Doctor, I'm really strong!

In the room, Liu Jiuli sighed and crossed out a name from a list.

Only Liu Jiuli and Yueying knew about this list; no one else knew of its existence. It also corresponded to a massive plan, which Liu Jiuli meticulously broke down into many parts before implementing it. Apart from himself and his inseparable Yueying, no one else knew about it.

Yueying's petite figure appeared behind Liu Jiuli, and she placed her hand on his shoulder, asking worriedly, "Jiuli, are you alright?"

Liu Jiuli shook his head sadly: "I just feel terrible. Although I knew this would happen, but..."

The people on this list were all carefully selected by Liu Jiuli through various means. They all share a common identity—secret successors, or rather, reserve candidates for the leadership of the Red Guards.

The existence of a people's regime requires a vanguard that dares to forge ahead and an iron-willed leader. This is an unshakable fact. The Soviet Union was so large, yet it still disintegrated in the end. Several key leaders failed to choose their successors well, thus preventing the continuation of their beliefs. This can be considered a major hidden danger.

In highly centralized countries, the power of the leader is inevitably enormous, and the influence generated is unimaginable. This is the power dilemma of great powers. If we do not consider human nature, the person in power in that position should ideally be an absolutely fair and iron-willed computer.

But that's impossible. If reason alone could govern humanity, then computers would have been the world leaders long ago.

Humans are a species with an unfathomable upper limit and an unpredictable lower limit. Even in the marine environment, a few freshwater fish can mutate within the human population. What's even more outrageous is that these freshwater fish could actually turn seawater into river water, eventually becoming toxic sewage, and forcing everyone to coexist with the sewage.

So from the day Liu Jiuli became the leader of the Red Guards, he began to secretly carry out this talent reserve plan. His list had more than 500 people, and it was constantly being added to or removed from.

Those selected will be sent to the most arduous places for trials, then thrown into a glamorous and decadent environment for further testing. Through layers of training and selection, they will eventually become qualified candidates for leadership and stand before Liu Jiuli.

Even so, there are still many candidates in the pipeline. Before Liu Jiuli truly hands over power, no one knows who the real second-generation leader is; everything is shrouded in mystery.

To avoid a sudden death and a situation where there is no leader, Liu Jiuli prepared many contingency plans. These plans are all in a specially made data safe. Once his vital signs disappear, the plans will be automatically activated and appear in the confidential information terminals of all national-level civil servants. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will then take emergency action to prevent the worst-case scenario.

However... even with so many safeguards in place, Liu Jiuli wasn't sure if they could be implemented.

After all, he had already kicked the bucket, his eyes were closed, he knew nothing and could not control anything. The outcome depended on the decisions and actions of the person involved. In any case, one can only accept the death of a person.

In response, Liu Jiuli could only say, "I have done my best, and I have no regrets towards the country and the people."

The name crossed out this time was one of Liu Jiuli's most favored successors. He was carrying out a mission in the Eastern Kingdom and did a very good job. Originally, he should have been transferred away after this year to undergo a higher test, but unexpectedly, he was infected with acute ore disease at the scene of a sudden natural disaster rescue. In the end, he could not be cured and sacrificed his life on the land where he was fighting.

True heroes are always at the forefront, and disaster and bullets do not spare them.

Looking at the crossed-out names on the list, Liu Jiuli's only consolation was that none of them had let the people down. At the same time, he felt sorry for their young lives, which were wasted on the land, just like the Soviet political commissars who fell in the Great Patriotic War.

It is no wonder that when the Soviet Union collapsed, some people lamented: "The real warriors all fell in the smoke of the Great Patriotic War."

Liu Jiuli closed the list, carefully put it away, took a deep breath, and knew she still had work to do, so she needed to compose herself.

Then the next report is "Reporting XXX for illegally selling public property of the organization", "XXX proposed to increase fiscal revenue by increasing the shared area of ​​housing", "X believes that abortion is an irresponsible act and firmly opposes arbitrary forms of abortion", "XXX suggested that land prices in Steelgrad should be appropriately increased", and so on.

At that moment, Liu Jiuli felt his blood pressure rise.

Even though I don't care if I have 2,000 percent high blood pressure right now, you know how I feel, right? I wish I could drive a tank and give these insects a good beating right away.

Calm down, calm down. These are just proposals; we can't turn this into a literary inquisition. These outrageous things should be refuted by the authorities and public opinion guided. It's wrong to personally get involved in the online battles.

Liu Jiuli decisively threw the trash into the shredder, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Liu Jiuli knew exactly what these guys who made the proposals wanted to do. They were trying to test the Red Guards' attitude through this indirect approach. If there was no reaction, they would intensify their efforts and infiltrate from unexpected places, ultimately achieving their goal of taking the stage to sing a dissenting tune.

Damn it! How did Emperor Su Cizong deal with these insects back then? Lubyanka or Siberia? Or did he send them to the Gulag for training first, and then to Siberia for Ubisoft greenhouse cultivation training?

Wait a minute, what are our newspapers doing?

These expert proposals are meant to be made public. In other words, the Red Guards' propaganda department would know in advance what these guys had written, and they could easily refute them.

Liu Jiuli took out the latest newspaper and asked Yueying to check online to see if the relevant departments had taken any action or properly guided public opinion. If not...

The Siberian farm is short-staffed lately (Su Cizong face).

This time, the Red Guards' propaganda apparatus did not disappoint Liu Jiuli. The propaganda front was already ablaze with fire, and the rebuttals were reasonable, effective, and measured, with content that was easy to understand. They used solid data to tear the other side to shreds. Meanwhile, in the online comment sections, those so-called experts and professors had been thoroughly humiliated by the masses.

It's important to know that the Red Guards' internet access is based on real-name registration. You can use a nickname, but one ID card can only correspond to one account, which is valid across the entire network. Furthermore, when logging in, you must use your fingerprint and facial recognition to operate the system; otherwise, the computer cannot connect to the internet. If you want to hire online trolls, then each person must have a separate account.

In other words, without a big data-approved ID card issued by the Red Guards, you cannot enter the Red Guards' network system. Once you enter, if the data does not match the database, you will be immediately blocked and you will not be able to say a word. Freedom of speech is allowed, but please be responsible for your words and actions. Unrestrained freedom does not exist.

Of course, there are also some networks within the Red Guard city that require special methods and complicated access to log in. These networks are completely empty, resembling a paradise of absolute freedom.

No way! That's a fishing ground set up by the Ministry of the Interior. These websites look like they're all overseas, but they're actually fake, modified by the Ministry of the Interior. The personal information in the backend is all clearly displayed. If you do anything shady there, hehehe, they'll give you a pair of silver bracelets and you can even get a government job.

Because it is sufficiently secretive and contains a mix of truth and falsehood, intelligence agents from many other countries use this website to transmit messages to the outside world. Of course, these are all unimportant messages, but even unimportant messages are still being transmitted by intelligence agents. With some manipulation, they can yield many unexpected gains.

Seeing the reactions online, Liu Jiuli was very pleased. As long as the overall environment doesn't go astray, a few annoying guys can be treated as entertainment for the people. Watching monkeys perform is so much fun!

Now, Liu Jiuli felt much better, his life was filled with sunshine, and he started working again.

Just then, Nian suddenly pushed open the door and entered: "Brother, the new main gun for the land-based ship you requested is ready, it's super long and super thick."

Liu Jiuli looked at the pen that had broken through the table and chipped its nib because he had been startled, and his expression was one of utter helplessness.

"Second sister, could you be a little gentler when you open the door? The lock is broken."

Chapter 167: The Giant Cannon is a Man's Romance

(There will be another update soon, (～￣▽￣)～)

It is common knowledge that cannons are more powerful when they are thicker and longer, and no man can resist the temptation of length and diameter.

You guys who lie in bed grinning like idiots while glued to your phones, you need to reflect on why you reacted like that to that comment above. What turned you into such perverted old bastards? Is it Azur Lane?! (Heartbroken)

Years ago, when he was in Yan Kingdom, his main job was to create various mechanical artifacts, or rather, weapons with Yan Kingdom characteristics. But Liu Jiuli's requirements for weapons were always simplicity, low cost, and mass production.

Because of the existence of the all-purpose factory, the issue of low cost of the testing machine can be disregarded; just pile on the materials, but reliability is essential.

In particular, we must reject any inexplicable additions of parts. This can be seen from the fact that someone actually came up with a design like cross road wheels in the land-based ship design drawings. If you have a grudge against logistics, please find a secluded place and settle it with a pistol. Don't harm the soldiers on the front lines here.

The Tiger tank's cross road wheels were incredibly dangerous. Now look at the massive land-based warships that are measured in thousands or even tens of thousands of tons. Who would dare design something like that? From now on, the job of changing the wheels of these warships should be handed over to them, so that researchers can truly experience the realities of life.

For this reason, the Red Guards' research and practice were carried out in a coordinated manner. At each stage, soldiers with combat experience were tested. Those who failed were sent back to the front line. If they could not meet the needs of the front line, they were considered garbage. Don't talk about paper data. If you really calculate according to paper data, the Veneto-class battleships were the strongest in World War II, but their actual defensive capabilities would have to be tested in World War I to find an opponent, and they would have a hard time winning.

This was truly a torment for the perfectionist Liu Jiuli, mainly due to the differences in military training between the two sides. What Liu Jiuli wanted were standard modern soldiers who could be deployed to the battlefield after three months of training, rather than the meticulously selected, feudal slave-like Imperial Guards who had been trained for over a decade from childhood. Such elite soldiers were good, had received a good education, and had a certain talent in Originium Arts. The problem was that every one that died was one less. Facing barrages and steel torrents, it was like being utterly defeated in front of Huang Daxian.

Although the design of these weapons did not conform to the aesthetics of the year, she herself, as a master foundry, immediately saw the potential of these weapons and the war philosophy that would accompany them.

If needed, Liu Jiuli could raise an army of over a million from his four million-plus population at any time.

This kind of war conscription definitely overdraws our potential, and normally we wouldn't do it. But if it really comes to the point of national subjugation and annihilation, who the hell cares about how we'll live in the future? If we can't win this war, I'm not going to live anymore.

Considering the Red Guards' terrifying fighting spirit, their tactical and technical skills, and the ongoing implementation of compulsory education.

The year seemed to depict a massive army of steel pouring down, engulfing all the overconfident enemies.

In the workshop of Factory 141, Liu Jiuli saw what he had been longing to see: a heavy cannon with a caliber of 500mm, equipped with a specially designed heavy gun carriage. This weapon had an effective range of over 100 kilometers. If the electromagnetic rail acceleration mode was activated, the shells could theoretically fly directly out of the atmosphere. With an automatic loader, the rate of fire could reach one shot every fifteen seconds. The key to making it all possible was the recoil reduction system achieved by Originium Arts inscription technology.

Such a giant cannon has no recoil, and when it fires, the cannon does not shake at all. In other words, if it is stationary, the next shell can be inserted and fired directly, and the shell itself also has a certain guidance function.

With shells that are 500mm in diameter, stuffing them with whatever you want is a piece of cake.

"This is the limit for now." Nian patted her work, quite satisfied with the experimental giant cannon.

In fact, this plan corresponds to an even more ambitious project—Orbital Breakthrough.

To put it simply, the goal is to turn the giant cannon into an orbital accelerator capable of directly launching satellites. Energy requirements are not a problem, as Originium will solve that, but the materials are not up to par. Currently, researchers are considering using Originium alloys combined with engraving technology to achieve a breakthrough. If everything goes smoothly, this will be used to launch satellites in the future.

Liu Jiuli had always wanted to see how many Hypergryph satellites were outside the world of Arknights.

*Ahem* Just kidding. We're just trying to see what this world really looks like. It should be a planet, right? We can't just call it a flat Earth; that would be dark humor. The importance of satellites is something any modern person with a little common sense knows. Liu Jiuli hopes to build the Red Guards' own space satellite network, starting with BeiDou, but for now, it can only be used as an experiment.

Even if satellites were successfully launched, establishing Starlink or BeiDou would be impossible. Those are national strategic assets built by two major powers with the full strength of their nations. The Red Guards, with a total population of just over four million, should just give up and go to sleep. The total number of researchers is not even enough to support a single related research laboratory.

Don't just focus on the satellites and rockets that have taken to the skies. Behind these achievements lie massive departments, unimaginable industrial chains, and breakthroughs and developments in the entire nation's industry. Like an aircraft carrier, only a great nation can be worthy of it. To realize the dream of artificial satellites filling the sky, Liu Jiuli would need at least the entire Ursus Empire.

Standing on the high platform, Liu Jiuli reached out and touched the cold barrel of the experimental giant cannon. Involuntarily, Mr. Ai's words came to mind: "In international relations, strength is always the foundation of a nation's diplomacy; dignity stands on the edge of a sword; and truth lies within the range of the cannon." The cannon was used to measure the area of ​​a nation's territory.

Liu Jiuli patted the cannon barrel and said firmly, "Test firing."

The massive 800-ton cannon, towed by the orbital system, slowly entered the launch site. This place used to be a slum in Yansk, but after being transformed, it became an experimental launch site, an excellent place to test various long-range weapons. The sea is only 50 kilometers away, so you can bomb it however you want.

The servo mechanism loads the massive shell into the main cannon, the magnetic rails are rapidly charged, and soon, accompanied by a sound completely out of place with the enormous size of the cannon (the field silencer after Originium Arts engraving), the shell flies out of the barrel. Because a test shell is being used, the instruments on it will work continuously during this process to display the shell's flight status, while a large number of drones are deployed along the trajectory to observe the final impact point.

Finally, the shell accurately hit the intended target; within the effective range, the error was negligible.

The shells we just used were intelligent and had self-correcting capabilities. Next, we tested the regular shells. The main gun started firing shells at a rate of one every fifteen seconds. The temperature of the cannon barrel was controlled very well. Originium Arts is really useful in cooling. Soon, more than fifty shells were fired at this rate, but the temperature of the cannon barrel was still within a safe range.

The accuracy of conventional shells is also very good. Even if it misses slightly, it doesn't matter. A 500mm shell has a destructive area measured in football fields after landing. Unless the target is an extremely strong permanent fortification, there is not much difference between a distance of ten meters and a distance of one hundred meters. At most, it's just a difference between being completely annihilated and having a complete corpse.

Is it exaggerated? Go to Baidu and search for the kill radius of a standard 155mm howitzer shell. The increase in shell diameter means a multiple increase in the amount of explosives inside. Conventional explosives are already terrifying, let alone shells containing other dangerous materials (such as anti-personnel shells, incendiary shells, or nuclear shells).

After being processed by Originium Arts, the silver explosive currently used by the Red Guards (which appears silvery-white in sunlight) has more than five times the explosive power of HDX for the same weight. HDX has 1.5 times the explosive power of TNT, which translates to more than 7.5 times the explosive power of TNT.

If that's not intuitive enough, we can give a concrete example: one kilogram of TNT is equivalent to 200 hand grenades with 50 grams of explosive charge.

The famous Type 67 wooden-handled grenade, with a charge of only 38 grams, had a kill radius of seven meters, and its fragments remained lethal even at a distance of 80 meters. And this was a cheap, mass-produced wooden-handled grenade from the 1960s. It's no exaggeration to say that, taking the experimental giant cannon as an example, it was equivalent to a pollution-free sub-nuclear weapon (not a nuclear weapon, but its power was second only to a nuclear weapon).

If we actually developed nuclear weapons and could use them to wipe out the world, that would feel so incredibly awesome!

The experiment was going exceptionally well until one of the observers suddenly reported, "Something is surfacing, and it's unusually large!"

Section 168: No rush, let's play along.

(Second update, (～￣▽￣)～, everyone please leave a comment (?ω?))

The ocean in the world of Arknights is not gentle; it is fraught with danger and the unknown.

For example, certain indescribable creatures.

Perhaps because living in the sea doesn't require very good eyesight, the creatures here just grow however they want. An ordinary transmigrator would probably be terrified, thinking that the Lord of the Sea has arrived, but Liu Jiuli remains completely unmoved.

Because Moonshadow has already provided the system's scan results, its energy level is less than one percent of its own, at most it's like a large seafood, and at worst its appearance is somewhat like a postmodern Van Gogh drunken style.

"Could it be those sea monsters? This place is probably dangerous; we need to evacuate quickly."

Nian clearly knew what was in the deep sea, and his gaze fell on Liu Jiuli, urging him to make a decision quickly.

Liu Jiuli waved his hand: "No rush, let's play around with him for a bit, activate all the experimental giant cannons!"

Since it was an experimental prototype, there couldn't possibly be only one. In fact, a total of five of these giant cannons were built for various tests. Now, due to the unexpected situation, let's just put them into actual combat.

At that moment, a huge shadow appeared beneath the sea surface, and something was about to burst out of the water. Witnessed by the drone, a huge creature covered in tentacles emerged from the sea.

The researchers in the laboratory stared in disbelief at the enormous object that appeared on the screen, and couldn't help but shudder.

"What... what kind of monster is this!?"

“I’ve heard the old folks in the village say that there are monsters in the sea, but I never thought it was true.”

"What should we do? It looks like he's heading this way."

Just as everyone was panicking, Liu Jiuli spoke up: "What's the panic? Don't you have confidence in your results?"

As Liu Jiuli spoke, he gestured to the five giant cannons that were being deployed outside.