The capture of a precious live specin undoubtedly injected new vitality into the research on alien creatures, allowing significant progress to be made swiftly.
Although the weaknesses of the alien creatures have not yet been deciphered, a certain understanding of their habits has been gained.
This holds considerable significance for how humanity should respond to the alien creatures' invasion next, and even for strategic counterattacks later.
However, while biologists were carefully studying these precious live specins, the military sought out Chen Xin to inquire about the incident when he was piloting the White Dragon and suddenly exhibited powerful combat capabilities.
"Are you talking about that? That's the overload mode of the White Dragon, considered a secret weapon I added for it. It increases the output of the machine to 300% through overload, greatly enhancing combat power in a short period." Chen Xin did not hide the matter about the overload mode and spoke openly about it.
In fact, he had anticipated the military's attention to this matter. After all, the combat power displayed by the White Dragon before was truly astonishing—allowing all Titans to possess such combat power would enable the comncent of humanity's counterattack against the alien creatures.
Thus, the military reasonably proposed such an idea and suggestion to Chen Xin, hoping he could equip the currently deployed Universal Titans with the sa overload system.
However, in response to the military's demand, Chen Mo shook his head and said, "The White Dragon can use the overload mode because it's a specially designed machine. Its performance was initially reserved, considering the burden on the pilot. Therefore, in overload mode, it can triple its combat strength.
However, for the Universal Titan, its performance is inherently weaker than the White Dragon. Although there is so potential to tap into, installing an overload mode could only boost the machine's performance to about 150% to 170%, without a significant enhancent."
Upon hearing this, the military personnel were not overly disappointed. They understood the performance difference between specialized machines and mass-produced models. It was expected that the Universal Titans wouldn't reach the astonishing combat power of the White Dragon. Any practical combat power enhancent, however slight, was still welco.
Thus, the military personnel still held hopes and asked Chen Xin, "Even 150% is beneficial! So, Professor Chen, can this batch of Titans currently equipped by the troops be fitted with this overload mode?
You have also been on the battlefield and surely understand that in warfare, every extra bit of combat power increases the soldiers' survival chances. Although the Universal Titans aren't as impressive as your White Dragon, overloading at critical monts can still be very effective."
If the Universal Titans were equipped with the overload mode, they could indeed play a role in turning the tide of battle or saving soldiers' lives in critical monts.
"It can be installed, but I must remind you that even for the White Dragon, considering the endurance of both the machine and the pilot, it can only run for a maximum of five minutes after the overload mode is activated. Furthermore, it must undergo significant repairs and parts replacents before using the overload mode again," Chen Xin explained to the military personnel. Although he saw no issue with equipping ordinary Titans with the overload mode, he still had to clarify the drawbacks: "If it's the Universal Titans, due to the machine's own performance limitations and material issues, they can use the overload mode but would basically be rendered useless after one use. While it could be a trump card to turn the tide in dire monts, hoping to make it a routine tactic might require reconsidering."
The overload can provide a powerful burst, but the machine would be effectively scrapped after use, which clearly doesn't align with the military's strategy and requirents.
Even though it's not impossible, Titans aren't cheap mass-produced goods—a single Titan costs nearly as much as three main battle tanks. Disposing of them after a single use would be too wasteful, which doesn't align with the military's long-standing frugal tradition.
Therefore, after slight hesitation, the military personnel asked Chen Xin, "Professor Chen, is there any way to make adjustnts? Can we reduce the output increase after overload, extend the overload ti, or lessen the wear on the machine?"
It's a straightforward approach: if overload damages the machine greatly, could reducing the overload minimize this damage? Or could the overload ti be extended?
In response to this problem, Chen Xin pondered for a mont and nodded, saying, "It's possible, but not very significant. Instead of modifying the regular Universal Titans to add an overload mode, turning mass-produced models into consumables, it might be better to concentrate so resources to build an elite squad with specialized machines equipped with the overload mode, maximizing their impact on the battlefield."
Chen Xin's proposal wasn't surprising; it rely offered two different strategies: enhancing the regular forces or forming a special forces unit.
The military, of course, desired both options. Although the nation's overall resources aren't as ample as before the disaster, the reconstruction work over the past two years has been going well, and production of various materials can still et demands.
Previously, considering the current environnt wasn't likely to lead to war, most resources were allocated to production and reconstruction, focusing on livelihood developnt.
Now that war has broken out, the nation shifted from economic developnt to war mode, reallocating resources to military production. The military now hopes to acquire Universal Titans with overload modes and elite specialized machines, which remains feasible.
Despite Titans being expensive, the military can afford a hundred or two Universal Titans and around twenty specialized machines.
Thus, naturally, they presented Chen Xin with the desire for both options.
Chen Xin didn't voice any objections. After so thought, he responded, "I'm currently prototyping a new model of Universal Titan. Given your request, I can attempt to upgrade and improve this new model. The combat power improvent under overload mode won't be significant, but it won't beco scrap after a single use, either.
As for the specialized machines, every pilot has different usage habits and requirents for the machine, so I would need the pilots to coordinate with directly."
"Then we'll go back and select pilots!" The military felt sowhat excited upon receiving Chen Xin's promise.
The achievents Chen Xin previously accomplished with the White Dragon, Zhu Luan, and Lu Shu were truly impressive. The thought of forming a similarly formidable Titan team bolstered the military's confidence in winning the war.
After all, though victory can be won through bloodshed and sacrifice, achieving it using equipnt rather than human lives is preferable—who wouldn't want that?
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