"They have recently started conducting weapons experiments in the South China Sea again."

At the Sasebo Port Naval Base, an intelligence officer in a blue naval uniform looked at the various reports in front of him and said to Mike, the base's supreme commander.

When they conducted weapons experiments before, they didn't get much detailed information because they didn't send any planes or warships to conduct reconnaissance.

And this time, when Qin Ming and the others conducted weapons tests, because they had divided the military restricted area for the exercise in advance, they were restricting the navigation of many ships.

The naval base also sent a number of ships and aircraft to track it.

Although they did not really enter the military restricted area they divided, they still obtained a lot of data through various observation methods.

The first is the test distance of the weapon, according to the data obtained by several of their monitoring ships, the distance of the four target ships ranges from 300 to 600 kilometers.

"So, they really developed a hypersonic missile?"

Mike looked at the results of the intelligence in front of him, and he couldn't believe his own judgment.

Not to mention that their commanders are hard to believe, the intelligence officers are the hardest to believe.

Because according to the previous intelligence intelligence from all aspects, the anti-ship missiles of the Dragon Kingdom are basically subsonic anti-ship missiles.

Not only is the speed not high, but the range is not far, judging by the YJ-8 anti-ship missiles that they are currently equipped with, the maximum range does not exceed 100 kilometers.

Judging from this long-range weapon, which has a maximum range of nearly 600 kilometers, it is simply a earth-shaking change.

"Is it possible that the Eagle Strike 8 is an upgraded version?" At this time, the intelligence officer gave an answer that in his opinion there were still some possibilities.

At this time, although the development of the upgraded version of the YJ-83 has been completed, it has not yet been publicly displayed on various occasions.

Therefore, from the information obtained by the intelligence officer from various sources, although he knew that the Dragon Kingdom was currently developing an upgraded version of the YJ-8 anti-ship missile.

However, he did not know the specific performance of the upgraded version of the YJ-8 anti-ship missile, so this guess seemed to be quite brainy.

But it's not without the slightest possibility.

"This probably shouldn't be very big."

After a little thought, Mike gave his own judgment.

It's not that he hasn't seen the YJ-8 missile, which hasn't been upgraded.

After all, in the past ten years, this missile has been exported in large quantities by the Dragon Kingdom.

In many countries, there is a large inventory.

They also got a few rounds from the channels of a third country and tested them.

It was found that the performance is not much different from its own Harpoon anti-ship missile, and it is actually lower in all aspects!

"As a light and small anti-ship missile, no matter how it is improved, it is impossible to suddenly increase its range by more than ten times!"

As the top leader of an overseas military base, Mike is not one of those wine bags and rice bags in the rear.

He knows a lot about the opponents he is facing.

Of course, this was what he thought he knew, and now his former knowledge had become a fog that prevented him from discovering the truth.

"But judging from their last radar detection, it is still very consistent with the characteristics of ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming anti-ship missiles."

The intelligence officer also gave his own basis at this time, and at this time there were not so many anti-ship missiles that could fly at ultra-low altitudes and skimming the sea.

And among the weapons arsenal of the Dragon Kingdom that they have learned, it seems that the only one that is more in line with this point is the YJ-8 anti-ship missile.

"Judging from the speed measured according to the distance, the possibility of the YJ-8 anti-ship missile is basically ruled out!"

What Mike said is also very reasonable, because according to their average flight speed calculated from the test distance and flight time, the average flight speed of the latest test weapon in the Dragon Kingdom has reached Mach 7!

The speed of the YJ-8 anti-ship missile is generally Mach 0.9.

With a nearly eight-fold gap between the two, it's hard to believe that the latest test weapon is an upgraded version of the YJ-8.

"The size of the radar reflection signal is calculated, and the length of the test weapon is probably longer than the original YJ-8."

At this time, the intelligence officer also gave some more critical information.

"From the radar information, coupled with the comparison of photos taken by our personnel, it can be concluded that the length of the weapon they tested is about eight meters."

"The diameter of the projectile is not much different from the YJ-8 that we have been in contact with before."

"Could it be that they have made any significant progress in the technology of solid rocket engines for missiles?"

"Increased the range and speed of the missile?"

"But isn't this level of improvement too exaggerated?"

The intelligence officer finally came to a conclusion that he himself could not quite believe.

At this time, Mike seemed to remember something, and asked the intelligence officer beside him:

"Did they announce a space program last year that sounded unlikely?"

"What exactly, do you remember?"

Although the Intelligence Officer is responsible for almost all of the intelligence information in the base, it is mainly biased towards military information.

In the perception of military officers at this time, the space program was generally not used for military purposes.

So the intelligence officer couldn't remember for a moment what the commander was talking about.

After a while, he replied uncertainly:

"You're talking about their space satellite communications program?"

"They are said to have high hopes for this project, and the first phase of construction has just begun."

"However, at present, we are not optimistic about the construction of space satellite communications in the Dragon Kingdom, after all, their technology is not very advanced."

After listening to this, Mike frowned, thought for a moment before asking:

"Do you still have an impression of their launch vehicles?"

"I remember their rockets boasting a lot."

The intelligence officer now also remembered the information he had received earlier about this rocket:

"It's pretty good, and last year they launched two satellites that we built for Southeast Asia."

"According to the intelligence information we got from NASA, their rocket engines are also very advanced."

Hearing this, Commander Mike hammered the steel table hard, and he felt that he had discovered the truth of the matter:

"They must have applied the technology originally used in the launch vehicle to the anti-ship missile, so that the performance of the missile has been improved so much."

At this time, although the intelligence officer wanted to remind his commander that these two guys were liquid rocket engines and solid-fuel rocket engines, they were basically not the same thing.

But looking at the fist marks that appeared on the steel table, he remained honestly silent.

"Connect me to the old man in the White House, and I'm going to report this to him personally!"

Mike seemed to regain his composure at this time, and looked at the intelligence officer with a gloomy face.

Although it was close to midnight at Sasebo Port, it was just morning at the White House on the other side of the world.

As the top head of an important overseas base, Mike's phone was quickly connected.

"Ha, it turned out that it was our little Mike who called me, this old man!"

The old man on the other end of the phone sounded pretty good, and he was even in the mood to tease.

Mike didn't really care, after all, the two families had a good friendship since a hundred years ago.

In Mike's generation, the old man on the other side of the phone baptized him when he was born and was his godfather.

"Sir, I am now speaking to you as the Supreme Commander of the Sasebo Port Naval Base."

In order to enhance the importance of this conversation in the heart of the old man opposite, Mike straightforwardly described his identity.

"Okay."

"If there's something important, please say it!"

At this time, the other end of the phone also became serious.

"According to the latest intelligence we have obtained, the Longguo people have completed the research and development of hypersonic anti-ship missiles."

The term hypersonic anti-ship missile is really too professional, although the old man can understand every word, but when put together, he is not very clear about the specific meaning.

"What does a hypersonic anti-ship missile mean, is there anything powerful?"

On the other end of the phone, the old man's puzzled voice came.

Mike also knows that the person opposite him is not born in the military anyway, and it is normal that it is difficult to understand.

So after thinking about it for a while: "This is a missile with a speed of more than 6 times the speed of sound, which is mainly used for anti-ship strikes. ”

"As for whether it's powerful or not."

"All I can say is that we don't have any means to stop this blow at the moment!"

"Neither our anti-missile missiles nor close-in anti-aircraft guns can intercept such high-speed targets."

At this time, in the white house, the old man, who was originally half-lying on the seat and just chatting with his juniors, also sat up.

"Fernando, bring us the information we have about hypersonic weapons."

The old man said to the assistant around him who usually had almost no sense of presence, but who was able to arrange all the work in an orderly manner.

"Little Mike, you continue to talk about their hypersonic anti-ship missile situation."

Mike didn't hide anything, but told all the information he had gotten, including all the previous speculations:

"Their anti-ship missiles have an average speed of Mach 7 and a range of up to 600 kilometers."

"And judging from our reconnaissance results, the accuracy is also very high, and it is often possible to completely sink a large warship with four shots."

"And you know that our current Sasebo Port base is only more than eight hundred kilometers away from their land!"

"This means that they don't even need to reach the middle line of the East China Sea to launch a devastating blow to our ships in port!"

The old man on the other end of the phone was also shocked that Mike didn't even exaggerate the description.

It so happened that at this time, Fernando also sent the information that he was able to find about hypersonic weapons, especially hypersonic anti-ship missiles, to the old man's table.

Looking at the only two pages in front of him, the old man looked at his assistant, who had always been very capable, with some surprise.

Fernando also bowed apologetically:

"Sir, that's all you can find."

The old man couldn't do anything at this time, so he could only look down at the only two pages of information in his hand.

As a result, most of the above are various ideas about hypersonic weapons, and there is only a simple description of hypersonic anti-ship missiles.

The white-haired old man also understood at this time, instead of expecting his assistant to collect information, it was better to ask Mike directly on the other side of the phone, and come directly.

At least the other party is a front-line commander of the navy, and he should not be particularly unfamiliar with these.

"Mike, you've been talking about their hypersonic anti-ship missiles."

"Don't we have such weapons?"

"We are the most advanced country on the planet!"

Listening to the question on the other end of the phone, Mike was silent for a moment.

He himself didn't know how to explain the fact that the Eagle Sauce Navy, which had the most military spending in the world, was not as good as the poor Dragon Kingdom.

Do you want to say it yourself, in fact, the navy's military expenses were spent by them going out to drink with Sakura Girl?

"The Navy had a plan to develop a hypersonic anti-ship missile, but it was rejected by Congress during the review."

In desperation, Mike could only find a reason to explain why there were no hypersonic anti-ship missiles.

Although they didn't really think that it would pass when they submitted this development plan to Congress, they did not delay using it now as an excuse to fool the old man who did not know much about military affairs.

"It's incredible!"

The old man said in surprise on the other end of the phone.

"Are those congressional gangs all stupid pigs?!"

"Can't they see that we're lagging behind in this area?!"

At this time, Mike wanted to say that at that time, everyone did not expect that there was really such a stunned young man in this world, who could research such a perverted weapon.

This is also an important reason why it did not pass the review, after all, no one wants to spend a lot of money on developing a weapon that may not be used in the future.

However, Mack didn't say much, after all, this is a good opportunity for Congress to pass the military spending increase plan.

"The amount of money needed for the development of hypersonic weapons is simply too great, and they may want to save us money."

Not only did Mike fail to defend himself, but he also threw a wave of fire at Congress.

"Then how did the Dragon Kingdom develop a hypersonic anti-ship missile?"

The white-haired old man also felt that something was wrong at this time, if the research and development funds of hypersonic anti-ship missiles can make his own family feel the degree of pain, then where did the dragon country get the money for development?

"They may have applied some of the technologies on top of high-thrust rockets to hypersonic anti-ship missiles!"

Although Mike's words are all about possibility, the old man on the other end of the phone sounds as if he has made a proven case.

"The warships in the Sasebo Port Naval Base should go to a farther military port until they have sufficient protection forces."

The white-haired old man, after thinking for a while, gave his own advice.

However, he then made a promise:

"I'm going to get Congress to approve the development of hypersonic weapons as soon as possible."

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Next Monday, in a nondescript conference room.

The white-haired old man stood on the podium with a heavy face, and made an impassioned statement about the threat to the navy in the East.

At first, the parliamentarians in the audience did not believe the authenticity of this matter.

It's just a lie woven by the Navy to increase funding.

After all, in these years, the Dragon Kingdom threat theory is not a particularly new topic.

But when the white-haired old man came up with numerous photographs obtained by the intelligence service of the port of Sasebo about the conduct of hypersonic anti-ship missiles by the Dragon Country.

Most of the people present were skeptical.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the hypersonic anti-ship weapons of the Dragon Kingdom have entered the weapons testing stage, and our weapons research and development program has not even been able to pass."

"Aren't you ashamed, guys?"

Although the old man on the podium was very excited, most of the audience remained unmoved.

After all, the Navy's proposed research and development program requires too much money, amounting to tens of billions of dollars.

Even if Eagle Sauce has a rich background, it can't withstand such a toss.

After the old man finished speaking, a typical white elite stood up and asked:

"Sir, can you guarantee that we will avoid the impact of their weapons on us once we have developed hypersonic weapons?"

The issues pointed out by the white elite are critical.

It's like two people holding spears against each other, and everyone's spears are very short, and it's hard to hurt each other if they don't fit closely.

But suddenly one day, one of the parties upgraded their spears, and they were able to poke the other without being close to the other.

At this time, the first thing the other side needs to do is upgrade their spears to make sure they can hit the other side?

Shouldn't you improve your protection first?

"Sir, allow me to explain to you."

At this time, an officer who had been sitting in the front row stood up and began to explain to the people in the room.

"Unlike traditional weapons, hypersonic weapons are positioned closer to our mushroom eggs."

"In the face of mushroom eggs on land, we were able to build underground nuclear bunkers to avoid strikes."

"But we are now facing a strike from the sea, and all of our ships are within their range at the moment, except for submarines."

"We don't have any way to defend ourselves against such a sea strike."

"Then we can only develop the same weapons and maintain mutual deterrence with each other!"

"It's like a nuclear deterrence between us and them!"

The white elite has nothing to say at this time, after all, the other party has moved out such a big banner as mushroom eggs.

However, a congressman who looked to have 300 pounds stood up again at this time to speak:

"Even if we want to develop such a weapon, how long will it take?"

It was still the same naval officer, answering everyone's questions:

"We are now referring to the timetable set for the development of our first hypersonic missile within five years."

"Gentlemen, it is now the country that needs such weapons to defend its security against the threat of a powerful enemy in the east!"

Far away in the sky, Zhang Xingyang, who was busy with rocket launch work, didn't know yet.

Inadvertently, he made the Dragon Kingdom a strong enemy in the eyes of others.

As the saying goes: I sat up in midnight in a dream, and the great powers turned out to be myself?!!!

(End of chapter)