The strength of the country's military not only wins the attention of the world and casts military prestige, but also arouses the recognition of neighboring countries, and even seeks refuge. For example, South Africa, which was very dissatisfied with them a while ago, has become divided internally, and neighboring countries ******** and Kenya have cooperated.

In the island nation more than 1,000 kilometres to the north, the Seychelles government has also invited the UME Defence Force to build a naval base in response to the ongoing prevalence of Somali piracy in the region, which has previously been known to all as effective in combating piracy and extremist groups.

The UME government has considered that the construction of a military base in the Seychelles will be able to expand the influence and strategic scope of the Defence Force, and that the region, which controls the western Indian Ocean, will be able to influence the Gulf of Aden more quickly, which is important for escorting merchant ships passing through.

Therefore, the UME government passed this resolution.

They have decided to lease a port and land in the Seychelles as a military base, will send frigates and naval soldiers to station, and will equip the land with their land-based anti-missile systems, a combination of electromagnetic guns and advanced radar, to make the surrounding area a UME backyard.

Although this move has caused dissatisfaction among some countries, such as India, which has always regarded the Indian Ocean as its sphere of influence, because the current major powers have a lot of cutting-edge technological cooperation with UME, and the strategic importance of this region is not obvious to Western countries, they have not expressed their position.

With no one to support India, they were deflated, but they still showed their presence, and drove their aircraft carriers and warships around the area, showing off their equipment. The Navy's ocean-going combat capability, which the UME Defense Forces does not have, is also ignored.

UME is only immersed in what interests him, and although the naval power is not as good as India, it is not weak in defense. The electromagnetic cannon has quietly extended the strike radius to 1,500 kilometers - a distance that the Indian aircraft carrier could sink as soon as it gets close.

It's just that it's useless to protect yourself, you have to have the power to attack.

Building the navy and improving the sea, land and air force has become an important hurdle for UME to become a major country, and the leaders attach importance to it and the government has also listed it as a national strategy.

The road to strengthening the army has officially embarked on the journey.

……

February. The arrival of the family diluted the seriousness of the Chieftain's palace shrouded in national politics.

"Look who this is!" Meng Qian, who had always been serious on formal occasions, changed his appearance at this time, and hugged his sister's daughter with a bright smile.

"Uncle!" Fei Fei also responded sweetly.

"I like you girl the most!" Meng Qian was very happy, Fei Fei was one year younger than his son, and six years old was the age of Meng Meng, which made people unable to resist.

"What about my uncle?" There was also a child pulling his clothes, and Meng Qian lowered his head: "See your dirty paws!" This must be light! ”

"Hee-hee!" The little boy was not ashamed and smiled, "Fei Fei is dirtier than me!" She just now. Just now, I grabbed something to eat without washing my hands, and I wiped it on you. ”

"Speak slowly." Meng Sisi said to him.

"Really?" Meng Qian looked at her.

"Not really!" She quibbled, "I've already washed it!" ”

"Uncle!" The little boy looked up at him, "What about my cousin Lele?" ”

"He's still sleeping, being taught by his mother!" Meng Qian turned around and signaled to the second floor, and the eldest daughter Lili, who had just gotten up, walked down in a fluttering skirt.

"Our princess." Meng Sisi opened her hands.

"Hey!" Lili floated over and hugged Meng Sisi. Shake her husband's hand again, then bow his head: "Little boy." Remember me? ”

"You're Cousin Lili." Mitsumitsu has a good memory.

"It's so cute!" She went to touch her head.

"Is Lili still on vacation?" Meng Sisi was curious.

"Hey, hey!" Lili showed a sly smile, and Meng Qian's face was not good-looking: "I dropped out of school after only one year, and now I am gnawing at the old." ”

"Not really!" Lili objected, "First of all, I have the ability to drop out of school after being admitted, and I still belong to the elite; Secondly, I found a better way to live. ”

"What is it?" Meng Sisi was interested.

"Build this city." Lili is very confident, "I want to participate in politics." To be a councilor, to be a mayor, then to be an archon, then to be president. ”

"Why do girls like to do this?" Meng Sisi smiled.

"Why can't girls?" She asked rhetorically.

"I shouldn't have indulged you so much." Meng Qian has already regretted it, looking back on the year, what did his daughter learn from him? Racing, flying. Extreme sports such as skydiving.

"I think it's good." Gong Hui, who pulled Lele downstairs with an unhappy face, said.

"You see, it's you who is against it, it's you who supports it, no matter what, I'm always the wrong one." Meng Qian shrugged at everyone.

Everyone laughed, and Gong Hui stepped forward to greet them one by one.

Meng Sisi looked at George, who was not too happy: "What's the matter, little handsome guy?" ”

"Teach his mother a lesson." Gong Hui explained.

"Don't like her." George is a little awkward, but in terms of talent, Wang Manwen can be a strong woman and a woman. people, but not a good mother.

Lele is brought up by Gong Hui, and he is closer to her, but he is always afraid of Wang Manwen...... As soon as she was spoken, she came down.

"Wow, that's a lot of kids!" Wang Manwen was wearing seven or eight centimeter high heels, but he still walked steadily: "Give me a hug!" ”

"Here you go." Meng Qian gave the girl Fei Fei to her.

"She prefers girls, doesn't she?" Meng Sisi whispered in his ear.

"Hmm." Meng Qian nodded and looked at Lili: "She is so rebellious, on the one hand, she caused it." ”

"I'm alone. Stand on your own! Lili emphasized.

"Whatever you want." Meng Qian didn't have a problem with her, "At breakfast time, let's go with the whole family, oh yes, why don't my parents come?" ”

"They have their own arrangements and are busier than me." Meng Sisi said.

"Hahaha, they're all big kids." Meng Qian smiled, his parents' thinking kept pace with the times, and they once traveled around Europe together.

"That's right!" Meng Sisi agreed.

……

The arrival of children and families fills the Emirates Palace with life.

All kinds of toys, tigers, and small dinosaur pets are the most irresistible playmates for children; The private horse farm and beach are also ideal places for adults to relax; This side is also specially equipped with a post-integrated medical cabin, and the maintenance of the ladies is in place in one step.

Playing and making noise for days. The bear children, who made chickens and dogs jump, finally quieted down.

Meng Qian lay on the lawn in the backyard, pillowing his head, looking at the night sky: "Every twinkling star is the sun on the distant shore, and there may be intelligent creatures like us living near it." ”

"But it's so small." The bears and children gathered around him.

"It's just that we're far away so we feel small. It's like your mother, lo and behold, it's only my finger size right now. Meng Qian gestured his finger into the distance.

"What a little mother." Fei Fei also compared.

"Shall we go up then?" Lele tilted his head and had an infinite yearning for it.

"We can only go up to the biggest one at the moment, and it's called the Moon." Meng Qian pointed to the other side, "Carry us up by rocket." ”

"But there are very few rockets." Lele said.

"Fire, rockets will explode." Just talking in a hurry stuttered.

"It's scary." Fifi approached him.

"I don't dare to ride a rocket." Guangguang said.

"I dare to take the elevator." Fei Fei said.

"I've been on a plane, and my mother won't give it to me." Lele showed off his achievements, he had been on the aerobatic plane driven by Meng Qian - this is currently forbidden by mothers.

"It's a secret. Don't talk nonsense. Meng Qian touched his head and stared at the starry sky for a while: "But in the future, even Fei Fei, who only dares to take the elevator, will be able to go up." ”

"Really?" Fei Fei looked at him.

"Yes." Meng Qian compared with his hand, "It's called a space elevator, and we will find a 36,000-kilometer-long cable, one end of which is set up on the ground and the other end is in space." By pulling the cable by the machine, we can go up like an elevator. Safer. ”

"Wow!" The children were amazed.

"Then will you make one?" Fei Fei said.

"Well, then I did." Meng Qian coped with the child, "First of all, we need to set up a sufficiently stable ground base point, and to ensure that the space elevator does not drift relative to the ground, we can only build one end on the equator, and connect the other end to the geostationary orbit satellite." ”

"And then?" They don't really understand. I just think it's amazing.

"Then, on the other side of space, it needs a counterweight, because to avoid the space elevator cable being crushed by its own weight, we need to use the centrifugal force of the Earth's rotation. Tighten the cable so that it is at the base point of the ground and not too heavy. ”

"And then?" The kids continued.

"The Story King?" Lili walked over, sat down and lay down beside them, "What do you say now?" ”

"Elevator!" The children scrambled to say, "Uncle (Dad) is going to make an elevator that can go to space to pick up the stars, and it's ready to start." ”

"Haha." Lili laughed, "I've seen the theory in this regard, Japan and the United States are all planning, and investing tens of billions of dollars can be realized." ”

"Tens of billions are unlikely." Meng Qian weighed the reality, "It needs carbon nanotubes, which are at least 36,000 kilometers long and tens of centimeters thick, and the cost of it alone is more than 10 billion." ”

"You mean, it's okay to be a reality?" Lili found his point.

"Of course." Meng Qian replied affirmatively, "Its principle is simply a long line, which is pulled by machines on the ground and in the sky. ”

"Then let's make the elevator!" Lili said.

"How are you like a child?" Meng Qian wondered.

"But I'm your child." She rolled over and leaned over and put her arms around him, "Tell a story." ”

"How old is it? Don't be ashamed! Meng Qian smiled.

"Hmph." She smiled and looked at the starry sky with him: "Dad." ”

"Say."

"Teach me to look at the star map." She said.

"Didn't you have it a long time ago?"

"Then talk to me about space travel based on theory." She was childish, "With the space elevator, there will be no problem carrying cargo, will there be warships in the future?" ”

"You mean the kind on top of your head?" Meng Qian asked.

"Hmm." Lili looked at the sky, "The deep and mysterious universe, we humans haven't really been able to develop it yet, can you be the first one?" ”

"I'm not a magic lamp." Meng Qian said.

"But you can do it." She doesn't give up.

"Okay, okay." Meng Qian said perfunctorily and opened the story king mode: "We must start with the space elevator and allocate 20 billion US dollars to mobilize the ...... of various industries."

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PS: I originally planned to end after this chapter, but suddenly I had some brain holes, so I wrote more content, and the ending continued to be postponed...... (To be continued.) )