Chapter 127: Infrared Camouflage Fabric R&d And Testing!!
At this critical moment of technological innovation, Political Instructor Hong Xingguo also arrived at the test site.
Seeing the camouflage cloth that the warriors were using on site, which was much thinner than he had imagined, he couldn’t help but doubt: “Platoon Leader Chen, can such a thin piece of plastic cloth really achieve the effect you mentioned?”
“Whether it works or not, just try it and we’ll know. Company Commander, at the operation site, no matter which position, scan or image it casually, absolutely no problem will arise.” Chen Jun was full of confidence.
Even standing close by, you could still tell where the people and vehicles covered by the camouflage cloth were.
But Chen Jun’s confidence came from aerial reconnaissance; when the distance was pulled back to thirty meters away, no matter how he looked, it was absolutely impossible to spot any clues,
even with high-power infrared thermal imaging fixed above and locked for scanning, it wouldn’t work.
Thermal imaging’s see-through eye could only be blind here.
“Haha, good, I like your confidence.”
Gao Cheng was amused to laughter by Chen Jun’s confidence and waved toward the back: “Communicator, turn on the machine and check it thoroughly up there for me.”
The communicator received the order and came forward, opening the deep green box he had brought with him.
He took out a scanning probe from inside, then opened the folded thermal imaging screen, powered it on, set it to long-wave infrared detection mode, adjusted the color to military white heat, and set the temperature range to 30 to 40 degrees, the human body temperature range.
After completing a series of calibration work, the communicator then held the probe and scanned forward.
The communicator hadn’t known how to use this high technology before; it was only in the past two days since the company commander brought it back that he had worked overtime studying the manual to get a rough idea.
So the calibration process took quite a while, taking three or four minutes of fiddling before starting.
The company commander, who had already impatiently urged twice, immediately stared at the display screen as soon as the image appeared, to see if white human figures would show up.
The political instructor followed closely, also crowding to the screen.
Thermal imaging has many display modes, generally divided into black and white heat and color heat.
Military use is generally black and white heat, which is more precise.
Simply put, whichever display mode is set, objects within the set detection temperature range will be highlighted in that mode.
The communicator calibrated it to 30 to 40 degrees, the temperature of human thermal radiation.
If the camouflage cloth had no effect, the equipment could easily ignore the camouflage cloth, and white human shapes would appear in the set white heat display image.
If the camouflage cloth achieved a blocking effect, then infrared thermal imaging would be unable to “see through.”
There would be no highlighted white human shapes!
Gao Cheng and Hong Xingguo stared at the screen for a long time, the communicator changed the probe position several times, but there was no highlight on the screen.
This meant the camouflage cloth worked, isolating the human body’s thermal radiation so it didn’t leak out, and infrared thermal imaging’s see-through ability relies on capturing thermal radiation; without thermal radiation, it’s blind.
“I’ll give it a try.”
Such a piece of plastic cloth actually worked so well; Gao Cheng was happy but also a bit unconvinced, personally taking the probe to scan.
He ran all over the entire camouflage operation site, not sparing any corner.
In the end, after messing around front, back, left, and right for several minutes, it was just like scanning an ordinary weed pile; the thermal imaging equipment showed no reaction at all.
“How about it, Company Commander, convinced now?”
Chen Jun saw the company commander sweating from running, wiping sweat as he walked back, and couldn’t help asking with a bit of pride.
“Good stuff, this camouflage cloth really works. I ran several laps and truly couldn’t detect a thing. I never expected it, really never expected it—my little Steel Seventh Company actually produced a military engineering genius, letting me, Gao Cheng, pick up such a bargain. Even a casual design is this impressive, haha.”
Gao Cheng was now thoroughly convinced, confirming that the major problem of anti-infrared operations had been solved. At this moment, he was indescribably happy inside.
“Anti-infrared operations assessment is one of the regiment’s annual hard indicators, and there are more than two months left. In previous years, we’d have to start busying ourselves by now. Now with the camouflage cloth, we’ve saved a big trouble this year.” Hong Xingguo said with a smile.
“Yeah, our Steel Seventh Company is now at the key moment of transformation. We don’t lack anything except time. The preparation time saved from anti-infrared can help a lot.”
Gao Cheng was in a great mood and waved his hand to order: “The camouflage cloth effect is very good; we can definitely pass the assessment easily this year.
It’s just that the deployment process isn’t very proficient yet. Platoon Leader Chen, can you achieve the three minutes you mentioned at the start? The rest is all up to you.”
“Guarantee mission completion!”
Chen Jun stood at attention and saluted, his voice resounding powerfully.
“Good, I trust you the most.”
Gao Cheng happily patted Chen Jun’s arm, then walked off chatting with the political instructor.
The topics they chatted about were none other than—
Chen Jun and the camouflage cloth designed by Chen Jun!
Chen Jun’s soldier-leading ability was so excellent, and his personal ability stood out across the entire army. Unexpectedly, he was also maxed out in creation and invention.
Such a talent excelling in virtue, intelligence, and physical fitness all around truly made Gao Cheng treasure him more and more.
In order to let Chen Jun fully exert himself, and more importantly, to keep this treasure Chen Jun from being poached by certain interested parties.
Gao Cheng needed to plan ahead with Hong Xingguo, doing everything possible to prevent such a situation.
Don’t think that Gao Cheng, being a group army level second generation, had no one who could poach from him; in reality, it wasn’t as simple as imagined.
For example, on a certain day two years later, the inevitable poacher “old A” would come.
Its background was the ceiling-level General Staff Headquarters.
And a warrior like Chen Jun, an all-around octagon, once exposed, would definitely attract Tie Lu and Yuan Lang, drawing out both of their salivating interests.
If they really went all out to recruitment.
Not to mention Gao Cheng trying to stop it—even if Gao Cheng’s father personally intervened, it would be useless.
Being able to start laying out more than a year in advance, finding ways to keep this great god Chen Jun, showed that Gao Cheng’s crisis sense was still very strong.
Actually, Chen Jun himself was well aware that the old A selection would be the first major hurdle of his life.
A soldier is like a brick, moved where needed.
The camp is iron-clad, but soldiers flow like water.
These sayings all revealed one piece of information: soldiers in the army are mobile, especially officers who can’t stay in one unit forever.
If superiors really issued the order, soldiers could only obey.
There was no second path.
How to avoid being forcibly conscripted by old A, having to leave Steel Seventh Company to become a special forces soldier—Chen Jun also needed to prepare in advance.
Everyone wanted to become old A’s soldier king, but Chen Jun was the only one who didn’t want to at all.
He only wanted to stay in Steel Seventh Company, exerting all his abilities, all his talents, all his strength, to take Steel Seventh Company as high as possible.
This was his lifelong pursuit and dream, and he would devote his life to it.
Nothing could shake him!
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