Otherworld Girl Development Guide

Generally speaking, all countries agreed to establish a special economic zone, as it was in their interest, whether it was the capitalists within the Republic of Calva or the nobles of the Rebonian Empire...

However, Shangqiu's opinion is to further develop the concept of the Koreus Special Economic Zone and form the "Guideline Special Economic Zone" of the Klobel Autonomous Oblast.

The Klopp Autonomous Oblast boasts resource-rich mines, including crystal mines, and the Great Lakes, a masterpiece of nature... With electricity, power, and resources readily available, all that's left is to inject sufficient labor and start-up capital.

Shangqiu's goal is to form a complete power supply chain in the Klopp Autonomous Oblast and strive to have Shangqiu's shares in every power supply company. For companies with insufficient funds, Shangqiu can inject capital.

Even if Shangqiu isn't allowed to invest, as long as the Kingdom of Bel is allowed to invest, it's fine. It's like a nested doll; the rabbit is familiar with it.

The morning business talks quickly came to an end; in reality, it was just an opening ceremony where each country expressed its demands, and the rest was done through private contacts.

The representatives from Shangqiu immediately contacted the representatives of the Republic of Kalva, expressing their desire to have lunch together to discuss the issue of desertification in the western desert.

After Olivier got up, he stretched and glanced at Zhou Mingrui, whose eyes were fixed on Mayor Doyle's granddaughter, and pursed his lips.

"Then I'll be going now. Don't forget our private agreement..."

After saying that, he waved and walked towards the door.

The city hall was expanded, and a restaurant was built specifically to entertain foreign guests.

Representatives from Shangqiu and the Republic of Calva are having lunch together in a very cordial atmosphere.

"Ms. Wuxiang, according to our experts' survey, desertification in the western desert of Guiguo is becoming increasingly serious. And the western desert is too close to Shangqiu. If this continues, it will seriously affect Shangqiu."

Wu Xiang narrowed her phoenix eyes. Indeed, as the representative from Shangqiu said, the area of ​​the western desert was expanding. However, it would take at least a century before it affected Shangqiu.

"You're exaggerating. It will take another century to reach that point..."

"No, Ms. Wuxiang, a hundred years is too long, we only need to seize the day!" the representative from Shangqiu said resolutely.

"Hmm?" Wuxiang picked up her coffee, took a sip, and looked at the representative from Shangqiu.

"We must plan ahead for everything. If it really affects Shangqiu, it will become a diplomatic issue involving your country, the Kingdom of Bel, and Shangqiu. We must address it as soon as possible..."

"...If you are concerned about funding, we can provide financial assistance for the remediation. You only need to grant permission, and we will collect some resources in the desert to offset our investment..."

"...Shangqiu Mining Group will manage the entire operation. After your country has paid for Shangqiu's investment with resources, we hope your country can sell the remaining resources to us at the lowest price available on the mainland..."

"I don't understand, what benefit does this bring you?"

Wu Xiang squinted and asked, "The people from Shangqiu come to combat desertification, and then the Republic of Kalva doesn't need to pay anything. They just need to let the people from Shangqiu mine some resources that they can't collect themselves, and they can even make money while lying down in the future..."

"Helping your country to combat desertification in the west is helping our future generations. Green mountains and clear waters are invaluable assets."

Chapter 230 The Suffocating Eagle

The sun rose as usual, and its sunlight once again illuminated the third planet in the solar system.

After the meteorite disaster, the United States has finally restored its commercial satellite network, but it will take some time to restore GPS.

With a bang, the door to the president's office was violently kicked open, and the defense minister walked up to Trump with a serious expression, causing Trump, who was enjoying a Coke, to pause for a moment.

"My dear King, we're in trouble. Today will be the darkest day for the United States since the meteorite disaster."

"what happened?!"

"According to our commercial satellite reconnaissance, we discovered that China's barges are towing a 10,000-ton cargo ship towards international waters, having already passed through Japan's strait a week ago..."

Speaking of the Taiwan Strait, Trump gets angry. Previously, only the United States could pass through, but now China is brazenly shoving its way through...

"So, sir... please tell me, what does the rabbit want to do?" the King asked, staring at the minister.

"It seems the rabbit wants to tow a 10,000-ton barge into the Pacific Ocean to use as a target ship..."

Target ship? Towing it into international waters? Trump frowned slightly. What were they planning to do?

"Based on our satellite imaging, the image of this cargo ship cannot be said to be identical to that of our Ford-class destroyers, but it can only be said to be completely consistent..."

Upon hearing this, Trump couldn't sit still any longer. What was the rabbit trying to do?!

"Mazefak! Where is our nearest carrier strike group? Send them over there to see what the rabbit is up to!"

Soon, the carrier battle group, which was cruising in the Pacific Ocean, received orders to change course. The carriers accelerated and sped against the wind at 30 knots.

Once the carrier reached the speed required to launch carrier-based aircraft, an E-2C early warning aircraft took off from the flight deck via a steam catapult, followed by F/A-18E/F escort fighters and EA-18G Growlers responsible for electronic suppression.

After the carrier-based aircraft formed a formation in the air, they flew toward the target ship.

All the unused compartments inside the 10,000-ton cargo ship have been removed and the ship has been made lighter to bring its speed closer to 30 knots. At the same time, an AI program for automatic cruise has been installed in the control room, and a lot of poles have been installed on the deck, with corner reflectors installed at the top of the poles.

After the barge towed the cargo ship to the designated sea area, it quickly withdrew. Under the control of the remote data link, the cargo ship's automatic AI program was activated, and the cargo ship began to accelerate slowly.

In the route set by the rabbit (referring to a specific ship), a 10,000-ton cargo ship would travel 30 nautical miles in a straight line at top speed, followed by a 12-nautical-mile S-curve...

Soon, the E-2C early warning aircraft detected only this cargo ship on the high seas, with no Chinese warships nearby...

When Trump saw the information sent back from the carrier battle group, he was taken aback. The target ship was 3200 kilometers away from the Chinese coast... It was clear that China did not intend to destroy the target ship in the conventional way.

The AI-controlled cargo ship was getting faster and faster, eventually reaching a speed of nearly 28 knots, simulating the steps of a Ford-class aircraft carrier accelerating into the wind to take off its carrier-based aircraft.

"It seems that the rabbit is using cargo ships to simulate the takeoff of carrier-based aircraft..." The Minister of Defense said somewhat uncertainly, looking at the trajectory of the cargo ships.

Just then, the door was flung open, and an assistant rushed to Trump's side, nervously saying, "My... Your Majesty! The Chinese just released a notice that they will be test-firing a hypersonic sounding rocket..."

Almost two minutes later, the newly launched high-orbit early warning satellite reported the detection of a ballistic missile that was heading towards the Pacific Ocean.

Meanwhile, a cargo ship sailing on the ocean, under the control of AI, enters an S-shaped maneuver at a speed of 24 knots... simulating an aircraft carrier's maneuver to evade anti-ship missiles, the simple electronic countermeasures system installed on the cargo ship is activated.

At an altitude of 24,000 meters, ahead of a long contrail, the Bluebird tactical reconnaissance aircraft activated its small guided-missile engine. After shielding itself from the effects of gravity, the conventional engine shut down, and the liquid oxygen-kerosene rocket backpack was activated. A long flame was spewed from the tail nozzle, allowing the Bluebird to rapidly approach the cargo ship at Mach 7.

The optical sensors and radar beneath the aircraft began searching for targets on the sea surface and performing battlefield situation analysis. The electro-optical and radar sensors were compared to identify the targets...

With a squeak... as the lens zoomed in, the high-precision optical sensor above the air intake firmly locked onto the cargo ship maneuvering evasive maneuvers and began tracking it...

[Target locked...]

[Optical recognition is accurate...]

[Radar identification confirmed...]

[Target information uploaded...]

In outer space, China's Dongfeng Express successfully launched a waverider warhead into space and unloaded it. The warhead separated and deployed, launching its attack according to the predetermined plan...

The waverider warhead glides outside the range of the mid-course interceptor weapon, and then enters the atmosphere at a speed of Mach 10, 1000 kilometers away from the target ship.

The waverider warhead's velocity was not high enough to create a blackout (plasma sheath); the optoelectronic equipment and radar seeker on the warhead functioned normally and received the data link sent by the Bluebird...

Almost the instant the seeker was activated, it captured the cargo ship's S-shaped course on the sea. The wave-rider warhead corrected its trajectory and made a final dive towards the cargo ship...

Immediately, under the almost incredulous gazes of Trump and the Secretary of Defense, it was loaded onto a 10,000-ton cargo ship...

With a deafening roar, the moment the wave-rider warhead slammed into the cargo ship's interior, the immense kinetic energy was transferred to the ship's hull, causing irreversible plastic deformation, and the keel was twisted into a pretzel by the kinetic energy.

The entire cargo ship was twisted and deformed by the impact, but this was not the end. Inside the wave-rider warhead, hundreds of kilograms of high-explosive warhead were activated by a delayed fuse and exploded inside the cargo ship. The entire ship was thrown around by the explosion from the inside out, and then brilliant flames sprayed out from the gap created by the impact...

"My King of Knowledge..."

The entire ballistic missile attack took 30 minutes and had a range of about 4000 kilometers... The Minister of Defense swallowed hard.

"...The Pacific Ocean is no longer safe."

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"Elder, this exercise should serve as a deterrent to the United States for some time..."

"Yes, let's speed up the development of Mingrui Star. Time is on our side."

Chapter 231 Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion

The main body of Pengkun-2 floated in the air. A Y-8 transport aircraft landed steadily on the main body under the pilot's superb skills. The engine did not stop, but ran at low power. Immediately, the cargo hold opened, and forklifts unloaded all the materials and supplies in the cargo hold. The Y-8 took off directly from the flight deck of Pengkun-2 at cruising speed without stopping.

On the ground, some military enthusiasts were using various binoculars to look at the Pengkun-2 in the sky.

"When can I serve in the military... I can't wait..."

One military enthusiast scoffed, noting that the main body of the Pengkun-2 had only completed its initial construction, and that China was not in a hurry to rush the project, but was building it step by step according to plan.

The Chinese military seems unfazed, but military enthusiasts are getting impatient, hoping it will be manufactured today, launched tomorrow, and patrolling the South China Sea the day after...

"Alright, we're lucky you even let us see it. As for actual service... don't even think about it for at least two or three years. Such a large airborne platform, if it were in India, it would be at least twenty years..."

Upon hearing this, another middle-aged military enthusiast next to him laughed and said, "Look at what you're saying, with India's peaceful policies, it'll probably crash into the water on its maiden voyage and become an aircraft carrier..."

The three men, sharing similar views and all being military enthusiasts, started chatting. They discussed everything from the Bluebird destroyer to the White Bird destroyer, and from the Type 055 destroyer to electromagnetic railguns, each offering their own insights. If you didn't know their professions had absolutely nothing to do with the military industry, you'd really think they were professionals...

The three's chat quickly attracted some strange people. A man who looked a bit petty walked up to them and said with a smile, "I'm a netizen from northern China. I'm very interested in your political views. Can we add each other on Line and chat privately?"

"what?"

They even have delivery service?

Hundreds of kilometers away at a military port, a special experiment is underway.

An unremarkable-looking Type 022 missile boat slowly sailed out of the naval port. Accompanying this Type 022 missile boat were two Type 056 corvettes. One of the Type 056 corvettes had an additional special team on board: a research group led by "Magneto".

Three military vessels formed a small fleet and headed towards the designated sea area.

The seemingly ordinary Type 022 missile boat has a completely different internal structure, and the original waterjet propulsion has been replaced with magnetohydrodynamic propulsion.

The weapon systems inside the Type 022 missile boat have been removed. The space where the YJ anti-ship missiles should have been launched has been replaced with superconducting batteries. The reason for using the Type 022 missile boat for modification is twofold: first, it already uses a waterjet propulsion system, which is somewhat similar to magnetohydrodynamic propulsion; second, its small displacement makes it easy to modify.

When sailing at high speed on the sea, even a contrail can be faked with water jet propulsion... Believe it or not, I, the Chinese, believe it!

The room-temperature superconducting materials developed on the Mingrui Star can be applied not only to aerospace, aviation, and electronics, but also to the shipbuilding industry, such as magnetohydrodynamic propulsion technology.

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) propulsion works by creating a magnetic field within a channel that runs through the seawater. This magnetic field exerts an electromagnetic force on the conductive seawater, causing it to move within the channel. If the direction of movement is towards the stern, the reaction force will propel the ship forward.

Compared with traditional mechanical transmission propulsion devices (propellers, water pumps, and water jet propulsion devices), magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) propulsion devices do not use mechanical transmission and do not require propeller blades, gear transmission mechanisms, or shaft pumps, making them a completely quiet propulsion device without mechanical noise.

Once magnetohydrodynamic propulsion is used, the vibration, noise, and power limitations caused by mechanical rotation are fundamentally eliminated, allowing for extremely high speeds in a virtually silent state.

Theoretical calculations show that its speed can reach 150 knots, which is impossible for any mechanically rotating propulsion system.

"Master... if this project succeeds, won't they have to stop work there? They might even jump straight to magnetohydrodynamic thrusters..."

Upon hearing this, Magneto glared at the doctoral student, who realized he had talked too much and quickly shut up.

"If our tests are successful, our next-generation aircraft carrier will need to change its propulsion system..."

Just as electromagnetic catapults are destined to replace steam catapults, once magnetohydrodynamic propulsion technology matures, its application in civilian use is still unclear, but military ships will definitely have to switch to magnetohydrodynamic propulsion.

It is faster, quieter, and allows for further optimization of the hull structure, eliminating propeller blades, gear transmission mechanisms, and shaft pumps, so that the displacement can be used to improve combat effectiveness.