From ship girl to machine god

This is even more true in the modern army. It is impossible for a combat unit of hundreds of people to rush onto the battlefield in a swarm, and it is also impossible to be equipped with only one person and one gun.

The distribution of tactical squads, combat coordination between teams, the distribution and use of light and heavy weapons, the guarantee of logistical supplies... and many other issues are all issues that commanders of modern armies must face and consider. This is very important to military leaders. The quality and level of officials constitute extremely high requirements.

Therefore, the more organized the army is, the more attention it pays to the training of officers, and the higher the requirements.

And more importantly, it relies more heavily on the logistics system.

To use an inappropriate analogy, if the logistics requirements of the modern army were given to quartermasters during World War I or even World War II, they would be forced to hang themselves.

Because the requirements are completely different. Just meeting the bullet requirements for firearms of different calibers already requires very professional logistics personnel.

But equally, such a complex military system and huge logistical supplies build a modern army with strong combat effectiveness.

To put it bluntly, if a guerrilla army collides head-on with a modern army of the same size, the guerrilla army may be completely wiped out, and the army's loss will only be some ammunition and money.

Because the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides is really too big.

If the guerrillas want to fight against the modern army, they still rely on cold shots or sneak attacks.

If you want a head-on confrontation, you still need to transform the team from guerrillas into a similarly modern army.

And this is exactly what Blue Bird wants to achieve.

If the guerrillas in Mexico want to fight against the company, it is definitely not enough to fight guerrillas alone. This will only involve the company's energy and cause losses to the company, but it will not constitute substantial harm.

After all, for the company, the loss of property will only make them feel distressed, but will not cause them any serious injuries.

The essence of guerrilla warfare is indeed not frontal confrontation, but resistance behind enemy lines. Without the cooperation of regular troops, it is almost impossible to defeat the enemy's regular troops.

Although if the guerrillas continue to develop and accumulate enough strength, they themselves can be transformed into regular armies through reorganization and adaptation, but in this case the pace of development is still too slow, and there are uncertainties and other influencing factors. It's also a bit too much.

More importantly, during this development process, there is no way to guarantee that the company will not go all out to wipe out the guerrillas.

But when military technology intervenes, the situation is different.

With various military equipment supported by military technology and professional training provided, guerrillas that may have been just stragglers can quickly form combat effectiveness and become regular armies with the power to fight against companies.

Only after gaining strength can we have the capital to truly overthrow corporate rule.

As for allowing the power of military technology to penetrate into the guerrillas during this process, this is indeed an unavoidable problem, but Jade Bird believes that old Morgan's friends can solve this problem.

And with the current cooperative relationship between Jade Bird and Military Technology, allowing them to help train the army will not cause Military Technology to start adding sand to the team at hand.

This is like starting a business. At the beginning of the business, everyone will still work together with all their heart, and all problems can be reconciled and tolerated.

Military technology is indeed very interested in the proposal put forward by Blue Bird, because their power is mainly concentrated in the original territory of the United States, while Mexico and South America are the territory of biotechnology.

They plant large areas of high-yield wheat and other crops in South America for the production of alcohol, and then make huge profits through the secondary processing of these primary raw materials.

Military technology has long had ideas and plans to extend its tentacles to South America. After all, this is the traditional sphere of influence and back garden of the United States.

There had been no opportunities before, coupled with the shrinkage of military technology after the Fourth Corporate War.

Now that excuses and ladders have been presented to us, it would be a shame if military technology could no longer be grasped.

Chapter 1 Ideological Construction

Military Technology was very enthusiastic about cooperating to deal with biotechnology. As soon as Wislow submitted the relevant plans, the top brass of Military Technology agreed to support Bluebird's guerrillas in Mexico without much hesitation.

This is actually not a difficult decision to make. After all, it is just supporting a guerrilla army, and it is really not a big deal.

It is nothing more than giving a batch of arms for free or at a discount and sending a team of military instructors.

For military technology, which is responsible for the military training and procurement of the entire federal army, this is just a small business.

Even if this investment is

Chapter 1 Car accident and medical expenses

When David opened his eyes, feeling pain all over his body, he saw only blood and fire.

"What the hell... happened?" David tried to struggle to get up from the ground, but he only felt pain all over his body, as if his whole body had been thrown apart.

The severe pain made it difficult for David to control his body. He had to raise his head and look around, and then saw his mother lying in a pool of blood and being crushed under an overturned car.

"Mom!" David shouted, but his mother had fallen into a coma and did not hear him.

David wanted to find someone to ask for help, but there was almost no one on the street. Even if someone passed by, no one stopped to lend a helping hand. Instead, they hurried away to avoid getting into trouble.

Obviously, the probability of encountering such a thing in Night City and meeting a kind person is very slim.

Just as David was struggling to save his mother, a green floating car suddenly fell from the sky, and several white helmets wearing green uniforms got out of the car.

"It's the trauma team? It's saved!" David was immediately overjoyed when he saw them. In all the propaganda he knew, the trauma team is an angel who saves lives and heals the wounded. They will come down from the sky to save people in the midst of fire and water when your life is in crisis. .

However, when David shouted loudly to attract the attention of these white helmets, they just took out a data tablet, checked David's mother who was pressed under the car, and said: "This is not a customer, check the next one." .”

Immediately, a man who seemed to be unconscious but not seriously injured was dragged out from the overturned car. He was lifted onto the floating car and left together.

Looking at the flying car, David let out a desperate cry.

He really couldn't imagine why the trauma team who was saving lives and rescuing the injured would leave him and his mother alone and just carry away the less injured person, even sparing a shot of treatment medicine, and just watch them lying on the ground. The bleeding wouldn't stop.

This made David feel extremely desperate. He watched his mother's breathing weakening little by little, and tried hard to crawl towards her to save his mother's life.

However, this was doomed to be in vain. Even though David climbed to his mother's side, he was still unable to rescue her from under the car.

Even his shouting and slapping could not arouse his mother's consciousness. He could only watch her face gradually turn pale and her breathing become weaker and weaker.

Just when David was slumped and feeling desperate, a car stopped in front of him, and a white head poked out: "Boy, you look really bad! Do you need help?"

Seeing that someone was willing to lend a helping hand, David cried excitedly and shouted to the blue bird in the car: "Please, save my mother!"

Qingniao, who was sitting in the car, looked at David's desperate look, shook his head and sighed, and couldn't help feeling that life in the City of Night was really not what it was like to live.

The sigh was naturally a sigh that David was really unable to cope with such a sudden disaster. He could neither call for help nor find a way to save himself. He could only watch his mother die little by little.

But this situation was not caused by David himself, but by the terrible world of Night City.

He didn't call for help because David couldn't find anyone who could or was willing to help him, and passers-by on the roadside couldn't help him.

As for calling the police or finding a hospital, that's impossible. NCPD and Night City Medical Center have never served the poor people in Night City.

Had a car accident?I'm afraid the first thing the police will do is tell you to get out of here and not affect traffic.

Medical?Night City's medical centers do serve the general public to a certain extent, but only if you can afford to see a doctor.

Do you guess why David's mother Gloria is just a body collector but the busiest person at Night City Medical Center?

However, Jade Bird didn't intend to say anything more. He just asked Mann to get out of the car to help David rescue his mother from under the car, and recovered with an injection, which temporarily saved his mother's life.

After doing this, Qingniao looked at David, who was still holding his mother and wouldn't let go, and said to him: "Your mother is seriously injured. Her recovery is only enough to temporarily save her life. Send her to the hospital first. Do you... have any money on you?"

Although Jade Bird had given David money twice before, she still doubted whether David could afford the medical expenses.

Of course, Night City does not only have medical centers and trauma teams. In fact, in order to meet the medical needs of ordinary people in Night City, and of course, more importantly, to make money and meet other purposes, "hospitals" and "clinics" in Night City are still A lot of.

If you can find someone who knows someone reliable, a prosthetic doctor is indeed the best medical service available to ordinary people in Night City.

As for "hospital" or "clinic", everything is easy to say if you have money, but if you don't have money... there are people in the Night City Medical Center where David's mother Gloria lives, who steal prosthetic bodies from corpses and sell them. Those small hospitals Or you can imagine what the black clinic is like.

When David heard Jade Bird asking, he quickly checked his electronic account and saw that there was still more than 1000 euros on it, so he nodded and said to Jade Bird: "I still have some money, could you please help send my mother to the hospital?" ?"

For this request, Jade Bird was completely free, and in order to avoid possible unnecessary accidents, Jade Bird also specially chose a hospital with a military technology background.

This hospital is actually one of the benefits enjoyed by Jade Bird's team after reaching cooperation with Vislow. Mann and the others can enjoy relatively professional medical services here after being injured, and they can get many discounts in price.

Although Jade Bird himself can solve all the injuries of the entire team, including amputations below the eyebrows, most of the time the minor injuries and illnesses of team members do not require Jade Bird to take action.

In the past, they had to find a prosthetic doctor they knew well, but now they can come to the hospital to bandage their injuries and open a ward if necessary.

After sending the person to the hospital and arranging for a doctor to perform an operation on David's mother through his connections, Qingniao came to David who was sitting on a chair outside the operating room. He looked at him who looked lost and said, "Cheer up, boy. Your mother still needs you now."

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect something like this to happen." David still looked very depressed. Obviously, his mother's car accident was a huge blow to David.

"No one wants to experience this kind of thing. The key is that you and your mother are still alive, so you must cheer up and look forward instead of being down here." Qingniao patted David on the shoulder, and then Then he said to him: "In addition, you may have to consider where your mother's medical expenses will come from. Although I have found a doctor to help you get a discount on the surgery expenses, your mother's condition is not optimistic and she will probably have to stay in the hospital. After a while, you have to find a way to collect the medical expenses."

Chapter 1 Choice

Medical expenses are a very real problem. Whether it is the world before Blue Bird traveled or the current world that is as bad as a cesspit hell, medical treatment is never free.

Although there are countries that implement free medical care in both the world before Jade Bird traveled and the world of cyberpunk, it is deeply doubtful whether this system can really ensure that everyone receives timely and adequate treatment. things.

Some countries claim to have free medical care, but in fact, although the public medical system does not charge fees, it is so bad that people will not choose to go to public hospitals unless it is a last resort.

In fact, the only countries that can truly provide effective free medical care are relatively developed small countries with a small number of citizens, relatively developed economies, and sufficient fiscal revenue to afford free medical care.

This also leads to the fact that in most cases, medical treatment is something that costs money, and it costs a lot of money.

In Night City, this is truly a fatal matter. If you have money, everything is easy, but if you don’t have money?Then I'm sorry.

Now David is facing exactly such a problem. He must find a way to pay for his mother's next medical expenses.

Although he had more than 1000 euros, he had nothing left after paying for his mother's surgery, and his mother still needed hospitalization.

David didn't know how long his mother would stay in the hospital. Although his mother's life was saved after the doctor's rescue, she was still in a coma. Obviously, at least until David's mother's condition stabilized, she would not survive. Fa was discharged from the hospital, which undoubtedly required a very high medical bill.

It was obvious that David couldn't get the money now no matter what. Even if he was dismantled and sold for his organs, he wouldn't be able to get the money.

Fortunately, Jade Bird helped him call the hospital so that he could settle the medical bills later and cure the patient first.

This undoubtedly helped David a lot. At least he could have time to think of ways to raise money instead of watching the doctor throw his mother on the street.

However, as a student who has not graduated from school, it is really difficult for David to think of any way to make money.

There were very few choices in front of him. Dropping out of school was inevitable, and after dropping out of school, he would not have many choices. If he wanted to earn his mother's medical expenses, he would have even fewer choices.

Taking a formal part-time job is an option, but the income from ordinary part-time jobs in Night City is undoubtedly very meager, and the limit is to be able to maintain daily life.

It is absolutely impossible to collect medical expenses.

In fact, if he wanted to collect medical expenses within a limited time, David had almost no other choice but to commit crime.

This is actually not difficult to understand. After all, what David needs is a considerable amount of money for him. Even a mercenary like Mann may not be able to come up with this money at once. It is conceivable that for David Let’s talk about how difficult it is to raise enough money for medical expenses.

But things were already like this, and David could only settle his mother first, and then think of a solution.

Originally, David wanted to stay in the hospital to take care of his mother, but Qingniao persuaded him to find a way to collect the medical expenses first. As for his mother, professional medical staff would take care of her and there would be no problems.

So David dragged his body, which was also in pain, back home, planning to have a good night's rest before thinking about medical expenses.

However, when David returned home carrying the bag that his mother had been carrying, he found that the door of his apartment was locked due to unpaid rent, which forced him to crawl into the room through the ventilation duct.