Chapter 7 Chapter Seven Seeing the Dragon in the Field

They were two handsome soldiers with blond hair and green eyes. These two major generals were not wearing the federal military uniforms that Tang Long was familiar with. Those who were addicted to the Internet could not even recognize which country's military uniforms they were.So Tang Long had no choice but to listen to their conversation with doubts. The older major general proudly said to another younger major general: "I said Darrens, what we are pursuing now is the integration of battleship functions. The era of giant ships is a matter of the last century. Yours Of course, the giant ship can't beat my multi-purpose battleship."

Hearing this, the smart Tang Long immediately thought of the battleship that had the function of an aircraft carrier. It seemed that his side was under the command of the older major general. The young major general named Darens curled his lips, took a glass of wine and shook it, glanced at the major general, and said with a disdainful expression: "Lord Baron Kester, I heard that you can be judged as a criminal by the computer. The victory is due to the credit of your landing troops. How many of your 1,500 multi-purpose warships are left now?" When the major general named Kester heard this, his face changed, but he quickly said with a smile: "Hehe, is it true that our army won? Then how about sending over the things we agreed on?"

Major General Darrens immediately put down his wine glass, frowned, and said with a sigh of relief: "I can still afford to lose a thousand slaves, but how can we repay the task of testing the functions of the new warship by the command?" ? It has been clearly proved just now that multi-purpose warships are not suitable for future battles." Kester, whose face was full of joy when he heard Darrens admit defeat, snorted coldly when he heard this: "I said, we were ordered to test the functions of the new warship, not to discuss whether the new warship is suitable or not. Besides, how much is this?" The functional battleship is the Duke's proposal, don't you have any objections to the Duke's proposal?"

Darrence also snorted coldly: "Don't dare, I'm just discussing the facts, and I still think the earl's proposal is better." Kester stood up with an ugly face, waved his hand, and said in a cold voice: "Needless to say, as the winner, I have the right to hand over the result to the command." As he said that, he turned around and was about to leave. Darrence drank the wine in one gulp, stood up and said in a cold voice, "It's up to you." When he was about to leave, Kester stopped him: "I said, go back to the imperial capital, don't forget what you lost to me."

Darrence glanced at Kester and nodded: "I won't miss you." At this point, the communication is over. Tang Long stared blankly at the screen that had turned white. He was shocked because when the two major generals stood up just now, Tang Long saw the military flag hanging on the wall behind them. It was a black base with a gold border, and in the middle was a pattern of a silver-white eagle spreading its wings. Seeing this flag, Tang Long, who was ignorant of the world, also knew that it was the symbol of the Silver Eagle Empire, a country adjacent to the Wanluo Federal Government.

Tang Long, who graduated from high school, can only roughly know what the Silver Eagle Empire is: the Silver Eagle Empire, as the name suggests, is an imperial country, and there is still slavery.The Silver Eagle Empire has thirteen galaxies, nearly ten thousand administrative planets, and a population of five trillion.Among them, four trillion are civilians, nearly one trillion are slaves, and only about ten million are nobles.This point is particularly emphasized in Tang Long's high school history book. Such a country is close to the democratic Wanluo Federation, so it is natural that there will be confrontation.

Before the invention of the black hole bomb, the two countries had fought hundreds of wars, and the galaxies handed over by the two countries were almost turned into ruins. The cause of the war was first initiated by the Wanluo Federation under the banner of liberating slaves, but the result turned out that the Wanluo Federation was not a human being inside or outside. Because the slaves of the Silver Eagle Empire refused to be liberated by the Wanluo Federation, and even joined the imperial army to rise up and resist. Afterwards research, because those slaves have been used to such an irresponsible life for thousands of years, and under the education of the empire, they even think that people from other countries are inferior to their own slaves, and they are the lowest.

Afterwards, the Federation lost confidence in these slaves, and the banner of emancipating slaves lost its effectiveness. Although the war between the two sides ceased after the invention of the black hole bomb, diplomatic relations were not restored until decades later.It was also under the threat of black hole bombs that the entire universe began peaceful and friendly diplomatic activities. On the way to establish diplomatic relations, the Federation discovered that there are various systems in the entire universe, and the local people are happy to live under these systems.Of course, there will also be some people who are unwilling to live in the system of their own country and smuggle immigrants to live in other systems.

Tang Long, who stayed on the Internet all day, also got some gossip, that is, some high-ranking federal officials and wealthy businessmen secretly went to the Silver Eagle Empire to buy slaves and land, and went to the Silver Eagle Empire to live the life of slave owners when they were on vacation. Such cases caused a stir at the time, but although federal law forbade slaves in this country, it did not prohibit slaves in other countries.Moreover, according to the laws of the Silver Eagle Empire, buying and selling slaves is legal. Besides, these people did not bring slaves back to the country, so they did not violate the laws of any country at all.

After this judgment was handed down by the court, needless to say, more wealthy federal people went to the Silver Eagle Empire to live as slave owners in a fair manner. Tang Long didn't know that the patron saint of peace disappeared because of his love of showing off.Now all countries are very tense, wars will break out at any time, and the previous enmity between the Wanluo Federation and the Silver Eagle Empire will be brought up at any time. Because Tang Long didn't know this, Tang Long asked the second lieutenant robot stupidly: "Sir, is this war launched to test the function of the battleship?"

The second lieutenant nodded while looking at the screen that had been restored to the image of the starry sky, and said coldly, "Yes." Tang Long opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but hesitated and didn't know what to say. The second lieutenant probably sensed what Tang Long wanted to ask, so he said in his own voice: "The death pension of a soldier can create ten soldiers like me. Robot soldiers. And robots can fully play the function of weapons, that is to say, robots like me are made to test the effectiveness of weapons.” Tang Long was stunned. Although he knew that with the current technology, mass production of robots was as easy as production of floating trams, but he did not expect it to be so cheap. In this case, the cost of using robots to fight is not cheaper than the cost of using soldiers?And it won't kill anyone. When Tang Long was about to say something, he suddenly thought of an important question: "Uh, sir, you are from the Silver Eagle Empire, so... then why... can you have contact with the instructor?" Where is the training base, but it must be within the federal territory.It is impossible for the battleships of the Silver Eagle Empire to appear in the territory of the Federation without being discovered by the Federation Army, but why can they easily receive themselves into the territory of the Silver Eagle Empire?And how did the instructor get in touch with these robots from other countries? The second lieutenant didn't answer Tang Long's question, but just glanced at him, turned around and said, "Go and rest, we're going to change the battleship for another test later." "Ah...uh...yes!" Tang Long froze for a moment, thinking that he would be threatened with death later, he was so frightened that he even forgot why the second lieutenant didn't answer, and immediately saluted with a slap, and ran out quickly , he needs to rest and prepare well. Inside the bridge, the robots who stood up and saluted, surrounded the second lieutenant after Tang Long left, and began to talk: "Is he the Tang Long that the seniors said?" "Yes." The lieutenant nodded. "Sure enough, as the senior said, he is a human who doesn't care about other races." A robot said looking at the direction Tang Long left. "Well, from his performance and words just now, he regards us robots as human beings." "I don't think he sees us as humans, because he still understands that we are not humans, but robots. But judging by his words and deeds, he sees us robots as companions, not as tools." "Companion? An interesting person..." "If we hadn't met our friends, we wouldn't have met our seniors, and we wouldn't have met Tang Long, a human being." "We still don't expect other humans to be like Tang Long. If other humans know that robots have minds, our companions will be dissolved immediately." "Well, then let's help the seniors train Tang Long well." Hearing what the second lieutenant said, several robots nodded in agreement. At the same time, the twenty-three regiment, in the instructor's lounge.The five instructors were covered with wires and did not move, but their conversation continued. "Our friend, why did you make such a decision? There are other countries there, too." A sweet female voice sounded: "Hee hee, is this not good? In this way Tang Long can have a deep understanding of the opponent's military secrets, and then... hee hee, Tang Long can be promoted." "Our friend, according to you, there will be war soon?" "Well... keep it secret. Hehe, I didn't expect to develop the "War" game, and it would be so easy to enter other intelligent systems." The robot instructor immediately understood that "she" had used the game consoles scattered all over the universe to invade the systems of other countries, and hurriedly said: "Our friends, please be careful not to cause confusion." "Don't worry, I've completely followed the original procedure, but some places have been changed quietly. Otherwise, can Tang Long and the others come and go so smoothly?" The instructor leader said aloud: "Our friend, after Tang Long graduates, we will run out of energy. I hope you will take care of Tang Long in the future." "Tang Long will leave it to you then." The other instructors also said. The sweet female voice, the happy tone just now disappeared, replaced by a slightly bitter voice: "Don't worry, I will take care of him." The space was quiet for a long time, and finally a female voice broke the silence: "Then I'm leaving, everyone take care." "Goodbye our friend, please take care." In the waiting room of the battleship landing force, Tang Long checked his equipment, grabbed things and stuffed them on his body, croaking: "Take all the energy magazines! Take all the energy handles of the laser knives! Don’t leave even one grenade. His grandma’s! Now let’s see which bastard can point a gun at me!” After sorting out the equipment, Tang Long proudly stood up and walked around, but only took two steps when the bloated Tang Long suddenly fell to the ground, and all the weapons and ammunition stuffed into his body jumped out. It seems that Tang Long was deeply impressed by the experience of running out of energy and waiting to die last time. If the battle hadn't just been announced at that time, his life would have been frozen. "Damn! There are too many things, don't talk about attacking at that time, it will be impossible to escape!" Depressed, Tang Long untied his belt with more than a dozen grenades and threw it aside. Just at this moment, an order came from the speaker on the wall: "After three hours, transfer to the SYT-235 area and take command. Handover. Five hours later there will be a space battle to test the performance of space fighters. The landing troops are ready to replace their equipment." Tang Long was stunned, looked at the weapons on his body and shouted: "No way? Landing troops change their equipment?" Tang Long wanted to say something else, those robots started to drop their weapons, and lined up to leave the waiting room.Tang Long got up quickly, and shouted while throwing the weapon: "Brother! Wait for me!" Tang Long followed the robot to a cabin filled with dozens of unknown fighters.The fighter plane is T-shaped, the left and right tail fins are missile launch ports, and the nose is equipped with laser cannons. Tang Long looked at it enviously, although the fighter plane training, the instructor had also trained him, and he had played the game, but it was a simulator, and he had never even seen a real fighter plane, let alone touched it. Thinking of touching characters, Tang Long couldn't help wanting to go forward, but seeing nearly a thousand robots standing around motionless, he had no choice but to resist the desire and stand obediently. At this time, the second lieutenant came over with an electronic board. He stood in the middle, glanced at the electronic board, and said in an emotionless voice: "T10031, T10032, T10033, ...Tang Long, the above are the pilots, and the rest are in charge of logistics and maintenance. Pay attention, we will be ready for battle in three hours." The second lieutenant turned around and left after speaking. Tang Long had been paying attention to the fighter plane, and didn't hear what the second lieutenant said at all. It wasn't until all the robots moved around that he regained his senses and looked around blankly. He suddenly discovered that dozens of robots were surrounding him, looking at him quietly. Tang Long didn't know what happened, but he was always a little guilty when he was stared at by nearly a hundred green electronic eyes. Tang Long asked anxiously: "Uh... Brothers, what's the matter?" At this time, a robot handed over a driving suit and said coldly: "We are your maintenance personnel, please cooperate with us in the test." Tang Long took the clothes in a daze, and said a little puzzled: "My maintenance personnel? What does this mean..." Speaking of this, Tang Long suddenly jumped up and exclaimed in surprise: "I am the driver?!" Just now Tang Long saw that there were nearly a thousand robots, but only dozens of fighter planes, which was not enough to allocate. He was worrying that he had no hope, but he did not expect this opportunity to come suddenly. The robot that handed the clothes to Tang Long nodded, and said in a still cold tone: "Yes, please change into the clothes quickly, there are still three hours before the battle, we don't have much time to test." Hearing this, Tang Long found that all the fighter planes were busy with robots, and only the fighter plane in front of him stayed there alone. Tang Long hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, I'll change it right away." He hurriedly took off his uniform. "Adjust the laser sight, at a 29-degree angle at three o'clock, and adjust it by four microns." Such a voice came from the space fighter helmet on Tang Long's head. "Wait, don't speak so fast! What kind of button is AL56?" Tang Long frantically looked for the buttons everywhere, while referring to the manual. This kind of fighter is different from the simulators in the training camp. Of course, the systems of fighter jets in various countries are very different, but what troubles Tang Long is that the real fighter is completely different from the game. How can the fighter in the game be so complicated? operating system?It's just a remote control stick and a few firing buttons. But Tang Long seemed to have a genius ability for manual operation. By asking the maintenance captain's robot, he quickly mastered the functions, that is to say, Tang Long had already mastered the functions of the Silver Eagle Empire fighter jet. I don't know how long it took before the red light came on, and an order from the battleship's computer came from the earbuds: "Attention all units, the fighter plane will be dispatched in ten minutes. Attention all units, the fighter plane will be dispatched in ten minutes." Hearing this, Tang Long quickly closed the helmet mirror, checked the seat belt, and asked aloud, "Are you ready?" The voice of the maintenance captain came from the earbuds: "The cannon is full, the missiles are loaded, the fighter is full, all aspects have been checked, there is no abnormality, and you can attack!" At this time, the fighter planes had already started to be moved to the ejection port by the automatic floor, and the synthesized voice of the battleship computer also started to count down: "Five, four, three, two, one, 0, attack!" Dozens of fighters were immediately launched by the ejection device, and the space fighter test began. Tang Long gritted his teeth, bearing the sudden pressure. When the fighter plane appeared in space, Tang Long's eyes darkened. This is a normal black eye phenomenon, and some high-end games also have this function. Tang Long hurriedly drove the plane around with his eyes closed, which was a stunt to ensure that he would not be destroyed as soon as he came out. A few seconds later, the black eye phenomenon disappeared. Tang Long opened his eyes and saw several missiles pounced on him. He gritted his teeth and uttered a foul mouth from between his teeth: "Fuck! I am going to be the marshal. I must live!" Hastily gasped the gas, pulled the control lever, and the whole person flew upwards. While ascending, Tang Long thought that with the help of this kind of helmet, he could even shoot down flies flying around irregularly. Of course, these few regular missiles were easier.So Tang Long pressed the button, and the helmet automatically tracked and displayed. When it reached the critical point, the fuselage dropped suddenly and appeared behind the missile. Of course, the flying missile immediately turned around and continued to fly towards Tang Long. "Hey, if I thought of this trick just now, would you still be with me for so long?" Tang Long looked at the missile that was getting closer and closer, and grinned. A few laser beams fired at the missiles, and with a bang, the missiles were reimbursed like this. "Yeah!" Tang Long stretched out his hand, wanting to stand up and perform his habitual actions after victory, but unfortunately he was fixed by the seat belt, and his shoulder hurt, so Tang Long sat down immediately. "Ah, I forgot that I'm not on a battleship now." He rubbed his head and murmured embarrassingly. "By the way, I heard that if you shoot down five fighter planes, you will be an air hero, and it seems that if you shoot down one, you will be promoted to a higher rank!" Thinking of this, Tang Long looked around with his eyes shining.Tang Long, who was already full of enthusiasm, immediately searched for the target, and found that the fight was in full swing not far away, and immediately rushed forward with a murderous look: "I'm coming! You bastards, watch me kill you!" He forgot that even if he made great contributions here, he would not be promoted. One month later, in the hall of the training base of the 23rd Regiment.Five robot instructors stood in front of the center, while Tang Long stood in the center.The entire hall was silent and peaceful. Tang Long has already returned from that machine battlefield. When he was sent back by the battleship, Tang Long was not used to it, because there was almost no rest when he was there, one battle after another, suddenly from the smoke filled How can you get used to this peaceful place? Tang Long's whole body has now turned black, and his physique has also become stronger. His height has also reached 178 cm, which is 8 cm taller than before.The original round face has turned into a thin and lean melon-seeded face. Although this appearance has lost the childishness of the past, it looks so resolute and extraordinary. The big clever eyes also became smaller, and had become a pair of alert, intelligent, sharp eyes.Of course, there would occasionally be a hint of intelligence in those eyes, and it wasn't until then that it showed that the standard soldier in front of him was still a man who had just turned nineteen. Even the most picky robot instructor can't find anything wrong with Tang Long's posture of crossing his legs and backing his hands.These days Tang Long can be said to have been trained to be an example of military appearance. "Tang Long!" Upon hearing his name, Tang Long snapped his legs together, raised his chest and looked up at the leader instructor who spoke. "Relax." The robot leader, the instructor, was very satisfied. Although he couldn't show his expression, he still nodded. "The gathering here today is to hold a graduation ceremony for you." Tang Long was stunned for a moment, because the one-year deadline in his memory hadn't arrived yet, so why would he be graduating so soon? The chief instructor probably understood what Tang Long was thinking, and continued: "The warship that picked you up used to have more than 2,000 robots, but now there are only five or six hundred people left. You are one of them, which shows that Tang Long You are already an excellent soldier who has survived the cruel battlefield. As I said, that training was the last training, and we have nothing to teach you, so it is time for your recruit training to end. " When Tang Long heard this, he saluted immediately with a snap: "Thank you instructor for your teaching!" The leader instructor waved his hand to dismiss Tang Long, and continued: "This graduation ceremony is a very important procedure. Do you know that the teams in each training camp have a power?" He may want to soften his voice as much as possible, But because the tone has been fixed, the tone is still indifferent. "I don't know, sir!" Tang Long shouted with his hands behind his back. "In order to encourage new recruits to train hard, the Federal Military Department gives the instructors a power. That is, they can be promoted to the military rank of the best recruits during the training period. Now I declare that you, Tang Long, are the best recruits of our 23rd Regiment!" Tang Long couldn't help curling his lips in his heart: "I'm the only student in the entire 23rd Regiment. I'm not the best, who else is the best? To be promoted to the rank? Isn't it just getting a senior soldier or something like that? Well, it's better than not being promoted. Bar." He's been in the army for almost a year now and will be a private first class soon.The federal army stipulates that private soldiers will be automatically promoted to private first class after one year of enlistment. Here is a description of the federal military rank system. The entire army is divided into six grades and 21 grades: Commander: Marshal General: Major General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel: Major Colonel : Sergeant Sergeant, Lower Soldier: Private First Class Private Machine Instructor looked at Tang Long, and continued: "Because our 23rd Regiment is the training base of all, the instructor has the highest rank, so he has the greatest power. Now Promote Tang Long to second lieutenant!" Immediately, flowers and colorful flags were projected on the training ground, and the crowd cheered. At the same time, the national anthem of the Federation also sounded. After being stunned for a while, Tang Long, who finally came to his senses, blurted out: "Second Lieutenant!?" But he stopped immediately and stood at attention to salute: "Thank you for your cultivation, sir!" Although Tang Long wondered how these robots got this appointment, he didn't care about him. As long as he can be promoted, should he bother with these things? Tang Long didn't know that for hundreds of years, the "she" who managed the central system had never made a single mistake.Over time, the military did not pay much attention to the appointment of low-level officers, and everything was handled by computers.Computers can indeed promote officers based on merit. Of course, if the chief wants to appoint a junior officer, he only needs to enter a password command, and the computer will accept it and quickly process it and notify the whole army. So the current computer system satisfies everyone.Not only can it be impartial and selfless, but it can also operate in the dark.Honest officers who don't know how to flatter can get promoted even after making meritorious service, and officers who like to flatter and cater to their wishes can even get promoted. And intelligent computers have a special affection for these similar machines that have lived together for hundreds of years and have their own will.Although their serial numbers and military ranks are stored in the computer, who will check them?And can't even find it. Hundreds of years ago, after someone inquired about the situation of the 23rd Regiment for the first time, the smart computer decided to encrypt these data on its own initiative. In the nearly ten thousand recruit training camps, most of their instructors are second lieutenants, and very few are lieutenants.The authority given to these instructors by the military is to appoint two lower ranks. The central computer responsible for transmitting the order passed the order to the 23rd Regiment without saying a word.So according to this order, the robot instructor gained the power to appoint military ranks below second lieutenant. Tang Long watched excitedly as the machine instructor helped him put on the epaulets with one bar and one star.He didn't expect that he would be awarded the rank of second lieutenant within a year of joining the army, but he was worried that this rank was illegal, after all, he was awarded the rank by a robot. The robot instructor's words made him give up the last trace of doubt: "Yesterday, you have notified the central computer of your new military rank, and your identity can be found on all computers in the army." Tang Long held back his excitement and looked at the five robot instructors with his hands behind his back.These five robots trained themselves to be like this. Of course, they also suffered a lot of punishment. Thinking of that whipping would hurt my body.And in order to avoid bullet training, he actually shot himself.I was shot in the thigh, and walked for a week with a limp foot. Fortunately, the medical facilities here are well-equipped, otherwise I would have been disabled long ago. Thinking of what I have learned, I can't help but feel as if I have arrived at a special forces training camp. It's really strange, do infantry have to learn the art of war and strategy training for commanding warships in battle, and the knowledge of flying fighter planes?Even the political study of governing the country, as well as knowledge about economics, conspiracy, and espionage, in short, all knowledge related to or related to soldiers must be learned by oneself. Originally, it was impossible for me to learn these kinds of knowledge, because I didn't study well, so I came to join the army to dawdle. However, under the urging of machine instructors with pistols and leather whips, and under the oppression of various horrific punishments, if you can't learn or don't finish it, you are not allowed to eat or sleep!If you are lazy, you will be punished with whipping, and if you still can't, you will be executed immediately! In such a terrifying environment, I actually learned to master these skills, so that even I couldn't believe it was true. Tang Long didn't know that these five instructors had used energy to survive for more than 400 years, during which they continuously obtained various knowledge from the Internet, and it was because of this that they evolved into intelligent robots.So the knowledge they taught Tang Long was the most useful, but also the most comprehensive.This knowledge has been deeply engraved in Tang Long's mind, and will accompany him through the glorious years. Tang Long thought about it, his eyes were a little blurred, not because of anger, but because he thought that every time he fainted from exhaustion, he would wake up lying on the bed, covered with a quilt, and put more There is food.The care of the instructors is deeply hidden under the cold metal.Although I clearly know that they are robots, why do I have the feeling that they are companions? "Tang Long, the spaceship has arrived, and your recruit training is really over." The instructor said with the same tone of indifference, and at the same time handed back to Tang Long the magnetic card that he put away at the first meeting, and Tang Long appeared when he came. In the place of the passage, the entrance of the passage reappeared after an absence of nearly a year. After waking up, Tang Long took it silently, lowered his head and put it into his arms silently.At this time, a robot instructor took Tang Long's previous package and handed it to him. After Tang Long took it, he raised his head and chest and gave a standard military salute to the five of them.The five robot instructors also returned a salute at the same time. Tang Long walked a few steps toward the entrance of the passage, and suddenly stopped and turned around suddenly, with a bright smile on his face: "Sirs, I will come back to visit you!" "Take care!" said the robot at the same time. "Hehe, my military rank may be higher than yours at that time. I really want to see you salute me first. Goodbye!" After speaking, Tang Long gave another military salute, then turned and ran out. He didn't see the five instructors giving a standard military salute to his back. At this moment, both of them forget that the other is not their own kind.Even machines and humans can have lasting friendships. When Tang Long's figure disappeared, the leader instructor looked back at the instructors beside him, lowered his head and said, "Let's go, let's finish the final work." The four machine instructors looked at the closed passage with nostalgia, turned their heads and saluted and replied loudly: "Yes!" Then he followed the leader instructor into the instructor's lounge.As the door to the instructors' lounge closed, the hall lights went out and never came on again.