The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

Österlund is under a lot of pressure right now.

Because, in the battle for the superstars, it's clear that the bear is already behind.

They are far behind.

Therefore, some forces within Xiong believe that the current situation within Xiong is very bad.

The bear must strive to develop and must not fall behind the dragon under any circumstances.

They considered it a disgrace to be inferior to the dragon.

If dragons can do it, then bears certainly can too.

If the bear can't do it, it must be because some of Östlund's measures were wrong.

For example, Österlund has been advocating for learning from dragons.

The key question is: Aren't bears more advanced and developed than dragons? For a long time, dragons had to learn from bears.

The bear's humble imitation of the dragon puts it in the position of a laggard.

These guys thought Östlund was being too submissive.

Even if the dragon has some advanced features, there's no need to humbly learn from it; you can simply order it to be sent over.

As I said before: bears are arrogant.

A significant portion of its population genuinely despises dragons.

They even believe that if the dragon develops well, it should repay the debts it owes in the past.

In short, they still believe that the bear should act like a superior when dealing with the dragon.

They even believe that the bear should not abandon its integration with the dragon.

The dragon should remain subservient to the bear.

In short, this is essentially a lack of self-awareness.

It has a slight suspicion of being like someone trying to find a lost sword by marking the boat.

They believe that since bears were ahead of dragons in modern history, bears should always be ahead of dragons.

The bear was once the elder brother.

Then he should always be the eldest brother.

Österlund sighed.

These guys really haven't learned a single lesson!

Damn it, shouldn't we go and learn about the history from before?
Bears have never been able to suppress dragons.

It wasn't possible in the past.

Now it's even more unacceptable.

Dragons are now incredibly powerful and advanced.

In terms of electronic warfare systems, we are far ahead of the Xiong.

But let's look at some data reported by Dragon Media.

Dragon's fighter jet radar can now detect targets at a range of up to 500 kilometers.

The Dragon's early warning aircraft can detect targets at a range of over 1 kilometers.

Dragon has already integrated the entire electronic combat system.

From satellites to ground, air, and sea electronic systems, everything is interconnected.

This is far superior to the bear's.

Because such a systematic electronic system can better share intelligence.

No matter how secretive the enemy's actions are, they can be quickly discovered.

Moreover, their own fighter jets might be locked on as soon as they get close.

Before you even see the other side, their missiles have already hit you.

Tell me, how can we fight this war?
After the bear and the dragon reconciled, they even conducted joint exercises.

As a result, in the confrontation exercise, Xiong was completely routed and defeated at the first contact when faced with Long's systematic warfare.

But Xiong would definitely not publicize something like this.

After all, this is a shameful thing.

If this gets out, it certainly won't make Ostlund and the others look good, will it?
Ostrom knew: the bear was no longer the bear of the past.

The dragon is no longer the dragon of the past.

The bear simply can no longer compete with the dragon in any comprehensive way.

In a competition, they would likely only lose in every aspect.

Then what's the point of arguing?

Wouldn't it be better to follow the dragon now?
With the help of the dragon, the domestic economy is actually developing quite rapidly.

With a significant increase in grain production, Xiong finally achieved true self-sufficiency in food.

That's right. For many years, bears couldn't even be self-sufficient in food. Can you imagine that?
They clearly have vast lands, but the state-owned farms are overstaffed and produce very low yields.

After the land was distributed to farmers, grain production began to increase rapidly.

Even after removing the previous excess, food self-sufficiency can be easily achieved.

Moreover, after adopting the market-oriented operation model of state-owned enterprises, similar to that of the giant dragon, the efficiency of state-owned enterprises has also improved significantly.

It can be said that the reason why Xiong has been able to live a relatively good life in recent years is all because of Long's help.

In this situation, what's the point of a small group of people making a fuss?

Österlund has now essentially admitted that the bear is indeed lagging behind the dragon in every aspect.

This is beyond human control.

However, Österlund still harbored a competitive spirit.

He also hopes that by learning from the dragon, the bear can eventually surpass the dragon again.

If it can successfully overtake the others, then the bear will surely be able to truly dominate the world.

Österlund hopes to catch up with and surpass the dragons within five years.

At that time, the balance of power between the two sides will change again.

However, Österlund has been in power for almost five years now.

However, he discovered that the gap between the two sides did not seem to have narrowed, but rather widened.

Moreover, Xiong failed to build a truly complete new industrial system on its own.

Bears are becoming increasingly reliant on dragons in the electronics industry, machinery industry, and even in daily necessities.

Given the current situation, it's practically impossible for the bear to reverse its relationship with the dragon.

Österlund now just wants to save face.

After all, people always compare themselves to others.

Whenever a bear is compared to a dragon, it will be criticized and ridiculed by its own people.

When Österlund saw the dragon announce its intention to send people to the moon and broadcast the entire event live, he became genuinely anxious.

Ostrom thought to himself, "It seems that restarting the manned lunar landing program is something we absolutely have to do."

Ostrund hopes to get the dragon's help.

Once the Dragon successfully lands a man on the moon, the Bear will also be able to achieve this goal quickly.

Some people might ask: Why didn't the bear cooperate directly with the dragon, but instead participated in this manned lunar landing?
This is because the bear was too proud.

A proud bear cannot accept being dominated by a dragon.

Ostrund decided to send Petrov, the consul stationed at the dragon, to talk to him first and see how much help he could receive.

After receiving the order, Petrov immediately went to visit Lin Jingze, the diplomatic chief of the Dragon Army.

"Comrade Jingze, congratulations! You are finally going to send people to the moon."

I wish you a complete success!

Petrov smiled and said to Lin Jingze.

Lin Jingze smiled and said, "Thank you, Comrade Petrov."

"I firmly believe that we can succeed."

Petrov said, "Actually, we also have a lot of experience in lunar exploration."

"If you need it, we'd be happy to share our experience and offer you any help we can." To get help from others, you naturally have to pretend to offer it first.

After Petrov finished speaking, Lin Jingze waved his hand and said with a smile, "Thank you, Comrade Petrov."

"However, we have now completed all the preparations for a manned lunar landing."

"We no longer need outside help."

The manned lunar landing is actually a very complex systems engineering project.

This system engineering project requires a period of adjustment; every step must be seamless and coordinated before success can be achieved.

Therefore, when the dragon announced its intention to carry out a manned lunar landing project, it had already made all the preparations and everything was in place.

At this point, outside help would probably only cause more trouble, right?
Lin Jingze, of course, refused.

If we don't refuse, it will interfere with the implementation of the manned lunar landing.

Petrov smiled and said, "We are actually planning to carry out a manned lunar landing project as well."

"You know, we did this more than 20 years ago."

"However, it was not successful in the end."

Lin Jingze smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes! I'm familiar with your history of manned lunar landings."

"Overall, you are definitely pioneers."

Petrov sighed and said, "Although we started early, we have only provided some lessons from failure."

"Hmm! Perhaps our aerospace scientists could hold a seminar."

"In that case, we can provide you with a lot of experience and lessons."

"In this way, you can correct your mistakes if you have them and strive to improve if you don't, which should be beneficial to you, right?"

Petrov put it very tactfully.

He wanted to use the meeting to seize the opportunity to steal secrets.

If you're going to have an experience-sharing meeting with us, then you'll definitely have to share all your secrets with us.

If we can obtain this information, we might be able to avoid taking detours in the process of independently re-implementing a manned lunar landing.

That's what Petrov thought.

How could Lin Jingze not know what he was thinking?
Lin Jingze said with a smile, "Comrade Petrov, I personally think that you want to obtain some sharing of manned lunar landing technology, is that right?"

Petrov blushed.

The other person is unusually direct.

This left him momentarily speechless.

"Oh, no, that can't be right."

"We just want to learn from you."

“You are now our role models.”

In short, it was just the same old stuff, repeated over and over again.

Lin Jingze laughed and said, "Haha! Comrade Petrov, what I have to say is: complete sharing is definitely not feasible."

"Because we need to protect our technology."

Even if we are friends and brothers, we are not family.

“Since we are not a family, we must have boundaries to our cooperation.”

"What do you think?"

Petrov: "..."

Petrov could find no fault with Lin Jingze's words.

Because this is the truth.

A country must protect the secrets of its leading technologies.

Even between the closest countries, sharing should not be done without any boundaries.

Years ago, Long hoped to receive technical expertise from Xiong regarding giant mushrooms.

The bear also resolutely refused.

Later, in order to win over the Dragon Kingdom, Xiong also made concessions and provided some help in terms of large mushrooms.

However, basically, the help they offered was not very substantial.

Their help was of little use.

The research on the giant mushroom was basically done entirely by the dragons themselves.

In fact, it's not just the giant mushroom; they are very conservative with any slightly advanced weapons and equipment. The weapons they provide to the dragons are either downgraded versions or at least one generation behind those in their own countries.

They never gave the dragons advanced weapons.

So, in this situation, how could you expect dragons to share their top secrets with you without any reservations?
Petrov said, "That's right, we hope to get some help."

"For example, we certainly don't have some advanced components and proprietary equipment ourselves at present."

"I wonder if you can export it to us?"

Lin Jingze smiled and said, "I definitely can't answer that."

"All I can say is that I'll inquire with the relevant departments for you."

"However, my advice is not to have too high hopes."

"After all, we haven't successfully landed a man on the moon yet."

"At this time, everything must be based on our own needs."

Petrov nodded repeatedly and said, "We can understand that."

"We wonder if we could send experts to experience the entire manned lunar landing process firsthand?"

Lin Jingze laughed and said, "There are too many secrets."

"It's definitely not going to work."

"However, you can observe the entire launch process."

"Comrade Petrov, wasn't the main reason your rocket used for manned lunar landing exploded because you used electronic components from unknown sources, which caused problems with the rocket engine and led to the explosion?"

"We can definitely provide you with reliable chips."

"You can easily make some improvements yourselves and see how it goes!"

Petrov's face showed a bitter expression.

Back then, Xiong's manned lunar landing program was a testament to his all-out effort.

A huge amount of resources were invested, but unfortunately, the rocket launches failed one after another.

Each failure resulted in losses amounting to hundreds of millions.

They were ultimately robbed of the "human miracle" of a successful manned lunar landing by the fraudulent giant eagle.

It's important to know that in the aerospace field, the bear has always been ahead of the eagle.

Xiong launched the first artificial satellite and the first manned spacecraft.

They have been suppressing the eagle.

This also brought them a great reputation.

However, their development is quite unbalanced.

They paid a heavy price because they chose the wrong technological path in electronic components.

They also fell behind rapidly in aerospace, shipbuilding and other fields.

"Thank you, Comrade Jingze. Actually, I sincerely hope that we can get rid of the limitations of national borders as soon as possible."

"Humans are really too fragile."

"We should unite, without the limitations of any nationality, and go all out to concentrate our efforts to solve the common problems of mankind."

Lin Jingze smiled and nodded, saying, "I sincerely hope to reach that level as soon as possible."

"However, as things stand, we are still a long way from achieving this goal."

After the two finished talking, Lin Jingze went to report to his superiors.

After listening to his report, the leader nodded and said, "I think we could actually cooperate with them to a limited extent!"

"We must demonstrate unity when dealing with external forces."

Lin Jingze said, "But, boss, it's obvious that the other party isn't a good partner..." (End of Chapter)