Chapter 184: Capricious Uncle

There are still 5 months before the arrival of the G-Star Fleet.

The overall progress of the First Order exceeded expectations.

This is mainly due to the significant reduction in the time taken for sea trials and finalization of the First Fleet.

In this way, although the G people cannot build the Fifth Fleet before the arrival of the G-stars.

However, the Fourth Fleet can join the other three fleets and start attacking the G-Stars outside the solar system.

In addition, the overall construction plan was also relaxed.

Zhao Wenrui, with the assistance of Milano's calculations and deductions, decided to throw part of the starport and part of the space industry equipment located at the No. 1 Lagrange point to the alliance.

The main body of the starport, the main body of the space industrial base, will be moved to the moon, and eventually the starport will become a starport in the lunar orbit, and the space industrial base will still be in the nearby deep space.

In addition, the industrial group on the Swedish side will also launch a series of equipment, assemble it into a base ship in space, and head to the moon, and finally settle there and open a lunar sub-base.

In this way, the space industry of the First Order has basically avoided the star field that is most likely to become a war zone.

In addition, one of the four fleets will also be stationed in lunar orbit as a defense force.

When the alliance received news from Zhao Wenrui, it was naturally very happy. Although the time is a little late, just with the addition of the fat dun dun transport ship of the First Order, each trip can provide more than 300,000 tons of materials into space.

Counting the time for loading and unloading the ship, there can be a round trip every 4 hours, which is 6 round trips a day, 1.8 million tons.

In this way, the orbital battery plan was immediately plumped up.

There was even a problem of the backwardness of the production speed of railguns, space torpedoes, and battery control compartments.

But this is now difficult to change, because it involves a series of industrial adjustments, and besides, the production capacity of the lighthouse country is already the largest, and other countries are unlikely to have a big increase.

So a new plan appeared, that is, a space military port, which existed under the cover of an orbital artillery battery, and was mainly used to park aerospace fighters, so as to avoid the pain of aerospace fighters taking off from the ground and shuttling through the atmosphere, as well as a waste of time, which could respond to the war capital faster.

In addition, although the First Order is losing its baggage, the equipment itself is still usable, and even far exceeds the performance and sophistication of similar equipment owned by the Alliance.

Then it can be used as the main body, supporting the relevant facilities newly built by the alliance, and establishing a large-scale starport and a deep space industrial base. Lay the groundwork for the next space shipbuilding.

As for whether it will be used as a target by the G people, most of the time it will, but now the idea of the alliance is that the more things in space, the longer it can attract the attention and firepower of the G people, so as to win more production time for the ground.

Therefore, if you are not afraid of a blow, it is also a victory to be able to carry it for a while, railguns, space torpedoes, nuclear bombs, and all that you can go on should be building deep space fortresses and fortress-type airports.

The Alliance is now full of energy, and always feels that the possibility of successfully resisting the invasion of the G-people is increasing.

However, there is no good news.

One of the more important pieces of bad news is that social unrest in the developed countries of Europe has reached unprecedented heights, and countries have been torn apart.

Many of their own citizens have quickly turned to the black right, which can be said to be the other extreme of the white left, and they have expressed a zero-tolerance attitude towards chaos and foreign nationalities, and launched bloody actions.

Internally, the system suddenly became extremely strict and even harsh, and externally, it was extremely cruel, and basically once judged to be an enemy, there was only the death penalty, and the old and weak women and children were not spared.

However, the refugees were not unarmed at this time, and they also had a lot of weapons in the confrontation after rushing into these countries.

The result is a large village and town-level tactic, but with a thermal weapon.

This kind of battle is very much like the queuing of shots in the era of flintlock pistols, coupled with urban wars like Chechnya, house and alley wars, which are very tragic, and basically there is no winning side, most of the time there are 1,000 enemy wounded and 800 self-inflicted.

In order to survive, the refugees are more united, and the cruelty of the black right to the old and weak women and children is also passed on by them to the white left.

At this time, the refugees seem to be quite wolf-hearted. But human nature is like this, goodness may not be bullied, but goodness is often associated with weakness, when you are still hesitating about the consequences of the black hand, the other party has mercilessly chopped out the machete, he does not want the consequences, or cut it first.

So the dark side of humanity triumphs. Even during the period of great turmoil, Bai Zuo, who stood on the side of the refugees and tried to mediate, was slaughtered by the refugees, and of course there were even more unbearable things.

The slap was too loud, and most of the white left was woken up. They finally understand that now is not the time to talk about tolerance, but to survive by any means. Unless you don't want to live, you can only try to cut down those who have bad intentions for you, and there is no mercy in the context of your life and death.

The white left suddenly lost the market, and a large number of people turned to the black and right, or even blacker and more right, all of which were seriously traumatized, and their good intentions were struck by lightning, and their relatives, wives and daughters were tragically ravaged and died.

And once the contradiction between the left and the right within the people of the developed countries is resolved. Quality begins to speak.

In addition, they are the owners of this land after all, they are the head snakes of the land, and they have some family background. Unlike refugees, they come almost empty-handed, and everything is looted.

The Gallic Chicken, a country that claims to have the most elegant and noble language and the most romantic, warm and humorous people, was the first to use chemical weapons against refugees. VX gas bombs.

Then Hans Cat, John Bull and other countries followed suit, because the effect was really good.

Massacre.

With the stolen weapons, lack of medical care and medicine, and the lack of daily necessities, and the ability to defend against chemical warfare at all, once the state violence apparatus shows its hideous fangs, these people who have no enthusiasm for desperate survival have no ability to resist.

Very fast, there are basically no living people in less than a week.

As for the influx of refugees who are still pouring in due to ill-informed information, these countries have raised their butcher's knives one after another, without the slightest mercy, fully demonstrating one extreme to the other.

And by this time, they had actually fallen into some kind of crisis.

Because of the alliance's leading big brother, the Beacon Country, many of them are very dissatisfied with their performance.

Their internal affairs have seriously affected their industrial productivity, and the name of an industrial power has become vain.

And now is the time to do it, and the lighthouse country thinks that you people who have seriously undercontributed are also like enjoying good treatment? Bastards? I don't care how you serve the public?

At this time, the better performers were Footbasin, Stick, Israel, Australia and Canada, although they also had their own problems, but in general they completed or even exceeded their tasks.

Da Mao has actually done a good job, but the lighthouse country has not been very kind to them, so although they are also member states, their treatment has always been last.

Of course, there are even worse, like Ukraine, the lighthouse country once thought that they still had a bit of an industrial background, after all, during the Lao Maozi period, Ukraine was a well-known industrial base, and it was a big plane and a big ship.

As a result, they began to be assigned to work, but their performance was miserable, and the waste was eye-catching, and the lighthouse nation kicked it out of the team.

At present, several developed countries in Europe have suffered a great loss of vitality due to their internal schizophrenia, and their industrial production capacity and level have fallen sharply, and there is no decent preparation for the catastrophe, but the national reserves are basically empty.

The lighthouse country is very realistic, like this is not good now, and it is difficult to be optimistic in the future, so it is impossible to get out of here, even if you don't roll, it is impossible to enjoy first-class treatment. is the last stream, even worse than Da Mao's treatment, and if you are willing, you will stay, and if you are unwilling, you will leave.

This attitude of the lighthouse country fully reflects the simple truth that if you can't do it, no one will respect you. Originally, I was expecting the lighthouse country to be a little brother for many years, and there was no merit and hard work, but it turned out to be this. But I still have to break my teeth and swallow it in my stomach.

Because this is about to start a big war, and it is too late to find an alliance again.

If you want the countries of Eastern Europe, you will huddle together to keep warm. The Carpathians are coiled like a giant python, and the countries of the region are ready to burrow.

The big bobos on the plains contacted Lithuania and the like, and started a plan for the continuation of the race.

These countries didn't expect to join the alliance, they only hoped that a tall one could help hold the sky up, and there must be something missing, but at that time, it was up to their own abilities.

It's a bit desperate, but there is also a certain hope, after all, in the super battleship chapter, in the confrontation in the Hawaiian Islands region, the G star people are not indiscriminately invincible, even the old ship like the Missouri, which has been retired for a long time and has been dismantled, can rely on a small number of sailors to use a little bit of cleverness that can't even be called tactics, and the G star people who beat him are dizzy, and Da Bobo has reason to believe that his performance will not be too bad. If the G-star occupation army is at that level, who wins in the end will have to be fought to know.

In fact, there are many countries that have similar ideas, such as local chickens, like Egypt, Spain, Portugal, and some countries in Central Asia are relatively more negative, but their population is not large, the land area is okay, life is relatively peaceful, the quality of life is okay, there is no big problem, the country and even the people have some savings, they feel that there is still some way to live as a groundhog. After all, to some extent, the race for survival is to be judged by who can live longer.

All countries in the world that still have some ideas, by this time, it is already the last wave of lively stage of cooking oil.

Since most people believe that whether humanity can survive this calamity or not, it will only be two or three years at most. Therefore, in terms of snatching living materials, it is not as cruel as Zhao Wenrui expected.

In general, the reserves of each country are not much of a problem to support their citizens for 2-3 years. After all, the countries with the largest population, except for the Celestial Empire that has soared, are these countries in Asia, and represented by the four wastes of Asia, have no idea at all, they don't fight, they don't fight, they don't make trouble, and other countries basically won't be too short.

In fact, the interior of the Four Wastes Country has been rotten to a thrilling degree at this time.

Even cannibalism has been staged, but it is still a little subtle, most of them have little knowledge of biological texture, and it is almost impossible to identify which part of the meat is, or what it comes from, anyway, it is also sold in a mixture, and some are simply made into finished products, which are more and more unclear, the texture and taste may be a little special, but not most people can distinguish it, not to mention that at this point, people's madness and numbness have reached a level that is unimaginable to normal people, and there are very few things that can make them care, where will they taste and care?

Anyway, everything is in habit, you can get used to rape and death, you can get used to selling children and daughters, and this can actually be done. And once you get used to it, you don't feel like it.

At least they don't feel like it's going to be wrong, outsiders may feel that the moral and rational height is different, but at the same time, who will live with them in shock?

Since there is none, then it is their circle that lives their own life. In a way, it's like returning to the primitive African cannibals, which are also alive, and there are some interesting cultures or something.

In this way, the four wasted countries are drifting away on the road of self-destruction, driving the reverse of history, and the people are all beasts. Originally, it wasn't so miserable, but now the climate is bad, and no one is willing to lend a hand.

Even the crows and flies are gone, the arms trade is not endless, and money is made for spending. In the current catastrophe approaching, the price of goods is the same every day, everyone has a small account, almost quickly cash, to see whether to find a safe nest for themselves, or arrange for themselves and their families to find an okay end, in short, the money will never be earned, not to mention that countries in the disposal of a large wave of inventory, but also no longer sell to the outside world, the big river has no water and the small river is dry. Buying and selling has too high requirements for channels, and the production cycle of the soil workshop is too long, and the profit is not good, so it is simply not done.

And without foreign firearms and ammunition, the people of the Four Wastes can only use guns as burning sticks, or sharpen some parts as knives, at least the parts of the guns are steel.

Anyway, the society has collapsed to this extent, most of the industries have stopped, including the small rolling mills, and the supplies on the market are becoming scarce, including steel refrigeration weapons, so people use as much waste as possible.

Heat weapons become cold weapons, killing efficiency becomes lower, and cruelty increases. Because many of them are injured rather than dead, but there is no medicine, they are alive and dead, if their relatives can't look down on it, then all kinds of betrayals will be staged, and in the end people are still not alive, maybe a certain daughter-in-law and a certain sister have been used to manage enough, isn't this more cruel, more tragic and what?

Hell, right, the follow-up real hell people, all have to come over to learn something, continuous innovation, endless tricks, a horse with a sharp brain, would rather be a peace dog than a chaotic person, that is to say, the miserable thing is not that only five steps of blood are splashed, but after five steps of blood splashing.

But if you pretend to be a little bit more like, for example, like Zhao Wenrui, you can continue to admire your deduction and prediction ability, and after taking the macro land to carry life, the bleeding will gradually stop that set of substitutions, and you don't think it's okay, anyway, out of sight is clean. Time flies, how many deaths are just numbers, and who really cares about irrelevant misery and cruelty?

For example, on the origin earth, Africa and the Middle East are all playing out all kinds of tragedies all the time, who has the real psychology to understand? The big deal is to be touched, and express a little cheap sympathy, which is often quickly replaced by a happy topic.

I have already lived a lot of hardships and little happiness, so why make myself unhappy for someone who has nothing to do with me, is out of reach, and has no ability to manage?

Therefore, if you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world, which is really good.

However, there are still people who will express dissatisfaction with the specific implementation of things, and the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, the responsibility and obligation are not in an interactive relationship with power, this is a relationship between taking and giving, and what is the inevitable relationship with ability? Therefore, the harvest is 'both' rather than 'must be been'.

Relying on these biting words, Zhao Wenrui looked at the world as a bystander with peace of mind, and did not intend to try his best to make the world a better place.

On the contrary, the initial unpleasant evil fire has indeed subsided a lot. This is not to appreciate the misery of the enemy, but only a macro extension of schadenfreude, really let him see all kinds of miserable details every day, stimulated by all kinds of negative things, he is afraid that he will not gloat, but will be misanthropic.

Three months before the arrival of the G-Star Fleet, the Alliance's fortress-type starport and fortress-type deep space industrial base were completed successively.

It was a little faster than they expected. In addition, the full set of industrial grade upgrading technologies given by Zhao Wenrui before also includes primary deep space metallurgy.

Now that it was finally used, after some internal discussions, they finally decided on a new alloy to be used in the shell of the space battleship.

Finally coming to this point, the production of large space ships is a little out of the hurry, but the production of smaller warships seems to be okay.

The main significance of these ships is that they can carry out a certain degree of deep space pursuit.

It's like a small yacht is stronger than a sampan, and you don't dare to go deep into the blue sea, but you can also go to a place relatively far from the coastline.

In the design of the battleship, the alliance also adopted the central axis structure, but they installed a railgun on the central axis, which makes the battleship like a pistol without a handle, although there is only one railgun, and the firing frequency is not high, but it ensures the power and range, and it is initially speculated that it can give the G star man battleship a threat.

In addition, there is a space torpedo that surrounds the warship, like a booster rocket, so this kind of battleship can be called a space version of the torpedo gunboat.

Zhao Wenrui thinks that although this thing is low-level, it is also cost-effective.

However, he still felt a little unfulfilled because the Alliance did not launch the spaceship as he expected.

The main reason is that the performance of the reincarnation of competition is not as sharp as his phenomenon.

In fact, there are also his reasons, because the industrial upgrade technology he gave to the alliance is basically compared with the existing technology of the alliance, and it can be said that the upgraded version of a series is well connected, so that the alliance's industrial level improvement process and even the later creation production feel very comfortable.

But this also means that there is something wrong with the technology of the G star people. After all, the product of the G star people, human beings found out that there is only one cymbium element on the periodic table.

This at least means the difference in material science, and then the deduction will find that there is also a big difference in thinking.

After all, the material is in the service of the idea, or conversely, the idea is to maximize the performance of the material.

And no matter from which point of view, the amphibian G star people who came up from the sea are unlikely to be the same system of thought as humans.

The technology is incompatible, and the alliance's final choice is to slowly talk like it in the future. After all, what Zhao Wenrui provides is a complete set of systems, and it is so matched, no matter what aspect it is measured, it is the first thing to do.

And the reincarnation group is good at farming, after all, he is biased, he is in response to the need to quickly and effectively obtain usable creations to assist in the battle of such a concept to establish his own farming system.

This is actually the same as Kane's thinking in the middle of the reincarnation in his previous life (also Zhao Wenrui). Later, when the conditions were met, it gradually became comprehensive, perfect, and systematic.

And Zhao Wenrui directly picked up the ready-made, nanoworms themselves are the crystallization of the advanced industrial system, which can not only show a subject, but also expand into a complete industrial system. Quite high-end.

So in fact, it is normal for a group of reincarnators to be a farmer, and Zhao Wenrui is a hanger.

The reincarnation's farming system allowed him to quickly build several types of robots according to local conditions.

The applicability is still good, but the follow-up is weak and there is not much potential.

In addition, his farming system also has some special technological points, which are bypassed, such as the AI chip of the robot, which he bypassed by relying on a high-quality equipment.

He had purchased the device and was in the reincarnation's storage facility as a standing tool.

Although he knew the principle, he couldn't replicate the device if it wasn't in a good situation.

For the alliance, this seems to be petty, the quantity can't be increased, and if you want to copy it, you can't do it because the technology is not enough, so it becomes a chicken rib.

On the contrary, looking at the controllable nuclear fusion equipment brought by the technology provided by Zhao Wenrui, as long as the self-replication characteristics of machinery are brought into play, and new production lines are constantly opened, the scale of production can be expanded.

In a very short period of time, it has achieved an industrial miracle of similar equipment of various specifications every day, with a total amount of tens of thousands. It's just barely enough, and it's gone if you just divide a point.

It is conceivable that the reincarnation made a chip with one device, and he didn't rush at all. It's hard to form the size that the alliance wants before the G-stars arrive.

Therefore, although there are several robots of the reincarnation that are not bad, because of the production problem, it does not have much impact on the overall situation.

The alliance finally allocated a part of the scientific research strength and production capacity, and let them do those killing weapons that go off the rails, so they had a good time, and they also had some results, but the scale is nothing to say.

As for the four members of the Second Regiment of the Reincarnation, they are simply a special operations combination, and there is no farming system.

They do have a good relationship with Alex Hope, the protagonist of the supership. After all, Alex is a comic, he has no heart and no lungs, his adaptability is okay, and he also has some strange brains, the most important thing is that the luck of the child of fate is not lacking, and there is a bit of Don Quixote's execution, courage and stupidity, and it is not difficult to have a good relationship with the place.

The captain of the Myoko, Nagata, is a different story.

There are basically no Asians in the first and second groups of reincarnation, and there are some differences in habits with Nagata from the foot basin. Cognitively, too.

In addition, the Lighthouse Country is the absolute big brother, because the Celestial Empire is not there, and the relationship with the footbasin is far less than that of the origin world, where the father and son perform their respective duties.

In this world, the main purpose of the lighthouse state's RIMPAC military exercise is to appease the surrounding countries in the Pacific Ocean, so the lighthouse state's attention can be on the Atlantic Ocean and the Arabian Sea.

Because his interests at the current stage, in addition to the oil in the Middle East, are to exploit the younger brother of NATO, such as raising the protection fee or something, and these have a lot of weight when there is enough force to deter.

So the RIMPAC military exercise is also for the Europeans, look, the Pacific side on the other side of our house is really very peaceful, if you dare to pretend, I just need to concentrate on dealing with you.

In such a situation, the footbasin belongs to the country with average relations but can maintain a semblance of unity.

So that football game was also a bit hot.

Later, although Nagata cooperated with Alex and achieved brilliant results, there were indeed many gaps in treatment, and it was impossible for the lighthouse country to tout too much about a foreign soldier, that is, the footbasin himself, and felt that Nagata had given the country a face, and also won some right to speak for the country, and gave some rewards.

And Nagata and Alex are not all the way, from a professional point of view, Nagata, who has a relatively rigorous style, does not look down on Alex who does not learn and has no skills.

Of course, Nagata also admits that Alex's brain is not bad, and at the same time, he is bold and daring, and has the character factor of creating miracles. So after the incident, they were active in the army, and the connection was not very close, to put it mildly, both of them were captain-level figures, each with a military position, and it was not suitable to be too close.

Correspondingly, the reincarnators did not attack Nagata.

The lighthouse country is the absolute protagonist, and it is enough to hug this thigh.

However, Zhao Wenrui's mind is different.

Maybe because he has the qualifications to scold Fang Xuan and point out the country, he has a more free and easy view on this matter.

He felt that these two people were two males, each with their own characteristics.

Also, he wanted to see if the two of them had continued the luck of {Super Battleship}.

Are they still the children of fate? Can they still bear the burden of the protagonists?

And these cannot be seen without suitable positions and positions.

Originally, he thought that the alliance would hold one or two spaceships out.

As a result, under his care, the alliance refused to take risks, but wholeheartedly pursued a bad war, so it was enough to pile up the number of others, mainly to pose a threat to the ships of the G star.

Under this line of thought, the strategy of mass-produced warships was born, as well as the strategy of orbital batteries, fortress starports and industrial bases, and the spaceship program was erased instead.

Without spaceships, there would be no stage for the duo.

So Zhao Wenrui finally decided to use an industrial building to provide the two former protagonists with the opportunity to continue to perform on stage.

It's nothing to him.

In other words, his attitude towards the whole big plan is relatively relaxed, and he won't care too much about a little more.

So less than two months before the arrival of the G-star fleet.

The First Order gifted a small fleet of seven ships to the Alliance.

Zhao Wenrui pointed out that this is a special fleet that is quickly built by means of downgrading and speeding up, and it cannot be synchronized with the fleet of the first order, but will drag it back, but he feels that the alliance must always have some face-class ships, or a mobile force that can be used, to face the upcoming war.

For example, if the deep space industrial base is attacked, it is somewhat inappropriate to send a warship unit, mainly because it is not rushed.

The alliance was of course overjoyed by Zhao Wenrui's gift.

Not only because of the sudden addition of a good combat force, but also because although these ships are downgraded production, they are still higher than the current production level of the alliance, and they are high-end goods that can guide the alliance in the future.

Deconstructing these ships, the future road is much clearer, not only the ship design, but also the upgrade direction of the equipment, and even the ship itself, which represents at least a higher level of comprehensive industrial technology, and if it is successfully removed, the industry can be fully upgraded again.

So the value of this fleet is simply immeasurable.

Of course, Zhao Wenrui also took the opportunity to point out that he hoped that Alex Hope, who had a better performance when he first came into contact with G Star people, and Nagata of the foot basin country could continue to be brilliant and achieve better results.

Even if Zhao Wenrui doesn't say it, in terms of combat experience against the G Star Man, Alex Hope will inevitably be the commander of one of the warships.

As for Nagata, Lighthouse Nation really didn't think about this person beforehand.

Then Zhao Wenrui also pointed out that there were seven warships, four lighthouses, two foot basins, and one stick.

The Lighthouse Nation was feeling a little reluctant this time, but they knew they had to happily accept the offer. After all, Zhao Wenrui's gift completely depends on his mood, if he is not happy, then no, even the fleet of the First Order that has not shown up in front of people now will not work so hard, and there is a good thing that may continue to be given for nothing in the future, so it is gone.

Compared with the price of making him unhappy, he can endure it if he goes out in three ships.

The footbasin and the stick are naturally in tears, which is equivalent to sending a full set of technology.

Cangtian finally opened his eyes, and Uncle Zhao finally remembered that he was Asian.

Truth be told, during this time, they were miserable. Because the current trend shows that even if humanity wins, the countries will live under the absolute coercion of the lighthouse nation in the future.

Because the fully upgraded industrial system is in the lighthouse country.

And this can't be helped, after all, only the lighthouse country has the most complete industrial system, and it also has enough financial resources and preparations to quickly complete industrial upgrading. And the later defense guarantee is also the most reliable.

So now the lighthouse country is actually a dick that can't do it.

When Zhao Wenrui loosens the battleship, the next generation of technology will be guaranteed, which is the rhythm of the lighthouse country for thousands of generations. How can a footbasin and a stick not taste.

We want to kneel and lick, please give a foot?

As a result, Zhao Wenrui actually had such a request, or a special suggestion, what is this not an eye-opener?

Now we have a future, and we can still look forward to it.

Then the footbasin and the stick are urgently consulted.

Now, it's not the time for infighting, and it's not the time for petty families. Uncle Zhao estimates that when the G Star people are defeated, or even have obvious defeats, they will complete the task and leave this world.

So, we're running out of time.

Compared with picking and shrinking to try to keep these three warships from losing in the war of the G stars, it is more important to take advantage of Uncle Zhao's thoughts.

Don't forget, Uncle Zhao has a group of industrial bases, as well as bases moved to the moon, starports, deep space industrial bases, and more advanced starships. A complete fleet.

These are all created by Uncle Zhao from scratch. Uncle Zhao came empty-handed, and it is estimated that he will not take anything with him when he leaves, so who these inheritances will leave depends on Uncle Zhao's wishes.

And what we can do is to have a good performance in the war and not be afraid of death, but we must not disgrace the Asians and Uncle Zhao.

Uncle Zhao has face, and if you look at us, you will be pleasing to the eye, and we will have more.

Uncle Zhao feels uncomfortable, so let's watch others laugh.

When the stick heard it, he thought it was true, it was such a reason.

Compared with Uncle Zhao's family property, these battleships are a drop in the bucket, so the most important thing is to make Uncle Zhao happy, Uncle Zhao is easy to pass over one foot, and he must lick it to a new height, and he must be able to lick it. This is a matter of the future of the race, and it is impossible to overstate the efforts of such a serious effort!