Chapter 263

East, Capital Airport.

A group of Western military officers were picked up onto a bus; the bus had just started when they heard a voice.

"Go straight ahead for 300 meters, then turn left."

This is Eastern speech; the visitors don't understand, but there is a translation!

When their translator, under the curious gazes of those nearby, translated this sentence into a language they could understand, everyone was stunned.

What's going on?

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a vehicle-mounted navigation system we developed based on the Northern Dipper navigation satellite; just input your destination and it will guide you automatically..." Qin Miao, assigned to receive them by superiors, took on this role effortlessly.

"Automatic guidance? If installed on a tank, even in an unfamiliar place it could guide to the corresponding position?"

"If installed on an aircraft, even unfamiliar airspace could be reached?"

Everyone being military personnel quickly thought of its military use!

Everyone was astonished, and at that moment James rolled his eyes and said, "Since that's the case, could it guide us to the Great Wall first to have a look?"

"Exactly!" the others also realized.

"You speak nicely, but what if this so-called satellite navigation system is just an ordinary electronic device that prestored this information to deliberately deceive us?"

"All right." Qin Miao nodded, picked up the small booklet beside him, flipped through it, found the coordinates of the Great Wall, and quickly pressed the button beside the vehicle's central console screen.

Current computers still can't input Chinese, let alone such a small navigation system lacking a search function; it's simplest to directly input the target coordinates.

"The navigation has been re-planned."

With that voice, a reduced map appeared on the screen, and then a winding route was marked.

Over the past few days, after some effort, digital maps of the area around the Capital all the way to Zhang Family Pass have been completed; after all, once displayed, these folks will still want to keep using the navigation for the route from the Capital to the exercise field.

Qin Miao finished operating, stood up, and then... saw a crowd gathered behind him.

This is on the bus; aren't you afraid of danger doing this?

"This thing looks very advanced!"

"Yeah, I never expected the East to have such advanced technology!"

James rolled his eyes again: "Forget it, the Great Wall is too far; let's just take us to Tiananmen."

"Okay, no problem!" Qin Miao picked up the manual again and re-entered.

The familiar voice sounded again, and a route map appeared on the screen, but this diagram was completely different from the previous one.

Although James doesn't know Eastern geography, he could tell the route wasn't pre-loaded; it was automatically generated after inputting the target just now.

Does the East really have such advanced technology?

In the United States, there are also vehicle navigation systems: first, route maps are made on map film, stuffed into the vehicle, and as the vehicle moves, the film moves along, thereby indicating direction—primitive and backward, even less convenient than just looking at a map.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please return to your seats, sit tight and hold on, we're about to depart!" Qin Miao called out to everyone.

James squeezed into the first row, stared at the map, and as the bus moved, he saw the vehicle indeed follow the route indicated on the map; in the end... he really saw Tiananmen!

"Ladies and gentlemen, should we get off to sightsee, or reset the navigation to return to the hotel?"

"Hotel, go to the hotel!"

"There's nothing to see down there; we'd better observe this satellite navigation system properly—if it's genuine... it would absolutely be an invention capable of changing the world!"

"The United States is already working on a GPS satellite navigation system, but progress is slow; wanting to develop such a receiver would mean waiting even longer, whereas the East is absolutely number one in this field!"

"Keeping an eye on the navigation all the way, upon arriving at the hotel, that night everyone's discussion topic was the East's high technology!"

"How do I suddenly feel that the East's technology has just leapt forward?" Gabriel remarked somewhat wistfully.

"Hmph, it's just a little gadget; the East's overall strength remains backward, otherwise why would they keep coming to inspect our Mirage 2000 fighters? This time we must find the loopholes in their exercise, especially in air power, to make them decide to purchase our aircraft." Claude remained full of confidence.

Alfred said nothing, just stared at the street below, where, as before, bicycles predominated; how could such a place have such advanced technology?

The next day, while it was still dark, everyone again got on the bus half-asleep and slept all the way to the destination.

After getting off, everyone's eyes lit up.

On the vast plain, various equipment stood vehicle after vehicle, stretching beyond sight; for some reason, a thought suddenly sprang to mind: an army of this scale, besides the old Russians, only the East could have!

After all, when it comes to troop numbers, the East is number one in the world!

Over 1,300 tanks and armored vehicles, over 1,500 artillery pieces, tens of thousands of vehicles, over 100,000 troops...

This scene is very shocking!

The exercise observation platform had been set up; many leaders and cadres gathered on site, the senior leaders had arrived early and were listening to Elder Qin's report there.

"Ladies and gentlemen, beside the observation platform we have prepared a VIP area for you, where you can watch the live exercise scene; we also have some closed-circuit televisions set up so you can observe the situation in each area of the exercise..."

Everyone sat down, looked at the televisions—footage shot from the ground and from the air—and the scene was magnificent!

Wait!

And there's another television—what is it showing?

There's a large table, a projection screen, and some busy people...

"May I ask what that is?" James inquired.

"Oh, the Red Army headquarters."

"I know it's a headquarters, but what does this headquarters look like... rather special?"

Indeed, this fellow had a premonition! Qin Miao smiled: "Ladies and gentlemen, please stay calm and wait for the observation."

At that moment, Elder Qin's voice sounded from the observation platform: "Now I announce that the North China major exercise is officially commencing!"

Start!

With the command, the whole earth trembled; in the distance, balls of fire rose, along with curling mushroom clouds...

What does this mean—opening with nuclear bombs?

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me briefly introduce: our military exercise this time is a Red-Blue confrontation mode; the side playing Blue Army first uses bombers to drop mushroom bombs, then a horde of tanks charges straight at our heartland, while we first defend and then counterattack..."

The background of this exercise goes without saying!

"How do you plan to defend, and how do you plan to counterattack?" James continued to ask.

"You can all look at that TV of the Red Army Command; I…… I won't say anything else."

Everyone stared at the screen, then widened their eyes; the large table in the center of the screen was…… slowly rising, some high, some low, in less than thirty seconds it became…… a sand table?

What kind of high technology is this?