Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 342 Reactions from all parties
Ship name: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer - Type III.

Displacement: 9380 tons.

Manufacturer: Tijuana Shipyard.

Cost: US$28.6 billion.

Parameters: Draft 8.8 meters, length 159 meters, beam 21.2 meters, dual-shaft CRP compound propulsion/dual rudders, 4 sets of Sanyuan Heavy Industry-2800 gas turbines, which can provide 11 shaft horsepower, continuous speed of 30.8 knots, maximum speed of 33 knots, and maximum endurance of 6500 nautical miles.

Crew: 388.

Avionics system (modified): main radar (none), auxiliary radar (none), can be connected to the ternary communication network, can be connected to the Xintai data center, and it is recommended to use the three-system sea, land and air trinity linkage command platform.

Shipborne armament (modified): naval guns (none), missiles - 12x eight-tube Javelin 3 shipborne vertical launch systems, ammunition load - 32 missiles at the front and 64 at the rear, 12 rocket-assisted torpedoes, 16 sets of Javelin 2 cruise missiles, 48 ​​Javelin 1 multi-purpose air defense missiles, 20 anti-ship missiles.

近防-2组密集阵防御系统、2组25mm机炮、4组12.7mm机枪。

Carrier-based aircraft - 2 Apaches, 2 anti-submarine aircraft.

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Southern waters.

The head of the Seventh Marine Surveillance looked at the big ship brought back by the Marine Surveillance Ship Detachment 168 in a trance, as if in a dream.

He even suspected that if he reported the truth, he might be dismissed on the spot.

After all, this matter is too outrageous and my superiors will definitely not believe it.

But the battleships have already returned...
The head of the Seventh Marine Surveillance thought about it for a long time, and in order to avoid any misunderstanding, he simply took a photo and sent it to his superiors.

"Leader, I found a ship of this kind in the southeast corner of the southern sea area."

"Is this a good thing? Go take another look, maybe you can pick up a few more."

"???"

Are you kidding me in disbelief and frustration, or are you serious?

···
North America.

The incident of the Tijuana Group throwing a warship into the southern waters was brought to the attention of the North American Congress that same day.

In this regard, important figures such as Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Smith Sr., and Welch were also present.

Because David, this religious madman, dares to destroy a destroyer today, and he might dare to destroy an aircraft carrier tomorrow.

Damn, does Yu Sanyuan’s cultivation have such a big impact on you?
David Ensger knew that this matter was very tricky, so he flew to Washington in advance to explain it in person.

He was wearing a milky white monk's robe, standing on the podium, facing hundreds of congressional masters, and said seriously:

"I didn't want this to happen. We just sent the newly launched warship out for a sea trial. Who would have thought that a gust of wind would blow and the warship would appear in the southern waters."

"Before my crew could react, a group of strange men riding cranes suddenly appeared in the sky. They had thunder in their left hands and flying talismans in their right hands. In no time, they threw my crew into the Philippines."

"???"

Bush, Smith, Jack Welch, and the old men in Congress were all stunned.

Do you fucking think we are fools?

If the Tijuana Cartel wasn't so powerful and you weren't a religious lunatic, I would have locked you up today no matter what.

David Ensger met the disbelieving eyes of the crowd and explained again: "Everything I said is true!"

"···"

"Why don't you believe me?"

After David finished speaking, he asked his men to bring the reward for 'throwing the battleship', a huge red-crowned crane, and then rode on it.

Then, it flew across the halls of Congress.

Old Bu: “???”

Old Shi: “???”

Welch: “???”

The congressmen: “???”

David sat on the back of the red-crowned crane, looking down at all living beings with a holy face, "Do you believe it?"

This is outrageous!

No, I've been fooled by this charlatan again.

And he was shown his face in front of her.

The gentlemen in Congress smiled like Mr. Bean, discussed in low voices for a long time, and then began to vote.

Although the North American House of Representatives and Senate do not have the right to prosecute individuals, they can investigate and question big capitalists through specific procedures.

This vote is to legislate against David Ensig and the Tijuana Cartel, and then turn it over to the court to impose sanctions.

However, after the voting began, the democratic factions collectively abstained.

There is no other reason, David is the second largest financial sponsor after old Smith.

Who will sanction their financial sponsor?
Immediately afterwards, the Republican faction abstained from voting by half.

It's nothing, the Republican faction is part of the military-industrial complex.

The shipbuilding companies in the military-industrial complex have long since handed over their "unprofitable" businesses to the Tijuana Group for OEM and then profit-making.

Who can resist making money?

In the end, only lawmakers from state capitals where aviation, missile, and light manufacturing companies are located voted in favor.

However, since the number of votes in favor did not meet the minimum proposal requirements, the Speaker of the House, who belonged to the Republican faction and was also the Deputy Chief of North America, had no choice but to withdraw the investigation and questioning of David.

Of course, the reason for the cancellation cannot be anything like financial sponsorship or profit.

The Senate wrote furiously on the spot.

First, David used his actions to support the outrageous explanation of "a weird man riding a crane", which was legal and compliant and impeccable.

Second, federal capital is on a honeymoon with the East, and the financial economy needs support from the East. Since David has lost the battleship and North America cannot get it back, it is better to give it to the East and then take the opportunity to get some benefits from the East.

Third, the military-industrial complex cooperated with Sanyuan Agriculture to seize the African market. In this process, Yu Sanyuan sold more than 200 mines to Eastern state-owned enterprises, and the military-industrial complex also divided up the resources it had seized. The two sides divided the spoils while jointly resisting foreign enemies. It was not appropriate for them to become unhappy because of a few warships.

As for whether the loss of a few Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the East would leak North American weapons technology...

If the East uses American warships, it will be a good thing for the military-industrial complex.

Because the avionics, fire control, missiles, fisheries, and fighter jets carried by the warships are all very complex, the East simply does not have a matching production line.

Avionics will be damaged, fire control needs to be repaired, missiles need to be replenished...

Who should I buy from Dongfang?
"Oh, damn, I forgot there's the evil Yu Sanyuan who's good at imitation!"

Fortunately, the next generation of warships, the Zumwalt-class destroyer, and the upgraded version of the Ticonderoga-class cruiser DDG-1000, have been successfully developed. With the Tijuana Shipyard, North America can fully put them into service within 5 years.

When the senators discussed this, they suddenly realized something.

Could it be that David threw warships to the East in order to create a crisis for his own side, force new warships into the national defense budget, and make Tijuana swallow up all warship orders?

This won’t do. We should all make money together.

As a result, many military-industrial enterprises met with David to discuss how to increase the North American Navy budget and promote a new round of arms purchases.

···
After the Congress.

Old Smith pulled David Ensger away from the crowd.

They walked and talked in low voices.

"How much money did Yu Sanyuan give you?"

"150 billion US dollars."

"Good job!"

In old Smith's opinion, David was in cahoots with him, and making a profit of three yuan was equivalent to winning.

At the same time, this is also the only time in the past three years that the Smith family has won a big victory on the surface.

Although 150 billion is not a lot, it gives us face.

Old Shi lit his pipe comfortably and touched the red-crowned crane following behind him: "How high can it fly?"

"The load capacity is 200 kilograms and the ceiling height is 5 meters."

"It's no use."

···
the other side.

Bush chatted with Bush Jr. in the White House for a while and then called the head of the NSA.

"Sanyuan Agriculture uses a military-grade central processing unit made of electron tubes and transistors in Africa, but as far as I know, the Hong Kong Sanyuan Technology Group, which Yu Sanyuan established with all his money, mainly develops large-scale integrated circuits."

The head of the NSA immediately understood what he meant.

Just like silicon-based chips made based on PN junctions.

It requires a complete production chain, including silicon refining, wafer manufacturing, wafer polishing, etching, photolithography, cutting and packaging...

These processes require a series of manufacturing equipment, such as etching machines and photolithography machines.

Similarly, the manufacturing of etching machines and lithography machines still requires support from the industrial chain.

Then came electronic circuit design, digital circuit design, machine language, coding programming, system language...
These things cannot be handled by one country, or even a few countries.

Correspondingly, although electron tubes and transistors are relatively backward, they also require supporting production chains.

In particular, machine language based on electric current and potential difference belongs to analog circuits, which is completely different from the electronic circuits and digital circuits that are popular today.

So the question is, where did this central processing unit come from?

Woolly bear!
The Russian bear is confronting North America, focusing on the stability, reliability, and anti-interference of equipment, and advocating that great force can create miracles.

Therefore, in many scientific research projects, computing devices made of vacuum tubes and transistors are used on a large scale, so that current, voltage, and potential difference are used to represent "0", "1", and "unknown", creating a ternary computer.

The MiG-25's avionics system also uses vacuum tubes and transistors, without modern large-scale integrated circuits, so it is called a garbage fighter in North America.

so···

"Mr. Lao Bu, do you suspect that Sanyuan Agriculture and Bingxiong, although seemingly at odds, have actually been working closely together for a long time?"

"The one fighting in North Africa was the Ice Bear oligarch. We attacked and killed important members of the Jewish community in Europe, and the one who died on the Ice Bear side was also an oligarch... This makes me suspect that Yu Sanyuan and the Ice Bear leader have some hidden personal relationship."

The head of NSA first thought of the high-performance MiG-25 and Mi-26, and then thought of the MiG Design Bureau that Bingxiong transferred to Sanyuan Agriculture, as well as the Far East launch site. In an instant, he suddenly understood many things that he had not been able to understand before.

"Mr. Lao Bu, you mean that it was the Ice Bear who funded Yu Sanyuan with a complete set of electronic tube and transistor technology from the Mao Bear era, which is also an important reason why the high-performance MiG-25 can be put into service quickly?" (Sanyuan Agriculture's electronic tube and transistor technology comes from the newly acquired third-level town center, technology tree - 1950.)
Lao Bu lit up a cigarette. "Not only vacuum tubes and transistors, but also a combat platform... In the 80s, Russia proposed radar communication integration, but later the project was cancelled. We started research in 99 through generals and technicians who defected from Russia, as well as scientists who immigrated here. Today, it has been combined with the Aegis system and equipped on some warships.

This is a set of advanced and upgradeable technologies, which has the potential to develop information perception, satellite perception, and Starlink perception in the future.

However, the cost is relatively high, and the progress of popularization among the entire army and commercialization is very slow.

So I can’t understand how Yu Sanyuan used the cards in his hand to come up with this system and apply it to the new African army to completely suppress the North African army.”

The head of NSA said without hesitation: "It's not a big deal. Bingxiong must have developed the relevant technology a long time ago, but due to production capacity constraints, it was never able to be used in actual combat. Later, it was given to Yu Sanyuan, and both parties were happy. Yu Sanyuan obtained the relevant technology through Bingxiong, and Bingxiong completed the actual installation with the help of Sanyuan Agriculture's production capacity."

Old Bu thought so too.

He nodded and looked at the world map.

The current situation is complex.

If Yu Sanyuan gets involved with the Ice Bear leader, eliminates the oligarchs, makes the Ice Bears united, and then obtains a lot of technology and equipment from Sanyuan Agriculture, the situation will become more complicated.

In particular, we could not guess the intentions of Yu Sanyuan and the Ice Bear leader.

"The intelligence system needs to get a central processing unit as soon as possible, even if it's just a fragment."

"Yes, Mr. Bush." ​​The head of the NSA agreed quickly.

"Also, we must tell our Marines stationed on the East African defense line not to act rashly, let alone get involved in the African war, lest Yu Sanyuan and Bing Xiong join forces to drag us to death in East Africa."

"Okay, father." Xiaobu immediately contacted the front line.

Old Bu pondered for a moment and drew a few circles in the southern waters.

Originally, he thought that Yu Sanyuan purchased the warships in order to control the Strait of Malacca and cut off the supply routes to the Ice Bear's Far East ports, thereby putting further pressure on the Ice Bear and forcing it to open Vladivostok.

But now it is discovered that Yu Sanyuan and the Ice Bear leader have some dealings, especially in the past three years, the two sides have traded graphics card matrices and high-precision CNC equipment...
“We will increase sanctions on sick bears and, if necessary, reduce crude oil purchases.”

Xiaobu, who was sitting far away and making a phone call, made an OK gesture.

···
Ten-mile Camp.

The Ice Bear leader, who took off from Moscow and stayed in Beijing for a week, took a Y8 pro max flight and landed on a two-way eight-lane highway.

Because the 220-meter-wide main road that was expanded along the Yellow River is already filled with flights and business jets from all over the world.

After disguising himself, the Ice Bear leader, under the guidance of the staff, took a tourist bus, passed the highway intersection, and got off the highway.

The streets full of flowers are filled with a wide variety of goods.

European and American tourists of all kinds gathered in groups of three or five, excitedly learning about product performance or placing purchase orders.

This scene stretches from the endless western end to the equally endless eastern end.

There are also many dining options on both sides of the street.

The Ice Bear leader passed by and even found several men and women from Ice Bear toasting with several French people and a local old man.

One of the French youths elegantly picked up the bottle of red wine and poured one third of it into the goblet.

The Ice Bear man sitting next to them was immediately very dissatisfied. He snatched the bottle of red wine, poured it into the goblet until it was almost overflowing, and then respectfully handed it to the local old man sitting in the crowd.

The latter took the goblet with both hands and smiled at the ice bear man, "I'll give you priority in supply."

The Ice Bear man quickly expressed his gratitude, and at the same time did not forget to educate the French youth, "According to our local rules, the wine must be filled. This is a kind of respect, and it is also a manifestation of generosity, magnanimity, wealth, and heroism. Do you understand? Come on, punish yourself."

The French youth quickly filled his glass and drank it all.

The old man smiled again, "Wait until he finishes picking up the goods, and you'll be next."

There are many such bars.

Some are discussing purchasing.

Some are discussing OEM,

Some are talking about OEM,

Some are talking about loans...
for a long time.

The Ice Bear leader took the delicious beer given to him by passers-by and followed the staff into the International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Finally we came to an exhibition hall called 'Panda Cafe'.

As there was a sign saying "Not open to the public" hanging at the door, there was only an ethereal old man inside, playing with a black device similar to a thermos cup.

The Ice Bear leader knew that this was Yu Sanyuan whom he had seen on the bank of the Black Dragon River.

"Yu, you finally agreed to see me."

"Young man, you finally figured it out."

"···"

in silence.

A burly guy stood up from the bar and served coffee to the two of them.

Ice Bear Leader: “…”

Yu Yang took a sip of his coffee and said, "Actually, I'm not interested in Vladivostok."

The Ice Bear leader sat in the swivel chair, put down the delicious beer, picked up the coffee to taste it, and responded: "The coffee is good, but what you said is like a capitalist saying that he is not interested in money."

"For a world grain trader, the war in Africa cannot stop, and as a grain exporter, the ice bear is also one of our hunting targets."

“I just want to live an easy life.”

"I can help you get rid of the oligarchs, but I need more land, like Novosibirsk."

"Yu, your appetite is getting bigger and bigger."

"To tell you the truth, I once asked old Morgan for Alaska."

"???"

Are you exposing our scars or describing yourself as having a bigger appetite.

There was silence for a long time.

The Ice Bear leader took out a piece of paper from his pocket and said, "When I was in Beijing, I received news that North America had increased sanctions against the Ice Bears and reduced their crude oil purchases."

Yu Yang put the cylinder device on the bar without hiding anything. "Because I used a central processor in the form of a vacuum tube in Africa, as well as a technology similar to radar communication integration, and then misled Old Bull, making North America suspect that Ice Bear had already developed an advanced war perception system."

"Radar and communications integration?"

The Ice Bear leader knew this technology, but unfortunately the Ice Bear was not able to continue researching it now. "Yu, your plan was very successful."

"Thanks for the compliment."

"···"

There was another moment of silence.

The Ice Bear leader just said aggrievedly: "Yu, make a condition. I promise to cooperate with you to keep Africa as it is, but I hope that the Ice Bears can protect themselves in the field of food."

In a capitalist society, especially in a country with large-scale farming, even if the country's grain production can fully meet national demand and even have a large surplus, it can be exported.

But people are still starving to death in the country.

Because food is never distributed equally.

If farmers only keep what they need and sell all the food, those citizens of the country who are not engaged in agriculture may starve to death.

Therefore, what the Ice Bear leader fears the most is that Yu Sanyuan will defeat the oligarchs and make them kneel down. If the agricultural oligarchs defect to Sanyuan Agriculture, Ice Bear will completely lose the right to set prices for grain.

Once food sovereignty is lost, the alliance will inevitably be in chaos. If someone uses food to collude with alliance member states, Ice Bear will be on the verge of collapse.

Looking at what has happened in recent years, Yu Sanyuan, who dared to confront federal capital head-on and chase after European capital, would certainly not care who is in the front to compete with North America.

Then, Yu Sanyuan naturally wouldn't care about the Ice Bear being shattered, and he might even hope that the Ice Bear would be shattered so that he could take away the Far East's resources.

That was why the Ice Bear leader headed straight to the East, first exchanged interests with his Eastern superiors, and then sought out Yu Sanyuan to negotiate.

Yu Yang motioned for Gun Gun to refill his cup, then turned his head to look at the Ice Bear leader, "To be honest, I don't want anything from your family. I just want war."

"···"

"My current plan is to push Ice Bear to the EU, let you unite with the EU, and then I will unite with North America. The two sides will fight in Africa for more than ten years, or even decades, until one side is completely dragged down."

The Ice Bear leader was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses.

What we see before us is a real world grain trader.

If the world wants to make greater profits from food, demand must increase.

War is the most direct way to increase food demand.

Yu Yang picked up the refilled cup of coffee and shook it gently. "In addition, the group needs external stimulation as a lubricant to improve internal enthusiasm. The stronger the external enemy, the higher the group cohesion. You Ice Bears are too weak."

Upon hearing this, the Ice Bear leader secretly tightened his coffee cup.

If it were someone else, he would definitely let the other person taste the iron fist of the Ice Bear.

But on the African battlefield, the Ice Bear military observers have already realized what it means that times have changed.

Yu Yang gently pushed the black device that looked like a thermos cup over to him. "The central processor made of electron tubes and transistors is given to you free of charge, and the related production equipment will also be given to you free of charge. I hope you can recover quickly and become a real opponent."

The Ice Bear leader's face turned pale and blue.

humiliation!

Contempt!

Just like Klin, the North American governor, who laughed at his predecessor.

but···

The Ice Bear leader grabbed the black device without hesitation and turned away.

Yu Yang looked at his back from afar, "How rude! He didn't even say thank you."

Chang Fu was puzzled and asked, "This is the technology from the town center. Is it really for nothing to give it to them?"

"Free things are the most expensive... After experiencing it, they will find that not only do they need to buy raw materials from me, but they also need to import operating systems from me. What's more frightening is that this is indeed in line with their technology tree and can also help them achieve radar communication integration, so they have no choice but to buy it."

"···"

(End of this chapter)