The consequences of the failure of the Los Angeles high-speed rail project far exceeded the expectations of the U.S. government.

This would have been a very small thing compared to the size of the country as a whole.

But because of the unsparing publicity in the early stage, in the eyes of many people, this project has become a symbol of "making the United States rise again", and now, this symbol has fallen in such a way that no matter who it is, it is impossible to accept it.

The downward trend of the economy is becoming more pronounced, and the impact on the real economy is even more exaggerated because the project is directly related to the real economy.

Skepticism about domestic companies and the capabilities of the government has peaked, runs have become commonplace, shortages have become more frequent, and in Los Angeles, the budget nearly drained by the program has become increasingly stretched.

Even the subsidies that were originally intended to be given to people who lost their jobs and went bankrupt due to the impact of the financial crisis have disappeared completely.

More than 10,000 people are in an existential crisis as a result, and this is definitely not a small number

In August, the high temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere swept almost the entire North American continent, but Los Angeles, which is located in the temperate Mediterranean climate zone, is still rainy and rainy.

On 12 August, the first mass demonstrations erupted, which gradually turned violent thanks to police intervention.

That night, more than 1,000 shops and residents were looted, and the police in Los Angeles almost burst the phone call.

On 14 August, the riots continued, but the people's goals began to gradually converge.

Led by individual leaders, the crowd began to rush to the city hall, and the local military was dispatched to maintain order, but all in vain.

In the early morning of the 15th, after the military opened fire, the situation was completely out of control, and the population rushed to the town hall and occupied it under the cover of chaotic fire.

The national and state flags were all torn down and burned, and the frenzied crowd was wantonly messing around, and even the walls were seriously damaged.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the largest riot incident encountered by the United States was born.

When the news broke, the whole world was shocked.

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Except for Chen Nian.

In the Western University of Technology, Chen Nian sat opposite Chen Guo, shaking his head and secretly thinking:

I didn't expect that the zero-yuan purchase would come so many years earlier than the previous life

What's even more outrageous is that Los Angeles actually broke the record on Capitol Hill and became the first official institution to be occupied.

It's just hilarious!

My Achuan's credit was snatched away like this?

The poor comrade, before he had time to play his role, was already robbed of the limelight

Looking at the smiling expression on Chen Nian's face, Chen Guo asked with some curiosity:

"What are you laughing at there? What's there for Coke? ”

Hearing this, Chen Nian couldn't hold back even more.

He laughed and replied:

"Isn't that fun? The Los Angeles City Hall is occupied, and the next step is Capitol Hill, and then the White House."

"Don't!"

Chen Guo quickly interrupted him and said:

"It's better for the United States not to mess up, we have finally stabilized the situation now, and the domestic economy has begun to recover slowly."

"If we push them too hard, and in the end they end up in a dead fish, and they not only export an economic crisis, but also start exporting war, then we will be in complete trouble."

"Well, they can do this kind of thing."

"Isn't it? It's not like you don't know what's going on in the Middle East. ”

Chen Guo sighed and said.

Chen Nian was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, he said that he was talking about the previous attack on Iranian centrifuge equipment.

That incident was supposed to be the fuse of this large powder keg in the Middle East, but I didn't expect that because of the change in the military strength of the two sides, although this fuse looked scary, it didn't detonate in the end!

In fact, from the perspective of the Iranian side, it is not incomprehensible that it chooses to forbear at such a time.

The reason is very simple, since Saudi Arabia obtained a large number of weapons and equipment from China, their voice in the Middle East has quietly changed.

So many quasi-third-generation aircraft, close to 10 third-generation and a half-generation aircraft, and even equipped with weapons and electronic warfare systems that far exceed the level of local combat effectiveness.

Not to mention those drones that can fly over your head anytime, anywhere.

If there is really a fight, the Iranian side will not be able to get any benefits.

Therefore, the final result was that the two sides each made several cruel remarks, engaged in several exercises, and after showing off a wave of muscles, it was gone.

As a result, the impact of the oil production cut is much less than expected in the United States, which has also slowed down their economic recovery significantly.

Thinking of this, a strange thought suddenly popped up in Chen Nian's mind:

Perhaps, if you want to bring peace to the world, reducing weapons is not the only way.

Giving equal weapons to opposing sides to make them equal in strength will reduce conflict.

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Good guys, what is this Lord of War thinking?

If Huaxia really continues to do this, it is estimated that he will become another "kind doctor" in this century

After a moment of silence, Chen Nian spoke:

"This is really a serious problem."

"In fact, even if they don't collapse in the short term, exporting war is a sure thing."

"What we need to do is not how to maintain the situation and avoid exporting war."

"It's about finding a way to strangle the signs of war they caused in the cradle."

"Although we now have all kinds of advanced weapons, it is clear that the number of these weapons is not enough and does not reach an effective deterrent."

"No. 001 is going to accelerate, and at the same time, the naval equipment must quickly catch up"

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Chen Guo nodded solemnly.

But then, he shook his head and said:

"The navy still needs time, especially in terms of combat effectiveness, and it is impossible to form a formation of combat effectiveness in a short period of time."

"We might as well continue to focus on the Air Force and Army."

"On the one hand, missiles, on the other, fighters."

"These two problems are solved, and at least in the defense of the homeland, we can achieve maximum combat effectiveness."

"Homeland defense cannot be a deterrent."

Chen Nian interrupted Chen Guo's words and continued:

"If you want to do it, you still have to engage in strategic bombers."

"How's the H-20 going?"

Chen Guo turned on the computer and turned the screen to Chen Nian's side.

"At present, the wind tunnel test has been completed, and the body is completely finalized."

"The next thing to tackle is the variable cycle engine."

"The 606 Institute has joined forces with 603 and is tackling key problems in this project, and it is expected that within 4 months, a prototype of a variable-cycle engine can be produced."

"Within six months, the H-20 should be able to make its first flight."

"However, its test period will be very long, and you also know that this aircraft is a variable-swept wing aircraft, and at the same time, it also has to take into account the stealth design, and the structure is very complex."

"It's okay to slow down."

Chen Nian said thoughtfully.

"However, after the Chinese New Year next year, we should really give everyone a New Year's gift"

At the same time, 605.

Tang Changhong looked at the latest report with a frown, and said in a solemn tone:

"This design is not good, the variable sweep wing has compressed the space of the wing fuel tank, and the design of the fuel tank itself is already extremely complex, if you use the Tu-160 gas filling device, it is likely that the air pressure in the wing will be insufficient due to low efficiency."

"In 03, Lao Maozi dropped that Tu-160 for this reason? Why is the plan that has been taken now still not changed at all? ”

"Aren't they really going to go any further? The plane just gave up? ”

Gao Yongyu, an assistant on the side, shook his head lightly and replied:

"I don't know what they think for the time being, but they only play a role in the marginal areas of this project anyway."

"The core design, they can't touch, it's all about the technology we want, and they will give us whatever technology we want."

"I guess they directly brought us the old plan of the Tu-160, that's why it looks so backward."

"These old hairy people. Why are you so undedicated? Don't want the technology of the engine anymore? ”

Tang Changhong's expression was a little displeased, and as he spoke, he quickly flipped through the information at hand, and when he saw the seal of "Tupolev Design Bureau" on the last page, he couldn't help but scold.

"Fuck, it's an old design! You see, it's still Tupolev's stamp! ”

Gao Yongyu leaned over to take a look, and he couldn't cry or laugh on the spot.

The Tupolev Design Bureau is indeed the design bureau of the Tu-160, but the problem is that this thing was all before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

After the disintegration, the Tupolev Design Bureau was reorganized into the Russian United Aviation Manufacturing Group, although the framework did not change, but the title changed after all.

Therefore, if the gas filling device required by the 605 this time is an improved version of the Russian side, it should be stamped with the seal of United Airlines.

But now, the chapter above Tupolev

Hell knows which archive they dug up from!

In fact, the Tu-160's inert gas filling unit was redesigned back in 2003.

In that year, a Tu-160 crashed at an altitude of nearly two thousand meters due to the explosion of the fuel tank, and after investigation, it was found that the cause of the accident was that the filling device did not fill the wing fuel tank with inert gas in time.

Since then, United Airlines has redesigned the plane's gas filling unit as quickly as possible, gradually replacing all of the old ones.

It is precisely because of this new design that accidents of the same kind have never happened again.

And now, they are reluctant to even give this new design.

"It's also too perfunctory. In business, although we are only doing technical exchanges, we are not mean to this extent. ”

Gao Yongyu shook his head and said.

"Whether they are perfunctory or not, call back and tell them that they can't use it."

"When to come up with a design plan that can be matched, when to come back to us."

"If I can't solve this little problem, then I will directly notify the Chengdu side and stop their PAK FA cooperation project."

"Understood."

Gao Yongyu nodded hurriedly.

After a moment's pause, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Mr. Tang, you are really tough enough to speak now, you have to stop other people's projects at every turn, if you let those old hairy people hear it, it is estimated that you will be so angry that you will slap the table directly."

Tang Changhong laughed, and then replied:

"We've been aggrieved for so many years, and now we finally have something in our hands, how can we not be angry?"

"I'm not really making things difficult for them, as you said, I'm just talking business."

"In the past, when we begged them, it was a trainload of ore and materials in exchange for technology."

"Now we don't care if they ask for things, technical exchanges, we have to have the appearance of technical exchanges, what's the matter with hiding and tucking in?"

"That's just as well."

Gao Yongyu replied approvingly.

"After all, it's still they begging us."

"Without their technology, we'd be a little slower at best."

"But without us, their fourth-generation aircraft, I guess they can do it - at least in the stealth design part of the project."

"The PAK FA project is so bad?"

Hearing this, Tang Changhong was a little surprised.

In his impression, although the Russian side is not ahead in terms of fourth-generation aircraft, it still has technology accumulation.

But listening to Gao Yongyu's words now, it seems that this project has ended before it has started.

"It's very bad, I communicated with Cheng Fei, the initial plan, they used a central lifting body + tandem magazine, which has a great impact on the strength of the structure."

"In the first blowing tunnel, cracks in the structure of the fuselage had already appeared, and after analysis, it was found that the belly caused by the tandem magazine was too fragile and could hardly withstand the impact of high-intensity air flow."

"However, the belly intake design of the PAK FA is the most complex design of the belly airflow, and these two problems are superimposed, and it is almost a dead loop."

"In addition to this, there are problems with stealth design."

"Coupled with the problem of airflow disorder in the surface layer that has been blown out now, it is conceivable that after the engine is put on the machine, the unstable function of the air intake will definitely cause the engine to surge."

"You see, that's already three questions."

"Moreover, these three problems are still the main ones, and there are a lot of others."

"So serious?"

Tang Changhong's eyes widened.

He subconsciously scratched his head and recalled the process of research and development of J-20 and J-22.

It seems that from the beginning to the end, I have never heard of any major design problems in these two projects

They all start manufacturing immediately after getting the diagram, and there may be some small optimizations, of course, there will be defects that must be accepted, but they all belong to the category of "inexhaustible".

In the case of PAK FA, really

Also, after all, they don't have Chen Nian.

It is clear that such a situation as the PAK FA project is the normal situation in the aircraft design project.

These people are just taking advantage of Chen Nian.

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Before that, he had also sighed many times about the incredibleness of this young man named "Chen Nian".

But at this moment, when the progress of the PAK FA project was in front of him, he really realized what this young man had brought to him, to the aviation industry, and to the country.

(End of chapter)