Blackstone Code Chapter 888: A big deal
The morning after the cruise ship was discovered, senior Navy officials, including the Department of Defense commissioner, participated in a conference call at the same time.
The person presiding over the conference call was not an active duty officer in the Navy, nor an important member of the Department of Defense, but an ordinary person from the society, Lynch.
"...In the course of this incident, our navy has actually shown some fatal problems, such as our inability to quickly and effectively target an enemy that may have invaded federal waters."
Lynch's remarks silenced everyone on the phone line because he was telling the truth, the cruise ship went missing for six days and the Navy found nothing for six days.
They mobilized about twenty warships of various sizes to find the cruise ship, but they didn't get any results.
If Lynch's planes hadn't spotted the cruise first, it would have taken them a while.
At this time, a Rear Admiral wanted to salvage the current situation that is not conducive to the Navy, "Mr. Lynch, I know that you, as one of the victims, are very angry now, but this does not mean that our Navy has nothing. It's just that we're not as good as you think."
"This is actually not our problem. It seems that everyone knows to call the police when they are in trouble, but the police cannot immediately appear beside everyone who needs the police. This requires a process." /
"Even if there are no planes, we'll find the cruise ship, and it won't take much time."
His speech was affirmed by many senior officers. Those who have never been to the sea will never know what the real sea looks like.
Many people think that the sea level can actually extend far, far away. In fact, the sea level, the distance of the sea level is not so far away.
Sometimes it even gives the feeling that you are going in the wrong direction because you "can't see", so you change your direction and want to go somewhere else to see what happens that you end up missing your goal.
The laughter from Lynch upset some admirals. Someone wanted to propose an end to this pointless conference call, but His Excellency Vice Admiral, who was serving a sentence at home, spoke up.
"Go ahead, Lynch, I'm sure you didn't just want to whine at us by asking for this conference call."
The words of His Excellency Lieutenant General made all the generals listening on the telephone terminals give up the idea just now. Everyone knows that once His Excellency Lieutenant General's sentence ends, he must be the new admiral of the Federation.
Even because he has the experience and qualifications of commanding the Federation warships to defeat the Gevra Armada, he will become the first true naval marshal in the history of the Federation.
The words of this kind of person have a lot of weight, at least more weight than Lynch's words to these generals and the key personnel of the Ministry of Defense.
"Your Excellency Generals, you know the cruelty of war better than I do. War will not allow us to compromise on time."
"Detecting the enemy early allows us to protect our Gulf cities and ports from military attack."
"The earlier we lock down the enemy, we can take the lead in attacking and take the initiative in the war."
"The word 'first' is very important to the war, and the timing of the hijacking of this cruise ship also shows this, if we call in the aircraft from the beginning for full coverage reconnaissance, maybe a few days I've been back on Commonwealth land before."
His Excellency Lieutenant General agrees with this point of view. He knows the whole process of this search and rescue, and also knows that the aircraft is really useful, "We have ordered 200 aircraft, and then we will put them into new aircraft as appropriate. in the system of war."
"That's not what I'm talking about, Your Excellency, of course it has something to do with it."
"I heard that the planes flew back and forth many times during this time. If our planes can take off from more places, then they must be more useful..."
"Speak your mind directly, Mr. Lynch, we're not good at playing word games with you capitalists, let's be more direct."
Someone interjected, and the voice was not young, at least a naval officer like a major general.
Lynch chuckled a few times, "Well, to put it simply, my idea is to establish a complete maritime reconnaissance area in the Atlantic and Eastern Oceans, and build more airports and ports to complete rapid response."
"Perhaps the Gafra's fleet had just left the port when we got the news. We were already waiting for them on the way before they knew anything about us."
"The asymmetry of information can give us more chances and probability of defeating the enemy, gentlemen, if our planes were all over the Atlantic Ocean, maybe a week ago you would know what happened to that cruise ship and what it was going to place!"
"And some additional supply ports ensure that our fleet can be replenished and even repaired anytime, anywhere!"
"Once war breaks out, we will establish an unparalleled advantage!"
Lynch's words have all the admirals thinking, the biggest problem with this search and rescue cruise ship is that it can't be found.
No one knows where it went, which is the root cause of piracy during this period.
They don't have a base camp, so they go wherever they want.
What is the place to hold tight, and immediately change to another place to seek life.
As long as you can't catch up with them and stop them, there's no way to eliminate them.
At the same time, this also reflects the backwardness of the war response mechanism. What if this cruise ship is an enemy warship, or even a battle group?
The fact that they have been undetected off the west coast of the Federation for so long, does that mean that they can bombard any city on the west coast whenever they want in the past?
This amounts to total defense!
The idea that Lynch came up with—
The idea of using aircraft to form a reconnaissance network covering the entire Atlantic and Eastern Oceans has made the Navy's top officials a little excited.
And they also saw the value of planes through this incident, mainly because it flies too fast, faster than cruisers, and many times faster!
Speed is the secret to winning in war.
Plus a port for supplies at any time, something.
Lynch mentioned this idea to His Excellency Lieutenant General, but His Excellency Lieutenant General did not know what the plane could do, so he did not give Lynch any reply.
Now he knows a little, at least the speed of the plane is very fast. The Navy's fleet went out and went back and forth, and the plane has run back and forth more than ten times, and the speed is simply incomparable.
In addition, it is said that the plane can also drop bombs, which can also play a key role in attacking the enemy's warships. Your Excellency Lieutenant General is already a little tempted.
He thought about it and said, "There are still two questions."
"First, we are not sure about the irreplaceability and necessity of the aircraft, although it does have value to us in some ways, but this value is not enough to make us build a terrible budget."
"You have to show its irreplaceability and important value. It's not easy to convince those people in Congress."
"Secondly, the aircraft is a very new thing, and it will take a long time to explore its specific usage. We cannot fully develop it at the initial stage of exploration. This requires a process. "
"Technology is improving every day, and it may not be long before something new replaces it. I heard...the company's Flying Fortress project is almost complete, and we need to compare."
Air Fortress is a very secretive project, and its core content is to build "air battleships".
At least two dual main guns, which is the lowest indicator in the Air Fortress program, but it is enough to make the federal military tempted.
Once this thing flies over the enemy, there is nothing to restrain it.
The military has been supporting this top-secret plan, and many people think this is the real future, at least until Lynch's plane came out.
Lynch is also the first to hear the name of the plan, but he doesn't care, "There will be a small-scale armed battle in two days, and then the aircraft will cooperate with Blackstone Security's ground attack force. ."
"When the time comes, you will be able to see the specific role of the aircraft. It is definitely not as simple as you think."
"I don't know if the Sky Fortress is the one I know, if it is, I can only say that it is a false future, and the aircraft is the real future!"
After the connection ended, everyone was reminiscing about the series of events triggered by this accident.
Lynch, on the other hand, called Rhyme to ask if his account was full.
To his slight surprise, Rhyme didn't answer the phone, and he called the exchange, which confirmed that there were no issues with his account.
The manager let Lynch know that he made a lot of money with a slightly envious tone. When asked about Lime, the other party said that he hadn't seen him come to the exchange for two days~IndoMTL.com~ This is This situation is actually very abnormal. Except for not going to the exchange on rest days, Bupen's financial practitioners will stay in the exchange from morning to night.
Some financial companies even rented the floor or room of the exchange directly and arranged their own company in the exchange.
Rhyme hasn't shown up for two days, something must have happened to him.
"Do you have any contact with the media here?" After Lynch put down the phone, he returned to the bedroom, the girl was still resting.
She hid in a ventilation duct for two days and had to deal with two personal issues during that time, which is...a rare experience.
So much so that her spirit has not recovered yet.
"You can give my agent a call, she knows what to do."
Not long after, the West Coast media got word that Lynch was holding a personal press conference with big news to announce!