Chapter 1249 Celebration Night

Pentagon.

In a special meeting room.

A group of people sat at the conference table, watching the live broadcast with the CTV watermark on the large floor-to-ceiling screen without saying a word. When the group of soldiers armed to the teeth, accompanied by drones, appeared on the screen, almost everyone held their breath.

It wasn't until the phalanx disappeared from the video that whispers spread in the conference room.

"I don't know how likely their paratroopers are to win against our Rangers..." The Minister of Defense was the first to break the silence. He reached out his index finger to touch the coffee cup on the table, and it took a few tries before he could hold it Picking up the handle of the cup, he took a sip pretending to be calm, "We don't need those fancy armors at all. Fighting with lithium batteries on our backs is no different from running with explosives."

This sentence gave a little comfort to many people. After all, lithium batteries, which use active metals as electrodes, are even more spectacular than thermite when fried.

However, there are also quite a few people, the sadness on their faces still cannot go away.

After all, even they who are sitting here have considered this issue, there is no reason why the people of Huaguo can't consider it. What's more, this thing was dropped directly from low-earth orbit. Even if a slow descent device is added, the test of equipment durability and soldier quality is not small.

"...Similar issues seem to have been discussed last time," the National Security Advisor of the White House stood up, looking at the Secretary of Defense who was overconfident—or overly optimistic about the current situation, and pushed the frame on the bridge of his nose Glasses, said slowly, "It depends on whether they want to fight our Rangers or not."

The Secretary of Defense retorted: "The battlefield changes rapidly, and there is no choice at all times."

The national security adviser shook his head.

"Let's admit it, we have no effective means of defense at all for this vertical landing mode. Almost no missiles can catch up to their speed after they break through the atmosphere twenty kilometers away from the landing point. Unless they parachute into the our faces, or we put anti-aircraft missiles all over the country."

The president twirled the ballpoint pen in his hand.

"That sounds like a good idea."

The national security adviser looked at the president seriously.

"Mr. President, I'm afraid no one but the arms companies will be happy with this. And, with all due respect, rather than wasting money on this unfilled black hole, we might as well put more effort into other areas, such as diplomacy. Whether you Willing to accept this reality, but the current situation is not good for us."

"All we know is that they have an formed Orbital Airborne Force, but until now we still don't know how big that force is. You know what I mean? They're probably bigger than we thought. If they Arm every orbital paratrooper according to this standard..."

Looking at the people in front of the conference table looking at each other and exchanging surprised looks, the national security adviser in a suit took a deep breath and said in a difficult tone.

"I think, facing such an opponent, it may be difficult for us to find out where the odds are..."

...

The hot discussion on the Internet is still fermenting, people's excitement is still going on, obviously it will not be vented so soon.

The parade is over.

As the grand finale of the entire review ceremony, it was the phalanx of the Orbital Airborne Brigade. This phalanx is led by regimental commander Li Gaoliang—of course, he may have to be called Brigadier Li now.

Beginning in the second half of this year, the size of the orbital airborne force has expanded from the regiment level to the brigade level, and this special military branch that originally belonged to the Eastern Theater Command has also been uniformly assigned to the space force under the direct command of Shangjing.

For Li Gaoliang to have such a future, Lu Zhou is also happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

It is estimated that he himself will be glad that he made the choice to change his destiny.

"Dad, the Bird's Nest celebration will only start at night, so you don't need to be in a hurry," Lu Zhou said with a sigh, looking at his impatient father who had been there since the military parade ended, "And our tickets are special seats. , no matter how late you go, you will always have a seat.”

In fact, the Bird's Nest Gymnasium has VIP boxes, but Lu Zhou went to the scene to see it. The "viewing experience" of the box is not as good as sitting in the open gymnasium. On the contrary, because of the closed environment, the field of vision will appear quite narrow.

Although Xingkong Technology's holographic technology has temporarily achieved a world-leading level, it is still not very mature. At least it is still a few kilometers away from the full enhancement of the full coverage of reality.

In this case, the best seats are actually the temporary seats placed on the green field in the middle of the stadium. The VIP seats, which take into account both viewing experience and comfort, are the first row closest to the stadium.

Hearing Lu Zhou's words, Old Lu stared.

"What? It started at night?"

"Um."

Lu Zhou made a helpless expression on his face. If he remembers correctly, he said it at least three times.

Lu Bangguo made an embarrassed smile and touched the back of his head.

"It's just starting at night, so there's really no need to worry... Oh, yes, on the way to Beijing, I met an interesting old man. His niece is just in her early twenties and has no boyfriend. You arrange..."

Seeing that his father had gone to look for the business card in his pocket, Lu Zhou almost choked on his own saliva.

WTF? !

You can find a blind date for yourself with the skill of a high-speed rail, as for it?

Now he finally understands why the senior sister doesn't want to go back to Shangjing's home unless it's Chinese New Year.

Just when Lu Zhou was thinking about how to politely and politely refuse such troublesome things, the senior standing next to him noticed the embarrassment on his face at a glance.

She took a step forward calmly, and before Lu Zhou reached out, she smiled and took the business card from her father's hand for him.

"Uncle Lu, he has no place to put his business card on him now. I happened to have a bag with me, so I'll put it away for him first. I'll urge him to go when I'm done."

"Oh..." I don't know if he is really confused or not, Lao Lulian said "Oh" and nodded, and then said with a smile, "Then... okay, our kid is not very good at talking, then please is you."

"Hmm, don't worry!"

Seeing that the communication seemed to be going smoothly, Lu Zhou was secretly delighted that there was one less troublesome matter, and secretly gave a thumbs up to the senior sister.

Good job!

...

As the night gradually fell, the high-rise buildings gradually lit up with the neon lights of thousands of houses.

Outside the Bird's Nest Stadium, the soldiers who had just been inspected in the square before formed a human wall, like a human-shaped wiper, dredging the traffic in the vicinity and guiding pedestrians to enter the stadium in an orderly manner.

The nearby highway has been blocked. Wang Peng parked the car in the underground garage of a nearby hotel, and then, together with several other colleagues, led Lu Zhou and his party towards the stadium.

Standing on tiptoe and looking at the sea of ​​people ahead, Chen Yushan said with some emotion.

"There are so many people this year."

"After all, it's the first time..." Suddenly thought of something, Lu Zhou glanced at Wang Peng and asked, "Speaking of which, has this kind of celebration been held before?"

Wang Peng thought for a while and said.

"The Bird's Nest seems to be the first time that such a large-scale holographic projection application... seems to be the first time."

Is not this nonsensical?

Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head.

Where did such a large-scale holographic projection system come from before? Even if you want to act like this, you have to have something to pretend.

Walking with his wife, Lu Bangguo looked left and right, looked at the dense crowd around him, and muttered in a low voice: "There are so many people...how can we meet?"

Before coming here, he made an appointment with the old man surnamed Liu on the phone to meet in front of the Bird's Nest Stadium.

Fang Mei rolled his eyes at him, and said, "If you can't meet it, let's not touch it? There are so many people standing here, and you make an appointment to meet in front of the gymnasium, isn't that looking for a needle in a haystack?"

A look of pity appeared on Lu Bangguo's face.

It was originally agreed that Liu Peizhong was going to bring his niece who was in her early twenties to watch this grand performance with them tonight.

But looking at the current situation, it would be strange if we could meet each other.

Not noticing what his father was thinking, Lu Zhou raised his head.

At this moment, a fiery red light beam rose from the center of the gymnasium, and suddenly burst into gorgeous light particles, lighting up the entire night sky.

I didn't expect that there would be a fireworks show before the celebration. For this unexpected surprise, the tourists and passers-by around made a sound of surprise, raised their mobile phones excitedly, and took pictures of the interlaced and changing light and shadow in the sky.

Lu Zhou didn't take out his mobile phone to take pictures, but just looked at the gorgeous fireworks and said softly with a smile.

"It's about to start."

With gorgeous fireworks reflected in her eyes, Chen Yushan, who was looking at the sky, said in a tone of surprise and surprise.

"Is that... the fireworks?"

"Yes, but it's not the same as gunpowder fireworks in the traditional sense." After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "Those scattered light particles are all released through holographic images."

"...It's a holographic image."

Lu Zhou glanced sideways at her.

"You sound a little disappointed?"

"It's not that I'm disappointed... In fact, I'm quite happy. I just feel that these fireworks don't really exist, and they always feel a little distorted." Shrugging her shoulders, Chen Yushan made a playful joke, "Maybe I'm hypocritical Alright."

Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head.

"Things like fireworks, whether they are holographic or gunpowder, are only things that stay in this world for a short time. Using the original fireworks will leave pollution and safety hazards instead. Don't you think this kind of holographic image , Does it have the atmosphere and fashion of the new era?"

Chen Yushan teased and said, "This kind of statement really has your style."

Lu Zhou: "Which style?"

"The style of a straight man in science."

Was this kind of thing still divided into science and liberal arts?

Does that mean I have to have an engineering degree?

Looking at the senior sister's side face illuminated by fireworks and the corners of her mouth slightly raised, Lu Zhou made a helpless expression on his face, and cast his gaze to the front of him.

Perhaps, the way men and women think about problems is indeed different.