Chapter 689 The Chinese Century
The US president is reading newspapers in his Oval Office. On the sofa opposite his desk, Enrique and Secretary of State John. レ.shushu;spades;レ newspaper is a Chinese newspaper. The date should be yesterday's Empire Daily. This newspaper has been translated, and there are notes posted next to it full of beautifully fonted English translations.
Although the translator has been promoted worldwide, the United States Zhengfu is still worried about this kind of equipment and would rather use human means on important documents. This newspaper is such an important document, sent back by the US Embassy in Pingjing by expedited diplomatic mail. Enrique and John have read it and immediately came to the president to discuss the matter.
President Michelle left the newspaper, took a angrily photo on the front page, and said in an implicit anger: "What's going on? I need an explanation! Is Cia's annual funds thrown into the James River?"
The James River is a river near the CIA headquarters, but the Cia headquarters is still a little far from that river.
Now no one is going to touch the president's bad luck. Director Cia is on the way here. Enrique hasn't seen this old rival for a long time. Now he is still unlucky enough to think about it. He is so big that he doesn't realize anything about such a big thing.
Before the 911 incident, the F-Prison had already noticed it, but there was no time to stop it, which led to the director's resignation. Enrique took this opportunity to sit on the throne of the F-Prison Director. At that time, it was Cia who was watching the joke. Now it was Enrique's turn to watch the joke.
Cia Director Bishop Wellston is 59 years old and is an operator among a large number of stupid officials. But his luck is so bad that he has completely lost the president's trust.
Half an hour later, Director Bishop left the White House, and his resignation letter would be handed over to the president's desk a few hours later, and the next thing had nothing to do with him. President Michel did not want to remove Cia's head so soon, but now he must give an explanation to the voters and the consortium behind him.
Bishop is just a sin goat, and he can even be glad that he left this vortex at this time, calmly avoiding danger and being able to live his life.
After the former director of Cia left, President Michelle remained staring at the front page of the newspaper. The photo faithfully reminded him of an obvious fact.
The Han Empire already has nuclear fusion technology!
The old rival has now built the first fusion furnace and proudly showed off on the national mouthpiece. However, the US intelligence department has not received any news in advance!
dereliction of duty!
Absolute dereliction of duty!
President Michel's dull eyes moved to the sofa. Enrique still frowned and put his fingers on his fingers, while John habitually bit his nails, indicating that his two most loyal supporters were in a certain anxiety.
"What should we do?" Michelle finally broke the silence and turned his eyes to his think tank.
Enrique had several deep wrinkles on his forehead. His face looked very tired. In fact, he had never slept with this newspaper since he scooped it at four o'clock this morning.
"If I remember correctly, as agreed half a month later, we will have a regular summit meeting with the empire. This is your opportunity."
Enrique tried his best to clear his messy thoughts. He continued: "We should question the empire on this issue and reach a cooperation intention as much as possible. Before that, you must reach a preliminary agreement with Congress as soon as possible and have a general estimate and arrangement for future changes."
The so-called agreement with Congress is the real meaning of obtaining the opinions of the consortium, and their opinions are very important in this regard.
"In addition, the official emergence of nuclear fusion will mean that oil, an important energy source, is about to fall from the throne of God, and our petrodollar economic system will also be greatly impacted. I am not an expert in this regard, and John must say it." Enrique closed his eyes exhausted after saying this.
Seeing Michelle's eyes move, John also said with a bitter face: "The decline of oil is inevitable. Before I came, the price of North American oil futures had fallen from the highest point of $149 to $129, a total of $20. The victory we achieved with the Empire in the struggle between the Middle East oil-producing countries is now outdated. The Empire can completely leave us alone and just maintain their previous import channels."
"Stop it? Is it feasible?" Michelle subconsciously wanted to do such a thing.
"30% of the Ka? The Ka? The oil imports from the Ka? 30% come from Nordic Europe and Africa. The rest is the Middle East, with Persia the most. If we want to stuck their necks, we can only do it in the Indian Ocean. However, even if we have the backyard of the empire, we will not be able to pay the loss even if we add India." John knew very well that the United States could not control the empire now, and the fight between the two sides would only be a loss.
There is another thing he didn't say, everyone knows that the humiliating agreement signed a few days ago was something that no one wants to mention. The abominable bastard who blackmailed the American zhengfu is also an imperialist. If he really wants to fight, he will definitely help the empire. The American zhengfu doesn't want to worry about being beheaded by that "vacuum energy-sucking bullet" at any time.
Moreover, the guy recently built hundreds of electromagnetic transmitters in the 600 kilometers of mid-level space, and in recent days, he signed an agreement to sell these electromagnetic anti-missile devices to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Empire for 19 billion blue yuan. This price is almost the same as free gift, and the empire immediately issued a statement announcing the establishment of a new military branch - the Tianjun.
The Imperial Sky Army has several aerospace fighter jets and suspended personnel carriers in the configuration. In addition, there is a ready-made rocket launching site, and then these electromagnetic anti-missile launchers. At a rough look, it seems that the configuration of the Sky Army is very shabby, but more than 200 electromagnetic anti-missile devices spread all over the world are their biggest reliance.
The mid-term anti-missile missile has always been a long-standing disaster for the US military, and several experiments ended in failure. The only thing that can be used is the terminal anti-missile. The anti-missile capabilities of Patriot 2 and Patriot 3 missiles are quite careless, at least in the official propaganda, there is an interception rate of 50%. It is hard to say how much it really is.
As for the anti-missile period, it is impossible for superpowers like the Empire and the United States. The nuclear bombs fired in the hinterland of a vast power are impossible to carry out the anti-missile period. Both countries have been desperately developing road-mobile intercontinental missile launchers in order to quickly counterattack after being hit by the first wave of nuclear strikes.
A dead object like a nuclear missile silo, in addition to playing a role in the first wave of active attacks, will only be completely destroyed by the enemy's first wave of attacks.
Under the current circumstances, the electromagnetic anti-missile device of the Imperial Heavenly Army is a killer. With these hundreds of kinetic energy mid-stage anti-missile devices, any nuclear strike force below 200 warheads will not have any threat to the Han Empire.
Of course, this estimate is as the official propaganda of the Empire. It is said that the successful interception rate of electromagnetic anti-missile devices is 100%, but in fact, this success rate is not much moisture. In the past, the empires used mid-stage anti-missile missiles, carrying solid metal warheads, and using kinetic energy strikes. The success rate is 100%, and there are experiments.
In this regard, the United States has become an extremely disadvantageous. Even if it wants to engage in nuclear blackmail, it will not scare the imperial people and have to sit back to the negotiating table. However, the Americans will definitely not admit defeat easily. They will also use various small tricks to try to drag their backs or stop the empire from increasing its influence.
The United States is also desperately strengthening its scientific research force, trying to research its own nuclear fusion technology as quickly as possible, so that it can continue to maintain a two-polar situation in the coming era.
Taking advantage of the good news of the successful ignition of nuclear fusion, the empire announced that it would lower the industrial electricity price by 20% and the national civil electricity price by 25%. At the same time, the measures to abolish thermal power plants below the scale were announced and the power grid transformation nationwide was initiated. At the same time, the construction of the Suiren 2 furnace in Taihang Mountain has begun, and the Suiren 3 and 4 furnaces in a certain place in the south are also under construction.
The seawater purification project in the Bohai Rim Bay is also going smoothly, and many people only understand the role of this move first at this time. After the fusion furnace was successfully ignited, electricity prices in the northern region fell, and seawater purification became a profitable industry, but the big end was already occupied, and other capitals could only make some soup and drink.
At the same time, the East-West Water Diversion Project began to replace the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and became the hottest topic. The Danjiangkou Reservoir, which was originally used for South-to-North Water Diversion Project, began to supply water to the southwest, which will greatly alleviate the water use shortage in the southwest region.
At the same time, some people in Fujian have begun to survey seawater purification plants with vision. In response to the shortage of drinking water in the future, purifying water will definitely have a promising future. Some people with ambitions have a longer vision and have begun to survey plateau water resources in the Qinghai-Tibet region, and plan to take advantage of the good opportunity of falling electricity prices to launch suspended freight to reduce transportation costs.
The benefits brought by the decline in electricity prices are not only these, but the prices of materials on the market have also dropped. Moreover, Xiangyun Company suddenly ushered in a large number of orders, all of which were required to order additional or first order anti-gravity transport vehicles, including passenger vehicles and freight vehicles. These people all took a fancy to the prospect of continued decline in electricity prices and rushed to set up electric suspended vehicles.
The decline in electricity prices has also caused changes in personal choices. Oil prices remain high, but electricity is already a relatively cheap resource and it can be seen that it will be cheaper in the future. Therefore, electric personal suspension cars have become the new choice for most people. As for the electric cars of the Empire Auto Group, there is no need to talk to the Japanese anymore. Now the Japanese are asking Imperial Auto to sign a contract soon, but Imperial Auto is not in a hurry. They are contacting Xiangyun to cooperate in opening a factory.
Chapter completed!