Chapter 693 Quiet Vietnam! (First Update!)
After hearing the old man say that he wanted to update his equipment, the people present looked at each other and smiled in tacit understanding.
What happened in Myanmar was an eye-opener for the military leaders.
America now has drones, but the cost of drones is very high, and the appearance fee is also very high. Generally, drones are only used in large-scale wars and special operations. It is completely impossible to do it like China, with more than ten hours, several drones, and an average of 20 minutes of take-off and landing.
If their drones take off and land at this intensity and go on missions, they will be scrapped within a week.
Therefore, America now urgently needs a special drone that can meet the needs of high-intensity combat.
Therefore, America needs to re-develop and re-develop, which requires project establishment, project design, project bidding, and then start design and construction, and finally product delivery.
And this series of actions cannot bypass these people. As long as these activities cannot bypass them, they can get money from it, and it is a huge amount of funds.
I am very happy just thinking about it!
Si Lan, who was sitting in front of them, twitched his face after seeing the expressions on these people's faces, and said in a deep voice:
"I know what you are thinking, and I don't want to care too much about you, but you must know one thing, that is, these equipment will eventually go to the battlefield."
"If you make something that can't go to the battlefield for me, then I can only say sorry to you."
The threat in his words was very heavy, but these people present did not take his words to heart.
The Minister of Defense has great power.
They must admit this, but the problem is that the term of office of the Minister of Defense is very random.
If you are lucky, the Minister of Defense is more capable, and the new president will continue to use the previous Minister of Defense after taking office.
If you are unlucky, you have to change it every one or two years.
If you change a Minister of Defense, most of the previous things will be invalidated.
And these people present, the power in their hands, and the supporters behind them, just happen to be able to pry a Minister of Defense.
Seeing that these people can take him to heart, Si Lan did not care too much. For now, what he has to do is an extension of the President's opinion.
The president did not dwell on this, and he would not add unnecessary trouble to himself.
After sitting for a while, he looked at the people present and asked again:
"Do we need to adjust our strategy in the Indian Ocean and Pacific theaters?"
"No need to adjust!" The old man who spoke just now took over the topic, closed his eyes, shook his head and said:
"The wild boy from Roosevelt's family did a good job in the Pacific theater. He knows how to adjust. What we can do is not to cause trouble for him."
"But our minister, I think you'd better contact the CIA and ask them to suspend their activities in Indochina."
"After all, judging from the swiftness of this action, our friend is now angry."
Slan listened to half of the old man's words. He decided to ignore America's strategy in Indochina, and of course, he would not stop the CIA's activities in Indochina.
Having made up his mind, he stood up and left. When he reached the door, he turned around and shouted to the people in the conference room:
"Send the preliminary analysis report to my office before leaving get off work. I need to send it to Mr. President."
"Hurry up!"
After he left, the people in the conference room left one after another, leaving only the old man who had just spoken to him at the end.
As soon as he walked out of the signal shielding area, he took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Dana in Hawaii.
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In Hawaii, the mobile phone dinged, Dana took out the mobile phone after realizing it, and saw the text on it. He threw the mobile phone aside and continued to lie in the courtyard to bask in the sun.
Sunshine, beach, seabirds, sea breeze, wine.
Everything is so beautiful.
This kind of beautiful day should continue.
Unlike his beauty.
The Vietnamese side thinks this day is not beautiful at all.
In the Ministry of Defense office in the capital Hanoi, a group of people stared at the projection screen in front of them in a daze.
After a long time, Ruan Nanhai, who became the commander of the navy of the Third Military Region, pointed to the map next to him with one hand and the drone on the screen with the other hand, and asked stutteringly:
"Is this victory really achieved by just a few drones?"
"Is it so terrifying?"
"Is this a record that can be achieved by humans?"
"Even if some local armed forces in Myanmar are not elite, they will not be beaten like this, right?"
"By the way..."
"If these attacks fall on us, what should we do?"
His series of questions made everyone present silent. These military leaders were summoned here for only one purpose, that is, to analyze what happened in Myanmar this time and then make countermeasures.
Before coming, they did not know much intelligence, only the official videos and related announcement agreements.
But as soon as they arrived in Hanoi, Rhine Defense released more videos, more videos of attacks.
A lot, as many as dozens.
In addition, the local armed forces in Myanmar also stood up and released some videos, videos captured by surveillance.
The videos on both sides confirmed each other. Some things that were not clear were seen at this moment. The more things he saw, the more frightened he became.
After a long while, Hu Wenyao raised his head, looked at Ruan Nanhai and asked back: "If you only ask questions to others, then I think you should move your butt and give your position to capable people."
"We are here today to solve problems, not just ask questions, understand?"
"I don't ask questions? How can we solve problems? Can we hide the problems and pretend not to see them? You are a waste. I think you should get out and give your position to young people." As soon as the voice fell, Ruan Nanhai jumped up and pointed at Hu Wenyao and cursed.
The completely merciless words echoed in the conference room. Some younger people lowered their heads after hearing these words, but there was a slight smile on their old faces.
A very shallow smile.
It disappeared in just a moment.
Seeing that the two were about to fight, Defense Minister Li Ruo, who had been silent, raised his hands, pressed them lightly, and said softly:
"Please give me, the newly appointed Defense Minister, a face, let's talk about the matter at hand and don't quarrel."
"As for the questions, I, the Defense Minister, will initiate them, and you will answer them. We will work together to solve all the problems and come up with a response plan."
After giving them the way, Li Ruo looked at the two with his calm eyes, and did not continue to speak, but quietly waited for their response.
Although Ruan Nanhai and the other man who were about to quarrel did not respond, they both sat back in their chairs silently, opened the notebooks in front of them, and waited for the next question.
The two men quieted down, and the others also sat up one after another, watching their noses and hearts, waiting for questions.
Seeing that everyone was ready, Li Ruo nodded with satisfaction, and a smile from the heart appeared on his fair face, and his smile directly piled his eyes into a line.
After laughing for a while, he suddenly frowned and asked coldly:
"Everyone has seen the map released by Rhine Defense. My first question is, how did they accurately find those poppy planting areas in the mountains and dense jungles?"
"If they use drones, it is not the time for poppies to bloom yet. Those poppy seedlings have not fully grown yet and look very similar to other crops."
"Aren't they afraid of bombing the wrong target?"
This question made everyone present stunned for a moment. Several older people lowered their heads and began to think hard about the twists and turns.
And those who are slightly younger also frowned slightly.
Only a few particularly young people, after hearing this question, their eyes lit up, looked at each other, and one of them raised his hand boldly:
"Mr. Minister, I know!"
The voice was very clear, like a mountain spring rushing down a mountain stream, and it only took a moment to attract Li Ruo's attention.
In front, Li Ruo looked up at the place where the voice came from and found that it was a young man in his 30s, who was looking at him expectantly at this moment.
When he met the other person's eyes, he didn't rush to speak, but first glanced at the others and found that the old guys also raised their heads. When they looked at the young man, he nodded slightly, signaling the other party to speak.
After getting permission, the young man who stood up to take a chance gestured in a panic:
"It's the spectrum!"
"Different plants reflect or scatter different spectra."
"In the visible light band, these are mainly controlled by chlorophyll, that is, although the leaves of plants we see are all green, the green color is different, some are deep and some are light."
"In the near-infrared band and the mid-infrared band, the factors that control reflection and scattering become the leaf structure of the plant and the water molecule content inside the leaf. Different plant leaf structures and different water molecule contents have different external reflection and scattering."
"Based on these studies, satellites can be used to monitor the growth and development of plants, as well as the situation of pests and diseases."
"As long as there is enough database and enough spectral data of poppy growth is stored, the images taken by the spectral radar can be compared to find out where poppies exist, where normal crops are, and where are forests."
The bizarre answer stunned Li Ruo, who asked the question. He originally thought it would be some special technology, but he never expected that the young man in front of him could answer so clearly.
After a moment of silence, he looked up and asked again:
"Where did you learn this knowledge?"
"France!" The young man responded decisively, then counted on his fingers and explained again:
"These things originally belonged to the field of agricultural research. Before I joined the army, I studied agricultural-related majors."
"The research topic proposed by our teacher at that time was to use satellite networks to monitor the growth of crops over a large area."
"Other countries have also conducted related research, but the progress has not been smooth."
"Because there has been no breakthrough in related radar technology, and even if there is a breakthrough in radar technology, it will not be applied in agriculture, but will first be applied in the military. In the end, this research was left unfinished, and my mentor changed direction."
"After I graduated and returned to China, I joined the army and have been there until now."
"As for the small drone attack they launched at the end, it should be that those small drones are equipped with infrared cameras."
"Infrared cameras can clearly see people at night."
Hearing that it was an agricultural research project, the military leaders present sneered.
But when they heard that the radar technology needed to be used in the military, and even France had not made a breakthrough, their contemptuous eyes were put away and they became serious.
And at this moment, Hu Wenyao suddenly spoke and asked the young man:
"Do we only need to make some special combat uniforms to avoid this situation?"
In the corner, the young man pondered for a moment, nodded, and shook his head.
Then, in the puzzled eyes of the crowd, he carefully explained:
"I don't know to what extent their spectral radar can be miniaturized."
The young man's words made Li Ruo stunned on the spot.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "If it can be miniaturized to a drone, then our natural advantage in Vietnam will be gone."
When he said this out of the blue, the others were stunned at first, and then they immediately realized that the natural advantage he was talking about was the tropical rainforest in Indochina.
As the saying goes, wildfires cannot be extinguished, and spring breezes will bring new life.
Thanks to the geographical and climatic conditions here, the trees in Vietnam grow very fast and densely.
In addition to trees, the bushes grow even faster.
As locals, they got into these places with the blessing of natural geographical locations. It was with this that they were able to get rid of America with the help of the Soviet Union and China.
It is precisely because of this that they left an important mark in the history of America - the trees and grass in Vietnam can talk.
Now, the version has been updated.
Now it is a high-tech version!
If you like to hide in the woods, then use an infrared camera.
If you like to wear camouflage clothes, then use a spectrum radar directly. The light reflected by clothes is different from the light reflected by plants and other rocks.
What's more, Vietnam is not rich enough to wear camouflage uniforms for all its soldiers.
The natural advantage that it is most proud of is gone.
And the rest...
The quality of soldiers is not comparable, the number is not comparable, the guns are not comparable.
The planes are not comparable.
The ships are not comparable.
The tanks are not comparable!
It's over!
These thoughts grew wildly in everyone's mind, and then took root and could never be removed.
Looking at the panicked people, Li Ruo wanted to regain control of order. He raised his hands and pressed them lightly, and spoke again, asking calmly:
"The second question is whether our foreign policy needs to be adjusted."