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Text Chapter 689 The Chinese Century

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    The President of the United States is reading a newspaper in his Oval Office. Enrique and Secretary of State John are sitting on the sofa opposite the desk. ¥ì.shushu;spades;¥ìThe newspaper is a Chinese newspaper. Judging from the date, it should be yesterday's Imperial Daily News. This newspaper has been translated, and there is a note next to it filled with English translations in beautiful fonts.

    Although translators have been promoted all over the world, the US government still does not trust this equipment and would rather use manual methods for important documents.  This newspaper was such an important document. It was sent back by expedited diplomatic mail from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Enrique and John had already read it and immediately came to the president to discuss the matter.

    President Michel dropped the newspaper, angrily took a photo of the picture on the front page, and said in a voice that contained anger: "What's going on? I need an explanation! The CIA's annual funding is thrown into the James River  Have you gone there?"

    The James River is a river near the CIA headquarters, but the CIA headquarters is still some distance away from that river.

    No one is trying to trouble the president now. The CIA director is on his way here. Enrique has not seen this old enemy for a long time. Now that he thinks about it, he is quite unlucky. He was unaware of such a big thing.

    The police were already aware of the 911 incident, but failed to stop it in time, which led to the resignation of the director at the time.  Enrique took this opportunity to sit on the throne of the fuck director. At that time, the CIA was the one who saw the joke. Now it is Enrique's turn to see the joke.

    CIA Director Bishop Wellston is 59 years old, and he is still an operative among a lot of mediocre officials.  But his luck was so bad that now he has completely lost the president's trust.

    Half an hour later, a dejected Director Bishop left the White House. In a few hours, his resignation letter will be handed over to the president's desk, and the next thing will have nothing to do with him.  President Michel does not want to replace the head of the CIA so soon, but now he must give an explanation to the voters, and he must also give an explanation to the consortium behind him.

    Bishop is just a culprit. He can even be grateful to have left this maelstrom at this time, calmly avoiding danger and being able to live a long life.

    After the former CIA director left, President Michel was still staring at the front page of the newspaper.  That photo faithfully reminded him of an obvious fact.

    The Han Empire already possesses nuclear fusion technology!

    The old enemy has now built the first fusion reactor and proudly showed it off on the national mouthpiece.  The U.S. intelligence agency did not receive any information in advance!

    Dereliction of duty!

    Absolute dereliction of duty!

    President Michelle¡¯s dull eyes moved to the sofa.  Enrique was still frowning and clasping his fingers, while John was habitually biting his nails, indicating that both of his most loyal supporters were suffering from some kind of anxiety.

    "What should we do?" Michelle finally broke the silence and turned his attention to his think tank.

    There were several deep wrinkles on Enrique's forehead.  His face looked very tired.  In fact, he hasn't slept since he scooped up this newspaper at four o'clock this morning.

    "If I remember correctly. As agreed in half a month, we will have a regular summit meeting with the empire. This is your opportunity."

    Enrique tried his best to sort out the messy thoughts.  He continued: "We should question the empire on this issue and try to reach an intention to cooperate as much as possible. Before that, you must reach a preliminary agreement with Congress as soon as possible and have a rough estimate and arrangement for future changes."

    The real meaning of the so-called reaching an agreement with Congress is to obtain the opinions of the consortium, and their opinions in this regard are very important.

    ¡°In addition, the official emergence of nuclear fusion will mean that oil, an important energy source, will soon fall from its throne, and our petrodollar economic system will also be greatly impacted. I am not an expert in this regard, and John will have to say it.  "After Enrique said these words, he closed his eyes tiredly.

    Seeing Michelle's eyes move over, John also said with a grimace: "The decline of oil is inevitable. Before I came, the price of North American oil futures had dropped from the highest point of US$149 to US$129, a full drop of US$20.  Our previous victories against the empire in the oil-producing countries of the Middle East are now obsolete, and the empire can simply ignore us as long as they maintain their previous import channels.¡±

    "Is it stuck? Is it possible?"  Michelle subconsciously wanted to do this kind of thing.

    "Ka? Thirty percent of the empire's oil imports come from Russia, and another 30% come from Northern Europe and Africa. The rest is from the Middle East, with Persia the most. If we want to choke them, we can only do it in the Indian Ocean, but there are basically  Even if it is the backyard of the empire, even if India is added, we will lose more than we gain." John knew very well, now that the United States cannot clean up the empire, a fight between the two sides will only lead to losses for both sides.

    There is another thing he didn¡¯t say. Everyone knows that the humiliating agreement signed a few days ago is something that no one wants to mention.  That abominable bastard who blackmailed the American government is also from the Empire. If there is a fight, he will definitely help the Empire. The American government does not want to worry about being beheaded by that "vacuum energy-absorbing bomb" at any time.

    And that guy has recently built hundreds of electromagnetic launchers in 600 kilometers of mid-space, and in recent days signed an agreement to sell these electromagnetic anti-missile devices to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Empire for 19 billion blue yuan  .  This kind of price is almost like giving it away for free, and the empire immediately issued a statement announcing the establishment of a new military branch-the Sky Army.

    The configuration of the Imperial Space Force includes several aerospace fighters and suspended personnel carriers. In addition, there is a ready-made rocket launch site, and then there are these electromagnetic anti-missile launchers.  At first glance, it seems that the configuration of the Space Force is very shabby, but the more than two hundred electromagnetic anti-missile devices spread all over the world are their biggest reliance.

    Mid-course anti-missile missiles have always been a long-standing problem for the US military, and several experiments have ended in failure.  The only thing that can be scooped out is the terminal anti-missile. The anti-missile capabilities of the Patriot 2 and Patriot 3 missiles are still so-so. At least in the official propaganda, they have a 50% interception rate. It is hard to say how much they really have.

    As for the front-end anti-missile, it is impossible for superpowers like the Empire and the United States. Nuclear bombs launched from the hinterland of a vast country cannot carry out front-end anti-missile under any circumstances.  Both countries have worked hard to develop road-mobile intercontinental missile launch vehicles in order to quickly counterattack after being hit by the first wave of nuclear strikes.

    Dead objects like nuclear missile silos, apart from playing a role in the first wave of active attacks, will only be completely destroyed by the enemy's first wave of strikes.

    Under the current circumstances, the electromagnetic anti-missile device of the Imperial Space Force is a big killer. With these hundreds of kinetic energy mid-stage anti-missile devices, any nuclear strike force with less than 200 warheads will not pose any threat to the Han Empire.  .

    Of course, this estimate is based on the official propaganda of the empire, which claims that the successful interception rate of the electromagnetic anti-missile device is 100%, but in fact this success rate does not have much water.  In the past, the empire used mid-course anti-missile missiles, which carried solid metal warheads and used kinetic energy strikes. The success rate was 100%, and they were all tested.

    In this regard, the United States has become extremely disadvantaged. Even if it wants to engage in nuclear blackmail, it cannot scare the Imperial people and has to sit back at the negotiating table.  But the Americans will definitely not give up easily. They will also use various tricks to try to hold back or prevent the empire from increasing its influence.

    The United States is also desperately strengthening its scientific research capabilities, trying to develop its own nuclear fusion technology as quickly as possible, so that it can continue to maintain a bipolar situation in the coming era.

    Taking advantage of the good news of the successful ignition of nuclear fusion, the Empire announced a 20% reduction in industrial electricity prices and a 25% reduction in national residential electricity prices. It also announced the abolition of thermal power stations below designated size and began a nationwide power grid transformation.  At the same time, Suiren No. 2 furnace in Taihang Mountain has started construction, and Suiren No. 3 and No. 4 furnaces somewhere in the south are also under construction.

    The seawater purification project around the Bohai Bay is also progressing smoothly. Only now do many people understand the role of this initiative.  After the fusion furnace was successfully ignited, electricity prices in the northern region dropped, and seawater purification became a profitable industry. However, the majority of the capital has been taken up, and other capital can only be used to make some soup.

    At the same time, the East-to-West Water Diversion Project has begun to replace the South-to-North Water Diversion Project as the hottest topic. The Danjiangkou Reservoir originally used for South-to-North Water Diversion has begun to supply water to the southwest, which will greatly alleviate the water shortage in the southwest.

    At the same time, some people in Fujian have begun to have the vision to start surveying seawater purification plants. In view of the future shortage of drinking water, purified water is definitely a future.  Some interested people have a further vision and have begun to survey plateau water resources in the Qinghai-Tibet region, and plan to take advantage of the opportunity of falling electricity prices to launch suspended freight to reduce transportation costs.

    The benefits brought by the drop in electricity prices are not limited to these. The prices of materials on the market have also dropped. Moreover, Xiangyun Company suddenly received a large number of orders, all of which requested additional orders or first orders for anti-gravity transport vehicles, including passenger vehicles and freight vehicles.  car.  These people are all optimistic about the prospect that electricity prices will continue to fall, and they are rushing to order electric suspension vehicles.

    The decline in electricity prices has also caused changes in personal choices. Oil prices remain at a high level, but electricity is already a relatively cheap resource, and it will become even cheaper in the foreseeable future. Therefore, electric personal suspension vehicles have become a necessity for most people.  New options.  As for the electric cars of Imperial Auto Group, there is no need to talk to the Japanese anymore. Now the Japanese are begging Imperial Auto to sign the contract quickly, but Imperial Auto is not interested.Yes, they are in contact with Xiangyun about cooperating to open a factory.

    The impact of the successful ignition of the fusion reactor goes far beyond that. Foreign media have reported in a series of articles with an exclamation tone.  Some people have already called this century the "Century of the Chinese Empire" and have begun to preach that the world will evolve from bipolar to unipolar. In the future, the United States will gradually lose its status as a superpower and become an ordinary great power that succumbs to the Han Empire.  (To be continued)
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