PS: Today's three watches, the first one

The scary thing about the RAND Corporation's think tank is not how many people he has, but how high the quality of the IQ of his employees is. Someone once compared the RAND Corporation's think tank, if the company goes bankrupt, as long as the group of decision-making think tanks are still there, the RAND Corporation can quickly return to the level of its peak state.

Of course, the RAND Corporation in 1948 was still an obscure existence, and in fact the RAND Corporation attracted the attention of US officials by speculating in detail in the 1957 forecast report that the Soviet Union would launch the first artificial satellite, and the result was only two weeks away from the actual launch time, which shocked the Pentagon. Since then, the RAND Corporation has truly established itself in the United States. Since then, the RAND Corporation has made successful predictions on major events such as the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Great Depression in the United States, and the reunification of Germany.

You get what you pay for, and the intelligence analyst Wade recruited for Franklin can be said to be the top intelligence analyst in the United States. Standing in front of Franklin was a sleepy-eyed Chinese with black hair that looked like a chicken nest. The other two are native-born Americans, but they also look like ordinary young people who forget their appearance after three seconds when they are thrown into the sea of people. But Franklin didn't dare to underestimate these three unattractive guys.

"These three are Leon? Ye, Tony, and Tourres, all three of whom had participated in the operation to decipher the Enigma cipher machine, would not disappoint Mr. Franklin. Wade assured.

Although Wade made a verbal promise, Franklin was still a little skeptical, Leon? Ye picked up a pen and walked to Franklin's world map to look at the dense red lines and marked newspaper clippings, then he picked up the pen and used a red pen to associate Leopoldville, Vietnam, France and Belgium with a red pen.

"The Belgian crown prince rushed to the Congo as soon as there was a commotion in the Congo, and then the rebellion ended with an inexplicable plague. in Vietnam. A week or two after the Belgian security company arrived, news broke that the Viet Cong top brass had been assassinated by the French, and that the French had been using poison gas bombs more frequently thereafter. "Leon? Ye explained to Franklin.

"What does this mean?" Franklin didn't catch Leon all of a sudden? Leaf spoke to the point.

"So we can come up with a conjecture that Belgium has developed a new type of poison gas bomb, and then he is conducting inhumane experiments in the Congo, which can be roughly guessed from the fact that they have forbidden humanitarian organizations to enter the Congo." They then showed the results of the experiment to the French government, and successfully marketed the gas bombs to the French government, which used them on the battlefields of Vietnam. This is a signal that Belgium is selling its own weapons by creating panic. ”

"These are things that would have been easy to guess. It's just that the top bureaucrats in the United States are more concerned about how to reap political benefits, and often ignore this point. Tony added, "Just like the other day when the Ministry of Defense announced that it was going to build a large radar base and update the fighter jets, the people behind the company involved in this project were actually Belgians." According to the United States, as long as they have money to make, other countries will not care. Sooner or later, however, they will have to pay a bloody and painful price for such stupid ideas. ”

Franklin suddenly realized that it was not the incompetence of the state, but that in the face of interests, those selfish politicians deliberately ignored these not-so-clever little schemes of Belgium.

"Belgium's purpose is to make money from the sale of arms. We only need to design a bureau so that he touches the US taboo, that is, the arms business that the Americans do not allow others to intrude, and then Belgium will naturally suffer from a series of American economies. There is even repression in politics and military policy. Wade picked up his pen, drew a diagram on a blank piece of paper, and explained his plan to Franklin in detail.

After Wade finished speaking, Franklin was still immersed in this huge plan and did not come back to his senses. Wade said proudly. "Didn't the crown prince prepare a presentation of a Talester company recently? I'd like to meet him at the fair, and of course, I'm a big fan of dealing with people who think they're capable. The crown prince of Belgium was the first. ”

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At the same time at the Taleste Heavy Weapons Company, Albert and the top management were planning an exhibition of all the products he had taken over from the time he took over the company to the present, as well as some future concept weapons. After so many years of obscurity, Talester began to show another side of his ambition.

"Among the contents of this exhibition is the newly developed model of the MOLLE tactical vest, which provides more models than the previous 6094 tactical vest. This includes new RRVs and CIRAS. Of course, in addition to taking the high-end route, we also have simple and cheap AK belly pockets, which focus on the low-end market. The R&D manager showed Albert the latest design based on his ideas.

After the promotion of the Belgian military, some countries have realized the advantages of this new type of carrying gear, and they have also tried to buy Albert's MOLLE tactical vests in small quantities. However, this kind of vest with little technical content can soon be copied by other countries, and it is estimated that it will not be long before we can see a wave of replacement of carrying equipment in countries around the world. Albert's actions were also considered to have accelerated the upgrading of equipment.

"Kramer mine improved version, M81A2. C-4 explosives were used, replacing the original cyclone explosives, and with the same mass, the power was even more amazing. "The R&D department of small arms has also come up with their latest improved models. As for AKM and FAL, they are already full of all kinds of magic modifications, and NORINCO as a subsidiary does not plan to take them out for cold rice.

"A one-to-one model of the Mantis main battle tank will also be on display in the exhibition hall, the new 125mm smoothbore gun and anti-tank armor-piercing armor will definitely amaze the audience, and the exhibition also includes a model of the F4 Phantom and the concept aircraft of the F104 series." Another senior in charge of heavy weapons held the report and said excitedly. As a heavy weapons research and development department that has been silent since its establishment, it can finally raise its eyebrows for once.

After listening to everyone's reports, Albert nodded with satisfaction, he clapped his hands and said, "Listen, gentlemen, we will try our best to turn this exhibition hall into the first major display of heavy weapons in Belgium, and at the same time represent the level of heavy weapons in Belgium, so cheer up and don't let others see the jokes." From pistols to airplanes, light weapons to heavy artillery, we have to show them that Belgium is not a rabbit that anyone can bully. ”

"That being said, does the crown prince really think that our exhibition hall will attract the favor of the official departments of other countries?" A high-level asked weakly, he thought about it, and still held back the hurtful words like "Belgium is not a big country" before.

This sentence added a layer of haze to everyone's originally good mood, everyone lowered their heads and fiddled with the pen in their hands awkwardly, and no one dared to look at the crown prince's face at this time. And the initiator who spoke unintentionally saw this scene and was even more restless.

Ever since Taleste announced that an Olympic-style exhibition of arms would be held, it was not only one newspaper that had satirized the Belgian crown prince for humiliating himself, and some news hosts had even declared that Belgium would be willing to dance ballet in front of television sets if it could produce excellent heavy weapons. The taunt was vicious, but Albert just laughed it off and continued to bury his head in silence to make a fortune.

"I don't care what the attitude of the newspapers in other countries is, but there will be a few heavyweight guests in the field. I'm ready for both. Albert said softly, he had already thought about the problem of cold field. Hearing that the crown prince didn't blame them, these people secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, but another question came to their minds at the same time.

"How heavyweight are the Crown Prince's friends?"

These high-level elites who work for the royal family dare not think about it. (To be continued......)