113: The era of 'open source' is coming!

Chapter 113: The Era of ‘Open Source’ Arrives!

An assistant knocked on the door.

“Sir, a report from the Asia-Pacific Security Affairs Department states that Da Xia’s J-20 project has successfully completed its maiden flight and entered the final development stage.”

“I understand.”

The bald, white supervisor nodded, a hint of wariness flashing in his eyes.

The fact that Da Xia was urgently developing a new generation of fighter jets was not a secret among the high-ranking officials of Eagle Nation, whether from the J-10 improvement and development plan or other aspects, and even with Eagle Nation’s global network of informants.

It was not difficult to judge the authenticity of this matter.

But Kimi Andrew could not believe that Da Xia was able to develop it so quickly. In just a few short years, they were able to successfully complete its maiden flight and even achieve sustained supersonic cruise?

“Damn it, how exactly did those people get their intelligence?”

“Didn’t they say that Da Xia was twenty years behind our Eagle Nation? Didn’t they say that the fifth-generation fighter jet wouldn’t have its maiden flight until 2025?” Kimi Andrew slammed his hand on the table, his palm already red.

The information from the intelligence agencies before had never mentioned this point.

In fact, many informants had sworn guarantees, such as: Da Xia’s scientific research institutions were vulnerable and completely incapable of developing a fifth-generation fighter jet, or Da Xia lacked funds and could not afford the high manufacturing costs of a fifth-generation fighter jet.

There were often reports of various projects being abandoned placed on his desk, making it impossible for Kimi Andrew, the ‘Eagle Nation Global Security Affairs Supervisor,’ to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

“Are all these people spies sent by Da Xia?” He couldn't help but wonder.

Otherwise, why would these people take Eagle Nation’s money only to provide completely false intelligence?

“Sir, I think it’s just because those people… fundamentally dislike Da Xia and admire the West,” the assistant explained. “So all the intelligence they submit is just ‘stereotypical smears.’ ”

He thought of a vivid term to describe it: “In other words, the ‘public intellectuals’ that Da Xia talks about.”

“In addition, Da Xia is also deliberately allowing this false intelligence to spread…”

Combining these points led to Eagle Nation’s severe misjudgment of the J-20 project.

Even though others were already preparing for its maiden flight, their own false intelligence completely obscured everything.

“Let’s leave it at that. Submit the report to Congress.” Kimi Andrew shook his head, intending to gloss over the matter.

The approval for the discontinuation of the F22 had already passed in Congress, and even the J-20’s maiden flight could not change this fact.

In the face of the F-35, whose future contract value could reach hundreds of billions of usd, all resistance was so pale and powerless. Anyone who dared to object was an enemy of the ‘Lockheed Martin’ military-industrial complex.

At the very least, he currently had no intention of inviting trouble.

After hearing this, the assistant turned and left the office.

However.

Just as Kimi Andrew was about to relax, he suddenly saw the assistant push open the office door again.

Before he could even ask what had happened this time.

The assistant impatiently began to speak: “Sir, it’s from the Middle East.”

Kimi Andrew frowned: “What happened there?”

He immediately went through everything he could think of in his mind.

But without exception, it was all about attacks on Gaza, and he had not thought about it from another angle at all.

However, it was clear that this time, things were exceptionally different.

“No, Sir, this time Israel was attacked.” The assistant tried to calm his trembling hands, then quickly reported the issue at hand: “This morning, a total of over three thousand rockets…”

“What? How is this possible?”

Kimi Andrew immediately stood up from his office chair, his expression filled with disbelief.

He quickly reached out and grabbed the emergency report.

Sure enough, it described the detailed course of events, including the locations of the attacks and the various targets initially hit.

In other words, his father’s homeland was actually attacked?

This was simply outrageous; wasn’t this clearly a slap in the face for them, Eagle Nation!

“Quickly report to the Naval Command Headquarters and have them dispatch the Fifth Fleet to the Persian Gulf.”

Kimi Andrew immediately made an initial decision.

The primary responsibility of Eagle Nation’s Fifth Fleet was to oversee forces in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and other waters.

It was currently patrolling in the waters off Somalia and would not take long to reach the Persian Gulf to exert military deterrence.

Upon hearing this.

“Understood, Supervisor.” The assistant received the order, then immediately asked, “Does the Fifth Fleet need to take military suppression action next?”

According to conventional experience, with such blatant defiance, Eagle Nation could directly ‘annihilate’ the entire opposing country.

When Eagle Nation wants to attack you, and invades under the pretext of suspecting you have weapons of mass destruction, then you had better actually have them.

Kimi Andrew said coldly: “Then remain inactive, providing all support except ‘assistance’.”

He looked at his assistant with an expression as if looking at an idiot.

Eagle Nation and Europe were still deeply mired in the subprime mortgage crisis, and Da Xia’s J-20 had just completed its maiden flight, with various military capabilities advancing by leaps and bounds. At such a critical moment, if a full-scale Middle East war were to break out.

Then Eagle Nation would not simply have its economy cut in half, as it did in the 1970s.

Currently, Eagle Nation’s fiscal deficit was two trillion usd, and its national debt exceeded ten trillion usd, with projections to rise at an alarming rate in the future.

An oil crisis, a large-scale Middle East war, would absolutely cause Eagle Nation’s entire economy to enter a state of complete collapse.

Damn it, you kid aren’t a ‘spy’ sent by Da Xia, are you?

At this moment.

News reports from the Palestine and Israel regions were already spreading like wildfire across the world.

However, numerous news media outlets, uncharacteristically, gave a consistent assessment of this Hamas attack.

【Breaking Tragedy! Slaughter is underway!】

Countless news media outlets worldwide immediately made their judgments on this matter.

And then.

They almost overwhelmingly piled reports in front of all audiences, broadcasting it repeatedly in newspapers and on television, constantly repeating one sentence.

‘This is another attack of persecution.’

At this moment, it seemed as if only this one voice was spreading globally.

It seemed that even a single objective statement on this matter would appear exceptionally ‘harsh,’ and might even lead to being labeled.

Not only would your academic status, qualifications, and job be stripped, but you would even be stripped of your humanity.

On the other side.

In the Director’s office of the Xia Academy of Sciences.

Zhang Yuli and Zheng Lixing, who had just returned from being busy in the Northwest, were enjoying a rare break, chatting and drinking tea.

“It’s really dry in the Northwest. I’ve drunk a lot more water these past few days.”

Zheng Lixing took a sip of tea and sighed.

After the transportation work was completed, the task of building the aviation research and development base there was handed over to Song Qinyi to oversee.

After all, Zhang Yuli, as the Director of the Xia Academy of Sciences, had a very busy schedule, and even Zheng Lixing, that old man, had no shortage of matters to deal with daily.

Moreover, both of them served as the head and deputy head of the ‘Special Group,’ and also needed to be responsible for the overall management of various affairs related to the ‘Mysterious Organization,’ making it impossible for them to constantly supervise there.

Even Jiang Dingqian had to return to focus on the development of the J-35, so the most idle person in the entire group currently was Song Qinyi. After all, after the J-20’s phased success, the next steps for various improvements would not be ready so quickly.

Zhang Yuli did not respond to Zheng Lixing’s words, but instead looked at the reports in his hand and remained silent for a long while.

Then he suddenly scoffed.

“It’s quite normal; it’s been decades.”

Zheng Lixing also sneered in disdain: “They always like to use this kind of public opinion offensive.”

“Oh, that’s right.” Zheng Lixing seemed to remember something at this point, and then said: “Persia wants to continue increasing their purchase of a batch of drones, and Saudi Arabia also needs a large batch of drones.”

“The 732 Military Factory also requested that they need to expand two more production lines.”

“Agree to all of them…” Zhang Yuli nodded.

Because the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology involved the ‘Mysterious Organization,’ this matter also required their approval to proceed.

“There’s also one more crucial thing…” Zheng Lixing said with a serious expression: “Fan is ready and plans to hold a secret meeting in advance, taking advantage of the upcoming Internet conference.”

“To fully open source the OS8.0 system!”

This meant that Da Xia’s era of open source prosperity would officially arrive!

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