The self-maintenance equipment quietly drove into the wide war room, making a soft beeping sound. Below the smooth and solid ground, several probes protruded from the center of the circle, and were connected to the abdomen of the black M37 mecha. At the interface, start to test the control computer and remove redundant work. Everything seemed very organized and orderly.
However, the console side was already lively. Looking at the delicate man who was gradually approaching, the logistics technicians of the underground base of Baishui Company's headquarters began to applaud, stomp their feet, and some even whistled.
They have seen too many mecha tests in their lives, and they are already a little numb, but today the secretary of the seventh group gave them a big surprise. The data returned by the previous black mecha was very amazing. The pilot, if in the federal army, must be an ace pilot.
Of course, as the largest secret contractor of the federal military, Whitewater Company also has ace pilots of the army who have changed their identities to come here to perform missions, but those high-level pilots will not stay in the base for a long time, and often even finish their missions. After that, he will return to the army, and he has not even been to the headquarters of Whitewater Company.
"Would you like to take a shower first?" Xu Le walked off the console and said, looking at Magnolia with her head lowered. This man is always habitually bowing his head slightly, whether it is to hide his too delicate facial features, or that he does not want to see anything.
"I didn't sweat too much." Magnolia replied softly.
The whistle on the console continued, Xu Le looked back with a smile, and asked, "Is it the same feeling in the army?"
After a moment of silence, Magnolia said, "It's more exaggerated than that."
Xu Le had seen with his own eyes that the M37 mecha under the control of Magnolia was like flowing water. Although he did not conduct actual combat drills, he also knew that this handsome man was absolutely amazing. Otherwise, the federal military would not have tested the latest MX mecha. The task was handed over to the seventh group.
The problem is that even if the seventh team becomes one of the scapegoats for the failure of the MX experiment, the other combat members in the team have all been transferred back to their original units, or have been locked up or on vacation, but only Bai Yulan has remained in the White Water Company. How could the federal military forget such an excellent pilot
The two walked out of the base, and Xu Le suddenly asked, "What army were you in?"
"Special mecha battalion of the 17th Armored Division of the First Military Region." Bai Yulan knew what his question was, and said indifferently: "Three years ago, our class was on a mission outside Bermuda, and we encountered the first imperial special mecha battalion, the whole army. When I was annihilated, I fled back to the carrier." Although the words were calm and natural, Xu Le could hear a trace of unwillingness and pain from these words.
After the end of the war more than ten years ago, the Federation and the Empire maintained an apparent peace, but in fact, the two sides were still constantly testing the areas where the stars were intertwined, and sporadic conflicts and casualties never stopped. The space channel of the Zellon Nebula in the Xilin Region, where the Fourth Military Region is stationed, is a battleground between the Federation and the Empire. The wars on those resource stars and even desolate planets have been going on all these years. The Bermuda triangle star field is the best place for the two sides to test each other's military strength.
"I am the squad leader, and I should have gone to the military court, but the original chief begged for mercy, so I was assigned to the White Water Company, and I stayed here for several years. I have a weird personality, I kill too many people, and I like banknotes too much. So no one likes me." After briefly explaining her origin and background for the first time, Magnolia never talked about herself in front of Xu Le again, and this habit continued for a long time.
The two walked out of the underground base, followed the self-propelled crawler channel, and came to the platform on the side of the Baishui Company building. At this time, it was almost evening. The sun in the S1 galaxy moved in the opposite direction, and the bright red light shone over the large federal farm next to the Whitewater Company, turning the green vegetables into burning flames.
Xu Le lit the lighter and lit the cigarette on the flame. He didn't smoke Magnolia because he knew that the other party didn't smoke. Looking at Magnolia's thin body leaning against the platform wall from the corner of his eye, he felt a little weird. Such a calm and somewhat strange man, like a girl, can make the heavy M37 as fierce and agile as a cheetah once he enters the mecha.
"Can you teach me how to open the armor?" Xu Le took a breath, as if he suddenly thought of this, and said casually.
He now has a very deep understanding of mechas. He has done countless drills at Ewha University, and he has had many discussions with Tai Zhiyuan, but today he witnessed the mecha controlled by Magnolia with his own eyes. How big the gap is, the key is not that kind of action, but the kind of smooth feeling that the black M37 tends to avoid.
Xu Le believed that without using the simulation system, if Magnolia played against her mecha, it only took two rounds to successfully use the speed of the mecha to break through the defense of her mecha and attack herself. fall.
"Based on your understanding of the mecha structure, it is not difficult to master the mecha." Magnolia was not surprised that Xu Le would make this request.
He leaned his back against the wall of the platform, looked at the vegetable garden outside the courtyard wall, and said softly, "The military mechas I usually control have operating levers, which are used to simplify instructions and directly control the running direction of the mecha. , Below the lever are seventeen sensitive touch buttons, which also serve the same function, but are basically used to control the firepower system."
"None of the prototypes you've worked with before have this setup, so you need to get familiar with the parts first."
"Once you are familiar with it, you need to be familiar with the standard operations of the military. Like the set of actions I used to experiment with the M37 just now, it is the front end of the triangular assault formation."
Xu Le asked curiously, "I've heard of this, but I don't seem to have heard of any defensive formations."
"The biggest advantage of mecha in modern warfare is mobility. Although the bullet resistance of alloy armor is already very terrifying, it can't withstand the concentrated attack of heavy firepower, so the key is to stick to it and leave."
It's obviously a jargon in the federal army, and Xu Le didn't understand it.
"It's just sneaking up to touch the girl's butt and running away while her boyfriend doesn't react."
"Uh... such a vivid metaphor is really rare."
"Well, this sentence was passed down from the special battalion in the Fourth Military Region in the past. Because of its image, everyone remembered it." Magnolia lowered her head and said, "The characteristics of mecha are in these places, and it is born a kind of If an assault-type terrorist fighting machine is used for defense, it is a huge waste, it is better to pile up dozens of heavy armored vehicles."
"The federal army's special mecha battalion has no bad habit of defending." The delicate man then said in a light mocking tone: "In this universe, only the empire will design a special mecha defense formation, because Those are royal mechas, to ensure the safety of those noble princesses and princes..."
Xu Le shrugged. Apart from seeing the Empire's diplomats on TV and those prisoners who wept bitterly and vowed not to stand against the Empire, he really didn't have any intuitive understanding of that distant hostile country. With the few words that Magnolia said, such an extremely embarrassing picture appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help laughing.
Magnolia suddenly stared at his face and said seriously: "Of course, if you can help the Federation make the MX, the maneuverability at four times the power is not as scary as you can imagine intuitively. A mech like this , it can be thrown into the frontal battlefield, even if it is surrounded by a reorganized armored battalion of the empire, there is still the possibility of breaking through."
"MX is a brand new generation of mecha, which requires military pilots to adapt and even develop new tactics to maximize the mobility of MX. It will take a long time, from the successful development of the new mecha to the deployment of new mechas. It will take at least a year and a half to get dressed, plus the military's adaptation process, and then go to the battlefield."
After a moment of silence, Xu Le asked, "Are you ready?"
Magnolia still lowered her head, but her delicate eyes narrowed. From the last trip to Hong Kong, he knew what Xu Le planned to do, but no matter from which angle, he couldn't resist the temptation.
"You will be the first test pilot of the Federation MX mecha." Xu Le looked at him and said, after all, Magnolia had driven a twin-engine mecha and had an innate advantage in this regard, and it was impossible for Xu Le The secret that he can use the simulation system to control the mecha is exposed, so this delicate man in front of him is his best choice.
"I've been making preparations for this." Bai Yulan raised her head and said with a slight smile, "Sometimes I think about it, I should have given 20 million."
It will be a great honor to be the chief test pilot of the new generation of MX mecha, which is why Magnolia said this. However, Xu Le only noticed the smile of the other party, and for the first time found that Secretary Bai can also shine in the sun.
"I have driven a mecha, but I always feel that when you controlled the M37 before, the mecha's movements seemed to have a sense of rhythm."
"I've been driving for a long time, and I'm familiar with it. I keep all the standard actions in my heart. Every mecha will inevitably be imprinted with the pilot's personal movement habits. We generally call this the style of the mecha."
"Li Lunzi... You should know, what style of mecha he drives?" Xu Le asked suddenly with a frown.
Bai Yulan looked at him quietly, and said sternly: "I saw it once in Xilin once a year. It was open and closed, and it was crazy. Probably only the old man, the god of war, could teach such a grandson."
"I know that your individual combat ability is very strong, and you are even strong enough to not be afraid of him, but I warn you, if Madman Li is in the mecha, you'd better stay away, even if you are driving an MX."