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"We really underestimated them. Likewise, we underestimated Connet."

"I originally thought that he was very experienced in manipulating public opinion, and I deliberately asked him to perform this not too difficult task, but I didn't expect it. I can only say that our opponent is very strong."

"I doubt that they have established a professional consultant team, and their comprehensive capabilities and authority should be at the same level as ours."

"Otherwise, they would not be able to organize such a fierce counterattack in such a short period of time."

In the reception room of the May Club, Paine listened to Houston's report, his face was full of decay and death, and the cigar between his fingers had been gradually extinguished, but he didn't seem to notice it.

It wasn't until the long ash fell that he sat up straight as if awake from a dream.

Then he nodded and said:

"It is true that we were too careless this time, but Connet's betrayal is still unforgivable."

"Think of a way to make this person disappear from the world."

Hearing his words, Houston shook his head helplessly and said:

"Don't be kidding, the place where he is now is probably one of the safest places in the world - Huaxia Prison."

"If you want him to disappear, you must either push the other party to give him the death penalty, or you can only wait for him to be released after decades of imprisonment. What's the point?"

"Besides, we can't spare so much energy to take care of his affairs now, and there are still a lot of messes waiting for us to clean up."

Paine couldn't help but sighed again. This failure not only caused heavy damage to him, the May Meeting, and ADM, but even the country itself was greatly affected.

The originally indomitable pace was blocked, not to mention the lost resources and funds, just in terms of prestige, it was already weak.

Even some small countries that were originally under their own food territory have begun to secretly contact COFCO.

What they want to do is self-evident.

After a moment of silence, Paine asked:

"What is our loss this time?"

"What do you want to talk about first?"

"Do you still care about this? Just start anywhere"

Houston shook his head helplessly, and replied:

"Let's start with ADM."

"First of all, ADM Huaxia has actually suffered heavy losses. We originally planned to deploy the Huaxia market after this action, but obviously, this plan fell through."

"The other party's market has not been vacated, but has become more stable."

"As for ADM? Their estimated capital loss is almost 4 billion US dollars, of which the direct loss due to market fluctuations reached 2.7 billion US dollars."

"Their cash flow for the whole year has been ruined. Even if they can stay in Huaxia, they will no longer be able to participate in any transactions. At best, they can only maintain basic business operations."

"In addition, the situation in the Argentine market is more severe."

"It is estimated that ADM never imagined in their dreams that the Huaxia people would reverse the order of trading and directly use the 'magnitude' to overwhelm them."

"If we raise the price, they will ship, and if we lower the price, they will sweep the goods."

"They have bargaining chips and funds, what can they do?"

"The most ridiculous thing is that they shipped all the bargaining chips that COFCO bought at a low price in the final stage to Argentina, sweeping away the market system that ADM had built with great difficulty there."

"In short, the market in Argentina is almost rotten now. COFCO's white gloves are taking over everywhere, and Atanor is gradually expanding."

"If this trend cannot be stopped, we will lose this important outpost."

Hearing this, Paine tightly held the cup in his hand, as if he wanted to crush it.

After a long time, he took a long breath and asked:

"What about ourselves? Don't talk about ADM!"

"Our own investment of 3 billion yuan has only recovered 1.1 billion in the end, which is already the most failed decision in recent years."

"In addition, our main line of goals has also been completely invalidated."

"The opponent's fighter jet project has not been affected in any way, but has added a huge amount of funds."

"And, through this game, their arms sales system has been further improved."

"In the past, their markets were only the Middle East and Southeast Asia. From this time on, South America has also become their customers."

"And judging from the performance of the J-8 III in recent flights, they are not joking. This is indeed a second-generation aircraft that is extremely close to the third-generation aircraft."

"The military predicts that the battle loss ratio of the J-8 III against the F-16 will probably be around 6:1, while the predicted battle loss ratio of the J-8 II is 16:1—and the J-8 III is even just an export model fighter."

"Once the J-10 variant is mass-produced, once the J-22 is mass-produced, our air superiority will be completely lost."

Houston's tone was heavy. In fact, he didn't expect things to develop to such an unpredictable level.

In the original plan, even if the other party was allowed to continue their research, as long as the funding chain was strangled, it would be enough to slow down their progress.

After all, this is a process of catching up with each other, you will develop, don't we?

But now, this strategy has completely failed.

Because the opponent is too fast, and there is already a tendency to overtake.

Paine's situation is even more serious - his facial features have been twisted together, it seems that he will die of a sudden myocardial infarction in the next second.

After taking several breaths, Paine finally recovered.

He asked weakly:

"What about the radar? How effective are we in this field?"

"...it didn't work. It was inherently hard, and we just couldn't find an entry point."

"Actually, they not only built reverberatory furnaces, but also recently broke through the technical difficulties of single crystal furnaces."

"At least in the field of radar-related semiconductors, we have no way to stop them."

"...Damn Connet, what did he do!"

Paine shouted angrily.

Seeing his reaction, Houston hesitated for a moment, and finally said:

"Actually, you can't blame Connet."

"From the very beginning, our strategic center did not focus on suppressing the opponent's phased array radar development, but instead focused more on anti-obscure radar."

"Therefore, there should be no effect-but at least from the current point of view, the development of their anti-obscure radar has indeed been restricted, which can be regarded as good news."

"They have no chance to import, and the key technology has been closed to them. At least in the next ten years, they will not have the opportunity to form a breakthrough."

After finally waiting for the good news, Paine's expression softened a little.

He frowned and remained silent for a long time, then asked:

"Is there any other news? Let's finish it at once."

Houston shook his head and replied:

"That's all for now. It's bad enough."

"It's really bad enough over there in Congress that it's hard for us to account for the past."

"Be prepared, maybe we are about to usher in the worst storm in recent years. Whether it is you, me, or the brothers on the front line, it will have a difficult time."

"But we cannot back down, because once we back down, the foundation that has been accumulated with great difficulty will be destroyed in one go."

"We have to start a new operation as soon as possible."

Having said that, Paine paused for a moment, then continued:

"The budget for the second half of the year should focus on intelligence work."

"We have to build a more complete intelligence network at any cost to find out what's happening on the other side."

"If we don't even know what they're doing, how are we going to respond properly?"

Houston nodded in agreement, but soon his expression darkened again.

This is indeed a must.

But what must be done, can it be done well?

During this period of time, every technological breakthrough on the other side seemed to come out of nowhere, and the dense intelligence network of our own side did not receive any news.

It's counterintuitive and scary.

After all, to be able to achieve this level, either the opponent's intelligence agency has developed to such an extent that it is impossible for one's own side, or

It's that they cheated.

And in a game without a manager, you can't punish a cheater.

Especially without knowing how they cheat