Chapter 37: Interlude
The Amazon rainforest in South America, where thousands of species of organisms thrive together, is known as the world's richest biological reservoir, but the dangerous beasts and poisonous insects inside, as well as the damp heat miasma malaria, make it a forbidden area that human beings cannot overcome.
A team of heavily armed men searched the lush rainforest, with more than 20 locals cooperating, followed by two helicopters overhead.
"Found it!" A CIA agent noticed the metal casing that was sometimes buried in the bushes, as well as the remaining parts on it, revealing the joy of victory.
With the assistance of the helicopter, they successfully removed the half-ton shell from the deep soil, continuously took photos from various angles and transmitted it back, while carefully packing the metal shell with the intention of taking it away by helicopter.
On the other side, near the icy Atlantic shelf, under a medium-sized salvage barge hired by CIA agents,
More than 10 frogmen wearing thick metal diving suits and unmanned submersibles are doing something at a dark depth of 500 meters.
It turned out that they were searching for the wreckage of an unmanned aircraft manufactured by the Eastern Galaxy Company, which was shot down by Victoria more than a month ago.
At that time, 12 unmanned aircraft were shot down by Haibiao missiles, and the whereabouts of 8 unmanned aircraft were unknown, and later based on tracking records, CIA agents determined that the unmanned aircraft was not recovered, but was sunk into the sea for secrecy.
Probably because they didn't do too strict secrecy work, they were lucky to find what they were looking for in the sea area 1 kilometer near the last monitoring point of the radar, and after more than ten hours of searching-
An unmanned aircraft with an extremely sophisticated structure.
Next, after more than 20 hours of thrilling escort, the thing was delivered to the CIA headquarters in Washington State, a beacon nation of freedom.
In front of Locke stood his boss, Mr. Supervisor, who was in charge of the recovery mission.
In front of Mr. Superintendent, there are several well-known scientists in the lighthouse country, who have collected recyclables around various places.
"Amazing, perfect!" The glasses of the lighthouse scientist is NASA's Dr. Eiscarman, who has participated in a large number of space projects, including the Apollo program, the International Space Station program, and the Mars program.
Even if he said such words, could it be that the things left by the East Galaxy Company were really very good? The agents who had been standing for two hours had this thought in their minds.
"That's right, in fact, after research, we found that the materials used by the East Galaxy Company, the process is not particularly advanced, most of them are widely used strategic materials, and the process is also processed and manufactured using traditional industrial equipment, but because of the superiority in drawing design, its overall performance exceeds our similar products by more than 50%."
With more than half a century of experience in spacecraft manufacturing, they are now told that they are lagging behind and that they are being left so far behind, which is unacceptable.
"I just know that this is the reality, although most of the things you get your hands on are incomplete, and the improvements I have found alone are enough to increase the performance of our aircraft by 20%, and if fusion energy is applied, I think the competition for the entire solar system will become feasible in the next ten years."
Mr. Director had to interject: "Dr. Eescarman, you should know that what we need is not this kind of conclusion, we, and Congress, Mr. President, expect to hear how to defeat the East Galaxy Company. ”
"I know," said Escaman angrily, "but unfortunately I'm not a politician and can't answer your questions." ”
He still stared at the wreckage in front of him, as if it was a treasure, and he was unwilling to take his eyes off, "However, I have seen your plans, and even I, as a layman, can see that whether you use political methods, economic methods, or war methods
, there is no effective way to defeat the East Galaxy Company. ”
"The East Galaxy Company exists independently on the moon, it is the only country on the moon, it has nothing to do with any country, let alone any country, it is independent."
"As for the economy, it has an independent and self-sufficient industrial system, and it is even ahead of us, exporting a large number of advanced products and importing all kinds of raw materials, but even if the economic blockade is carried out, it will not allow it to decline, but will affect our development."
"And the war, if you want to start such a war on such a front, it will be very long, and the manpower, material and financial resources invested are astronomical, besides, people do not feel the threat of the East Galaxy Company, they are not willing to pay for it, let alone be willing to support us."
"The capitalists who support you, except for a few damaged energy companies, are more inclined to cooperate with the East Galaxy Company to grab endless wealth." "Even your proud dream of a lighthouse has become a little ridiculous before the dream of conquering the sea of stars, so what else can you do?"
The Director took a deep breath and had to admit that what Eiscarman said was right, and that there was nothing they could do to restrain the Eastern Galaxy so far, as witnessed by a previous attempt in the Europa 13-nation alliance.
The director then added: "In the words of Mr. President, the time is not yet ripe, the people are not afraid of the East Galaxy Company, the capitalists believe that the East Galaxy Company will bring more wealth, and adopting a confrontational attitude is not in line with their own approval ratings, and it is meaningless, at most they will get a vain prestige return." ”
Escaman pouted, "So, what do you choose?" ”
The choice is difficult, but if you consider that human beings, although they care about their own glory and achievements, generally do not joke with their own future, the answer is obvious. "I see, Dr. Eiscarman, I'll report your opinion to Mr. President, and besides, we actually have another plan in place, called Project Cuckoo."
"Even if we can't defeat the East Galaxy Company in a short period of time, at least there will be an opportunity to catch up with it, find out about it, and create opportunities little by little, until the time is ripe."
"Also, Mr. Eeskaman, Mr. President, let me tell you on my behalf that NASA's new budget plan has been approved by Congress."
Escalaman's face became slightly better: "Ha! That's a good thing, Mr. Director, and I think if Congress had passed all of NASA's plans in the last 30 years, maybe the achievements of East Galaxy would have been attributed to us? ”
Mr. Director pondered this possibility and sighed. It's a pity that human beings can't change the past, they will always have to face the future, and now, probably stimulated by the East Galaxy Company, they finally turned their eyes back to the top of their heads, willing to do something more valuable.
However, even if the original intention of this change is simply to maintain the position, and not to dream.