Invincible Chapter 343

Jim Raynor heads to Greybeard's training camp with a group of well-connected brethren.

Naturally, he doesn't need much training, but as the captain, he still needs to check it out, just like Dominic half-jokingly said: whether to learn a few practical skills from the gray beard, or to be tricked into becoming a mercenary, that's the question. It depends on you, I believe in your personal charm.

For things like personal charm, Jim Raynor himself is not very confident. No, he has encountered challenges outside of the training camp.

"Captain, are all mercenaries like gray beards? It feels more formal than the regular army, and they seem to be very rich."

This statement was naturally inspired by the training camp.

In less than ten days, a military base covering an area of ​​more than 2 square kilometers has sprung up on the wasteland. The amount of equipment and personnel invested in the construction alone is beyond the reach of ordinary forces or companies. To Marsala bumpkins, that's legendary speed.

Jim Reynolds also knew the difficulty of this. After all, this is not to build an airstrip. It is enough to level the land, repair the runway, and surround it with wire fences on the already flat Gobi in Marsala.

This is a level higher than the federal standard base, and it can be called a permanent fortification of a secondary fortress.

There is an artificial high platform specially used for deploying firepower, and the ground is all A-level hardened. The floor made of ceramic metal composite materials is stronger than pure steel, and there is no need to worry about thermal expansion and contraction, because they are inherently functional, with almost The characteristics of the battleship armor, anti-radiation, anti-psychic, anti-spying.

Renault also saw that there is a high platform in the center of the base, and there is also a high tower. In addition to communication, it should be a force field launcher. This force field can shield wind and sand in normal times, and can resist the spread of chemical weapons and viruses in wartime. can disable it.

No wonder the militiamen were amazed, this level of facilities is really outrageous, Renault has only seen a similar one once, the private army of a founding family, did not expect Graybeard to be able to play like this.

After entering the training camp, the most eye-catching thing is not the central tower, but the Hercules-class armed transport ship Brave, which is parked on the ten-meter platform due north.

This kind of transport ship has an impressive big head, or in other words, it is divided into two parts A\\B in total. The front is A, which is a super-large cargo hold, and the rear is B, power system, control system, and bridge. It's all concentrated here.

The most amazing thing about the Hercules is not how much it pulls, but how quickly it is released. This kind of efficient delivery is called "dumping garbage", which is really vivid. When the gate at the bottom is opened, everything is thrown down with a bang.

Replaced by ordinary ships, most of the equipment or personnel who dare to play airdrops like this will really become garbage. The Hercules class can carry a vector control force field because of its huge space. In human terms, it is anti-gravity.

Although the high consumption can only maintain this force field for a short time, it can also make the projectile feel the stimulation similar to bungee jumping. Landing from a height of 2 meters is like skydiving, which is definitely within the tolerance of most people and objects.

Therefore, the Hercules-class transport ship is the best battlefield emergency delivery ship for humans in the Koprulu sector, bar none.

But Lei Nuo saw that Graybeard's Bravery seemed to have undergone a private modification. From the outside, the ship looked as smooth as if wrapped in a thick cotton coat, and had edges and corners, like strips of crystals, which were only reserved for general ships. Silhouetted, allowing one to discern the characteristic frontal features of Hercules (like a slightly squashed loaf of bread).

Renault even noticed that the tail of the ship was fitted with a peculiar hat, and all the nozzles of the working fluid engines were covered by the hat.

He estimated that this was to deal with the heat source injected into the system, making the detection and positioning of the heat source useless.

"Those bastards even sold such an advanced stealth technology privately." Renault cursed the black rot of the Federation in his heart. He didn't believe that Greybeard could come up with such a complete set of ship stealth technology that the army had never installed.

Indeed, this is not Graybeard's technology, nor is it from the Federation, but from Kane.

Not only is it invisible, but this ship also has better hull energy absorption capabilities. This technology is called a space black hole, which means that it absorbs everything like a black hole, and super-powerful detection equipment cannot detect it.

Even with the naked eye, what you see is pitch black. In the deep space of the universe, you can ride your face without knowing the enemy. The only disadvantage is that the energy protection force field cannot be activated in this state, and the defense of this material itself is rather sloppy.

In other words, if the opponent can guess the approximate location and carry out an area saturation strike, it can be blown out and this strong stealth ability will be disintegrated.

Kane's magical modification of the Bravery didn't stop there. He equipped the ship with half a set of standard base equipment.

Specifically, it includes the orbital command (the command center has upgraded the radar system, which can scan the area and dispatch mules), 5 supply stations, 1 barracks, 1 engineering station, and 10 SCVs.

This means that as long as there is Bravery, a standard federal forward base will naturally handle half of it.

Next, you only need to build gas refineries, bunkers, and anti-air missile batteries in the selected area, and the base will look good. If you want to expand production capacity, you can let SCV continue to build supply stations, barracks, and more in the base area. Many ground and air defense facilities.

The current training camp is like this. On the surface, it does not have production capacity, but in fact it has all internal organs. Fully expanded, just like human interstellar legions, even Behemoth-class (higher than Seamaster, lower than Bull Monster and Banshee Gorgon) battlecruisers can be produced.

If that's the case, the Greybeards are just one of the hundreds of war regiments in the Federation that have the right to self-produce during wartime. At best, the personnel are more professional and brave.

However, Kane also endowed it with additional technologies and an unusual strategic and tactical approach that set it apart.

While Renault observed the Brave, which was obviously used as a temporary headquarters, the militiamen paid attention to the vehicles.

Tall giant equipment such as ships are too far away from ordinary people, and the brave are so bald like super coffins, without any professionalism, I really don’t see its goodness, just think it’s worthless.

Vehicles are different. Just like in the Earth era, military products are always sought after by men. This is the romance of male creatures, and it is the kind that is likely to be in their own hands, rather than just drooling at the holographic projection.

In Marsala, where the folk customs are tough and the cultural customs are very cowboy, guns and cars are symbols of men. Therefore, vulture chariots and hellish chariots are very popular here.

The militiamen came here in their privately modified vehicles. In Kane’s privately slanderous words: “It almost made me think that I had crossed into the world of Mad Max: Fury Road inadvertently. This car is really crazy. Wild, it’s not what it used to be.”

A group of people came here with their own goodies, and Renault's Vulture is quite satisfactory among them. Of course, his car is not bad. He used to rob Tex Finley, and the Vulture is a sharp weapon. The original history After the battle between the three line clans, they even saved his life several times.

This group of militiamen originally wanted to show off in front of Gray Beard, but when they saw a row of vehicles parked in the training camp, they immediately froze.

Liquidator, this car is not only wild, but also demonic. It looks like a scorpion without pincers or tail. It looks like a wheeled armored car, but it is covered with a special carapace, layered like scales, but it is not scales. It is the large carapace of insects, covering the entire back and sides, which reminds people of not only scorpions, but also ancient bugs like trilobites.

This kind of vehicle is very huge, with a width of 3 and a height of 4 and a length of 12. It is inserted into the ground obliquely, making the entire vehicle stable.

Compared with the weird shape, what is more magical is that it has a thick triangular shovel head and a rocket propulsion engine.

A fortress-style armored vehicle that can easily exceed 180 kilometers per hour. This is the liquidator, and the ones the militiamen drive are toys by comparison.

A militiaman said unconvincedly: "Can you survive my evil fire? Henhuo is famous for being able to go anywhere, and run away when he gets a bargain."

In the end, a knowledgeable person said: "You can ask the output of the two rocket propulsion engines and you will know who is faster and more flexible. I guess if it is not for the weight of this heavy shell, this car can directly go to the sky!"

"Compared to my vulture, it has a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, can deploy smart spider mines, and can launch grenades."

Someone pointed out: "Look over there, I think the heavy locomotive with the gray beard is more powerful."

The domineering locomotive has a pair of impressively huge wheels, the width of which is more than 1 meter, and it can be parked steadily without the need for a car stand. And also equipped with a rocket propulsion engine.

Another militiaman said: "I finally understand, these guys are really desperate."

"Well, I don't want to kill myself, and I don't want to let others die. The honeycomb rocket, this thing is the standard equipment of the Banshee helicopter. It's a good thing they thought of it."

At this time, the new instructors who greeted the militiamen came over and said to them: "Let me tell you a little trick. On the battlefield, you have to be a little crazy. The more you are afraid of death, the easier it is to die."

The militiamen all looked at Jim Raynor when they heard the words.

Renault nodded: "Brave and decisive, hesitant and indecisive are the most taboo on the battlefield, and you often need to perform supernormally. Of course, if you always lose in recent defeats, then be a little more cowardly."

The militiamen laughed. For the same reason, when Renault said it, the militiamen were more willing to listen. This is not only prestige, but also popularity. Renault always looks poor because he loves to help people. Although it may not be possible to spend much money to solve the problem, others can feel this kindness. Such a person is of course trusted by others.

If you want to change to the gray beard members in the past, in this situation, most of them will make gestures with Renault. Wen Wu No. 1 and Wu Wu No. 2, most of them who have lived a bloody career are aggressive, not to mention the gray beard members are notoriously unpredictable, and no one will lose face.

However, today's gray beards, anyone who has made a name for himself in the arena, has been transformed into an A-type biological person by Kane with difficulty. Their original personal style can be expressed, but the key core has changed.

Like this time, Kane explained in advance that no conflict with Renault was allowed, and these biological humans immediately took it as the highest order, so the dispute that would have caused it was stopped, and there was no more content.

The gray-bearded mercenaries who received the militia quickly found their place in the training content. They are the instructors. If you say it nicely, it’s called training soldiers. It is all based on such rude means to divide into ranks and establish authority, let alone mercenaries?

Renault saw it, but didn't say anything.

Why is he sharp? In addition to Destiny's child's forceful style, he can appear at the right place at the right time every time, and his lucky star shines brightly, so that he will not be killed by stray bullets, black guns, or accidents, and because he is also trained.

For example, in the war between the Federation and Kyle Morian, he participated as a rookie, and joined the 321st Battalion with the 'Heavenly Demon' right on time. Although he was betrayed in the end, his comrades-in-arms, grassroots officers and non-commissioned officers were all good, which gave him the environment and space to grow and cultivate self-confidence.

He then encountered Confederate soldier Cole Hickson in a Kel-Morian prisoner-of-war camp. During this encounter, Hixon taught Raynor how to resist and survive Kel-Morian's brutal torture methods.

This is also a precious wealth, and it is the reason why he was able to withstand so many tragic events later, and did not sink or even fall into a rotten state.

There is also bad friend and elder brother Tex Finley. When Renault and Finley were together, he was still a little young and his thinking was not mature enough. It was Tex who taught him that stealing is also a way, and that messing around is a kind of life. Balanced, if you have money to spend, you won't play yourself to death.

Renault's extensive connections were also influenced by Tex. Back then, Tex seemed to have a wild way of life. He always had a way to get high-operational action information. The two of them have been on the road for four or five years and still get away with it. this point is very important.

So today, he thinks that these young boys under his command have been severely drilled, suffering in the present and benefiting in the long run.

Coincidentally, Kane is also paying attention to this matter, from his exclusive room on the Bravery.

This room imitates the effect of large floor-to-ceiling windows with a silicon crystal screen, and can watch the outside scene condescendingly like looking from a glass house.

And the question he considered was the relationship between the battle group's style and combat power.

He felt that, as far as human beings are concerned, most of the troops that are the most combative and can always scream in battle are a little ruffian, a little slippery, and a little bad from top to bottom.

Those who are serious and serious always miss opportunities because they lack vitality, spirituality and adventurous spirit, or it is not easy to open the situation, or they are stable but not outstanding.

Kane knew that he himself strictly counted as the latter.

Seeing the Marsala militia trained by the greybeard mercenaries like the third grandson, Kane seemed to see the opposite reference.

These militiamen are basically the team of the Renault Rangers. They are just such a gang. They handed over one proud record after another in the original historical line, played the prestige of the human race, and won the respect of the Protoss and even the admiration of the Zerg. (Both the brain worm and the worm mother have praised that humans sometimes perform well, and this sometimes refers to the Renault Ranger).

Kane asked himself, under the same conditions, can he perform as well as Renault? The answer is no, even if luck is not considered, he does not have the charisma of Renault, nor can he make a way out of the difficult situation that Renault is facing.

Of course, if it was him, there would be basically no Renault-style distress.

Don't mention things like long-term love and hatred, just talk about war.

Could it be that emotional flow is really a pendant worth researching and using than equipment flow (similar input cost)?

When he thinks about this, he is naturally not questioning his own path. The path he chooses is a technical crushing style, or to put it bluntly, a cowardly style. After all, there is rolling-level technology first, which is basically a prerequisite for technical rolling.

This is hanging, and it is not easy to do this under normal circumstances. As the beneficiaries of the two world wars, the Americans sheared the sheep with the status of hegemony after the war. They did not dare to say that they had achieved comprehensive technological crushing, but they did it in some aspects.

Kane considered this for the refugees who were likely to be recruited by him in the future.

He and his subordinates belong to the category of withdrawing as soon as they are supported, and will not affect human society too deeply.

Naturally, the crutches cannot be used too well, and all the refugees are supported to become disabled.

After all, they have to rely on themselves, so it is debatable whether to be emotional or rational.

It seems that the rulers of human society always talk about rationality, but they all rely on sensibility to make troubles and calm things down.

So, from the very beginning, if we play the "all for one, one for all" approach and build a society centered on the construction and development of spiritual civilization, will we get some surprises?

Kane, who is used to the rise and fall of a rational society, feels that if he can take the opportunity to play a social pilot in this universe, it can be regarded as a value-added achievement.