"We really underestimate them. Again, we think too highly of Conant. ”

"I thought he was very experienced in the manipulation of public opinion, and he intended to let him perform this not too difficult task, but I didn't expect it. Let's just say that our opponents are strong. ”

"I suspect that they have established a team of professional consultants, and the comprehensive capabilities and authority should be at the same level as ours."

"Otherwise, they would not have been able to organize such a ferocious counterattack in such a short period of time."

In the reception room of the May Society, Paine listened to Houston's report, his face full of decay and death, and the cigar between his fingers was gradually extinguished, but he seemed to be unaware.

It wasn't until the long soot fell that he sat up straight as if in a dream.

Then, he nodded and said:

"It's true that we were too careless this time, but Conant's betrayal is still unforgivable."

"Think of a way to make this person disappear from the world."

Hearing his words, Houston shook his head helplessly and said:

"No kidding, the place where he is now is probably one of the safest places in the world - the prison in Huaxia."

"If you want him to disappear, you can either push the other party to give him a death sentence, or you can only wait for him to be released after being locked up for decades, so what's the point?"

"Besides, we don't have so much energy to take care of his affairs now, and there is still a lot of mess waiting for us to clean up."

Paine couldn't help but sigh again, this failure not only hit him, the May, and ADM hard, but even the country itself was greatly affected.

The original indomitable footsteps have been blocked, not to mention the loss of resources and funds, just in terms of prestige, it has already weakened.

Even, some small countries that were originally under their own grain territory have begun to secretly contact COFCO.

What they want to do, it goes without saying.

After a moment of silence, Paine asked:

"What about our losses this time?"

"What do you want to talk about first?"

"Do you care about this? Feel free to start with whichever way you go."

Houston shook his head helplessly and replied:

"Let's start with ADM."

"First of all, ADM Huaxia has actually suffered a heavy blow, and we originally planned to lay out the Huaxia market after this operation, but it is clear that this plan has failed."

"The other party's market has not only not been vacated, but has become more stable."

"As for ADM? They estimated the loss of almost $4 billion, of which $2.7 billion was directly due to market volatility. ”

"Their cash flow has been ruined all year, and even if they can stay in Huaxia, they can no longer participate in any transactions, and at most they can only maintain basic business operations."

"In addition, the situation in the Argentine market is even more severe."

"It is estimated that ADM never dreamed that the Chinese people would reverse the order of trading and directly use the 'magnitude' to press them."

"If we raise the price, they will ship, and if we lower the price, they will sweep the goods."

"People have chips and funds, what can they do?"

"The most ridiculous thing is that all the chips that COFCO swept in at a low price in the final stage were shipped to Argentina, sweeping away the market system that ADM had built up there with great difficulty."

"In short, now the Argentine market is almost rotten, COFCO's white gloves are taking over everywhere, and Atanor is gradually expanding."

"If this trend can't be stopped, then we will lose this important outpost."

Hearing this, Paine's hand gripped the cup tightly as if he wanted to crush it.

After a long time, he let out a long breath and asked:

"What about ourselves? Don't talk about ADM! ”

"Our own investment of 3 billion yuan was only recovered in the end 1.1 billion, which is already the most failed decision in recent years."

"In addition, our main goal is completely ineffective."

"The opponent's fighter project has not only not been affected in any way, but has been replenished with a huge amount of money."

"Moreover, through this game, their arms sales system has also been further improved."

"In the past, their markets were only the Middle East and Southeast Asia, but from this time on, South America has also become their customers."

"And judging from the performance of the J-8 III in recent flights, they are not joking, this is indeed a second-generation aircraft that is extremely close to the third-generation aircraft."

"The military predicts that the J-8 III against the F-16 will have a battle loss ratio of about 6:1, while the J-8 II predicts a battle loss ratio of 16:1 - and the J-8 III is even just an export model of fighters."

"Once the J-10 modification is mass-produced, once the J-22 is mass-produced, our superiority in the air will be completely lost."

Houston's tone was heavy, and in fact, he didn't expect things to develop to such an unpredictable level.

In the original plan, even if the other party was allowed to continue to carry out research, as long as the funding chain was choked, it would be enough to slow down their progress.

After all, this is originally a process of you chasing after me, you will develop, won't we?

But now, this strategy has completely failed.

Because the opponent is too fast, and there is already a tendency to overtake.

Paine's condition was even more serious - his facial features had been twisted together, and it seemed that he was about to die of a sudden myocardial infarction in the next second.

It took several breaths for a while before Paine finally recovered.

He asked weakly:

"What about the progress of the radar? How effective are we in this area? ”

Nothing worked. It's already hard, and we simply can't find an entry point. ”

"In fact, they have not only built a reverberatory furnace, but have also recently broken through the technical difficulties of a single crystal furnace."

"At least in the field of radar-related semiconductors, we can't stop them."

"Damn Connet, what did he do!"

Paine shouted angrily.

Looking at his reaction, Houston hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke:

"Actually. This can't be blamed on Conant. ”

"From the very beginning, our strategic center has not focused on suppressing the development of phased array radars of the opposing side, but has paid more attention to anti-stealth radars."

"So, it should be ineffective-—— but at least from the current point of view, the development of their anti-stealth radar has indeed been limited, which can be regarded as some good news."

"They don't have the opportunity to import, and the key technology has been closed to them, and they won't have a chance to make a breakthrough for at least the next ten years."

Finally waiting for the good news, Paine's expression softened a little.

He was silent for a long time with a frown, and then asked:

"Any other news? Let's talk about it all at once. ”

Houston shook his head and replied:

"That's all for now. It's bad enough. ”

"It's bad enough for Congress, and it's hard for us to account for the past."

"Get ready, we may be about to face one of the worst storms in years. Whether it's you, me, or those brothers on the front line, it's going to be a difficult time. ”

"But we can't back down, because if we retreat, the foundation that we have built up so hard will be destroyed."

"We have to start a new action as soon as possible."

At this point, Paine paused for a moment, then continued:

"The budget for the second half of the year should be adjusted to intelligence work."

"We need to build a better intelligence network at all costs and find out what is happening on the other side."

"If we don't even know what they're doing, how can we respond right?"

Houston nodded in agreement, but soon, his expression darkened again.

It's really a must-do.

But what must be done must be done well?

During this period of time, every technological breakthrough on the other side seemed to come out of nowhere, and the dense intelligence network of his own side did not receive any news.

It's counterintuitive and scary.

After all, to this extent, either the other side's intelligence agencies have developed to the point where even the other side is unpredictable, or

It's them who cheat.

And in a game without managers, you can't punish a cheater.

Especially if you don't know how they cheat

(End of chapter)