157: Chapter 157 The exoskeleton armor from the United States has arrived! Wilson: Send it to the US immediately!

"Comrade Zhaozhong, you have worked hard!"

Zhang Zhaozhong saluted: "Everything for China!"

"Comrade Zhaozhong, you are also an old hand in the General Armament Department."

Looking at Zhang Zhaozhong, Lin Mo said with a smile.

"You went to the Southern Military Region in 2009, so it hasn't even been four years since you left."

"A few days to get familiar with things should be enough, right?"

Zhang Zhaozhong immediately replied: "Leader, it is completely enough!"

Lin Mo nodded and continued: "In the coming period, the renewal of China's weapons and equipment will be very rapid."

"The tasks of the General Armament Department will also be unprecedentedly heavy, so you need to be mentally prepared in advance."

Zhang Zhaozhong patted his chest.

"Leader, rest assured!"

"Under the guidance of Chief of General Staff Li Jingwu, I will sort out the work of the General Armament Department as soon as possible and will not let you down!"

Lin Mo nodded.

Not long ago, Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng had been promoted to assist the Great Leader due to his years of guarding the national tactical command platform and his repeated meritorious services.

As a result, the position of Chief of General Staff of the Dragon Army became vacant.

Lin Mo actually had the right to propose a candidate for the new Chief of General Staff.

However, he had just become the Chief Designer of China Military Industry and was not very familiar with all aspects of the China Supreme Military Region.

After some thought, he handed this power to several Chief Ministers to decide.

After comprehensive consideration:

"General Li Jingwu has high political literacy, a rich work history, and sufficient command experience."

"He has served as a special forces company commander, colonel staff officer of the Eastern Military Region, deputy chief of staff, chief of staff, deputy chief and chief of the General Armament Department of the China Supreme Military Region, and other positions."

"He has a strong ability to deal with complex situations and command operations."

"Especially in the last two years, since General Li Jingwu became the Chief of the General Armament Department, he has promoted the innovation and replacement of Dragon Army weapons and equipment, and his achievements are very outstanding!"

"As the Director of the Strategic Intimidation Bureau of China, he has also made indelible contributions to safeguarding China's dignity and protecting national security!"

"Therefore, we propose to promote General Li Jingwu to the new Chief of General Staff of the Dragon Army!"

Everyone nodded, expressing their strong approval.

"Modern warfare is about economy and industry."

"It is about weapons and equipment, and it is about combined operations!"

"In terms of understanding the various weapons and equipment of the Dragon Army, no one can surpass General Li Jingwu."

"Among all the officers and soldiers of the army, there is indeed no one more suitable than him."

In everyone's hearts, there were two other important advantages of General Li Jingwu that were not explicitly stated.

First, he is young!

Compared to the average age of 62 for the Chiefs of the three armed services, General Li Jingwu, at only 51, could already be considered in the prime of his life.

Second, connections!

To put it bluntly, it was his relationship with Lin Mo.

As the greatest talent scout who chose and supported Lin Mo, all the achievements Lin Mo created for China had to include his credit!

The candidate was initially decided, and after meeting and research, General Li Jingwu officially became the Chief of General Staff of the Dragon Army, with a one-year probation period.

After General Li Jingwu took office, the positions of Chief of the General Armament Department and Director of the Strategic Intimidation Bureau also became vacant.

For these positions, General Li Jingwu recommended several candidates to Lin Mo.

Looking at "Zhang Zhaozhong" at the top of the recommendation list, Lin Mo laughed directly.

The Strategic Deception Bureau was closed, and the Bureau Chief turned around to become the Director of the Strategic Intimidation Bureau. It sounded quite interesting, didn't it?

Upholding the attitude of being responsible for China and the Dragon Army, Lin Mo did not have the idea of designating Zhang Zhaozhong, but instead checked everyone's resumes one by one.

After heavy screening, he found that Zhang Zhaozhong was indeed the only candidate, with impeccable abilities and resume in all aspects.

He simply stopped hesitating and made the decision to promote him directly.

...

At the construction site, the temporary project headquarters.

Zhang Zhaozhong reported to Lin Mo.

"Leader, according to your instructions,"

"500 sets of Engineering Armor are in place!"

"Three ace companies of the Dragon Army Infrastructure Engineering Corps (fictional setting) are also on standby outside the construction site!"

"Please give your instructions!"

Lin Mo nodded.

During the Nantianmen Project, he had taken time to provide several plans for the civilian modification of the first-generation armor.

The Engineering Armor deployed here was one of them.

This simplified version of the armor, apart from retaining the most basic armor performance, did not carry any supporting subsystems.

Calculated, it was even worse than the one he displayed at his graduation project defense.

However, the advantage of this simplified version of the armor was that it was of good quality and low price, with an extremely high cost-performance ratio.

The production cost of one set of Engineering Armor was less than 2 million Chinese Yuan.

With the support of the standardized mass production assembly line of the China Ordnance Equipment Group, 500 sets could be built in a month.

"Chief Designer Bai, these three Dragon Army engineering companies are handed over to you to arrange."

Lin Mo turned his head and said to Chief Designer Bai Yannian with a smile.

"That would be the best!"

A look of excitement appeared on Chief Designer Bai Yannian's face.

"With the addition of these fresh armored forces, the project construction can be accelerated by at least 50%!"

Chief Designer Bai Yannian himself knew that he was being very conservative.

Once the construction team and the engineering companies successfully integrated, the project acceleration would definitely be more than 50%.

You must know that although these Engineering Armors were the "beggar" version, their auxiliary capabilities were not bad at all!

Load-bearing capacity of 3-4 tons, maximum jumping height of 4-5 meters, and running speed comparable to a car.

With 500 such flexible armored engineers joining the project construction, it was unimaginable how terrifying the project construction speed would be!

Soon, under the arrangement of Long Jianjun, Chief of the Army, three armored engineering companies quickly joined the construction.

500 armored engineers officially appeared on the scene, causing a burst of exclamations from the project construction team, and... a burst of chaos.

"Holy crap! Holy crap!! Who are these people??"

"Look at that flag!"

"Chinese Dragon Army Infrastructure Engineering Corps... 961 Engineering Company?"

"Oh—! So they are all Dragon Army soldiers!"

"Wait a minute!"

"Holy crap! Where is he taking my excavator?!"

"Look at that armored soldier!"

"My goodness, what am I seeing? One person carrying 50 bags of cement?!"

"Am I dreaming??"

"Look up, look at the sky over there!"

"Damn it, can these armored soldiers fly too?!"

"I can't take it, my heart can't handle this!"

"Damn!"

"They dispatched a squad and carried away my sixty-plus tons of rebar!"

"What are we supposed to do then?"

"..."

In less than a few hours, the construction team and the engineering companies quickly completed the integration.

Construction efficiency increased significantly, and the project construction progress moved forward at a terrifying speed!

In just 2 days, all the foundations were laid.

According to the latest estimates, in at most 20 days, the Genetic Engineering Research Sub-center and its subordinate research bases would rise from the ground!

...

Europe, United Kingdom, Prime Minister's Office.

"Sir, good news!"

"The 10 sets of Exoskeleton Armor from China have arrived and are currently on a cargo ship at the naval port!"

Hearing this, Wilson looked happy.

"Good!"

"Contact the US Black Palace and the Pentagon immediately, and air-freight 2 sets to the US by military aircraft!"

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