Chapter 494 Accidental Fall

South Korea's development model is quite special. To sum it up, it can be summed up in three words: "asymmetry."

South Korea's land area is not large, but its economic strength is pretty good. At least it is considered a relatively wealthy country in the world. However, the country's money basically comes from some unfounded income, such as real estate. , entertainment industry, luxury goods and the like.

Of course, South Korea also has its own industrial and electronic industries, and they are relatively well-known in the world. However, although these industries are said to be Korean technology industries, it can be said that they are not, because these industries are usually not complete. In other words, South Korea is only responsible for the final assembly or packaging, as well as brand marketing. Of course, these products are branded as Korean to the outside world, but in fact, if you take apart the functional parts, there are really not many products produced in Korea.

The advantage of this development model is that money comes in quickly and no foundation is required. As long as you are smart, you can make a big change in three years. You can move from a backward and poor country to a medium-sized country in ten years. In another ten years, you can directly transform into a middle-class country. Entering a wealthy country can be said to be a super-fast development.

However, this development model is actually only suitable for small countries with a small area and a suzerain state. It is impossible for a country that really wants to seek a place in the world to adopt this development method, because if you want to have a say in the world, you need war strength as the basis, and this development model of South Korea is obviously not suitable. There may be any fighting ability to speak of.

Let’s not talk about the entertainment industry. Once a war breaks out, the entire industry will be over. Who can think of going to a concert during the war? The situation is similar for luxury goods. It is easy to say that in peacetime, once a state of war enters, these things cannot be eaten, cannot be worn, and cannot be used to kill the enemy. What's the use of keeping it?

Real estate seems to be a fixed asset, but do you think anyone will buy a house during the war? Even if it does, I estimate that houses in deep mountains and old forests will be less likely to be bought in the more downtown areas, because these may be the enemy's key targets.

Finally, the same goes for South Korea's electronics and OEM industries. Because the industrial chain is incomplete. It is very difficult to maintain during a war, and the cost will rise exponentially. The longer the war drags on, the less stamina will be. Therefore, the war potential can basically be said to be zero. After the first wave of attacks, there will be nothing left.

Therefore, a country that chooses this development model must have a suzerain state. That is, the backer. This backer is the kind of truly powerful country that can speak for itself in the world, and once a war breaks out, even if this backer does not directly send troops to help, it can at least help protect transportation lines and make up for the lame industrial chain. Only in this way can we ensure that this country has basic war capabilities.

A world power does not depend on how much money it has. But it depends on its overall strength. South Korea is the most typical example, and its opposite example is Russia.

South Korea is very wealthy and has a very developed economy. Its capital, Seoul, is a world-class metropolis. Entering it you will feel like you are in a first-class developed country. But this is all appearance. If a war really breaks out, there will be no intervention from outside forces. When faced with those real world powers, South Korea may not be able to survive even a week before being completely doomed.

Russia is just the opposite. This world-class superpower is so poor that its economy is basically in a mess. It can only be said that it is better than those countries in Africa. It’s almost catching up with the standards of South American countries. However, regardless of your poverty, if a war breaks out, you will be able to face off against superpowers like the United States and China, and the outcome will be difficult to determine. This is the characteristic of a strong country. It does not have to be particularly wealthy, but it must have a complete industrial system, and the country's basic industry must be of considerable scale, and it must have a certain amount of resource self-sufficiency. This is the basis of war. Without these, if you only have money, it will not be called a powerful country. It can only be said that the economy is developing well.

South Korea is such a very skewed country. Its economy is the best in the world, but its industrial capabilities are basically scattered here and there. Not to mention the industrial chain, the industrial reef is not even included.

All economic and industrial centers of gravity in South Korea are basically concentrated in Seoul and surrounding areas.

Even if a big country like China, the United States and Russia is attacked by a nuclear bomb, even if its capital is razed, it will still be a world power. The United States without Washington is still a superpower, China without Beijing is definitely a world-class behemoth, and Russia without Moscow can still conquer Europe. However, if Seoul is bombed, one-third of South Korea's population, nearly half of its industrial capacity, and more than 90% of its commerce will disappear. Basically, South Korea will transform from a global country to a small backward country in an instant.

Therefore, South Korea's development method is actually very dangerous. If no one protects it, a war will break out in minutes. Of course, the Koreans also know this, so they are not really unprepared, and this preparation is the American suzerainty. Although modern society no longer talks about suzerainty, the meaning is actually the same. The industrial equipment of Koreans is basically sold to it by the United States, and the rest is from Japan. The equipment sold by the Japanese is actually instructed by the Americans. In other words, in the final analysis, all of South Korea's industrial capabilities are helped by the Americans. What he did is that as long as the Americans suddenly say they don't care about South Korea, South Korea will instantly transform from a peacock to a bald chicken. This is the reality.

This time the spacecraft suddenly turned and flew towards South Korea. The reason why the South Korean president reacted so strongly was because of the above reasons.

The current direction of this spacecraft is obviously to enter South Korea and land, but there is no certainty where it will land. More importantly, Bailang and I entered the interior of the spacecraft. This multinational summit meeting is aware of the situation, which means that this ship The spacecraft is likely to be knocked down from the inside at any time, and if such a big thing falls in Seoul...

Of course, the spacecraft may not land in Seoul, but the South Korean president doesn’t dare to gamble! If the United States loses any city, it will still be the United States, but if South Korea loses Seoul, it will not be South Korea.

The more terrible problem is that now that something big has happened to the Americans, they themselves have been hit hard. They will definitely have no time to take care of South Korea, and the Koreans have finally managed to get some technology and equipment to build their own. The immigration ship was once interrupted by the crash of this spacecraft. They can't even find a chance to make a comeback!

In this catastrophic situation, how can the South Korean president remain calm?

Leaders of other countries knew what the South Korean president was worried about when they saw him like this, but they couldn't say anything. At a time like this, when everyone is too busy cleaning their own house, who has time to take care of others? In normal times, with our country's consistent style. I will definitely extend an olive branch to the Koreans. After all, what our Chinese culture is best at is the art of verticality. To put it bluntly, we are good at forming cliques and finding people to help support the situation. If this opportunity to pull South Korea from the American camp to our camp were to go as before, the bosses in our country would have made the decision without even thinking. Is it just now...then I can only hehe.

Although the South Korean president was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, this did not help the situation at all.

The speed of the spacecraft had dropped significantly after it approached South Korean airspace. At this time, its speed was already lower than the flying speed of the fighter jet. However, because the planes from Japan and the U.S. base in Japan were thrown away for a long time, they have not caught up yet. However, there were many Korean and American fighter jets not far ahead. The American aircraft are of course fighter jets taking off from the US military base in South Korea, and the South Korean aircraft are of course their own air defense interceptors.

However, after the two aircraft groups approached the spacecraft, they did not get closer. Instead, they started launching missiles from a distance.

Space immigration ships sail through the universe. Encountering a meteorite or something is inevitable, so the spacecraft must carry some defensive weapons to crush the meteorite. This type of equipment is the best anti-aircraft weapon on the ground, and it is much more powerful than the anti-aircraft weapons used on earth. After all, the target is not crispy aircraft and missiles, but solid meteorites. Therefore, these interception weapons are not only numerous in number and extremely accurate, but also extremely powerful.

All Korean fighter jets were under the command of the US military at this time, and the Americans knew how powerful the defensive weapons on these spacecrafts were, so naturally they did not dare to let the fighter jets get close. certainly. If the opponent's interception capability is not strong, they may let the Korean aircraft serve as cannon fodder to attract firepower, and then they can follow. However, because they know that such a thing is impossible, they do not act evil for no reason.

The fleet of aircraft had been hovering outside the visual range after approaching the spacecraft, and launched a large number of missiles when they came up, but the result was almost as expected. All the missiles were intercepted and none came close. The space ship's space interception capability is 360 degrees with no blind spots, and it is super fast, so the missile's saturation attack has no effect.

The helpless fleet could only follow after launching all the long-range missiles. The short-range missiles could not reach the spacecraft at this distance, and they did not dare to approach, so they could only watch. Of course, the Patriot system on the ground also participated in the interception, but the result was the same. Not only did the missile miss, but even several launchers were destroyed. This immigration ship is obviously not designed purely as an immigration ship. It is quite armed.

"Has the landing point been calculated?" the President of the United States asked the female orderly in the conference room under the Pentagon.

The female orderly quickly clicked a few times on the computer, and then a prediction line for the spacecraft's crash trajectory appeared on the central screen. Judging from the red dotted line, the spacecraft should fly over the northeast of Seoul. It will not pass through the city center, but only fly over the suburban areas. According to the current trajectory, the spacecraft should pass through Seoul and continue flying for dozens of kilometers before landing. However, although this route is predicted in this way, the South Korean president is not reassured because the Japanese have learned from their mistakes. The original planned landing point was also Tokyo Bay, and it was said that it would not affect Tokyo. What happened? Half of Tokyo was almost destroyed.

Therefore, this kind of prediction is just a tentative prediction, and it does not count as long as the spacecraft does not land.

The spacecraft that slowed down to twice the speed of sound quickly entered the skies over South Korea and continued to glide towards Seoul. However, at this time, a small aircraft caught up behind it at a very high speed. There was only a faint shadow on the surface of this thing, which turned out to be optically invisible. And when it flew past the American and Korean fleets, the Americans and Koreans knew that this aircraft had no signal at all on the radar. If it weren't for the fact that there were several people hanging outside the aircraft, and they passed directly through the center of their fleet at a very close distance, they would hardly be able to detect the aircraft.

The aircraft passed the U.S. and South Korean aircraft fleet at super fast speed and then flew towards the spacecraft. However, it did not pause. After passing directly over the spacecraft, it turned around and disappeared directly into the sky. This thing is a reconnaissance plane, and it has no weapons. This time it is a guest transport plane. Since the mission is completed, of course, it is necessary to dodge quickly. There is no point in staying anyway.

When the aircraft flew over the spacecraft, I sensed Ling's signal. Now I finally have a few subordinates. We lost more than half of the people in the United States before, and this time only Bailang and I were left. If Ling and the others don't catch up, I really don't know what will happen next.

"Do we need to destroy the spacecraft to make it land?" Ling contacted me through the psychic network as soon as he landed on the spacecraft.

I also replied through the spiritual network: "Don't destroy the thrusters. Climb to the bridge from the outside, and then find a way to control the spacecraft and try to land as smoothly as possible."

"clear."

Hanging on the back of the spacecraft was originally a very dangerous thing, but Ling and the others had superhuman strength, so they naturally didn't have to worry about this, so they climbed out of the bridge along the outer shell of the spacecraft one by one like Spider-Man.

The group of people who were concentrating on operating the spacecraft suddenly found a Spider-Man-like guy hanging outside the transparent observation window, and more people were gradually climbing up from around. This time it startled them.

The speed of the spacecraft at this time is only a little more than one time the speed of sound. This speed is still very fast for civil aviation aircraft, but it is nothing for military aircraft. Moreover, the height of the spacecraft is already very low at this time, and the ground is hundreds of meters below. Where the spacecraft flies, the airflow will even break the big trees on the ground.

Because it was flying so low, when the operator saw people outside, his hands shook nervously. Then the behemoth lowered its head and started to chew mud. No one expected that such an accident would happen, and at this time. (To be continued ~^~)