Chapter 1032 Abuse of power for personal gain (First two chapters, three more chapters today)

This incident happened quietly internationally and no one knew what happened.

Only someone with a keen eye or someone who has received some information can roughly guess something.

According to an internal report of Citi Navy, the "Bluefin Tuna" submarine deployed at a base in Lusong encountered a sudden change in ocean current during training. The hull was slightly damaged and needed to be overhauled and psychological counseling was provided to some crew members.

We announce that on a certain date in a certain month of a certain year, a certain brigade of our Air Force sea patrol aircraft cooperated with the sea surface and island and reef forces to carry out anti-submarine training and equipment testing in a certain sea area near the Zhongjiao Islands. The test was a complete success and the anti-submarine training achieved the expected purpose.

The Luzon Islands announced that some sea patrol personnel were missing during normal patrols at night on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year due to a storm, and that they were now conducting a search and rescue operation. This was also the part of the incident that received the most public coverage in the world, although the entire report was seriously inconsistent with the facts and made no sense.

As for where the storms in the southern seas in February came from, that is another question. Sometimes they do happen. Anyway, there are no satellites in the sky that can see them, so just make up something. The cost of lying is not that high these days, so just make it up.

Few people could receive information from these three parties at the same time and in a timely manner, so this incident caused almost no ripples internationally.

In the capital, the leader was smiling comfortably as he listened to reports from relevant comrades.

"No reaction, right? That's right. Right now, we're not ready yet, let's prepare. It doesn't matter to the people on that archipelago, but if the entire southeastern country is alerted too early, it won't be a good thing."

The invading enemy must be struck resolutely, but there are some considerations on how to make this matter public.

While the surrounding countries are still in the aftershocks of leaving the colonial system and have no time to care about other things, now is not the best time to make a big deal. In fact, the occupation of our islands and reefs only started in the 70s. First, those countries finally came to their senses, and second, we had no time to care about the south at that time and lacked the ability.

Do what you can do according to the conditions. The conditions are different now, so the way of handling many things will naturally be different.

Sometimes you have to take the initiative to alert the enemy, but sometimes you have to try to avoid it. It depends on your own situation and the surrounding environment.

However, Gao Zhendong, an important participant in the transformation of naval and air force equipment and a technical leader, did receive notification about this matter.

Although Gao Zhendong was somewhat puzzled as to why we did not proactively expose this matter and condemn the relevant countries, he did not think too much about it. The superiors must have considered this matter carefully. In this regard, Gao Zhendong did not think that the situation he had and the judgment he made could be compared with theirs. He did not have many things to consider, but it was different for the superiors.

Gao Zhendong, who doesn't think about politics or foreign affairs, has only one attitude towards this matter - pure enjoyment!

He enjoyed the changes he brought to the country, to the navy and air force, and to the soldiers guarding the reefs. He enjoyed the pleasure of crushing the enemy with his own achievements. He enjoyed all these changes leading the entire society in a better direction. He enjoyed these secrets that only he knew.

Gao Zhendong carefully read the encrypted notification email sent by the National Defense Committee. He did not see words like "stilt houses" in the whole text. Instead, it was full of descriptions such as "rooftop platform" and "double 25 anti-aircraft guns on the roof", which made him feel extremely good.

What else could a rooftop that could be used as a platform, could hold a pair of 25mm cannons, and could accommodate six people and a large amount of weapons and ammunition? It could not be the bamboo stilt house that he knew.

This alone is enough to make Gao Zhendong happy.

As for how many enemies were killed, it was not as important as this matter.

How many enemies are killed is just a detail, but the steel-concrete reef defense camp that appears in advance, even if it is only on the Zhong Reef at present, is a trend.

Gao Zhendong believes that as long as we make this decision and take this stance, the rest of the things will be easy.

But in the Lusong Islands, the situation is completely different among the Americans.

"Stop doing these little tricks. I don't care how many of Lu Song's monkeys die, but they didn't even cause any damage to other people's banana plantations. This is meaningless. Instead, it will alert the Orientals in advance." A Citibank man with a general star on his shoulder frowned.

What a coincidence, you don't want to make a big fuss, right? Others think so too.

"We once tried to get people from Danggui Province to do this, but they refused." Another Citigroup employee intended to say that we actually chose better executors, but failed.

"What a joke! The people of Danggui Province are not fools. They looked vulnerable more than ten years ago only because their opponents were stronger. Compared with the monkeys in the banana plantation, they are at least normal people! Compared with their current naval and air capabilities, as long as they are not stupid, their greatest hope is to shrink their strength and defend the large islands."

At this point, he reiterated his opinion: "I said the same thing, stop these little tricks, we need some good and big opportunities to let the monkeys take advantage of the areas in the East that are beyond human reach." Another person said: "Why not let the people of Danggui Province directly hand over the archipelago further south to the Lusong Islands and the Jiaozhi people." To them, this is like transferring from one hand to the other, without any difficulty.

The man just now widened his eyes and looked at him as if he were a fool. Although both of them had wounds on their shoulders, this did not prevent him from thinking that the other party was an idiot: "Are you kidding? The people of Danggui Province have dignity. They will never agree to your suggestion. We have to wait for an opportunity that will definitely appear."

"It will definitely appear?" Are you God's illegitimate child? Will it definitely appear if you want it?

"Yes, it will. It is the power of nature. It has happened before and will happen again. At least it can give the people of Angelica Province an excuse."

If Gao Zhendong heard what he said, he would probably laugh. What a coincidence, the wonders of nature, everyone is familiar with this. It's just that our technical capabilities and national strength cannot support it at this time.

No matter what everyone thought or did, due to coincidence and tacit understanding, this incident disappeared quietly in the long river of history. The only ones who were harmed were the eight corpses that were salvaged the next day and were gnawed beyond recognition by reef creatures.
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For Gao Zhendong, that wasn't the only happy event.

In the Academy of Science and Technology, the discussion about scientific committee members has finally come to an end, and the replacement of this term's scientific committee members, or more accurately the supplementary plan, has finally been settled.

Unlike decades later when there would be a large ceremony or process to announce this event, the addition of the scientific committee at this time was almost silent.

After all, many of the additional comrades are working on fronts that cannot be disclosed, and they cannot accept this commission with great fanfare. But compared with many more comrades who have this qualification but cannot even participate in the discussion due to work reasons, they are already very lucky.

There was no conference, no gathering, only quiet notifications and internal reports. Such a grand event in the scientific community only had a piece of tofu on the front page of the "Daily News", which briefly reported that the work of adding new scientific committee members for this term had been successfully completed, and how many scientific committee members were added in total, including how many from the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, how many from the Department of Applied Sciences, how many from the Department of Social Sciences, and so on.

As for the list, there is none.

In the capital, in the office of the leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building, the leader is listening to the report of the chief engineer.

The matters reported are related to technology, but not entirely about technology.

"...Well, what? Just send it secretly? Without holding a meeting or something?" He didn't understand the process for the Academy of Science and Technology to report this matter.

"Yes, considering that many comrades need to maintain confidentiality." The chief engineer smiled.

"Oh, I see. Have they finally remembered this matter?" The leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building found it a little funny. They had already been qualified.

"You can't blame them for this. I think it's more likely that the Defense Work Committee is suppressing it." The chief engineer said with a smile.

No matter how confidential it is, and no matter how little the Academy of Science and Technology knows about the situation, it is enough for Gao Zhendong to rely on the public achievement of laser alone, without even having to add the highly practical and advanced application topics he developed later.

"What you said makes sense. Now, our department finally has one more scientific committee member." The leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building was very happy. There was nothing they could do about this kind of thing. There were still many comrades who couldn't even participate in the selection.

Hearing his words, the chief engineer frowned.

"Leader, Comrade Zhendong is the scientific committee member of our department's academic committee, but he is not affiliated with the academic department of our department..." He said this with difficulty and it sounded confusing.

When the leader heard this, his eyes widened: "What? What do they mean?"

This is intolerable!
Seeing how furious he was, the chief engineer quickly explained it.

"The Academy of Science and Technology said that they had no choice. There were so many departments vying for Comrade Zhendong, and their reasons were very sufficient and their attitudes were extremely firm. They really had no choice. In order not to destroy unity, and considering the significance of Comrade Gao Zhendong's achievements, they assigned Comrade Gao Zhendong to the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. His laser belongs to high-energy physics."

It would have been fine if the chief engineer hadn't said anything, but when he said it, the leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building were even more furious. It was like a few kids fighting over buying a bun, and the bun seller said, “Forget it, for the sake of your unity, I’ll eat this bun myself.”

He knew what the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry did. It was the National Academy of Science and Technology's own child. Being assigned there was equivalent to being directly admitted to the Academy of Science and Technology.

"They are abusing their power for personal gain!"

(End of this chapter)