50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 549 Maria's Charitable Foundation
Sun Zhiwei, who had already gone to bed, had no idea how much noise he had made this time.

Not only were Annan and the two countries involved somewhat bewildered, but the Kremlin and the White House also received urgent reports from testing agencies.

Both of them monitor global information 24 hours a day. In theory, satellites can detect various signs of a nuclear explosion, such as electromagnetic pulses, vibrations, and the spread of radioactive materials.

However, this explosion occurred 500 meters underground, and the area above was buried by a massive landslide.

The electromagnetic pulse and nuclear radiation generated by the nuclear explosion were completely blocked by the thick rock layers, with no leakage whatsoever; only the shock waves propagated out.

The two superpowers only detected tremors, so they cannot currently determine whether it was an earthquake or a nuclear explosion.

Sun Zhiwei went to sleep, but the forward command and other cooperating units did not rest. They quickly re-established defenses in the front-line areas.

It wasn't until the next morning that Sun Zhiwei was woken up from his bed by Sun Aiguo, who had returned from his mission.

After he went to sleep yesterday, the forward command searched everywhere for him, and finally learned from the company that he had already gone to sleep.

The leaders were understanding of his hard work and refrained from waking him up immediately until Sun Aiguo returned, at which point they quickly woke him up.

"Dad, the leaders are all waiting for you to report the situation. Why don't you report it first, and then go back to sleep?"

The leaders' consideration for the hardships of the combat personnel is a sign of their care, but they themselves cannot take it for granted. Sun Aiguo, having been taught this by Sun Zhiwei, understands this point.

Sun Zhiwei was still a little dazed when he first woke up, but after hearing his son's words, he became clear-headed.

He jumped up, washed up and tidied up, and then ate a couple of mouthfuls of the porridge his son brought him.

Then he snatched another set of military uniform that his son had just washed, with a steamed bun in his mouth, and drove the truck ahead, leaving Sun Aiguo, carrying dirty clothes, standing bewildered in the wind.

An hour later, in a small conference room at the forward command post, several knowledgeable leaders personally listened to Sun Zhiwei's report on the operation.

"So, the explosion in the middle wasn't your doing, but most likely caused by a secondary explosion in the enemy's armory inside the cave, right?"

"Yes, there was a high probability that there was an explosion point directly above a huge ammunition depot."

"Otherwise, I really can't figure out how the second huge explosion was caused."

"Because the power of the second explosion was too exaggerated, it is estimated that at least tens of thousands of tons of TNT were needed to make that kind of noise."

"Could it be that the Russian bear gave the monkeys some amazing advanced weapons?"

Sun Zhiwei's last sentence was pointed, but the leaders didn't catch it; they simply agreed with his judgment.

Regardless, this was a successful special operation that established a solid battlefield advantage for the western defense line.

It will be unlikely that the monkeys will be able to carry out infiltration operations on the western front in the future, because the terrain will not allow it.

Now, there isn't even a two-meter-tall tree to be seen around Laoshan; most of the area is just bare rock.

As for Annan's losses, Sun Zhiwei estimates that the casualties exceeded 15, and the losses of weapons and ammunition were even greater. We will only be able to obtain more detailed data once they have compiled their own statistics.

After completing the report, Sun Zhiwei returned the remaining half ton of TNT and rushed back to the front line, wanting to personally assess the actual effects of the explosion.

Upon reaching the vicinity of the border, he found a concealed location and began digging underground, passing through the defense line and arriving near the former Laoshan Mountain. There, he finally discovered the underground situation. The karst landscape in this area had been completely altered; all the large underground caves had collapsed without exception, and the number of enemies buried underground was greater than he had anticipated.

It is estimated that Annam was planning a large-scale attack recently, but a large number of troops were wiped out in one fell swoop.

He also went to see the huge underground armory. The weapons and ammunition stored inside were indeed enormous, but they were all buried and had not exploded.

That won't do. What if the monkeys send people to dig up these munitions and use them? It's better to dispose of them.

Blowing them all up is one option, but it would be a bit wasteful.

He figured the Chinese in Borneo needed a large number of armed forces to protect themselves, so he simply stored all the buried ammunition into his spatial storage.

Although these are not advanced equipment, they are sufficient for use in a poor and remote area like Java.

This time, I've finished the task my wife asked me to do. We have too much of an advantage on the western front now, and there's basically no possibility of a major war in the future.

Although Sun Aiguo lost the opportunity to gain more merits as a result, at least his safety was guaranteed.

He and Tong Jiajia didn't expect their son to achieve merit on the battlefield. Aren't all parents like that? They just hope their children can be safe and sound.

It was time to leave. After returning from the front lines, he rushed to the camp to say goodbye to his son.

This time, he didn't use his connections to recall Sun Aiguo ahead of schedule, so as not to ruin his future.

Simply perfect.

Three days later, Sun Zhiwei returned to Washington and reported to his wife about the arrangements he had made for their son during his trip back to China.

She was relieved to learn that although her son was still on the front lines, there would be no major battles afterward because the enemy had suffered heavy losses.

On June 1, Sun Zhiwei established a public welfare and charity organization in the name of Tong Jiajia: the Maria Charity Foundation. He also has a Chinese name (Houtu Foundation).

Sun Zhiwei injected $1 million in initial funding into the Maria Foundation in one go, and its first project was to launch an investigation into transnational child adoptions.

The Maria Foundation's initial work did not target any particular country. Instead, it aimed to investigate the current situation of families in Country M that had adopted children from other countries, as well as the adopted children themselves.

What they need to do is not easy; it requires a lot of detailed and accurate data as a foundation.

Sun Zhiwei also hopes to make this foundation a long-term philanthropic endeavor.

Just as summer was beginning and Sun Zhiwei and his wife were still busy with the foundation's affairs, he received a request for help from the Huang family in Borneo.

It turns out that the situation in Java has been escalating in recent months, and the unrest has spread from Java Island to the surrounding islands, with Borneo not being spared either.

Pontianak, as Borneo's largest port, has attracted close attention from both sides in the standoff, and is now embroiled in turmoil.

The order in Pontianak is relatively stable under the strong suppression of the opposition.

However, Army Colonel Latif sent a 2,000-strong army unit into the city, while Hato's son-in-law, Prabowo Subiyando, dispatched three warships to occupy the port of Pontianak.

(End of this chapter)