Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Zhou Lei and his team acted cleanly and efficiently, catching all the kidnappers in one fell swoop as easily as a gentle breeze blowing across your face.

But after they returned home, they stirred up a storm both inside and outside.

Lusaka.

Captain Cobbs, who had participated in the entire process, was called before Sir Llewellyn.

"Captain Cobbs, these two are from MI6. They have come all the way from the Fog City and need you to truthfully tell us all the details of the East University rescue team." Sir Llewellyn was waiting for him in the conference room with four unfamiliar visitors.

However, Sir Llewellyn only explained two of them to Captain Cobbs, and kept the other two secret.

However, Captain Kobos was not curious. He just carefully recounted everything he saw.

There is no exaggeration or description, and the narrative is kept as plain as possible.

After he finished speaking, everyone in the room was silent for a long time.

"Captain Kobos, you said that they arrived in Harare directly from Todai on a transport plane, crossing more than 10,000 kilometers of unfamiliar territory. The entire rescue team arrived in Harare in just one day and one night, right?" asked a handsome agent with a high nose and blue eyes who was said to be from MI6.

"Yes, after they arrived in Harare, the leader of the rescue team and I spent about 30 minutes understanding the approximate range of activities of the Caribou tribe. After looking at the map, they launched the operation. One small team went ahead in a light air vehicle, and the rest of the people set off from the ground in an off-road vehicle with strong off-road performance, which can travel at a speed of 30 to 40 kilometers in the wilderness where there is no road." Captain Kobos explained.

"I rode in one of the vehicles with their leader. To be honest, this off-road vehicle is really bumpy to ride, but in the wilderness here, it seems that there is no place we cannot go."

Captain Cobos said this with a slightly exaggerated tone.

"All these equipments were transported here by their transport planes, right?" the agent continued to ask.

"Yes, they did not use any other military supplies on our side except refueling!" Captain Cobos replied.

"Captain Kobos, you also mentioned that their combat uniforms and helmets are very special. How special are they?" the agent asked.

"It's hard to say, but at least their helmets can communicate with each other. I personally heard their leader issuing combat orders, which resulted in the killing of sentries in several directions of the Carib tribe almost at the same time, allowing the entire rescue operation to successfully break into the core area of ​​the tribal camp. Their combat uniforms are as colorful as the leaves in the forest. As long as they stop at a distance of forty or fifty meters, it is difficult to tell whether it is a person or a bush. The camouflage is very strong. In fact, they basically relied on this strange combat uniform to approach the tribal camp." Captain Cobos responded truthfully.

The agent's companion kept recording and suddenly remembered something.

"Are they carrying out the operation during the day?" asked another agent.

"How did they fly in the air during the day without being observed by the tribesmen?"

This is a problem. In fact, Captain Kobos has not figured it out yet. The two tribal armed men who noticed the three-wheeled vehicle in the air were killed. No one who is still alive has ever discovered anything that appeared in the air.

"Oh, we really don't know about this. We asked the captives from the Carib tribe, but they didn't know what was going on either." Captain Cobos shook his head and said.

"Wait, there is one more detail, Sir Llewellyn. According to what you said, from the time they proposed to coordinate and send people to rescue, and your Rhodesian local authorities agreed that they should send people, to the end of the entire hostage rescue operation, the whole time was less than 48 hours. Did I calculate it correctly?" The handsome agent asked in disbelief as he looked at the time he had recorded.

"Yes, sir, you did not miscalculate. In fact, that is exactly the case. Our report also highlighted this point." Sir Llewellyn responded politely. "In fact, I think their rescue team did not have any preparation time at all, but set off directly after receiving the order. At the East University, they should have such a special force that specializes in handling such incidents, otherwise they would not be so fast and professional."

"We wonder if it's possible that they are a unit like our Air Force Regiment?"

Sir Llewellyn's idea seemed very reliable to the four agents.

Because if it weren't for a special forces unit on standby at all times, it would be impossible to have such a quick response and such strong combat effectiveness.

Although the Carib tribal armed forces are not a powerful force, they are local tyrants who roam freely in the mountains and forests. Even if the Air Service Regiment comes, it will probably take some effort to defeat them. It is definitely not as easy as Captain Kobos said.

First of all, it is not an easy task to accurately find the tribe’s camp. According to the location of the Cariboo tribe’s camp, the Air Force Regiment may have to spend several days to find the camp on foot.

Then it will probably take a lot of time to confirm the location where the hostages are being held.

They did not have the miniaturized aerial reconnaissance vehicle that Captain Kobos mentioned. If his guess was correct, it should be the small aerial equipment called "air three-wheeled vehicle" in the East China University Army.

After reviewing the game, everyone feels that this mysterious Eastern Conference team is even more mysterious.

This was the only time in recent years that the East Asian military appeared in the international arena. Originally, the John Bull military did not pay attention to this matter. In their view, there were too many such incidents involving the black African tribes, and they could not possibly pay attention to them all. Although the events in Rhodesia had already had an international impact, the matter of a farm would have little impact on them and was not worth it at all.

Little did they know that the strength displayed by a small team sent by the University of the East was beyond their imagination. So after receiving the report from the local authorities headed by Sir Llewellyn, they sent agents to conduct a comprehensive review of the entire battle.

As a witness who participated in the entire process, Captain Cobos was naturally their most important source of information.

It wasn't just John Bull's family that was experiencing this. Rogue Eagles also came here after smelling the scent. They had a different relationship with John Bull, and they were also very interested in observing the military strength of the Eastern University up close.

Now that they have fully understood the situation, they only have one impression: this rescue team from the University of Tokyo is terribly strong and mysterious!
Not only are their individual soldiers powerful, the entire unit is also very capable of moving in the field. Whether it is the special vehicles that can travel in the wilderness of Heifei, or the small aerial equipment that appeared a few years ago, they all show great power when used in such small-scale battles.

The more they evaluated, the more frightened they became!
At Dongda University, the triumphant Zhou Lei rescue team received solemn commendation.

The entire squad was awarded first-class merit. But this was just a drop in the bucket, and the 16th Army was commended by the entire army shortly afterwards.

Li Yunlong went to receive the award with great joy.

"Li Yunlong, you have done a great job with the rapid reaction force! The headquarters has ordered that the 16th Army's rapid reaction force be expanded to brigade level. You must come up with a new construction plan. In the future, the rapid reaction force must have the spirit of "use me in the first battle and I will win", and continue to strive for new glory for the 16th Army!"

"Yes! Commander, the 16th Army is guaranteed to complete the mission!" Li Yunlong happily accepted the commendation order and the order to form a new force.

Under Ren Zhong's care, the 16th Army was the first in everything. This time, the rapid reaction force was formed not long ago but it seized the opportunity to show off. Li Yunlong was of course very happy.

I turned around and found Ren Zhong again.

"The brigade-level rapid reaction force was approved so quickly?" When Ren Zhong saw Li Yunlong coming to him to talk about this, he knew that he had no good intentions.

"Hey, the commander is taking care of us because we are very particular about what we do. Even if we are thousands of miles away, we can still kill the enemy!" Li Yunlong said with a smile, "Now our new opportunity has come. I want to build this brigade into a new type of force that can be deployed globally and has a combat effectiveness that is no less than that of a combined brigade."

"As for this weapon, we can't bring tanks with us, so we need new weapons that are better at fighting tanks, especially anti-tank weapons that are stronger than RPGs and have a longer killing range! But they need to be similar to RPGs in terms of carrying capacity, and can be taken away directly by transport planes."

Li Yunlong’s request is very difficult to achieve at the current time point in the world of Bright Sword.

At this time and space, since the main research force is invested in the research of medium and long-range missiles, air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, air-to-ship missiles, anti-ship missiles, surface-to-surface missiles and strategic missiles, which are more urgent types of missiles, urgently need to be studied, the Missile Research Center's strength is almost all on these big guys.

As for infantry's weapons against tanks, there is no further action other than continuously optimizing the rocket launcher.

Now that Li Yunlong has made such a request, Ren Zhong is also in a difficult position.

"Old Li, don't worry. Our current R&D capabilities are not strong enough to research a weapon specifically for you."

Ren Zhong is actually very clear about Lao Li’s needs. In the future, anti-tank missiles will be specially designed to meet such needs.

The famous Red Arrow series will become the nemesis of tanks in the future.

With the emergence of anti-tank missiles, the tank's dominant position in ground combat is in jeopardy.

After all, with anti-tank missiles, infantry can attack tanks, all-terrain vehicle-mounted anti-tank missiles can attack tanks, armed helicopters can attack tanks, and even future drones can attack tanks!

Tanks have become a target that everyone wants to kill.

It is becoming more and more dangerous on the battlefield, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to become the core of infantry combat power.

Looking at the Gulf War in the main world from a distance, tanks were almost beaten like targets!

In the recent fight between the two major powers in the main world, tanks did not have a good time either. Thousands of tanks became prey to drones and eventually became a pile of wreckage!

But at this stage, Ren Zhong does not see the urgent need for the East Conference to face such a demand.

Today's battles are more of low-intensity, small-scale battles like the one Zhou Lei's rescue team fought, and there is very little chance of the appearance of weapons and equipment such as tanks.

"Old Li, you should first set up the rapid reaction force as before and train as before. In terms of individual soldier quality, you should move closer to the direction of special forces. Then, at this stage, it will be enough for you to travel around the world. You have to understand that the rapid reaction force is not for fighting big or tough battles, nor is it for us to deploy on large-scale battlefields. It is for cleaning up small armed forces like the black and non-black armed forces." Ren Zhong said to Li Yunlong.

"At this stage, the firepower of RPG rocket launchers, mortars, and improved vehicle-mounted rocket launchers and dual-purpose machine guns mounted on Cheetah all-terrain vehicles is already strong enough. I can responsibly say that no tribal armed force in the world today can compete with such equipment."

"Hehe, if we can deal with tanks like the T34, then our rapid reaction force will have a good idea of ​​how to deal with other armed forces outside the great powers." Li Yunlong said embarrassedly, "Most of these armed forces don't have air forces, and tanks are their most powerful force."

Ren Zhong shook his head. Old Li had bad intentions. He dared to say such words that were not conducive to unity.

What we are talking about is peaceful coexistence, not being like a rogue eagle and causing trouble everywhere.

"Don't think about these things. Go back and think about how to improve the quality of individual soldiers. It's not just about being able to fight. The most important thing is to achieve international adaptability. Now I heard that more than 90% of the rapid reaction forces can't communicate with people outside in a foreign language. This is not good. To be honest, improving language skills is much more useful than mastering anti-tank weapons. Lao Li, let me give you a small goal for this. All personnel in the rapid reaction force will be able to have daily conversations in E within the next year, and half of them will be able to communicate effectively with local people in E. Each team will have at least one member who is proficient in D/F, Portuguese and Spanish and other mainstream languages ​​in the world."

"As a rapid response force, we are facing the world, so language issues must be resolved first. In this regard, I suggest that we recruit a group of soldiers from language majors in current universities and train another group ourselves."

Although he didn't get what he wanted, Li Yunlong did not return empty-handed.

Ren Zhong promised to provide them with a new anti-tank weapon within three years. According to the current situation, Li Yunlong can wait. After all, if students are to be recruited into the rapid reaction force, it will take time to train them into an all-round warrior.

Today's rapid reaction force members are selected from the best of the existing troops, and the team leaders are specially recruited college student soldiers. The team structure is very fragile. In the worst case, when the team leader has an accident, the channel for external communication will collapse.

Therefore, Ren Zhong’s language requirements for the members of this unit are very timely. This is an elite force destined to carry out missions outside the territory, and this is true now and even more so in the future.

Rhodesia's outstanding performance this time proved the necessity of the rapid reaction force. However, after expanding to brigade level, Ren Zhong also felt that it was enough, and it was capable of participating in peacekeeping missions in the future.

(End of this chapter)