In this way, Lin Hai used a lot of garbage talk to squeeze in some information to consume the computing power of LKN93. Although he didn't know whether this would make the AI and humans feel tired at first glance, it was good to occupy more of his computing power. Otherwise, the feeling of being calculated all the time made Lin Hai feel insecure.
Under such circumstances, Lin Hai finally reached the innermost position of the defense line - a howitzer position.
Lin Hai had noticed this position when he came by car. If an attack was launched from the direction of Dawn City, this position would be on the only way to the tower - in simple terms, this was the most insurmountable obstacle.
Now Lin Hai has the opportunity to see this place up close.
The artillerymen on the side have completed their assembly. There are 36 artillerymen standing in three rows. Lin Hai took a closer look and found that this should be a simplified model of the honor guard. There is no armor and no biological tissue. In simple terms, it is just a layer of skin covering the metal skeleton. The slender metal skeleton cannot support the artificial skin at all, resulting in the artificial skin of all the soldiers just hanging on the skin. When the breeze blows, the skin flutters and makes crackling sounds.
Fortunately, they didn't plan to attack the Abyss in the middle of the night, otherwise the soldiers would be scared to death when they saw such a scene...
"Well, LKN93, if I counted correctly, there are thirty-six howitzers and thirty-six artillerymen here? Could you introduce them?"
Lin Hai intuitively felt that under no circumstances could thirty-six cannons be operated by thirty-six soldiers, so there must be something fishy going on.
But looking at the technological level of the sector management center, it was at least much higher than that of the Earth in his previous life. Therefore, generally speaking, an artillery squad (a gun) on Earth requires 10-12 people, but it is hard to say whether only one person is needed here.
To conceal his true identity and appear more professional, he used a method he learned from his boss: "I'll point out a little information and then ask you to continue. You won't know if I'm professional, so to be safe, you'll tell a lot of the truth..."
Sure enough, what I learned in the workplace is useful everywhere, whether I'm an emperor in the cold weapon era or an inspector in a science fiction empire...
I suggest everyone to work hard and study diligently. Although what you learn now may be useless, who knows, you may travel through time one day.
"Inspector, this is howitzer position A5-12. Manning this position is the Sixth Guards Artillery Regiment, one of the six artillery regiments. This position is equipped with 36 GHN 155mm towed howitzers and employs 500 personnel, including officers, artillerymen, and infantrymen."
"Oh, so the staffing is 500 people?"
Lin Hai asked casually, "Are the remaining 464 people out on official business?"
"Inspector, please understand that they are merely semi-intelligent robots designed solely to wield these primitive gunpowder weapons. They are incapable of 'going out for business.'"
"Where's that person?"
"As I said earlier, due to limited resources, we can't continue to produce and maintain the artillery semi-intelligent robots, so we can only dismantle some for spare parts. The 36 people you see now are the minimum number of people we need to keep the artillery regiment running without biomass supply. The parts dismantled by the other 12 are in the warehouse, and the others have completed their service."
"One person, one gun, will it be impossible to operate it?"
"After calculations, we've discovered that since artillery semi-intelligent robots can receive various commands directly through antennas, and as long as their energy supply is stable, they have no physical limitations, so a single person can operate the cannon. Of course, the efficiency will be lower."
"How much lower?"
"After calculations, we found that the current cannon firing efficiency is one round every two minutes."
"This efficiency is even lower than the firing efficiency of towed howitzers operated by humans in the primitive information age."
Lin Hai sighed. Speaking of which, before he traveled through time, the world's second-largest country had just launched a special military operation. For a while, NATO supporters online had been talking about a towed, ultra-light 155mm howitzer called the M777. Lin Hai remembered that this cannon, already quite unadvanced at the time, could fire a round every forty seconds or so.
"Yes, Inspector, you have discovered this problem in our work, but please forgive me for being frank. We have no way of providing more soldiers for the artillery positions, and one round every two minutes is more than enough. Our only threat is the natives outside. They have never even seen a cannon, and it is very likely that the loud noise from the cannon will make them collapse and retreat.
Haha, they have never seen a towed howitzer, but they already know what a cannon is, and they can also make a loud noise, oh no, it's a fart noise with mosaics, and it would be best if they could scare you to death.
Lin Hai thought so in his heart, but the words on his lips turned into: "Calculations can't explain everything. I think we still need to test it. Only by reproducing the calculated data through experiments can we prove that the calculations are correct."
Lin Hai turned and stared at LKN93. "How about this? Let them fire. Let us see a few shots so we can verify our calculations."
"You are the inspector. You have the right to conduct random inspections, but please ask them to prepare first."
"Prepare?"
"Yes, there are no artillery shells stored on the position. This is because these old-fashioned shells are at risk of expiration. Of course, in fact, they are all expired, but we have been diligently maintaining them, so they should still be usable."
Hmm, a cannonball that's been stored for over 10,000 years? Could it possibly have become a fossil?
Lin Hai wondered if he might be in trouble. If a large number of shells exploded, he wouldn't know where to hide safely. Perhaps hiding behind LKN93 would be an option, as he looked relatively strong.
"By the way, why are there only old-fashioned gunpowder weapons on the battlefield? I see the machine gun position ahead also seems to be using gunpowder-powered machine guns. Where are the weapons that meet the Empire's technological level?"
When the artillerymen covered in human skin went to move the shells, Lin Hai asked casually.
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