When Ma Guoliang heard this, he immediately looked at Dong Jixiang and had a premonition that this kid might have come up with something extraordinary this time.
Back at the office, Tai Wei and Guo Bin were still standing outside like gate gods. Ma Guoliang offered them cigarettes and asked, "Tell me, what do you want from us?"
"The new R&D project is complete. I want to test it and show you the results first!"
"Good boy, tell me quickly, what did you come up with this time? Why are you so mysterious?" Ma Guoliang became interested as soon as he heard it, and asked anxiously.
"I won't tell you what it is for now, but I can guarantee that as long as we have this thing, our troops' casualty rate and casualty ratio will be greatly improved in future battles, whether it's an encounter or an offensive and defensive battle."
"Is this true? This is no joke, don't brag!" Dong Jixiang lost his composure when he heard it and spoke quickly.
"Of course it's true. And let me tell you this, in my opinion, the confidentiality level of this thing is higher than anything I've designed before. So, Commander, I think it would be best if you give the higher-ups a call and let them know!"
When Ma Guoliang and Dong Jixiang heard this, they couldn't help but gasp, wondering what on earth this kid had come up with.
After the two exchanged glances, Ma Guoliang said, "Jianguo, I can't make this call right now because the deputy commander and I haven't met yet, and I don't know what the results will be. If the higher-ups really ask me, I can't tell you!"
Xu Jianguo thought about it and found that it was indeed the case. After a moment's silence, he said, "How about this? Let's do a test tonight. Then you will know what I am researching."
"That's fine. Tell me how you want to test it, and I'll arrange it!"
"After it's completely dark, arrange for your men to infiltrate the mountain behind the institute. The depth should not exceed five kilometers. It's best to disperse and hide."
"And then? What are you going to do in hiding?"
"You don't need to do anything. Just disguise yourself and try not to be discovered. Just treat it as a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines."
The two old men didn't understand why Xu Jianguo made such an arrangement, but they didn't say much. After all, the answer would be revealed in the evening.
Nodding, Ma Guoliang picked up the phone on the table and called a regiment headquarters below. He then mobilized a reconnaissance company, saying it was a temporary exercise.
Then he called the guard battalion commander Chi Changlong and asked him to arrange a guard company to cooperate with the drill in the evening.
When the regiment commander and the guard battalion commander on the other end of the phone heard this, they agreed without any hesitation.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Jianguo made an appointment with the two old men in the evening and then left the headquarters.
Instead of going back to the 523 Institute directly, Xu Jianguo first drove back home and told Wen Sitian that he would be testing new equipment in the evening and didn't have to wait for him for dinner. Then he drove to the homes of Su Dingshan and Wu Tianlong, wanting to invite the two old men to watch a show in the evening.
"What have you been busy with lately, you little brat?" Su Dingshan asked.
"Hey, what can I do? Research new equipment!"
"Did you get the TV?"
"Yeah, I got it."
"What do you need that for? We can't get a signal here."
"I can't live without a TV. My new equipment depends on it."
"Then why are you coming here instead of going back to study?"
"Isn't the TV already here? I'm going to test it tonight. I figured you two are home and have nothing to do, so why not go over and take a look?"
When Su Dingshan and Wu Tianlong heard this, they immediately became excited and nodded in agreement.
After the three of them agreed on a time and Xu Jianguo agreed to pick them up in the evening, he drove back to the 523 Institute.
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In the blink of an eye, it was seven o'clock in the evening.
Because it was summer, the Dawali base had not yet completely fallen into darkness, but outside the 523rd Institute, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company and the guard company were already in place.
In addition to them, Su Dingshan, Wu Tianlong, Ma Guoliang and Dong Jixiang had also arrived early. They had dinner in the institute's cafeteria today.
In addition to these people, there was also a military truck parked in the open space at the foot of the institute.
This was arranged in advance by Xu Jianguo and Pei Zhiwei, and he himself was now in the back of a military truck.
The back of the truck was completely covered with canvas. People standing outside couldn't see what was inside at all. They could only see a long wire running from the research institute halfway up the mountain to the inside of the truck.
After a while, Xu Jianguo lifted a corner of the canvas, jumped off the truck, ran to Ma Guoliang, and said to him: "Commander, we can start now. Let the soldiers of the reconnaissance company go into the mountains and hide!"
"Okay!" Ma Guoliang agreed and called the company commander of the reconnaissance company and gave him orders.
Following the order from the company commander, the soldiers of the entire reconnaissance company immediately dispersed into squads and ran towards the mountains and forests while it was still dark.
Before setting off, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company already knew their mission for tonight, which was to hide themselves as much as possible and avoid being hunted by the soldiers of the guard company. Simply put, it was a cat-and-mouse game.
The purpose of Xu Jianguo's arrangement is to test the night vision and infrared thermal imaging functions of the reconnaissance drone. Moreover, the silence in the mountains and forests at night can also be used to test the silent performance of the drone during flight, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
After the reconnaissance company left, Xu Jianguo went to the car and got two walkie-talkies, gave one to the guard company commander, and told him that he would synchronize the approximate location of the reconnaissance company soldiers to him through the walkie-talkie to facilitate his arrest, and then turned and left in his surprised and doubtful eyes.
As the agreed time approached, under Ma Guoliang's order, the area at the foot of the mountain of the 523 Institute was instantly cleared, and soldiers from the guard battalion patrolled all around, and no one was allowed to approach the military trucks in the center of the site.
"Old man, Commander, get in the car, I'll show you something amazing!"
"Okay, I want to see what fun stuff you come up with!" Su Dingshan was in high spirits. He took the lead and stepped on the ammunition box prepared in advance to climb onto the back of the truck. The others followed closely behind.
Then, the four of them saw a TV hidden behind a canvas, placed on a wooden box and connected to a power source, as well as two strangely shaped unknown objects, one large and one small, all black, next to the TV.
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