Chapter 343: Pressure, Hesitation
PS: Please, everyone, don't park your tickets?
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Ascending high and far, with the misty drizzle, it is intoxicating.
Standing on the hundred-meter-high Guangling Tower, letting the silky rainflowers fall on his body, the sea in the distance was hazy, and Li Lan's heart also fluttered.
Pessimistic people are distressed by the impermanence of life and the short-term death of God. Optimistic people, laughing and singing life is like a play, year after year.
In the past, in China, he was just a grassroots person, a very inconspicuous one among the 1.3 billion Chinese, like an occasional swimming fish in the vast ocean, no one would care. Perhaps one day, this swimming fish will not be able to escape the fate of the jungle.
Now he is still standing at the top of the food chain, and on his head, there are several beings who can eat him at any time.
Power, money, women, the simplest and highest pursuit of a person's life, he has it. In Somalia, he is a man of his word. Every soldier in the army worships him as a god, and as soon as the order sounds, more than 100,000 soldiers will shed blood for him.
At a young age, he is the envy of many men in the world, and has become the object of fantasy for countless men in the world.
But Li Lan felt more and more that the time to live for himself became less, and the time spent living for his dreams occupied a large part of his life.
All along, and even now, Li Lan believes it. In this life, it is not for you to be worthy of yourself, but to make you worthy of this cruel game of life that may pass by in a flash for decades. The birth of life is a miracle, and this is true of every life. The reason why man is able to rule all things. It is because people know what the Tao is for and live, it is not the instinct of simple creatures. Spend your life in mediocrity.
However, after being busy. Looking at the tight schedule, Li Lan always felt a little confused in her heart.
Are you or are you not yourself?
After being content, I enjoy spending this life, or I have been moving forward and achieving more achievements, worthy of my life.
So how much do you gain or how much do you lose?
"Does it matter?" Thinking of the gains and losses in life, Li Lan muttered to herself: "I want to take the first place in the exam, and I want to be admitted to a famous university." To make a lot of money, to have a house and a car, to pass on the family lineage, to run for the children and families. Such days have been far away from themselves. ”
From the day you own the base car, if this world is a game of chess, there is a pair of invisible thugs in control.
If you ask, who has such courage?
Li Lan's answer is: I will be the one who controls this big hand.
The goal is clear. Power is fascinating and frightening to lose, and once you try the taste of power, it is like a drug, deep in the bone marrow. It's hard to get rid of.
The road ahead is unknown, and the United States and NATO are pressing on him like a mountain. His rise will inevitably challenge the original pattern of the world. Once moved the interests of others. There will inevitably be a crackdown. Very early on, Li Lan was already aware of this.
Hard work is hard. But will you really be able to hold out until victory? Can the rhythm of the war be grasped?
Too much uncertainty has made Li Lan suspicious of the future path.
"Natasha. Do you think I'm doing the right thing? ”
"Of course it's right!"
"I want to hear the truth."
"People are telling the truth."
"Okay, I'll change the question. If we lose in the future, will you still think I'm doing the right thing? ”
"But how can we fail?"
"Suppose."
"If the future does fail, then these are not the problems we are thinking about, because we don't have the life to think about them."
On the top floor of Guangling Tower, in a hazy atmosphere, a simple question and answer, the emotion is like falling rain, landing without traces, fresh and elegant.
Like Li Lan, Natasha didn't hold an umbrella, and the rain began to stick to her body, but it also happened to outline her devilish figure perfectly. It's just that he is not in the mood to appreciate the mood of the drizzle, as he hesitates a little.
"Actually, the plan made by the commander is quite perfect, and both me and Tanya are admirers of the commander's future strategy. Our development is also carried out according to the plan, if one day, we face a desperate situation, it can only be said that we are unlucky. Seven points in life depend on hard work, but three points are destined, but it is more important than seven points of hard work. As the saying goes, success is in people, and Natasha will always be by your side to go through every minute of life. Holding Li Lan's arm gently and leaning her moist and soft body on him, Natasha said slowly:
"The commander often says, how can there be so many ifs in life, in short, we will always accompany you on, even if there is an abyss ahead!"
"It's that I'm really thinking too much, I'm afraid of losing everything I have now, I'm afraid of losing control of power, and I'm even more afraid of losing you!" Li Lan did not hide the thoughts in his heart, Natasha's words, word by word, hit his heart, which made him feel deeply.
"Since you are afraid of losing everything you have now, you should face it more calmly, so that life will not be too tiring!" Natasha continued.
"In the past two days, people have been busy, and people have begun to think crankily, and they are not in the state!" Listening to Natasha's words, Li Lan took a deep breath and discarded the thoughts that should not be in his mind.
The vigorous construction of defensive construction units, and the upgrading never stopped, in fact, this was originally a manifestation of weakness in Li Lan's heart. The pressure on him from the United States and NATO is too great, and even though he has the strength to confront and the means to counterattack, in terms of strength, he is not an opponent of the United States at all.
Confidence that he is not absent, nor is he weak.
But this war really came, and it was not something he could control. Maybe it's the endless fighting, or maybe it's because he's finally wiped out. And the result he pursued was that the United States had to withdraw its troops because it could not afford the huge losses of the war.
The effect he expects to achieve is the direction that is most in line with the strategy in mind. But as I mentioned earlier, this war is not within his control.
There is also the second mandatory task of the base, the main one being the possession of a million square kilometers of land. Can war be avoided by cutting flesh from other countries? Will the United States and NATO watch him expand their territory so easily? The combination of the two will make the final result of the voluntary withdrawal of US and NATO troops by no means so easy to obtain.
What if the United States is hurt and uses nuclear weapons at all costs? There is no guarantee that the United States will not use nuclear weapons when it loses its mind. And if you are crippled by the United States, then you still need to think about the future. Therefore, there are too many uncertainties in this war, and I have to find the most reasonable balance among these uncertainties to ensure that the final result is in my own interests.
It is precisely under this pressure that Li Lan inevitably has this hesitant mentality. No matter who it is, even if Putin stands in Li Lan's current position, the psychology he shows is definitely not much better. Of course, Putin will never understand Li Lan's thoughts at this time, because Russia, which has a strong nuclear deterrent, has too many means to solve such a difficult problem.
If Li Lan had nuclear weapons at this moment, he would naturally have much less concern, and if the United States wanted to send troops, it would also have to really think clearly about whether it would lead to nuclear retaliation.
There are many conditions that will determine the success or failure of this war, and building a defense network is only one part of it, as long as it is guarded against incoming air strikes. But on land, there can be no slackness.
If, as in the Second Iraq War, the ground forces of the Anglo-American coalition drove straight into Baghdad and attacked directly, then no matter how perfect Li Lan's air defense facilities were, they would not be able to resist the triple attack. Therefore, conventional combat on the ground is also a very important part of this war.
It is necessary to resist the enemy's saturation attacks in the air, and to block and destroy the enemy's land forces on the ground.
At present, Li Lan has only 40,000 or 50,000 troops in the army, and only about 60,000 in the navy marines. If these 60,000 people want to block the enemy's long drive, they need to first confirm the enemy's main offensive direction, which involves battlefield intelligence.
Moreover, in the past two days, the British garrison in Djibouti and the nearly 2,000-strong special forces of the United States have been a little restless. Both the Ethiopian Army and the Kenyan Army are showing signs of massing. All three of these aspects have the potential to become the main offensive direction of the opponent.
In the absence of effective intelligence support, the distance data has not yet been obtained, and all Li Lan can do at present is to order the troops to be ready for battle and prepare for battle.
On the other hand, in addition to defensive weapon units, the weapons and equipment of conventional operations are also directly related to the victory or defeat of this war. In order to build every soldier in the army into a digital elite, at least in conventional combat, it is absolutely impossible to lag behind the enemy. In the past few days, Li Lan has produced 20,000 sets of the base's primary individual combat system in one go and distributed them to the troops. Worth 100 million base funds.
In terms of conventional weapons on the ground, what Li Lan is most looking forward to is being able to hear good news from the scientists in the combat laboratory. Wait a minute, he'll go to the operations lab once, and the most research projects have already achieved good results.
As long as these achievements are recognized by the base, it will have a huge role in promoting the upgrading of weapons and equipment. Perhaps, the arrival of upgraded weapons will also catch up with this kind of war in which the smell of gunpowder is getting stronger and stronger.
"How are the old pedants of the Operations Lab preparing?" After a complete change in thinking, Li Lan also put her mind on business.
As soon as Natasha heard the old pedant in Li Lan's mouth, her eyes were like crescent moons, and her seductive plump lips curled slightly: "They said that they had to conduct another experiment before they could show the finished product to the commander, otherwise if they made a mistake, they would not have the face to meet the commander." ”
"Did you make a mistake, how many times, and do you have to experiment again?"
Hearing Natasha's answer, Li Lan muttered directly and walked towards the elevator of Guangling Tower. Behind, Natasha grinned euphemistically and followed behind him. (To be continued......)