Arms starts with hyenas in the Middle East

Chapter 488: Terrifying Increase
"Come with me, Mr. Li."

Sean led Li Anbo to the underground laboratory of the group headquarters. After reconstruction, the laboratory has now reached a scale of 300 meters underground and 118 floors. The main research now is on the castrated version of the Gauss rifle and new pistols.

Torregrev, on the other hand, was concentrating on the design of aircraft. The RFG Group currently does not have enough researchers for fighter jets and bombers, so it is not very realistic to come up with a new one and it will take too much time. He is now mainly researching helicopters, and his main target is the excellent EX-stg silent stealth multi-purpose helicopter. Torregrev wants to improve it and then launch a better helicopter, but the difficulty can be imagined. Although he is now concentrating on it, there has been no progress at present, as there are too many technical difficulties that need to be overcome.

"Welcome back, Mr. Sean!"

As the electronic synthesized sound sounded, the entrance door of the laboratory slowly opened to both sides, revealing a long metal passage.

"This is a laser channel. There are 108 laser emitters inside. If someone breaks in, those laser emitters will start working and cut all the intruders who enter this channel into pieces."

Sean led the way while introducing Li Anbo beside him.

As I officially stepped into the laboratory, the sounds of various machine tools and people talking came into my ears. This place was different from the Nazi biological laboratory. There were not so many bottles and jars, potions of various colors, chemical reagents and the like. The first floor was still focused on the design and development of new pistols, and did not involve technologies such as electromagnetics.

"The firearms designed and developed here are still those fired by gunpowder. Come with me, I will show you our Gauss weapons research and development laboratory."

Sean said as he led the way, taking the other party straight to the elevator.

Li Anbo next to him was thinking about this and that with some curiosity. Even the research and development laboratory of this kind of ordinary firearms still interested him. After all, he was not a scientific researcher or a weapons expert. The design and development site of this kind of weapon was still relatively novel to him.

The two took the elevator directly to the 90th floor of the underground laboratory. When the elevator door opened, they seemed to have entered a new world. The original metal-style sci-fi decoration was completely abandoned here. Almost everything was made of insulating materials, which gave them a strange sense of separation from the laboratory above.

"This floor is mainly developing Gauss rifles, which are actually electromagnetic rifles. This type of firearm requires a sufficiently strong high-voltage current as the main means of firing. Therefore, apart from the necessary facilities, we try to use insulating materials for everything else to eliminate the possibility of some dangers."

Seeing the surprised expression on Li Anbo's face, Sean knew what was going on and started to explain.

"I understand, but the style difference is a bit too big, so I was a little unresponsive for a while."

Li Anbo nodded to show his understanding. He was not a fool to be able to sit in his current position. He only needed a little thought to understand why the style before and after was so different. It was just that this sense of disconnection made him unable to react for a while.

"Boss, you're here. Dr. Parker was just about to let me inform you that the test data for the improved version of the new XC-04 Gauss rifle has come out, and it can be officially mass-produced and installed!"

A young man in a white coat and glasses walked out from the depths of the laboratory. When he saw Sean and Li Anbo, his eyes immediately lit up and he quickly walked over to them.

"Oh, so soon? Take me to see Dr. Parker! He has a surprise for me!"

A hint of joy rose in Sean's eyes, and he turned to introduce Li Anbo: "This is Dr. Parker's assistant Pete. Dr. Parker is one of our weapons experts, and he is fully responsible for the research and development of the Gauss rifle."

Then he pointed at Li Anbo and introduced him to Pete: "This is Mr. Li Anbo."

After Li Anbo and Pete nodded to each other in a friendly manner, Pete led the two of them towards where Dr. Parker was.

Dr. Parker was taking notes at an indoor shooting range. After the three of them came over and briefly greeted Sean and Li Anbo, he picked up the peculiar-shaped rifle on the table and said, "Boss, after the employees' trial and various tests, the performance parameters of this XC-04 Gauss automatic rifle are fully qualified. Its caliber is 7.62, the muzzle velocity is 640 meters per second, the effective range is 1500 meters, the maximum range is 2200 meters, the firing rate is 900 rounds per minute, and the kinetic energy reaches 27643 joules!"

Dr. Parker's face flushed as he continued, "Its weight is probably similar to most rifles in the world today. An empty rifle weighs only 4.1 kg. The full rifle is 890 mm long and 236 mm high. It does not add any extra burden to the user. The battery uses a 60V DC high-voltage lithium battery, which is enough to fire 150 rounds of ammunition when fully charged. It can fully meet the combat needs of soldiers and will not reduce combat capabilities due to lack of power during combat!"

After hearing this, Sean thought for a while and asked, "What about our bullets? What kind of bullets do we use?"

Dr. Parker removed the magazine from the gun, took out a bullet, held it in his hand and introduced it: "This is a special bullet we designed for this Gauss rifle. The caliber is 7.62x39. Its body has high conductivity and can perfectly enjoy the kinetic energy brought by electromagnetics. And because the kinetic energy it uses is provided by electromagnetics, it does not have the smell of gunpowder weapons and high-decibel noise. The noise when it is fired is only less than 50 decibels, which can fully meet the needs of silent operation without sacrificing the kinetic energy of the gun!"

Sean nodded in satisfaction and said, "In that case, we will wait until next year's UAE Arms Exhibition to exhibit it and then sell it. This is the first new rifle launched by our group and also the world's first epoch-making electromagnetic weapon. It will tell the world that electromagnetic weapons are not just something that can exist on the big screen of science fiction movies, but can become a reality!"

Although Li Anbo, who was standing by, didn't understand these professional data, he knew that Sean was obviously very satisfied with it, which meant that this weapon was definitely good enough.

After looking at the electromagnetic rifle, Sean took Li Anbo to the laboratory on the 98th floor.

Compared to the electromagnetic weapons laboratory above, this is a laboratory dedicated to exoskeleton combat suits, and its decoration style has returned to the original metal science fiction style.

"This is our exoskeleton combat suit research and development center. Compared with the development of electromagnetic rifles, I personally prefer exoskeletons. They can enable humans to do things that they could not do before."

Sean said to Li Anbo with a smile.

"Well... it's like... the mecha in the movies. After putting it on, you can pick up objects that were originally impossible to pick up. My understanding should be correct, right, Mr. Sean?" Li Anbo was not completely ignorant of these things. In fact, the outside world now has a certain understanding of Gauss rifles and exoskeleton combat uniforms, especially after Sean held a press conference last time. Whether it was some politicians, soldiers, or even ordinary people, there was a craze for exoskeletons and Gauss weapons. Some games on the market with such elements were sold out directly, such as the "Fallout" series and the "Starcraft" series, all of which ushered in a round of explosive popularity.

"Exactly, that's it, although it might be a little different from the exoskeletons in movies or games."

Sean led Li Anbo to the exoskeleton combat suit testing area. Scott Gabriel had already received the notice and was waiting here. Next to him stood an employee wearing an HG-1 exoskeleton combat suit.

"This is Dr. Gabriel, Scott Gabriel, our head of research and development of exoskeleton combat suits."

After giving Li Anbo and the other two a brief introduction, Sean said to Scott: "Dr. Gabriel, please introduce our HG-1 exoskeleton combat suit."

Scott nodded and pointed at the employee, saying, "This exoskeleton combat suit is made of special materials. It has a series of characteristics such as high strength, high toughness, and high comfort. Its function is actually very simple, which is to enable soldiers to run faster, jump higher and farther, and be stronger."

"According to tests, it can increase the body's strength, speed, and explosive power by 70 percent. Don't underestimate this 70 percent. Although from the data, it can only allow a person who can bench press kilograms to increase to kilograms, you have to know that each of these extra kilograms is a huge breakthrough. In real combat, this extra percent is definitely not that simple."

Sean nodded and said to Gabriel: "Perhaps a direct test will give Mr. Li a more intuitive experience."

Upon hearing this, Gabriel immediately began to prepare for the test. The employee next to him took off his exoskeleton combat suit and began a series of strength, explosive power, and speed tests.

The test items are quite simple. The first one is a 100kg speed squat.

A weight of one hundred kilograms is only slightly heavier than the employee's own weight, so it is not a difficult task. The employee completed ten squats in succession with smooth movements and almost no obvious signs of pause. It took only 10 seconds. This level is definitely excellent. The highlight comes next.

400m obstacle sprint!
The testing grounds here are fully equipped, including obstacle courses.

Li Anbo looked at the obstacle course here and frowned slightly. Although he had never served in the PLA, he still knew a thing or two about obstacle running. He had observed the PLA military's obstacle running training many times. The obstacle course here was more complicated and more difficult than the PLA's obstacle course.

There are more than twenty kinds of obstacles, including high chairs, inclined walls, trenches, high board jumps, Z-shaped fences, three-level horizontal bars, high ladders, high net walls, six-lane horizontal bars, low pile nets, shuttles, logs, reverse inclined ladders, rollers, spiral ladders, soft bridges, etc.

"This is our testing site. After all, it's not a formal training site, so it's relatively simple."

Sean explained, pointing to the obstacle course.

Li Anbo's eyelids jumped when he heard this. The PLA's obstacle course only had eight groups of sixteen obstacles, but here he counted and found that there were as many as 24 obstacles in total, which was 400 more than the PLA's 8-meter obstacle course. This was just a test venue, what about a normal training venue?
Isn't that even more perverted?
Now he understood why the task completion rate of RFG Group's employees was so high. Judging from the limited space, the employees' combat effectiveness must be strong when the daily training is so abnormal. With strong combat effectiveness, the task completion rate will naturally be high.

Beep!
With the sound of a whistle, the employee's body rushed out like a cheetah. His movements were smooth and flowing, and he completed the obstacle sprint in just 5.4 minutes. This result can definitely be said to be quite good.

The next 10.35-meter sprint took only seconds.

Punching strength test: 211 kg.

The final result of the last weightlifting test was 183 kg, which was not excellent for an employee weighing kg, but not bad either.

After a series of tests, the employees put on the exoskeleton combat suit and conducted the same tests, and the final results were amazing.

The first was the squat with a weight of 4 kilograms. When the employee was not wearing the exoskeleton combat suit, it took him ten seconds to complete ten squats, an average of one second for one squat. But now it only takes a little over four seconds, which is horrifying. Although it seems that the increase is a little short of 70%, it can still be said to be a huge increase.

Then came the obstacle course test, which took 3.6 minutes, and then the 3.54-meter sprint, which took just seconds!
The world record holder was a full 6.04 seconds slower than him!
When it comes to the punching strength test, the employee stands in front of the tester, takes a deep breath, and then punches hard.

Bang!
The numbers on the electronic display of the punch force tester jumped wildly and finally stopped at 1782!

1782 kg!

1.78 tons!
This power is terrifying. It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that it can kill a cow with one punch, but it can definitely seriously injure an adult buffalo!
Moreover, the employee punched with such terrifying force, but he did not feel the slightest discomfort. This shows that the exoskeleton combat suit can completely help the employee offset the reaction force and avoid causing a situation that the human body cannot bear.

And the increase is really exaggerated. You know, when the employee was not wearing the exoskeleton combat suit, his punch only weighed 211 kilograms, but now it has become 1782 kilograms.

It’s exactly 8.4 times the previous number!
It's far more than the 70% increase!
The final weightlifting test, 946 kg!

(End of this chapter)