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Chapter 191: Escape from the Prisoner of War Camp (Don’t subscribe yet)
At 5pm on the afternoon of the race, there was constant cheering at the Fuji Lake Circuit.

The venue for this cross-group competition 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, compared to the standard plastic track that was repaved when the Neon Team usually used this place, the track here is now covered with a thin layer of sand.

After all the contestants 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 here and in front of the TV, the group stage of the World Cup has reached the ninth round. The venue is the familiar Fuji Lake Circuit. The two teams in the game are the Chinese War Dragons and the Vietnamese Jungle Hunters."

"Let me explain the rules of the race: the race requires running five laps around the track, and parts replacement is only allowed in the maintenance area, which means that equipment can only be replaced once per lap, but the battery can only be replaced once. One lap of the race is 4.8 kilometers, which is a big test for both the battery and the tires!"

"Today's race was a familiar first-four race, which means the team whose fourth car reaches the finish line first wins."

While this game was going on, the American Space Rovers and the Neon Victory Team turned on the TV almost immediately.

Brett and Xing Mahao stared at the screen intently. If there were anyone who wanted the Vietnamese team to win more than them, it would be their two teams. Ever since they lost to the Vietnamese team, Lin Che always liked to make some old jokes about Vietnamese fermented bean curd every time they met, and they had no way of refutating it. Who made them lose to the Vietnamese team?
"It's a pity that the cross-group competition will not be held at the home stadium of each team." Edge said, "Otherwise, I think even the chips and AI technology of the Huaxia War Dragon team would find it difficult to handle their complex jungle track."

It can be seen that after losing to the Vietnamese team, everyone on the American team was upset. Their tree-covered home field also left a deep impression on everyone. In the three games that have been held at this home field, the Vietnamese team only lost one game, to Tanzania. The Spider King Zebra used an air knife to clear a smooth path on the track.

In the other two games, even the American Astro Riders and Neon Victory teams, which were ranked high in Group B and were extremely strong, had no way to deal with the dense bushes.

Fortunately, Lin Che doesn’t need to worry about how to deal with the jungle track today.

"Everyone, work harder. You don't want to be labeled as Vietnamese fermented bean curd farmers, do you?" Lin Che reminded before setting off.

"Understood!" everyone said in unison.

With the order from the four-wheel drive fighter, the competition 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 at the first opportunity.

The Vietnamese team's Wutai Jungle Killer was advancing in a 122 formation, while the Chinese War Dragon team maintained a long snake formation.

Because the battery can only be replaced once along the entire 24-kilometer track, neither team rushed into a sprint at the beginning of the race, intending to reduce vehicle consumption by taking turns leading the team.

According to Xiaoyin's calculations, in the first three laps of the race, the Jingtianhu, which did not perform well on the track, only needed to replace its battery after the second lap. This would allow the other four cars of the Huaxia Zhanlong team to keep their battery replacement opportunities until the end of the third lap, and then sprint in the last two laps.

However, for the audience, this game may seem a bit boring. What everyone wants to see in the Super Cup is super racing cars with performance far exceeding that of ordinary mini racing cars, speeding in straight lines and showing skills in corners. Who wants to watch 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 responsible for 15% each.

The team formations of both sides were kept tight and the first lap was completed very quickly. Because the sandy track was so demanding on tires that even the hardest tires on the market could not withstand it, Lin Che and his team entered the maintenance area after finishing a lap. Coach Chen had already prepared the necessary parts for them in advance.

However, the five cars of the Vietnamese team skipped the maintenance area and went directly into the second lap of the race.

"Can their tires withstand it?" Everyone was surprised when they saw this. In order to cope with this sandy track, the tires they used in this venue were already the hardest tires on the market. However, even with such the hardest grade tires, they were only enough for one lap on the sandy Fuji Lake Circuit.

"Xiaoyin, calculate the opponent's current tire consumption based on the photo." Lin Che said with a frown.

Soon, AI gave the calculated data.

"40%?" Huo Yuesheng looked at the calculation result given by the AI ​​in surprise. "No, could it be that their team's research direction is tires? But isn't this cost-effectiveness too low?"

Since the World Cup was held, the distinctive research directions of each team have long been clear: the satellite control room of the American team, the asymmetric aerodynamic structure of the German team, the super chip and AI technology of the Chinese team... Almost every team has its own unique things, but Huo Yuesheng had never seen any research and development of tires before.

The reason is simple: 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. Even the most powerful super racing cars have tire requirements that are not much different from those of ordinary mini racing cars. Basically, the tires that everyone uses are those that can be bought for 600 yen a set on the market.

The slick tires that have long been popular in the F1 arena do not work very well in the Super Cup. The weight of the mini racing car is not enough to fully utilize the performance of this tire.

Other development directions cannot increase the speed of the 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 spent countless amounts of money from Lin Che’s grandfather to develop ZMC.

Therefore, working hard on tires is indeed a very low cost-effective thing, but the Vietnamese team did it anyway.

"Don't forget, their country's rubber is very famous." Lin Che said, "Also, their tires are only slightly more wear-resistant than the hard tires on the market, not as exaggerated as you think."

"Did you figure it out?" Dr. Chen said with a smile.

"Yeah, I think the wear resistance of their tires comes more from their aerodynamic structure. Did they voluntarily give up so much downhill force?" Lin Che smiled, "That's right. After all, their home track is a jungle track where they need to fly up and avoid bushes at any time. If the downhill force is too high, it will affect their performance." The aerodynamic structure of the Vietnamese team's car is actually very interesting. It can be said that their car has completely cleaned up the skill points in downhill force. The shape of the car body is almost exactly the same front and back, and the car's chassis does not have any special aerodynamic structure. The downhill force of their car is not much stronger than that of the Charge God of War.

This design would have been extremely disadvantageous on any track other than their home track, but on this track, the problem of low grip caused by downhill force turned out to be an advantage. After all, if the grip is low, the wear on the tires will also be reduced.

"Let's go, follow our own pace, and let them take the lead." Lin Che said, "Their tires may wear less, but if they don't have enough downhill power during the sprint, their acceleration will be very slow."

At the same time, Lin Che watched everyone replacing parts and was thinking about whether he should find a way to make a fully automatic repair machine. Although everyone was very skilled in replacing parts and would not do anything like Ferrari, they were still no match for a fully automatic machine. If they encountered a competition in the future that required replacing parts, the time saved might determine the outcome of the 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 gained a full 25-second advantage.

But everyone in the Huaxia Fighting Dragon Team seemed not to care and continued to move forward in an orderly manner at the same pace as at the beginning.

"Captain, are you sure you don't want to catch up a little? If the gap is too big, we may not be able to catch up in the last lap." Although Huo Yuesheng said this, it was easy to see from his relaxed expression that he just felt that this kind of slow running was too boring, and he wanted to say something to amuse himself, "We are not going to have to walk through the prisoner-of-war camp, are we?"

"Shut up!" Gao Xiaoman rolled her eyes at Huo Yuesheng. "We just finished an interview with CCTV, and you're planning to make a big scene in front of the national audience?"

"Hehe, just kidding..." Huo Yuesheng shrank his neck. If he really turned into Vietnamese fermented bean curd, the filling for their Lantern Festival would probably have to be razor blades sent from China.

No one cared about the 25-second gap and after the second lap, they went to the maintenance area to change to a new set of tires. This time, the Vietnamese team also entered the maintenance area.

However, they were still behind Lin Che and his team who had already experienced many battles in individual competitions in the task of replacing parts. After they had replaced the parts and set off, the 25-second time difference was reduced to only 19 seconds.

In this lap, Chen Xiaohu replaced the battery with a new one, and his Jingtianhu would lead the team in the next two and a half laps, in order to ensure that the other four cars could maintain more than 80% of the power for the sprint in the last lap.

Since the start of the World Cup, apart from his performance in the relay race, Chen Xiaohu has mostly been doing the dirty work. This has made some people think that he is just a slacker, and they have issued the classic cry of "I can do it too", but everyone in the China Fighting Dragon Team knows that if Chen Xiaohu is replaced by someone else, the game will not be as good as it seems.

Apart from anything else, at the beginning everyone was limited by the conflict of aerodynamic structures and could not form an effective team formation. If it were not for Jingtianhu's support, everyone might not even have been able to form the most basic team consciousness. Huo Yuesheng was able to start training from scratch only after he changed to a new car. In this case, their current record would definitely not be 0-7. At least they would definitely lose the match between the American team and the Russian team.

"Xiaohu, the chip data should be enough, how are you doing with the drawings of the new car?" Lin Che mentioned Chen Xiaohu's new car. They are all teammates, and he can't let Xiaohu be scolded like this all the time.

"The blueprints for the new car will probably be finished the day after tomorrow." Chen Xiaohu said, "It's mainly because the structure of the guide wheel I replaced before is a bit complicated. It will take a few days to perfect it."

"That's good. We will still need you to deal with our next opponent." Lin Che said.

"Captain, are you already studying the next opponent?" Huo Yuesheng said, "We haven't won this game yet."

"Look, everyone is fine. It's good to chat and cheer everyone up, otherwise they won't be able to react in time when they need to sprint." Lin Che said. This low-speed cruising mode can be done by AI itself, and everyone just needs to follow the car. But as we all know, when the vehicle turns on the automatic cruise function, the driver is very prone to sleepiness, and this is no surprise for the mini racing car.

"According to Xiaoyin's calculations, we need to make up for about 30 seconds of time difference in the last lap, and at the same time we have to break through their blockade. After Jingtianhu finishes these two laps, I guess his battery won't be enough to support his breakout, so we have to break out in 4V5. You haven't forgotten your old job, right?" Lin Che said, glancing at Huo Yuesheng.

"Don't worry, the Sky Demon Bat is only stronger than the Phantom Blood Bat in this respect." Huo Yuesheng said.

After another two mediocre laps, the Vietnamese team, which once again skipped the opportunity to change tires, widened the time gap to 30 seconds, which was not beyond Xiaoyin's expectations.

However, at this time, the audience in the stands were about to curse. They had bought tickets thinking that the race would be long and they might be able to see more exciting moments, but they just watched the two teams run four laps slowly without any confrontation.

Fortunately, at this time, the Chinese War Dragon Team also began to accelerate. Jingtianhu used his last bit of electricity to lead the Sky Demon Bat to rush for a while. After increasing the speed of the Sky Demon Bat, the Sky Demon Bat penetrated into the Vietnamese team's line like an arrow. Behind him, the Light Speed ​​War Dragon, the Sword Shark King, and the Yin-Yang Scorpion were ready to go.

"Captain, they are coming!" a member of the Vietnamese team hurriedly reminded.

"I know, if we blockade it with all our strength, victory or defeat will depend on this one move." The captain of the Vietnamese team, Li Guangwei, said in a deep voice.

Looking at the alien demon bat that was like an arrow inserted into the formation, Li Guangwei originally thought of letting this car pass directly. After all, this race was to see which team's fourth car would arrive first. But after Huo Yuesheng rushed in, he realized that this car really could not be ignored!

Before it starts accelerating, the Demonic Bat is just an ordinary super-speed car. It even has a problem of slightly insufficient acceleration ability due to too much emphasis on maximum speed. But once it starts accelerating, this car is like a sealed monster. No car can follow its turbulent wake.

Li Guangwei also noticed this. If they really let the enemy rush forward without caring about it, then their formation would probably be dispersed by the chaotic and turbulent wake in an instant. So he could only grit his teeth and lead his team members to block the advance route of the alien demon bats.

However, this was exactly what Huo Yuesheng wanted. When the Vietnamese team changed their formation, the Sword Shark King wrapped in spiral airflow rushed in and disrupted the opponent's rhythm of changing formation.

The Yin-Yang Scorpion and the Light-Speed ​​War Dragon also took advantage of the chaos and rushed in, and the nine cars were instantly in chaos.

However, when it comes to dealing with the chaos, whether it is the assistance that AI can provide or everyone's rich experience in this area, the Vietnamese team was unable to focus on one thing while neglecting another. As the light-speed dragon was the last to break out of the siege and turned on the light-speed propulsion mode and left, the game was concluded.

The Chinese War Dragon Team successfully escaped from the prisoner-of-war camp!
(End of this chapter)