Chapter 79: Cheap High-Tech
The establishment of the Luzon Food Security Association was not something that was intended to be made public.
Xu Yingming even received a special task, which was to continue to lead the Xu family to unite with the Aquino family to figure out the specific plan of ABCD.
"Yingming, according to the intelligence, the headquarters of ABCD will send a person in charge to Xingdao to hold a secret meeting there. When the time comes, you will go there in person to cooperate with Jianxiong's actions."
After hearing Li Qingye's instructions, although Xu Yingming didn't know what Zhiren Company was going to do, he knew that he had no right to refuse, so he quickly nodded:
"I will do my best to cooperate with Minister Chen."
As if thinking of something, Li Qingye instructed again: "By the way, you can secretly contact the Guo family in Malaysia in the name of Xu family. They are in the same boat with ABCD."
"yes."
Next, Li Qingye discussed with everyone how to integrate the various families.
On the surface, the Fernando family and the Lopez family are allies, while the Tusun family and the Duterte family maintain a close but distant relationship.
If these families were united at once, the other families would probably immediately band together for warmth. Even America, who was secretly influencing the situation in Luzon, would have to intervene personally.
Therefore, the Xu family must never openly unite with the Fernando family and the Lopez family, but must unite with the Duterte family and the Tusun family.
Only by allowing the major families in Luzon to maintain a balance and confront each other can we prevent internal and external enemies from becoming desperate.
"Next, we want you to exert all your influence and do your best to support your own people within the army and air force. Only by completely controlling the troops can we suppress the opposition forces within Luzon at the critical moment and resist the interference from America."
In response, Cavendish Dutt asked hesitantly:
"Boss, although America's two military bases in Luzon have been deactivated, the other side still retains an excuse to interfere."
Li Qingye is of course aware of the trick: "So we can't be impatient. We have to wait until your uncle steps down and then push Garfield up. Then, through Garfield, we can abolish the cooperation clause."
Cavendish said with some concern:
"I have no objection to this. After all, my uncle's daughter is not qualified to inherit the throne. With our support, Garfield will most likely take the throne. But if he falls out with America, will Luzon be unable to fight him alone?"
Others were also somewhat worried, after all, they were facing the world's most powerful country alone.
But Li Qingye was confident: "First of all, we will not stop at Luzon. The Hongsawadi branch is developing very fast. It is estimated that we can completely take over there within one or two years. By then, we will have a branch that we know well as a backup base."
"Second, the place where America is most likely to cause trouble is Mindanao. We can just eliminate the threat there in advance."
Hearing about the need to clear Mindanao, Cavendish nodded and said, "I agree. Even if my family is there, we can only suppress them with force and power. That place can easily become excuse for America."
Li Qingye turned his head and said, "Jianxiong, set up a special purge team to include all those uncontrollable families, religious groups, and opposition armed leaders in the key monitoring targets, and gradually replace some of them with soldiers . I want a clean Mindanao."
"Yes, boss!" Chen Jianxiong replied seriously.
Li Qingye did not pin his hopes on internal stability. Even if the internal situation was stable, the enemy could still create instability for you.
He smiled sharply and said, "Third, we must have the strength to threaten America. This is also crucial."
Sun Yaozu frowned and reminded: "Boss, if you use biological weapons, you will be hated by the whole world."
Of course, everyone knows the level of biotechnology of the Sapiens Company, and they do not doubt Li Qingye's scientific research talent. They estimate that there is something in the laboratory now that is enough to deter all of humanity.
But this kind of thing cannot be seen in the light.
After all, there is no way to let the world know the terrifying power of biological weapons through direct experiments. This is not like nuclear weapons, which can be used to let other forces know that they have nuclear weapons through test explosions.
Biological weapons can only be used directly on the battlefield to make the enemy understand the extent of the threat.
But if we throw them directly into the battlefield, it will no longer be a threat, but a direct start of a war.
By then, the five major gangsters will probably join forces to grow mushrooms for Luzon.
Therefore, biological weapons cannot be seen in public and can only be used as a trump card. Once used, it will be a fight to the death.
Li Qingye shook his head: "I know biological weapons cannot deter the five gangsters."
"Huh? Boss, are we going to develop nuclear weapons? Although there is a nuclear power plant in Luzon, it is just an empty shell and has never been put into use." Cavendish said, swallowing.
Li Qingye looked at him like an idiot: "Luzon does not have the foundation to develop nuclear weapons, and do you think that with so many centrifuges, the whole world is blind?"
"Then we can only use conventional weapons. It will be difficult for us to deter America, right?" Chen Jianxiong said with a headache.
Li Qingye did not expect them to come up with any constructive suggestions, so he went straight to the point: "Conventional weapons can also deter America. The key lies in how they are used."
"Conventional weapons?"
"ICBM?"
"We don't have a satellite navigation system, so missiles can't get close to North America, right?"
"Boss, what conventional weapons can do that?"
Everyone was very curious.
Li Qingye called up a document and projected it onto the large screen on the side.
[Cruise missile…].
[Using civilian spare parts and ordinary piston engines, the drone-type missile can carry a 50kg to 500kg warhead and has an effective range of 30km to 2,500km…].
[The cost of a single cruise missile can be reduced to around US$2,000 to US$50,000, which is conducive to large-scale equipment and saturation strikes on the enemy...].
"This thing is a cheap high-tech weapon. Even America's Aegis system cannot withstand a saturation attack from tens of thousands of cruise missiles."
Gurgle!
Tens of thousands???
Everyone felt that their worldview had been distorted, but when they saw the list of parts listed above, they thought that it was just a few tens of thousands of pieces.
Even if the unit price is 50,000 US dollars per piece, 10,000 pieces would only be 500 million US dollars.
The cost of building an America's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is calculated in tens of billions of US dollars. Exchanging 10,000 cruise missiles for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is simply a huge profit.
You should know that the purchase price of one America's Tomahawk cruise missile is between 600,000 and 1.2 million US dollars.
From a tactical perspective, the cruise missile that Li Qingye is planning to design is actually similar to the Katyusha rocket launcher during World War II. Its positioning is cheap and large in quantity.
Even modern missile interception systems, which are often touted as fancy, cannot provide 100% defense against saturation attacks.
After all, these interception systems require the coordination of interceptor missiles, CIWS machine guns, interceptor rocket launchers, and interceptor anti-aircraft guns.
The problem is that these things have limitations. The cost of intercepting missiles is there, and other interception weapons are either not accurate enough or the interception distance is too short.
For example, the Phalanx machine gun has no way to fully cope with dozens of missiles, let alone thousands or tens of thousands of missiles.
Unless someone can develop an Iron Curtain defense system, no force in the world can guarantee 100% interception in the face of such an overwhelming saturation attack. Even a 50% interception rate would be difficult to achieve.
