Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 78 Dongda was shocked first

"Captain, what on earth are Ugly Eagle and the others doing?"

“Does the exercise have to be so realistic?”

"The Maya, Xiao Rizi's ship, was sunk!"

"Is this an exercise or a war?!"

In the bridge command room of the Tianquan Star reconnaissance ship, the colonel also frowned in confusion when he heard the questions raised by his subordinates one after another.

After so many years in the Navy, he had never been so eye-opening as he was today.

The Tianquan starship came here from afar with the intention of collecting more information about the enemy ships during the circum-ocean exercise.

On the blue planet today, the trend of confrontation is becoming more and more obvious. Dongda must make plans early. The Tianquan starship has carried out many similar missions in the past two years.

For all the soldiers on the Tianquan starship, they have long been accustomed to it.

Even though they knew that the hypothetical target of the Rim of the Ocean exercise was the University of Tokyo, they did not show any fear.

Similarly, for the purpose of intimidation, Ugly Eagle would not refuse the Tianquan starship to come as a spectator.

The target ship sank in front of the Tianquan starship, which seemed to them to be more intimidating.

God's will is to play tricks on us. Fate is unfortunate.

The Tianquan starship, which was carrying out its reconnaissance mission carefully, witnessed a big show.

Everything that happened before their eyes made all the officers and soldiers of the Tianquan starship confused. Even until they discovered that the Maya had completely sunk, the senior generals in the command room were still somewhat confused.

An unprecedented accident occurred during the Rim of the Ocean Exercise, two key ships were destroyed and sunk, and all remaining ships lost their ability to move!
"Never mind what's going on!"

"We must protect ourselves first!"

"We must not be dragged into this storm!"

"Remember! We are only here to observe and investigate!"

"Whatever happens here has nothing to do with us!"

The captain, colonel, decisively issued an order that no matter what happened in the Circum-Oceanic Exercise Fleet, Tianquan Star must stay out of it and not cause trouble for the country.

"Yes!"

Others in the command room responded in a loud voice.

A lone ship sails far away to carry out a mission, and the captain's orders are above all else!
Wei Jiang felt sticky after not taking a shower for a few days. The irregular work and rest schedule caused the skin to secrete excessive oil.

Sitting in the cockpit, Wei Jiang was eager to leave the Manta Ray and see the light of day again.

Now only sunshine and showers could soothe his tired body and soul.

The signal of the large ship detected on the screen was getting closer and closer. When it was about to reach 5 nautical miles away from the other side, Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray to float to the surface of the sea.

Slide your finger on the screen to control the external camera lens to zoom in, and the appearance of the large ship in the distance can finally be seen clearly.

The hull number 794 is spray-painted on the bow hull, and there are several balls on the deck facilities. Judging from the appearance, it should not be an attack ship.

After confirming that the ship posed no threat to the manta ray, Wei Jiang looked somewhat disappointed.

Having just fought with a large number of attack ships and frigates, a ship without much heavy weaponry seemed to him to be no challenge at all.

"It's boring. I don't like it."

Before he finished speaking, Wei Jiang noticed the red flag fluttering on the mast of the ship and his expression became slightly embarrassed.

How could Wei Jiang not recognize the red flag that he had seen since he was a child?

Even though he couldn't see clearly due to the distance, he could still recognize what his own flag looked like.

"This is meeting one of our own people!"

After living in a confined space for a long time and diving nearly 10,000 kilometers alone, Wei Jiang was extremely excited to see his family members.

Wei Jiang was so overwhelmed with emotion that he even felt like crying.

"I heard the food on navy ships is pretty good."

"I can take a shower, have a bed to sleep in, and I want to hug my fellow villagers and cry."

After watching for a long time, Wei Jiang had no choice but to lower his head and sigh. Before the manta ray dived again, he reluctantly glanced at the gray ship in the distance.

"Forget it, forget it. I won't cause any more trouble for others."

Knowing that manta rays have become the number one threat to many forces, how could Wei Jiang choose to recognize his relatives?

"Your identity must remain confidential."

"If we go up here, we'll have to be taken to Beidu tomorrow."

"Forget it, forget it, go home as soon as possible."

Not wanting to eat the compressed food, Wei Jiang drank a bottle of water and controlled the manta ray to a depth of 1000 meters.

After setting the diving route, Wei Jiang fell asleep.

It would take at least two days to return to Vancouver, and it would be better to just sleep instead of living in the cabin in a boring way.

Vancouver has always been an area with good economic development in the East, with a strong business atmosphere and a willingness to invest in urban construction.

The gentle autumn breeze blew on Wei Yonghe's face. He looked at the children playing in the water by the lake in front of him. Everything was so peaceful and beautiful.

"Brother, don't worry. It's normal for Xiaojiang to have some personal affairs now that he's old enough."

Wei Yonghong was sitting on the bench nearby. As a housewife, her daily routine was to do nothing except cooking.

The arrival of her cousin Wei Yonghe gave her someone to chat with every day. Even though she had to take care of Wei Yonghe, who had difficulty moving, she still felt that she had a very happy time in recent days.

"He can go out for as many days as he wants. I have nothing to worry about."

"The brat has grown strong now. I can't control him."

After making fun of himself and cursing Wei Jiang, Wei Yonghe shook his head and closed his eyes, feeling the cool autumn breeze blowing across his face.

The two sat in the park for a while. Wei Yonghong saw that it was getting darker and there were fewer people moving around in the park. Wei Yonghong stood up and walked to Wei Yonghe's wheelchair.

"Brother, let's go home. Xiaokai should be back soon."

"I bought some hairy crabs this morning, so I'll have to eat two more tonight."

"Let's go, go back."

After Wei Yonghe agreed, Wei Yonghong pushed the wheelchair towards the park exit.

Wei Yonghe has been at his cousin's house these past few days, eating all kinds of delicious food prepared by his cousin in different ways every day, and he feels like he has gained a few pounds.

The park is near Wei Yonghong's home, and it only takes a few minutes to get back to the entrance of the villa.

Beep beep beep~

Hearing a vehicle horn behind him, Wei Yonghong frowned and pushed his wheelchair to clear the way.

She was somewhat dissatisfied with the honking of the vehicles behind her.

They had already arrived at the community, so why were they in such a hurry? They stopped by the roadside, pushing Wei Yonghe's wheelchair. When they turned around, they saw a familiar avocado green mini car following behind them.

The car stopped by the roadside and a young man got out.

"Aunt, Dad, where are you going?"

Seeing the person coming, the two smiled brightly. Wei Yonghong took a few steps to Wei Jiang, grabbed Wei Jiang's arm and said happily:

"I told your dad about you then. You are such a wild brat."

"I've been away for a few days and haven't received a single call. Every time I call you, your phone is turned off."

Wei Jiang walked to his father's wheelchair with an apologetic smile and squatted down.

"There's no signal where I go."

"I'll be right back after I finish my work."

"Dad, my aunt has taken good care of you these days. Your face has become rounder."

When Wei Yonghe saw Wei Jiang return safely, he finally felt relieved.

Knowing Wei Jiang's secret, he had some speculations about what his son was doing now, which might be somewhat dangerous.

But his son is grown up after all, and he is powerless to take care of him since he is in a wheelchair. All that is left is worry.

"Why don't you go out for a month? Why are you in such a hurry to come back?"

"Your aunt is better at taking care of people than you are. It's okay if you don't come back!"

Seeing that his father was a little emotional, Wei Jiang smiled awkwardly and quickly gave in.

"How can that be possible? I'm back now, right?"

"Alright, alright, you two should stop being angry with each other."

"Xiao Jiang, you're back just in time. I'll make you some hairy crabs tonight. They're plump and yellow."

Wei Yonghong tried to smooth things over and gave Wei Jiang a push.

In the laboratory of Beidu Underwater Equipment Research Institute, more than 20 project participants gathered together.

After several days of overtime work, the prototype of the magnetohydrodynamic thruster used for testing and verification was finally completed.

The prototype is very small, about the same size as a household wall-mounted air conditioner.

A large water tank was placed in the center of the crowd, and the magnetohydrodynamic thruster prototype was fixed inside the tank.

Several assistant researchers were carrying buckets and filling them with water, while another researcher was holding a measuring cup and pouring white powder into the water tank.

Zhao Fuqing stood aside and watched the whole process. It is necessary to prepare water with salinity similar to that of seawater to test the performance of the thruster. The magnetohydrodynamic thruster uses magnetic field to accelerate salt water to generate reverse thrust. The low salinity of ordinary fresh water will affect the test accuracy.

"Engineer Zhao, the water quality adjustment is complete, and the salinity meets the standard."

Hearing the report from the person next to him, Zhao Fuqing nodded with a serious expression.

The next step is to witness the key link of the feasibility of magnetohydrodynamic propulsion technology.

Solid theory and feasible engineering practice are two different things. He certainly hopes that the performance of the magnetohydrodynamic thruster prototype will meet everyone's expectations.

"Power on, ready for testing!"

"Yes."

Other researchers in the lab could not hide their excitement.

The laboratory urgently called on this group of people to participate in this project. At this moment, they were very clear about the great value of the research project.

Disruptive ship propulsion technology!
This future technology that they once thought was still in the demonstration stage may very likely be realized in their hands today!
"Power on complete."

"The current is high and stable."

"It meets the conditions for starting the test machine."

Everything was ready, except for the permission from the general manager Zhao Fuqing. Everyone in the laboratory looked at each other.

Staring at the test prototype that was hastily built in the water, Zhao Fuqing took a deep breath and shouted an order.

"start up!"

After the command was given, a researcher squatted beside the water tank and pressed the button on the handheld controller.

More than twenty pairs of eyes were locked on the water tank. In order to facilitate the observation of the effect of the magnetic field on the water flow, the project team added a lot of inert sequin fragments into the water.

The sequins floated in the water, and as the test prototype started up, the sequins were immediately disturbed by the water flow.

Under the gaze of everyone, the sequins were sucked in from the water inlet of the prototype machine, then accelerated in the magnetic channel and quickly sprayed out from the water outlet.

"efficient!"

Zhao Fuqing was excited to see the sequins being moved by the water flow. The movement of the sequins showed that the prototype was very efficient in accelerating the salt water!
"Quick, monitoring team!"

"Tell me the sensor data."

Ten minutes later, the prototype had been shut down, but everyone in the laboratory was still discussing it excitedly.

Everyone's face was full of enthusiasm because the prototype test was effective!
The brine acceleration effect is basically consistent with the theoretical calculated value!
"Magnetic fluid propulsion technology has been verified!"

"Everyone, a great ship propulsion technology will be delivered from our hands!"

Zhao Fuqing clapped his hands to attract other people's attention and announced the result loudly to everyone.

Cheers and applause, Zhao Fuqing looked at the excited and enthusiastic young faces and couldn't help but think of the red star he had never met.

Compared with these outstanding talents in the institute, what kind of person is Hong Xing? How did he develop this technology?

"Pause!"

"The successful prototype test is just the beginning!"

"It's not time to celebrate yet, there will be a tough battle ahead!"

"Our goal is to research a piece of military equipment that is officially equipped with a magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system. I implore everyone to keep working on it!"

"Yes!"

After bidding farewell to the energetic researchers, Zhao Fuqing walked alone to the door of the laboratory and took out his mobile phone.

"Verification passed! I hope to start the next step as soon as possible."

After clicking send on the message, Zhao Fuqing walked to the window.

There is a scaled-down model of a submarine in the square downstairs. It looks old. It is the model of the first submarine of Southeast University, and the corresponding equipment has been retired long ago.

"The East China Sea maritime force has finally come forward."

After standing for a long time, Zhao Fuqing returned to the laboratory to give some instructions, took the test report and prepared to return to the office.

As I reached the stairs, a man in green military uniform came towards me.

"General Zhang, you're too fast. I just sent you a message."

Zhao Fuqing was surprised to see Zhang Gang appear. You know, he had just reported the verification results of magnetohydrodynamic propulsion technology to him a few minutes ago.

Compared to Zhao Fuqing's ease and the hint of pride on his face, Zhang Gang's expression was very serious.

"I saw the message, congratulations."

"Director Zhao, is it convenient for me to come to your office to talk?"

Seeing that Zhang Gang's expression was not right, Zhao Fuqing's face turned serious.

Zhang Gang is the person in charge of Red Star-related affairs in the military. Could something have happened to Red Star?

Is there a communication problem between the two sides? Is there a conflict?
Zhao Fuqing couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Convenient, this way."

Two minutes later, Zhao Fuqing and Zhang Gang sat down in his office.

Before Zhao Fuqing could ask any questions, Zhang Gang took out a file bag from his briefcase and placed it in front of him. The file bag was stamped with a red confidential stamp.

"Director Zhao, please take a look first. I will talk about the problem after you have read it."

Although he was confused, Zhao Fuqing knew that the other party held a special position in the military system, so he nodded and opened the file bag.

A stack of A4 paper with a dozen photos on it.

Looking through the photos, they are all photos of foreign naval ships, including submarines.

Having been engaged in military equipment research for so many years, Zhao Fuqing recognized the equipment model at a glance.

All these equipments are ships of forces such as Ugly Eagle, Little Day, Kangaroo, Maple Leaf, and John Bull. Most of the photos were taken in ports.

Looking up at Zhang Gang, Zhao Fuqing was curious about what these photos represented.

Zhang Gang saw Zhao Fuqing's doubts and pointed at the photos and information below and said:
"You'll know after you read it."

He had no choice but to lower his head and continue scrolling until a satellite photo appeared in front of Zhao Fuqing.

Adjusting his glasses, Zhao Fuqing brought the photo close to his eyes and squinted to examine it carefully.

The background of the photo is the sea, and the clarity shows that it was enlarged and printed.

There are several ships parked on the sea, probably a fleet.

When Zhao Fuqing noticed a wisp of black smoke, his pupils trembled.

“Where is this photo from?”

"Why does it seem like a ship was hit?"

Zhang Gang pointed at the papers Zhao Fuqing had put on a pile and said:
"The equipment in the photo are all ships participating in the Ugly Eagle Circum-Ocean Exercise."

"And the smoking ship in the photo you have has sunk."

"It's the Maya frigate from the day."

Zhang Gang’s answer surprised Zhao Fuqing even more.

"Drill accident?"

Zhang Gang shook his head, realizing that Zhao Fuqing had no patience to continue reading the information, so he explained:

"According to the reconnaissance data of our Tianquan near the exercise area, combined with information from some special channels, a direct conflict occurred with unknown forces during the Ugly Eagle Circum-Ocean Exercise."

"This is also confirmed by the photos taken by the reconnaissance satellite."

"It was not only the Little Rijima Maya that was silent. A conventional submarine of the Kangaroo side was also destroyed underwater and sank to the bottom of the sea."

Seeing Zhao Fuqing's shocked expression, Zhang Gang looked serious.

"What's even more terrifying is that an unknown force used unknown means to make all 40 participating ships lose power!"

"Now these ships have been towed back to Hawaiian ports by tugboats from all parties involved in the exercise."

After listening to Zhang Gang's explanation, Zhao Fuqing was even more terrified.

That’s a fleet of more than 40 military ships!

It’s not a civilian fishing boat!
"Who is it? White Bear?!"

Zhang Gang shook his head, and after a moment's silence, he said:
"I am not sure."

"Based on the analysis of all the information that could be collected, experts unanimously believe that the attack came from underwater!"

"We found some traces of the attackers in satellite photos."

"Those photos are not included, but what I can say is that after calculations by experts, they found that the attacking party's speed was astonishing!"

"No less than 70 knots!"

"The attack effect is more like physical destruction, there is no thermal weapon reaction."

Zhang Gang paused, looked at Zhao Fuqing who was shocked, and asked in a low voice:
"Director Zhao, I need to ask you, do you think it is possible for such military weapons to exist?"

"Which company in the world can develop such a weapon?"

"This weapon can attack Ugly Eagle 29, and it may attack us in the future!"

"We have to find out who the attacker is! And how he's attacking!"

I am a slow writer, please forgive me
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