In early September, it was still hot in HSD. The sun hung high in the sky, and steam rose from the asphalt road of Constitution Avenue.
Constitution Avenue was the center of power in the United States.
On the left side of Constitution Avenue, there were many similar gray-white marble buildings. These buildings were the headquarters of important government agencies.
The Energy Bureau, which was responsible for energy industry management, energy-related technology research and development, weapons development, and so on, was located there.
The air conditioning in the gray-white building was very strong.
However, the director of the Energy Bureau, Akland, was sitting in the cool office, looking a little uneasy and hot. Sitting opposite his office were Tesla's CEO, Martin, and Raytheon's CEO, Bertram.
These two men also unbuttoned the top buttons of their suits, and their foreheads were slightly sweaty.
Since the introduction of the plasma battery, these three men had held many video conferences and met twice. They were familiar with each other, so there was no need to pay attention to etiquette.
The reason for their nervousness was the twenty photos taken from above.
Early on, Tesla used special channels to transport a Thunderbolt car to the United States for disassembly and research. The Department of Energy paid great attention to the core technology of the plasma battery.
Not to mention that it was the 21st century, even before the birth of the Internet, semiconductor technology was still in the electron tube era, the United States' intelligence gathering ability was still frighteningly powerful.
The Department of Energy's work of collecting information on the plasma battery was very smooth, and they didn't even need to find someone to invade the Monster Industries building. They could sort out the main raw material composition of the plasma battery from external information. When Tesla fully analyzed the plasma battery, he had also deduced part of the production process of the plasma battery.
Of course, knowing and being able to do were two different things.
Ye Qing bluntly told Martin that the United States' supporting industrial technology did not meet the requirements of the production of the plasma battery.
The fact was that even if they had the full set of production process, the plasma battery still could not appear in the United States' factories.
The Americans were proud, but they were not arrogant enough to think that their technological level could lead the world in all fields. Just like Japan's industrial robot technology was world-famous, Hua Xia's heavy industry caught up, Germany's five-axis machining center was well known, and Switzerland's precision instruments were of outstanding quality.
In many fields of technology, the United States was not leading.
The strength of the United States lies in its possession of the most advanced core industrial technology. For example, the most advanced electronic chip technology, energy technology, aerospace technology, nuclear industry technology, and military industry technology. Mastering these was equivalent to mastering the world.
But now, plasma batteries had appeared. It was one of the core energy technologies, which greatly surpassed the technology that the United States currently possessed.
Most importantly, Monster Industries was unwilling to share with the United States.
This shook the core interests.
Therefore, the Energy Bureau, which was determined to obtain the plasma battery, decided to change their approach after many failed negotiations with the Monster Industries.
Through the information they collected, they found that the production of plasma batteries required an extremely important rare metal — dysprosium. It could be said that the amount of dysprosium metal determined the amount of plasma batteries. Now, the global market price of dysprosium had risen by 30%, which was directly related to the Monster Industries.
After the failure of Martin's private negotiations, the Department of Energy decided to change the plan. They used the metal in exchange to attract Monster Industries to build factories in the United States.
From this, it could be seen how important Monster Industries was to the Americans.
And then …
A series of large-scale overseas investment and factory building plans by Monster Industries made the Department of Energy shift its focus to Nigeria.
This shift of focus, but Akland, the director of the Energy Bureau, was almost scared to death. In just one month, the Monster Industry had purchased heavy-duty transport aircraft, sent huge ships, and dispatched employees to invest tens of billions of yuan in factory construction in the backwater of Nigeria.
Two field agents sneaked into the Anut Special District and sent back news that made Akland's mood fall to the bottom.
Monster Industries had entered the Anut Special District for a mine. Then the two field agents took advantage of the night to collect ores around the Sotu Rainforest. After testing, they also confirmed the speculation in Akland, the director of the Energy Bureau.
It was a mine of rare earth metals with considerable reserves, including dysprosium metal.
"Do you two have any suggestions?" Akland put down a stack of photos in his hand and frowned. "In just one month, Monster Industries built a prototype factory around the Sotu Rainforest. Among them, there is even a mini factory that is already in the operating stage. The cargo entry report of the transport aircraft at Dubai Airport also confirmed that the transport aircraft was carrying radioactive industrial raw materials. "
"This shows that Monster Industries has obtained the first batch of dysprosium metal raw materials."
"Our plan to use dysprosium metal to win over Monster Industries has failed before it has begun."
"It's hard to imagine that in one month, Monster Industries can build a prototype factory with a scale of 200,000 square meters thousands of miles away. And the Colossus, I assert that with our heavy industrial level in the United States, we can't build this giant ship. "Martin was still looking through the photos one by one.
These photos came from a reconnaissance satellite deployed in high-altitude orbit.
The resolution of the photos was two meters, and Director Akland deliberately used the resources of the Pentagon. When a reconnaissance satellite No. 065 passed over Nigeria, the angle of optical reconnaissance equipment was adjusted, aimed at the Sotu Rainforest, and taken these photos.
"It's not surprising that the Colossus can't be built." Bertram, president of Thunder God Technology, said with a wry smile, "The twenty-first century is the century of electronic technology. Our heavy industrial level has declined greatly. At the beginning of the Batumi embargo list, it was clearly stated that hydraulic presses of more than 30,000 tons were strategic materials and were prohibited from being exported to China. But last year, our company wanted to buy a 50,000-ton hydraulic press. After looking for it, we found that Hua Xia's products were the most cost-effective. "
"Now in the Batumi embargo list, there are still hydraulic presses of more than 30,000 tons that are prohibited from being exported to China. But if we want to buy hydraulic presses of more than 30,000 tons, we have to go to Hua Xia to buy them. "
"Don't you think it's ridiculous?"
"Heavy industry profits are low. Isn't it because you businessmen don't want to build?" Director Akland waved his hand and disagreed. "It's not that we can't build it. It's that after building it, we can't compete with Hua Xia."
"One of you will be responsible for the production of plasma batteries in the future, and the other will be responsible for the militarization of plasma batteries. Let's not talk about heavy industry first, but solve the immediate problem. "
"Nigeria is a ghost place. If it weren't for Monster Industries, I wouldn't have known that there was such a country on Earth." Bertram of Raytheon Corporation pointed to a photo with a large number of black-skinned workers and said thoughtfully, "Since Monster Industries can find a local puppet to cooperate with, we can also support one."
"The CIB is the best at this. Give the US dollars and resources and let the warlords of Nigeria capture the Anute Special District. Monster Industries' industrial technology is strong, but in terms of military equipment, it is not even as good as a small African country, Morocco. "
"As long as the Anute Special District is captured, the mine will no longer belong to Monster Industries."
"Monster Industries' military technology is not good?" Martin sneered. "You must have forgotten the fear of being dominated by that top, and you haven't violently cut the plasma batteries."
"Did you see the ten security robots in the photo?"
"As long as Monster Industries is willing, they can arm Suotuyulin into a steel fortress in a very short time."
As a famous defense contractor in the United States, Bertram, who has mastered cutting-edge technology in the field of missiles, laughed loudly. "Mr. Martin, the gap between civilian and military technology can't be made up by these robots."
"The security robot is very advanced, but a single anti-tank missile can definitely destroy it completely."
"So what if Monster Industries is leading in the field of metal materials? They can only produce shields, but they can't produce spears. They can't deal with full-band electromagnetic suppression, the GPS system is turned off, and this cruel war situation. "
"Besides, I haven't seen a 'shield' that can't be penetrated by armor-piercing shells."
"Then we will become mortal enemies with Monster Industries. Don't forget that Monster Industries is rooted in Hua Xia. We can move their overseas factories, but can we move Hua Xia factories? Will the Hua Xia government sit back and ignore it? "
"We are businessmen, and cooperation is the best way to win." Martin immediately retorted.
"Then cut off their traffic." Bertram is a weapons dealer, and Martin, a businessman based in the civilian market, has a completely different style of doing things. He always believes that the threat of force is the fastest and most effective way to deal with the enemy.
"Nigeria is tens of thousands of miles away, and giant ships and planes are their only communication channels."
"As long as these two channels are cut off, they will once again fall into the dilemma of lacking dysprosium metal."
This time, Martin was silent.
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