Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 878 Spy Satellite

The Tiger Roar Base is famous for its arms. It has a great reputation in the African continent and also in Europe. However, its so-called reputation in Europe is just a bad reputation because it is an arms smuggling organization. Many arms that appear in the European black society come from the Tiger Roar Base.

Although the control of arms in Europe is not very strict, the large amount of arms that have flooded into the European market has still increased the crime rate in Europe, disrupted public security, and the European people have also rioted, but the governments of all European countries, without exception, are helpless.

There is only one way to solve this problem, and that is to destroy the Tiger Roar Base. But is it so easy to destroy the Tiger Roar Base? Not to mention destroying it, even the United States, which has the strongest military, dare not provoke the Tiger Roar Base, let alone other European countries.

Finally, European governments had no choice but to take a superficial approach and intensify their crackdown on gangs in an effort to gain control of the situation and try to cut off the arms smuggling network of the Tiger Roar Base.

However, wishes are beautiful, but reality is always cruel. The capabilities of the Tiger Roar Base are extraordinary. It is not easy to cut off the arms smuggling network of the Tiger Roar Base. In the end, the governments of European countries could only turn a blind eye and let it go.

It can be imagined that every country in the European continent is extremely powerful, and there are several international powers among them. However, even such a lineup cannot deal with the Tiger Roar Base. Just imagine how powerful the Tiger Roar Base is.

It is no exaggeration to say that the existence of such a base is the greatest guarantee for Lu Shaohua's personal safety. On the contrary, at Lu Shaohua's point of view, relying on his previous status as a national general, Zeng Jianguo's future grandson-in-law, Deng Lao's godson and other false titles are no longer of much use and cannot play much of a role.

Instead, strength speaks for itself. If someone wants to deal with Lu Shaohua, the Tiger Roar Intelligence Network will collect intelligence and then send out the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group to eliminate them. In the end, if they still refuse to submit, they can use the United Nations to intervene and then use the military forces in the Tiger Roar Base to fight back.

This is a system, a trinity system, which is a very strong guarantee for Lu Shaohua's personal safety. At the same time, it is also an indispensable aid to Lu Shaohua's ultimate plan. Of course, the current Tiger Roar Base has actually become a great help, because the current Phoenix Group has to use the Tiger Roar Intelligence Network to assist in many places.

With such a base, how could Lu Shaohua not develop it? No, he must not only develop it, but also develop it vigorously and continuously, whether it is in military strength, intelligence strength, or the armed forces of the mercenary group.

To develop, money is indispensable. Scientific research requires a lot of money, developing intelligence networks and recruiting soldiers also requires a lot of money, and developing the armed forces of mercenaries also requires a lot of money. In short, no matter where you are, you need a lot of money.

Fortunately, the Tiger Roar Base has been smuggling arms, which is a high-profit business. In addition, the sales are good, which can provide a large amount of funds for the development of the entire base. With Lu Shaohua's occasional subsidies, there is no shortage of funds.

But when Lu Shaohua transferred the 150 billion US dollars, Xie Jianwei was ecstatic. The next morning, Xie Jianwei boarded a flight and set off on his journey, rushing to Hong Kong.

Since going to Africa at the end of 1987, Xie Jianwei has never returned to China and has not set foot on Chinese soil. If it were not for the very important matter this time, I believe Xie Jianwei would not have come to Hong Kong.

Xie Jianwei is in charge of the secret base. Although he is one of the three giants in the Tiger Roar Base, he rarely shows up, making him the most mysterious giant in the Tiger Roar Base.

It is precisely because of Xie Jianwei's mystery that many people do not know him, and there is very little information about him. This is why Xie Jianwei did not receive any attention when he set foot in Hong Kong, just like a Chinese person returning to Hong Kong from Africa to visit relatives.

"This is a scientific research project in a secret base and requires your approval." Xie Jianwei didn't say any extra words. As soon as he entered the door, he took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Lu Shaohua.

But Lu Shaohua was a little confused. When he first received the news that Xie Jianwei was going to return to Hong Kong, he thought that Xie Jianwei might not have been back to China for many years and wanted to go back to take a look. Of course, Lu Shaohua didn't think that Xie Jianwei was just going back to China, and he must have some things to deal with. But Lu Shaohua never expected that Xie Jianwei returned to China to apply for a project, which made Lu Shaohua feel strange.

The reason is simple. Lu Shaohua has no right to approve any scientific research projects at the Tiger Roar Secret Base. Xie Jianwei and his team have the power to decide whether to start a project. However, now it is submitted to Lu Shaohua for approval, which shows that this matter is not simple.

Out of curiosity, Lu Shaohua opened the document and read every line of it carefully. After spending nearly half an hour, Lu Shaohua finally understood the content of the project.

However, it was after learning about the content of the project that Lu Shaohua could not help but get excited and shocked, and asked in a trembling tone, "Are you sure we can research this project with our current capabilities?"

"Yes, definitely." Xie Jianwei gave a very positive answer, and then he did not forget to explain. "Now the various technologies in the secret base are mature. Well, in fact, we could have started research two years ago, but because the funds were not sufficient at the time, it was delayed again and again until now. Well, to be clear, it was not until yesterday when you allocated 150 billion US dollars that it was finally finalized."

Lu Shaohua understood and also understood why Xie Jianwei came to Hong Kong. It turned out that he came for a scientific research project. Speaking of this scientific research project, Lu Shaohua was excited and shocked. As for why he was shocked and excited, it was all because of this project.

"Military satellite!"

The content of this project is to develop two military satellites. Well, there are already three military satellites in space at the Huxiao Base. It doesn’t seem to be difficult to develop more military satellites, and it does not require Lu Shaohua’s approval.

This is where the problem arises. The two military satellites described in the project are not simple national satellites. These two satellites are spy reconnaissance satellites and are satellites equipped with cameras. In other words, if this project is successfully developed and the satellites are launched into space, then there will be no place on the entire earth that cannot be seen by the Tiger Roar Base.

The high-pixel camera can take pictures of any corner of the earth. It also has functions such as electronic reconnaissance, missile warning and ocean monitoring. It is a high-tech and most technologically advanced military spy satellite!

Lu Shaohua remembered that the Americans were the first country in the world to develop such a satellite, but they only launched it into space at the end of 2008, which shows how difficult it is to develop such a satellite.

However, after hearing what Xie Jianwei said, the Huxiao Base already had the ability to develop such a satellite. How could Lu Shaohua not be shocked and excited?

It was several years ahead of schedule. That's a few years, and a few years means an advantage. Well, even if it takes some time to develop this satellite, it's faster than the Americans, isn't it?

What's more, the project approval document sent by Xie Jianwei stated that a rough estimate of the satellite development cycle was that it would take about three years to develop, another year to debug, and then it could be launched into space.

Four years, it took four years to complete such a military spy satellite. Calculating the time, it is now 2001, and four years later it will be 2005. In 2005, the military spy satellite of the Huxiao Base will be in space monitoring every corner of the earth.

Compared with the United States, the Tiger Roar Base was built three years ahead of the others, which shows how big the gap is.

Of course, estimates are just estimates. It is possible that the development time can be shortened, or it may be delayed. This is unpredictable. But no matter what, it is fine as long as it can be developed, no matter how long it takes.

At the same time, another question arose in Lu Shaohua's mind: was it necessary for Xie Jianwei to ask him whether to start this scientific research project?

"You can make all the decisions regarding the Tiger Roar Base. You don't need to ask me for permission." Lu Shaohua said calmly.

Xie Jianwei didn't rush to answer, but smiled bitterly and said, "Look at the budget behind it!"

"Oh?" Lu Shaohua frowned and couldn't help cursing himself in his heart. He muttered, "Too impatient."

Yes, Lu Shaohua only read the content about military spy satellites in the document, but did not look at the funding budget. Now after listening to Xie Jianwei's words, Lu Shaohua carefully looked at the funding budget column at the bottom.

"$800 billion!"

This is the cost of scientific research on this military spy satellite. Lu Shaohua couldn't help but glance at Xie Jianwei and asked if Xie Jianwei had written the number wrong.

But Xie Jianwei nodded, indicating that the number was not written wrong, and added at the end, "This is just a preliminary budget, not the final budget, which means that in the future development, it may greatly exceed this number, possibly more than 20 billion US dollars, or even more than 50 billion US dollars."

"Why is it so much more?" Lu Shaohua couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart.

In Lu Shaohua's opinion, the cost of building a satellite does not require that much money. Okay, this is a military satellite, and a military spy satellite at that. It is acceptable if it costs a little more money, but this number is too large, a full 800 billion US dollars, and this is only the preliminary budget result. More money will be needed during the research and development, which is unacceptable to Lu Shaohua.

Lu Shaohua was waiting for Xie Jianwei's explanation as to why it would cost so much money to develop such a satellite.

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