When the food dispute began to arise but was not yet fully formed, another news suddenly triggered domestic public opinion.

The international military competition that lasted for more than ten days finally came to an end.

In this competition involving the sea, land and air force, the contestants and equipment from China won the largest number of medals in history, and the most eye-catching one was the new electromagnetic guns publicly displayed by the Chinese warships in the offshore shooting event.

The effective range of this electromagnetic gun is far exceeding 200 kilometers, with an accuracy exceeding that of the main guns of all participating battleships. It won the gold medal in this event with an overwhelming advantage. The many countries, who were originally confident in participating in the competition, just left the field after winning the medals in the traditional advantage event.

This result was beyond everyone's expectations and also in sharp contrast to the other party's attitude during the pre-match interview.

“We are confident that we can prepare for the competition event in a limited time and defeat our opponents in the event to prove our strength…”

"Of course, our soldiers are of course the best. They are much better than other opponents in terms of combat quality and training..."

"Equipment? Does this need to be questioned? Whose equipment on this planet has more advanced equipment than us?"

"Yes, we will open to visit--no tickets are charged, which is a good opportunity to take advantage of us."

This is what a participating country said in a public interview with the media before the game, but the facts are completely different from what he expected.

Not only are they lagging behind in equipment, but also in terms of personnel combat quality, they are also far behind in China.

The most prominent one is the Reconnaissance Pioneer Project. In the battlefield environment covered by electromagnetic signals, their Scouts took twice as long to complete the scheduled combat target.

Their goal is China, but ironically, China's goal is not them.

Even their original plan to open a visit to several advanced warships and aircraft carriers was in the end.

Because no one went to see them at all.

More than 200 participating countries line up to visit the electromagnetic guns, and each country only has a few minutes to visit. For these few minutes, some people are willing to wait in the rest area for a few hours, but they are not willing to take a look at the Zumwalter-class destroyer of the Ugly Country.

This sense of gap made the commander-in-chief of this ship formation feel a little lost.

.........

On the other side of the sea, the Office of Strategic Intelligence Analysis.

Johnson looked helplessly at the results of the event in front of him and said to the officers in front of him:

"So, from when did our individual combat effectiveness have become so weak? Will the Marine Scouts get lost? Are you kidding me?"

".........This is just a chance time. Our Marines have almost never fought in such a snowfield environment. They have serious lack of experience and coupled with the requirements of electromagnetic shielding, it is actually normal to get lost."

"In fact, there are only more than 200 participating teams, and only more than ten of them completed the combat mission in the end. This year's schedule is too difficult."

"Although it seems exaggerated to take twice the time, it's really not a big gap -- if we can specialize in this type of combat, two months -- or even one month, we can reach their level."

Johnson shook his head, his face cold.

"You're just an excuse. The Marines in China have not undergone such training. Most of their training is for low-dimensional islands. How did they do it?"

"...I heard that their Marines weren't real Marines, but were elites who were selected to participate in the competition."

"It's another excuse. Have we never selected it before participating in the competition?"

The officer was finally speechless. After a moment of silence, he spoke:

"Okay... I admit that we did lose this competition, but the competition is just a competition after all. In real combat, our advantage over them is still crushing."

"Really?"

Johnson looked at the other person with a sarcastic look.

"Why did I hear that before the game started, our fleet had a contest with their fleet, and we were almost completely defeated?"

"That's just when neither side is on guard!"

Johnson sighed a long time, and he naturally knew that the other party was talking about objective facts, but in this case, he really couldn't say anything comforting.

Participating in the international military competition was originally intended to show off your muscles in a more peaceful and gentle way internationally, but unexpectedly, a rabbit was training his muscles even bigger than them behind their backs.

Yes, they also achieved the second place in the group this time, but who will remember the second place?

This is a terrible signal.

As the officer said, from the perspective of professionals, no one would take such a military competition seriously, because compared with actual battlefield operations, the scope of the competition is too narrow and the real strength it can reflect is too limited.

However, this competition is not just for professionals to see. In this world, there are still many forces that are staring at the changes in their own and their opponent's strength. Only when they think there is any sign of decline, they will devote themselves to the opponent's arms without hesitation.

Just now, he had received news that a certain country had cancelled its intention to purchase F-35 from its own country and instead prepared to negotiate with the other party to introduce some new drones, medium-range missiles, and anti-missile systems to meet their combat needs with the lowest cost.

And this is just the beginning.

If there is more military power comparison in the future and our side loses more dominant position, then those waiting and watching forces will leave one after another.

Thinking of this, he spoke:

"That's all about the military competition. Our previous preparations are indeed insufficient, and you can't blame you."

“However, because of the loss in the competition, the goal we booked was not achieved, so my advice is that we need to show our strength in other ways.”

"Our early actions in Africa were very effective - especially in the individual exoskeletons. We have received a lot of international attention and praise, and orders have begun to be implemented one by one."

"Based on this successful experience, I think we need to organize some similar activities, and to increase the scale slightly and the intensity slightly."

Hearing his words, the officer frowned and nodded, and then suggested:

"Then this time it's best to be the navy... Otherwise, we will arrange a unified drill for the three major aircraft carrier formations? You know, the coordination of this three-aircraft carrier battle group is very rare and has a strong pressure. It is actually the most appropriate for demonstrating the strength of the navy."

Johnson nodded slightly and replied:

"This is indeed a good idea and a very intuitive comparison."

"We have three aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean alone, and the other side has only two aircraft carriers that are one of our generation... This should give us stronger confidence in our unstable allies. Well, just follow this."

The officer nodded and was about to report to his superiors by phone to obtain final agreement, but just as he picked up his cell phone, the door of the conference room was knocked.

"Come in!"

Johnson shouted.

Then, the door of the conference room was opened, and a nervous intelligence officer held a stack of documents in his hand and handed them straight to Johnson.

Looking at the document in his hand, Johnson's face gradually became ugly, and even his fingers were shaking slightly.

"What's wrong?"

The officer saw his expression and asked quickly.

"You can see it yourself."

Johnson threw the document in front of him, and the officer quickly opened the document.

Then, his face suddenly turned dark.

Too fast.

Their judgment may have made another mistake.

What was originally expected to happen at least several months ago has just become a reality.

The document in front of him is a set of satellite pictures, with numbers representing latitude and longitude marked in the lower left corner of the picture, and the location represented by those numbers is Shang Hai!

And on the satellite picture, a huge ship is sailing away from its home port!

June 21.

China's 003 aircraft carrier was officially launched!

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