The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

"Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves!"

After the national anthem was sung and the flag-raising ceremony concluded, the echoes of the cannon salute still reverberated over the square.

After that, the leaders inspected the troops, followed by the main event of the National Day military parade.

Leading the procession was the Guard of Honor, followed by green infantry, white sailors, blue pilots, and orange female militia.

"Dad, I want to be a soldier when I grow up."

Wang Junkang suddenly spoke up, and Wang Duoyu, who was standing next to him, glanced at him upon hearing this:
"Don't act impulsively. You're still young. Let's talk about it later."

"Serving in the army is not something to be taken lightly. If you can't handle the hardship and choose to desert, well, you'll ruin your life."

So don't rush.

Although Wang Duoyu knew that his third son had cancer when he was a child and had been exercising ever since, his physical condition was now quite good.

But regular training is completely different from the kind of training that pushes the body to its limits when you're in the military.

Normally, Wang Junkang could only run a maximum of ten kilometers, but in the army, carrying a twenty-kilogram load for five kilometers was just the basic requirement.

Of course, Wang Duoyu didn't say he wouldn't let his son join the army. He just hoped that his son could think it through and not rush into a decision just because he had seen the military parade and longed for the cool life of soldiers.

He pointed to the formations passing in front of Tiananmen Square:

"Third brother, what you see now—the soldiers, each one with a majestic and imposing military bearing, the female soldiers, so heroic and spirited—you're only seeing the surface. Behind it all are countless days and nights of sweat and toil."

"Dad, I know, I can endure hardship."

"Yes, I know. Don't rush. If you want to join the army, you have to wait until you get into university. You can apply to the National Defense University, or you can apply to Harbin Institute of Technology."

"Okay, Dad, I get it."

The marching contingent passed quickly as the father and son were talking.

After the infantry formations, came the steel torrent formation, consisting of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, towed artillery, self-propelled artillery, anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, ship-to-ship missiles, surface-to-air missiles, and surface-to-surface missiles.

Wang Duoyu was quite excited, because our country has really become much stronger.

Of course, what he was most looking forward to in today's military parade was not these things, but the aerial formations that followed, especially the fighter jet formations.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was the turn of the aircraft formation to perform.

Today the autumn sky is clear and the weather in Beijing is also quite favorable.

The first to pass over Tiananmen Square were fighter jet formations, followed by fighter-bombers, attack aircraft, bombers, helicopters, and so on.

The final act was the Dragon Roar stealth fighter formation.

This was the moment Wang Duoyu had been most looking forward to.

"Dad, is that your airplane?"

When Wang Yifei saw tears welling up in her father's eyes, she couldn't help but hug his arm and ask him a question.

"It's not mine, it belongs to our country," Wang Duoyu replied with a smile.

Liu Xiaoli looked up at the sky with a sense of pride, "Didn't you say it flew very fast? It doesn't look fast at all now."

The Longxiao stealth fighter jet was developed five years ago and began to be deployed to the military three years ago.

There are at least one hundred Longxiao stealth fighter jets in China right now, and twenty of them have appeared in public view today.

"Mom, there's a military parade going on right now. If they fly that fast, we won't be able to see them clearly," Wang Jun'an explained.

However, Wang Duoyu chimed in with a comment:
"Being unable to see clearly isn't the main issue; the problem is that it's flying too fast and at such a low altitude, so a large number of people near Tiananmen Square will likely be killed or injured."

"Huh? Why?"

Liu Xiaoli didn't understand, and Wang Duoyu was about to explain when a leader next to them suddenly interrupted:
"Because the Dragon Roar stealth fighter can reach speeds of Mach 5 and above, the sonic boom generated at such speeds is extremely powerful."

This leader couldn't quite understand why Wang Duoyu's wife didn't know such a basic fact as sonic booms.

"Thank you, I understand." Liu Xiaoli felt a little embarrassed, but still thanked him and then kept quiet.

However, the military parade is almost over now.

As the music of "Ode to the Motherland" played, the mass parade followed the troops into Tiananmen Square.

Seeing this, Bai Doufu also wanted to join in the fun, because it looked very interesting.

But her older brother wouldn't allow it, so she pouted and looked unhappy.

Only when her father's voice came did she happily climb down from her older brother's head and leave the city tower.

The military parade celebrations are over, but their impact continues to spread.

When people abroad learned about the formidable strength of a certain major power in the Far East through television, the internet, and other channels, they were all speechless.

The netizens next door, especially the third brother's family, were all green with envy, they were so jealous.

Because a certain major power in the Far East possesses unparalleled weapons such as missiles and nuclear bombs, as well as the world's fastest fighter jets. In addition, this military parade also showcased a formation of drones that passed directly through Tiananmen Square.

That's a drone formation. If there's even the slightest mishap, like someone causing trouble near Tiananmen Square, causing the drones to malfunction or even crash, it would be a laughing stock.

The entire process went unscathed, and the drone formation continued along the predetermined flight path without any mishaps.

All I can say is, awesome.

The so-called layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

The drone formation is so impressive; the technical team behind it must have put in tremendous effort.

The third brother's family had nothing, but they were still unwilling to accept it.

Europe is even more envious, because their military strength is also average. Although they have US troops stationed there, this makes their situation even worse.

Russia, however, had no time to worry about such things, because in August of this year, Vladimir Vladimirovich had already been promoted to First Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Prime Minister of their federal government.

In other words, the emperor has successfully ascended to the throne and is busy dealing with domestic affairs.

As the world's largest country by area, Russia has a small population but numerous factions, and Vladimir Vladimirovich needs time to untangle these complex factional relationships.

Yeltsin hasn't stepped down yet; he's still holding on. Once Vladimirovich has a more stable position, he'll begin to step down.

Even though Yeltsin felt he was about to reach his limit, he had to endure it. Otherwise, his intention to 'abdicate' might be disrupted midway, thus ruining this excellent situation.

Therefore, with Russia in a state of internal chaos, it naturally wouldn't pay much attention to the military parade of a major Far Eastern power.

Although a major power in the Far East has showcased their Dragon Roar stealth fighter, so what?
Everyone has nuclear weapons, so it's still uncertain who will win or lose; there's plenty of time.

The best example is the United States, where the Pentagon and the White House saw a surge in takeout orders around October 1st, due to the large number of people working overtime.

Inside the White House office, President Clinton looked at the several generals with graying hair or bald heads in front of him, his face grim, and remained silent.

"The weapons and equipment displayed in the military parade are not all they have. According to the information we have obtained, they have already equipped more than one hundred Dragon Roar stealth fighters in their country. At the same time, they have also developed more advanced fighters, but we do not know the specific information yet."

One of the bald generals said in a deep voice:
"Bennett, for more specific intelligence, we'll need the CIA's assistance. We need more concrete information to make subsequent strategic and tactical adjustments."

hiss!
President Clinton gasped in shock. Could it be that a major power in the Far East had developed an even more advanced fighter jet?
How can this be?

It's important to understand that ever since the Longxiao stealth fighter appeared, the way countries around the world look at a certain major power in the Far East has completely changed.

A fighter jet with a speed of Mach 5 would be an overwhelming force in the event of war; it would be impossible to win.

Why?

The primary function of nuclear weapons is nuclear deterrence. Anyone who dares to launch a nuclear weapon is going against all of humanity. Therefore, if the United States were to fight a major power in the Far East, nuclear deterrence would certainly be unnecessary.

Therefore, we can only fight conventional battles.

For conventional battles, look to the Gulf War, which is the basic tactic of modern warfare.

The Kosovo War fought in the first half of this year was rather childish, far less fierce and brutal than the Gulf War.

With fighter jets bombing and destroying enemy fortifications and bases from hundreds of kilometers away, Iraq back then was utterly helpless.

However, if it comes to a major power in the Far East, then the United States really has no way to deal with a god-like existence like the Dragon Roar stealth fighter.

It's important to understand that the production capacity of a certain major power in the Far East is truly astounding. If their production capacity were to be unleashed at full power, it probably wouldn't be long before the number of Dragon Roar stealth fighters could rapidly increase to over a thousand.

They might even have more than a thousand aircraft now, but they're just hiding them and not known to the outside world.

Who can blame them when the Longxiao stealth fighter is just too awesome?
"That won't do. Our top priority right now is investigating the counterfeit money ring. We can't cooperate with your so-called intelligence investigation."

Bennett Ortega shook his head and refused:

"Even if one of the major powers in the Far East really develops a new fighter jet, even if we obtain the latest intelligence, so what?"

"If we can find the counterfeit money ring's factory right now, we can quickly have a large sum of money, and then we can build our own new fighter jets!"

Everyone agreed that this made sense.

But that bald general wasn't so easily fooled.

"Bennett, you make it sound nice, but when will your CIA find it? It's been ten years, how many directors have you had? And what's the result?"

Three questions were thrown at him, leaving Bennett speechless.

In this matter, the CIA truly has nothing to say.

President Clinton couldn't help but chime in, urging Bennett to hurry up and get things done quickly.

This year is almost over, and he'll be holding elections next year, which will be troublesome.

In the capital, Wang Duoyu arrived at a secret experimental base in the suburbs and saw the fighter jet in the warehouse.

Experts such as Li Xingbang, Gao Xiuyong, Kong Xiangyan, and Zhang Jieqian were all present, accompanying Wang Duoyu as he inspected the aircraft.

The Ginkgo Leaf Tri-Engine Fighter Project was launched in 1989, and ten years have passed since then.

Kong Xiangyan and his colleagues had worked hard on this project for ten years, and finally, the moment of truth had arrived.

After taking a quick look, Wang Duoyu asked a few key questions and then inquired with concern what was still missing.
"We have everything we need now, we're just waiting for the results of the taxiing test flight," Li Xingbang said proactively.

Wang Duoyu nodded slightly and did not continue speaking.

This project is a key national scientific research project, and no one dares to touch it.

Moreover, companies under Harbin Institute of Technology and Want Want Group also provided some funding, while Peking University and other universities provided a lot of technical talent.

It is thanks to everyone's concerted efforts that this project has been able to progress smoothly to this point.

With ample funding and sufficient personnel, Wang Duoyu was naturally pleased.

After the visit, he left.

Li Xingbang probably brought him over to boost morale, since Wang Duoyu is the soul and totem of the project, and his presence would motivate everyone to work harder.

The Ginkgo Leaf Triple-Engine Fighter Project was originally part of the Nantianmen Project, and the existence of this fighter jet was intended to cover other sub-projects of the Nantianmen Project, thus playing a supporting role.

While playing support is important, it's not actually that important if you're not the main damage dealer, or at least not the core role.

This can also be seen from the fact that Wang Duoyu has not frequently visited the Ginkgo Leaf Tri-Engine Fighter Project Department to provide guidance over the past decade.

This is why Li Xingbang and his team invited Wang Duoyu to come and visit.

It took Wang Duoyu two days to finish his work.

By this time, the National Day festivities had largely subsided, and Bai Doufu was already impatient; she really wanted to travel and have fun.

"The tourist attractions are packed with people right now. If we go now, we'll probably only see heads, which isn't worth it. How about Dad takes you next time?"

Inside the courtyard at No. 87 Zhongguancun West Street, Wang Duoyu patted Bai Doufu's little head and coaxed her.

Actually, he wasn't exaggerating; after all, quite a few people travel during the National Day holiday.

This year marks the inaugural National Day Golden Week, proving that there are still many wealthy people who are going out to have fun.

It was just packed with people.

Moreover, the homogenization of tourist attractions across the country will only become more and more serious.

When traveling, the most important thing is to have a good mood.

But it's not so fun if there are too many people.

"Hmph, Dad, you don't love me anymore. My vacation is almost over, and I haven't even had a chance to go out and play. When I get back to school, my classmates will be talking about where they went, and I won't be able to join in the conversation."

Bai Doufu pouted and said aggrievedly.

Beside her, her older sister suddenly pouted and said:

"How dare you say that? Didn't you go out to play? You were on the news, you know? You watched the National Day parade, didn't you broaden your horizons? By the way, did you memorize the names of all the weapons and equipment I asked you to memorize?"

After the military parade on October 1st, there was a deluge of news reports, with many introducing military strength and weaponry.

However, Bai Doufu still managed to get into the top of the trending search list because she was the youngest audience member on the Tiananmen Rostrum during the National Day parade.

With her adorable appearance, she has indeed attracted the love of many aunties, uncles, grandpas and grandmas.

Maybe her classmates have already seen the news and recognized her.

"I'll memorize it!"

The little guy shouted, and Wang Yifei replied:
"That's good enough. You can go back and introduce these weapons and equipment to your classmates. Come on, let me test you. What is the fastest flight speed of the Dragon Roar stealth fighter?"

"Mach Five!"

"clever!"

The two sisters asked and answered questions, creating a very harmonious atmosphere.

After being persuaded by her sister, Bai Doufu stopped making a fuss and happily went off to play by herself.

Wang Duoyu thought he could finally have some peace and quiet, but no, Wang Yifei came over again.

"Dad, it's getting late. How about we go out for a late-night snack? I know a really great Cantonese food stall nearby."

Old Wang's family has strict rules. Generally speaking, children have to go to bed at 10 o'clock, and the younger children have to go to bed even earlier. For example, Bai Doufu has to go to bed at 9:30.

Except in special circumstances, such as having a job.

They go to bed early, so Wang Duoyu's family doesn't have the habit of having a late-night snack.

But things are different in Beijing; you can still have late-night snacks here.

However, I gradually developed this habit of eating late-night snacks while living in Guangzhou.

There's no way around it, the food culture in Guangzhou is just too overwhelming; many people simply can't resist the temptation of the delicious food.

“If I’m going out for a late-night snack, I’ll go with your mom. At your age, you should be going to bed early and waking up early. Besides, you’re a singer now, you need to protect your voice, you know that?”

Wang Duoyu said, but he was quickly persuaded by his daughter.

Wang Jun'an, Wang Jun'kang, and Bai Doufu accompanied them. Liu Xiaoli was not at home; she and Zhu Ling went shopping.

Well, even fake sisterhood needs some maintenance, at least to maintain appearances, right?

When Wang Duoyu and his friends arrived at a Cantonese-style food stall in Zhongguancun, the place was already very lively.

A group of people sat together at the entrance of the food stall. At a glance, there were more than 20 tables, but only three tables were empty; the rest were full.

"Wow, so many southerners?" Wang Junkang was surprised because he heard someone speaking Cantonese.

Wang Qianqian chuckled and sat down:

"Let me tell you, this place is very lively. People from Guangdong and Hong Kong in Beijing love to come here. Boss, bring me two duck heads first."

She's the only one who likes duck heads, so she only ordered two.

Just then, Wang Junan suddenly chuckled and took out his phone to call his mother:
"Mom, guess who I saw outside? Dad was having a late-night snack at a roadside stall, and he had two girls with him. Not my sister and her friends, but other girls."

"You wait, I'll say it right now!" Liu Xiaoli said through gritted teeth. (End of Chapter)