283: Chapter 283 Swarm Tactics

Yan Zhengping's words, on one hand, conveyed that the Huatong Chamber of Commerce, from a technical perspective, could not possibly be a product of the Military Region.

On the other hand, it was a satire, implying that the Security Department's intelligence division was neglecting its duties and even appeared incompetent in its investigation of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce.

He Jinghui understood Yan Zhengping's meaning and was so angry and annoyed that he flushed crimson.

The more he failed to find anything, the more other council members, and even the speaker, would consider him incompetent. The more they ridiculed him, the more hostile he would become towards the Huatong Chamber of Commerce.

Baili Ji glanced at He Jinghui and silently sighed.

He had even assigned the Dark Night Squad to him, yet there had been no results so far. He really didn't know what to say.

Of course, with Shen Wengang as the captain of the Dark Night Squad, it was impossible for He Jinghui to obtain any useful intelligence from them.

Oriental Chen hadn't used this point to scheme against him, and he should have been grateful for that.

In fact, Oriental Chen had no plans to exploit this point, nor would he utilize the infiltrator network in the short term. On the contrary, he would gradually arrange for more infiltrators to go out.

From the current situation, for China to overcome the crisis and move towards victory and peace, a major reshuffle was inevitable. However, at present, the conflicts were still in their infancy and had not yet become prominent, making it far from the time for a major reshuffle.

If the timing is wrong, no matter how heroic you are, you will have no opportunity to display your talents.

There are no heroes of the age, only heroes of the times.

To achieve success, one must accurately grasp the Context of situational development.

Therefore, Shen Wengang, as the head of the Dark Night Squad, was a relatively important piece on the chessboard and should not be moved lightly.

Let He Jinghui stumble around blindly.

"Alright, you two, stop arguing. Councilman Yan, please continue!" Baili Ji interrupted their dispute.

"I believe that the form of warfare is changing, and our combat methods also need to be updated. Traditional human-wave tactics, striking important military targets, and concentrated firepower bombardment, among other combat methods, have now exposed many shortcomings."

"For example, right now, despite possessing various types of weapons and equipment and numerous strike methods, we are helpless when dealing with mutated Antss, mutated cockroaches, mutated bats, and this recent swarm of Rat Rabbits. This problem itself deserves deep thought."

Yan Zhengping paused here, waiting for everyone to digest his words.

His words were objective, practical, well-reasoned, and well-founded, and all the council members had no objections.

"It should not be difficult for everyone to notice that these mutated animals all employ group attack methods. Individually, their abilities are actually very limited, and their attack methods are very simple. But when combined, they form an irresistible force. I call this combat method 'swarm tactics.'"

"I also listed several main characteristics of swarm tactics earlier for your reference:", "First: Enormous numbers. Note that when I say 'enormous numbers' here, I mean a scale of at least tens of thousands. For example, ordinary beehives and Ants nests existing in nature, their individual group sizes are not very large, so they do not exhibit sufficient aggressiveness. These small-scale groups are actually very unstable and easily destroyed. But if the numbers are large enough, the lethality will increase exponentially."

"For example, the frequent locust plagues in history. Wherever locusts passed, crops would be completely eaten. And farmers who wanted to eliminate them often could only burn the fields. Another example is a type of army Ants found in tropical forests; when their individual numbers are large enough, wherever they pass, even elephants will instantly become bones."

"These examples all demonstrate that a large number of simple individuals often produce extremely terrifying destructive power."

"Second: The presence of a central control unit. Beehives have a Bee Queen, and Ants nests have an Ants Queen. They issue simple combat missions outwards. All individuals have clear divisions of labor and strictly follow instructions to complete their work. It's hard to imagine that they can only transmit simple instructions, yet they can achieve highly efficient cooperation. However, this also has a drawback, which is that the role of the central control unit is too important. Once this central control unit is destroyed, the entire group will collapse without being attacked."

"Third: The function of a single individual in the group is limited, its volume is small, and its intelligence is low. This point was actually brought to my attention by a staff member of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce. All along, our method of developing weapons has emphasized the lethality of a single individual, such as tanks, airplanes, and artillery; the larger the caliber, the larger the size, the stronger the destructive power. This is actually where we entered a habitual way of thinking. I asked that staff member, 'Why make the robots so small?' What do you think that staff member's explanation was?"

This staff member was, in fact, Oriental Chen.

Yan Zhengping paused, and without waiting for everyone to answer, he continued:

"He said that the smaller the size, the less material is needed, and the less energy is consumed during operation."

"You see, isn't this the problem we are facing now?"

"Why don't we use airplanes, cannons, and tanks to eliminate those Rat Rabbits? Isn't it because they have poor maneuverability, consume a lot of fuel and ammunition, and are very difficult to achieve precise strikes! And there's the flamethrower I just mentioned. Why did I stop using this weapon later? Ultimately, it's because the cost is high, and it's not easy to achieve results."