Chapter 81: When Special Operations Brigade Meets Tech Otaku

Only one day after that phone call, Feng Yan received a formal invitation from the "Southwest Blade" special operations brigade.

"So fast?" Wang Hao shoveled the freshly cooked braised pork in the canteen, shouting vaguely, "My 'Peregrine Falcon' anti-interference algorithm hasn't been optimized yet!"

"They want our most real state." Feng Yan slurped the seaweed egg drop soup, his gaze locked on the encrypted email on the tablet.

"Go with problems, return with solutions, that's true cooperation."

Li Yang said nothing, silently accelerating his eating speed; the rhythm of his bowl and chopsticks clashing betrayed his urgency.

Obviously, he intended to go early to check the status of the Iron Wolf and Chengshan exoskeletons.

Chen Guang put down his bowl directly, took out his portable terminal, and his fingers flew, already starting to pull up the electromagnetic environment data model that might exist at the special operations brigade base.

Zhao Gong chewed his bun slowly, glanced at the few anxious young people, and said slowly:

"What's the rush? Good food is not afraid of being late. When you get there, talk less, watch more, listen more."

A few days later, when the Dragon Chant convoy bumped into the military restricted zone hidden in the mountain col, even the most jumpy Wang Hao instantly quieted down.

Murderous.

This was the most intuitive feeling for everyone.

No welcome banners, no lined-up soldiers, only cold surveillance cameras on the high walls.

The automatic weapon point-shooting sounds vaguely coming from afar, and the gunpowder smell that was there or not in the air.

The air here seemed to be heavier than the outside, pressing people to subconsciously restrain their breath.

In the parking lot, a lean military officer wearing ordinary training clothes and a major's rank on his shoulder straps was waiting.

His skin was the bronze color of year-round wind and sun exposure, his eyes were calm but carried penetration, as if he could see through people's hearts.

"Team Leader Feng? I am Yang Rui, a staff officer of the special operations brigade training section."

He stepped forward and gave a clean military salute. When shaking hands with Feng Yan, his palms were rough and powerful, with thick calluses left by holding guns all year round.

"The brigade has an emergency mission, the brigade commander Gao cannot receive you personally, and I will accompany you throughout the technical exchange." 【

The tone was polite but distant, strictly professional, completely devoid of the expected enthusiasm.

"Understood, the mission comes first." Feng Yan nodded with a smile, muttering to himself:

"Hmph, with this attitude, we'll have to take it for a spin to see if it's a mule or a horse."

Yang Rui's gaze swept over the equipment unloaded from the vehicle, lingering briefly on the Iron Wolf and several Chengshan exoskeletons, his eyes devoid of ripples:

"According to the pre-set plan, we will first conduct basic performance tests for individual soldier equipment today. The site is ready; please follow me."

The testing ground was a comprehensive tactical training area, with mud, trenches, high walls, barbed wire, simulated broken walls and wreckage... various obstacles arranged in a scattered layout.

Dozens of special forces soldiers were crawling and rolling inside, covered in mud and water, their shouts of battle intertwined with heavy panting, revealing a raw, powerful aesthetic.

Seeing Yang Rui approach with a group of "technicians" and strange-looking equipment, the training rhythm did not change in the slightest.

Only a few cold gazes swept over them, carrying scrutiny and an imperceptible disdain.

In the eyes of these soldiers who relied on real blades and guns to fight, this group of "tech otakus" holding mice and wearing glasses were mostly here to engage in armchair strategy.

"Old rules, test load-bearing and mobility first."

Yang Rui was concise, pointing to several standard weight blocks stacked at the start of the field, each clearly marked "100KG".

The support team members brought by Wang Hao immediately put on the Chengshan exoskeletons.

The dark gray metal frame covered their entire bodies, emitting a slight hum when the motors started, exuding a sense of technology.

"Begin." Yang Rui pressed the stopwatch.

The five Chengshan units started simultaneously, bending their waists and exerting force, easily picking up the heavy weight blocks and fixing them onto their shoulder racks, their movements as fluid as picking up a backpack.

Immediately after, they took their strides and charged straight into the complex obstacle zone.

Deep, muddy trenches?

Like walking on flat ground!

A three-meter-high vertical climbing net?

Using both hands and feet, they zipped up, faster than the soldiers climbing by hand next to them!

A low barbed-wire crawling tunnel?

They charged through in a half-crouch, their posture steady and their speed astonishing!

Broken walls and ruins simulating a city in ruins?

Easily vaulted over, landing steadily!

The training ground, which had been filled with shouts of raw power, gradually fell silent.

The mud-covered special forces soldiers stopped their movements, their gazes tightly following the five dark gray figures darting through the obstacles at high speed.

The disdain on their faces quietly faded, replaced by astonishment and disbelief.

"Holy crap... what the hell is that?"

"Running faster than me empty-handed while carrying two hundred jin?"

"Look at their movement over the low wall, they didn't even bend their waists?"

Yang Rui looked at the time on the stopwatch, which far exceeded standard norms; the calm, ancient-well expression on his face finally showed cracks, and his eyes instantly turned sharp.

Next, it was the turn of the Iron Wolf Type II to take the stage.

Li Yang operated this nearly three-meter-tall black steel beast, walking with heavy strides to the concrete wall of the simulated reinforced fortification.

Without any flashy demonstration, he simply raised the thick mechanical arm, and the demolition hammer at the front popped out suddenly.

"Thud!!!"

A dull, thunderous sound exploded; the entire concrete wall vibrated violently, cracks spread instantly from the point of impact, and debris fell in a rustle.

Immediately after, the Iron Wolf raised its other mechanical arm, the loaded hydraulic shears opened, aiming at the thick steel bars exposed within the wall.

"Crack!"

A teeth-gritting sound of metal breaking rang out, and the steel bars, thicker than an adult's arm, snapped in response!

A display of power pure to the extreme!

The training ground was completely silent, with only the low hum of the Iron Wolf's joint servo motors and the lingering echoes of the demolition reverberating in the air.

The special forces soldiers who had previously been unconvinced now had their expressions toward the Iron Wolf changed drastically.

It was an instinctive shock in the face of absolute power, as well as an irrepressible fervor.

A veteran with a scar on his face couldn't help but move a few steps closer, staring at the mechanical arm joint of the Iron Wolf that had struck the concrete wall, muttering:

"This force... damn, that's powerful! Just don't know if it's durable enough..."

Hearing this, Li Yang controlled the Iron Wolf to turn around, facing the veteran, and answered through the external loudspeaker with his unique, calm voice that carried a metallic texture:

"During extreme impact testing, the core joints can withstand over three thousand similar impacts under standard operating conditions."

"The current rise in external joint temperature is within the normal heat dissipation range."

The veteran was stunned, not expecting this "mech pilot" to respond directly, then his eyes lit up, and he didn't bother with formalities:

"Then how's the sealing on this thing? We often have to swim across water; will mud and sand get in and jam it?"

"Key joints use multi-layer labyrinth seals and air pressure protection, with a standard waterproof rating of IP68, capable of handling conventional muddy environments."

"Data for prolonged immersion in mud and sand requires further testing," Li Yang answered in a matter-of-fact, clear manner.

"If we mount a heavy machine gun or rocket launcher, can this shoulder connection structure handle the continuous recoil?" another soldier couldn't help but ask loudly.

"Standard modular interfaces are reserved; theoretically, it can withstand the recoil of most existing individual heavy weapons. Live-fire verification requires subsequent scheduling."

The cold testing instantly turned into a heated technical exchange.

The special forces soldiers surrounded the Iron Wolf and the returning Chengshan squad, questions coming one after another.

From waterproofing and dustproofing to battery life, from extreme environment adaptation to maintenance cycles, these were all pragmatic questions bought with blood on the battlefield.

Li Yang and the support team members held nothing back; they answered what they could on the spot, and for what they weren't sure about, they recorded it earnestly, promising to go back and study optimizations.

Watching this unexpectedly harmonious scene, Yang Rui finally revealed a trace of a smile on his tense face and walked to Feng Yan's side, saying in a low voice:

"Team Leader Feng, these things of yours... are truly good. The brothers really like them."

A weight lifted from Feng Yan's heart, and he smiled: "As long as they meet the brothers' approval, we are here to solve practical problems."

Just then, a small commotion broke out on the side of Wang Hao, who was in charge of the "Falcon" missile's simplified launch test.

During the flight of one test missile, the trajectory showed a slight, unexpected oscillation; although it eventually hit the target, the landing accuracy was clearly not as good as the previous few shots.

"Tsk, this damn wind..." Wang Hao scratched his messy hair, muttering to the control terminal.

The electronic warfare expert brought by Yang Rui had been standing quietly behind Wang Hao observing; at this moment, he stepped forward and handed over a tablet, which displayed a complex spectrum map:

"Engineer Wang, it's not the wind. There was a brief, high-intensity frequency-hopping interference signal in the L-band just now."

"It's the base conducting communication anti-interference drills; the released energy was captured by your seeker."

Wang Hao leaned over to look, then slapped his thigh hard: "Damn! So that's what happened! I was wondering why the trajectory was twisting like a pretzel!"

"Brother, thanks! This data is crucial!"

He immediately grabbed the electronic warfare expert, and the two began discussing frequency-hopping interference characteristics and anti-interference algorithm optimization as if no one else were around, spittle flying, getting more and more enthusiastic as they talked.

On the other side, the several "mechanical spiders" and "mechanical butterflies" controlled by Chen Guang.

Had already silently completed reconnaissance of the hidden observation posts and simulated ammunition points around the training ground.

Clear images and data had long been synchronized to Yang Rui's tactical tablet.

Yang Rui looked at the hidden points he had deliberately set up, which were precisely marked with red boxes on the screen.

He took a deep breath and looked at Chen Guang, who was standing quietly beside the equipment box, his eyes full of amazement:

"Engineer Chen, these 'insects' of yours... are simply a scout's nightmare."

Chen Guang pushed up his glasses and nodded calmly: "Just basic functions."

The sunset glow spilled over the training ground, gilding the cold machinery and the sweat-drenched soldiers in warm colors.

The two groups that were originally clearly divided—the soldiers holding guns and the technicians holding mice.

Were now intensely exchanging and discussing around the tech-filled equipment.

Watching this scene, Feng Yan knew the first step had been taken firmly.

Yang Rui checked the time and said to Feng Yan:

"Team Leader Feng, today's basic tests were very successful."

"A small-scale exchange meeting is arranged for the evening; several squad commanders want to have an in-depth chat with you all."

"Also..." he paused, lowering his voice.

"Brigade Commander Gao specifically instructed that he would like to invite you to participate in a company-level night confrontation exercise tomorrow. I wonder if it's convenient for you?"

Feng Yan's heart skipped a beat.

A night confrontation exercise!

This was the ultimate test, infinitely close to actual combat!

He suppressed the excitement in his heart and nodded steadily: "No problem! Longyin Team, standing by at any time!"

Night fell quietly, the base lights turned on one after another, and the outlines of the distant mountains became deeper in the twilight.

An atmosphere mixed with anticipation and tension quietly permeated this steel camp.