Richard. Although Thomas was dumbfounded by Elaine's words, he had never really experienced the war, and he was not very impressed with Elaine's words in his heart, in his opinion, he was nothing more than born at the wrong time, if the war at that time was his own part, the final outcome of the war was even likely to be rewritten, but this is naturally not to say, the reason is still that sentence: history cannot be assumed.

Of course, like the vast majority of Americans, Richard. Thomas also believed in the so-called wise saying "the truth is within the range of the cannon", the only difference is that with the development of the times, this sentence can probably be changed to "the truth is within the range of the missile".

Richard. The trace of disapproval in Thomas's eyes was naturally seen by Elaine, but since the words have been said here, Elaine naturally has no obligation to "clean up" for this guy, in Elaine's opinion, if there is a real fight between China and the United States, although the probability of this possibility is less than 0.1%, the battlefield of this war should be around China, in the early stage of the war, the Americans may win some so-called victories, but this victory is definitely not much, China is not Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and the like that the Americans can bully at will, but as for the outcome, it must end in the defeat of the Americans.

There is no doubt that Americans, who are essentially businessmen, who like to make money when they are cheap, and who lack the courage to die with the enemy, will never do a loss-making business, and will never continue the war when they find that they cannot afford it.

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The welcome dinner was held on the huge deck, and throughout the day, these old beauties visited the ship's scientific research facilities and living facilities. In the afternoon, the Alice Group also arranged for these American GIs to conduct a simulated flight training, so that these guys could use the simulation trainer on the ship to experience the almost real flight ability of the Alice Group's tiltrotor aircraft, and its excellent performance was unanimously praised by six US military helicopter pilots.

"Captain Richard, I hope we have a chance to work together again in the future." The captain of the Alice Group's research ship, an American who is a native of the American intelligence system, Pierce Pierce. Crawford raised his glass and staggered to Richard. Thomas said.

"Huh? Why do you say that, Mr. Crawford? We've been happy working together. "Hear Pierce. There is obviously another meaning in Crawford's words, Richard. Thomas's heart moved, as if he hadn't heard anything, and asked as if he was very concerned about his old friend.

"Oh, our boss plans to build another one of these ships, but it is said that the ship that is about to start construction seems to be bigger than this one, and I will be the captain of that ship when the time comes, and when I become the captain of the new ship, my first mate will be the captain of this ship, and you will have to take care of my first mate when the time comes." Pierce, who was full of alcohol but spoke in a well-organized manner. Captain Crawford put his arm around Richard. Thomas said to him on the shoulder, with a look of reassurance.

Alice Group also plans to build one such ship? This sentence was inadvertently revealed, so that Richard. Thomas's expression suddenly moved: What is Alice Group planning to do? Why did you never know about this plan? Of course, it's normal not to know, after all, he is just a temporary "part-time" intelligence officer, how could he know about such a thing.

His mind was racing like electricity, and Richard. Thomas's face was not at all abnormal, but he also patted Pierce with feigned enthusiasm. Crawford's shoulders were equally drunk, "Of course, Mr. Crawford, my dearest friend, since you are about to become the captain of a bigger ship, as your dear partner, I congratulate you first, I really envy your current job, I believe that in a short time, you will become a millionaire." ”

"This ...... Hehe...... "Despite Pierce. Crawford did not answer Richard directly. Thomas's words, but the smug expression on his face, how could he hide it from Richard, who was attentively observing his every move. Thomas's eyes?

For Richard. For an intelligence "rookie" like Thomas, as long as he can understand the next move of the Alice Group, he will complete his mission, but for the "Arleigh. For some people on the Burke-class Aegis missile destroyer, their task is much more difficult, for example, there are two brothers who are constantly pushing glasses with a pilot on the Alice Group research ship that they just met in the afternoon. ,

When he was drunk, an American GI said to the pilot of the Alice Group research ship who accompanied him, "Your ship should be able to be converted into an aircraft carrier, right?" I think that if your ship can be transformed into an aircraft carrier, its combat capability should definitely not be underestimated. ”

"What do you mean by being able to transform into an aircraft carrier, this ship was originally a civilian aircraft carrier, and if necessary, it can be completely restored to an aircraft carrier in two or three months," the pilot of the Alice Group, who was obviously drunk, patted the shoulder of the American soldier who seemed to be too drunk, and said drunkenly with a good look of two brothers, "Brother, I'll tell you about this alone...... Speaking of which, not many people know about it, and I'm one of them."

Originally designed and built according to the standards of aircraft carriers? The two American GIs next to him looked at each other in unison: this was news that they had never heard before.

"If that's the case, then why don't you Alice Group build an aircraft carrier? If you build an aircraft carrier, wouldn't you make more money than the earlier ship? One of the two American GIs asked the pilot in confusion.

"Who said our boss doesn't build aircraft carriers? At the beginning, our boss wanted your country to sell an aircraft carrier based on this ship, but those damned bureaucrats in your military thought that your Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was enough to maintain your U.S. global hegemony, and our Alice Group's ship, in addition to being expensive, did not do much to enhance our U.S. global hegemony and influence. Shit, don't those damn Pentagon bureaucrats with shit in their heads know that if other countries have such aircraft carriers, it is a huge threat and challenge to the global interests of our United States of America? If you wait until ......"

The pilot, who was a pilot of an American aircraft carrier carrier-based aircraft, seemed to be a little drunk, and when he said this, he could no longer control his emotions and scolded indignantly, but this guy, who was obviously excited, seemed to have missed his mouth at the last moment, so he hurriedly closed his mouth.

Well? Could it be that there is something inside the United States that the United States does not know? The three American GIs exchanged opinions through their eyes covertly, and at the same time nodded secretly: **, it is very likely

"That's true, but the damn bastard bureaucrats at the Pentagon have a point, right? After all, now in the whole world, it seems that no country at sea has challenged the strength of our maritime battle group with Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers as the core. One of the American GIs said, sounding like he was more in favor of the U.S. government's approach.

This is true, but if you carefully analyze this guy's words, you can conclude that this guy's words are actually completely aimed at the pilot of the Alice Group who obviously drank too much just now, and there is also a hint of clever agitation in it.

Sure enough, after hearing this guy's words, the guy just now suddenly went crazy, "If there is no country with a more powerful aircraft carrier than our Nimitz, this is not wrong, but...... But ......"

But what? Sensing that this guy was about to say what might be the most influential thing for US military and political decision-making this year, the three US secret intelligence officers all pricked up their ears high, but at this most critical moment, this guy actually fell on the table and snored one after another.

That's it? Three U.S. intelligence officers, look at me, I'll look at you, all with sad faces: What is this called? Are you *** drunk at the most critical time? You *** can't wait until you're done to get drunk?

One of them gently put his hand on the neck and forehead of the drunk guy, nodded slightly, and looked at the bright eyes of the three guys, how could he see that there was a hint of drunkenness in it?

The other two suddenly had no doubts.

Originally, the three of them were still a little suspicious that they were deliberately pretending to be drunk and passing on some false information to themselves, but now it seems that what this guy said is true...... As a highly trained intelligence officer, it is natural to have special hangover drugs, and it is also natural to have the ability to tell whether a person is really drunk or pretending to be drunk.

If the guy was pretending to be drunk just now, then what he said was obviously fake, but if the guy was really drunk, then he said it while he was drunk...... The situation is serious, and the three guys are worried: if this is the case, then there is a good chance that this guy's words are true. According to the meaning of this guy's words, it seems that a country is secretly negotiating with the Alice Group and wants to buy an aircraft carrier of this ship size from them? ,

This kind of thing, rather believe it than not believe it, the three of them quickly made a decision in their hearts: after they go back, they will immediately feedback the information back at the highest level

All three of them firmly believe that after receiving such information, as long as the officials of the CIA and the Department of Defense are not pigs, then they should know very well what they should do: mobilize all the intelligence resources of the United States in the world to investigate what is going on, which country is secretly contacting the Alice Group, and whether it is really in contact with the Alice Group and negotiating the purchase of such a supercarrier.

This is a vital matter that has a bearing on the global strategic security and global interests of the United States, and to put it bluntly, it has a direct bearing on whether the United States is still the only superpower on the planet without any challengers

In essence, the aircraft carrier is a swimming airfield on the sea, and the more planes it can carry, the stronger its combat effectiveness will naturally be, and there is absolutely no doubt about this, when an aircraft carrier that can carry four to five times the number of aircraft of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier appears on the planet, there is no doubt that this big guy will pose a huge threat to US interests in this region if it appears in any corner

In order to protect its own interests, the United States must strangle this kind of thing in the cradle, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the United States is no longer able to stop this matter, then it must also master this super weapon in its own hands at the same time, and it must maintain overwhelming superiority in numbers on this planet, and absolutely no country will be allowed to have a better weapon than the United States itself

Zhang Lan, who had been sitting in the corner silently observing all this, let out a soft breath: All the information has been dispersed, and at this time, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that you Americans are still not taking the bait

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In this ship "Ali. Less than a month after the officers and men of the Burke-class Aegis missile destroyer visited the Alice Group's top scientific research ship, the US military quickly reached a purchase plan to adopt 10 AI-10 multipurpose tiltrotors and 10 AI-20 heavy multi-purpose wide-body transport tiltrotors from the Alice Group.

In this ship "Ali. After the "Burke" class Aegis missile destroyer and the Alice Group's scientific research ship, the United States quickly launched the most advanced plan in the global intelligence network, and the goal was to investigate one thing: Is there really a country that is secretly in contact with the Alice Group in order to obtain from the Alice Group the kind of supercarrier that the Alice Group had previously sold to itself?

After careful weighing, the US Department of Defense and the CIA have focused their attention on the countries whose economies are among the top 10 in the world, and their attention is mainly focused on India, Russia, and China, with the penetration of China being the most important

In the eyes of the Americans, although India has experience in using aircraft carriers, this country with no ambitions only seeks hegemony in the South Asian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean, and will not pose much threat to the global interests of the United States, so it is very unlikely that they will have secret contacts with the Alice group. At the same time, the Americans do not think that India's Ahsan will be able to come up with such a sum of money to buy such an aircraft carrier, and then spend the same amount of money to purchase destroyers, frigates, escort submarines, carrier-based aircraft, and other equipment for this aircraft carrier -- although India Ahsan can buy them with money, it may not necessarily be that any country will sell them -- and then they will have to spend at least $20.1 billion a year to pay for the aircraft carrier's sailing, training, patrolling, and other activities;

As for Russia, the reason is the same, not to mention that the polar bear, which is in the midst of economic recovery, does not currently have the strength to seek global hegemony, and it is absolutely impossible for them to spend such a large amount of money on such equipment based on the bony little body of this greedy polar bear...... If this kind of aircraft carrier is used as the core to form a real aircraft carrier maritime battle group, this huge cost is almost equal to all the military expenditures of the polar bear in a year. ,

As for China? Americans have always been highly wary of this country whose ideology is inconsistent with their own, and although from the perspective of China's current national defense strategy, the Chinese do not seem to need such supercarriers, but for Americans who have never been afraid to doubt others with the worst intentions, this kind of thing is always necessary to prevent disasters from happening. What's more, China's fast-growing economy, and their fiscal system and defense finance system, which are absolutely incomprehensible to outsiders, seem to make it possible for them to equip such a supercarrier battle group.

As for those European allies of the United States, they may have this strength, but limited to geopolitical issues, even if they really order this kind of aircraft carrier from the Alice Group, the United States has the confidence and ability to make it impossible for them to get their hands on it. If you do the math, it seems that only China, a country that is completely at odds with their ideology, is most likely.

In any case, this move by the Alice Group has cast a shadow over the CVN-21 aircraft carrier, which the Americans are studying and has reached the middle stage.

The Americans understand that if the final result is really the one they least want to see, then the aircraft carrier for the 21 st century, codenamed CVN-21, which the Americans have spent tremendous manpower, material and financial resources, will most likely be stillborn before it is born, and it will become the biggest joke in the world

Of course, Americans don't want to be a joke in other people's mouths, and ordinary people in the United States don't pay much attention to the issue of face, but the government departments of any country attach great importance to this issue, how can this situation not occur? The solution, of course, is very simple, to strangle this situation directly in the cradle.

The US global intelligence system is still very well developed, and after a month of hard work, some scattered intelligence on this matter has been gathered at the headquarters of the three major US intelligence departments