 8 units currently under test. Moreover, the relevant manufacturing plants are also constantly following up on the research progress, how is the personnel training going? It is not known, but according to Lyons himself, the production capacity is satisfactory. Under normal circumstances, the annual output can reach 1000 units. This is one and a half divisions according to the standard of the number of mecha divisions in the Federation. If you enter The wartime mode can be doubled. In addition, whether the second factory needs to be built is still under discussion. In principle, there should be no such thing. The cost of this thing is too huge, and many processing technologies must be imported from outside It is very expensive to build a large scale. They are all complete sets of federal and Dresden-made equipment. There are still some people in Dresden who are willing to cooperate with us, but the federal-made equipment is almost all smuggled products. In terms of materials and other aspects, some of them cannot be completely self-produced, and are now being transferred through Eaton, Moret and other regions."

"Where is the factory?" Lin Wenfang asked.At the same time he had to start assessing the possibility of sabotage.

"Sertig." Norman said frankly: "I know the place, but I don't think you have a way to destroy it without paying enough. After all, the place is in the defense circle of the capital, Bisidney City Southern cities are much closer to the Federation."

"Besides, after this surprise attack, the defense over there will only be tighter in the future." Zheng Taicheng, who was listening enthusiastically, said with a smile.

"That's inevitable." Norman shrugged, looking indifferent.

"We'll discuss the issue of location and safe deployment when we go back. Let's continue talking about the mecha. How far has the mecha been developed?"

"You should already know the difference between the two systems of human form and beast form. The progress of the human form mecha is very fast now. Although that guy Lyons spends money ruthlessly, he really spends it in the right place." Norman sighed and said : "Now Lyons' idea is to separate the design of firepower and mobility. It may also be influenced by the Federation's mecha research and development plan. The firepower platform mecha does not emphasize high mobility. Look at it. It looks a bit thick, how should I put it, from the data I got, the cockpit of the firepower platform mecha is more like an engineering device, with a metal frame and bulletproof glass on the front and sides, and the operation method is also simplified a lot. It uses finger-style dynamic sensing, and the movement is fairly flexible, but the legs are pedal-type, divided into three parts, which are forward, braking, and cycle shifting. This kind of mech runs very slowly, no more than 40 kilometers Don’t count on tumbling every hour. Those pilots who are particularly skilled can do it, and it is very likely that they will have no power in the middle of the turn. They will cause trouble for themselves. The jump is very reluctant. It is basically ready to be deleted from the operation manual. But this kind of firepower platform mech is very stable. It is powered by a diesel engine and can carry almost 2 tons of weapons and ammunition. The largest caliber of weapons tested so far has reached 88mm. Yes, but the performance of sniper weapons is very poor, because the operation accuracy of this kind of mecha is not high, and it is difficult to perform high-precision fine-tuning. Basically, I am going to take the route of covering firepower. This kind of mecha is very cheap, not counting As for weapons, they don’t need to be as high as the ‘primitive’ series of engineering mechas on your side. They are all existing technologies, equivalent to federal currency...not more than 30 units. Adding weapons, it’s about 50. This kind of The operation of the mech is not difficult, just a little training is enough, but it will be very scary if it forms a large scale."

"Another type of mecha is modeled after the Federation's armor series. It is more similar to your mecha system, but it is very different in some details. Although the exoskeleton linkage operation method of the hunter mecha is simple I understand, but after all, there are too many restrictions, and the appearance is not good-looking, etc. Anyway, the original equipment is being phased out. Now the production is similar to the armor of the armor, multi-link dynamic Induction, a combination of mechanical and electronic operation methods. But the difference is that that thing is much bigger than your armor. It is exactly 3 meters high and has two sets of basic power systems built in. It can be used in parallel at critical moments to provide twice the output power , the damage to the structure of the mecha itself is quite large, but at least in terms of explosive power, it can compete with your magical operation skills. Lyons can probably do your kind of operation, at least a little bit like, But this kind of technology seems to be unpopular. Moya’s Central Academy of Sciences, School of Biology, and School of Medicine have experts cooperating in the research of these things. There are still some results. I don’t know the progress of the funding in this area unless it goes through me. gone."

"The animal-shaped mecha also takes the quantitative route, and the structure is not complicated. Since the cockpit is located on the chest, it is quite rearward for the ape-shaped mecha. The safety of the pilot is guaranteed in the impact combat. If the ape-shaped mecha Large-scale mechas can be mass-produced with outsourced parts to reduce the unit price, and it is very likely that the cost of a single machine will be controlled at around 80. There are no pure military standard components, and even the logistics are private, and everything is prioritized to reduce costs. Knowing the intelligence capabilities and technical capabilities of the Federation, the level of secrecy was not high enough at the beginning, and money should also be saved in this regard. So, I wouldn’t find it strange that you know about the ape-type mecha, the only thing that can prove your intelligence ability is when did you first know about it.”

An Lian sighed, and said, "Although it is a new generation of weapons, it seems that your design ideas have not improved much."

Hearing what An Lian said, Norman was taken aback for a moment, and then thought it over and said: "It doesn't seem to be completely like this. The Federation seems to have never been ahead in the number of weapons, so it is used to fighting more with less and making full use of weapons." Excellent performance. However, there is a limit. What kind of ratio can be used and what ratio cannot be used? Have you done any research? The Federation has a great advantage in mechs, but your mechas The cost of the armor is too high." Norman glanced at the improved armor of the Shadow Demon Army, and asked: "Does your armor cost more than 500 million? Do you know how much the cost of the mecha that we are competing with here is? 220 Ten thousand." He looked at Lin Wenfang's ranger and the jade claw resting beside it, and said, "Mr. Lin, I won't estimate the price of the mecha you use. There is no way to calculate it. .Of course, your ability can make the mechs fully perform, which is absolutely cost-effective, but what if your opponent has 40, 50, or even more mechas? Use 10 to 20 mechas to entangle you, Then keep sending out firepower from behind, don’t care about your own people in front, just aim to hit you and destroy you? I don’t know how the military education in the Federation is carried out, after all, it’s nothing to just look at intelligence data Feeling, but what I want to say is that in Moya, the tactic I just mentioned is definitely done. When Lyons admits that he is not your opponent alone, and will never be your opponent At that time, his combat principles completely changed. As far as I know, there is a mech team that specializes in studying your various technical and tactical movements, and then specifically designs various tactical coordination to deal with you."

Lin Wenfang scratched his head and said, "How much have I offended Lyons?"

Norman laughed dryly and said: "You should ask him. However, judging from the things you asked and what you want to know, I think you really underestimated Moya's war potential. You know, how many It is true that Moya has no way to fully advance to the point where he can be on par with you in terms of technology, even a little bit close, but Moya can survive for such a long time and develop into a superpower. A set of development concepts with its own core values. In particular, you should not underestimate the totalitarian Hefner. In terms of the ability to organize and squeeze units at all levels, the totalitarian Hefner is stronger than the Federation and any country. Mo Ya can enter a state of total war within 14 days, how long does it take for the Federation? In the last war, Moya did not enter a state of total war, you guys have to remember this. According to my understanding, this is the reason why you finally won the war .If you don't have new tricks in the past few years, or if you don't have a strong war preparation, the next time you go to war, the result will never be like this. Believe me, now in my situation, I definitely don't want you to fight lose."

Zheng Taicheng, Huo Di and the others might not take Norman's words seriously, but Lin Wenfang and An Lian did not dare to ignore them.Understanding the big picture is their daily homework, and Norman's reminder is like a slap in the face for them, reminding them of many things that they hadn't noticed before.With Norman's current status and status, he has access to a lot of information, and he has a good understanding of Moya's war potential, which is exactly what Lin Wenfang and An Lian lack.

"Oh, that's right. Let's talk about this later." Lin Wenfang continued to ask: "Then how is your progress in artificial intelligence?"

Glancing at Sorrento and Grad, who were sluggishly sitting on the sidelines, Norman said helplessly: "There are technologies that need to be caught up in all aspects, so it's hard to say what progress has been made now. Low-level things are progressing very quickly, such as self-destruct robots and so on. Yes. But it is a bit more advanced, I can only say sorry. I can't get the source code, I can only design the program according to the interface, and you know what the situation is. If it goes well, I need to run for a Cerberus project Did you come here? You still end up where you are now."

Sorrento felt that something was not right. For his own safety, he took the initiative to say: "This is not something we can decide. Raymond Brothers is indeed a giant, but it was also treated as a marionette by others. Giant."

ah?Norman was surprised: "Didn't you come up with artificial intelligence?"

"Yes. We call this core 'Prince', but, do you know, this core was born less than 4 years ago. Speaking of time, it may be earlier than what Mr. Lin did in the Federation, testing, Debugging and improvement work has been going on. However, including those at the core of Raymond Brothers, and those institutions under our jurisdiction, no one has figured out how this thing was born. It is like It was a magic trick..."

"Magic?" Lin Wenfang asked puzzledly: "Don't you have a complete set of records of the research process? Otherwise, it is impossible for Moya to believe in your intelligent core."

"So what? That's magic." Sorrento said with a wry smile, "You would never believe it. Four years ago, the prince was born in the Jingneng Digital Technology Research Institute of our group, but five years ago Well, Jingneng Digital Technology Research Institute is just a small company that researches vector graphics technology and has sold a few graphics software at most."

There must be something wrong here!Lin Wenfang and An Lian looked at each other.An Lian quickly asked: "Could it be that there are black hands behind the Raymond Brothers enterprise?"

"Black hand?" Sorrento said vaguely: "It would be more appropriate to say that it is the hand of God. If you have time, I can explain to you the experience of the development of Raymond Brothers, and combine it with the birth of the prince's core. It should be able to understand more deeply."

Sorrento was a very curious business owner, and he realized early on that the Raymond Brothers business had a problematic history.As the third in command of the entire group, he is completely different from other shareholders who only see profit, development and influence.He carefully studied the development process of Raymond Brothers by comparing economic history and social history. He realized this matter as early as he was a young and inexperienced youth.Originally, he was planning to do a doctoral dissertation, but when he glimpsed the truth of the matter, he dared not write his discovery at all.

Sorrento knew about Fosun Group and knew that it was the ultimate goal of the corporate world, but he never thought that the background of Fosun Group was so big that he couldn't even imagine it.Just now, after listening to the explanations of Norman, An Lian, and Lin Wenfang, when the names of the Hefner Society appeared one after another, he began to understand one thing, and he began to be able to connect some things to understand.He realized that behind the general trend of this world, there is indeed a huge and ubiquitous black hand influencing and manipulating. He originally thought that those people were just trying to maximize their profits and control wealth behind the scenes, but now it seems that their The goal seems to be bigger... The battle of mechas and intelligence is definitely not something that ordinary people and forces dare to intervene in.

"Let's talk about what's going on with your prince's core first. It probably won't take that much time." Looking at the time, Lin Wenfang decided to save the whole story for later. Well, there will be time along the way.

"Okay. Five years ago, a few interesting people came to our group's board of directors. They persuaded most of the board members to cooperate with them in something that was not very expensive: acquisitions. The example they gave at the time was complex Star Group, Fosun Group’s patent income alone has made everyone tempted. We spent a total of 120 billion, acquired 37 various research institutions successively, and merged them into Jingneng Digital. Then, Jingneng Neng Digit suddenly hired a talented researcher. In less than three months, he integrated the various technologies of these 37 research institutes to form the first version of Prince Core. Three months , although I don't understand technology, but from the perspective of company operations, everyone didn't even sort out the personnel relations of so many institutions at that time. It was a mess, and the research work was almost completely stagnant, but what he came up with was A result that shocked everyone. Now you know why I said it was magic, right?"

(End of this chapter)