Chapter 1114 Trading at a loss
The twenty or so terrorist members arrested from Indonesia were handed over to judicial authorities, but before that, the necessary torture had been completed.
But Mo Xiong, who received the confession, twitched his mouth, "Did these bastards get too much ecstasy? Or is it a collective hallucination caused by excessive drug use?"
Slapping the internal documents on the thick solid wood marching table, Mo Xiong yelled in the office, "What I want is a fact assessment report, not these fantasies. Look at what these idiots are saying, the iron-armored man seven or eight meters high? He fell from the sky without warning?"
"If it is airborne, the transport aircraft that can transport such mechanical troops should be large, and it is impossible to be invisible." The adjutant said calmly from the side.
Mo Xiong seems to have a bad temper, but in actual combat, he is very serious and will not underestimate any opponent.
"If what these people say is true, then what they encounter must be human-shaped mechanical armor. It would be surprising if such army weapons were really developed and put into actual combat."
In this small military conference, in addition to the top leaders of the base, there are also agents affiliated with the National FBI, intelligence assistance and necessary surveillance, which is already a common practice.
Mo Xiong didn't like these sarcastic intelligence personnel very much, but he didn't bother with his military command, so he was too lazy to care about it.
After hearing the remarks of the agents of the Bureau of Investigation, the adjutant disagreed, "We used to do mecha weapons ten years ago. The head of state at that time was Mr. Chen Jiongming, who spent 10 billion Chinese yuan. But nothing was done."
The idea of the robot troops was proposed after World War II by senior officials of the Chinese Federation, and the military also had high hopes for this project at that time.
Mo Xiong also said: "Human-shaped mechanical armor was responsible for the research and development of this project at that time. The Ministry of National Defense spent 1 billion yuan, but only a bunch of rags were obtained. That thing could move, but the actual combat evaluation was not ideal and was called an expensive 'toy'."
When I think of this incident, there are many complaints within the military.
I spent so much money when the funds were tight, but I got nothing and wasted huge amounts of money.
Therefore, he also complained about the Tianyu Group. In addition, he no longer had the enthusiasm for the development of mecha weapons. The military completely frozen the project and sealed all relevant information indefinitely.
At that time, Chen Ze also explained the failed development case at an internal military hearing. He claimed that practical mecha weapons would not appear in the next fifty years.
The main reason is that the electronic computer system cannot keep up, and there are also great problems with the power transmission system. Relying solely on mechanical principles, even if the mecha is built, it can only be a target.
Even though so long has passed, Mo Xiong was still indignant. "Not to mention that at that time, even the current intelligent robot technology was very reluctant to walk upright, let alone for military purposes. When Tianyu Group knew about these problems, it was still using impossible projects to cheat us of money!"
The agent was unhappy when he heard this. It was obviously the country's money, but Mo Xiong regarded the money as "our". It was obvious that this "we" refers to the military.
However, the agent did not intend to refute it. At least he knew why Mo Xiong was so resistant to the word "mecha".
"In addition to confessions, there is also a lot of evidence left on the scene. The preliminary identification of the technical appraisal department has been released, proving that the words of those terrorists are basically true."
Comrade Agent did not intend to argue with Mo Xiong. He was just explaining the information he obtained and decided to report it truthfully.
"If there is no doubt, I will report what happened here to the Intelligence Bureau." The agent clearly wanted to make a small report. In principle, such things would not be clearly stated to the military, but the intelligence officer around Mo Xiong was very special and never shy away from such things.
"It's up to you." Mo Xiong, who was in a very upset, turned his head and gave a report with exactly the same content but completely different conclusions.
The report was soon sent to the hands of Minister of National Defense Ye Yiwei. He has now taken over Li Shaojie's position, who is now retired at home and enjoys his old age.
The documents were sent to Ye Yiwei's office by fax, and were locked by the confidential secretary with a plastic folder, and then handed over to Ye Yiwei's hands.
When Ye Yiwei saw the report sent by Mo Xiong, he was first shocked, and then he had the same thoughts as Mo Xiong - showing incredible emotions.
This attracted his attention. He read it five times in a row before putting down the report sent by Mo Xiong.
As a major general, Mo Xiong is still very qualified. He will not distort evidence and confessions because of his own prejudice. He sent the compiled photos and the conclusions of the technical appraisal department together.
The only subjective one is the "personal view" at the end of the report. Mo Xiong believes that this is a good show played by some corporate groups, with the purpose of restarting the "Robot Force" project.
The Xihe project is coming to an end, and the government has not yet announced new plans for large-scale projects. Some large companies are likely to deliberately release some sensible news in order to continue to make high profits.
After all, what we saw on the scene was a mess of wreckage of battles, and there were twenty-four mentally ill terrorists. Even Ye Yiwei agreed with Mo Xiong's point of view, believing that the so-called "witnesses" were not reliable.
Ye Yiwei did not intend to disturb the head of state Li Zongren before confirming this matter. Because of the Xihe project, the head of state was already very busy and needed a rest.
After thinking about it carefully, Ye Yiwei was a wise man and politician who was unscrupulous about government affairs and military affairs, as well as power and personnel affairs. However, he could only worry about this kind of problem involving technical theory, and in desperation, he had to seek help from professionals.
"Shuying, prepare for the plane right away. I'm going to Guangzhou." Ye Yiwei has decided to go to the headquarters of Tianyu Group. It's okay to talk about this with Chen Ze.
On the other end of the phone, a soft and fragrant woman's voice came. Lin Shuying was Ye Yiwei's life secretary and one of his many lovers.
Most of the previous wives were revolutionaries. Since Ye Yiwei changed his life to join the family, most of them divorced and died, and most of them were not together.
Born in a turbulent era, the relationship between husband and wife is often not as good as revolutionary ideals.
However, Ye Yiwei's life is pretty good now. He has always been romantic but not vulgar, and is not restricted by the marriage law. Ye Yiwei is also very sorry that he cannot give all the women he loves.
Lin Shuying is one of them, she can only be a lover and cannot become a legal couple.
As the Minister of Defense of the Chinese Federation, Ye Yiwei also has his own private plane and can even request air guards. However, the situation is stable now and his ability is recognized by the military. There is no need to be like this.
The plane arrived in Guangzhou at around 9 o'clock at 11 o'clock. Because Chen Ze also sent a convoy, but Chen Ze himself did not come in person. Instead, he photographed the group's vice president Lu Yiming.
The convoy has a high specification, but it is very low-key. Ye Yiwei landed at a military airport and was not afraid of being photographed by ubiquitous reporters.
Lu Yimingsheng is tall and thin, with long ears and a white and elegant face. As soon as he met, he gave Ye Yiwei a very good impression.
"Minister Ye is here. Welcome." This is said enthusiastic and polite, but neither humble nor arrogant, and is quite like a scholar. "The president is busy with work and cannot come to greet him in person. I apologize here."
After a simple manner of detention, Lu Yiming invited Ye Yiwei to board the car. This is a kind of etiquette.
Of course, Ye Yiwei would not refute the other party's face and smiled and boarded the extended Tianpie sedan. Even the head of state may not be able to enjoy this model often.
As for Chen Ze not coming in person, although Ye Yiwei was unhappy, he also knew that this was due to the system of the Chinese Federation. Politics and military can no longer wantonly interfere in the internal affairs of the country. Due to the electoral system and the existence of the Supreme Parliament, some large domestic entrepreneurs have fame and power comparable to politicians.
Even to a certain extent, a large group president like Chen Ze is even better than the head of state. A mere defense minister does not need to come to visit him in person.
If it weren't for making a lot of money in the Xihe Project, Tianyu Group wouldn't even send out the vice president. As for Lu Yiming's low posture just now, it was just a scene.
"Minister Ye, I wonder if this time I came to Guangzhou is a matter of business or a matter of private matter?" Lu Yiming asked straight to the point, which will determine the subsequent reception level of Tianyu Group.
If it is a business, of course, you must understand Ye Yiwei's identity, treat it as normal communication between large enterprises and the government, and hold a press conference.
Tianyu Group does not want to be labeled as "co-co-operation" such as "political and business collaboration". Moreover, the national system has explicit regulations on such receptions, and civil servants cannot accept secret donations and banquets from private groups during office hours.
Ye Yiwei is certainly aware of these things, which are essential rules for the country and enterprises.
But now, his mind is not on small matters such as entertainment specifications, and he is not here to ask for bribes.
When Lu Yiming asked this, he said directly: "This matter is official, but I hope your group can keep the content of the conversation confidential."
After hearing this, the other party did not agree immediately, but asked in advance: "Minister Ye, you know the rules. In this way, the specifications of the banquet will be very average, and..."
Ye Yiwei knew the reason when he saw the other party's expression and immediately smiled: "It doesn't matter. Whether it is a banquet or a political donation, it has nothing to do with my visit this time."
After expressing his attitude, Ye Yiwei took out the document that Mo Xiong faxed from the black cowhide briefcase. Of course, it was a processed photocopy plate and removed some sensitive military confidential content. This is what Lu Yiming saw now.
Lu Yiming took it without hesitation and immediately read the content inside. He read it very carefully, and even sweat oozed out of his forehead.
After reading the document, Lu Yiming closed the document and said unnaturally, "I want to ask the president for instructions on this matter."
To be honest, as one of the three major technical backbones of the group, Lu Yiming himself is a technical expert, and he also participated in the development project of human-shaped mechanical armor and cooperated with military technicians.
After reading the information brought by Ye Yiwei, Lu Yiming had a rough understanding of it: it is obvious that a practical mecha weapon appeared on the battlefield.
The most embarrassing thing is that Tianyu Group actually knew nothing about it. Lu Yiming even felt a hot face, especially when facing Ye Yiweiyi's pointing smile, he was a little at a loss. He was not as calm and easy-going as he was at the beginning.
The phone number was connected, and Chen Ze's dedicated line number was used.
"Hey, Yiming, why are you calling here at this time? Don't you know I'm in a meeting?" Chen Ze, who is still in the quarterly summary meeting, was obviously angry, mainly because of the mistakes made several engineering projects, which made him a little annoyed.
"President, I know." Lu Yiming changed the carriage and deliberately covered the phone with his hands. He whispered in a low voice for fear of being heard by Ye Yiwei: "Minister Ye is here, right next to me."
"He's here, he's here. Just go to the reception. I'll have a meeting to hold." Chen Ze began to get impatient. It's all his business to him when the Minister of National Defense came. It's more important to deal with the work at hand of the group first.
"No, Minister Ye brought a document, I'll pass it to you right now." As he said that, he sorted out the documents and used the fax machine he brought in the car to pass the documents to the conference room of the group headquarters building.
This is also a felonial crime of stealing and leaking state secrets with Ye Yiwei’s consent.
"Can't you wait and see it?"
"It's urgent. I think you'd better stop other things first and finish reading the documents."
Seeing Lu Yiming persisting, Chen Ze had no choice but to leave the conference room. The president's office was not far from the conference room. At Lu Yiming's repeated requests, Chen Ze called to open the secretary and waited alone next to the fax machine.
The information came page by page, and Chen Ze glanced through every word in one glance. He was very angry at first, but then calmed down, and then cold sweat came out.
"Xiaohe, the meeting will be suspended first. I'll go out if I have something to do." After giving instructions to the secretary waiting outside the door, Chen Ze hurriedly put on his formal clothes and hurriedly left the office building of the company headquarters.
The driver was waiting outside the door. When he saw Chen Ze coming out, he got on the bus and drove towards the place where the scientific research center was.
On the other hand, Ye Yiwei's convoy also arrived at the Tianyu Group's scientific research center. In addition to the three cars in front that belong to Tianyu Group, the person on the armored war beast behind was Ye Yiwei's guard team, responsible for the personal safety of the Minister of National Defense.
In front of the building of the scientific research center, Chen Ze personally went out to greet him. He dared not do anything perfunctory now. Because the matter involved the practicalization of mecha weapons, he felt a mountain of pressure from the information faxed by Lu Yiming.
"Minister Ye, we have missed the opportunity to welcome him, and we have missed the opportunity to welcome him." Chen Ze now put on a very low gesture, mainly because he was afraid that Ye Yiwei would hold Tianyu Group accountable.
When I first developed the mecha project with all my might, I returned in a defeat. In order to ruling responsibility, I threatened that no country could realize mecha-related technology within the next fifty years.
But just so many years have passed, and some people have invested this technology into actual combat!
Whether it is Tianyu Group's "leakage" or incompetent, the military cannot give up. The worst case is to recover the one billion yuan of R&D expenses.
If such a thing is spread, Tianyu Group will have no place to put its face.
Ye Yiwei is not trying to hold Chen Ze's braid now, but wants to hear the opinions of Tianyu Group's technicians, whether this mecha weapon is really possible.
After soothing Chen Ze's emotions, Ye Yiwei raised his own question, and he was still optimistic about the technical strength of Tianyu Group.
Chen Ze had to pretend to be calm, "Minister Ye, theoretically, the realization of the mecha is possible. But in the actual development process, we encountered many problems. I will take you to Warehouse No. 42, where the finished mecha we developed was parked."
"You have developed a mecha weapon?" Ye Yiwei was very happy when he heard this. He didn't know much about this development case, and he thought that Tianyu Group had already made similar products.
But after seeing the real thing, listening to Chen Ze's explanation, his eyebrows condensed into the word "chuan".
In the No. 42 warehouse of the scientific research center, there are five completed mechas parked. From research to manufacturing, a total of 1.4 billion yuan was spent, and Tianyu Group itself paid 400 million yuan.
After it was built, the military was too lazy to drag it away, so it was still in the Tianyu Group's warehouse. Fortunately, Chen Ze was afraid that the Ministry of National Defense would send someone to ask for it, so he carried out regular and simple maintenance every month, so he can still be well preserved.
"For these five mechas, our group also lost a lot of money, and it was so miserable." Chen Ze quickly erected himself as a victim to avoid quarrel with the military.
In Ye Yiwei's eyes, these things look like the legendary "mecha", but they are much simpler.
To put it simply, it seems that the body of the light armored vehicle is actually reduced, the turret is removed, and the machine gun and 20mm cannon are installed at the front end, and two thick steel legs are installed.
In the subsequent demonstration, Ye Yiwei saw these five "stupid guys" walking shaking, which made people worried that they would fall head-on and suppress themselves and the "oncrowds".
"I know what you are thinking about, Minister Ye." Even Chen Ze himself looked at the steel giants nearly ten meters high with disdain. "The mecha seems to be majestic, but in fact a 37mm anti-tank gun can be solved. It looks like that."
After the project failed, the scientific team of Tianyu Group summarized: the humanoid combat machine is the worst appearance among combat machinery, with unstable center of gravity, difficult maintenance, large size and difficult to install heavy armor. (To be continued...)
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