Chapter 210 "Dongfeng Express!" Our technology is not yet mature,...
Chapter 210 Dongfeng Express, mission accomplished!
There were many old leaders who smoked. The blue-gray smoke was floating in the conference room, mixed with a few bursts of violent coughing. Yan Jiuru frowned and raised his hand to eject a cleaning talisman.
The air indoors suddenly feels fresh!
Several old leaders who were smoking and other comrades who were passively smoking were all dazed for a moment.
The next second, everyone reacted and looked at him in surprise.
The finger-snapping action was not deliberately concealed. Although many people did not see the talisman, they clearly realized what he had done.
Those who are temporarily called upon by the old comrades are not ordinary people. They are either extremely capable or someone from someone's family.
These people have great abilities and naturally have a lot of knowledge.
Everyone looked at each other, as if they saw something in each other's eyes, but no one said anything.
The Demon Lord, who had been controlling his father and grandfather's smoking at home, had already reacted and explained with a light cough, "Smoking too much is bad for your health."
"Who is Xiaoyan? Come here, come and sit down!" An old military leader waved to him and put out his cigarette in the ashtray full of cigarette butts.
In fact, many old comrades fought bloody battles and emerged from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Such people cannot be spineless. They certainly don’t want to see their country being bullied.
However, they are in high positions, and what they have to consider now is not the confrontation between a division or an army, but a very complex international environment.
Since Yan Jiuru was appointed Minister of Commerce, he has been noticed by many foreign media and is known as the "young generation" of Xuan State.
They listed Yan Jiuru's resume, from his rural background to his overseas study as a graduate student at the University of California, and he was also an outstanding Party member with outstanding work ability. He was also one of the fastest-promoting cadres in Xuan State.
In addition, the leadership of Xuan Guo is gradually transitioning from old + middle-aged to younger and more knowledgeable. All these mean that he is likely to be "one of the people most likely to enter the Standing Committee of Xuan Guo within ten years."
Yan Jiuru did not deny this.
In fact, this is exactly what he has been striving for all along.
From being a local People's Congress representative in Yancheng to being a representative of the National People's Congress, the next goal is to be a candidate or alternate candidate in certain small circles.
It's not just him, many capable and excellent people plan this way.
"Comrade Jiuru, tell me, what would you do if you were faced with such an enemy?" The old military leader said kindly to Yan Jiuru.
Yan Jiuru stood up and saluted quickly, holding his head high. He said, "I'll beat it until it cries for its parents and runs away in a panic!"
"Oh?" The other two veteran comrades in the military also became interested and asked, "What if the opponent has bigger arms and greater strength? You might not be able to defeat him?"
Yan Jiuru rolled up his sleeves and flexed his biceps. "In a war, momentum is paramount. As the saying goes, the weak are afraid of the strong, the strong are afraid of the strong, and the strong are afraid of the desperate."
"When I went out to investigate, I saw some phenomena, like fighting. Everyone thinks northerners are tough, so when they meet someone from the north, they generally don't start a fight. Because they think the other party is unreasonable and they can't win, so they just avoid them.
So you see, sometimes being unreasonable is the best reason.
If you want me to solve this problem, no matter what the reason is, I will just shoot him a few missiles first.
There's no point in just keeping this thing in your pocket; you have to let people see it so they'll be truly scared."
A member of the Standing Committee disapproved, "Comrade Xiaoyan, do you know how much a missile costs? How many billions does it cost to launch one?"
Yan Jiuru glanced at the other party and said, "I don't know how much our own cost is, but we can modify others' to reduce costs."
He muttered quietly, "It was picked up anyway. Even if I warm it up, it won't hatch."
Another younger member of the Standing Committee immediately followed suit, saying, "That's right. We've never tried it before, so we might as well take this opportunity to give it a try."
An elegant old comrade shook his head: "Alas, you are too young! This is a powerful weapon. It costs over 3 billion to launch it once. What if it misses the target?"
Before Yan Jiuru could say anything, someone else said, "There's a saying about hitting the target incorrectly. Anyway, our skills are not good enough, so we just hit it blindly when we are angry. We have to try it before we can correct it."
Now even Yan Jiuru couldn't help but look at the other party with eyes wide open: Brother, you have a very unique idea!
Several comrades praised in unison: "I think it's okay!"
***
When Yan Jiuru returned home late at night, he told Chen Yin, "It's really expensive to launch a long-range intercontinental missile, but at this meeting, I discovered that our country is truly full of talented people."
He thought he was good enough, but he didn't expect that there were people with even more radical ideas.
Chen Yin was worried about him and hadn't slept. After listening to what happened, she also praised him: "A country is afraid of losing its backbone and blood. If it only talks about difficulties and seeks peace, how is it different from the previous dynasty?
What happened to more than 3 billion?
It is better to beat him up than to be bullied.
Anyway, I'd rather beat him up and pay for his medical treatment than have to carry the money and be bullied. Just do it!"
Yan Jiuru looked at the person beside him. If this happened in the past, she might have been a female devil.
***
Yan Jiuru did not participate in the subsequent discussions.
But at the routine press conference the next day, Xuan State’s spokesperson announced a piece of information: Xuan State will conduct a test launch of a long-range intercontinental missile mission in a certain area on the high seas!
At the same time, member states such as the United States and Russia were notified and asked to stop all activities in this waters and for ships to avoid them.
At the same time, the spokesperson said that because it was a test launch, the absolute safety of the areas surrounding the designated sea area could not be guaranteed, and all unrelated ships were advised to stay away from the area.
The sea area where our cargo ship was forced to stop was right around the range of the test launch.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Xuan Guo was flexing his muscles.
As soon as the news was announced, the United States strongly protested.
The Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hyun Kingdom smiled shyly when answering reporters' questions: "Protest is a form of self-expression. We often strongly condemn and protest, but in the end, they don't take it seriously..."
The implication is that you can protest, but we won't take it seriously.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
However, the United States obviously did not back down and continued to threaten to board the ship for inspection.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposed that an inspection was acceptable, but that it be conducted jointly with members of several major countries. If nothing was found, compensation for commercial and reputational losses totaling $500 million would be required, and a formal apology statement would be issued publicly at the United Nations.
On the other hand, a military spokesman also announced that the test launch is ready. This test launch will have three nuclear warheads and adopt high-trajectory, phased launch technology.
Public opinion suddenly became heated.
Xuan State prepared too quickly. Moreover, the cost of three nuclear warheads is not cheap. To test-fire so many at once, Xuan State must have a lot of money.
The United States immediately held an emergency meeting, because once the preparations for the test launch are completed, it will not be fake.
A US congressman loudly questioned at the meeting: "Didn't you say they were short of money? Why would they spend so much money on a test launch all of a sudden?"
No one answered his question.
Because no one expected this to happen.
Even the so-called think tanks predicted that Xuanguo would protest and condemn, but they never expected that the other party would threaten to launch a nuclear bomb.
I don’t know whether the United States was frightened or not, but at least all the ships around it ran away.
***
"Ready, ignite!"
"emission!"
Xuan Guo really did it!
The whole world was in uproar.
As early as the moment Dongfeng Express set its sights on the sea area, the so-called shipboard inspection came to nothing.
All ships and people were evacuated.
Xuan State's cargo ship also quickly broke free from control and headed towards the distance at full speed.
The launch was not very successful. One of the missiles landed in the area where the US observation ship was located, scaring the other warship into fleeing immediately, protesting that the Xuan country's launch had deviated from the designated waters.
A spokesperson for the Hyun Kingdom responded: "Our technology is not yet mature, so it is normal that the missile missed the target. We will continue to test-fire until the technology is perfected."
The United States was so frightened that it cursed: "Some countries, with poor technology, are still shooting blindly. This behavior is extremely irresponsible."
Xuan Guo: "If the skills are not good enough, then we need to practice more. Of course, if there are some deviations during the period, it is normal. Some countries should not make a fuss.
Otherwise, if we get too nervous, it’s possible that the shot will go off target.”
The United States: "Shameless! Not like a great power!"
Xuan Guo: "What? The wind was too strong, I couldn't hear it!"
. . . . . .
The two countries' diplomatic departments engaged in a verbal battle, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that this time, Xuan Guo's show of strength made many countries that were ready to watch the fun quietly retreat. After all, the "error" is a technical issue. Who can say that others are not allowed to conduct experiments on the high seas?
The United Nations cannot have such broad jurisdiction.
Besides, Xuan Country is also a permanent member of the UN Security Council. It may not vote in favor of everything, but it can veto.
This muscle show has indeed led the always frustrated Xuan Kingdom to embark on an unexpected path: investing heavily in the research and development of the Dongfeng series of missiles.
Long range, ultra-high speed, Mach 8, Mach 10, various names often appear in the news and in the ears of the people.
Missiles, the Xuan people affectionately call them "Dongfeng Express, mission accomplished!"
***
Of course, Yan Jiuru also donated more than 1 billion yuan in sponsorship fees for his proposal. Otherwise, without any advance budget, it would not be easy to come up with more than 3 billion yuan for a test launch.
“You still have to work hard to make money!”
Yan Jiuru's private coffers were dwindling again, so he had to ask his mercenaries in Russia and Ukraine to work harder to ship goods. He had to double the losses.
That day, when he contacted the mercenary captain of Red Coral Island, the other party mentioned something: "Island owner, our brothers who went to Africa discovered that someone was secretly mining gold. Should we...?"
Yan Jiuru's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is that person? Did he collect a lot?"
The captain chuckled and said, "It must be a gold mine discovered by Victor's men. Hundreds of black people are using water to pan for gold every day. There are armed guards everywhere. Our brothers who sell weapons have gotten us to say that they are panning for gold every day, at least dozens of kilograms."
That’s quite a lot.
Thinking about the Xuan Kingdom, which was struggling to launch a missile, Yan Jiuru felt that if Victor took over this gold mine, he would have done something good.
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