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This secret base in Gan Province is not small in scale.

Although it is called a base, it is actually a small town built deep in the mountains.

There are airports, military camps, research areas, experimental fields, etc.

Various supporting facilities are relatively complete and the conditions are not as simple as imagined.

Logically speaking, since this was Wang Donglai's first visit, he should at least be allowed to have a good rest for a day and then hold a reception before being assigned any tasks.

However, this is a military base, so the situation is different.

Soldiers are straightforward and decisive in their actions.

After a brief welcome at the airport, Feng He took Wang Donglai to the base.

Wang Donglai was invited here mainly for two reasons.

One is the military application of drones, and the other is the technical support for the combat skull system.

In fact, drones were originally a military technology.

However, as Galaxy Technology and Dajiang make drones smaller and more stable, they are also showing increasingly important application prospects.

The proposal of the war skull system naturally has a basis.

In 08, the system concept was made public for the first time, the multi-sensor integration platform was identified, and the research and development of the integration of military information system network and Beidou communication link was initiated.

In 2012, the BeiDou-10 regional system was completed, realizing regional navigation (accuracy of 120 meters) and short message communication (only 1000 Chinese characters at a time), completing the initial integration of military communication, navigation, and early warning networks, and having more than terminal nodes.

In 2015, the Zhurihe exercise integrated data from satellites (resolution 0.5 meters), drones (staying in the air for 48 hours), and ground radars (detection distance 300 kilometers), improving command efficiency by 40% compared to traditional modes and verifying the multi-source information fusion capability.

That's why the 'Battle Skull System' in Feng He's hands appeared.

According to the plan, deep learning algorithms will be introduced this year to identify enemy radar and communication signals in real time, and there will be certain requirements for the success rate of interference to support dynamic spectrum warfare.

Although there was no special welcome banquet prepared for Wang Donglai.

However, it was time for dinner, so Feng He took Wang Donglai straight to the cafeteria.

"Academician Wang, what do you think of the application of drones in the military field?"

“I heard that you laid the foundation for your company’s drone technology and even planned the development model.”

"This time, we will use simulated sparring to collect data."

Feng He asked Wang Donglai for his opinion seriously.

Wang Donglai could see Feng He at a glance.

This is a simple-minded scientific researcher who doesn't have many other thoughts at all.

A typical tech geek.

"It's hard to say. Drones are not a new thing, but the impact they have on the entire war model cannot be fully covered in one paper."

"I'll just briefly explain it."

Wang Donglai hesitated for a moment, then organized his words and said, "Galaxy Technology is a company, and developing the drone business is only for commercial considerations."

"There are many types of unmanned technologies, but they can be roughly divided into two categories based on their application areas, namely civilian and military."

"Based on the structural form, they can be divided into vertical take-off and landing and non-vertical take-off and landing; based on the size, they can be divided into small, small and medium, and medium and large; based on the activity radius, they can be divided into ultra-short range, short range, medium range and long range; based on the mission altitude, they can be divided into ultra-low altitude, low altitude, medium altitude, high altitude and ultra-high altitude."

"The application of drones in the military field has the advantages of multiple uses, strong survivability, and low requirements for combat environment. It is an important equipment for information warfare and network-centric warfare. In future wars, various types of military drones, including high, medium, low, long, medium and short range, will perform various strategic and tactical tasks such as reconnaissance and early warning, tracking and positioning, special operations, relay communications, precision guidance, information confrontation, battlefield search and rescue, etc."

"To be more specific, drone tactics can be summarized as reconnaissance perception + firepower guidance. Through the large-scale use of reconnaissance drones to perceive the battlefield, detect enemy targets and guide firepower to carry out strikes."

"Patrol and standby + immediate strike, the reconnaissance and strike integrated drone can patrol over the mission area for a long time, monitor the battlefield in real time, and track and strike time-sensitive targets and fast-moving targets."

"Fast crossing + suicide attack, the patrol drone weapon system has the characteristics of small size, high cost-effectiveness, inflexible combat use and difficult to intercept, and can be deployed quickly and in large quantities according to combat needs."

"Decoy consumption + missile raids, using drones as bait first, breaking into the enemy's air defense system fire area from multiple directions, tricking the enemy's radar to turn on and expose their position and consume their air defense ammunition, creating conditions for subsequent drone and missile raids and strikes, is also an important way of coordinated use of drones."

"If artificial intelligence technology is added, the large-scale system application of drones will become more common and will play a greater role."

When Wang Donglai and Professor Feng He were having a good conversation.

The conversation between the two attracted the attention of several uninvited guests.

When Wang Dong heard this, a voice interrupted.

“Academician Wang, can you tell me in detail what changes will occur when artificial intelligence technology and drones are combined?”

Wang Donglai turned around curiously and saw Zhou Feng, the same person he had seen at the airport before.

After being surprised for a moment, Wang Donglai quickly regained his composure.

This is a military base after all, and as the highest officer, Zhou Feng still has to eat in the cafeteria no matter how busy he is.

So, it’s not surprising to see it again here.

As for why it was Feng He who accompanied Wang Donglai for dinner instead of Zhou Feng, Wang Donglai didn't care.

"Commander, I am just simply stating my thoughts. If there are any mistakes, please forgive me."

Wang Donglai replied calmly.

"What you just said is very good. To be honest, it is of very high quality and can be regarded as a qualified staff document."

"What's more, you are an expert in the field of drones and have made achievements in artificial intelligence technology. Your ideas are also very valuable."

"Besides, in our country, people won't be punished for their words, so just say whatever you want."

Zhou Feng smiled heartily, sat down aside, and motioned for Wang Donglai to continue speaking.

Wang Donglai cleared his throat and continued, "In my opinion, with the support of artificial intelligence technology, the military role that drones can play will become extremely important, as reflected in the following aspects."

"Intelligent mission planning. Fast and efficient mission planning is a prerequisite for the large-scale use of drones. The use of an intelligent mission planning system can automatically match troops, assign targets, and plan routes according to battlefield objectives to achieve rapid strikes."

"Battlefield communication is networked. The future intelligent network has powerful information exchange and command and control capabilities, which can achieve extensive interconnection of various combat forces on the battlefield and further enhance the reaction speed of the kill chain. By integrating large-scale drones into battlefield fire strike units and establishing direct links between drones and command and control systems, the combat effect of "discover and launch" can be achieved."

"Clustered action control. With the support of the battlefield network and advanced collaborative control technology, small intelligent drones of different types and locations can be grouped according to the needs of the target and mission, allowing them to autonomously and collaboratively implement distributed cluster saturation strikes to improve the killing effect."

"Human-machine collaboration and mixed formation. As the overall performance of unmanned systems improves, drones of corresponding functional types will be mixed with manned forces on land, sea and air to form an integrated combat group with complementary advantages to carry out offensive and defensive operations and various military operations. This is an important way for drones to fully integrate into joint operations in the future."

Zhou Feng's expression remained unchanged, but there was a hint of seriousness in his eyes.

"Academician Wang, what you said is too official. Can you describe the importance of UAV military applications in the simplest terms?"

Wang Donglai nodded without hesitation. He looked around at everyone before saying, "Everyone present is either a soldier who has personally practiced on the battlefield, or a military researcher who is very familiar with combat situations."

"I would like to ask a question here. During World War I, what invention changed the battlefield situation?"

Wang Donglai did not answer the question directly, but asked this question first.

Hearing Wang Donglai's question, everyone present fell into deep thought.

"parachute?"

"airplane!"

"Heavy howitzer?"

Everyone had different answers.

Wang Donglai didn't nod either.

Until Feng He said aloud: "Tank!"

Wang Donglai nodded and said, "Yes, in my opinion, the emergence of tanks changed the battlefield pattern of World War I."

"Now let's not recall the history of the birth of the King of Land Warfare. Let's think carefully. In the final analysis, the King of Land Warfare is a weapon that can break through barbed wire and trenches, run faster than infantry, and has more powerful weapons."

"Just such a small change in concept gave birth to the king of land warfare."

"Then the appearance of drones is not bad at all in my opinion."

"The emergence of drones will also overturn the current war situation."

Feng He frowned and couldn't help but interrupt Wang Donglai, saying, "Academician Wang, I beg you to differ with me. I think that although drones have great application prospects, judging from the current weapons of war, drones are far from being able to subvert the war situation."

Wang Donglai laughed softly and didn't care about Feng He's interruption.

“Isn’t war a competition of firepower?”

"Does the greater the firepower intensity of the grassroots combat units prove that they are more capable in warfare?"

"So, if each of our squads can be equipped with a Type 96 self-propelled mortar howitzer, can it greatly enhance our combat capability?"

When Wang Donglai said this, Feng He immediately replied: "Academician Wang, you may not understand the specific situation. Although the Type 96 self-propelled mortar howitzer is famous and powerful, it is not suitable for use by grassroots combat units."

"It has a maximum range of 12850 meters and can fire both mortar shells and grenades. It has strong firepower and mobility, and is at the leading level internationally."

"As a grassroots combat unit, there is no way to unleash its true power."

"So, the example you gave is not very appropriate."

Feng He spoke very tactfully, and everyone present could hear it.

As Wang Donglai said, the people present were either professional soldiers or military scientific research personnel.

How can you not understand these weapons data and the mysteries involved?

However, Wang Donglai's expression did not change much.

"I know what Professor Feng means. The range of the Type 96 self-propelled mortar is too high. It is a waste for a squad to use it because it is difficult for a squad or a company to know information a few kilometers or even ten kilometers away."

"After all, a squad or a company only has so many soldiers. We can't split it into two."

"From this point of view, it is indeed a bit of a waste to delegate this type of artillery to squad or company-level units."

When Wang Dong said this, Zhou Feng's expression had changed slightly, and a gleam of light appeared in his eyes.

"But with drones, the situation is different."

"Using drones, we can instantly get information about targets ten kilometers away, so there will be no problem using the Type 96 self-propelled mortar."

"Another example is the Javelin missile."

"I won't go into details about its advantages and disadvantages."

"With the field of view provided by the drone, the range it can attack is instantly increased several times, and it can perfectly reach its own range limit."

"The biggest problem the Army has always had is vision."

"When you look at the field of vision below the battalion level, the field of vision problem becomes even more obvious. The weapons in your hands can have a range of several kilometers or even more than ten kilometers, but your own field of vision can only reach one or two kilometers, or even one or two hundred meters in front of you."

"This also means that, most of the time, the actual firepower range of the army is only a few kilometers farther than that of the infantry on the front line."

"Of course, this is just my guess, but I think my guess shouldn't be a big problem."

"The emergence of drones, especially cheap drones, has made up for the problem of field of vision."

"It can push the combat mission and combat range of the original military units from a few hundred meters to ten kilometers in one go."

"In addition, a drone with a range of dozens of kilometers, equipped with infrared vision, and capable of carrying five kilograms of high-explosive bombs, has a very low production cost. With domestic production levels, it can be reduced to around 2,000 yuan in large-scale production."

"So, what would be the effect of a drone that costs about 2,000 yuan and carries one or several high-explosive bombs to the battlefield, flying for dozens of kilometers, using infrared cameras to find high-value targets such as enemy armor and tanks, and then dropping bombs?"

The light in Zhou Feng's eyes became brighter, but he didn't say anything.

Feng He thought for a moment and said, "Academician Wang, you ignored the electromagnetic interference. If we send out a drone, the other party can also use electromagnetic interference, or use the air defense system to shoot down the drone."

Hearing Professor Feng He's words, not only Wang Donglai, but also the others nearby laughed.

"Professor Feng, you are right, but you overlooked one thing, which is the scope of application of this type of drone."

"With current technology, high-power camera technology can use zoom and the height of the drone to see the situation within a radius of several kilometers, and the drone can also communicate with the ground in a direction, so there is almost no way it can be interfered with."

"In addition, it is even more impossible to strike against the air defense system. First of all, if we want to strike accurately, we need to find our drones. Our reconnaissance drones are all miniaturized and have a certain stealth design. We only need to master the hovering technology to avoid being found by the enemy's radar."

Wang Dong was not saying this randomly, he had seen Da Mao and Er Mao fighting.

He can be said to be the person in the world who knows best the application of drones on the battlefield.

The king of land warfare, with a cost of tens of millions, was defeated by a few grenades carried by a small drone.

Faced with this type of attack, the King of Land Warfare had no good solution and could only raise a large net above his head to intercept it.

If there hadn't been a large number of battlefield videos circulating, I'm afraid no one would dare to believe that this was true.

The people present had never seen such a scene before.

However, after Wang Dong finished his speech, I couldn't help but pay more attention to drones.

As for Zhou Feng, a bold idea also came to his mind at this time. (End of this chapter)