Chapter 687 - 475 Kunming Army Academy_2

Some foreign militaries’ tactics deeply reflect the quintessence of China’s triplex combat system, such as infiltrating behind enemy lines and pincer movements, which can also be attributed to the merits of Chinese military academies.

When certain countries had good diplomatic relations with China, they sent a large number of international students to study at Chinese military academies, and some acquired Chinese household registration during times when background checks were less strict, allowing them to attend military academies as a way of espionage.

For example, in East Africa, many officers have studied at the Shijiazhuang Army Command Academy, risen to high ranks upon returning home, to the extent that they say you can gauge the status of their officers by asking whether they know what "cuo bo" (a winnowing basket, in Shijiazhuang dialect) is.

Fighting in Africa, it could very well be an inter-alumni brawl.

It was also the Kunming Army Academy’s sports meet that brought the other two academies together.

Everyone saw this as a great opportunity to motivate their own students. However, the People’s Armed Police came to exchange skills, while most of the Firefighting cadres came for the organized shooting practice and a chance to handle guns.

However, touching guns is one thing; if they embarrassed their academy in the physical fitness competition and faced endless repercussions back home, every selected athlete from the schools was eager and ready to go, wearing sports shoes and equipped for the physical challenge.

Jin Guotao’s absence alone indicated that the academy had several aces up its sleeve.

And with Fang Huai present, everyone was even more determined and spirited.

Leading the team today were Vice Principal Li Wanfeng and Lv Xianzhi.

Lv Xianzhi sat next to Fang Huai, attentively reviewing the materials Fang had prepared.

Both Principal Chen and Minister Lv were highly invested in this matter. Although they were not overly optimistic, they were proactive. Principal Chen called the leadership of the Army Academy, and Old Lü had also reviewed a lot of materials for this reason, organizing several instructors with strong computer skills to discuss and propose some conceptual ideas, starting from existing references such as small trade training platforms and command management systems.

The primary goal was to produce results as quickly as possible.

But without exception, they were all rejected by Fang Huai.

Now, his military merit value was almost depleted, used entirely to exchange for computer technology materials and a small part of the command system data. He already had some plans in mind for what he wanted to build.

What he aimed to create was a platform, not just software. The first step was a network information sharing system—to construct a unified management framework, then gradually implement functionalities, guiding the development and application of related information technology equipment with future world ideas.

The final implementation of this system was not so much computer technology as it was a vast engineering project.

It would require integration with various systems like satellite radars and military aircraft and also the construction of a dedicated data center. Not to mention, just setting up a broad-scale Internet of Things would be a monumental project, whose theory could even become a specialized discipline. Fang Huai struggled with just this aspect, concerned about revealing too much. Fortunately, the concept of "Internet of Things" had been proposed by MIT in 1999, which he could fully utilize as the starting point for his theoretical framework, while the rest would be "logical extrapolations" based on this concept.

The sheer scale of this project could be seen from a financial report released by a listed private military enterprise closely associated with the military in later years, known as Kosi Technology.

The report stated: In 2018, the C4ISR expenditure accounted for about 12% of our country’s defense budget, with a conservative estimate of 132.84 billion yuan. Securities analysts predicted that by 2025, it would reach 2203.65 billion yuan, with an average annual increase of 129.29 billion yuan.

Its strategic significance outweighed aircraft carriers.

The Shandong Ship with its full set of electronic radar equipment cost only about 50 billion yuan, and the Ford-class aircraft carrier was less than 20 billion US dollars. And that 1328 billion was just one year’s expenditure!

If he broke down this system into specific tasks, he wouldn’t be able to finish it in his lifetime. Just the technological aspects alone, if he tried to accomplish everything by himself, he would need to receive a third-class merit every single day. And with such involvement, probably every special agent organization in the world would want to put him at the top of their wanted list.

Being able to teach the framework and thinking, along with cracking part of the computer platform’s functional code, was already a towering achievement.

So, this grand conceptual framework had already had Teacher Lv by his side scrutinizing it for an entire day, yet he couldn’t find a clue to its workings. Fang Huai watched Teacher Lv scratching his head over the materials and could only smile and close his eyes to rest.

But he didn’t rest for long.

As soon as they entered the gates of the academy, everyone started to click their tongues in admiration.

This was indeed a military academy.

One gate equaled the width of three of theirs, and the thick columns on either side were even more majestic.

Just by the gate alone, their place was a university, and by comparison, theirs at best was akin to a village school.

As the vehicle moved inside, a military officer riding a bicycle, stopwatch hanging from his chest, majestically emerged, followed by a group of cadres clad in People’s Liberation Army camouflage garb, running behind him as the vast road became a natural running track.

The bus slowly passed by, and the sound of footsteps and breathing came through the window.

"Pick up the pace! Run up to Changchun Mountain and rush back!"

"Thank you, sir... I have a bit of diarrhea today!"

"Stop your fussing! Hurry up! I’ll find you a place to go on the road! Oh, you think you’re exempt from training because there’s no sports meet? Can you call yourself an infantry if you don’t run? Finish your run then come back and see!"

Yelling as he cycled, he glanced back at the bus and upon noticing "Kunming Fire Command College" on the rear windshield, he immediately shouted:

"What’s the matter with you guys? Didn’t get enough to eat? I’ll set up a session of parallel bars for you later!"

Then, everyone around started chanting "One-two-one, one two three four."

Fang Huai watched the passing students muttering under their breath, unable to resist a chuckle, as he reminisced about Second Squadron’s General Hill.