It was not only the British and Finns who were watching this battle, but the UA on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean was also paying close attention to everything that happened in Finland. When Celestial Trade played the card of space-based weapons, everyone's face turned livid.
Later, the Power Armor Brigade and the drone airdrop tactic made the atmosphere in the conference room drop to a freezing point.
Although the images captured by the British were not clear, they still felt the horror of the mutants that surged like a tide through the screen, and how powerful the power armors were that withstood the mutants' attack.
If the K1 kinetic skeleton was compared to a bicycle, then the power armors were undoubtedly the existence of motorcycles. Not only did it provide soldiers with armor with high mobility, but it could also be used as a fulcrum for firepower output, increasing the individual combat effectiveness of soldiers to the limit.
Although from the standpoint of humans, the last thing the UA Secretary of Defense wanted to see was Celestial Trade finally defeating the mutants. It was best to follow the Hollywood script, where the British and Xin were defeated by the mutants, and finally, the UA Marines fought a war to save all of humanity.
The Secretary of Defense constantly prayed in his heart that the bugs could drown the two hundred "humanoid armored vehicles". However, the reality did not go as he wished. The moment the drone cluster rushed into the mutants' nest, it already determined the mutants' defeat …
When the last Blade Warrior was beheaded by a plasma dagger, the conference room was silent.
"These hypocrites, they went back on their words! They clearly said there were only two orbital airborne brigades. Why is there one more now? "A senior UA Defense official broke the silence and cursed.
Secretary Ashton Carter glanced at the officer and shook his head.
Do you really believe that there are only two orbital airborne brigades? The UA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency didn't provide a lot of equipment. If they didn't obtain information in advance, they could only blame the lack of intelligence work.
However, it couldn't be helped. The local anti-intelligence capabilities of Ghost Agents were too strong. From a long time ago, the CIB wanted to steal the technology related to the space elevator by breaking into the interior of Celestial Trade. However, all the agents sent to Xin failed, and some who went too far even disappeared from the face of the earth.
Just then, Hill, who was sitting at the conference table, suddenly spoke.
"Compared to the orbital airborne brigade and power armors, I'm more worried about their space-based weapons. If they can transport dozens of tons of tungsten rods to our heads at any time, it will pose a serious threat to the national security of the United States. "
Everyone present nodded in agreement.
Although the Outer Space Treaty promulgated in 1966 mentioned the prohibition of the development of weapons in outer space and the "militarization of space" activities. But in fact, developing military aerospace technology and space power, seizing absolute air supremacy, and occupying the strategic commanding heights to safeguard national security interests had long become the common strategic goal of all the major countries.
If this treaty was strictly adhered to, all high-orbit missiles should not exist. But was this possible?
The CIB director looked around the room, coughed, and spoke.
"Regarding their space-based weapons, we managed to get some tungsten rods from Ukraine. According to the research of the CIB's technicians, this space-based weapon doesn't have high technical content. It's just an alloy tungsten ball about the size of a watermelon with a gyroscope-like guidance element installed in the center. "
"It's easy to copy their weapons." He paused, and a trace of helplessness appeared on his face. "The key is how to get these tungsten balls to the synchronous orbit."
If these tungsten balls could not be sent to the synchronous orbit at an appropriate cost, the development of space-based weapons would be completely meaningless.
"That's right." The Capitol's military adviser smiled bitterly. "If we use rockets to transport these things to the synchronous orbit and then throw them down, it's completely unnecessary. And the danger of Celestial Trade is that there is still no binding international convention that can limit the scale of private armed forces. If they continue to expand their scale, we can't interfere at all. "
Hill tapped her fingers on the armrest of the sofa and pondered. "What if we promote the relevant international convention now?"
"I'm afraid we will be the biggest victims," Secretary of Defense Carter said with difficulty. Secretary of Defense Carter said with difficulty, "As you know, a large portion of our annual defense budget is spent on military contractors. It's no exaggeration to say that they have become part of the UA Army. "
Including Hill, the senior officials of the Department of Defense and the Capitol were all silent.
If the Capitol set a price on private military contractors, Wall Street would be the first to oppose. Touching the military industry was equivalent to touching the pockets of all UA consortiums. Those notorious private military contractors such as Blackwater, Clover Jungle, and Deyang International were all inextricably linked to the capital of Wall Street.
Next year was the 20-year election. Whether they could remain in this position, on the one hand, they had to please the people, and on the other hand, they couldn't offend the UA consortiums too much. Now that Goldman Sachs had just collapsed, Morgan Stanley, First B City, and other WASP consortiums had dominated the entire North American financial circle. No one was willing to offend the capital giants at this time.
What should I do?
Hill's eyebrows furrowed.
…
The war was over. After destroying the nest, the Power Armor Brigade took control of the military base under Jiang Chen's instruction.
Seeing that the outcome was decided, the brigade commander of the British Mechanized Brigade drove to the gate of the military base and submitted an application to Celestial Trade to enter the military base. His reasons were well-prepared, such as "recovering the bodies of the fallen soldiers" and "hauling out the scrapped armored vehicles", but he was still rejected by Celestial Trade.
The reason for the rejection was simple.
There were no corpses at all. The creatures captured by the mutants would be devoured immediately and sent to the nest as a high-quality supplement and a hotbed for breeding spores. Celestial Trade only promised that if they found a soldier plate engraved with English letters, they would send it to the British army.
This reason obviously didn't satisfy the British.
Recovering the bodies was secondary. Everyone knew that the bones of the dead were probably eaten away. They wanted to observe Celestial Trade's power armor up close and collect as much information as possible about this new equipment.
Of course, in addition to this factor, they were most worried that the X2 bacteria would be taken by Celestial Trade.
Those ferocious mutants were too impressive. If someone used them for military purposes, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The best way to overcome fear was to get a share, just like nuclear weapons.
Brigade Commander Moston made up his mind that once they entered the military base, they didn't plan to withdraw. Anyway, Celestial Trade didn't have the confidence to directly negotiate with the British. When the London scientific research team arrived, they would study the formation mechanism of the nest. Even if it wasn't for military purposes, they would back it up in their country's sample library for emergencies.
However, Celestial Trade rejected them without giving them any face and designated the entire military base as private territory.
Finnish officials came to mediate, but it was useless. When their president asked Celestial Trade to send troops, he sold the assets of Arrow to Celestial Trade at a discount of 300 million Xin New dollars. From a legal point of view, the treaty signed between Arrow and the Finnish government was naturally transferred to Jiang Chen.
For example, this military base was now a private asset of Celestial Trade and was protected by Finnish law.
The brigade commander of the Power Armor Brigade didn't plan to talk to Moston at all, and the two soldiers guarding the door stopped him.
Even if Moston was reluctant, he could only return to the military camp next to Paltamo and report the news to his superiors. The Ministry of Defense would make a decision after research.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
