novelraw Chapter 43: Strategic Deception Scams Another Newcomer
Chapter 43: Strategic Deception Scams Another Newcomer
Outside the window, snow raged and the wind howled, but inside the dormitory, it was warm and cozy.
After hearing Xu Haoxiang's account, Lin Yu's heart skipped a beat.
"Russia...wants to exchange technology?"
He tried to recall the history of that era. In 94, Russia, under Boris Johnson's leadership, was mired in shock therapy. The ruble was plummeting, factories were shutting down, and scientists and engineers were not being paid.
The ruble's inflation rate soared by 2500% in just one year, and various state-owned enterprises were sold off cheaply, laying the foundation for the subsequent era of oligarchy.
Because of Boris Johnson's comprehensive Westernization policies, even the Supreme Soviet was ordered to dissolve. The vast technological legacy left by the Soviet Union is being swept into the dustbin of history.
It's entirely possible that some people will try to use this technology to exchange for new research and expand their political standing.
Even from a more positive perspective, it's not impossible that some experts from the Academy of Sciences might still uphold the will of the Soviet Union and preserve the flame of revolution under the guise of a transaction.
The Soviet Union as a country has disintegrated, but the people who founded it are still alive!
Hearing this, Lin Yu couldn't contain himself; the Soviet legacy was full of good stuff.
The Soviet Union was completely fooled by Star Wars, throwing huge sums of money into the arms race, even though it eventually ran out of money and died.
But that doesn't mean the money was wasted; the technology development just couldn't keep up with the speed at which the US boasted about it.
First-hand information on aerospace materials, including the RD-170/RD-180 rocket engines, which the US will still be procuring in 2026, and titanium alloy processing technology.
Let alone exchanging his half-real, half-fictional futuristic concepts for these tangible goods, he would be willing to give them real things!
He grabbed Xu Haoxiang's arm and said:
"Come on! Take me there now!"
The snow outside the window was falling heavily again. Lin Yu, wrapped in a military overcoat, got into the car driven by Xu Haoxiang and headed to the military region.
On the bus, Lin Yu wondered if he should use the money to buy a mobile phone.
In this era, communication is so difficult, and getting around is very inconvenient without a car.
When the Internet is developed, we must first get our hands on the communication software.
His contact with the military's security forces is still classified, and for now, he can only rely on people like Xu Haoxiang, who are partially involved, to relay messages.
Although Lin Yu didn't know how Chief Hou ensured that Xu Haoxiang wouldn't leak the secret, he understood that since the higher-ups were willing to let Xu Haoxiang pass on the message, they must have had ways to ensure that he wouldn't leak the secret.
Even making Xu Haoxiang leak information naturally was their method.
After getting out of the car, Lin Yu trudged through the ankle-deep snow to Chief Hou's office.
It was an inconspicuous two-story building with soldiers standing guard at the entrance, checking identification before letting people in.
As soon as Lin Yu entered the conference room, he saw Chief Hou and the professors discussing the latest news from the United States.
Upon seeing Lin Yu enter, he greeted him and handed him a newspaper.
"Look, Xiaoyu, how's your English? This is the Reference News and Aviation Week and Jane's Defence Weekly that we just got from there."
Commander Hou lit a cigarette and shook his head helplessly.
"A space-based laser array-based instant global strike system can destroy medium-range targets in any country within an hour."
Chief Hou turned to the concept page of his own copy of "Aviation Weekly" and pointed to the impressive concept diagram.
It depicts a giant laser platform lying horizontally in space, with beams shooting towards Earth.
The room was filled with smoke, and all the professors looked worried. Professor Song spoke first:
"Directed energy, space-based kinetic energy weapons, non-nuclear deterrence—these are all being touted in great detail."
"The logic is also quite self-consistent."
"Kloshid and Boeing have also released relevant papers and prototype testing information."
"We initially thought this was a long-term strategy by the United States to maintain its technological advantage and preserve its hegemony..."
At this point, all the professors, whether they knew Lin Yu or not, looked at him.
"Until you started using terahertz technology to fool Japan a few days ago."
"We also reviewed the terahertz concept you submitted, and you even disguised this news as the latest development and showed it to other professors who were unaware of it."
"They were all amazed, believing that this was the direction of the future."
At this point, several professors whom Lin Yu had never met covered their faces in unison.
Then Chief Hou picked up the conversation and continued:
"If things had ended there, this matter would have been over."
"But somehow the news leaked out from Japan, and now Russia is taking terahertz technology seriously too."
"We only realized what was going on when the deputy director of the Institute of Mechanics of the USSR Academy of Sciences came to us again, offering some good things in exchange."
The cigarettes were being smoked softly indoors, as if someone was reluctant to talk about it.
All the professors remained silent, and even Professor Song opened his mouth and repeated himself several times before finally speaking:
"Do you think the US is using the same tactics as you?"
Lin Yu's eye twitched. So, at this point, they still hadn't realized that the United States was just using strategic deception?
Next, Lin Yu became hesitant to speak.
What should he say?
In any case, from a later perspective, a large portion of the US data was indeed fabricated.
He vaguely remembered the special steel technology that the United States had been leading the world for several eras.
With the help of domestic academicians, it was not easy to achieve 80% of the strength of this special steel.
It was later revealed that the research data from the United States was fabricated, and the actual strength of their special steel was less than half of what was stated on paper.
It is said that the academician cursed his mother all night after he found out.
Lin Yu asked hesitantly:
"Teacher, haven't you considered the possibility that what the US is saying is false?"
As soon as Lin Yu asked the question.
The professors inhaled their cigarettes more deeply, drawing the long strands to the end in one go. Seeing no one respond, Professor Song finally spoke up, exhaling a smoke ring:
"Your teachers are all honest and kind people."
"The United States has imposed a severe blockade on us, and we are indeed technologically backward."
"We were only focused on catching up, we never imagined they might be faking it."
Indeed, that's true.
The Soviet Union was tricked into disintegrating.
But how come they've fallen for it twice now?
Terahertz technology is being taken seriously again?
Lin Yu thought for a moment about the Star Wars technology that had brought down the Soviet Union, and then asked:
"Teachers, what are your thoughts on Star Wars?"
Star Wars is just a slang term; it was actually a strategic defense initiative proposed by the Reagan administration, essentially a multi-layered missile interception system.
Later, classified CIA documents from the Cold War revealed that the Star Wars program was a complete hoax targeting the Soviet Union.
Lin Yu mentioned this.
Professor Song was still a little puzzled:
Why bring this up?
"Although they said in 84 that they would start formally building this system this year, didn't they say last year that because the Cold War had ended and the threatening environment had changed, there was no need to build it?"
"A missile interception system is indeed very necessary."
Well, so it's not time to reveal that Star Wars was a hoax yet.
The professors are still being deceived.