The development of things is always beyond everyone's expectations.
Whether it is the United States, China, or Sudan as the "country involved", everyone believes that the chaos in this land will continue for a long time.
However, things changed quickly and fiercely one afternoon after Houston made a certain decision.
After the order was issued, third-party combatants who were not controlled by the turret began to directly join the battlefield. In just a few days, most of Khartoum's urban areas fell.
Subsequently, Bashir, then the supreme commander, withdrew from Khartoum and visited Egypt along a secret route.
In just a few hours, Egypt and Sudan reached an agreement, and several fighter jets crossed the border and launched air strikes against the Revolutionary Front forces.
This attack caught the Revolutionary Front off guard. They urgently sought assistance from the United States, but the latter was also in dire straits.
No one knows why Egypt would intervene at this time - for them, this is probably the same as committing suicide.
After all, the United States has already warned them secretly.
Houston, who was busy explaining to Congress, had no time to deal with Egypt's request for help. He finally calmed down the interrogators. However, soon, the other party joined in and completely destroyed his last line of defense.
Ethiopia has announced an indefinite ceasefire with Sudan and is considering launching an offensive against "illegal organizations" along the border.
And this so-called "illegal organization" is not Bashir's force as claimed by the United States, but the Revolutionary Front organization.
The situation is clear.
Days later, officials repelled another offensive against Khartoum, and the Revolutionary Front withdrew 30 kilometers away.
Subsequently, a humanitarian tragedy broke out near the camp of the Revolutionary Front, and the African Union collectively condemned and expressed solidarity.
Jiaolou was the first to give in and suspended military aid and equipment transportation.
Then comes the May meeting.
Third-party fighters announce withdrawal from Africa.
Two days later, Houston shot himself in his office.
From making the decision to meeting his ending, it only took 13 days.
Just as his assistant feared, the bullet eventually caught up with him.
Perhaps he will never know until his death why the African Union suddenly became so united and why the three originally hostile parties suddenly united.
He didn't know who was stirring up trouble, but he had no choice but to shift the responsibility to his "old rival."
This is of course a shameless slander.
After all, from beginning to end, we had no involvement in the conflict there.
Leaders teach well and we are clean
In Cheng Fei's office, Chen Nian looked at the report with great interest and asked Chen Guo opposite:
“So, the Blue Nile dam problem is solved?”
Chen Guo shook her head and replied:
"It's not that easy. There is basically no hope of solving it in a short time."
"After all, the natural environment is an iron law that cannot be shaken. There is only so much water, and everyone has to use it. No matter how we deploy it, it is always impossible."
"Then how did they put aside their differences and come together?"
Chen Guo smiled mysteriously and replied:
"Of course they came together because they saw through the conspiracy of the United States and Laos, for the common interests of the African family, and with the common determination to oppose imperialist interference."
".You can just talk about it at the press conference, and you're still hiding it from me?"
Chen Nian rolled his eyes and dismissed Chen Guo's clichés.
He is very aware of the urinary nature of those countries in Africa. For a sip of water, they would go crazy.
In the last life, how many years did hundreds or thousands of people not be killed on the border between Sudan and Ethiopia?
Although the conflict between Egypt and the Soviet Union was not so violent, there was still "historical enmity" involved.
Now that Sudan is in trouble, Egypt comes to help. Who would believe it if there is no overwhelming benefit?
Chen Nian speculated that it was probably Sudan that transferred the interests of the Nile River water resources and made a "non-confrontation" commitment to Egypt.
Although the deterrent effect of the downstream on the upstream is not high, in the final analysis, Sudan is also a big country.
Because of this commitment, Egypt's willingness to take action can be considered as an explanation.
But in the end, this explanation is still a bit far-fetched.
He looked at Chen Guo with sharp eyes, looking forward to his answer.
The latter spread his hands helplessly and said:
"How can we explain this kind of thing clearly? You are right in your guess. It's still about water resources anyway."
"However, in this strategy, they also introduced some new conditions."
"For example, agricultural technology, seedling technology, water conservancy technology, electric power technology, etc."
"The most important ones are seedlings and water conservancy. Anyway, Sudan is in trouble this time."
"Understood."
Chen Nian didn't ask any more questions.
He knew that there might be many thrilling plots hidden in the whole process of this matter.
But after all, these plots cannot appear in the public eye, and even within a short period of time, they cannot even talk about them.
But that doesn't matter.
As long as the problem is solved, everything will be fine.
Thinking of this, he spoke again:
"So, after this time, Africa's stability should be completely guaranteed, right?"
Chen Guo nodded and replied:
"That's the theory."
"Looking across Africa now, the only unstable factors remaining are Mali, Chad, and Somalia, which are extremely poor countries. However, their instability is only limited to the category of 'tribal conflicts' and is not as involved as Sudan. A powerful influence that affects the whole body in one blow.”
"It can be said that our future layout is guaranteed."
"The United States has suffered huge losses this time. Since the beginning of the economic crisis, nothing they have done has achieved the expected results, and Africa Raiders has suffered heavy losses."
"Our intelligence department received news that the head of the other party's core organization is missing, and they did it themselves."
"Isn't it right? Seppuku is also popular in the United States?"
Chen Nian asked in surprise.
He had never heard of such a tradition over there - generally speaking, people who made big mistakes were unwilling to look decent themselves, and always had to have someone help them look decent.
".Texas seppuku. He must have been under too much pressure and couldn't bear it, not just because of 'guilt'."
"According to intelligence, in the final stage, there were obvious problems with his mental state, but it was just not discovered in time."
"Well, hopefully he'll be a little more miserable in hell."
"Shouldn't it be time to say that the deceased rests in peace and RIP?"
Chen Guo said jokingly.
"RIP the devil, why should he rest in peace? Did the innocent victims they killed directly or indirectly RIP?"
"I don't have such a big heart. If someone cuts off the boards of his coffin, I won't set off firecrackers, but I can still have fun for a few days."
"You are just kidding - but I can't say for sure. After all, they have no precedent for this."
The two of them were joking about each other, and they were both in a very relaxed and happy mood.
Because they all knew that the storm on the hot land 10,000 kilometers away had finally stopped temporarily.
And now, it’s time to go hunting for gold and treasure.
On the other side, in Wuhan, inside the Second Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.
Su Jishan stared closely at the task instructions in front of him, with a hint of surprise in his eyes that could not be concealed.
After a long time, he turned to look at the messenger on the side and asked:
"Is there any other more detailed report? I need to know more about the superiors' intentions."
"You should also know that our 094 has just entered service not long ago, and the original 094A is also in the development process. Now we suddenly issued an order to overturn the design standards of the 094A and completely redesign it. This will not only affect us, but also the For the entire R&D working group, it is something difficult to understand.”
Hearing his words, the herald shook his head and replied:
"There are no more detailed instructions at the moment."
"However, in the next few days, the superiors should still issue instructions."
"At the same time, the staff of the Spark Team will also contact you to finalize the specific design plan and design standards - you don't have to worry, the new project is also based on 094A, and there is no 'total overthrow'."
"What you need to do now is to suspend the research and development of 094A and explain the situation to the scientific researchers."
".Okay, I'll do it."
Su Jishan sighed helplessly, as if complaining, or talking to himself:
"I have been engaged in scientific research for so long, but I have never seen such a radical plan. Even if it is to improve the design standards, then we should finish what we have at hand first, right?"
"Besides, the current performance of 094 is sufficient, and its counterattack capabilities are among the best in the world. We are really not in that hurry, right?"
"You also said it's the ability to fight back."
The herald interrupted cryptically.
".I see."
Su Jishan said no more and asked instead:
"Who is the person in charge? Is the technology source still from Spark?"
"You are the general person in charge, and the source of technology is of course Spark - however, the specific research and development work still depends on your team."
"Of course I know that."
Hearing this, Su Jishan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, what he is most worried about is that this project upgrade is a decision made by some people after seeing the significant progress in aircraft carriers and destroyers.
He has personally seen many lay leaders like this. They can't even figure out the difference between a pressurized water reactor and a metal reactor. They dare to say without shame, "Isn't it just a reactor? We have built so many reactors, how difficult can it be?"
Not difficult?
The difficulty of miniaturizing reactors is at the top level in the entire military industry, but the pressurized water reactors we use now are actually not advanced at all.
It is precisely because of the existence of this kind of leadership that China's military technology has indeed experienced some internal friction and waste of resources before, and its progress has been slowed down a lot.
However, now that it is confirmed that the leader is Xinghuo, this problem no longer exists.
Since Spark said they wanted to upgrade their technology, they must have prepared the technology needed for the upgrade.
What could it be?
Su Jishan couldn't help but look forward to it, and his slightly depressed mood was completely gone.
Although in his opinion, the latest model of strategic nuclear submarine 094 is indeed advanced enough, no one will refuse something better.
After seeing off the messenger, he sat back at his desk, pulled out a piece of white paper, and began to deduce the technical details that could be further optimized based on 094A.
The first is the size. According to the predetermined design standards, the size of 094A will be slightly larger than the current 094, with a surface weight of about 10,000 tons and an underwater weight of about 12,000 tons. The hull size is also about 5% larger than the 094.
The purpose of this design is not to obtain greater diving depth, but to adapt to the Julang-2A submarine-launched ballistic missile that will be used later.
In other words, the 094A needs to maintain the current 12 bomb loads of the 094 unchanged, and replace the current Julang-2 with the stronger Julang-2A.
So, will Spark make adjustments in this area?
According to previous experience, their technological accumulation in missiles is already very strong. In just a few years, they have made many different types of missiles.
Therefore, Julang-2 may not be their end yet.
Under the new design, future strategic nuclear submarines should carry stronger submarine-launched missiles.
Su Jishan recorded this on a white paper. According to his prediction, Spark should choose a land-based ballistic missile to modify and develop a more advanced submarine-launched ballistic missile.
But he couldn't predict how strong the specific performance would be.
In addition to size and tonnage, appearance is actually a key point that can be improved.
The first is the podium, also known as the turtle's back.
The turtleback of the 094 is much larger than that of the 092, which destroys the linear shape and uniform distribution of water pressure of the submarine. In addition, there are some large drainage holes distributed between the submarine-launched ballistic missile launch tube and the submarine shell, and The same drainage hole on the missile cabin can easily form turbulence during maneuvering, thereby increasing the submarine's fluid noise and seriously affecting its sonar stealth performance.
In the design of Type 094A, changes have been made in this area, and the drainage holes have been reduced a lot. However, compared with the top Western hull designs, there is still a big gap.
But to truly reach the world's advanced standards, further optimization is still needed.
Su Jishan made a note again, and then he analyzed the power system, weapon system, sonar radar system, and vibration reduction system one by one, and put forward higher requirements based on the 094A project plan.
After all the speculations were completed, Su Jishan looked at the full draft paper in front of him with satisfaction and thought to himself:
No matter how radical Xinghuo is, such a plan should be the limit, right?
After all, if you want to continue to take a step forward, it is not a question of resources and time, but a question of pure technical barriers.
In his view, even the Spark—even the Spark that has achieved incredible breakthroughs in many fields—is not so easy to break through the technical barriers of strategic nuclear submarines.
Because of this thing, there is really no way to touch anyone across the river.
Even pure theoretical support is very scarce in China.
In other words, strategic nuclear submarine technology has a domestic limit.
He doesn't believe that Spark can break the ceiling in such a short period of time.
——
However, before such thoughts stayed in his mind for more than two hours, he was immediately swept away by a new piece of news.
That is the latest design goal document sent by Spark.
I won’t mention the more complicated ones, just look at a few core indicators.
The length of the ship is 200 meters.
It uses the Julang-3 strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile with 24 rounds of ammunition.
The noise level is below 85 decibels.
The maximum self-sustaining time is 90 days.
If the data doesn't reveal too many problems, then comparing the Ohio class horizontally makes it very clear.
The self-sustaining power is twice that of the Ohio-class, the ammunition capacity is the same, and the quietness in decibels is more than twice as high.
It can be said that in this plan, the strategic nuclear submarine called "Type 096" is aimed at the Ohio class.
Moreover, the performance is still beyond the
Su Jishan took a deep breath.
A question couldn't help but arise in his mind:
Can this thing really be made? ?
(End of chapter)
