Chapter 512 Military Exoskeleton Project

"Please, Chief!"

After some greetings, Gu Chengyuan, led by Academician Li, came to the lobby of the School of Mechanical Engineering and entered an ordinary elevator.

Dean Li pressed all the floor buttons in order to select the floor, and then the elevator began to slowly descend.

However, after the elevator descended to the lowest parking lot on the -1 floor of the former School of Mechanical Engineering, it did not stop, but continued to descend and sink into the ground.

thump~

The elevator paused slightly, and then the two silver-white elevator doors slid open to both sides at the same time, revealing the scene of the second underground floor!

The main color of the entire underground second floor is a silver-white color with a strong sense of technology. It is simple and elegant, and looks spacious and bright.

The commander of the infantry company in charge of the institute's security came over immediately.

"Hello, Chief!"

As soon as the words fell, all the armed soldiers on the second underground floor stood still, saluted with their guns, and shouted loudly:

"Hello, Chief!"

These soldiers were all very excited. Given Gu Chengyuan's current status, it was difficult for ordinary grassroots soldiers to see him.

"Well, comrades, thank you for your hard work!"

Gu Chengyuan looked around the interior curiously and waved hello.

At this time, Academician Li Tianlin stepped forward to explain:

"Commander, you are now at the basement level of our Light Weapons Research Institute!"

"Our entire Light Weapons Research Institute has a total of 12 floors and is 62 meters deep. Each floor has an area of ​​1000 square meters, and the total building area is 12000 square meters."

So big?

Gu Chengyuan looked at the wide open space in front of him and couldn't help but be amazed.

I just chose to place it, but the system didn’t tell me how big it was in advance!

In Gu Chengyuan's understanding, the Light Weapons Research Institute didn't sound that big, with two or three floors at most. But now he was told that it had 12 floors? ?

But when I think about it carefully, it suddenly dawned on me that Brother Tongzi had just been stingy, but he had never been stingy!

With current construction capabilities, it is highly unlikely that such a large underground building can be built, not to mention the supporting internal air circulation system and control system.

In this regard, Gu Chengyuan had nothing to say and could only shout in his heart, "Brother Tongzi is so generous!"

Just as Gu Chengyuan was sighing, Academician Li Tianlin continued his introduction:

"Commander, each of these 12 floors has different functions. First of all, the underground floor where we are now is the reception and security floor, which is mainly divided into three functional areas!"

"The entrance hall functional area is equipped with security inspection equipment, visitor registration, elevators to the upper and lower floors, and emergency evacuation stairs; the security monitoring room functional area is equipped with a multi-screen monitoring system to monitor all areas of the 12 floors of the institute. The guard room living area is for security personnel to rest, standby, and store security equipment."

While Li Tianlin was introducing the place, Gu Chengyuan also took a tour of the entire -1 floor, visited the security personnel's dormitories, kitchen, and weapons room, and entered his iris and fingerprint identity information in the monitoring room. With Li Tianlin's operation, he obtained the highest authority in the entire institute.

After visiting the underground floor, Gu Chengyuan and his party continued to take the elevator down, and Li Tianlin continued to introduce

"Commander, the second and third underground floors are the power energy floor and the material storage floor respectively. Your time is precious, so I won't take you to visit these unimportant things. I'll give you a verbal introduction."

"The power energy layer on the second negative floor has a large generator room that provides stable electricity and is equipped with a backup power system, a battery storage room that stores emergency power, and an energy management center that monitors and regulates energy distribution throughout the institute."

"The third floor below ground is where various conventional and special weapons and ammunition are stored in a classified manner, with strict security and fire and explosion prevention measures, a military supplies warehouse that stores various types of food, medicine, bedding and other military supplies, and a material warehouse that stores various types of raw materials for military equipment."

"But these are not the focus of our institute. The focus is the negative fourth floor we have arrived at now: the military technology research and development laboratory floor!"

As soon as Academician Li Tianlin finished speaking, the elevator door opened!

"Please come in, Chief!"

Li Tianlin made an inviting gesture, and then Gu Chengyuan raised his leg and stepped into the negative 4th floor which exuded a faint smell of gun oil.

"Here we have a materials research laboratory for developing new weapon and equipment materials, a soldier equipment research room for conducting research on electronic warfare equipment and communication technology, and a weapons prototype development laboratory responsible for designing and trial-producing new weapons!"

Academician Gu Chengyuan and Li Tianlin walked in a bright corridor, which was different from the simple decoration of the underground floor.

The corridor is hung with various long and short pistols, submachine guns, sniper rifles, assault rifles, grenade launchers, grenades and other throwing weapons, which are exhibited as scientific research results.

If you go deeper, you can even see individual computers, tactical helmets, night vision goggles, bulletproof vests, even training uniforms and military boots hanging there. It is really diverse.

"Academician Li, isn't this the Light Weapons Research Institute? Why do you have these equipment?" Gu Chengyuan asked with some confusion, pointing at a single-soldier exoskeleton hanging on the wall.

"Haha, Chief, isn't this for all-round development? In this era, specializing in one thing will make you less able to resist risks."

"What's the saying? When traveling in the world, it's better to have many skills!"

"We in the research institute are the same. Even if we didn't win the bid for this project, we still have other projects. All in all, our ability to resist risks will be greatly improved!"

"And like light weapons, these are also individual equipment. Researching them together can also verify each other, making them more systematic and more adaptable!"

While listening to Academician Li Tianlin's explanation, Gu Chengyuan's eyes were not idle. He kept looking through the translucent windows to check the situation in each laboratory.

These laboratories are filled with various advanced scientific research equipment. Researchers wearing white protective suits and devices similar to welding masks are conducting experiments with great concentration.

Some are flashing with a faint blue light, researchers are conducting compression tests on high-strength materials, some are making a slight buzzing sound, simulating extreme environments to analyze weapon performance, and some are sitting in front of computers, waiting for the computer to run out experimental data...

Busy, professional, well-organized..

This was the first impression that Gu Chengyuan, an outsider, had of this place.

"I think your idea is right, Academician Li. It is indeed too narrow to only develop light weapons. Although the combat effectiveness of soldiers is mainly light weapons, they also cannot do without the support of other equipment, such as this individual exoskeleton!"

After saying this, Gu Chengyuan looked at Academician Li Tianlin with sharp eyes.

Upon hearing this, Academician Li Tianlin also showed excitement. As for why he was excited?

What has enabled the institute to grow and develop?

Those must be some heavyweight scientific research projects and the resources invested behind them!

It's clear that this exoskeleton is going to be a big project!

In this regard, Li Tianlin is also ambitious. His goal is to take advantage of the first-mover advantage and get as many projects as possible before other research institutes come out, and to stake out territory!

This is why he and his entire research institute are very eager for Gu Chengyuan to come and inspect!

Leader? Leaders don’t know shit about technology!

What they want are the resources in the hands of the leaders!

Maybe with the help of the individual exoskeleton project, the entire institute can be developed into a large-scale comprehensive institute such as the individual equipment institute, rather than the current single small institute.

"Don't worry, we also have strong technical reserves in the field of individual exoskeletons. In other words, we have a deep understanding of the category of individual equipment!"

"They are not used normally because we don't have enough resources, so they are all locked in the confidential archive room on the 12th floor underground!"

"In addition to our equipment R&D capabilities, we also have a very complete equipment testing site. The role of the equipment testing site is the same as that of a wind tunnel for an aircraft. After all, no matter how good the design is, it must stand up to the test of actual combat!"

"Whether the equipment is good or not, we in the lab don't have the final say. The soldiers have to experience it for themselves!"

Speaking of this, Li Tianlin immediately started promoting his own equipment testing field.

"Commander, our equipment test site is located on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th underground floors, a total of four floors, covering an area of ​​4 square meters!"

"There are virtual reality training rooms that use VR technology for military tactical simulation training, live-fire shooting training areas with shooting targets at different distances and scenes, and special operations simulation sites that have been built at great expense and can simulate different environments such as urban street fighting and mountain warfare for training!"

Speaking of this, even the mature and steady Li Tianlin couldn't help but look proud. After all, his own research institute has really combined weapons research and development and actual combat to the extreme!

Upon hearing this, Gu Chengyuan was also very satisfied, and immediately decided to let Li Tianlin be responsible for the research and development of military exoskeletons at the same time!

There is no need to explain the significance of military exoskeletons. If they can be equipped, soldiers will not only have more ammunition capacity, but can also add thicker protective armor!

The improvement in individual soldier's combat capability is definitely a leap forward!

The future battle to recapture Yucheng will most likely be carried out through the use of ground troops and street fighting, so if the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers can be improved, it will be of great significance!