Chapter 343 Minister Shen’s Ambition
It’s like the second-generation fighter jets that their Red Country started developing in the 1960s, but now more than ten years have passed and they still haven’t produced them.
As for country B, the birth of their fifth-generation aircraft was 20 to 30 years later than that of the fourth-generation aircraft. Although they already had fourth-generation fighters in the 1970s, they did not develop and put fifth-generation fighters into use until the beginning of the millennium.
Fighter jets, the high-altitude "Great Wall", are extremely difficult to develop in any country, but their role in war is crucial and even the key to victory.
When you stand on the summit, you will see all the other mountains below. Sometimes, no matter how much hard work and effort you put in on the ground, it is no match for a barrage of bombardment from the sky. This is the power of technology.
This is also the reason why even though the development of fighter jets is difficult, countries still spend a lot of manpower and material resources on research and development. Who doesn't want to treat the enemy as a bullet and bomb it in a war?
Lu Chiyu made a decision in an instant.
So he deliberately said: “Minister Shen, the research and development of fighter jets requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Now that the Southwest War is imminent, I really don’t have enough confidence to build it overnight and use it on the battlefield.
Why don't you let me research guns and ammunition first? These are much easier than researching fighter planes, and I might get results soon."
Minister Shen knew who he was. He immediately understood what Lu Chiyu meant. It was difficult to accomplish it overnight due to insufficient manpower and material resources, but it would be another matter if the manpower and material resources were sufficient.
Haha, this little guy is always so "unscrupulous" and "cunning" when asking for R&D talents and funds from the higher-ups.
However, they are tolerant enough towards talents. If the talents are not cunning enough, how can they have the brains to do scientific research? Minister Shen does not take this calculation seriously.
Moreover, Lu Chiyu's mention of guns and ammunition made his eyes light up again, and he was greatly inspired and a very bold ambition and plan arose in his heart.
If this plan succeeds, they will not only be sure to win the battle in the southwest, but will also be able to establish an unprecedented reputation in the international arena. By then, no country will dare to easily disturb their Red Country's recuperation.
The more Minister Shen thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was feasible, and he was even more "drooling" at the prospects of this plan.
After organizing his words, he feigned surprise, slapped the table, and said with a smile, "Ayu, you are absolutely right. How could we old bones not have thought of this?"
They are all thousand-year-old foxes. When Lu Chiyu heard Minister Shen call her "Ayu" affectionately again, she couldn't help but shudder and had a bad premonition in her heart.
Sure enough, the other party continued, "We are so short-sighted. When we saw an airplane, we only thought of asking you to make a fighter plane. In fact, with your great talent, Ayu, we should develop your overall development."
Lu Chiyu stuttered, "How...how do you develop comprehensively?"
Seeing Lu Chiyu's panic, Minister Shen laughed out loud and slammed the table again:
"Comrade Lu Chiyu, your words just now gave me a great inspiration. We can't just fight on the ground against the Monkey Kingdom.
When they invaded our border, we only fought back at the border and forced them to withdraw their troops temporarily. However, over the years, they not only invaded our territory, but also occupied many of our islands at sea.
So this time I plan to mobilize all forces, land, sea, and air, attacking them from both land and sea, catching them off guard and forcing them to retreat completely. They will then retreat into their own country and never dare to attack our Red Nation again."
Minister Shen's tone was already sonorous and powerful when he finished speaking, and he asked: "Comrade Lu Chiyu, what do you think of this plan?"
Lu Chiyu was shocked by Minister Shen's courage. This plan was naturally excellent.
Given the geographical location of the Monkey Kingdom, if their Red Kingdom launches a two-pronged attack on it from both sea and land, the other side will really be "surrounded" and killed.
By then, the Red Country will not only be able to recover the lost territories on the southwestern border, but they can also recover the islands in the sea in advance. However, to do so requires the Red Country to have extremely high military strength to dare to roll out such a large stall.
So she said: "Your plan is of course excellent, but now that the fighter planes from Country B have arrived, they are obviously involved.
Our Red Nation's current military equipment, both land, sea, and air, is very limited. If we rashly expand such a large scale, we'll be at risk of being defeated piecemeal."
Lu Chiyu's words were already extremely tactful. Now, in addition to the advanced unmanned submarines and super torpedoes at sea that can attack the enemy by surprise, the Red Country also has elusive ground-effect vehicles that can pose a threat to aircraft carriers.
Their equipment on land and in the air is so backward that it is almost as advanced as that in the agricultural era.
The Air Force is still using fighter planes from World War II, and the Army is still using millet and rifles confiscated during World War II...
Although some fighter planes, guns, ammunition and tanks were developed after the founding of the People's Republic of China, these are only a small part.
And if the military equipment of country B comes in, these things will just be little brothers.
Lu Chiyu was a little worried. In their previous life, they did not have such powerful equipment and exciting oil in Sea C, so Country B was not so wary and concerned about Country Red. Their main focus was on dealing with Country Russia.
But things are a little different in this life. The most obvious phenomenon is that country B has repeatedly invaded the C Sea and has now joined the fight on the southwestern border.
The Red Country is still too weak now, and it is not wise to confront such a super hegemon so early.
Lu Chiyu once thought that her actions in C Sea were too radical, which put the Red Country into crisis.
But she quickly rejected this idea, because they couldn't be timid and not dare to use all their abilities to develop themselves just because the foreign enemy was too powerful, nor dare to take the huge oil treasure trove like the C Sea.
This is no different from being a coward.
Minister Shen and the others agreed with her approach, which showed that she was not wrong. All they had to do was to develop themselves in a more confidential manner.
They exposed so much in the early stage because the country was still young and too many enemy spies had infiltrated. Later, they will definitely improve with their precautions.
Moreover, Lu Chiyu has always believed that retreat is never a solution to the problem. If they are still threatened by the enemy, it only proves that they are not strong enough.
What they need at this time is not to retreat, but to work harder to develop themselves until your military force is strong enough to defeat them.
Therefore, the current situation has actually aroused her fighting spirit. She wants to work hard to accelerate the development of the Red Country's military to a level where it will no longer be threatened by other countries.
All conspiracies and tricks are nothing but paper tigers in the face of absolute strength!
Thinking of this, Lu Chiyu's vague guess that Minister Shen was somewhat resistant to his arrangement and the thought of "working overtime" completely dissipated.
Sure enough, she then heard Minister Shen say: "That's right, so next we need Comrade Lu Chiyu to lead our scientific researchers to comprehensively develop military equipment for land, sea and air to strengthen our national defense.
Don't worry, we will definitely approve enough funds. Now we have oil to sell, and it is cheaper than the oil from Asia, so we have no shortage of funds.
As for talents, I plan to mobilize all available pillars across the country to join in. It just so happens that the resumption of the college entrance examination in the past two years has unearthed a lot of talents. The specific arrangements still depend on the situation, but I can absolutely guarantee that there will be no shortage of available scientific researchers around you.
Ah Yu, what do you think about this matter?"
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