Cutting-edge technology: Starting with individual stealth equipment

Chapter 21 Capture the Flag Drill

Wang Chengjun looked at General Li, who nodded.

So Wang Chengjun turned to Lin Chuan and said, "Let's begin."

Lin Chuan nodded, and then led the technical team to explain to the seven soldiers who were wearing combat uniforms how to operate the equipment.

A few minutes later, the technical team retreated to create distance.

Almost simultaneously, the seven soldiers activated their stealth mode, and under the watchful eyes of Wang Chengjun, General Li, and others, a faint blue light emanated from their bodies.

The blue hexagonal grid array spread outwards from his chest, like seven ripples spreading out at the same time.

In less than a second, the mesh light screen swept across his entire body, and then...

The seven people disappeared into the background almost simultaneously.

The room fell silent. The expressions of the several bigwigs present changed, and they were all deeply moved.

"This is terrible..."

One bigwig couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

The seven people remained standing still, but they were no longer visible.

At this moment, General Li said, "Everyone, take two steps forward."

As soon as the words were spoken, the area where the seven people were standing was empty. When they took two steps forward, the surrounding air distorted slightly.

Seven barely perceptible ripples of heat spread through the space, but these ripples quickly disappeared as the seven people stood still again.

Wang Chengjun immediately said, "Scan it with thermal imaging."

The equipment was already prepared, and soon the thermal imaging system scanned the location where the seven people were standing.

On the screen, everything was blue, perfectly matching the ambient temperature, making it impossible to discern any human outlines. This surprised and pleased the assembled leaders, who nodded repeatedly in satisfaction.

"radar."

A small radar device was pushed over, turned on, and began scanning.

On the screen, there were seven faint echoes, about the size of sparrows.

This individual combat system combines optical stealth, infrared stealth, and radar stealth.

"Comrade Lin Chuan, your team has made great contributions to the country. The technology and equipment you developed will give our army an asymmetric advantage over the enemy and may even change the future form of warfare. It can be called a strategic weapon of mass destruction."

General Li looked at Lin Chuan and said this, his expression unchanged, calm and composed, but inwardly he was extremely excited.

The other bigwigs nodded repeatedly, as they were fully aware of the strategic significance of this equipment.

Although it is currently only used at the individual soldier level in the army, this technology system can be improved if the cost is reduced and the production capacity is increased.

Its application scenarios can encompass all major branches of the military, including the navy, army, and air force.

If, in the future, costs can be reduced while energy technology also achieves breakthroughs, it can be fully applied to large-scale equipment. This is why the technology has strategic value.

Lin Chuan replied modestly, "It is our honor to be able to contribute to the country."

General Li nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Let's go, it's getting late, let's go eat first."

He then looked at the seven warriors who had already activated stealth mode and added to Lin Chuan, "Starting tomorrow, these few will be under your training to master the use of this equipment. I'll give you three days. After three days, we'll organize a temporary combat exercise."

Lin Chuan replied, "Understood."

It's actually not difficult at all; it's simple and easy to learn. Anyone who knows how to use a computer can get started quickly.

……

Three days later, at a training ground in a mountainous area.

On the viewing platform, General Li and several other generals were present.

Lin Chuan was also there, with a row of monitoring screens in front of him, displaying real-time footage of the entire exercise area.

The mountains, streams, three lines of defense, and target buildings are all clearly visible.

General Li asked, "How much information does the hypothetical enemy know about the opponent?"

The general from the training department replied, "We only know that a special operations force will infiltrate; we know nothing about its strength, equipment, or tactics."

Upon hearing this, General Li laughed and said, "They're going to suffer a great loss."

Because they were unaware that the opposing side possessed triple stealth capabilities, this information gap meant that conventional countermeasures would inevitably lead to significant losses and a sudden, unexpected attack.

Lin Chuan asked Wang Chengjun beside him, "How many people are on the opposing side?"

Wang Chengjun said, "A full-strength combat company has three lines of defense, each equipped with sentries, patrol teams, infrared cameras, and so on."

After a moment, Wang Chengjun countered, "Comrade Lin Chuan, how long do you think it would take for the seven-man stealth combat team to break through three lines of defense and capture the position?"

Lin Chuan pondered for a moment, then said, "If the other side knows that the opponent has the ability to become invisible, I can't say for sure, but if they don't know this information, I think we can definitely take them down within half an hour."

Upon hearing this, General Li, who was standing nearby, laughed heartily and said, "Comrade Lin Chuan, I am even more confident than you. I believe we can resolve this within twenty minutes."

Just then, the time displayed on the monitor screen was 09:00.

The exercise has officially begun.

The mountains and forests are silent in the scene.

The wind rustled through the treetops, and birds occasionally chirped once or twice.

No one could be seen, but the screen on the viewing platform could display the coordinates of seven stealth combat soldiers in real time.

Because they had locators installed on them, but no one could be seen in the footage.

At the first line of defense, several soldiers crouched behind cover, vigilantly watching the surrounding movements.

Everything appeared normal in the infrared camera footage.

No enemy figures could be seen with the naked eye.

At 09:07, several plumes of smoke suddenly appeared behind the first line of defense.

Those are smoke canisters used in exercises, representing soldiers who have been "killed".

"What's going on?"

"Report: I don't know, I didn't see anything, it just suddenly started smoking."

Some people thought the smoke generators had malfunctioned, but the directing staff immediately informed them that it wasn't a malfunction and that they had been "killed," leaving the other side completely bewildered.

At 09:12, the same thing happened at the second line of defense, with smoke generators starting to smoke one after another.

The soldiers who were "killed" looked around blankly, not knowing where the enemy came from or how they had suddenly disappeared.

About three minutes later, the commander on the other side realized something.

They finally realized, belatedly, that they were facing an invisible enemy, but by then it was too late.

The stealth combat team had already broken through the third line of defense; their target building was an abandoned three-story building.

The guards were a reinforced platoon, equipped with machine guns, rocket launchers, and snipers—they had it all.

In the surveillance footage, the sniper on the rooftop suddenly jerked, smoke billowing from his smoke canister, followed by his second-in-command, then the machine gunner, and finally the patrolling sentry…

Within three minutes, smoke was billowing from everyone on the roof.

At 9:17, the position was captured.

The stealth combat team successfully captured the flag, taking control of the position in just 17 minutes.

As the seven stealth warriors exited stealth mode, the soldiers who were still smoking were stunned by what they saw, their faces filled with disbelief.

Some people rubbed their eyes, initially thinking they were hallucinating.

At this moment, they finally understood how they had died.

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