Spark

"I've said long ago that we can't control everything. What now? Things are starting to get out of control."

"Once the backyard war between the United States and Cuba really starts, everything can be declared over. The war will inevitably expand, and China will definitely be dragged into the water - and then the whole world will be dragged into the water."

"What kind of development, what kind of human evolution, what kind of going into space, just think about it in your dreams."

On the beach in Seychelles, the man in the straw hat said with anger on his face.

"I've said it before, not everyone can be trusted."

"That Grady, he was an opportunist - he was in Iraq and he is now."

"I have said it many times, but none of you believe me."

"What now? Did my words come true? He ate up all our resources and then used our resources to do his own things."

"You still think that he will really help us realize the peaceful transfer of power in the United States, right? You are thinking too much. He just wants to rise to power himself."

"And with his character, nothing builds prestige like a war - now that the president is on his side and Bob is dead, do you think he cares what we think? ?”

Listening to the straw hat man's words, the bald man was speechless.

After a long time, he finally said:

"This is not my sole responsibility. In fact, all our decisions were unanimously voted on."

"If you're going to blame me, why not get everyone together first and re-discuss our decision-making process."

"Besides, this isn't the only mistake we made in our decision-making - wasn't the action against them also a failure?"

"You said you wanted to obtain the core secrets of Starfire, but now? Almost all our forces have been wiped out. In contrast, at least in the United States, we still have a chance, right?"

"Opportunity? You call this an opportunity? Do you expect Grady to change his mind, or do you expect the president to recognize reality?"

There was obvious anger in the straw hat man's tone, but he seemed to have forgotten that he was once a staunch supporter of this series of actions.

Looking at his expression, the bald man couldn't help but feel a different kind of emotion in his heart.

Yes, this organization is growing too fast and too smoothly.

It was so successful that they really thought that they were the sons of destiny and the giant behind the scenes who could control the destiny of mankind.

But the problem is that they ignored one of the most fundamental issues, which is:

They have never taken on a true national power.

Everything is only based on capital.

They have a lot of funds, a lot of relationships, and even strong connections in politics, but is this really enough?

On some things, that seems to be enough.

Because they can indeed decide the direction of development of some things by exerting influence.

But judging from the current results, it is obvious that this method is definitely not a panacea.

the reason is simple.

Those who are truly in power can get rid of them at any time.

Grady is a typical example, and with his lessons learned, more and more such examples will emerge.

Why hasn't the man across from me realized this yet?

He sighed and said:

"I mean, we still have a chance to prevent war."

"Or at least, we can keep the war within relatively controllable limits."

"Grady is not a fool, he just wants power, not destruction of the world."

"In that case, wouldn't it be good if we just satisfy him?"

"The only difference is that he was dependent on us before, but now we have a cooperative relationship."

"What's the big deal? You've been in power for too long. You haven't forgotten how to work with others, right?"

The straw hat man was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily:

"I should be the one asking you this!"

He snorted and continued:

"To limit Grady's reckless actions, we must first end the intensifying political struggle in the United States."

"Political struggle is the soil for war. As long as the situation continues to be chaotic, he will have every reason to use more extreme and sharper means."

"But if everyone can sit down and have a good discussion and distribute the benefits in a reasonable way, there will be room for redemption."

"But do you think this is possible?"

"Everyone has lost their mind. The U.S. economy is really bad. They are not competing for a bottle of vintage wine, but for a piece of food that can keep them alive."

"In this case, what chance do you think we have of stopping them?"

"You can't just say, let some people starve to death first, right? Then the final solution is not war?"

The bald man shook his head and replied:

"It doesn't necessarily require a war -- it's complicated and it may require sacrificing our entire organization."

"But if it can really be done, it also means that our mission has been completed."

"Don't you think this is attractive?"

"Just tell me what you plan to do."

The straw hat man's tone was still stiff. He simply didn't believe that there could be a "soft" solution to the matter at this point.

Seeing his attitude, the bald man finally couldn't suppress his anger.

"How can I tell you what to do now?"

"This is a complex plan, and the purpose of the plan is to pay for the mistakes we made before!"

"I hope you can put away your resentful attitude and think about what we should do!"

"Don't you understand? The core reason why there is such a big problem is that we have no real control over politics at all."

"So, we must stand up and stand in front of the stage!"

"All the plans behind the scenes have failed, and we can only make a desperate move."

"I think you should consider the options we have discussed long ago."

"Stand up and run for president!"

After the words fell, the two fell into silence.

After a long time, the man in the straw hat said:

".I don't think that's a good approach."

“There’s not enough time, and we don’t have enough political resources to go.”

"No, we do."

"We have money."

The bald man said firmly:

"Money is a resource."

“Give up all your capital and give it to the poor.”

"Use all our money to buy votes."

"We use the most direct approach within the rules of the game."

"I will fully support you - we have close to 60 billion in cash, isn't that enough for you to become president?"

"Lin Chen's matter has been dealt with, and you can almost be released from isolation."

Hai Lan, Chen Guo said to Chen Nian in the living room.

"okay, I get it."

Chen Nian answered briefly, but his eyes were still focused on the design drawings on the desktop.

He has been working on this aerodynamic layout diagram for a full week. Although the plan given by the system is quite complete, due to modifications in other systems and modules, the aerodynamic layout must also change accordingly.

Otherwise, just a change in the engine's peak power data may cause the originally exquisite aerodynamic design to become a joke.

At this moment, what he needs to solve is the problem of wind resistance of the front fairing.

"Professor Chen, take a look at this data."

"According to the latest results from the wind tunnel, when the current data on the radius and arc height of the semicircle on the fairing are applied, although the resistance of the fuselage can be greatly reduced, the actual lift generated is also increasing."

"In addition, it can be seen from the picture that this design causes several unstable turbulence bands to appear on the front of the entire fuselage. The main reason is the mutual disturbance of turbulence in various parts after the rhombus-shaped wings merge with the upturned fuselage."

"This situation can be controlled at low speeds, but once the speed rises above Mach 0.5, unpredictable oscillations will easily occur, and the vibrations will affect the stability of the entire body after being transmitted to the fuselage."

“I’ve been researching for a long time, but there’s never been a simple and beautiful solution to this problem.”

"If it really doesn't work, I may have to resort to stupid methods."

The simple and beautiful solution mentioned by Chen Nian is actually to optimize the size of each part of the entire fairing under the existing layout and adjust the details to the optimum to achieve the best aerodynamic effect.

This is the goal he always pursues in his design - certainly not because of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but to ensure that unnecessary redundant systems are eliminated to the greatest extent and to provide the highest fault tolerance rate for this aerial platform.

After hearing his words, Chen Guo came closer.

He glanced at Chen Nian's drawings, frowned and said:

"To be honest, the complexity of this aerodynamic model is beyond my ability - at least not to the extent that you can suddenly ask me to take a look at it and I can come up with ideas."

"However, in the conventional solution, don't we have a very basic solution to solve such a problem?"

"The turbulent flow is too chaotic, so add a deflector at the front; if the oscillation is unpredictable, use a suspended connection."

"For such a huge low-speed aircraft, this doesn't seem to be a problem, right?"

"Anyway, we don't expect this aerial platform to be able to perform any actions such as rolling, turning at a large angle, or climbing vertically."

"Its fundamental attribute is that it is a 'super large helicopter'."

"That's true, but"

Chen Nian shook his head gently, and after thinking for a few seconds, he continued:

"But my point is that if we use such a simple and crude method to solve the problem, it will inevitably cause the engine load to further increase, and may even consume the load that should be allocated to other auxiliary systems."

"How much weight does a suspended connection system alone add? With the weight saved, we can even replace it with a laser weapon system."

"Too idealistic."

Chen Guo smiled and shook her head, then said:

"If it goes according to your idea, then we might as well wait and develop the anti-gravity technology first. Then the load of the entire engine room can be saved and fully equipped as a weapon system. Wouldn't that be better?"

".It's not impossible."

Chen Nian followed Chen Guo's words and made a joke, but he also understood what Chen Guo wanted to express.

"So you think we don't need to be picky about this?"

"no need."

Chen Guo replied without hesitation:

"As far as I know, the current margin of the power system is still very high, and the project team has also started the replacement of new lightweight materials."

"They plan to replace most of the non-load-bearing metal parts with composite carbon fiber materials. This alone can reduce the weight by more than 400 tons."

"So, you are not alone in figuring out the solution, and you don't have to force yourself to do everything to the extreme."

"Understood."

Chen Nian breathed a long sigh of relief and put down the pen in his hand.

At this time, Chen Guo also added just right:

"Of course, this does not mean that the issues you are considering are meaningless. In the final analysis, Nantianmen No. 1 is just an experimental model. Its symbolic and deterrent significance is far greater than its actual combat significance."

"Letting it fly is the first goal. How much combat capability we have is not the key to our pursuit."

"However, when the construction of Nantianmen No. 2 starts, the situation will be completely different."

"At that time, we will have to pay every penny."

"Just like our aircraft carrier, from No. 001 to the current No. 004, how much difference has there been in combat capability? If we had really pursued perfection and achieved success in one step when we were No. 001, what would have been accomplished, right?"

"Yes - then I will submit the information directly to the project team. There is no problem with the basic design. Since there is no need to pursue perfection, the rest of the optimization work will be left to them."

Chen Nian's thoughts suddenly opened up. At this time, he also felt that he had really gone over the top before.

"That's right."

Chen Guo nodded happily and finally brought the topic back:

"Lin Chen's problem has been solved."

"No more fishing?"

Chen Nian asked curiously.

"No more fishing. The Americans are about to start a fight. Why are we still catching fish?"

"The intelligence department analyzed that the current situation should be beyond the control of the 003 organization, because there is a huge difference between the current development direction of the situation and the direction they have shown before."

"Li Xiang feels that this is most likely due to a huge decision-making error within the core of their organization, or a split at the top."

"In either case, this means that this organization will slowly surface."

“The fish are almost dead, so what else are you fishing for?”

"I can only say that their previous successes really scared us, but looking back now, it was just luck."

Chen Nianshen nodded in agreement. Indeed, he had had a similar idea a long time ago.

And what happened now only confirmed his thoughts.

"Then what are we going to do next?"

"On the Cuban side, I've also read the intelligence in the past two days. It's estimated that it will only take about a week at most. Are we really going to fight?"

"I really need to fight."

Chen Guo nodded solemnly.

"If a child wants to make a fuss, you can't just reason with him."

"Trying to coax him with candy can only coax him for a while, but not for a lifetime."

"Only by catching him and giving him a good beating to let him know that there is no sweetness in making trouble, only pain, will he be obedient."

"Now it's time to take out our belts."