Earth Era

On a practical level, this news isn't that big of a deal. It was nothing more than a few people defecting. The robbed spaceship was only a civilian spaceship and had no ability to travel far. For human civilization, as long as a manhunt is launched and a few small spacecraft are mobilized, it will only take a few days to arrest these criminals.

But that's not what Xiao Yun is worried about. What Xiao Yun cares about is that these criminals have made a bad start, and subsequent restless elements in human civilization may be inspired by this behavior and imitate these criminals. And since they are following suit, their preparations must be much more complete than these criminals who fled in a hurry, which means that they are likely to succeed.

This is what Xiao Yun is most worried about. At the same time, Xiao Yun also knew very well that he was not the only one who was worried about this. There are many people who can see this. The head of state, his think tank, and some outstanding people in civilization all know this. But everyone, like Xiao Yun, was helpless about it. Because this is the general trend, determined by the instinct of human beings, and no one can change it. They can only be like Xiao Yun and pray that human civilization can find a glimmer of hope before the situation becomes irreversible.

Sighing silently, Xiao Yun closed the community and came to the cliff again. But today, before Xiao Yun could enter into deep thinking, the computer he carried with him vibrated. Xiao Yun opened it, and the figure of General Emerk appeared on the screen.

"Xiao Yun." General Emerk said bluntly, "We will conduct a military exercise tomorrow, and I hope you can come to participate."

"Acting?" Xiao Yun was slightly confused.

"Yes." General Emerk nodded, "I hope that through this performance, you can clearly understand the power we can control at this moment. I think this may be of some help to your subsequent work. ."

"I understand." Xiao Yun nodded, "I will go to the capital city tomorrow."

For today's human civilization, so-called military exercises will naturally not involve mutual attack and defense between ground armies - as human civilization has entered the space age, this type of ground attack and defense tactics have long been eliminated, and at most they are nothing more than modern interstellar tactics. It's just an auxiliary means of war.

Military exercises in the space age are naturally conducted in space. However, the military strength of the autonomous government is far inferior to that of the fugitive government. Therefore, the scope of the military exercise organized by General Emerk is limited to the Earth-Moon system. Not to mention long-distance wars across star systems, it does not even reach the orbit of Mars. ——The reason is very simple. The old obsolete spaceships owned by the autonomous government do not have the ability to sail long distances. The logistical supply capabilities possessed by the autonomous government at this time cannot support a war that requires long-distance navigation.

Early the next morning, Xiao Yun piloted his aircraft to the capital city, where he met General Emerk. Xiao Yun also met an old acquaintance, Dink, who was responsible for the research and development of the smallpox virus.

Dink didn't leave the earth either. Xiao Yun had always known about this, but the two of them had never met.

"The research and development of the smallpox virus took all my efforts. I must see with my own eyes the scene of the smallpox virus raging among the robot group." Dink said to Xiao Yun, "This is me and the entire team I led. The collective desire of the team.”

"Your wish will come true, for sure." Xiao Yun nodded gently.

General Emerk is Xiao Yun's staunchest supporter, and Xiao Yun has always been in charge of the fight against the robot group. Therefore, the decision whether to use the smallpox virus to fight against the robot group rests with Xiao Yun.

Dink said: "I take this as your promise to me."

Xiao Yun said: "Okay."

Dink's expression suddenly relaxed. It seemed that apart from this, Dink had nothing else to care about.

General Emerk completed the arrangements at this time, so he took Xiao Yun and Dink to the space base in orbit around the earth. This military exercise will be completed here as the command center.

There is a huge display screen in front of General Emerk, which contains all the information about the spacecraft participating in this exercise. General Emerk pointed at the screen and said: "This is all the military power we have now."

"We have ten Everest-class battleships, 200 Taishan-class battleships, 3,000 medium-sized combat spacecraft, and 20,000 small combat spacecraft and micro-mobile spacecraft." General Emerk said, "Of course, these levels are only divided according to It’s just a matter of size and tonnage, and its technological content is much worse than previous spaceships of the same level.”

"Our main strategy for this exercise is defensive counterattack. We simulated the scene where the vanguard of the robot group comes to the Earth-Moon system. In this case, we will use the Earth, the Moon, and the space bases in the Earth-Moon system. To rely on it, launch the spaceship to kill the enemy with all its strength while trying to save yourself."

While General Emerk was explaining to Xiao Yun, a soldier with gray hair and a stooped figure, but still trying to stand up straight, walked in. He first saluted General Emerk with a military salute, and then said: "General, all the participating parties have been assembled and prepared, and the acting can begin."

General Emerk nodded: "I order the exercise to begin."

"Yes!" The elderly soldier saluted again, then turned and left the command room.

After the elderly soldier left, General Emerk said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that my guard regiment would be filled by people older than me..."

Xiao Yun and Dink looked at each other, their expressions a little sad.

The exercise has begun. With General Emerk's explanation and the rendering of real-time battle scenes, Xiao Yun and Dink also had some understanding of the various processes of the exercise.

Xiao Yun saw the micro-mobile spacecraft acting as the robot army roaring from outside the Earth-Moon system. Xiao Yun saw those old-fashioned spaceships that had long lost their luster and looked dilapidated. They took off awkwardly from the base and then flew into space. Arrange, coordinate, shoot, return to defense, repair...

Artillery fire roared in space, spaceships came and went, orders were issued from the command room, and radio signals shuttled through the earth-moon system... The battle was fierce, but... Even if Xiao Yun was an outsider, he was not familiar with war. Without knowing it, Xiao Yun could also see that the battle was going a bit awkward this time. But I can't tell what exactly is awkward.

If I had to describe it, it felt like watching two children fighting.

General Emerk seemed to be aware of Xiao Yun's feelings, so General Emerk spread his hands: "There is no way, let a group of middle-aged and elderly people who have never been exposed to war in the past be able to drive after a few months of training." Fighting a spaceship... This is really difficult for them. In fact, the fact that they can do this is beyond my expectation."

"They train very hard." General Emerk said quietly, "Among the soldiers I led in the past, those young people did not train as hard as they did. But...but..."

General Emerk shook his head and sighed, but the words after "but" were not uttered after all.

"Only you, General Emerk, can achieve this step in just a few months. You are the best military commander. No one can deny this." Xiao Yun said.

General Emerk did not answer Xiao Yun's words, but said directly: "Xiao Yun, you see, this is the military power we have at this stage. Moreover, in addition to further improvements in combat skills, in terms of hardware, We basically have no room for improvement.”

"According to the estimates of the fugitive government, the robot army will arrive in the solar system within three to five years, and the upper limit is five years. In other words, we still have four and a half years at most, and only two years at the least. Half of the time. So...General Emerk, by that time, how long can our military power hold back the enemy? How many enemies can we fight against?"

General Emerk calculated silently, and then said: "In two and a half years, I am confident that we can destroy eight million robots with our military power. In four and a half years, this number can rise to 10 million. However, if the number of enemies increases to 20 million units, then we can only take a complete defensive position, which can last about three months. If the number increases to 100 million units, then we will be captured within a day. "

Xiao Yun nodded, then turned his attention to Dink: "Dink, let me ask you, how lethal is the smallpox virus you modified now against the robot army?"

Dink said: "The lethality of the smallpox virus to the robot army will decrease over time. In other words, the smallpox virus was most lethal when it was first released. Later, as the robots evolved themselves, they entered into entanglement with the smallpox virus. During the combat stage, the lethality of the smallpox virus will plummet. But there is one thing. All robots that are infected with the smallpox virus but do not die will have their combat effectiveness reduced to a certain extent. This is because they have to allocate a certain amount of computing power to fight against it. Because of the smallpox virus.”

"What is the specific lethality?"

Dink hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Give me two years, I can transform the smallpox virus to a point where the first batch of lethality reaches 80%, and then weakens the combat power of surviving robots by at least 40%."

Xiao Yun closed his eyes, took a long breath, and then opened his eyes, his eyes as calm as ever: "That's enough. Leave the rest to me." (To be continued ~^~)