Spark

"Familiar plot."

Chen Nian looked at the sea chart Chen Guo projected on the screen, and said with some emotion.

The area of ​​this exercise is exactly the same as in his memory in the previous life, but due to the difference in the number of ships, the arrangement is relatively sparse.

However, modern warfare is not the infantry confrontation of the Middle Ages. The density of combat units does not represent anything, and the coverage of strikes is king.

"familiar?"

Chen Guo asked slightly confused.

"Well, I always feel like I've seen similar Bingtui on some forum."

Chen Nian casually found an excuse to cover it up, but Chen Guo wouldn't pursue it anyway.

"That's not surprising, this is a very standard tactical layout."

Chen Guo nodded in reply, and then continued:

"However, it's just a deterrent right now—but part of the navigation diversion is inevitable, and it belongs to knocking mountains and shaking tigers."

"Is it a big influence?"

"Not much, you can tell from the reactions of the airlines, and most smart people can still see our intentions."

"This wave of superiors has considered more comprehensively, and it can be said that it has pushed the process forward a big step."

"After that, we'll be much more relaxed."

Hearing what Chen Guo said, Chen Nian nodded in agreement.

In fact, after thinking about the stakes, he is actually not in favor of completing the grand strategy at this point in time.

There is only one reason, the cost is too high, which affects the scheduling of one's own resources and the layout of future development.

In a word, it doesn't matter whether you can get it now, as long as the enemy can't get it.

——

However, if we can count this, it is impossible for our opponents to fail to count.

So, Chen Nian asked:

"What did Lao Mei say? Is there any response?"

"No."

"No?!"

Chen Nian was shocked.

How could there be no response?

Although in the current environment, the opponent can make very few countermeasures, but in any case, the cards in their hands have not yet been played.

Just because of the threat of several member states, they are going to shrink to the end?

This is too unreasonable.

——

Or, something happened in the practice field that I don't know yet?

Before Chen Nian could continue to ask, Chen Guo gave the answer first:

"We intercepted two YJ-21s."

"Intercepted by .055D?"

"Yes, the Haihongqi-29 is used."

".Reasonable."

This time, Chen Nian was completely relieved.

Chen Nian couldn't help sighing:

"I'm doing a lot of flower work now, and it seems that I'm getting fatter."

"Isn't it? The navy is the richest now, and one-third of Spark's annual budget is eaten up by them."

Chen Guo's tone was slightly reproachful. After all, he was born in aircraft design, and emotionally he was more inclined towards the Air Force.

——

Of course, this is just a joke. As the chief executive of Xinghuo, he knows the priority better than anyone else.

"I can't help it. The navy is the most costly service, not one of them."

"However, the 096 project is almost completed, and the follow-up may burn a little slower."

It was already March 2010, and nearly 8 months had passed since the start of the 096 project.

According to the plan of the project at the time, at the end of next month, the most advanced nuclear submarine in human history will be launched.

"The unstoppable .096 is over, and the 002 project will officially start construction again."

"As mentioned above, although most of the technical problems have been resolved, we still need to allocate some money to support the construction of the 002 project."

"After all, this time 002 is a flat-deck aircraft carrier, and there are some technical details that are different from 001."

Regarding this point, Chen Nian has no objection.

Since the birth of Xinghuo, it can be said that it has intercepted most of the country's resources. At the beginning, each project under the group was almost entirely dependent on the central government's financial transfusion. When it was the most difficult time, even millions of funds had to be relied on by external sources. Arms sales to make up for it.

At that time, in order to support Xinghuo's research projects, the central government even under pressure stopped a lot of sub-projects, relying on administrative power to ensure the operation of Xinghuo.

Now that the conditions are good, it is also appropriate to give some feedback.

However, the support belongs to the support, and the follow-up core projects must still ensure sufficient resources to invest.

"We are going to start the nuclear fusion project this year. I conservatively estimate that this project needs at least 200 billion budget. Can you guarantee it?"

Chen Nian did not say this number casually. In fact, he referred to the total investment in domestic nuclear fusion projects in the previous life.

The total capital consumption of several key projects, including the Shenguang series and the circulation series, is probably at this level.

Chen Guo made some calculations in her heart, and replied:

"Basically enough, accounting for 30% of the total package, which is about the same as our original preset level."

"That's all right."

Chen Nian nodded in satisfaction.

This is the advantage of a mature team.

I just need to ask for money, I don’t need to think about where the money comes from

While Chen Nian and Chen Guo were happily exchanging the details of the follow-up technological development, on the other side, Bob was already so angry that his veins were about to burst out.

Retreating across the board, the enemy was clearly in front of him, but he didn't have the confidence to attack. This was the most embarrassing situation he had ever encountered in his career.

How did that happen?

If they go back to a few years ago, they may indeed choose to back down and avoid, but the reason for making such a choice must be to ensure the maximization of interests.

It's not like it is now, purely because of "lack of strength".

This made him extremely painful and extremely angry.

The pain is my own powerlessness, and the anger is the indecision of the above.

——

Originally, I still had a chance.

If the situation is pushed forward to erupt before the opponent organizes the exercise, the allies will have no time to react, and they can only choose to stand on their side.

But it was just a few days of "discussion" and "consideration" that made our side miss the last chance.

Now, the done deal, the other party has completed the strategic deployment, how easy is it to achieve a breakthrough?

Thinking of this, Bob clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and asked:

"So they mean, this thing is over?"

"We don't react any more and let them do whatever they want?"

The assistant on the side nodded helplessly, and replied:

"Judging from the latest communication, this is indeed what it means."

"We don't have to."

"It's not unnecessary! It's just that they are afraid!"

Bob interrupted the assistant with a roar, and slammed his fist on the desk.

"We should not back down, we should not show weakness, the consequence of military collapse is the total collapse of economy and diplomacy, this is the foundation of our foothold, how can we give up?!"

"But we had to give up."

The assistant silently handed Bob a stack of documents, and then said:

"In fact, we're already starting to break down."

"Four years have passed since the outbreak of the economic crisis, but our economic situation has not improved at all."

"We have failed to achieve growth for four consecutive years, financial market confidence has fallen to the bottom, and the previous gamble in the military field has been declared a complete failure."

"I'm actually not surprised that Congress made that choice."

"They just want to stop the loss. Unlike us, their priority is to keep people alive."

Hearing this, Bob's originally agitated emotions suddenly cooled down as if a bucket of dry ice had been poured on him.

"Is it serious enough?"

he asked subconsciously.

In fact, as a military chief, the only economically-related matter he cared about was military spending.

In the past few years, no matter how bad the economic environment was, military spending has not decreased at all.

Therefore, he always thought that the potential of this country was far from being exhausted.

But now, from what the assistant said, it seems that this is not the case?

"Maybe, it's more serious than you think."

Afterwards, the assistant unfolded the document and began to explain to Bob one by one.

Internal and external debt has reached the highest level in history, even to the point of being almost unsustainable. In other words, the country has been unable to borrow money from any open market. If it wants to maintain economic operation, it can only continue to overdraw its currency reputation. At the expense of long-term inflation, in exchange for current stability.

This is pure drumming.

The bank's balance sheet is about to explode, and several major banks have issued clear warnings to the Fed, asking for further policy support.

But the question is, what can the Fed do?

Further raise interest rates, maintain the overall oxygen supply, or cut off part of it, throwing pawns to save the car?

With the deep involvement of capital, any policy is not so easy to implement.

In addition, the manufacturing industry is not optimistic.

As of February this year, the manufacturing PMI recorded 45.3%, expected 47.5%, and the previous value was 47.7%. This is the 14th consecutive month that the PMI has been below the dry-boom line, breaking the US record in this regard.

Being able to persist until now is already a miracle.

As a result, new orders, export orders, and imports all fell by more than 3 percentage points, which also reached the largest drop in a single statistics.

The most terrifying thing is that the non-performing loan ratio of American overseas companies has also reached a new high, which means that not only can they not make money at home, but even their overseas market position has gradually been replaced by a certain country.

Of all the data, the only thing that looks good may be the unemployment rate.

4.7%, and has continued to decline in recent months.

Bob breathed a sigh of relief, and said:

"The unemployment rate data seems to be promising, which may be a sign of the resilience of our economy."

"We still have a chance to fight again"

"It's fake."

However, he was interrupted by his assistant before he finished speaking, and then the assistant explained:

"In six months, the unemployment rate has continued to decline and the employed population has increased, but industrial electricity consumption has almost halved."

"Mr. Bob, do you know what that means?"

".meaning what?"

"It means that our industrial sector has achieved spiritual drive."

"."

At this moment, this is really not such a funny joke.

But looking at the mocking look on the assistant's face, Bob really realized the seriousness of the problem.

——

If a set of obviously unreasonable data can still be released to the outside world, it means that there is no way to maintain the public's confidence in the country other than releasing false data.

No wonder Congress is so indecisive

etc.

Bob woke up suddenly.

The original strategy was to drag the opponent into the quagmire.

But in fact, the one who was really dragged into the quagmire seemed to be...

us? ?