Keiko's heart was in a mess right now.
She really didn't expect that the legendary trainer who came from the capital city was actually Major Jeanne Armstrong. Their first meeting the night before made her think that Jeanne came to Ein for a more confidential military mission. Who knew she was actually here in an open and honest manner as the mech trainers?
Keiko's intuition told her she probably wouldn't have a good life during the training camp for the next two months. She couldn't help sighing internally.
After the salute, Captain Amanda asked Jeanne to make a pre-training speech.
On the large curved screen of an unknown size above the podium, an explanation and demonstration made by Jeanne herself appeared immediately.
In Keiko's time, this thing should've been a PowerPoint presentation, but Jeanne's presentation was a smooth 3D animation, which could be paused or played remotely through the bracelet ID. Several officers standing on the podium can also see the picture through the screen in front of the stage.
Jeanne at work was serious and very professional, completely different from the unpredictable Jeanne in private. She quickly finished her opening remarks, and then began to explain the new collaborative operation plan through the animation, and introduced in detail the training plan for the next two months and the goals to be achieved after training.
"My colleagues are also implementing this plan in several other squadrons of the mecha division. When the training is over in mid-to-late October, there will be an internal competition among all the mech divisions to assess the training's result." Jeanne's melodious voice could be heard from the intercom, "Everyone, the results of this training will be directly related to the feasibility of this set of plans, and also related to the combat power and ranking of the third squadron in the mecha division, which is linked to personal meritorious military achievements. I hope everyone can work hard to cooperate with my work and use this set of plans to make it work. That's all from me, and thank you for your attention."
Another round of warm applause emerged from the audience again, and several officers on the stage even gave her a standing ovation.
This was not just a perfunctory gesture but came from the heart. Jeanne's new plan for coordinated operations was really fascinating. Although it hadn't yet been implemented, after listening to the explanation, even people with a little military knowledge felt this plan was an outstanding idea.
Just like what Captain Amanda said before, the ineffectiveness of mecha formation in particular terrain was an issue that persisted for decades and couldn't be effectively solved, costing many innocent soldiers' lives because they couldn't get timely rescue from friendly reinforcement.
It was not that no one had ever tried to propose the solution. In fact, shortly after such a problem appeared, someone put forward the concept of "cooperative operation of scattered multi-type formation."
The simple explanation of this tactic was that there was no need to force the mecha to band together but simply spread them apart at a calculated distance, forming an illusionary hive, so that when they needed to reinforce each other, they wouldn't be impeded by the terrain.
However, this idea had always ended up on the planning board and could not be realized because the hardware couldn't keep up.
With hundreds of mecha scattered into the jungle with complex terrain, it is almost impossible for the team leader to issue a precise command.
Although the mecha system features GPS positioning, its scope is limited. Once scattered, the area of operation would be very wide, and it was difficult for the officers to take all of them into account.
In addition, there are mountains, caves, swamps, and dense forests in the jungle, and the weather was rainy and humid. The situation was complex and always changing. It is difficult to ensure the efficiency of command and rescue by relying only on simple GPS positioning and radio communication.
In nearly five years, Jeanne created a nearly complete mecha cooperative combat system as well as compilations of tens of thousands of mecha formations. When the team was scattered, it could flexibly deal with almost all the terrain and climate conditions, assisting the commander in command so that every soldier could get an extremely effective arrangement in short time under this system.
As the saying goes, inspiration only takes a moment, but it takes countless sweats to realize it.
Jeanne was the genius who turned the momentary inspiration of her predecessors into reality. Of course, such a huge project couldn't be completed by her alone. Jeanne's team came to Ein together this time, and they joined the various squadrons of the mecha division to implement the training plan.
In this way, some of the essentials in the previous mecha training need to be overturned.
As large as the platooning of the entire team, as small as the tactical movements of individual mechas, all need to be adjusted.
And once this plan was implemented, it would test the personal ability of the mecha pilots even more, and the amount of training would be greatly increased.
Jeanne herself chose to handle the third squadron. If said it was a coincidence, Keiko wouldn't believe it at all.
"Now each team has already gathered in the training room, the task until noon is to experience this new system."
Amanda gave the order, and the leaders of each team immediately started to form their teams in an orderly manner.
Keiko was on stage and saw Antonio and his entire team. As a sergeant, he was the captain of the 50-man team.
And the lieutenants will also go to the training room dedicated to lieutenants under the leadership of Jeanne to experience the new system.
'What should I do?! Is there a good excuse to refuse?'
Keiko was a little flustered. This was her first experience driving a mecha. Although it's virtual, she's never been in contact with it before, and it's hard to tell where she was wrong.
Looking at Jeanne, who was walking side by side with Amanda, chatting and laughing, Keiko wiped away her cold sweat silently.
On the second floor of the playground, there was a virtual mecha practice room for lieutenants. A total of eight officers, including Jeanne and Captain Amanda, have completed the arrangement of the exosuit, and all have entered the eggshell-like virtual mecha cabin. This process is no different from boarding a real mech. There were many card slots on the driver's seat in the virtual mecha cabin, which were connected to the exosuit on the driver's body. The training officially began.