Roland and other original federal generals have already delineated the possible range of the new federal base based on the data from the previous attack. This is a vast area of nearly 100 kilometers in radius.
If it were another planet, it wouldn't take much time to detect such a range, but on Planet 4, where remote control means cannot be used, it becomes very troublesome.
The most effective method is also the stupid method used by Chu Jungui and Lin Xi, which is to use a small team to conduct reconnaissance. There are many mature solutions for reconnaissance vehicles, and there is no need to modify them. At most, they can replace the main materials and add some protection.
.These are the strengths of Jolly Roger engineers, so Chu Jungui did not waste the chip computing power and directly assigned the tasks to the engineers.
It would take a day for the reconnaissance vehicle to be completed. During this free time, Chu Jungui once again compared the two design options for the engineering vehicle.
I have to admit that the engineers' designs are complete and mature, and even the redundant designs often used by scientists are rare. These people often follow the legion's operations, have many experiences of landing on planetary surfaces, and are very pragmatic. As for
The aesthetics of the industrial design are also outstanding. If I have to say a shortcoming, it is probably the lack of familiarity with the physical properties of materials based on the local resources of Planet 4.
The test body and the chip do not have any preconceived ideas. Everything is based on the highest premise of achieving the mission goal. In addition, they will not be bound by any mature design, so there is such an anti-human design as the double-layer manned cube. This kind of
The advantage of the design is that it can complete some impossible tasks, or complete it in a super-efficient manner. However, there is also a problem, that is, the fault tolerance is not high enough.
Moreover, Chu Jungui further realized that if there were too many similar anti-human designs, then there would be no need to wait for the beast tide or the federation, his men would rebel first.
In addition, it seems that there are some problems with the aesthetics of the art component, which is quite different from public perception. But the art component insists that this is beauty, and even shutting down cannot threaten it.
By comparing the designs, Chu Jungui felt that it was a waste to regard these more than a hundred scientists and engineers as pure coolies and warriors. Many projects that have mature designs in human society can be left to them. The things they make will be expensive.
It's a bit slower, a bit less efficient, and there doesn't seem to be any other shortcomings.
Chu Jungui felt that he had dozens of refining furnaces and was rich, so he no longer cared about a few kilograms of steel. Of course, he still cared about other materials.
Just one day later, three brand new armed reconnaissance vehicles appeared at the base. These three vehicles are all six-wheel drive, and each vehicle is equipped with two twin-mounted rapid-fire cannons. In addition to ammunition supplies, the space inside the vehicles is for batteries.
Each vehicle is loaded with 2,000 rounds of artillery shells and has a range of 1,000 kilometers.
Each reconnaissance vehicle can carry 6 people, so the three vehicles are almost a complete team.
Chu Jungui was very satisfied with the reconnaissance vehicle. He immediately selected 15 elite soldiers and two scientists and prepared to set off. However, before leaving, Chu Jungui suddenly felt waves of inexplicable discomfort. For a test subject, this was
Extraordinary, especially inexplicable palpitations.
Ordinary people would either ignore it or be suspicious. But the test subject was not an ordinary person after all. He started the self-check and quickly found the source of the problem. It turned out that the metaphysics component was secretly causing trouble: it didn't know where it got the permissions from.
Secretly disturb the test subject's heartbeat, lower his body temperature, and induce a small amount of sweat.
Then Chu Jungui developed symptoms such as palpitations, chills all over his body, and cold sweats.
After it was discovered, the metaphysics component only gave four words: This trip is dangerous. As for where the danger came from and how it knew, the metaphysics component didn't say anything at all, which was very high-spirited.
Chu Jungui also knew about the virtues of metaphysics and didn't bother to ask. However, it seemed that it was not enough to go deep into the wilderness with only three reconnaissance vehicles. Chu Jungui thought about it briefly and changed the plan to 12 vehicles. One of the vehicles was dedicated to
A tree pulp power furnace was carried on its back in case of emergency, and the other vehicle carried a mobile manufacturing machine. With such a small team, Chu Jungui believed that the strength had exceeded that of the reinforced company of the special forces.
The reinforced company of the special forces usually has close to 200 people. Chu Jungui's number is less than 100. The difference is made up by the test subjects themselves.
After another day of delay, the convoy finally set off to scout the new federal camp.
According to the plan, the reconnaissance force will approach the target area at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour, and then increase the speed to 70 kilometers per hour to conduct large-scale mobile reconnaissance. It is expected to take 4 hours to complete the entire target area, and then return at full speed regardless of whether there are results. The entire operation will last one day.
Time. With such a short window of time, it is unlikely that the beasts can be caught. The all-terrain off-road reconnaissance vehicle can reach a maximum speed of 100 kilometers, and even the main battle vehicles of the Federation cannot catch up.
In the early morning, 12 reconnaissance vehicles lined up and drove away from the fortress. In addition to reconnaissance of the predetermined area, terrain mapping and exploration along the way were also important contents.
The convoy's route was winding and winding, trying to avoid the forest as much as possible. If it couldn't be avoided, it had to pass quickly. Everything went normally in the first few hours, and it arrived at the target area without any accidents.
At this moment, a gently undulating slope appeared ahead, scattered with patches of double-leaf woods. The visibility was about 10 kilometers, and there were no traces of federal activities within the field of vision.
The reconnaissance convoy began to speed up and move forward in an S-shape to expand the search area. The experienced Roland sat in the front car with alert eyes and constantly scanned the surroundings.
After a while, he suddenly shouted: "There is something abnormal on the left front!"
The entire convoy immediately turned and drove to a small hill. Chu Jungui looked at the hill. There was nothing abnormal on the surface of the hill. It was just covered with purple grass, and the grass blades were constantly swaying. But there were some subtle noises on the grass.
The color difference is impossible to tell unless you look carefully.
Roland turned his reconnaissance telescope to spectral contrast mode and discovered this difference.
The color difference is caused by different growth times. The mature purple-leaf grass is darker in color, and the new growth is more colorful and brighter. In fact, there were traces left by the track on the hill, and now it is completely covered by the purple-leaf grass.
If we come later, even the color difference will disappear. Planet 4's ability to clean itself is much stronger than the parent star.
Roland jumped out of the car, carefully dug up a piece of soil in the trace area, observed the cross-sectional distribution for a while, and said with certainty: "This is the trace left by the Federation Planetary Chariot. That's right. They should have set out from this area."
, attack our fortress."
"So where is their base?" Chu Jungui asked.
Looking around at this moment, the surroundings are vast, and there is no trace of a federal base.