Great Power Technology.

Chapter 346 Another Deterrence

While his opponent was busy dealing with matters in Yindu, Ye Zhou finally ended his long conversation with Chen Hao.

He also finally had a complete understanding of the game between the two countries around food.

This is not an entanglement between conspiracy and treachery, but a hedging between conspiracy and conspiracy. The two parties involved, in fact, from an objective point of view, no matter which party has lost the courage that a big country should have.

Huaxia's opponents are strategizing, planning all over the world, and planning far into the future, with many opportunities to change; while Huaxia itself is based on the fundamentals, and it is steady and steady.

If you don't consider the difference in position, this time of hedging can indeed be regarded as a pinnacle in the history of human struggle.

In fact, this struggle is indeed the last one before resorting to force on a large scale.

No matter which side loses, further escalation is inevitable.

To avoid such an upgrade, Huaxia's only chance is in the Liubi project.

Time is the most important thing.

Now, there are still two months before the end of the gene editing rice production project. In these two months, if there is no good news from the Kunlun Mountains, it will be an extremely difficult time to wait for our side.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou felt a deep sense of crisis.

Chen Hao on the side seemed to see his thoughts, he silently poured Ye Zhou a cup of tea, and then asked:
"Find the key to the matter?"

Ye Zhou nodded, not knowing how to answer for a while.

This is unprecedented pressure, and the weight of this pressure is even far greater than that time when he was still in Hailan.

Because no matter how anxious I was at that time, I still had a bottom-line judgment in my heart, that is, it would be difficult for a large-scale hot war to break out, because the balance of power between the two sides at that time was still not balanced.

But now, the situation has completely changed.

As long as one moves, it must be a fight to the end.

Chen Hao pushed the cup towards Ye Zhou, signaling him to have a sip of tea to calm down first, then stood up on his own, walked to the French windows in the living room, and pulled open the blackout curtains.

The sun immediately flooded the entire living room. Chen Hao walked to the table again, patted Ye Zhou on the shoulder, and signaled him to follow him.

Ye Zhou stood up in a daze, and asked:
"Where?"

Chen Hao said without looking back:
"Take you to bask in the sun."

Ye Zhou hesitated for a moment, but finally followed.

Ye Zhou's current residence is actually in a base of a certain military region. After going out, the two of them walked along the road in the residential area, passed the barracks, the playground, and passed through several buildings with different functions. Finally came near the training ground.

It was 11 o'clock in the morning, and the day's training was at its peak. The two found a seat on the edge of the training ground and sat down, watching the recruits running on the training ground, silent.

After a long time, Chen Hao asked:
"Do you have a feeling now that the future of our country rests on you alone, or in other words, on a project?"

Ye Zhou was taken aback for a moment, and asked back:
"Is not it?"

In his view, the war on food launched by Ugly Country is doomed to failure. With the support of gene editing technology, increasing food production has become a doomed future. Obviously, the global production reduction planned by the other party is not possible. possible.

However, the other party has paid a huge price to achieve this goal, including but not limited to a series of factors such as currency credit, funds, alliance influence, military influence, etc. If it fails, the price already paid will be lost significance.

This is a huge loss, and they are bound to find a way to make up for this loss-no matter what the method is.

If one side wants to curb the opponent's madness, there is only one option, and that is to use some kind of overwhelming advantage to lock in the victory in advance, and let the opponent clearly realize the victory.

Nuclear threats are an extremely effective means, but the problem is that the other side also has such threats.

No one is willing to choose the ending of the same death, so RSA decryption has become the only alternative to the nuclear threat at this stage.

According to this logical reasoning, it seems that there is nothing wrong with saying that the fate of the entire country rests on one project and one person alone.

However, after hearing Ye Zhou's rhetorical question, Chen Hao laughed helplessly.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and took a deep breath before answering:

"So I've always said that your involvement in our overall situation is still insufficient—you are too focused on the technical field. This is a good thing in the short term, because you can use the highest efficiency to obtain the most results."

"However, in the long run, working this way can overwhelm you."

"Just like what you answered me now, the fate of the entire country depends on you alone. Think about it yourself. Is this possible?"

"Let's not talk about you alone. We are such a big country and such a huge organization. Will our fate be determined by a small six-nose project?"

"Do you know what your thinking is called?"

Ye Zhou frowned and replied:
"Personal heroism?"

Chen Hao laughed and replied:
"Wrong, it's opportunism. Reckless action, equipment first, great success, and seeking perfection quickly. These are all manifestations of opportunism-of course, you have not developed to this level, but you have indeed put a certain thing, or A certain technology is too important."

"Is the six-nose project important? It is undeniably important."

"However, will it be our only reliance? Will it be our only hole card to check and balance the enemy, so that the enemy dare not attack us?"

"Obviously not."

"I know what you want to say. What you want to say is that what we need is not a way of fighting to the death, what we need is a means to contain the opponent with the least casualties and the least cost, right?"

Ye Zhou nodded, his eyes full of doubts.

The man beside me is full of confidence, and seems to have no worries about this possible war, but where does his confidence come from?

Ye Zhou couldn't figure it out.

In his view, there is nothing more effective in ending wars than RSA decryption, because it is the only means of containing wars in their infancy without actually happening.

"That's my question. The question is, how do we go about doing this?"

Chen Hao on the side shook his head and said:
"You still don't understand. Tell me, what is the nature of war?"

Ye Zhou frowned, and after a while, he replied in a low tone:
"I don't know why you brought me here, but if you want to say that the essence of war is people, and our cards are these soldiers who are not afraid of sacrifice, then I want to say that you think war too simply, So frivolous."

"Wars kill people, and they have to be filled with real human lives one by one. If there is a real fight one day, the fresh lives in front of us will all become piles of bones buried under the mud."

"I can't face this kind of result calmly, which is why I want to emphasize the importance of the six-nose project-if you can win without a fight, who is willing to really give their lives?"

"What's more, even if they sacrificed their lives, they might not be able to get back a really good ending."

"A conventional war between two superpowers will eventually turn into a thermonuclear war, unless one side can end the conventional war quickly with an overwhelming advantage, which is obviously impossible for us now. Arrived."

Chen Hao nodded slightly, and replied:

"We really can't do it. But have you ever thought, what if we don't have to do it?"

"What if what we're trying to do is neither a quick end to conventional warfare nor nuclear deterrence?"

"I asked you what the nature of war is, not asking you 'how to win', but asking you, 'after winning, what can the winner gain'."

"This question is actually very easy to answer, and it can even be summed up in one word: means of production."

"The essence of all wars is to compete for the means of production."

"And the most basic carrier of the means of production is the land."

"That's why nuclear deterrence is regarded as the strongest and ultimate deterrence, because this kind of deterrence is not only destructive to the living forces, but also destructive to the means of production and land resources."

"So based on this logic, we can draw a conclusion: the essence of war is to compete for the means of production, and the essence of ending war is the demise of the possibility of obtaining the means of production."

"Then, we can continue to reason very easily: Are there really only two options to make this possibility disappear?" Victory and self-destruction?"

"Obviously more than that, because guerrilla warfare, street fighting, and encirclement of cities from rural areas are typical solutions."

"And, after the technology has developed to the current level, we have emerged other deterrents, which can also disable the means of production in a short period of time, and the sacrifice of personnel is less."

"Imagine, if one day, when your enemy attacks you and even occupies your territory, he suddenly finds that the more he occupies, the more he loses, and only we can reverse this loss, Will he continue this war?"

Looking at Ye Zhou's expression, Chen Hao smiled and said:
"Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about house-changing tactics, that's too low."

"I'm talking about a direct hit to the enemy's productivity."

"Hit to productivity?? In what way??"

Ye Zhou asked in astonishment.

"There are many, some are dirty, some are positive, but for now, the strongest deterrent is the climate."

(End of this chapter)