Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 935 Let’s play music and dance!
Although the truth of the secret confrontation in the Atlantic is difficult for outsiders to know, many traces are still revealed.

As the world's most densely trafficked ocean, there are many cargo ships, fishing boats, and even military vessels from European countries in the Atlantic Ocean that witnessed the "double star chase" scene.

If it is just one, it will most likely be mistaken for a meteor, and ordinary people will not be able to distinguish the details of its flight trajectory.

But with two people running after him, Hawking had to stand up and answer: "Sir! That must be a man-made aircraft!"

Of course, there are also people who say it is a UFO. This kind of argument has always had many supporters in Europe and the United States. It is on par with the lizard man and flat earth theories, and is known as the three treasures of happy education.

Coincidentally, some astronomy enthusiasts and professional organizations also released news that they had observed UFOs and released many pictures.

These voices quickly attracted attention online and attracted many discussions.

However, the last part, where Xingtian No. 1 descends rapidly and performs wild maneuvers on the sea, is rarely seen due to the angle and speed.

The various speculations did not last long, because soon, "Master Zhou" posted a tweet.

The accompanying picture is a flying vehicle that even Hawking would have to kneel down and say is a "UFO", as if it were made of mercury (minor revision at the end of the previous chapter).

Compared with the model displayed at the Zhuhai Air Show, it is not more "realistic" but more "dreamlike".

It was unveiled to the public the day before and successfully flew the next day.

Admittedly, no one would think that this was something that Master Zhou came up with overnight, but such a fast pace still left countless people around the world speechless.

"Zhou! said: Chinese people don't cheat foreigners"

"I guess I have lost my memory. It's actually been a year, right?"

"WTF! What kind of technological monstrosity is this? It's even cooler than an air show model!"

While people were still discussing heatedly online whether the silver-white fighter jet was alien technology, a U.S. cruiser was quietly towed back to the port.

Although anti-missile missiles are not known for their explosive equivalent and focus on physical head-on combat, they can still penetrate three layers directly if they hit the deck head-on at this speed.

Afterwards, the deck could see directly into the kitchen below.

Good news, now the aroma of meat can waft directly from the kitchen to the deck.

Bad news, that's not the meal.

The close-in defense guns, surrounding radars, and missile launch facilities were severely damaged. With the current ship repair capabilities of the United States, it will take at least a year and cost an amount equivalent to the cost of construction that year.

It was a blessing in disguise that the ship did not sink or explode. As for the dozens of casualties, that was not that important.

When this news reached back to Washington, the Secretary of Defense, who had just had his gastric lavage and C injection in the hospital, sat up immediately.

Not shocked, but happy!

Now, that old hawkish rival in the military will inevitably be held accountable for the sleeping pills he took himself. It was really a stroke of genius!
The pressure on the Defense Minister suddenly eased. Due to the recent contraction of power, the two factions in the military have been in conflict.

The main reason is that the interests of the doves mostly come from the local financial industry. They can use some inside information to speculate in stocks, or serve as consultants for the military-industrial complex. It is clean and hygienic.

The interests of the hawks mostly come from external expansion, such as Commissioner Smith, providing some chemical rewards to Japan and South Korea, or establishing the world's largest planting base in the Afghanistan region.

The shrinking external forces obviously have a greater impact on the latter, so it has been difficult for him as the Defense Minister in the past two years and he has been suppressing them.

Now, I hope these hawks can wake up a little.

However, no matter how they settled accounts, took the blame, and settled accounts internally, Meijun obviously chose to keep it a secret to the outside world. It acted as if nothing had happened from beginning to end, and did not reveal a single piece of information.

Since World War II, none of their warships have been hit head-on, and this information must never be disclosed.

But as mentioned before, the Atlantic Ocean is the busiest ocean on the planet. The next morning local time, perhaps a sailor arrived at the port and finally had access to the Internet, so he immediately sent out the inventory on his mobile phone.

The content is the dark sea in the distance at night.

Nothing could be seen at first, until a few seconds later, a ball of fire appeared on the sea surface, and the outline of a small warship was vaguely reflected. It was obvious that something had been hit.

The entire video is less than a minute long and would probably not have attracted much attention under normal circumstances. However, combined with the strange phenomenon in the Atlantic sky that night and Master Zhou’s tweet, it is hard not to connect the dots.

This sparked another round of discussion, and more groundless speculations were brought out.

For example, someone took a photo from a distance of a warship with its deck covered with cloth and filled with smoke and fire in a certain port.

For example, a cargo ship discovered suspected warship wreckage and even the bodies of marines on the sea.

And when the unidentified flight track appeared over the Atlantic Ocean for the second time the next morning, it was basically confirmed that this was the test flight of "Master Zhou's" aerospace fighter.

This time, there were no missiles trying to intercept, and everything was peaceful and quiet with singing and dancing.

On the third night, after one more session, the beauty was already numb
Fly, fly, the Atlantic Ocean wasn't dug by my family
The ironclad facts prove that China has developed a mature "aerospace fighter".

That strangely shaped guy broke the boundaries between aviation and aerospace, the boundaries between manned and unmanned, and expanded weapons and equipment from within the atmosphere to outside the atmosphere.

The world's first unmanned fighter and the first space fighter have been born on Earth. However, contrary to normal practice, Da Piaoliang, who should have been highly nervous and exaggerated the threat theory, was calm this time.

Netizen: Da Piaoliang, were you fucked?

Meijun: No? I'm fine! Keep playing music and dancing!
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Taicang, Wanhu base.

After three consecutive days of test flights, Xingtian No. 1, 2 and 3 all completed their test flights successfully.

Except for a minor incident during the incident with Unit 1, the other two times were uneventful.

Obviously, the level displayed by Unit 1 and its ignorance of technology made the opponent lose the courage and make a few random interceptions.

As for the three consecutive times that traces have appeared in the theoretical "American sphere of influence", that is, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, some people can only bear it.

What can I do? I can’t stop it, I can’t find it, I can only watch it.

This change will affect many things.

A "test flight" and a little "episode" unexpectedly led to a redefinition of "sphere of influence".

From now on, there is no such thing as where you can go and where you can't go over the Atlantic and Pacific skies.

The bandits can go, and so can I.

"Mr. Zhou, the statistics are out, please take a look."

Inside the factory, Zhou Rui got the freshly-made information, sat on the square tower, and read through it patiently.

After three test flights, the three different technical routes of Xingtian have been verified to a certain extent, and many things have been statistically analyzed.

Unit 1 is upright and peaceful, meeting all the original design criteria.

The "Six-Line Stealth" of Unit 2 is more cost-effective, but the "Six-Line Stealth" has only been around for too short a time and, compared to the Four-Elephant Stealth, there are still some uncertainties. The supporting equipment is self-developed and trial-produced by Taiyi Tiangong.

The No. 15 unit is equipped with an electromagnetic catapult. With the assistance of the "torture rack", it can launch most quickly and save the most fuel, but the overall cost has increased by about %, mainly due to the construction cost of the torture rack and the improvement of the landing gear.

Oh, and then there is the all-important issue of cost.

As an unmanned fighter defined as an "expensive consumable", the "spiritual and stunt-like" control demonstrated in its first test flight was not its true level, but the level of a small shower.

At the same time, the ammunition load is very low. Under normal circumstances, suppression still depends on quantity and technological gap. In this case, cost is particularly important.

Excluding the R&D costs of the prototype, it is estimated that the cost of building a "Xingtian" is about 1.2 million yuan.

If the electromagnetic catapult mode of the torture rack is included, the number will be close to 1.4 million.

Compared with the J-20's unit price of nearly 8 million yuan, it is much cheaper, but it still does not reach the ideal state that Zhou Rui believes.

He hopes to keep the cost below 100 million, even if it means sacrificing some performance.

This requires efforts in many aspects, such as industrial scale-up, process optimization, and production automation.

This is a long process. The vigorous development of high technology requires both exploring the boundaries upward and deepening the industrial chain downward.

Fortunately, after the project, Taiyi Technology has absorbed a large number of outstanding talents, and there will be people who will continue to explore new possibilities.

Yes, although the test flight was successful, he "detained" most of the participants.

The reason is that "the technology still needs to be fixed."

This reason is legitimate, and given the huge value of the aerospace fighter, no one can find fault with it.

As for when it will start, let's make a three-year agreement first?
While Zhou Rui was thinking, Qiu Lixun came over and looked up and said, "Boss Zhou, when are we leaving for Beijing North? The award ceremony of the Academy of Engineering is on the 11th, what about the Academy of Sciences?"

Zhou Rui put the information aside and said, "It's also number 11."

Qiu Lixun was stunned: "Then is it too late for you, a double academician?"

Zhou Rui spread his hands: "I have already reported the situation. If there is a conflict, I will only attend the public ceremony of the Academy of Engineering."

With the end of the public announcement period, the election of academicians has been settled, and now only a public ceremony is left.

The award ceremonies for the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering have always been held on the same day to show equal importance, but the locations are different.

After all, there haven’t been two “double academicians” in 20 years, let alone someone elected to both academies in the same session.

Qiu Lixun suddenly understood and said with a smile: "If it were you, you would probably change the ceremony method directly."

"Really? That's fine!"

(End of this chapter)