I built an armada.

"Good morning? If you don't demolish it now, what are you waiting for?"

Taro Kato glanced at Takahashi.

"But right now, many forces are still quite resistant, and the public outcry is still quite strong. If we rush to demolish it now, I'm afraid..."

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that someone with ulterior motives will use this to make a fuss?"

Kato shook his head repeatedly.

"Since you've decided to endure humiliation and hardship, then you must see it through to the end. Don't hesitate, or you'll not only gain nothing but also become disliked."

"Besides, so what if those people cause trouble? It'll just take a little more effort to deal with them. It'll be a good solution to clean up all this mess once and for all!"

Of course, the so-called forbearance and humiliation is in relation to others.

Kato didn't see this as enduring humiliation at all.

This is clearly my ticket to acknowledge my ancestors and return to my roots!

Takahashi stared blankly at Kato's resolute gaze, his admiration growing ever stronger.

In his view, only someone with Taro Kato's courage and determination was qualified to save the Eastern Wilderness, which was already on the verge of collapse.

"Also, I will personally handle the negotiations with Long Xia next."

"This...this is not in accordance with diplomatic protocol!"

Takahashi's expression changed.

In diplomatic settings, those responsible for negotiating with other countries are usually individuals who are commensurate with the other party's status.

For example, if the other side only sends a diplomat, and you send a chieftain, it's clear that you're not putting yourself on the same level as the other side!

Unless there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, or the two sides need each other's help, very few countries are willing to do this!

In Takahashi's view, even if the Eastern Wilderness was defeated, it should never belittle itself like this!
Moreover, this war was the fault of the previous administration and had nothing to do with their current administration.

Even when negotiating with Long Xia, they need to be more assertive in order to stabilize the situation and demonstrate the strength of their current leadership!
"You do not understand."

Kato rubbed his temples.

"No one understands Longxia better than me, so it's the most suitable person for me to go!"

"Most importantly, it's difficult for us to distinguish right now who can truly be used by us and who are merely being used out of necessity..."

"If the people I send out misunderstand my meaning, or even deliberately provoke Long Xia again, then we will have to spend several times, or even ten times, more effort to quell Long Xia's anger..."

Takahashi looked sorrowful.

"Kato-kun, you have sacrificed too much for this country..."

He could easily imagine how the entire nation would vilify Taro Kato once the news got out.

But for the sake of the country, Kato-kun's willingness to endure humiliation and hardship is truly... remarkable!
Little did he know that Kato simply didn't want to hand over the opportunity to sell the Eastern Wilderness for a good price to someone else!

If I don't take this opportunity to improve my relationship with Longxia, how will I ever become a Longxia citizen?

……

Meanwhile, the nuclear power research and development center of the integrated naval military factory.

The huge underground space was divided into three levels, and in front of Su Dingping was a full-size cross-sectional model of an aircraft carrier.

Su Dingping stood on the observation platform, holding onto the cold alloy railing, unconsciously putting half a compressed biscuit into his mouth with his right hand.

His white coat cuffs were stained with some oil at some point, but he didn't have time to pay attention to it.

Without a doubt, the design of the Eagle Tribe's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is extremely advanced for this era.

It can even be seen as a design benchmark for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

But in the eyes of Su Dingping, who comes from more than 20 years later and has a systematic understanding, even the most advanced design of the Eagle Tribe has a rough and primitive feel.

More than a decade ago, the Eagle Tribe demonstrated to the world for the first time what true modern warfare and information warfare really are.

Many of the technologies used by the Eagle Tribe at that time are still considered very advanced compared to those of most other countries today.

However, we are still quite far from achieving true informatization and automation.

Take air combat for example. True information-based air combat has long since abandoned outdated concepts like dogfighting.

The true information-based air combat of the future will emphasize beyond-visual-range strikes, and defeating the enemy from afar.

In addition, there are unmanned combat aircraft controlled by commanders, and even small drone swarms controlled by AI programming.

Add to that electromagnetic railguns, laser air defense systems...

Integrating these advanced technologies onto the same warship truly achieves integrated detection and attack, and even perfectly integrates defense and offense onto the same warship!

When you finally manage to shoot down our fighter jet after going through all the trouble, only to find out that it's just a cheap product that a factory can produce thousands or tens of thousands of a day on a single production line, that's what really makes you feel hopeless!

However, at present, the technology in related industries still needs to be improved.

Putting aside everything else, the swarm of hummingbird drones and small unmanned ships that Su Dingping envisioned are things that Longxia is currently unable to produce.

Or rather, it's not that it can't be manufactured, but that the price is too high!

The key to drone swarms is not how intelligent they are, how precise they are, or how much more powerful they are than fighter jets.

It's cheap, that's for sure!
The more modern the war, the more expensive it is.

Behind many soldiers who seem worthless on the battlefield lies decades of national investment in education and healthcare.

The death of a soldier can very likely represent the shattering of a family!

Not to mention the more advanced military units, or even fighter jets and ships whose costs are incalculable.

A nation’s navy takes fifty years to prepare, but only twenty-four hours to fire.

In comparison, the cheap, large-scale deployment of drone swarms and even unmanned ships that can launch unlimited suicide attacks is far more despairing.

He doesn't even need a high hit rate; just one hit is enough to make you suffer heavy losses!
More importantly, human life is immeasurable.

Only a complete industrial chain and a mature and large consumer market can support a country in developing such a thing.

It's not that Longxia can't manufacture drones or even unmanned ships, but the main problem is that they can't keep the costs down.

If costs can't be reduced, there's absolutely no point in messing around with this system, because we simply can't afford to fight a war.

So far, only Longxia in the world has the potential to develop in this direction.

That's right, even the Eagle Tribe basically has no potential or opportunity to develop in this direction.

Since winning the cold war with the White Bear Tribe, the Eagle Tribe has completely relaxed and is indulging in the glory of sucking blood from the whole world.

They even abandoned their own capabilities, proactively shifting their industries and embracing finance.

There's no way around it, finance is just too lucrative, and it's effortless; anyone would know how to choose.

That statement is absolutely true; this truly demonstrates the superiority of our system.

Apart from Longxia, no other country possesses such capabilities.

Even if the Eagle Tribe had a powerful figure who could predict the world more than twenty years from now, he would still be powerless to change history.

Because businessmen don't talk to you about national interests; they only care about their own interests.

Making me earn less is like making me lose money. Making businessmen lose money is more painful than taking their lives!
However, with these advanced concepts in place, Su Dingping has done his best to leave more convenient interfaces for future upgrades while ensuring the effectiveness of the transformation and upgrade.

In this way, once the technology breaks through, the market matures, and materials science is perfected, it can be further improved without incurring too much cost.

Of course, once the technology matures in the future, Su Dingping will produce more complete and superior design blueprints. For now, the current design is sufficient to counter the Eagle Tribe's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

"Commander Su, the pressure test of the reactor secondary loop is complete. The fluctuation range is extremely small, even better than the design specifications."

A young engineer stood beside Su Dingping, giving a serious report.

This young engineer is a genius recently discovered by Su Dingping.
He was only twenty-six years old, but he was the youngest project leader in the entire reactor control system team.

However, the once energetic man now had heavy dark circles under his eyes, and his hair was so messy it looked like a beehive, making him difficult to look at.

Su Dingping took the documents and quickly flipped through them.

What about the response time of the control rod drive mechanism?

"How much has it improved?"

"Seventeen percent."

Ye Xinming then presented another set of data.

"We redesigned the electromagnetic coupling module. Now, from the moment the command is issued to the full insertion of the control rod, it only takes one second, far exceeding the time taken by the Eagle Tribe's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier!"

His voice was filled with indescribable excitement!

"One second..."

Su Dingping frowned slightly.

In fact, in the world of nuclear reactors, a difference of 0.5 seconds can be the chasm between criticality and safety, meltdown and controllability.

"The effect is not bad."

He rubbed his nose to relieve the soreness in his eyes.

When can the load shedding test for the all-electric propulsion system begin?

"The power company said it would take another two hours; they are currently debugging the storage compensation algorithm."

Ye Xinming glanced at his watch.

"It is 3:47 a.m. now. We expect to start the first full system-wide joint test in two hours, at 6 a.m."

Su Dingping nodded and continued to look through the data in his hand.

"Commander...you should rest."

Ye Xinming gently reminded him.

“You’ve only slept for two hours since yesterday morning. There’s still a system-wide joint debugging to come, so you must stay awake.”

"You can rest for another two hours. I'll have someone wake you up in advance."

"I know."

Su Dingping glanced at the data again.

"There are only two hours left. Once this is finished, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. After we finish this project, we'll give everyone a day off so they can all get some rest."

"By the way, tell the power team that I need to see their final report by 5:30 at the latest."

Su Dingping tapped the documents in front of him lightly with his fingers.

"Also, how's the progress on the weapons module?"

"The energy storage units of the electromagnetic railgun are all in place, and the first integration test was conducted at 10 a.m. yesterday."

"Um... As for the laser proximity defense system, the main mirror was vacuum coated last night, and the cooling circuit is being pressurized and leak-tested as quickly as possible."

"besides……"

Listening to Ye Xinming's report, Su Dingping finally showed a very faint smile.

"Let's go."

Su Dingping flicked his sleeve and stuffed the last bit of compressed biscuit into his mouth.

"Let's go check out the vertical launch area..."

After the two toured around, Su Dingping was very satisfied with the progress of each module. If all went smoothly, the aircraft carrier would be ready for sea trials in a week at most.

"Sir, don't worry, our calculations are flawless, we will succeed soon!"

A sharp glint flashed in Ye Xinming's eyes.

"A tungsten alloy projectile traveling at 200 kilometers and speeds of Mach 6—what can stop it? What ship can withstand it? Once deployed, the entire ocean chessboard will have to be redrawn!"

Su Dingping nodded.

He certainly knew the strategic significance of electromagnetic railguns.

This is not just another new weapon, but a revolution in the way energy is used.

From outdated chemical energy to advanced electromagnetic energy, and more importantly, electromagnetic railguns will be cheaper once mass-produced.

As the saying goes, once the cannon goes off, there is ten thousand taels of gold.

In normal times, a single artillery shell can cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, but in wartime, the price of artillery shells is not settled in currency.

Each shell can be quantified into how many man-hours, how many kilograms of steel, how many kilograms of explosives, and how many kilowatt-hours of electricity!

In comparison, electromagnetic railguns theoretically have no upper limit on the initial velocity of their projectiles, ensuring their safety and eliminating the need for recoil.

As for firing efficiency, it's simply not in the same league as traditional artillery.

Most importantly, this thing is also the ideal space weapon for the future!

This thing is not something an ordinary person can handle at all.

Currently, only the Longxia and Eagle tribes in the world are qualified to play this game.

All other tribes have to step aside!
Su Dingping nodded.

"If today's system-wide integration test goes smoothly..."

Ye Xinming picked up the conversation,
"If all goes well, we can begin the final inspection before outfitting next week."

"but……"

Ye Xinming hesitated for a moment.

"Integrating so many new systems onto a single ship for the first time, isn't the risk... a bit too great?"

Don't misunderstand, Ye Xinming doesn't lack confidence in Su Dingping's design.

His concerns were more focused on the performance of these new systems in actual combat.

He was afraid that many systems might not be as useful as expected in actual combat.

They used to be able to cross the river by feeling for the Eagle Tribe, but now, the systems and new technologies they have prepared are something that even the Eagle Tribe doesn't have.

Having no reference points in front of you always makes you feel uncertain.

Su Dingping remained silent for a moment, then smiled slightly.

"From now on, we will become the setters of new standards."

He patted Ye Xinming on the shoulder and turned to leave.

Ye Xinming stood there, stunned, pondering Su Dingping's words, his heart surging with emotion. (End of Chapter)