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Chapter 21
In a luxury home in the federal capital, a fat middle-aged man stands on a spacious balcony, smiling at a giant transport vehicle parked in a spacious courtyard downstairs. After seeing that Secretary Zhang coming out of the car cabinet, he hurriedly waved to him. Of course, Secretary Zhang ignored him at all, just boarded the cab and started the car to leave.
After seeing the car out of sight, the fat middle-aged man immediately showed a ferocious smile. Then a voice came from behind him: "are you gone?" He hurriedly piled up a smiling face, turned around and said respectfully, "Yes, sir, Secretary Zhang has already taken the car away."
The man he called your Excellency was the Minister of National Security, Chen Yu, who smiled and patted the fat middle-aged man on the shoulder and said: "Thank you for your hard work. During the election, our president will look good."
The fat middle-aged man hurriedly replied with a smile: "my company usually has a lot of your care, this is nothing." I'll have to ask you to take care of me in the future. "
Chen Yu nodded and said, "naturally, by the way, do you know who in the military Department proposed the gunboat motion to the president?"
The fat middle-aged man shook his head hurriedly: "I can't ask. Can't your intelligence network find out who it is?"
Chen Yu frowned and said, "apart from the fact that there is this person in the president's mouth, it is not anyone at all. I even suspect that this person is a completely fictional person who does not exist." But the president probably won't come up with these tricks, so which guy came up with such an stupid design? "
The fat middle-aged man stayed for a moment: "you mean the self-propelled gunboat.". "
Chen Yu nodded: "you are a manufacturer, of course you know its performance, that kind of thing can be solved with one shot, except for the advantage of quantity, it is of no use at all. No wonder the marshal disagrees with this bill."
Hearing Chen Yu's words, the obese middle-aged man obviously breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Yu noticed this and smiled and said, "what?" Cut corners again? "
The fat middle-aged man immediately broke out in a cold sweat and said with a forced smile, "how could I …". " What else did he want to explain, but Chen Yu didn't want to waste time on this topic at all. "I don't care," he said. "how are my things going?"
The fat middle-aged man immediately smiled relieved and said, "it is ready. Now it has raised 100 tons. If it is not enough, our group can immediately mobilize thousands of tons. Feel free to use it."
Chen Yu smiled with satisfaction: "very good, if I succeed, your benefits are indispensable." The fat middle-aged man nodded and said, "then I would like to thank you first."
Chen Yu looked at the scenery of the distant courtyard and said with a smile: "Oh, fortunately, the marshal did not dare to take off his military uniform to run in the election, nor dare to recommend agents at will, otherwise this general election would be much more complicated." The fat middle-aged man knew that Chen Yu was talking to himself, and although he wanted to know what made the marshal afraid to extend his hand to the election, he knew deeply that it was better not to know something, so he stood by in silence.
At the Marshal House, Olmster said to the virtual screen, "I see." He turned off the screen, and then he took a computer card out of his pocket. Press the display button on the card, and the pattern that appears on the card is the design of the self-propelled gunboat.
Olmster looked at it for a moment, and as soon as he used his finger, the card was scratched and split into pieces. Olmster threw it into the dustbin next to him, and there was a chilling smile on the corner of his mouth, while a low voice came out of his mouth: "Hem, it will be lively soon."
"come on, come on! This is the first time to start a battleship. Oh, hurry up! " Such a cry sounded all over the base of the self-propelled gunboat, and Tang long, who stayed inside the battleship, watched with interest at the virtual projection on the cabin deck, showing the busy appearance of the logistics staff below.
Liu Sihao and they are also nervously testing the various systems in the warship, and this is the first time they have been allowed to go into space for training in this underground base for decades. Although these dozens of days of training is similar to training in space, it does not really appear in space. Who knows if there will be any problems at that time, so we must examine them carefully.
In the base command room, Linasha and Qina are quietly watching the busy scene shown on the screen. It took a while for Qina to say, "Sir, are we going back to be fighter pilots after training?"
Linasha smiled and said, "Yes, don't you want to?"
Qina shook her head. "No, I think your rank is ready to command a C-class destroyer, so why go back to being a fighter pilot?"
"Oh, at the beginning, I made an agreement with the military headquarters that I would go back to work as a driver after the training. Besides, do you feel that this training of these self-propelled gunboats is like training fighter planes? It's all because this is the only way I know how to train. Alas, in fact, I wanted to refuse after getting the order, but I couldn't disobey the order, so I had no choice but to go ahead. " Linasha shook her head helplessly.
Qina seemed to swallow her saliva and then said, "Sir, I've always had a question. I don't know if I can ask it."
"go ahead."
"well, the thing is, these self-propelled gunboats, you have also seen the data of the battleships. You also know that this is a warship of higher cannon fodder than a cannon-fodder-class A-class patrol boat. Although it is possible to use dense main guns to destroy a certain number of low-level enemy ships on the battlefield, in terms of their degree of defense, it can be said that even the main guns of A-class destroyers cannot bear, and they are definitely killed with one shot. Coupled with the fact that the people who trained them were us fighter pilots, although we have rich combat experience, the combat methods of fighters and warships are different. What on earth is the military department doing this for? " China asked a little excitedly.
Linasha looked at Qina, sighed and shook her head and said, "to tell you the truth, I don't know why the military gave such an order." Not only did they develop a dead warship, but they also transferred second lieutenant officers who had never come into contact with the warship to serve as commanders, and the instructors who trained them were fighter pilots. I think there is little reason to do so except to use them as cannon fodder. "
Qina shook her figure and said with a cry: "Why?" Why would the military do this? Are we soldiers really consumables? " Linasha pressed Qina's shoulder and said softly: "We do not have the ability to change the intentions of the superior, we can only pray that the war will not come." As she looked at the screen, she thought painfully, "Olmster, why on earth are you doing this?" Are we all your tools? "
Genna's adjutant saw Tang long sitting on the podium, looking intently at the small screen of the podium. Can not help but say to him: "Sir, all ready."
Tang long also said without lifting: "did the command tower issue the order to lift off?"
"not yet."
"then call me when you are ordered." Tang long waved and said.
"well, yes, sir." Genna retreated to his seat and looked a little blankly at the unpredictable officer. Know that the officer deliberately forged a good relationship with the 34th company, and at the same time let them get drunk and make trouble, and let the gendarmes lock them up. Although I know that the officer is to avenge himself for these female soldiers, but this method is also a little vicious, isn't it? Not only let them suffer physical pain, but also let them leave a black stroke in their files, which is very decisive for their promotion. To put it more seriously, it can be said that the military careers of those officers and soldiers of the 34th company have been overshadowed, and the price is too high.
Genna suddenly came up with the idea of offending this man. With a shock, Genna could not help feeling that Tang long's hippy and arrogant face was much more relaxed than it was now. because don't know what he's going to do when see that cold face.
Tang long didn't know that he avenged his subordinates and made them think he was insidious. If he had known, he would have cried with a sad face. Of course, it was because he didn't know that he looked cheerfully at the data on the battleship grades of the federal army.
Tang long said to himself while browsing the screen data: "well, the worst is the A-class patrol boat, hehe, this is cannon fodder, but it is much better than my self-propelled gunboat." The crew is 100, the main gun is 4, the secondary gun is 14, and the torpedo firing port is 4, and the degree of defense is 20, which is really cannon fodder, but my self-propelled gunboat may have a defense degree of 10, ah, the cannon fodder in the cannon fodder, my life is bitter. "
"Yeah? I can't believe there is an ABC level 3 distinction in patrol boats. Cut! Each higher level has 20 more crew members, 2 main guns, 4 auxiliary guns, 2 firing ports, and 5 points of defense. The most advanced C-class patrol boat, that is, 140 men, 8 main guns, 22 auxiliary guns, and 8 firing ports, the degree of defense has only been increased to 30, which is not surprising. "
"well, what is a little more advanced than the patrol boat is the destroyer, hehe, with a crew of 300, 12 main guns, 22 secondary guns, and 12 launchers, with a degree of defense of 40, yo! It is divided into three levels again. The highest level is only 500 crew, 22 main guns, 42 secondary guns, 22 launchers, and a degree of defense of 60. Forget it. Look at the data on cruisers and battleships. Well, they all have only one grade. 5000 cruisers and 100 main guns, huh? Unexpectedly, it is the kind of nuclear main gun of a self-propelled gunboat, which is so impressive that it is equivalent to 100 self-propelled gunboats firing together. 200 secondary guns? 100 launchers?! The degree of defense is 100! It's not that good, is it? Wow, there are 10 fighters, two fighting companies? It's too fierce! " Tang long sighed deeply because he thought that his battleship could not compare with him.
"Oh, I'm so envious. Well, let's see what's so good about the battleship. Yeah? 2000 crew? How come there are so many fewer cruisers than the cruisers who are inferior to him? Wow! There are 300 main guns, and all of them are nuclear power guns! Vice gun 500! The degree of defense is 200! Isn't this a steel fortress covered with muzzle? Huh? There's no launch port? No fighters or fighting companies? Are battleships specially used for artillery suppression? " Tang long touched his chin and said to himself.
"well, I hope we don't encounter such an enemy. Only one such battleship can destroy thousands of self-propelled gunships like ours. See if there are any other warships, um, transport ships have five levels of defense, all with a degree of defense of 5, without any firepower, and there are only five crew members, just to distinguish the carrying capacity according to the size of the class. It seems that these five are the captain, communications, navigation, supervision and other major personnel. Yeah? How come the data of mine boat and radar boat is similar to that of transport ship? Except for the difference in the function of head size, there are no weapons, the degree of defense is very low, and there are only 5 occupants. Looks like it was designed by the same person, huh, Slack Off guy. "
"Why, the aircraft carrier. Oh, beautiful! There are no main guns, 200 auxiliary guns, 500 launchers, a degree of defense of 300, and a crew of 20,000! There are 3,000 fighter jets and 30 combat companies. This is a series of warships that support the series. Ah, what is this? It's dark, huh? 1500 crew, no active and secondary guns, 600 launchers? Transmittance 10! Doesn't it take a distance of 100 to find him? If he sneaks in and fires a torpedo, all the battleships will be wiped out. So it looks like this kind of submarine is pretty good, too. "
Tang long's self-talk was listened to by Liu Sihao, and everyone looked at Tang long in a daze. How can you look at these things that have been known for a long time with relish?
Tang long bowed his head, put his hands around his chest and sat in the command chair. Suddenly he jumped up and shouted, "I'm going to be the commander of the cruiser!" There are many people, many guns, many shots, fighter planes, and combat teams. Wow, all of them. It's really great. This is my dream flagship. Whoo, the thought of me makes my mouth water. " Tang long, who was caught in a fantasy, suddenly felt dozens of dazzling eyes, looked up around and found that everyone was staring at himself. Tang long hurriedly adjusted his face, coughed, and said coldly to Genna with his hand behind his back, "what?" Haven't you given the order for the command tower yet? Well, I'll go out and have a look. " With that, he left the battleship with his head held high.
When Tang long left, the first one who could not help giggling was Yan Jun, the normally unsmiling deputy gunner. she bowed her head and tried to hold back her smile. Looking at her trembling body, she knew how hard she had endured. Yan Jun's action infected everyone, and immediately there was a burst of laughter in the cabin. Liu Sihao looked at his companions around with a smile and thought, "Oh, I didn't expect that the officer's unconscious behavior unexpectedly made the relationship between him and us closer." I'm sure people won't hate the officer anymore, right? "
Liu Sihao is right, Tang long this true temperament unwittingly reveals the performance, finally let these soldiers have a change of heart to Tang long. They used to hate Tang long because they didn't know Tang long and thought that Tang long was too pretentious. And now from this little thing, they finally feel that they finally know a little bit about their officers.
It's strange to say that now when they recall the arrogant and fooling around image of Tang long, they actually feel a little close. And the feeling that Tang long was sinister because of the punishment of 34 companies has now become the feeling of a troublemaker. Perhaps the most important thing in the communication between people is to show their true temperament. Although we don't know it at first, there will always be a day to understand it.
"Wow, what a shame, the image that has been worked so hard for this period of time is now completely ruined." Tang long felt sorry for himself under the battleship with a sad face. in the distance, it was the logistics soldiers who were busy filling the battleship with energy and ammunition. although they saw this officer staying by the side early in the morning, they also saw this officer muttering with a sad face and didn't know what to say, but they stuck to their posts and didn't pay much attention to it.
At this time, a cold thing was suddenly affixed to Tang long's neck, which made Tang long jump with loud cries. Looking back, it was the old colonel. The cold thing was the bottle of Sim given to him by Tang long. Unexpectedly, it had not been finished by the old man.
The old man waved his hand to Tang long, who had already made a salute, picked up the bottle and carefully moistened it, then squinted at Tang long and said, "Why are you hiding here alone?" Isn't it your turn to start yet? "
"No, sir." Tang long said with his hands on his back without feeling too strong or humble.
The old man frowned and said, "Don't be so restrained." Then he sat on the ground against the bayonet that supported the warship, and waved to Tang long and said, "come on, sit down and let's chat. With so many warships, it's not your turn so soon."
Tang long stayed for a while. He had never sat face to face and chatted with others. In the past, I used to play games, and even talked less to my parents, not to mention those proud students. On the other hand, when they go to the training base, they are faced with robots. Except for the training time, they hide in the room all the other time. Although they chat with people in the game, they are all separated from the computer. I came out to join the army. Although I now have more than a dozen subordinates, I don't know what happened. Although I was very arrogant in front of them, I didn't have much chat with them. This time I can be said to be the first time to chat with people face to face, but how can I talk about this?
Although Tang long hesitated a little, he came to the old man and sat down. After sitting down, he could only look at the busy logistics soldiers in the distance.
The old man glanced at Tang long, smiled and said, "Why are you silent?" Is it because you can't find a topic to talk to? Tell me, why did you join the army? "
"er." Tang long scratched his head and said sheepishly, "I joined the army because I don't want to go to college and I don't want to go out to work so early."
When the old man heard this, he was a little surprised and said, "Yo, I didn't expect you to join the army after graduating from high school and get the rank of second lieutenant after military training. It seems that you were pretty good in military training." Yes, do you have any goals in life? "
Tang long immediately looked excited and said, "I want to be a marshal!"
"Marshal?" The old man took a sip of wine, squinted at Tang long, smiled and said, "I want to be a marshal, so why do you want to be a marshal?" It's not for the name of Marshal that you want to be Marshal, is it? "
"well, why do you want to be a marshal?" Tang long is in a daze and has to ask such stupid questions? Tang long immediately showed an air of teaching and said to the old man, "the Marshal is the supreme commander of the army, and he can command thousands of armies, and he has to be more prestigious and prestigious, and his welfare is high, and his life after retirement is rich. What else can he do if he is not a marshal?"
When the old man heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Oh, is that why you want to be a marshal?" I'm telling you, the Marshal is not the supreme commander of the army, he has a president on it, and the president has a parliament on it, with two layers of superintendent in charge. If you want prestige and a lot of money, it's easier to do business, and you don't have to look at other people's face at all. "
"Yeah? Didn't you say that the marshal decided the military budget? Isn't it said that the marshal has full command power in the military? " Tang long asked in surprise, he had no idea that the marshal would have to obey the orders of the president and parliament.
"well, although the marshal has the power to make decisions on the military budget, both the president and parliament can pass the decision to make the marshal obey the budget. Of course, the president and parliament only have the power once a year. Besides, the full command of the marshal only refers to the military command, that is, the marshal has the right to direct the soldiers to fight, but it is not up to the marshal to decide against whom the army will fight. " The old man said leisurely after a sip of wine.
"so, it's better to be president than to be a marshal?" Tang long asked inexplicably.
"Oh, unless all the congressmen are your people, the president is more difficult than a marshal." The old man smiled.
"well, how many members are there in our federal parliament?" Tang long asked blankly.
The old man shook two fingers and said, "more than 20,000."
Tang long looked blankly at the two fingers he had stretched out, but quickly shook his head and said, "Oh, who cares about them? it has nothing to do with me."
The old man drank a drink and said with a smile, "generally speaking, the army and the government are separate, but if you want to be promoted, no one in the government can't. You should know that now the factions of the government and the army are inextricably linked."
Tang long grinned: "as long as I don't get in the way of being a marshal, I don't care about those congressmen, but if they dare to stop me, hey, I will certainly make them look good."
When the old man saw the light in Tang long's eyes, he was stupefied for a moment, because it was the light of the careerist. The boy with the rank of second lieutenant is usually careless as if he were a single cell, but he did not expect to have such an obvious careerist look in his eyes.
The old man looked at Tang long carefully for a moment before he said, "Oh, do you have the ability to teach them a little second lieutenant?" Now they can retire you with a hum. "
When Tang long was about to say something, Liu Sihao came down from the landing gate and shouted to Tang long, "Sir, the command tower is coming to order!"
Hearing this, Tang long immediately danced and shouted happily, "Wow, here we are at last, come on!" Let's go! " With that, he ran to the landing gate and got into the interior of the battleship.
The old man looked at the jubilant Tang long and shook his head and took another sip of wine. He felt that he really could not guess the young second lieutenant. Sometimes it makes people feel like a child who knows nothing, is arrogant and does things regardless of the consequences. Sometimes he feels like an old fox, with an inexplicable meaning in his every move. The old man got up and waddled off the battleship.
After going up, Tang long immediately stood on the podium and asked Chen Yi, the liaison officer, "when does the command tower want us to start?" Now Tang long had forgotten what he thought was humiliating in front of his subordinates, and his face was cold again.
As soon as Chen Yi heard this, she said, "you can leave at any time."
"all right, are all units ready?" Tang long nodded and asked the people around him.
"all ready." Adjutant Genna immediately responded.
"send a request to the command tower to inform the logistics personnel below to leave, and the ship is ready to set out!" Tang Longsuo waved his hand and sat down calmly in the chair.
Chen Yi stayed for a while, but she did not expect that she had never informed the logistics staff of the process of leaving in peacetime training, and now the officer would remember the most basic procedures for the deployment of battleships. I wanted to remind him just now, but now I have to sink my words into my stomach. From this point of view, this officer really has the quality of a qualified commander.
Chen Yi, who had improved on Tang long, immediately tapped the keyboard and made a request to the command tower while informing the following logistics personnel to evacuate.
Through the projection images, we can see that the logistics personnel below are pushing the facilities away from the warship, and the people are hiding in the transparent reinforced glass. At this time, the bayonet supporting the battleship began to sink slowly, and after a while, the whole warship sank to the ground. Then there was a strong wind from the mouth of the pit, and the battleship disappeared.
Looking at the projected images around, Tang long could not help sighing: "it turns out that the entrance and exit of this base warship is underground, like a sewer." No wonder Tang long said that his battleship was being taken by automatic transport to a circular passage with no end in sight.
The battleship stopped at the passageway, and Mary, the navigator, immediately pressed several buttons quickly and shouted, "prepare to set sail, security system ready!"
With this sound, Tang long and others immediately popped up a safety frame on the seat to hold them down firmly. After Mary checked that there was nothing wrong, she immediately pressed the start button and shouted, "start!"
Only felt the battleship shake, then went into the passageway like a rocket and flew straight down the long circular passage. Dozens of seconds later, we found that a small bright spot suddenly appeared on the screen full of channel walls, and as time went by, the bright spot became bigger and bigger, and then only felt the light in front of us, and the warship left the passageway and appeared in the air.
Mary immediately pressed a few buttons and said, "Power conversion is complete!" Speaking of which, it immediately grabbed the joystick, and the battleship shook again and rushed into the atmosphere at a faster speed.
Only 10 minutes later, the battleship broke away from gravity and went into space. After pressing a few buttons again, Mary said, "the security system is canceled." The safety rack that suppressed everyone immediately fell back into the chair, and everyone was finally able to move.
Tang long stretched himself to his feet, shook his head and said to himself, "Oh, I didn't expect that this kind of self-propelled gunboat, like a civil aircraft, had to fasten its seat belt before going into space." Whoo, when will you be able to leisurely drink coffee and sit on the flagship to get in and out of the planet? "
Everyone didn't listen to Tang long, and they were busy managing their own responsible system. Chen Yi looked at the screen in front of her and said, "Sir, the command tower asked us to gather at s3245, x2234, z444, y341."
Hearing Chen Yi's words, Tang long's depressed face immediately tightened, nodded majestically and said, "all right, let's go." When he had finished, he immediately lay half feebly on the command chair, murmuring to himself, "Oh, boring, lecturing first and then training in groups." It should be in a state of war as soon as it comes out, so that all warships can be trained effectively. "
Mary connected to Chen Yi's computer, entered the coordinates into the driving system, then pressed a button and said, "enter the coordinates, transfer to the autopilot, and arrive in 30 minutes." With that, he released the driving stick and began to explore the surrounding environment.
When everyone heard what Mary said, they didn't pay much attention to the screen and began to bow their heads and mind their own business. Tang long, who was bored waiting to arrive at the rendezvous point, suddenly found a woman's profile portrait flashing past on the screen. Although it was an instant, Tang long still saw the smile on the corner of the mouth of the avatar.
Tang long was not surprised, although he saw that the avatar was the computer sister, but he saw too much of that kind of smile, which was the smile of the computer sister when she was ready to tease herself. Tang long was about to speak when the hull of the battleship shook violently, and then all the people were overwhelmed by the strong speed response.
Although Tang long knew that this was the fault of his computer sister, he still shouted, "what's going on?" Mary struggled to press the button. As soon as she looked at the data displayed on the screen, she couldn't help shouting in shock: "Speed 2G!"
Everyone is shocked to hear this, and people with a little common sense know that 1G represents the speed of light and 2G represents the speed of light. Is this ship not as powerful as the self-propelled gunboat of ordinary civil aircraft?
Lanventer and Sier, who are in charge of the power system, immediately gritted their teeth and pressed the keyboard laboriously, and soon they shouted at the same time: "the output rate of the power furnace is 200%!" The jet port has reached the melting point and is about to gasify! "
Mary also shouted at this time, "No, it can't disarm the automatic navigation system!" And adjutant Genna also struggled to get up, checked the computer system and shouted in shock: "the main computer system is out of control!"
All the people looked at Tang long, and Tang long smiled helplessly. Although he knew that the computer sister would not harm himself, he made the situation that the battleship was about to explode, which made people see it or a cold sweat on his forehead. Tang long was about to say something when the battleship suddenly began to turn left and right. This move immediately made the crew stagger, and they couldn't hold on to anything they wanted to grasp.
When everyone was lying on the ground, the speed of the battleship slowed down, and a computer-generated voice came from the loudspeaker in the cabin: "reach the intended target, the automatic navigation system is released."
Hearing this, Mary quickly struggled from the ground and sat down in the driver's seat. After careful examination, Mary exclaimed in surprise, "it's under control!" Others also shouted that everything was back to normal.
Tang long shook his head and let the feeling of dizziness disappear a little. He sighed helplessly in his heart: "Wow, just rejected the request to go shopping with you three times in a row, and you retaliated against me like this." At first I thought it would be good to recognize a computer sister, but I didn't expect to recognize such a stingy sister. Whoo. "
The sober crowd just wanted to examine carefully to see what went wrong, but Li Lijun's exclamation made everyone forget about it for the time being.
Li Lijun pointed to the screen and shouted, "look!" When they looked up, they all froze, for the shadow of thousands of warships appeared on the screen. Erhua was the first to wake up, took a quick look at the radar, and then said with a relaxed face: "they are all self-propelled gunboats, this is the rendezvous point." It only took 5 minutes to arrive, and the speed of 2G is really fast. "
Hearing this, everyone was a little nervous and relaxed, and Li Lijun said to himself with excitement on his face, "Oh, I didn't expect us self-propelled gunboats to get together."
Tang long looked at the warships, who had commanded millions of warships in the game, and the thousands of warships in front of him could not make him feel excited at all. He waved weakly and said, "join them."
Chen Yi, the liaison officer, and Mary, the pilot, immediately responded that Chen Yi sent an identification message to the warships, while Mary sailed slowly with the warships. She didn't dare to use the automatic navigation system until she figured out what was going on just now.