Chen Nian's two-day vacation passed quickly, in fact, he didn't really have much time to rest, most of the time during the day he was discussing with Wang Jiancheng about the optimization of Zhanlu, and even when he slept at night, his mind was full of billowing wheels, tank muzzles, and dust and smoke kicked up by the armored synthetic brigade.

At this time, Zhan Lu had already entered the stage of comprehensive training, and even played two good battles in the soldiers, but there was still a long way to go before he could reach the final use.

However, even if it is just that, the effect is amazing enough.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, in the small private room of the cafeteria, Li Xiang, Wang Jiancheng and Chen Nian sat together, just like when they were still on campus many years ago.

So in fact, this time we have a clear understanding of our own combat power."

"Before that, we always felt that the air force and navy were slowly catching up and began to have a certain advantage, but now it seems that the advantage of the army is the greatest."

"As the only army in the world that is in the process of informatization transformation, the difference in combat effectiveness between us and the United States is actually close to none."

"Moreover, according to recent research, Lao Mei is actually not so smooth on the road of informatization."

"Their philosophy is to unify the entire military into a digital command system, but due to various practical factors and historical integration problems, their system is bloated and complex, and its usability is greatly reduced."

"Our information reform started late, but the development is rapid, there are many things that can be referred to in the overall situation, and the comprehensive design of the system is more scientific, and now the only gap is in the global positioning system."

"However, the speed of Beidou's development is very fast, and it is estimated that this problem will not be solved in a long time."

Wang Jiancheng took small sips of the piping hot chicken soup and said in a calm tone.

During this time in the project team, he had a lot of contact with the military, which also made him tainted with some similar temperament, compared with the previous uninhibited and uninhibited, but it seems much more mature.

"So according to the current situation, we basically don't have to worry about homeland security?"

Li Xiang on the side asked.

"There is no need to worry, our conflict with Lao Mei has always focused on the sea, even if it is ten or twenty years back."

"The possibility of a local war between the two sides is not very large, and now it is infinitely close to 0 - nuclear fusion is about to come out, and they have no heart to fight, how to eat this first wave of dividends is the most priority to consider."

Chen Nian interjected.

Li Xiang nodded thoughtfully, and then suddenly laughed again.

"In fact, regardless of my professional status, I was still quite worried that the nuclear fusion technology would further exacerbate the conflict - after all, the birth of this technology with us means that the United States has completely lost the initiative, and the energy hegemony established for decades has also been destroyed."

"I'm afraid the losses they have suffered are not easy to calculate."

"It's a matter of balancing interests."

Chen Nian shook his head and replied:

"Now there is an opinion in the academic community that if the first computer built by Turing had appeared 20 years earlier, World War II would probably not have happened."

"According to these scholars, under such a historical environment, although the prospect of human beings for computers is limited, the concepts of 'artificial intelligence' and 'artificial intelligence' have emerged, and computers are obviously the key to connecting fantasy and reality."

"In this case, there will be subtle changes in the direction of the development of the whole world, because of the change of cultural wind and social consciousness, the development of the automation industry will be strongly supported."

"In about five to 10 years, productivity gains will begin to show their power, especially in Europe, as an industrial powerhouse at the time."

"Therefore, it is very likely that the serious economic crisis facing Germany will not be repeated, and the problem of resource distribution will be solved naturally because of the cake, and a war will be eliminated."

"Of course, this view is only popular among certain 'Eurocentric' scholars, and its persuasive power is limited."

"After all, at that time, semiconductor technology had not yet been born, and there was still a long way to go from calculators to computers."

"But there's nothing wrong with the core of this view, and it's clear that if the cake grows faster than all the diners at the table can eat, then the conflict over the distribution of the cake will be gone."

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Wang Jiancheng and Li Xiang nodded one after another.

"It's understandable."

王建建 says:

"In the past, when I raised pigs in the countryside, it was the same, if the feed was always not enough in a pen of pigs, then the pigs in this column had to fight at least once a day for feed."

"But if you can't eat enough feed, there's no one – no pig is going to waste all the effort to grab the extra feed, and it won't be able to digest it anyway."

"But there's a problem with that."

Li Xiang interrupted Wang Jiancheng's words, and after thinking for a moment, he said:

"What if there is a pig and you want to stock up on excess feed?"

Chen Nian smiled slightly and replied:

"There are two aspects to this, crisis drivers and value decay."

"In fact, human beings are short-sighted creatures, and our judgment of crisis will never exceed the length of a finite life."

"No one really thinks about what will happen in a thousand years, let alone a crisis that we need to rely on hoarding resources to survive in the time dimension that we can see with the naked eye."

"This is not the same as a squirrel hoarding food for the winter, because the winter is there, and if you don't hoard it, it will die."

"You can try keeping a squirrel for a few years, and then you'll see that after a long period of stable food intake, its hoarding behavior will gradually wane."

"Another point is the decay of value-—— which does not need to be explained, Lao Mei is a living example."

"What's the use of hoarding so much oil? Nuclear fusion is coming, and the order is all reshuffled. ”

"Makes sense"

Li Xiang sighed softly and said with emotion:

"We've really caught up with a big time. Can I think that we are about to usher in the most peaceful period in human history? ”

"Perhaps, but no one can say for sure."

Chen Nian put down the chopsticks in his hand and continued:

"It's not time to open the champagne yet."

"Still, it's coming soon."

At the same time, the White House.

Bob was sitting in his office, opposite an old man with gray hair.

The sheer number of staff members made the room seem a little crowded, and it seemed even more eerie and absurd compared to the silence and oppressive atmosphere.

After a long time, the white-haired old man finally took off his reading glasses and raised his head, and after his eyes swept slightly over the people in the office, he spoke:

"The situation has been completely determined, and Huaxia has broken through the last hurdle in controlled nuclear fusion technology."

"Our experts have just conducted a review and have preliminarily judged that under the current circumstances, it is no longer a 'matter of time' for the other party to commercialize controlled nuclear fusion."

"To be precise, their EAST project is already a commercial project."

"A new era of civilization has begun, which means that the basic strategy that we have been carrying out for decades must be completely overturned."

"So, we're sitting here today to discuss the issue of strategic change."

"Everybody needs to have your say — remember, every word you say here has the potential to change the history of the United States, and even of humanity."

Hearing his words, Bob's heart couldn't help but feel bitter.

These few short sentences have actually completely ended his future.

What do you do?

The world's largest warmonger, the guardian of the United States, and the world's policeman on the Blue Star.

The purpose of his existence is to fight for the greater good of the United States in the midst of ongoing conflicts.

And now?

The "basic strategy" is about to be completely overthrown, which means that his sharp knife is likely to be useless.

——

Of course, their positions will not change so quickly, and national defense is still an unshakable bottom line, but it is highly likely that the word "national defense" will return to its original meaning for some time to come.

That is, pure defense.

Isn't this actually a joke?

Based on the existing military strength, even a dog on a leash in its position can perfectly guarantee the security of the homeland.

In this case, what is the value of his own role?

From a world-renowned star to outright marginalization, it may only take a few years

Thinking of this, Bob sighed deeply.

He knew that the trend was irreversible, so he had no choice but to go with the flow and say:

"I'll speak first."

"As things stand, the most significant change we're going to face is the change in the nature of the energy available to humans."

"Fossil fuels will soon be phased out, and the fuels needed for new nuclear fusions, whether from tritium waste from fission or electrolysis directly from seawater, have no technical and natural reserves."

"This means that the order established on the premise of 'limited energy' will die immediately, and the vast system built for this order will also collapse."

"We don't need so much equipment and overseas forces to maintain our energy security, these funds must be invested in effective areas that can really determine future growth rates."

"That is, the field of scientific research and technology related to fusion."

"So, even though it's tough for me, I still have to say that disarmament, cutting military spending is the first thing we need to do."

"In the next five to 10 years, we need to cut our military spending to 50 percent of our current size, or even less."

"Only then will we be able to free up enough resources to seize future opportunities."

Hearing his words, everyone in the conference room nodded in satisfaction.

In fact, before the discussion began, their biggest concern was that Bob, as the de facto head of the military, would stand out against disarmament.

Obviously, this will bring great instability to the whole country, and even if it is finally resolved, the resulting internal friction will slow down the process of development.

The white-haired old man gave Bob an appreciative look and said:

"It was supposed to be the most important issue we needed to discuss, but now that Bob has made his stance clear, I don't think we need to spend too much time on it."

"Then the next step should be our turn to financial strategy, right?"

Hearing his words, a woman wearing black-rimmed glasses among the staff stood up and spoke:

"I agree with Bob that, in fact, there has to be a major shift in global financial strategy."

"After the nuclear fusion technology officially enters the commercial market, we will face a fairly long period of industrial upgrading, during which the role of finance will be greatly attenuated, and physical industry and infrastructure will become the mainstream."

"We must clear the idle funds deposited in the financial market as quickly as possible and put them into the real industry."

"But the biggest problem now is that the return cycle of the real industry is too long, and the return gap in the process of industrial upgrading is more obvious - it may take more than 10 years for investors to get the first return."

"In this case, they will be more willing to invest in downstream industries with low risk and fast returns."

"As a very simple example, investing in new, energy-intensive household appliances may be more profitable than investing in the fusion power plant itself."

"It's a paradox."

"What's wrong with that?"

Someone in the crowd asked.

The woman shook her head and replied:

"If you just think about the profit itself, there's nothing wrong with that."

"But we think from the perspective of the state, not from the perspective of the 'capitalists.'"

"Once the curse of chasing short-term profits takes effect, we will be reduced to complete 'hyenas', living on carrion and scraps."

"The hollowing out of the industry will reach an unprecedented level, and the gap between basic industrial capacity and scientific research capacity will be further widened with that of China - at that time, it will be completely impossible for us to catch up with them."

"Therefore, what we need to do is to make the big hand of macroeconomic control more powerful."

The white-haired old man answered.

"We have to steer capital and let them invest in a direction that is better for long-term development."

"We need to strengthen supervision to avoid the intensification of vicious competition and malicious monopolies."

"At the same time, we must also pay attention to the basic livelihood of the people at the bottom and ensure that the basic stability of society is maintained in the painful process of transformation"

His tone became a little heavy, and everyone present smelled an unusual smell.

These tactics may sound familiar

And at this moment, they have not yet reacted, and the spell of "if you want to defeat him, you must first become him" has begun to take effect.

The first kilowatt-hour of electricity emitted by a nuclear fusion power station has not yet appeared, but the first light it emits has already descended on this world.

(End of chapter)