Spark

Chen Nian's two-day vacation passed quickly. In fact, he didn't really have much time to rest. He spent most of the day discussing with Wang Jiancheng about the optimization of Zhanlu. The wheels of the guns, the muzzles of the tanks and the dust raised by the armored composite brigade.

At this time, Zhanlu has entered the stage of comprehensive training, and even played two good battles in the pawn push, but there is still a long way to go before reaching the final availability.

However, even if it is just this, the effect is amazing enough.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, in the small private room of the cafeteria, Li Xiang, Wang Jiancheng and Chen Nian sat together, just like when they were still on campus many years ago.

".So in fact, this time with Zhanlu, we have a clear understanding of our combat power."

"Before this, we always felt that the air force and navy were slowly tying up and began to have certain advantages, but now it seems that the army has the greatest advantage."

"As the only army in the world that is in the process of informatization transformation, the difference in combat effectiveness between us and the US is actually close to no."

"Moreover, according to recent research, Laomei's road to informatization is actually not so smooth."

"Their idea is to integrate the entire army into a digital command system, but due to various practical factors and historical integration problems, their system is bloated and complicated, and its usability is greatly reduced."

"Our informatization reform started late, but it is developing rapidly. There are many things to refer to in the overall situation, and the comprehensive design of the system is more scientific. The only gap now is the global positioning system."

"However, Beidou is developing very fast, and this problem is estimated to be resolved in a short time."

Wang Jiancheng sipped the hot chicken soup over and over again while speaking in a calm tone.

During his time in the project team, he had a lot of contact with the military, which also gave him some similar temperament. Compared with the previous unruly and uninhibited, he seemed much more mature.

"So judging from the current situation, we basically don't have to worry about our homeland security?"

Li Xiang on the side asked.

"There is no need to worry. Our conflict with the US has always focused on the sea, even if we go back ten or twenty years."

"The possibility of a local war between the two sides is not very high, and now it is infinitely close to 0-nuclear fusion is about to come out, and they don't want to fight anymore. How to eat the first wave of dividends is the top priority something to consider."

Chen Nian interrupted.

Li Xiang nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly laughed again.

"Actually, regardless of my work status, I was quite worried that the technology of nuclear fusion would further intensify the conflict—after all, the birth of this technology here means that the US has completely lost its initiative. The energy hegemony established over the years was also destroyed.”

"The losses they have suffered may not be easily calculated."

"It's a matter of balancing interests."

Chen Nian shook his head and replied:

"Now there is a view in the academic circles, that is, if the first computer made by Turing appeared 20 years earlier, the Second World War probably would not have happened."

"According to these scholars, in such a historical environment, although human beings have limited prospects for computers, the concepts of 'artificial intelligence' and 'artificial intelligence' have already emerged, and computers are obviously the key to connect fantasy and reality."

"Under such circumstances, there will be subtle changes in the development direction of the entire world. Because of changes in cultural trends and social awareness, the development of the automation industry will be strongly supported."

"In about 5 to 10 years, the increase in productivity will begin to show its power, and Europe, as an industrial powerhouse at the time, will benefit particularly significantly."

"Therefore, the severe economic crisis facing Germany is likely to never reappear. The problem of resource allocation will be solved naturally because of the cake, and a war will disappear invisible."

"Of course, this view is only popular among some 'Eurocentric' scholars, and its persuasion is limited."

"After all, at that time, semiconductor technology had not yet been born, and there was still a long way to go from calculators to computers."

"However, the core of this point of view is not wrong. Their point of view is very clear, that is: if the cake grows faster than all the diners at the table can eat, then the conflict over the distribution of the cake will no longer exist. gone."

Hearing what Chen Nian said, Wang Jiancheng and Li Xiang nodded.

"That's easy to understand."

Wang Jiancheng said:

"It was the same when raising pigs in the countryside. If there was always not enough feed in a pen of pigs, then the pigs in this pen would fight at least once a day for the feed."

"But if the feed can't be eaten all the time, no one—no pig is willing to go to waste to snatch the excess feed, and it can't digest it anyway."

"But there's a problem here."

Li Xiang interrupted Wang Jiancheng, and after thinking for a moment, he said:

"What if there is a pig and you plan to hoard the excess feed?"

Chen Nian smiled slightly and replied:

"It involves two aspects, crisis drivers and value decay."

"In fact, human beings are short-sighted creatures. Our judgment on crisis will never exceed the length of our limited life."

"No one will really think about things after a thousand years, not to mention that within the time dimension visible to our naked eyes, we can't see the crisis that needs to be hoarded to survive."

"That's not the same as a squirrel hoarding food for the winter, because winter is there, and if you don't hoard it, it will die."

"You can try to keep a squirrel for a few years, and then you'll see that after a long period of steady food access, its hoarding behavior will gradually decrease."

"Another point is value decay --- there is no need to explain this, Laomei is a living example."

"What's the use of hoarding so much oil? Nuclear fusion is here, and the order has been completely reshuffled."

"makes sense"

Li Xiang sighed softly and said with emotion:

"We have really caught up with a great era. Then can I think that what we are about to usher in is the most peaceful period in human history?"

"Maybe, but no one can say for sure."

Chen Nian put down the chopsticks in his hand, and continued:

"It's not time to open the champagne yet."

"However, it will be soon."

Meanwhile, the White House.

Bob was sitting in the office, facing an old man with gray hair all over his head.

The large number of staff members made the room a bit crowded, and compared with the silent and depressing atmosphere, it seemed even more weird and absurd.

After a long time, the white-haired old man finally took off his presbyopic glasses and raised his head. After scanning the people in the office, he said:

"The situation has been completely determined. Huaxia has broken through the last difficulty in controllable nuclear fusion technology."

"Our experts have just conducted a review and initially judged that under the current circumstances, it is no longer a matter of 'time' for the other party to realize the commercialization of controllable nuclear fusion."

"To be precise, their EAST project is already a commercial project."

"A new era of civilization has begun, which means that our basic strategy, which has persisted for decades, must be completely overturned."

"So, we're sitting here today, and we're going to talk about a change in strategy."

"Everyone needs to express their opinions—you have to remember that every word said here has the potential to change the history of the United States, and even mankind."

Hearing his words, Bob couldn't help feeling bitter.

These few short sentences have actually completely ended his future.

What do you do?

The world's largest warmonger, the guardian of the United States, and the world police on the blue star.

The meaning of its own existence is to strive for greater interests for the United States in the continuous conflicts.

And now?

The "basic strategy" is about to be completely overthrown, which means that his sharp knife may no longer be useful.

——

Of course, his position will not change so quickly, and national defense is still an unshakable bottom line, but it is very likely that the word "defense" will return to its original meaning in the future.

That is, pure defense.

Isn't this actually a joke?

Based on the existing military strength, even if a dog is tied to his position, it can perfectly guarantee the security of the mainland.

That being the case, what is the value of my own role?

From world-renowned star to complete marginalization, it may only take a few years

Thinking of this, Bob sighed deeply.

He knew that the trend was irreversible, so he had no choice but to follow the trend and say:

"Let me speak first."

"Judging from the current situation, the most significant change we will face is the change in the properties of energy available to human beings."

"Fossil energy will soon be eliminated, and the fuel required for new nuclear fusion, whether it is tritium waste obtained from fission or directly electrolyzed from seawater, does not have the technical and natural reserves threshold."

"This also means that the order established based on the major premise of 'limited energy' will die immediately, and similarly, the huge system established for this order will also disintegrate."

"We no longer need so many military equipment and overseas forces to maintain our energy security. These funds must be invested in effective areas that can truly determine future growth rates."

"That is, the field of scientific research and technology related to fusion."

"So, as hard as it is for me, I would say disarmament, cutting military spending is the number one thing we need to do."

"In the next five to ten years, we need to reduce our military spending to 50% of the current size, or even less."

"Only in this way can we free up enough resources to seize future opportunities."

Hearing his words, everyone in the meeting room nodded in satisfaction.

In fact, before this discussion started, what they were most worried about was that Bob, the actual head of the army, would jump out and oppose disarmament.

This will obviously bring great instability to the entire country, and even if it is finally resolved, the resulting internal friction will slow down the development process.

The white-haired old man gave Bob an appreciative glance, and said:

"This was originally the most important issue we needed to discuss, but now that Bob has expressed his attitude, I don't think we need to spend too much time on this issue."

"Then the next link should be our financial strategy?"

Hearing his words, a woman in the staff wearing black-rimmed glasses stood up and said:

"My view is the same as Bob's, in fact, the global financial strategy must also make a major adjustment."

"After nuclear fusion technology is officially put into commercial use, we will face a rather long period of industrial upgrading. During this period, the role of finance will be greatly reduced, and physical industry and infrastructure will become the mainstream."

"We must clean up the idle funds deposited in the financial market as quickly as possible and invest them in the real industry."

"But the biggest problem now is that the return cycle of the real industry is too long, and the return gap in the process of industrial upgrading is more obvious-we may even need more than 10 years before investors can get the first return."

"In this case, they will be more willing to invest in downstream industries with low risks and fast returns."

"A very simple example is that it might be more profitable to invest in new energy-hungry household appliances than to invest in the fusion power plant itself."

"It's a paradox."

"What's wrong with that?"

Someone in the crowd asked a question.

The woman shook her head and replied:

"If you just consider the profit itself, there is nothing wrong with that."

"But we are thinking from the height of the country, not from the perspective of 'capitalists'."

"Once the mantra of chasing short-term profits kicks in, we're reduced to total 'hyenas', living on carrion and scraps."

"Industrial hollowing will reach an unprecedented level, and the basic industrial capabilities and scientific research capabilities will further widen the gap with China—by that time, it will be completely impossible for us to catch up with them."

"So, what we need to do is to make the big hand of macro-control more powerful."

The white-haired old man answered.

"We must guide capital so that they invest in directions that are more beneficial to long-term development."

"We need to strengthen supervision to avoid vicious competition and malicious monopoly from intensifying."

"At the same time, we must also pay attention to the basic life of the people at the bottom, and ensure that the society maintains basic stability during the painful transformation process."

His tone became a little heavy, and everyone present smelled something unusual.

These strategies sound a bit familiar

But at this moment, before they could react, the curse of "If you want to defeat him, you must first become him" had already begun to take effect.

The first electricity from the nuclear fusion power plant has not yet appeared, but the first light from it has already descended on this world.