"Do you think that Huaxia's Nantianmen No. 1 can really have an impact on the current form of war?"

In the corner tower office, Grady asked with a worried expression as he looked at the report in front of him.

"Really."

The assistant replied without hesitation, and then continued:

"Actually, the way in which the aerial platform works and the chain of influence, we talked about it a few years ago."

"Essentially, this kind of thing is a distorted product born to adapt to the current international territorial and airspace conventions."

"At that time, there was a concept that was widely discussed, called 'high-altitude sovereignty,' and the basis of this discussion was a problem."

"That is, if one day, human technology advances to the point where it can carry out frequent activities at an altitude of 100 kilometers in space, then the current regulations on sovereignty at an altitude of 100 kilometers need to be changed."

"And if it changes, does the definition of sovereignty need to change in tandem?"

"If it continues to be extended, can high-altitude sovereignty be effectively enforced? Are those rights that are temporarily beyond the reach of human activities virtual and rootless? If a country is the first to make a technological breakthrough and the first to achieve frequent activities at high altitudes, can they arbitrarily trample on the current regulations on sovereignty at high altitudes? ”

"This question has not been answered for a long time, but there is no doubt that it is now."

"The smooth take-off of Nantianmen 1 means that China has begun to take the first step to challenge the high-altitude sovereignty system, and once they have built a perfect air-based and space-based laser anti-missile system, our de jure high-altitude sovereignty will no longer exist."

"I mean, de facto no longer exists."

"No missiles can fly out of outer space, all aircraft are limited to an altitude of 20,000 meters, and even the most threatening nuclear weapons will be useless."

"The ultra-high flexibility, ultra-long cruising range, ultra-wide monitoring range and super offensive and defensive capabilities of this platform will form a strong suppression of the traditional mode of warfare-—— yes, the means of warfare that we were originally proud of are already 'traditional' or even 'retro'."

"In this case, do you still doubt that it can change the shape of modern warfare?"

After listening to the assistant's words, Grady sighed heavily.

"If it's so impactful, why didn't we try to stop it at the beginning of the project?"

"Block?"

There was a hint of sarcasm on the assistant's face, and then he continued:

"What are we going to do to stop it?"

"Actually, we did have a discussion about it-—— it was in the Bob era."

"At the time, we came to the conclusion that if we wanted to curb the development of this project, the only chance was to go into space."

"But you can also see the failure of the Artemis project, and more seriously, Musk's death has plunged NASA into a serious crisis of confidence, and it can even be said that it completely stifled our countermeasures."

"And if you want to use destructive means."

The assistant didn't say any more, but Grady understood what he meant.

Yes, the Nantianmen project is no longer a project that belongs exclusively to China.

Russia, Europe, and even the Middle East have been involved in the project, unreservedly supporting the project.

They themselves are pinning their hopes on this project to have an impact on the original military order, thus winning them an opportunity to "shuffle the cards", in this case, who will be on the side of the United States?

And since no one is on the side of the United States, it is up to the side to confront the whole world with the strength of one country.

Obviously, this would be a very stupid choice

"So, we can only watch it happen, and we can't do anything about it, right?"

"That's right."

The assistant nodded slightly and continued:

"What we should be thinking about now is whether the Cuban offensive should continue."

"If Cuba is plunged into a protracted war according to the original plan, we will have to bear the risk of Huaxia's future deployment of the Nantianmen air platform to North America-—— war is their best excuse."

"And if we want to solve it quickly, it is not in line with the original strategic goals."

"So, it's time to make a decision"

The burden fell on Grady's shoulders, and for the first time, he felt the pressure of being the "top decision-maker."

Of course, he didn't make big decisions, but the situation was very different then.

In the past, the biggest contradiction in his decision-making was "to obtain benefits" or "to take risks to obtain greater benefits", but now, the contradiction has directly become "bear losses" or "bear smaller losses".

It seems that no matter what the final decision is, it will not change the outcome of your own defeat.

I can only continue to gamble and continue to gamble to the end.

"They may not dare to deploy Nantianmen 1 to North America."

Grady spoke.

"This aerial platform has not yet truly formed combat effectiveness, and the combat methods just described by Ling are unlikely to be realized in the short term."

"Massive laser anti-missile systems? Yes, we do already have laser weapons, but it will be a long time before they can be truly used in combat. ”

"This time may be two years, three years, if it is shorter, it may be one year, but it will definitely not be lower."

"And 1 year is enough time for us to achieve the expected goal"

"Understood."

The assistant nodded slightly, and did not refute again.

He didn't know if Grady was doing the right thing, and in fact, he didn't care anymore.

Because he knows that the current United States is like a carriage that is about to fall apart, and the horses pulling the cart have long been exhausted and dead on the side of the road, but he does not know whether it is lucky or unlucky, before that, the carriage has come to the top of the mountain.

The inertia of galloping down gave the carriage the impetus to keep going, but it was almost impossible to rush up the next hill.

The people in the carriage had no choice but to throw away the load on the carriage one by one and fight for that glimmer of life in the most extreme way.

And where the balance between "abandoning heavy objects" and "maintaining survival" is, in fact, no one knows.

Only the nobles who were riding in the car began to feel hungry would they stop.

As for the coachman?

He's just a loader.

The assistant turned and walked out of Grady's office, conveying his intention to several officials waiting outside.

Of course, the more detailed steps need to be discussed by themselves.

Chengdu, the outdoor test site of the Northern Laser Research Institute.

The huge "Fire Eye" laser launch pad stood in the center of the field, surrounded by a circle of complex sensing and monitoring instruments, Chen Nian stood in front of the laser launch pad, while looking curiously at the circle of high-speed cameras, while listening to Fan Dianyuan's introduction.

So for now, most of the problems we encountered in the early stage have been solved."

"Fast charging, adaptive focusing, durable components, efficient heat dissipation. Basically, this laser launch pad has reached the standard of weaponization, and when combined with the current ultra-long-range fire control radar system, the effect should be immediate. ”

"In good weather conditions, the effective killing range of the laser can reach 1,500 kilometers, and it has the ability to destroy satellites at medium altitudes."

"Similarly, its conventional anti-missile range has reached more than 800 kilometers."

"We only need to deploy the fire eye system on two aerial platforms to achieve a total blockade of the island nation, and if that number becomes 10, we can block the entire American continent."

"Of course, we are still talking about 'high-altitude blockade' and 'mid-section blockade', and if we want to achieve complete suppression, we also need to link up with space-based platforms in the future."

"But even if it's just that, the effect is already amazing"

"It's amazing."

Facing Fan Dianyuan's excited state, Chen Nian seemed a little absent-minded.

He didn't follow the other party's words to continue the discussion, but asked curiously:

"So I'm a little confused, what is this circle of high-speed cameras for?"

"You're not going to tell me you want to take a picture of the light path, do you?"

"Of course not."

Fan Dianyuan laughed and replied:

"Actually, this is used to monitor the quality of the beam - this is the simplest and crudest method to learn from Maozi."

"Through the continuous shooting of high-speed cameras, we can capture all the changes in the laser beam within seconds after it is generated, and intuitively analyze the brightness, fluctuations, twists and turns, etc., so as to form an auxiliary judgment on the quality of the beam."

"Of course, it's just to help you make judgments."

"Well, I thought there was something special."

Chen Nian shrugged his shoulders and continued:

"Actually, I've already seen all the content you just introduced to me from the report, and there is basically no big problem."

"My biggest concern now is, what are the results of the actual test?"

"So you've done the first round of functional testing, but you haven't done the hipot testing yet, right?"

"That's right."

Fan Dianyuan nodded hurriedly, and said a little helplessly:

"There's really no way around it – it's mainly a matter of energy consumption."

"The current Huoyan system is directly connected to the power grid, and if the withstand voltage test is to be carried out, its ultra-high power consumption may even directly wipe out half of the power grid."

"Therefore, we have to wait for the backup line prepared by the Shenguang 4 project to be ready before we can conduct a high-frequency continuous firing test."

"Don't be that troublesome."

Chen Nian waved his hand, and then said:

"Let's get it done right at once."

"The fire eye system needs to be tested, the energy system on Nantianmen 1 needs to be supercritically tested, and the platform itself needs to be tested for flight and take-off and landing."

"Don't separate these things. Let Nantianmen 1 fly over, and you can directly do parallel tests. ”

"Huh?"

Fan Dianyuan looked at Chen Nian dumbfounded.

Let Nantianmen No. 1 fly over??

Can you still do that?!?

Chongqing, in a small rental house.

Luo Lei lay on the bed, his fingers frantically tapping on the keyboard on his phone, typing out a long list of words, but after looking at it a few times, he deleted it angrily.

At this moment, he hated himself extremely much for being a good child since he was a child, and he didn't learn the scolding skills that those bad students seemed to be born with.

He felt that he might be able to learn from the woman next door, after all, the other party had an amazing record of scolding the landlord for two hours in one breath, and it was really perfect at this time.

The brainless second guy on the other side will definitely be scolded and speechless, after all, with his logical ability, only vulgar abuse on the same level as him can break his defense

Thinking of this, Luo Lei couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, to be honest, what he encountered was not a big deal, it was nothing more than a quarrel with others because of the content of a video.

Generally speaking, he is insensitive to this kind of dispute on the Internet, after all, the current Internet environment is like this, you throw a pebble at the short video platform, and the second force rushes up to ask why you want to code the eggs.

So whenever he sees the passionate scenes of the two sides under various videos, his attitude is basically to watch the excitement.

But he never imagined that one day he would lose control of himself.

——

But can you blame yourself for this?

Can't blame it, right?

I just commented on a sentiment similar to "I am also fortunate to participate in this project" under the video of Nantianmen No. 1, which actually attracted a crazy attack from a small group of people?

Doubts and name-calling came over him, almost completely obscuring the comments that supported him.

Who wouldn't be angry in such a situation?

I'm not lying!

Although I am just an ordinary sheet metal worker, although my education is only a junior college, and although I am not involved in the core design and manufacturing like those engineers, I said that a certain part on Nantianmen No. 1 is from my own hands, this sentence does not have any water-mixed ingredients, right?

Why don't they believe it? Why do they feel unworthy?

The more Luo Lei thought about it, the more angry he became, he subconsciously picked up the phone again, but after putting his fingers on the screen, he finally put it down.

He sighed, got up from the bed, and walked out of the room onto the rooftop deck.

It's one of his favorite places-—— even in the mountain city of Chongqing, which is a commanding height within a radius of several kilometers.

Whenever he felt tired and almost overwhelmed, he would come here, fill himself with a beer, light a cigarette, and after a few minutes, all the stress would melt away.

Today's process is the same, but his mood has not calmed down.

He suddenly felt a little unwilling-—— maybe he was indeed a small person, maybe his name was indeed not in line with the grand narrative of "Nantianmen No. 1".

Luo Lei flattened the can in his hand and extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand.

The sparks drifted away with the wind, and Luo Lei's eyes drifted away after the sparks.

And at this moment, a strange object appeared in his sight.

It used to be just an ordinary glowing office building on the horizon, but after just a few seconds, the office building was actually out of the horizon.

——

It should be said that it flew out of the horizon.

The dark shadow drew closer, the mountains were left far behind it, and when it flew close enough, Roray finally saw the behemoth.

Pale blue flames joined together, even illuminating the roof of the building he was on.

The roar filled the city, and the hustle and bustle of the night immediately fell silent.

The moon hanging in the sky is obscured, but it is not just the moon that it obscures, but an entire sky.

Lorrey understands the legendary phobia of giants.

But compared to fear, his heart was filled with an irrepressible passion.

His heart was pounding, and blood rushed to his brain.

At this moment, the quarrel a few minutes ago suddenly lost its meaning.

Luo Lei feels that everything he has done is worth it.

(End of chapter)