Mecha and Knife

Unexpectedly, but also within reason, when he approached the metal door of the mecha area, the authority verification had been completed directly, and an electronic voice sounded: "Welcome, Ji Xinghe, professional technical private mech mechanic."

He has the authority to enter the mecha area, but his mission log is blank, so even if he goes in, he doesn't know what he should do and what he can do.

"Old Ji, wait for me to give you permission."

Shen Mu shouted at the corner of the corridor, he and Su He came together, because the place where the two lived was very close to each other, and the place where Ji Xinghe was assigned to live was also with them, but Ji Xinghe has not been there until now. Have not been back.

"No, I have permission."

Ji Xinghe entered the metal door first, and he couldn't wait, not only because he wanted to work harder, but also because he was a person who loved machine repair since he was a child, and he started the road of machine repair because of his hobby, repairing mechs , Making mechas was his dream.

Shen Mu's footsteps paused slightly, Su He trotted all the way to follow, and he also applied for the corresponding authority just now, now even without Shen Mu and Ji Xinghe, he can freely enter and leave the mecha area.

"Wait for me."

After Shen Mu chased him in, he followed Ji Xinghe like a follower and began to babble: "I have finished the report, and I was assigned to the No. 21 operation section as the person in charge. After the original person in charge applied to go to the front line I couldn't come back...Old Ji, why don't you come and help me, a real eighth-level fitter, I never dreamed that I would have such a day."

Not all the mecha maintenance on the alien planet is in the base. The mechas that can be transported to the base for maintenance are actually very lucky. The mechanics here are relatively safe, and the really dangerous and difficult ones It is those damaged mechs and mechanics on the frontline battlefield.

"No." Ji Xinghe refused again and gave a reason: "I also checked, if I go to your place, or 109's place, your daily mission log will include me, not only will you be very tired , and I won't have any time."

The base's artificial intelligence program and command center will allocate the content of the daily task log according to the staffing, technical level and other factors of each operation area. A simple summary is: those who are capable work more, and more work pays more.

"But if you don't come to me or go to 109, who can teach you?" Shen Mu questioned: "You can't do it alone. I know you have strong personal ability and strong learning ability. You only need to sleep every day. Four or five hours, but the problem is that the efficiency of self-study is very low. We can save you a lot of detours when we are together... Lao Ji, it’s not that I won’t help you, I’m afraid that when I get busy here, I I don’t have time to answer many of your questions. I can fix it very well, and my task log is estimated to be full, so you can’t wait for me to finish my daily tasks before teaching you.”

Su He echoed from the side: "Yes, Lao Ji, although you know a little about mechas, you are all self-taught. These masters and Shen Mu have a professional background, which can really save you from many detours. You really If you want to help the second lieutenant officer, it doesn’t take much time. He shouldn’t be in such a hurry. As long as you start helping him, you don’t need to worry. Let’s just say, can you join 109 or Shenmu’s 21 first, If it doesn’t work at that time, you can resign again, that’s fine.”

Ji Xinghe looked at the mecha area where there was almost no difference in the level of busyness and the total number of mechanics compared to before eating, or before the normal off-duty time, and was silent for a while before making a sound.

"Actually, I know very well that I shouldn't be here. I'm too old, so for this place, I'm actually a redundant person. Yes, I took up some resources and came here. It will also take up some resources here, and I have to make a corresponding contribution, but I think I can do it. And... in this base, is the second lieutenant really the only one who needs help?"

Both Shen Mu and Su He were silent. The battle on the Alien Frontline was very fierce. There were not a few people who became disabled like second lieutenants. Many of them were unwilling to leave the Alien Frontline, but they lost the real meaning of continuing to fight. ability to fight.

Ji Xinghe looked at Su He: "Xiao Su, I found out that there is a company of remnants in the base, please do me a favor and collect all their information, as well as the second lieutenant officer, I need to know his name, For his previous fighting style, it is best to have the fighting video recorded by the black box of his previous mech."

The remnant soldiers company, as the name suggests, are all people like the second lieutenant officer.They didn't want to leave, so they were incorporated into the Remnant Company.

Su He didn't agree immediately, Shen Mu asked the question that Su He also wanted to ask.

"why?"

"There is no reason, I just want to do this. I must say something... Don't you think that the old man that no one is optimistic about and the remnant soldier company that no one is optimistic about are a good match?"

Shen Mu and Su He, who originally thought that Ji Xinghe would say some great truths or touching words, were a little surprised. Is it really just because of this?

No, of course not.

Ji Xinghe is actually selfish, because he also wants to wear armor and fight, but at his age it is impossible to own his own mecha, even if he earned the resources to create Old Man Le, he has no chance to truly Armor piercing.

But if those people can regain the opportunity to fight through armor and show the corresponding ability, why can't the old man himself fight through armor?

As for whether those heroes who should have retired and returned to Azure Star would be sacrificed because of this, Ji Xinghe didn't need to consider this issue, because the choice was in the hands of those heroes, not him.

He wants to give those people a chance, and those people can also give him a chance.

"it is good."

Su He didn't delve into it and directly agreed. He felt that this part fit the theme of the documentary "The Old Man and the Stars and the Sea".

Shen Mu didn't persuade any more, and the group of three people also came to the No. 109 mecha area while talking. At this time, Master Liu and others were installing parts for a mecha, which was the one that Ji Xinghe had repaired before. After testing and confirming that there is no problem, they will install the parts on the mecha for actual machine testing.

Ji Xinghe came just in time, but he didn't want to see this.

"Master Liu, can I have a look at your request list?"

"Ah? Don't you watch the actual machine test, Master Ji, although we cherish the time, these few minutes are really not bad."

"Don't look, I told you, I fixed it."

Chapter 041

In fact, Ji Xinghe, who is very polite and good-tempered, will become very domineering when it comes to three things. Needless to say, the first is his granddaughter, and the second is bringing him a peerless master. In terms of status, the third thing is related to machine repair, even if he is not repairing cars, which he is best at, but mechs.

Master Liu and others did not force Ji Xinghe to watch the actual machine test. In fact, they were just inviting out of politeness. There are eight mechanics in the 109th operating area. At this time, there are only Master Liu, the person in charge, and two other people. Participated in live-machine testing, and five others have been working on repairs.

"Go to the 21st first, don't waste time."

When Ji Xinghe was looking at the list of maintenance needs on the holographic projection screen, he drove away Shen Mu. In fact, Shen Mu wanted to continue to persuade Ji Xinghe to go to No. 21 with him. After all, everyone should be familiar with it, but Ji Xinghe is not willing to go for the time being , he wanted to know what he could do.

So Shen Mu had no choice but to leave, the treatment he received was top-notch standard, whether it was [-] contribution points or the rank of second lieutenant, and he became the person in charge of an operation section just after he came to Alien Star, all of which made him have to go all out , Don't waste too much time on Ji Xinghe.

Su He, who stayed behind, was already prepared, and he brought a handheld camera to let the drone automatically follow Ji Xinghe, and he used the handheld camera to take pictures of the mecha with replaced parts, without affecting Master Liu and others. interviews in person.

"Master Liu, what is the part that Lao Ji repaired?"

Master Liu is actually a little busy now. The actual machine test has little to do with him and his mechanics. The main reason is that the system captures the corresponding parameter changes during the process of the mecha warrior driving the mecha. The system and the mecha warrior At the same time, when they determined that there was no problem, they completed the maintenance task.

"To put it simply, it is an energy transmission board. It was deformed in the previous battle, and the energy transmission lines on it were damaged."

"Have our resources been stretched to such an extent that an energy transmission board needs to be repaired instead of replaced?"

"It's just saving if you can. Our resources are not so tight, but they are not abundant."

"Then how did the old man repair it?"

"He smoothed the energy transmission plate, and then re-carved the transmission lines. The eighth-level fitter is really well-deserved. The allowable error of the energy transmission plate after grinding is only 0.05mm. He only used a simple The tool achieves hand-carving with close to zero tolerance, which is simply incredible.”

"Is there any difference between the effect of the old man's maintenance and the effect of replacing parts?"

"Under normal circumstances, there are, but Master Ji...do you all call him Lao Ji?"

"Yeah, this is what Lao Ji himself requested, and Master Liu can also be called that."

"Okay, then I'll call it that too. After we inspected the one repaired by Lao Ji, we found that its performance parameters are exactly the same as the brand new one, so from this point of view, there is no difference between the effect of repair and the effect of replacing parts. .But in terms of service life, the repaired ones are indeed not as good as the new ones because they are thinner."

"Does that mean that Lao Ji's maintenance is meaningful, but the meaning is not very great?"

"No, it means a lot, because the service life... how to put it, if our mechs can reach the expected service life when they are designed and manufactured, it means that we can already win this war, you know Do I mean?"

"Understood, because the battles are too frequent, the service life itself is of little significance. As long as the performance parameters are met, it will be no different from replacing brand new parts."

"Is such that."

During the interview, the actual machine test had been completed, and the mecha fighters and the system in the mecha area decided that there was no problem with the mecha, so the maintenance task was over, and a special cart for the mecha came from a distance. Prepare to take this mech to the battlefield again.

"It's out, Xiaodong, hurry up and spray gold stars, eleven."

Master Liu, who had been idle just now, suddenly became excited and shouted. The young man named Xiaodong next to him was also prepared, and rushed to the side of the mech with a gold paint spray gun and a metal plate with five-pointed stars. Start spraying gold stars.

Su He is actually very familiar with this scene, but in order for the audience who watched the documentary to understand, he still asked: "Master Liu, has this newly repaired mech found its new owner?"

"Yes, a first-level mecha fighter. His mecha was damaged in the previous battle and is being towed back for repairs. This mecha that we have been repairing for half a month has just been assigned by the system. After leaving him, it will be transported to him in three days.”

Of course, it is impossible for a mecha that can be dragged back to the base to be repaired to have only one damage. The repair time of half a month means that 99% of the repair work was done by Master Liu and the others. Ji Xinghe just completed it. They hesitated whether to replace it or repair it. last step.Su He's focus is not on this, but on another point that is more important to him and this base.

Three days, is it so close?

The three-day journey is actually not short, but it is very close for the war, and it is very close to the No. [-] base.

He didn't ask this question, and Master Liu didn't say anything. Judging from his expression, he didn't seem worried at all.In fact, it was true. It was only a three-day journey and there was nothing to worry about. They had seen the battle outside the base with their own eyes before.

On the other hand, Ji Xinghe, who had already read the list of maintenance requirements, did not surprise Master Liu and chose his 'best' maintenance requirements, all of which were the energy transmission boards of the mecha.

"Give me all these damaged boards, and the repair tools I used last time."

Ji Xinghe couldn't wait, but Master Liu questioned again: "Old Ji, these boards are different from the one you repaired last time, and they belong to different parts of different types of mechs. Do you know all about them?"

"I don't know much about it, but this one is easier to repair, because there are technical parameter drawings, I just follow the gourd."

"Painting ladles according to gourds?" Master Liu was stunned: "But this is not a matter of painting ladles from gourds at all. It's just that the lines are damaged. It's okay to say that your level can smooth out the previous lines before re-carving, but some boards It has been completely deformed, and it needs to be sheet metal and then smooth the previous texture...such as this board."

Master Liu pointed to the maintenance needs items selected by Ji Xinghe: "The maximum error after grinding is only 0.05 mm, and the maximum error after sheet metal is only 0.01 mm. If you make some mistakes when sheet metal, it can be allowed. The maximum error is even smaller, and no one can fix it except for the robotic arm and the machine tool, so I am ready to cancel the need for maintenance and replace it directly.”

Ji Xinghe insisted: "Since you are ready to replace it, you might as well give me a try to repair it."

"But you are too old, and your physical strength and energy are also limited. Why don't you use your limited physical strength and energy for more meaningful maintenance?"

"Actually...my physical fitness and energy should be better than yours."

The 37-year-old master Liu was offended, so he stopped arguing and arranged for someone to give him everything Ji Xinghe needed.

However, Ji Xinghe did not stay in the 109th operating area, and found an unused operating area to start maintenance work, so he did not hear the conversation in the 109th operating area.

"Master, why don't you stop persuading him? Isn't he wasting time and resources?"

"This old man's temper is very stubborn at first glance, can he be persuaded? Wait for him to learn a bit of wisdom by himself."

Master Liu and 109 people, including Shen Mu and Su He, don't know that some people have a stubborn temper because of their personality, and some people have a stubborn temper because of their strength.

Ji Xinghe is the latter.

Chapter 042 He Said To Himself

Ji Xinghe is actually not as confident as he said. After reading the list of maintenance requirements in the 109 operating area again, he found that there are not many things he can repair.As Master Liu said, he should study for at least one year in mecha maintenance, to be really familiar with mecha maintenance operations, and to understand all the standard mechas of the Federation. After all, mecha maintenance and car maintenance are completely two concepts.

Or as Shen Mu said, join an operation section, use every opportunity and time to eagerly learn from others when repairing parts that you can repair, even if others have no time to guide him, with his 40 years of auto repair With maintenance experience and various professional skills, he can learn a lot from it just by watching other people repair.

But it's like Master Liu didn't hire him to join the No. 109 operation section in the first place when he knew he was an eighth-level fitter. Like everyone else, he knew that he was old and he didn't have so many It's time to study normally.

"Ji Xinghe, you have to do everything you can do, do these well and then talk about other things."

Ji Xinghe said this to himself in his heart, and then he started to repair the energy transmission board. He was not confident in mecha maintenance, but he was confident in his physical fitness and energy, as well as the ability of the eighth-level fitter and the experience brought by more than 40 years of work. The experience, as well as the physical fitness, eye-hand stability and precision brought by practicing martial arts since the fifth grade of elementary school.

The energy transmission board is a product of the new era. A concise summary is wires. There are very few lines similar to wires in the federal restraining mechs of the new era. Whether it is the transfer of energy or the transmission of information and data, they use An energy transmission plate made of exotic metals.

You only need to carve lines on it, and energy or data will pass through the lines. The transmission efficiency and stability are higher than traditional lines, and there will be no conflict with the connected metal parts.If there is damage, replacing the energy transmission board is much faster than replacing the wiring system, and it is easier to find the specific damaged part, just observe the lines on the energy transmission board.

Before coming to Alien Star, Ji Xinghe knew the energy transmission board, but he didn't know the inscription route of those lines, but he still chose to repair the energy transmission board, because he had the corresponding authority and could see all the federal system machines A 'circuit diagram'.

The next thing is very difficult for others, but it is relatively much easier for him. In his words to Master Liu, it is like drawing a scoop from a gourd.

When a slender energy transmission plate was picked up by Ji Xinghe, it was directly deformed by some soft steps. It was not secondary damage but its own flexibility was very good, just like a soft sword.Putting it flat on the workbench, Ji Xinghe took a special magnifying glass and began to observe the lines on it, and looked at the screen on his bracelet from time to time.

Comparing the two, it is easy to find the damaged place, and then it is necessary to determine whether the damaged lines can be re-engraved. If it is possible, then start directly and repair within the maximum error of 0.05.If it cannot be re-engraved, then all the lines on the energy transmission board need to be polished off, and then re-engraved within a maximum error of 0.02 or even 0.01.

The allowable error becomes smaller, and the difficulty becomes much larger. The maximum error of 0.01 mm is a maintenance item that many people in the mecha area are unwilling to get started. If they are not careful, damage will occur, and then they can only Throwing it to the robotic arm that needs to be queued is better than throwing it directly to the robotic arm from the beginning.

It cannot be returned to the furnace for remanufacturing. There is only one chance to smelt this special metal from mineral to metal form. Artificial intelligence program computing resources, robotic arms, etc. have all been used on it.

Ji Xinghe was under a lot of pressure, but when he started maintenance, his breathing, hands, and eyes were very stable. The carving knife in his hand seemed to be motionless along the lines projected by the laser caliper under the fixed special magnifying glass. But it is actually moving all the time, so new, effective textures are generated.

After a board was repaired, Ji Xinghe did not stop to rest. His energy and physical fitness are really good, otherwise it would be impossible to run 35 kilometers in 15 minutes.For other old men of the same age, even those about 35 years younger than him, let alone [-] minutes, they may not be able to run ten kilometers in an hour, and they need a stretcher to serve them.

There was a problem with the maintenance of the second board, not Ji Xinghe's problem, but the re-engraved lines did not pass the inspection, which means that all the lines on the board need to be ground, and then a full set is engraved on a thinner board. texture.

So Ji Xinghe began to grind. He also has confidence in this aspect. One of the test items for the eighth-level fitter is to grind a ball. Use tools to grind an irregularly shaped metal ingot into a sphere as round as possible. The tolerance is only 0.01mm.

It is not difficult to replace it with the technological tools in the mechanical arm and machine tool, but when it is replaced with human hands as the main body, automatic tools cannot be used in the later stage of polishing the ball, and only files, knives, etc. Tools such as carving knives are polished bit by bit.

Ji Xinghe seems to have returned to the time of the exam, but Master Liu's grandfather is no longer in the exam room, and he is not 45 years old back then, but 65 years old now.But his hands are as steady as before, his vision is as precise as before, his experience is richer than before, and his inner drive is stronger than before.

Grinding and then re-engraving all the lines, the difficulty is not only that the maximum allowable error is only 0.02 mm, and some parts are even only 0.01 mm, but that there are more lines on this board.The more the number that needs to be inscribed, the greater the possibility of making mistakes. Half a hundred miles away?

No, 90% of the inscription is not half completed, but a complete failure, a bigger failure than starting from scratch, because after the failure, if you want to polish and inscribe again, the maximum error that can be allowed is 0.005 to The degree of 0.001 mm, in Shen Mu's mouth, this is a manual precision that surpasses the limit of human beings. Even the unit of millimeter is no longer usable, and it has reached the nanometer level that only robotic arms and machine tools can achieve.

The 65-year-old Ji Xinghe is actually very suitable for such a job because he is very old. This was originally his disadvantage, but now it has become his advantage, because he will have more patience when he is older.

Just like many old men and women, they can sit in one place from dawn until dark, without playing with mobile phones, reading books or watching TV, and the scenery in their sight can even remain unchanged.But this is not because they don't need to feel external objects, nor because they have lost the ability to feel external objects, but because they can clearly feel the passage of time.

So, the repair of the second board was completed, but this time Ji Xinghe did not inspect it, just like he did not inspect the first board when the repair was completed.His inspection on the second board when the first repair was completed was simply because of his lack of experience, and now his experience and intuition tell him that he has already repaired it, so there is no need to inspect it.

The experience brought by the two boards is still too little, but it doesn't matter, there are 109 boards in the 39th operation area that need to be repaired, and there are 149 operation areas in the mech area of ​​this base, and they all have board maintenance needs.

"Ji Xinghe, do what you can do first. Mechas and cars are actually the same. It doesn't matter if it's a little more complicated. Come one by one, sooner or later you will be able to repair the mecha like a car. You can repair it like a car. It’s like making a car by yourself.”

Ji Xinghe said this to himself in his heart, and started the maintenance of the third board. What he and everyone in the mecha area did not realize was that his maintenance speed was getting faster and faster.

Chapter 043 You Must Believe Him

At midnight, the sky outside the base was still bright, but it was already dark inside the base, and the lights in many places had become dim. Some are getting ready to go to bed.

This kind of work and rest habit that is completely inconsistent with the sunrise and the sun is also one of the reasons why everyone on the alien planet is under great pressure. The day of the alien star is actually 24 hours, 37 minutes and 22.6 seconds, so every once in a while This indiscriminate situation will appear in time.

The mechanics in the mech area can be said to be one of the last sleepers in the base. After having dinner at [-] o'clock, they worked overtime for about four hours before returning to their respective residences to wash and sleep. , and then appeared in the mecha area on time at eight o'clock the next morning.From the perspective of sleep time, it is not enough, because it takes at least an hour to wash up after get off work at twelve o'clock, wash up before going to work the next morning, and eat breakfast.

The daily sleep time is less than seven hours, and high-intensity mecha maintenance is required. It is difficult for anyone to survive the time calculated in months, but many of them have persisted for several years.Master Liu is one of the best. He has been in Yixing for ten years.

After temporarily finishing work, Master Liu did not leave today, but waited beside Ji Xinghe for a while before making a sound.

"Old Ji, it's time to go to rest, it's already twelve o'clock."

Ji Xinghe, who had just finished repairing the fifth board today, was about to pick up the sixth board at this time. Master Liu didn't know that he had repaired this board because he hadn't done the inspection.Not only this one, all the boards that Ji Xinghe repaired tonight have not been tested, only the second one was tested for the first repair, and the result was that the test failed.So in Master Liu's view, Ji Xinghe didn't make any substantial progress tonight.