Chapter 191 Escape from the Prisoner of War Camp (Don’t Book Now)
At five o’clock in the afternoon on the race day, there were constant cheers in the Fuji Lake Circuit.
The venue for this different group match between China and Vietnam was determined by random drawing to be held at the Fuji Lake Circuit, the home ground of the Neon Victory Team. However, it will be held at the Fuji Lake Circuit, which is the home of the Neon Victory Team. The re-paved standard plastic track has been sprinkled with a thin layer of sand.
After all the participating members entered the venue, the four-wheel-drive fighter stood in front of the stands and introduced today's participating teams and competition rules.
“Dear mini racing fans at the scene and in front of the TV, the group stage of the World Cup has reached the ninth round in a blink of an eye. The competition venue is also the Fuji Lake Circuit that everyone is very familiar with. The two sides of the competition , it is the Chinese Dragon Team and the Vietnamese Jungle Hunter Team.”
“Let me talk about the rules of the competition: The competition requires five laps around this track. Part replacement is only allowed in the maintenance area. That is, the equipment can only be replaced once per lap, but the battery can only be replaced once. The lap is 4.8 kilometers, which is a big test for the battery and tires!”
“Today’s competition is a familiar race for the top four, which is to see which team’s fourth car arrives first. The finish line counts as victory.”
At the same time as this game was going on, the American Space Hover and the Neon Victory Team almost immediately turned on the TV.
Brett and Xingmahao stared at the screen intently. If anyone wanted them to win more than the Vietnamese team, it would be their two teams. Since they lost to the Vietnamese team, every time When we met for the first time, Lin Tie always liked to make a few bad jokes about Vietnam's fermented bean curd being eliminated. They were not easy to refute at all. Who made them really lose to the Vietnamese team?
“It’s a pity that the competition between different groups will not be held at their respective home venues.” Aiji said, “Otherwise, I think even the chip and AI technology of the Chinese Dragon Team would be difficult to handle their complex The jungle track.”
It can be seen that after losing to the Vietnamese team, everyone in the American team is very upset. Their home court with dense trees also left a deep impression on everyone. In the three games that have been held at this home court, the Vietnamese team has only After losing to Tanzania, Spider King Zebra abruptly used the air knife to clear a smooth path on the track.
In the other two games, even the extremely powerful American Space Wanderers and Neon Victory teams, which were ranked high in Group B, had nothing to do with the dense bushes.
Fortunately, today Lin Dai does not need to think about how to deal with the jungle track.
“Everyone, please work harder. You don’t want to wear the hat of Vietnamese fermented bean curd.” Lin Tie reminded before setting off.
“Understood!” everyone said in unison.
As soon as the four-wheel drive fighter gave the order, the game began.
The ten cars rushed out of the starting point almost at the same time. After officially entering the race track from the maintenance area, both sides formed a team formation immediately.
The Vietnamese team’s Wutai Jungle Killer advanced in a 122 formation, while the Chinese Dragon Team maintained a long snake formation.
Because the battery can only be replaced once on the entire 24-kilometer track, the two teams did not sprint rashly at the beginning of the game, intending to reduce the consumption of the cars by taking turns leading the team formation.
According to Xiaoyin's calculations, in the first three laps of this game, Jingtianhu, who did not perform very well on the track of this game, only needs to change the battery once after finishing the second lap. The other four cars of the Chinese Dragon Team reserved their respective battery replacement opportunities until the end of the third lap, and then sprinted in the last two laps.
However, for the audience, this game may seem a bit boring. What everyone wants to see when watching the Super Cup is the super racing cars with performance far beyond ordinary mini racing cars racing at speed in straight lines and showing off their skills in corners. Who wants to Look at ten cars slowly competing for endurance.
According to the arrangement, in the first two laps, Jingtianhu led the team to run 40%, and the others were each responsible for 15%.
The team formations of both sides maintained a tight fit, and the first lap of the track was completed quickly. Even the hardest tires on the market could not withstand the tire consumption of the sandy track, so Lin After they finished a lap, they entered the maintenance area. Coach Chen had already prepared the necessary accessories for them in advance.
However, the five cars of the Vietnamese team directly skipped the pit area and directly entered the second lap of the competition.
"Can their tires hold up?" Everyone was surprised when they saw this. In order to cope with this sandy track, the tires they used in this venue are already the hardest tires on the market, but that's it. The hardest grade of tires is only enough for one lap on the sandy Lake Fuji racing track.
"Xiao Yin, calculate the other party's current tire consumption based on the photos." Lin Ye said with a frown.
Soon, the AI gave the calculated data.
“40%?” Huo Yuesheng looked at the calculation results given by the AI in surprise, “No, is the research direction of their team towards tires? But isn’t this cost-effective too low?”
< br>Since the World Cup has been held, each team’s research direction has long been clear. The US team’s satellite control room, the German team’s asymmetric aerodynamic structure, the Chinese team’s super chip and AI technology... almost every team has its own unique research direction. Huo Yuesheng had never seen anything unique but research and development of tires before.
There is no other reason, the price/performance ratio is too low.
After all, mini racing cars are not real F1, and the requirements for tires are actually very low. No matter how powerful the super racing car is, the tire requirements are not much different from ordinary mini racing cars. Basically, the tires that everyone uses are available on the market for 600 yen. A set of tires.
The hot-melt tires that have long been popular in the F1 arena are not very effective in the Super Cup. The weight of the mini racing car is not enough to fully realize the performance of this tire.
Other development directions cannot increase the speed of the racing car much, but the money spent will not be much less. After all, this thing touches on materials science, and materials science can be said to be a bottomless pit. This can be seen from the fact that Tie Xin and Dr. Chen burned Lin De's grandfather and spent an unknown amount of money to get ZMC out.
So, working on tires is indeed a very cost-effective thing, but this is what the Vietnamese team did.
“Don’t forget, their country’s rubber is very famous.” Lin Tie said, “Moreover, their tires are only slightly more wear-resistant than the hard tires on the market, and they are not as good as yours. It’s so exaggerated.”
"Did you see it?" Dr. Chen smiled.
"Yes, I think the wear resistance of their tires comes more from their aerodynamic structure. Are they actively giving up so much downhill force?" Lin De said with a smile, "That's right. , after all, their home track is a jungle track where they need to fly to avoid the trees at any time. If the downhill force is too high, it will affect the performance. "The aerodynamic structure of the Vietnamese team's car is actually very interesting. It can be said that their car will use the downhill force. The skill points in this area have been completely eliminated. The shape of the car body is almost the same at the front and rear. Moreover, the chassis of the car does not have a special aerodynamic structure. The downhill power of their car is not much better than that of the Charge God of War.
This design would have been extremely disadvantageous on tracks other than their home track, but on this venue, the problem of low car grip caused by downhill forces has actually become a problem. This is an advantage. After all, if the grip is low, the wear on the tires will also be reduced.
“Let’s go at our own pace, and we can give the lead to them.” Lin Dai said, “Although the tire wear of their cars is low, if they don’t have enough downhill power during sprinting, the acceleration will be very slow. Slow.”
At the same time, Lin De was watching everyone's actions of replacing parts, and was also thinking about whether he should find a way to get a fully automatic repair machine. Although everyone was very skilled in replacing parts and would not engage in Ferrari behavior, after all, It's still not as good as a fully automatic one. If you encounter such a competition in the future that requires replacement of accessories, the time you can save may determine the outcome of a competition.
After replacing the parts, everyone quickly entered the second lap. At this time, the Vietnamese team, relying on the advantage of not changing tires, had already gained a full 25 seconds advantage.
But everyone in the Chinese Dragon Team seemed not to care and continued to move forward in an orderly manner at the beginning.
"Captain, are you sure you don't want to catch up a little bit? If the gap is too big, we may not be able to catch up in the last lap." Although Huo Yuesheng said this, it is not difficult to see the relaxed expression on his face. I just feel that this kind of slow running is too boring, and I want to say something to tease Menzi, "We don't have to go to the prisoner of war camp, right?"
"Shut up!" Gao Xiaoman Huo Yuesheng rolled his eyes and said, "We have just finished being interviewed by CCTV, and then you are going to have a big one in front of the national audience?"
"Hehe, I'm kidding..." Huo Yuesheng shrank his neck. If he really became Vietnamese fermented bean curd, the dumpling stuffing for their Lantern Festival would probably have to be razor blades sent from China.
No one cared about the 25-second gap. After the second lap, they went to the maintenance area to replace a new set of tires. This time, the Vietnamese team also entered the maintenance area.
However, there is still a gap between them in replacing parts and those like Lin Bo who have experienced many battles in individual competitions. After they all replaced the parts and set off, the time difference of 25 seconds was only 25 seconds. Only 19 seconds left.
In this lap, Chen Xiaohu replaced the new battery, and his Jingtianhu will lead the team forward in the next two and a half laps, in order to ensure that the other four cars can The last lap can maintain more than 80% of the battery for sprinting.
Since the start of the World Cup, in addition to performing in the relay race, Chen Xiaohu has mostly been doing these dirty jobs at other times. This has also made some people think that he is a bastard and issued a It’s a classic cry that I can do it even if I’m in charge, but everyone in the Chinese Dragon Team knows that Chen Xiaohu really can’t do it if it were someone else.
Not to mention anything else, at the beginning when everyone was limited by the conflict of the aerodynamic structure and could not form an effective group formation, if Jingtianhu was not there to support him, everyone might not be able to even have the most basic group consciousness. After Huo Yuesheng got a new car, he could start training from scratch. In this case, their current record would definitely not be 7-1. At least they would definitely lose the match between the American team and the Russian team.
"Xiaohu, the data on the chip should be enough, right? How are you doing with the drawings of the new car?" Lin De asked about Chen Xiaohu's new car. They are all his teammates, so Xiaohu can't let Xiaohu do it. You should keep getting scolded like this.
“The drawings of the new car will probably be completed the day after tomorrow.” Chen Xiaohu said, “The main reason is that the structure I used to replace the guide wheel is a bit complicated, and it will take a few days to complete it.”
"That's good, we still need you to deal with our opponent in the next match." Lin Ye said.
"By the way, captain, are you starting to study your opponent for the next game?" Huo Yuesheng said, "We haven't won this game yet."
"Isn't it because everyone is fine? It's good to have a chat to cheer everyone up. It would be bad if you can't react when you need to sprint." Lin De said, leaving this low-speed cruising mode to The AI can do it on its own, and everyone just needs to follow the car. However, as we all know, when the vehicle turns on the automatic cruise function, the driver is very easy to get sleepy. This is not surprising in the mini racing car.
“According to Xiaoyin’s calculations, we need to recover about 30 seconds of time difference in the last lap, and at the same time we have to break through their blockade. After Jingtianhu takes these two laps, it is estimated that the battery will not be enough to support him. We have broken through, so we have to break through 4V5, haven’t we forgotten our old skills?” Lin Ye said, looking at Huo Yuesheng.
“Don’t worry, the Outer Demon Bat is only as strong as the Phantom Blood Bat in this aspect.” Huo Yuesheng said.
After another two mediocre laps, the Vietnamese team once again missed the opportunity to change tires and expanded the time difference to 30 seconds, which did not exceed Xiao Yin's expectations.
However, the audience in the auditorium was almost cursing at this time. They originally thought that the distance of this game would be very long and they might be able to see more exciting moments before buying tickets, but they insisted on watching. The two teams ran slowly for four laps, without any confrontation at all.
Fortunately, at this time, the Chinese War Dragon Team also began to speed up. Jingtianhu used his last power to carry the Heavenly Magic Bat for a while. After increasing the speed of the Heavenly Magic Bat, the Heavenly Magic Bat was like a string. Like an arrow, he inserted into the Vietnamese team's line, and behind him, the Light Speed War Dragon, Sword Shark King, and Yin Yang Scorpion were ready to attack.
“Captain, they are coming!” a member of the Vietnamese team quickly reminded.
“I know that if we block it with all our strength, victory or defeat will depend on this.” Le Quang Dui, the captain of the Vietnamese team, said solemnly.
Looking at the demon bat that was like an arrow inserted into the formation, Li Guangwei originally wanted to let this car pass directly. Anyway, this game was about whose fourth car arrived first, but Huo Yuesheng After rushing in, he realized that this car really couldn't be left alone!
Before the car started to pick up speed, the Magic Bat was a very ordinary super high-speed express car. It even had the problem of a slight lack of acceleration ability because it focused too much on the limit speed, but once it started to pick up speed, Completed quickly, this car was like a monster that had been unsealed. No car could follow behind the raging and violent wake.
And Li Guangwei also noticed this. If he really didn't care about letting the opponent rush over, then their formation would probably be scattered by the chaotic and turbulent wake in an instant, so he could only grit his teeth and lead the team members. They blocked the advance route of the outer magic bats.
However, this is what Huo Yuesheng wanted. When the Vietnamese team changed their formation, the Sword Shark King, wrapped in the spiral airflow, rushed in at every opportunity, disrupting the opponent's rhythm of formation changes.
The Yin Yang Demon Scorpion and the Light Speed War Dragon also took advantage of the chaos and rushed in, and the nine vehicles instantly became a mess.
However, when it comes to dealing with chaotic battles, whether it is the assistance that AI can provide or the rich experience of everyone in this area, the Vietnamese team has lost sight of one thing and the other. As the light speed war dragon was the last one to break out of the encirclement, it turned on the light speed. The push mode was gone, and the game was sealed.
The Chinese Dragon Team successfully escaped from the prisoner of war camp!
(End of this chapter)