Pentagon.

In a special conference room.

A group of people sat at the conference table and watched the live broadcast on the big screen without saying a word, marked with CTV watermarks. When the group of soldiers, armed to the teeth, appeared on the screen accompanied by drones, almost everyone held their breath.

It wasn't until Fang Zheng disappeared from the video that the whispering voice spread through the conference room.

"I don't know what a chance their airborne troops have against our Rangers......" The first to break the silence was the Minister of Defense, who stretched out his index finger and touched the coffee cup on the table, tried a few times before holding the handle, and pretended to be calm and took a sip, "We don't need those bells and whistles armor at all, and fighting with lithium batteries on our backs is no different from carrying explosives on our backs." ”

This sentence has made many people feel a little comforted, after all, lithium batteries, which use lively metal as electrodes, are more spectacular than thermite when fried.

However, there are also many people whose sadness on their faces still can't spread.

After all, even the people sitting here have taken this issue into account, and there is no reason for the Chinese people not to think about it. What's more, this thing was thrown directly from low-earth orbit, and even if a descent retarder was added, it would be a great test of equipment durability and soldier quality.

“…… Similar issues seem to have been discussed last time," the White House national security adviser stood up, pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said slowly, looking at the secretary of defense, who was overconfident or overly optimistic about the current situation, "depending on whether they want to fight our Rangers." ”

The Minister of Defense retorted: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, and there is no choice at all times. ”

The national security adviser shook his head.

"Let's admit the reality, in this vertical landing mode, we simply do not have effective means of defense, and almost no missiles will be able to catch up with them twenty kilometers away from the landing site, after they break through the atmosphere. Unless they parachute and jump in our faces, or we will release empty missiles all over the country. ”

The president turned the ballpoint pen in his hand.

"That sounds like a good idea."

The national security adviser looked at the president earnestly.

"Mr. President, I'm afraid no one will be happy to do this, except for the arms companies. And IMHO, instead of wasting money on this black hole of discontent, we should work a little more elsewhere, like diplomacy. Whether you want to accept this reality or not, but the current situation is very bad for us. ”

"We only know that they have a formed orbital airborne force, but until now it is still not known what the number of this force is. Do you understand what I mean? There may be more of them than we think. If they arm every orbital airborne force 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 it's hard for us to find a chance against an opponent like that......

……

The heated discussion on the Internet continues to ferment, and people's excitement continues, obviously not so quickly vented.

The parade is over.

As the finale of the whole review ceremony, it was the phalanx of the orbital airborne brigade. This phalanx is led by Commander Li Gaoliang, of course, and now he may have to be called Brigade Commander Li.

Beginning in the second half of this year, the scale of the orbital airborne troops has been expanded from the regimental level to the brigade level, and this special branch of the armed forces, which originally belonged to the Eastern Theater of Operations, has also been uniformly assigned to the Space Force, which is 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.

I guess he will be glad that he made the fate-changing choice in the first place.

"Dad, the celebration of the Bird's Nest has only started in the evening, you don't have to be in a hurry," looking at the father who had been looking left and right since the end of the parade, Lu Zhou sighed and said, "And our ticket is a special class, no matter how late you go, there is a place." ”

In fact, the Bird's Nest Gymnasium has a VIP box, but Lu Zhou went to the scene to take a look, and the "viewing experience" of the box is not as good as sitting in the open gymnasium, but because of the closed environment, the vision will appear quite narrow.

Although the holographic technology of Star Technology has temporarily achieved the degree of leading the world, it is still not very mature, at least it is still a few kilometers away from the complete enhancement of the all-round coverage of reality.

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

Hearing Lu Zhou's words, Lao Lu glared.

"What? Started in the evening? ”

"Hmm."

Lu Zhou made a helpless expression on his face, if he remembered correctly, he had said it at least three times.

Lu Bangguo smiled embarrassedly and touched the back of his head.

"It only starts at night, so there's really no need to rush...... Oh oh oh, by the way, on the way to Beijing, I met a very interesting old man, his niece is in her early twenties, and she doesn't have a boyfriend, so I have a chance to arrange it for you......"

As soon as he saw that his father had gone to his pocket to look through his business card, Lu Zhou almost choked on his spit.

What the hell?!

The kung fu of being a high-speed rail can find a blind date for yourself, as for it?

He finally understands now why the senior sister is reluctant to go back to her home in Beijing unless it is the New Year.

Just when Lu Zhou was thinking about how to refuse this kind of troublesome thing tactfully and politely, the senior sister standing next to him noticed the embarrassment on his face at a glance.

I saw her quietly take a step forward, and before Lu Zhou could stretch out her hand, she smiled and took the business card from her father's hand for him.

"Uncle Lu, he doesn't have a place to put his business card on him now, I happened to bring a bag, so I'll just help him keep it first. When things are done, I'll urge him to go. ”

"Oh oh ......" I don't know if it's really confused or fake, Lao Lu Lian nodded in a word, and then said with a smile, "That...... Okay, this kid of ours doesn't speak much, so please leave it to you. ”

"Mmmm, don't worry!"

Seeing that the communication seemed to be going well, Lu Zhou was overjoyed that there was one less trouble, and secretly gave a thumbs up to the senior sister.

goodjob！

……

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

Outside the Bird's Nest Gymnasium, the soldiers who had just been inspected in the square formed a series of human walls, like human-shaped wipers, dredged the traffic in the vicinity and guided pedestrians to enter the gymnasium in an orderly manner.

The nearby highway had been blocked, so Mr. Wang parked his car in the underground garage of a nearby hotel, and then, along with several other colleagues, led Lu Zhou and his party in the direction of the gymnasium.

Standing on tiptoe and looking at the crowd of people in front of her, Chen Yushan said with some emotion.

"That's a lot of people this year."

"After all, it's the first time to ......" Suddenly thinking of something, Lu Zhou glanced at Wang Peng and asked, "Speaking of which, has this kind of celebration been done 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 has been made...... It seems to be the first time. ”

Isn't this nonsense?

Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head.

Where did such a large-scale holographic projection system come from? Even if you want to pretend to be this force, 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: "So many people...... So why do you 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 Gymnasium.

Fang Mei glanced at him and said, "If you can't touch it, you won't touch it?" With so many people standing here, you 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.

Originally, it was said that the one named Liu Peizhong would bring his niece in her early twenties with him tonight and watch this grand performance with them.

But looking at the way it looks now, it would be strange if we could meet.

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

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

I didn't expect that there would be a fireworks show before the celebration, and for this unexpected surprise, the surrounding tourists and passers-by made surprised sounds, excitedly raised their mobile phones, and took pictures of the staggered lights and shadows in the sky.

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

"It's already about to begin."

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

"That's ...... Are there fireworks going off? ”

"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 emitted through holograms. ”

“…… It's a hologram. ”

Lu Zhou glanced at her sideways.

"Sounds like a little disappointed in your tone?"

"Not disappointed...... Actually, I'm quite happy. I just feel that these fireworks don't really exist, and I always feel a little distorted," shrugged her shoulders, Chen Yushan playfully joked, "Maybe I'm hypocritical." ”

Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head.

"Fireworks and other things, whether holographic or gunpowder, are just things that stay in this world for a short time. With the original kind of fireworks, it will also leave pollution and safety hazards. Don't you think this kind of hologram is very new era atmosphere and fashion? ”

Chen Yushan teased and said: "This statement really has your style." ”

Lu Zhou: "Which style?" ”

"The style of a straight man in science."

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

Does that have to be an engineering major?

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

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