It's better to conquer them than to command the steel torrent

Chapter 18 | A Flash of Inspiration

There are many problems with incorporating a large number of female soldiers into front-line troops. The military has naturally taken this into consideration and has summarized several major problems.

The saying that after three years in the army, a sow becomes as beautiful as Diao Chan is true for young people full of vigor and vitality.

The most common health problems are caused by the love affairs between men and women, which can easily lead to the spread of venereal diseases and even cause a unit to lose its combat effectiveness.

However, this is relatively easy to solve. As long as we do a good job of hazard publicity, distribute safety tools, and provide timely isolation and treatment, the hygiene problem can be well controlled.

What is most troubling to the military top brass is that the girls seem to naturally like to form cliques and small groups to attack each other, and even get into a mess because of intrigue.

They tried to ban it, but it was ineffective. Then they tried to persuade people to stop, but it still had little effect.

If this problem is not properly resolved, the amount of trouble it will cause in the future is enough to give me a headache just thinking about it!

"That's not all, there's something even more terrifying," Lin Rujun said helplessly. "Commander Shang, look at that vicious case from October. Cadet Han instigated a quarrel between two officers, leading to a fight between them. Second Lieutenant Liu accidentally killed Lieutenant Wang, who then committed suicide."

Alas! Two men being played around by applause!

Shang Ke was not surprised at all by this case.

He said calmly, "It's both expected and reasonable. But I still want to see what their abilities are first, to see if they're really that mysterious."

"There will be routine training this afternoon. Commander Shang, I will take you to observe it."

"It's troublesome."

According to the trial rules and regulations formulated by the Military and Political Affairs Department of the General Headquarters, male and female cadets serving and training in the 77th Field Surveying and Mapping Battalion of the National Defense Force were basically equivalent to military academy students and were awarded the rank of warrant officer, but their total salary and allowances amounted to 1280 yen, which was quite generous.

The military essentially treats the first few batches of trainees as seeds for cultivation, and when large-scale open recruitment is conducted in the future, their treatment will be reduced.

At the observation station on the side of the No. 1 training ground, Lin Ruojun was accompanying Shang Ke to observe routine training.

Lin Ruojun explained, "For camouflage purposes, we didn't think it was appropriate to differentiate between different abilities using different colors, so we used pink for all of them."

She continued, "The first company is composed entirely of Class A personnel. Their special ability is to sense human life activity. The passing score is 700 meters for sector orientation and 300 meters for circular orientation. A sector orientation of 900 meters is considered excellent, and very few can reach 1,000 meters."

Shang Ke bent slightly and carefully observed the distance through the artillery telescope.

The female trainees gathered in the middle of the training ground, surrounded by various artificial obstacles that blocked their vision. Their training was to locate the people hiding in them as quickly as possible and report their number.

This is hilarious! It's like a humanoid search radar!

Shang Ke suddenly thought of something and turned around to ask, "Fan-shaped directional search can increase the perception distance. What is the angle?"

"Well, there are individual differences, and humans can't be as precise as machines. The training standard is to get as close to 60 degrees as possible."

"What if it's extremely small? A sector with a very small central angle. Can the sensing distance be increased to several kilometers?"

Lin Ruojun shook his head helplessly and replied, "This isn't a math problem, Commander Shang. Research shows that the increase in perceived distance from focusing in a certain direction isn't linear; it decreases significantly, and the accuracy rate also drops."

Shang Ke asked again: "By the way, can they tell friend from foe?"

Lin Ruojun denied it, "I can't do that, but for example, if you're very familiar with them, they'll be sure it's you."

"How accurate is this super-visual perception?" "It depends on the number of people. If there are a lot of them, the error is within 20%. If there are only a few, it's very accurate."

After understanding this ability in detail, a series of ideas immediately emerged in Shang Ke's mind.

If a mechanized reconnaissance unit included soldiers like these... how much more efficient would it be? Perhaps we could even try using them for aerial reconnaissance?

The tactical significance of this special ability to open up the field of vision can be said to be quite great. Fortunately, everything has its own interplay and researchers have also discovered countermeasures.

Generally speaking, soldiers with supernatural powers can only exert their abilities stably with the help of auxiliary equipment they wear. The core of the auxiliary equipment is a small piece of metal, and the appearance of the equipment does not matter. The auxiliary equipment trial-produced by the military looks like a necklace with a pendant.

For example, the corresponding metal for adaptive perception is gold - this is arguably the most expensive ability.

Experiments have shown that if gold is replaced with lead, the ability of one's own side will be transformed, and it can mask and block the opponent's perception. Of course, this is ineffective when there is a large disparity in the number of both sides.

"The Warrant Officer Ivan Ross you captured also has the ability to perceive," said Lin Rujun.

"You know so much?" Shang Ke was a little surprised.

"She was sent here directly after being interrogated."

"How are they progressing? Compared to us?"

"The results are similar, but they are progressing faster. They were deployed to combat units three months ago."

Next, Lin Rujun led him to training ground No. 2.

The female students of the second company have the ability to communicate with the supernatural, in other words, telepathy.

Shang Ke and Lin Rujun shook off the snow on their bodies and warmed themselves by the small coal stove, otherwise they would have frozen to death.

The latter explained: "This ability is hard to explain in a few words. Generally speaking, it can be used for both one-on-one and one-on-many training. The passing line for one-on-one training is ten kilometers, but for one-on-many, it's harder to say. The more, the closer."

"So far away? Will this telepathic communication be affected by the terrain? For example, hills, forests, and houses."

“Yes, but to a very small extent, almost negligible.”

As for the metal that is suitable for the ability of telepathic communication, research shows that copper is the best.

Telepathic communication can also be interfered with, and the corresponding metal is wrought iron, or pure iron.

Shang Ke fell into deep thought - mind communication still could not replace radio equipment. Its biggest advantage was that it could quickly transmit one-on-one visual information in real time.

At first glance, it would seem that a tank crew could carry one such fighter, thus omitting the need for a radio and gaining the ability to communicate with each other.

Suddenly, Shang Ke had a flash of inspiration and instantly thought of the information data link reform in later generations.

And slow!

If a separate communication link is established - artillery reconnaissance team → artillery command post → artillery position, wouldn't it be possible to achieve integrated signal and fire strikes under current technological conditions?

If it is really feasible, then it can be said to be ninety years ahead of the times and far ahead!
He suppressed his excitement, buried the inspiration, and prepared to find time to think carefully.

(End of this chapter)