Chapter 204: Is this a live bird? Or a drone? "Buzz~" The dense sound of drone propellers broke the silence of the Qinling sky. Nowadays, drones and drone swarms have developed rapidly. Various drone swarm performances have begun to appear in the performance lists of major festivals. It is not some dazzling and subversive "black technology". These drones released from the Kun-20 platform look similar to drone performances, but in fact, they are fundamentally different from traditional drone swarm performances: These "fruit candy military drones" did not receive any complicated swarm flight control instructions. They were ejected from the "beehive" and simply deployed their swarms automatically and even normally. They were like a group of hornets whose "hornet's nest" was poked, naturally dispersing and preparing. Although the swarm of drones launched into the dark sky was dense and without any complicated instructions, there was no confusion or collision between them. After a simple data collection and processing, Zhong Zefei, the project leader in the Kun-20 onboard laboratory, gave a simple instruction from the tower: "The fleet is preparing to land covertly, and the planes continue to circle!" With these words, the hearts of everyone in the tower, including Jiang Hao, were lifted. As the command was given, the dense swarm of drones began to maneuver rapidly as if they had found the "culprit" who had stirred up a hornet's nest.
It seemed like there were no complicated instructions for the drone to be deployed, just a line of instructions for "stealth landing". The program on the drone began to calculate, and the drones landed quickly one by one, automatically searching for their targets. In the designated experimental mountain area, the big trees were filled with various birds taking a rest. Suddenly, the "buzzing" sound of the drone startled the flock of birds, and the frightened birds hiding in the trees flew away in all directions. When the drone sent back images of flocks of birds flying everywhere, everyone's heart was in their throat. Everyone was afraid that the scattered birds would knock down the drone. But without any instructions, the drones dodged the scattered flocks of birds very intelligently and accurately. They even seemed more agile than the frightened birds. When the flock of birds left the big trees, the drones hid in the big trees like the birds. This scene shocked everyone present: what the project leader Zhong Zefei said was right, these drones know "who they are", they have "consciousness", a new kind of "drone consciousness". "Fuck, is this a group of drones? Or a group of birds?" At the designated ground observation point, a young observer who witnessed this scene almost dropped his jaw in shock, as if this group of drones were not "dead objects" but living creatures equipped with "bird brains". The leader of the young observers immediately said, "Stop it, aim at the camera and send back the data quickly!" "There's a heat source here. Quickly pass the information to the troops and ask them to send someone over to investigate!" Although the entire drone was hidden, there were still several "Sentinels" floating in the air. When ground observers saw the intelligence about the "hidden area" sent back by the "Sentinel Drone" that there was a heat source, they immediately reported the information. After briefly handling the ground observation task, the young observer looked at the drones hidden in the trees and said in shock: "Awesome! Can this drone stand on the treetops? And the wind is so strong in the mountains at night, the treetops and leaves are shaking, won't these drones collide with them?" As the young observer finished speaking, his leader, looking at his tablet, pointed to a drone propeller sticking out from the fallen leaves under a tree and said, “Isn’t this one that fell up?” "That's right!" The young observer smiled and prepared to go over to recover the fallen drone. But when the young observer approached, the drone in the fallen leaves twisted its fuselage, as if struggling, and flew up from the fallen leaves and disappeared in a flash! The young observer was shocked and cursed: "Is this a drone? Or is it a bird? It didn't fall and break, it's hiding in the fallen leaves!" Various data and information from the airborne laboratory and ground observation station were continuously gathered in the tower where Jiang Hao and others were. Looking at the data being sent back one by one, Jiang Hao asked, "Is the data being sent back normally? Is there any loss or breakage?" "According to the information sent back by the ground observation station, more than 80% of the drones have successfully hidden in the trees. Although the remaining ones fell to the ground and collided, it did not affect the drone's subsequent mission. Only a small number of them may have fallen into the water and lost the tracking signal."
Jiang Hao nodded and gave instructions: "Pay attention to search and recover if the signal is lost." When the Kun-20 released the swarm of drones, Jiang Hao, who was sitting on the ground, was even more nervous than Zhong Zefei, the project leader in the sky. After a simple data collection, Zhong Zefei in the air continued to issue the UAV recovery command: "Check the recovery command and notify the ground observers to pay attention to the UAV recovery situation!" When Zhong Zefei began to issue drone commands, the Kun-20 opened the cabin door, and the pilot with superb flying skills kept the aircraft running smoothly. "Drip~" After the plane's door opened, the entire cabin was filled with a lot of noise. However, when an electronic prompt "beep" came from the headset, Zhong Zefei's frown turned into a smile - the first drone successfully returned to the nest. Then, "Ding ding~" the sound of the drone returning to the nest kept coming back into Zhong Zefei's headphones. Zhong Zefei smiled happily. These drones did not accurately drill into their own drone nests according to complicated formulas, but were sorted completely automatically. It is possible that drone No. 1 originally flew out from nest No. 1, but now it may have fallen into nest No. 23. This scene is very surprising because it shows that these drones know "who they are" and are not cold, dead objects that only execute instructions. In the airport tower on the ground, watching the intelligent recycling of drones, Academician Tang smiled and joked: "They would be really good for delivering takeout and express delivery!" After hearing Academician Tang's joke, Jiang Hao also smiled and said, "My first major in college was logistics management. I didn't expect that I would use it now. Using this drone to deliver food and express delivery is really great!" "Hahaha!" Everyone in the tower laughed, and the originally tense atmosphere eased a lot. "Commander, the convoy is ready, the 'capture' experiment has begun, and we are about to set off." At this time, an air force officer walked into the tower, saluted respectfully, and then began to indicate that it was time to set off. "Release", "concealment" and "recovery" are only part of this test flight experiment. The subsequent "capture" is the "highlight" of this "beehive test flight" experiment. The "capture" experiment required the group of drones to capture and hold three sparrows hostage, and the three sparrows had to land alive at another unfamiliar airport next to Yanliang - the backup airport in Pucheng County, Weinan. This is the real test of the "Beehive Project" in this test flight experiment, so Jiang Hao and others have to go to the Pucheng County Airport next door to wait. (End of this chapter)