Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 1223 Afterglow of the Empire

That being said, everyone wants to sleep at their destination.But halfway through the journey, everyone woke up.There are three main reasons for this. The first reason is that the flight time is too long, about seven or eight hours, plus the time difference, so everyone basically woke up halfway through sleep.The second is the rise of the dimension. Although the aircraft at this time are already very advanced, there is still a certain gap with the aircraft of later generations in terms of air tightness and thermal insulation.Therefore, after the dimension increases, the internal temperature of the aircraft flying at high altitude still changes slightly.Although it was not that serious, everyone still instinctively felt a little cold, so they couldn't sleep.The third reason is mental activity.Although the preparations are adequate, everyone is still quite worried, fearing that there is a lack of preparation for work.So after waking up, everyone consciously became familiar with some materials.

The same goes for Jiang Chen and the others. After waking up, they began to discuss the next itinerary together.Although these are only the responsibility of the leaders and main cadres of the investigation team, Jiang Chen is naturally qualified to participate because of his identity and experience.Moreover, many of his suggestions and ideas have been recognized and endorsed by everyone, so now his words are still very important in the entire investigation group.

After seven or eight hours of flying, the plane finally landed smoothly at a certain military airport in Moscow.It may be because of confidentiality reasons that they landed not at a civil aviation airport, but at a military airport.However, compared with the civilian airport, this airport is closer to the urban area.It is said that this place is usually not open to the outside world, and it is only used to receive some foreign guest planes, or special planes taken by high-level national officials.

In fact, Jiang Chen and the others originally set off in the afternoon, but because of the time difference, it was still in the afternoon when they arrived here, and it was still dark.But what influenced Jiang Chen and the others more deeply was the weather here. Even though it is only November, in the northern capital of our country, you only need to wear a shirt or a thin coat.But here, as soon as the plane's door was opened, Jiang Chen and the others felt a chill.The wind was so strong that they all had to put on specially prepared wool trench coats.In fact, these trench coats were also specially prepared for this inspection visit. Mr. Cao Yuntian, Mr. Cao and others with military status wore trench coats representing the colors of the military, while Jiang Chen and Director Ding wore ordinary black coats. trench coat.

After tidying up, Jiang Chen followed Mr. Cao and the others out of the cabin, and found that someone was already waiting below.It seemed that the Soviet side attached great importance to Jiang Chen and his group's inspection visit. They not only photographed relevant high-level officials to greet them, but also specially prepared a guard of honor, a military band, and some welcome personnel.

After Mr. Cao came down the escalator, he saw a Soviet general who was about 60 or [-] years old in military uniform greeted him. He saluted each other with Mr. Cao and shook hands.After introduction, this bearded old man is a general of the Soviet Army headquarters, called Stanislav, and his identity is basically the same as that of Mr. Cao.After a short ceremony, under the introduction of Mr. Cao, this Stanislav shook hands with Jiang Chen and his entourage one by one, and then arranged Jiang Chen and the others in the car that had already been prepared.However, to be honest, these cars are not very good, they are all old Volga.It is far worse than the cars produced by Jiang Chen and the others now, and it can even be said that it is not a thing of the same era at all.

The huge convoy carrying many people was driving in the streets of the urban area, which made many locals cast curious eyes.It might be due to the weather. Jiang Chen always felt that the urban area was gray and gloomy, without any modern facilities and buildings.Although it has the antique flavor of the European Middle Ages, it is very inconsistent with this era of rapid development.

Finally, Jiang Chen saw the legendary Red Square. To be honest, although Jiang Chen had endlessly imagined what it would look like, he was rather disappointed when he actually saw it.Except for the surrounding famous landmarks, other places are not as beautiful as imagined.Even this famous square, Jiang Chen felt that it was dilapidated.It could also be that the plaza is paved with stones and it feels potholed due to lack of maintenance.Even the sickle flag that is still flying on the roof of the palace declares the glory and arrogance of this empire.But what Jiang Chen felt was that dusk and sunset, the feeling of dying, and the smell of decay pervaded everywhere.Of course, this may also be Jiang Chen's own feeling, after all, he is a person who understands history.

A group of people were arranged to a group of hotels not far from the central Red Square. It was also a medieval building with the European palace decoration style inside, which gave people a different feeling.Under the arrangement of Sophie's staff, Jiang Chen and the others were all assigned to the room they stayed in.Probably because of Jiang Chen's status and rank, he was treated very well. He was arranged in a very luxurious room, making Jiang Chen feel like he was in a kind of imperial palace.What's even more exaggerated is that Jiang Chen discovered that all the paintings hung in the room were oil paintings by famous painters in the Soviet Union, each of which would be very expensive for future generations.And in some furniture and decorations, gold and precious stones are used exaggeratedly for decoration, which is very extravagant.Although Jiang Chen was very pleasing to the eye with such decorations, he dismissed them. This may be the afterglow of the empire. Although it is eye-catching, it is short-lived.

Afterwards, Jiang Chen and the others were taken to a small restaurant, where they had a sumptuous dinner.According to the reception staff, tomorrow there will be a special reception luncheon to cleanse them up, and this evening is just a snack before going to bed, so they can rest their stomachs first and have a good rest.To be honest, Jiang Chen didn't like this dinner, especially the toast and smoked sausage, which made him very uncomfortable, so after eating some, Jiang Chen didn't move anymore.

After dinner, Jiang Chen and the others came to Mr. Cao Yuntian's room. To be honest, it was a very exaggerated room, almost like a palace. Jiang Chen's room was nothing compared to this one.To everyone's surprise, Mr. Cao smiled and waved his hands to signal everyone.Then he casually took an ashtray from the side and put it on the coffee table, lit a cigarette and started smoking.When Jiang Chen saw this, he couldn't help smoking, not because Mr. Cao smoked, but because the ashtray he used to hold the ashes was actually pure gold, with many red and sapphires inlaid on it.Well, it really is rich and willful.But it can also be seen from another aspect that it is all like this, it is not finished, who is finished.

(End of this chapter)