For forces like the Cali Group, not to mention that they will not ship for a year or a half, or if they have no income for three months, they will have to pay for it.

And there may be distractions.

Li Changheng himself has a large number of subordinates, and it is clear that if he cannot be paid for a few months, his subordinates will definitely resign or even sue him.

And the ‘read’ peddlers didn’t get the money, so it’s not as simple as not telling them.

A few days later, with the help of Li Changheng, DEA joined forces with FBI, Los Angeles and other West Coast customs, as well as police officers in several large cities, to launch a large-scale "reading" operation again.

Not only did they arrest a lot of mules that specialize in smuggling flour, but also knocked out several gangs that were not small in scale. For a while, the gangsters in Los Angeles and other places were afraid to go out.

The flour merchants mourned all over, but the people jumped for joy.

And Grumman's two E2C early warning aircraft have also entered the naval base on the west coast, together with four frigates, to inspect several specific sea areas in batches.

Li Changheng has also returned to the United States because he wants to lobby various forces. He was curious for a while and wanted to see the process and results of the action with his own eyes.

In case there is a problem, it will not be solved in the first time, which will delay the follow-up action plan.

Before the 4 frigates set off, they flew to the San Diego base in California on the west coast and boarded a frigate called the Assault.

As for the identity of the boarding ship, Grumman used the E2C early warning aircraft to inspect the real situation at sea.

There is also the actual effect of the on-board new transistor computer, which exchanges information with ships.

And he is a member of Grumman's board of directors and a shareholder, enough for him to serve as the leader of Grumman.

Starting from the base, it took 8 hours to reach the intended sea area.

Li Changheng stood in the electronic monitoring and control room of the ‘Assault’ frigate, watching the soldiers and officers operating various equipment.

Linked to an early warning aircraft in the sky, and three frigates in the surrounding waters, apparently conducting actual combat exercises, but secretly searching for special targets in the sea.

Li Changheng didn't intervene in how to act specifically. He knew very well that he could not really give orders so as not to be caught by others. When attacking him, he also accused the navy.

However, compare the high-tech equipment in the movies of later generations in my mind, and then look at the command room in front of me where even the computer screen is just a small black and white box.

Suddenly I was a little disappointed and bored.

It’s not a problem that the display is black and white. On the contrary, black and white is the most stable. Otherwise, black and white displays will not be used on some ships in the future.

But a one-meter-high computer with a face-sized display cost 46,000 U.S. dollars. That is a real money grab.

Fortunately, Li Changheng is still sober, knowing that the research and development costs of shipbuilding and aircraft building are not only high, but in many cases it is all in vain.

Think about it carefully, whether you want to make a lot of money or do civilian products make more money.

In the future, those giant military-industrial groups will have a market value of hundreds or hundreds of billions. Compared with Internet companies and financial companies, with a market value of hundreds of billions and trillions, it is no wonder that Americans will abandon industry for a long time in the future.

Could not help but shook his head with regret and amusement.

But I didn't expect the people around to pay attention to him all the time.

"SIR?"

Hearing someone around him yelling to himself, he turned around and saw the captain of the frigate and Grumman's engineer, staring at him with all doubts in his eyes.

"I'm sorry," Li Changheng said with a smile, "I'm thinking about whether the technology of the future can create a touch screen.

Soldiers in all positions in the command room only need to control the entire warship on the screen. "

These words left the captain and several officers at a loss. They couldn't imagine what kind of technology and equipment it was to reflect what Li Changheng described.

However, Grumman's engineer stared at him with bright eyes and said, "SIR, the technology you said is really suitable for new fighters and warships, but that technology spans too much.

It also depends on the overall technological progress of the United States. Otherwise, the Grummans alone would not be able to achieve it. "

This time, Li Changheng was stunned for a while, but someone in Grumman had already imagined touch-screen displays so early.

No, military technology is often more than ten years earlier than civilian use, or even more than twenty years ago.

And at the end of the 90s, F22 seemed to have been equipped with this technology.

In other words, it is very likely that the United States developed a touch display in the 1980s.

The reason why it has not been converted to civilian use, in addition to the need to keep the technology confidential, should also be too expensive.

Thinking of this, Li Changheng reminded himself in his heart that he still needs to learn more about the research projects of the US military when he has the opportunity.

Despite the fact that the red polar bear was dragged down, 80% of the US’s research and development forces during the Cold War were also used for military purposes.

If the polar bears hadn't fought the Afkhan War, it would be hard to tell who was dragged down first.

Even the famous space program, but the U.S. economy can no longer afford it, has to come up with a gimmick to fool the polar bears~lightnovelpub.net~, but I didn’t expect the Maozi to really believe it, and then surpassed the U.S. with a lot of financial resources. , Material resources and manpower are invested in aerospace projects, but it is difficult for them to help their own strength in a short period of time.

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When the engineers at Li Changheng and Grumman were discussing technical topics, three days passed unconsciously.

On the afternoon of the last day of March, when Li Changheng was taking a nap in his single-occupancy cabin, he suddenly heard the shrill sirens from the ship.

When he put on his clothes in a hurry, there was an urgent knock on the steel hatch.

As soon as the door opened, I saw my navy captain who was following me these days and exclaimed excitedly, "SIR, an early warning aircraft came with a message saying that a suspicious vessel that looked like a submarine was found 87 nautical miles away from us.

The captain guessed that the possibility of a semi-submersible smuggling ship was far greater than that of an unknown submarine.

Because unless the military submarine has an unsolvable failure, it will not surface in the daytime semi-submersible for ventilation. "

Li Changheng liked his face and followed the captain to the command room quickly.

Listening to the captain using the radio to inform the nearest naval base, he asked two reconnaissance planes to take off and bring depth charges to help.

Then the carrier helicopter was also ready to take off, and soon took 12 depth charges directly to the target.

87 nautical miles is about 161 kilometers, and it takes more than 2 hours for the frigate to rush past at full speed.

However, the speed of the helicopter was much faster. In less than half an hour, the voice of the pilot came from the communication channel.

"Assault, Assault, this is Haiying 1. An unidentified submarine with a visual inspection of less than 10 meters was found. It is impossible to determine whether the opponent has a powerful attack weapon.

Whether to attack first.

Repeat, whether to attack. "