Chapter 745: The History of the Bifurcation (3)

"How's the investigation going?" In the White House, in the Oval Office, the figure sitting behind the desk leaned back, made his posture more comfortable, stretched out his hands and rubbed his head, as a president who took office after the outbreak of the economic crisis, I have to say that such a unique form is quite a test of his ability to govern.

Now although the United States has begun to slowly get out of the economic crisis, but the international form is not optimistic at all, and he does not even have more time to think about economic things, this aspect of the matter has been handed over to the Secretary of Commerce and the Department of Energy, the Ministry of Finance and other economic people to be responsible, now the international form is quite weird, the United States and the European Union on the Libyan side of the United States and the European Union have become inevitable, this Obama also knows in his heart, But what happened in Asia forced Obama to reconvene the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

It's just that the results of the meeting made Obama very uncomfortable, it is obvious that because of the launch of the two aircraft carrier battle groups, China's naval strength can be described as soaring, and at present, in Asia, the six aircraft carrier battle groups of the third and seventh fleets under the jurisdiction of the Taiping Fleet have accounted for 60% of the overall naval strength of the United States!

First of all, the defense circle of the US Third and Seventh Fleets is very large, and only four of the six aircraft carriers can maneuver and fight! On the Chinese side, there are two, plus several of China's latest improvements, the 094-class attack nuclear submarines, which are almost comparable to the Seawolf. In addition, China's base camp is here, and against China's two aircraft carrier battle groups, it is really uncertain whether the winner will be defeated.

Even if you win, it's a miserable victory! The problem is that as the Associated Press mentioned, Obama has to consider that the American people and Congress will not allow a conflict with a rapidly rising superpower like China, but China is different, just look at the Associated Press interview, Obama knows. China's economy has not been affected by any economic crisis. At the same time, it is constantly growing, and the conflict between the two sides can be said to be lost even if the United States wins.

But if it is not threatened by conflict, the United States really has no way to restrain China now, economically? Forget it. To tell the truth, although the United States is slowly getting out of the economic crisis, it is built on the huge market of China, and if there is no Chinese market, the economy that the United States has just improved will collapse directly. Neither the economy nor the military can suppress China, so can we still count on the United Nations?

That's not even. China is one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council and has a veto power, and the UN will not work. And on the issue of Nansha in the South China Sea, to put it bluntly. In the past, China did not have the naval strength to control its own territorial waters, but now with that strength, the United States has no choice! But that's clearly not the only thing that's causing Obama headaches now.

"Here's the report we've analyzed." Gates handed Obama a thick stack of reports, and Obama took them and flipped through a few pages and said, "Tell me about it, it's been a long time since I've read so much." ”

"Well, according to the analysis of the Ministry of Defense and the great intelligence services, now we have very few means to contain China. Unless we are willing to go to war directly with China, but IMHO. Mr. President, even if there is a war between us. In the end, it was a lose-lose situation, and we had almost no advantage! Because we can't land in China, there is no point in a conflict with China. Gates shook his head slightly.

"What about the periphery? North Korea, for example. Obama hesitated, then asked.

"North Korea can, but Mr. President, even if we can push South Korea and North Korea to start a conflict, unless we intervene directly, with the strength of South Korea and North Korea alone, the two sides will not be able to achieve anything." Gates smiled bitterly, now the United States is in a very awkward situation, it is okay to meddle on a small scale, such as the next conflict in Libya, this kind of conflict without danger, it is very good for consuming the ammunition in the US inventory and pulling the orders of the military industrial complex, the United States does not exclude, but things like the Korean Peninsula, once the United States intervenes, the EU is not stupid, and the EU cannot follow the United States to step on this troubled water, once only the United States itself .......

I'm afraid there is no difference from the final result of the last century, or even worse than that. "What's going on with this next?" Obama asked, flipping back, frowning again.

"It's so dead that we've analyzed out the effects of the Star Battery, and I think we're ignoring one of the biggest problems! That is the current influence of Star Battery on a global scale! Gates smiled bitterly again, the United States is really lagging behind this time, in terms of star batteries, although it has obtained the formula provided by the Star Group, but at present, although the scientific research department in the United States can produce its own batteries, there is no way to get rid of the most critical element platinum!

According to the progress report of the Ministry of Science and Technology, it will take at least two to five years to completely get rid of the role of platinum in batteries. However, according to the intelligence department, the batteries of the Star Group have obviously gotten rid of the restrictions of platinum elements and can be produced on a large scale, but the other party has done too well in the production process, even if thousands of batteries are dismantled, the progress of the reverse research of the Ministry of Science and Technology is very slow.

"What do you mean?" Obama flipped through the report in his hand, and finally raised his head and looked directly at Gates and asked.

"According to the CIA's intelligence, in the past two to four years, China is now transforming its own national grid construction, and the laying of the entire power grid has far exceeded the current demand in China's stores, although these power grids are laid according to the construction of controllable nuclear power plants, but even if all the nuclear fission power stations in China are eliminated, these power grid construction is about 30% more than China's overall power use capacity!" Gates quickly explained.

“…… I have communicated with the Minister of Energy before I came, and maybe Mr. President has been paying attention to economic matters in the past two years, and I have not noticed that the popularity of Star Batteries is now increasing, and according to the statistics of the CIA. In other words, with the rising Chery Automobile, as well as BMW and other electric-oil hybrid vehicles with a higher and higher market share, in terms of oil and gas, China's demand is falling sharply, and in the future, civilian cars may even use all electricity, which is probably why they are building a newer large-scale national grid. Gates quickly explained the situation to Bush.

"All electric cars? Is it feasible? After all, 20 minutes of refueling can be done. Can't charge it in 20 minutes, right? Obama frowned. This is really not good news, if Gates is right, it is that the star battery is gradually replacing the position of oil! When the star battery turned into oil. The United States has already lost without having to fight!

"Quite possibly! There is no way to complete the charge in ten or twenty minutes! But now the Star Battery has adopted a fairly high-tech charging capacity, and at 380 volts, a car that has completely used up its power can be fully charged in just one and a half hours! Even at 220 volts, it only takes a little more than 2 hours! But Mr. President, don't go, according to the current ordinary family car of about 100,000 RMB, Chery Automobile can travel about 900 kilometers on a full charge! In addition, the car comes with a small fuel tank that can travel 100 kilometers, so a full fuel car can travel a distance of about 1200 kilometers! 1200 km, almost all family car exercise routes. Gates sighed slightly.

Neglect in this regard has to be said to be a significant loss for the US Department of Energy. Although the science and technology department is now catching up, no one knows when the technology will appear, a year. Two years, or five or ten years, at that time, China's infrastructure construction is basically completed. And you have to count on people to update their technology over the years.

"900 km, 100 km, isn't it 1000 km?" Obama raised an eyebrow, although the 200 kilometers are not critical, but as a president. There are some details that Obama can still do.

"This is thanks to Star Group Engines! During the consumption of 100 kilometers of fuel, the fuel engine also recharges the battery. And during this time, charging can travel a distance of about 200 kilometers! Gates shook his head helplessly.

"Mr. President, I think we have to change our China policy. We will have to change our China policy at least in five years, and we have no way to restrain China at all, so it is better to be friendly between the two sides, which will be beneficial to us! Gates hesitated, but said his words anyway.

Obama didn't speak, just frowned, in the past, the United States was the world leader, and he could do whatever he wanted, but now Obama's own term of office has to consider the influence of another world power, which is of course unpleasant. Is it going back to the time of confrontation with the Soviet Union? However, it is clear that China is not the Soviet Union, at least it is unrealistic for the United States to use the economic aspect to drag down China, and the huge population base determines that China cannot be the same as the Soviet Union.

No one knows the outcome of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, but as Chinese warships began patrolling the Spratlys, the U.S. remained silent and decided to launch a military attack with the European Union on the Libyan situation. Vietnam and the Philippines protested several times, China simply ignored their decisions, and after several times Philippine and Vietnamese civilian ships entered China and were seized by China without hesitation, the two countries also remained silent.

As for the conflict...... The leaders of Vietnam and the Philippines are not fools, some country behind them has not yet spoken, with the naval power of both of them...... Multiplied by 2, it may not be able to beat the opposite aircraft carrier battle group, and the technological level of the two sides is not at the same level at all, so the two countries have to start to keep silent.

The silence of the United States and the silence of the European Union have also made it clear to people all over the world that China's declaration of sovereignty in Nansha has become a fact, and Vietnam and the Philippines obviously have no momentum of confrontation, and there is no way to confront them.

While the European Union and the United States launched air strikes on Libya in accordance with the memories of history, China's Ministry of National Defense announced that the Beijing aircraft carrier battle group would rush to the vicinity of Somali waters and begin escort operations for merchant ships from various countries. Launching an aircraft carrier battle group to escort the escort, such extravagant escort conditions are estimated to be flattered by the protected merchant ships, even the United States is not extravagant to such a degree.

After all, the aircraft carrier battle group is dispatched with money, not paper. The media in Europe and the United States can only say in a sour tone that China wants its aircraft carrier battle group to quickly build up combat strength and to temper its fleet in escort operations and anti-piracy operations. This is a wasteful act of cannon hitting mosquitoes, but no matter how you say it, it is unlikely to change China's decision.

In fact, what these media said is right, after all, there is still a big difference between the latest super heavy aircraft carriers such as Waglian and Beijing, even if the Somali pirates are just a group of pirate ships that are only a few hundred tons of small ships, but in this kind of escort operation, it is good training to practice various combat formations, take off and land carrier-based aircraft, and so on. Sharpshooters are fed with bullets, and a navy with strong combat effectiveness is also smashed with money, and if it were not for the United States causing trouble everywhere in the world, the US navy would not have such a powerful combat effectiveness.

Regardless of actual combat experience or training experience, it's all about money. This is also the reason why China dared to build aircraft carriers after massive economic growth in recent years. Aircraft carriers have been built, but few have been used. The situation in Libya has begun to become clearer, but the situation in many countries in the Middle East is slowly starting to become turbulent, and the consequences of the economic crisis are now beginning to be felt.

And in the process of Li Yingjie and their continued search for information, time slipped away quickly, and more than half a year passed in the blink of an eye, and just after the National Day, Zhang Yang met a person in India that he didn't expect. Rothschild!

Zhang Yang met the current head of this legendary family at the branch of the Star Group in India, Zhang Yang didn't expect David to take the initiative to visit him, and got the news from Tan Yudie, Zhang Yang thought she was teasing herself, but I didn't expect to know that this is also the first time that Zhang Yang has officially stood face to face with Freemasonry, an organization that has been inherited for hundreds of years, since he came back from rebirth. (To be continued)