"What's the situation?"

In the office of the 603 Institute, Chen Nian faced Chen Guo, who rushed over urgently, and asked in a puzzled tone.

"The situation has changed, and the US plan in Darfur is more than we thought."

"They're not trying to cultivate a second Iraq, a second Syria there, but to go one step further and put the Revolutionary Front directly in power."

"Compared with the al-Bashir regime, Hamidi's governance philosophy is more radical, and the contradictions with Ethiopia and Egypt are also more prominent."

"We judged that they wanted to use Sudan as a springboard to directly turn the whole of Africa into a second Middle East."

Chen Guo didn't make any detours, and said the judgment of his superiors straightforwardly.

And after hearing his words, Chen Nian's brows immediately furrowed.

Using Sudan as a springboard to drag the whole of Africa into chaos?!

Such a plan can no longer be described as vicious, it can even be said that . Anti-human.

You know, Africa is not without chaos.

In the sixties of the twentieth century, after World War II, the whole of Africa was in chaos due to the national borders imposed by Western colonizers.

Excessive control beyond the capacity of society to lead to brittleness, tribal and ethnic differences caused by social disintegration, all kinds of objective factors hindered the development of the local area after the "African Independence Day".

Holocausts and genocides are everywhere, and friction between countries is extremely frequent.

It can be said that the reason why Africa is far behind the development of other continents is due to the fact that the colonizers at the beginning have contributed a lot.

Now, after several decades, the situation in Africa has finally stabilized relatively well, and countries have begun to seize the opportunity of large-scale investment to seek further development, and the United States has not let them go.

In order to maintain their hegemony, they did not hesitate to use the billions of people on that continent as bargaining chips.

The cold-blooded enemy was far more than he imagined

Chen Nian's heart couldn't help but jump a few times, and he hurriedly asked:

"What are our current plans? Do you have a coping strategy? ”

Chen Guo shook his head and replied:

"The news has just been received, and there is no empirical evidence yet."

"But judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that the situation will get out of control."

"The Blue Helmets base in South Sudan has reacted and they intend to try to reach out to the FROF in Northern Darfur to get relevant intelligence."

"If the other side refuses to communicate, or hides their true intentions, then they may use unconventional means – mainly drone reconnaissance."

"In addition, the higher authorities have also sent a note to the US side, asking them to explain the source of the arms."

"But it's clear that this kind of photo won't get any of the results we want."

"The main question being discussed at the higher levels now is what we can do to suppress the situation if the most extreme situation happens."

"After all, they've already started to work on our base."

"The 'each to his own' strategy that we've been using has completely failed."

"There are only two ways we can go: either back down or confront"

"Isn't there room for good offices?"

Chen Nian asked.

"Nope."

"As long as they are determined to support the revolutionary front, there is no way for the government army to confront them when there is not much difference between the living forces of the two sides."

"What about Egypt? What about Ethiopia? ”

This was the last solution that Chen Nian could think of.

It is true that if other countries are brought in the conflict in Sudan, there is no doubt that the final situation will lead to a proxy war.

However, it is better to fight a proxy war than to directly involve Huaxia in the confrontation.

At the very least, that will give us time to buffer.

As long as you have time, you can rely on one or two cross-era scientific and technological achievements to quickly reverse the passive situation.

——

It's very simple.

Now that commercial nuclear fusion has been made, are you still in the mood for war?

In the face of inexhaustible resources, fighting for that bit of oil is like a joke.

Therefore, time is very important to Huaxia.

Even if you can only fight for three or five years, it is enough

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Chen Guo shook his head solemnly.

"Impossible."

"Neither Egypt nor Ethiopia has any idea of intervening in the conflict in Darfur."

"On the contrary, they want Darfur to be more intense so that they can profit from it."

"It's just whimsical for us to try to convince them to be our spokesperson in times like these."

"In addition, taking a step back, proxy warfare is also an extremely dangerous strategy, and it is impossible for superiors to agree to it"

"Then we don't have anything we can do?"

Chen Nian's expression was a little disappointed.

Since the founding of the country, the rule of "non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries" has been written in its diplomatic code.

Over the past few decades, we have lived by this principle.

Such "duty" and "rule-abiding" behavior has won us many friends and brought opportunities for rapid development, but now

What if, one day, this rule conflicts with the development of the country?

Chen Nian felt an unprecedented contradiction.

Chen Guo on the side noticed Chen Nian's expression, and his heart subconsciously tightened.

He looked directly into Chen Nian's eyes and said:

"You can't rush for quick success!"

"Xiao Nian, I know what you're thinking."

"Yes, if we are like the United States now, unleashing our hands and feet and wantonly operating in Africa, then we may not really suffer a loss based on the strength of our side and the United States in Africa."

"But the question is, have you thought about it later?"

"There are things that once you start, you can't go back."

"When we are forced to bind our interests to a certain country, although we will reap the benefits in the short term, the backlash will definitely not be small."

Hearing this, Chen Nian sighed heavily.

Yes, how could he not be clear about such a truth?

In fact, one's own opponent is a typical representative.

They unscrupulously play the role of "world police", but in the process of enforcing the law everywhere, those forces that are "enforced by the law" are constantly resisting them.

Perhaps at the moment, such a revolt has not yet formed a climate.

But what about the future?

Who can tell

You can't follow in their footsteps.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian opened his mouth and said:

"I see what you mean."

"But the problem is, we really don't seem to have any other way."

"That's not something you should be thinking about in the first place."

Chen Guo interrupted Chen Nian's words mercilessly.

"You are the core of Xinghuo, and you are also the core of the technology of the whole Huaxia."

"Your energy should be on technology research and development – not on these things."

"Of course, I will still share this information and intelligence with you, but the purpose is not to let you come up with a solution, but to provide you with a reference."

"So, there's only one thing I can tell you."

"Don't worry, focus on your technology, we'll take care of the rest."

"Understood."

Chen Nian nodded solemnly and said no more.

However, just now, when Chen Guo said the word "technical core", an idea suddenly popped up in his mind:

Perhaps, some political matters do not necessarily have to be resolved by political means

After returning to his office, Chen Nian quickly completed the H-20 progress report as usual, and solved several thorny technical problems for Tang Changhong.

Of course, these problems are not the so-called "technical steps", but just some things that need to be studied and trial-and-error by scientific researchers.

But in order to save time, Chen Nian directly issued an instruction, asking the project team to collect and report all this kind of problems, and then use the "system trial and error" function that he had tried many times before to draw conclusions.

As a result, the efficiency of the entire project team has increased by an unknown number of times.

Problems are often discovered only on the same day, and the solution is already on the researchers' test benches before they go to work the next day.

After a few weeks, an urban legend even began to circulate among the peripheral experimenters who did not know the truth:

In fact, Huaxia has quietly raised a team of scientific research scholars who have never shown up, and the ability of this team is superior to all teams in the world, and it has almost mastered all of Huaxia's scientific research resources.

All the problems were solved by them-—— which is why the domestic scientific research scholars had such a miserable life in the past few years, the reason is very simple, resources have been fed to this gold-swallowing beast.

Hearing this, Chen Nian couldn't laugh or cry.

He would like to tell you that the lack of investment in scientific research resources was purely a mistake in management and strategy on the part of the government, which is a serious lesson, and the government has learned this lesson and is working hard to change.

We should not use such "legends" to glorify "mistakes", or we will never be able to progress.

But after thinking about it, he still didn't expose it.

After all, this group really exists now, isn't it a spark?

Two hours later, Chen Nian closed the H-20 program's latest report document.

According to his usual habits, he should start studying or exercising at this time.

But today is different.

After closing the report, he found a blank notebook and began to write and sketch on it quickly.

What he wanted to verify was the idea that he had popped up in Chen Guo's office.

"Use technology to solve political problems".

Yes, we really can't get involved in the conflict, and we can't suppress the situation with violence.

However, if we want them to be unable to fight, we really don't have a little way.

Information.

The Tower of Babel effect is the source of almost all friction and conflict except for the "great power game".

Whether it is a frontal military conflict between Palestine and Israel, Syria, Turkey, and the Soviet Union, or a chaotic confrontation and hostility between countries in the Middle East and Africa, almost all of them come from this.

So, what if there was something that could level out the information gap between countries?

Or, at least militarily, to flatten the military information gap?

Chen Nian's heart was clear.

He has realized that the most important reason why the United States dares to support Darfur so unscrupulously is not those so-called advanced weapons.

Rather, it's their spy satellites.

The Revolutionary Front will always be able to know the movements of the government forces, but it will be difficult for the government forces to detect the movements of the Revolutionary Front organizations.

In fact, it is precisely this that tilts the balance of strength between the two sides.

Then, what you have to do is to add some small chips on the side of Khartoum.

Don't you have spy satellites?

Khartoum can also have a flat version.

——

No, not just Khartoum, the whole of Africa can have a flat version.

At this time, Chen Nian's paper had already listed a series of technologies and equipment.

High-precision visible light camera.

High-precision infrared camera.

Lightweight solar modules.

High-speed brushless motor and ducted fan.

Anti-electromagnetic interference frequency hopping communication system.

Replacement airbags can be quickly refilled.

Self-destruct system

When a whole set of things is combined, it becomes what Chen Nian wants in the end.

Unmanned reconnaissance airship - no, a civilian weather balloon.

All the technologies of this product are the technologies that Huaxia has completed the breakthrough and trial production, and the only thing that needs to be optimized is the part of the solar cell module.

But in the system, its parsing requirement is only 2 points, and the consumption is not high.

In other words, the features of this thing are actually quite prominent:

Cheap, sufficient, large and filling.

If you want to use it in the struggle for hegemony among major powers like the United States, China, and Russia, it is purely a joke.

Even in the Asian monster room, in the slightly more technologically advanced Middle East, this thing is of no use.

Its destination, however, is Africa

It is Africa where there are not many radars, and most of the time the war still relies on AK waist fire and RPG cavalry shooting.

Its existence will cause the same problem to all countries:

To fight or not to fight?

Let's fight, the purchase cost of a balloon is only tens of thousands of dollars, and you are willing to waste one of your missiles?

If you don't fight, he'll be there staring at you, and if you make any military moves, it's equivalent to playing a big knife under someone's nose.

What's even infuriating is that this thing's self-destruct system makes it impossible for you to catch even a little bit of evidence.

With China's current ability to resist electromagnetic interference, there is no way for the entire African continent to compete.

A smile finally appeared on Chen Nian's face.

He is vaguely aware that this thing is pure "information nuclear weapons" in Africa.

Once rolled out, it can play a role even more than you imagined.

——

Also, this idea is also replicable.

What if one day, Huaxia masters the "information suppression" of the American side?

War, perhaps, will cease to exist

Thinking of this, Chen Nian immediately picked up the phone and called Chen Guo.

After the phone was answered, he spoke:

"Professor Chen, I have an idea, you can listen to it."

"That's right, I did what you said – use technology to solve problems."

"Yes, I've got something good here, see if you can use it."

A few days later, an unremarkable piece of news appeared on the headlines of a major media outlet in China.

This news has left many scratching their heads because it seems so inconspicuous compared to any headline that has come up in the past.

However, on the other side of the sea, at the first moment of seeing the news, Houston's heart almost stopped beating because of the violent impact.

He couldn't believe that his opponent would come up with such a strategy.

Shameless!

It's so shameless!

He picked up the glass of water with trembling hands, and before he could drink it in his mouth, he spilled most of it.

On the water-soaked document, there was a large line:

"Chinese companies plan to export a batch of weather balloons to Sudan, and Egypt, Ethiopia and other countries have also expressed their willingness to purchase."

And below the title, there is a picture of the so-called "weather balloon".

Aside from barely having the shape of a balloon, it was a small airship.

Why the hell do you call this thing a weather balloon??

(End of chapter)