radicalducati Chapter 691
Chapter 691
The weather was very good, but the weather was very good.
Under the expectant and encouraging eyes of Chief Zhao and Political Commissar Lei,
Su Mo had no choice but to bite the bullet and dial the encrypted line of the Cabinet Office.
When Prime Minister Zhang learned about the meteorological weapon of catalytic rain bomb through a concise report, he immediately realized its importance.
And after hearing Su Mo’s guarantee that there was at least a 99% success rate in research and development.
Overjoyed, Prime Minister Zhang immediately stated that the cabinet would fully support the research and development of this technology.
The 300 billion yuan of funds will be approved quickly, and if it is not enough, you can apply to the cabinet at any time.
After hearing that Su Mo had just said a few words, he had obtained an extra 100 billion in military funds for Zhongzhan.
Political Commissar Lei and Chief Zhao, who were standing next to him, were all very happy and gave Su Mo a thumbs up.
“Chief… Chief.”
Su Mo felt a little guilty and swallowed his saliva and said, “Will the Prime Minister know about this in the future?”
Chief Zhao looked careless and said, “Nonsense, he will definitely know.”
“Ah?” Su Mo was very surprised.
Chief Zhao’s frank reply made him feel a little confused.
“Then…if we ask for an extra 100 billion, aren’t you afraid that the Prime Minister will come after us later?”
Looking at Su Mo’s guilty look, Chief Zhao smiled meaningfully: “Su kid, if the water is too clear, there will be no fish, and if the person is too careful, there will be no followers.”
“The strategic value of the catalytic rain bomb you want to develop is so great?”
“Not to mention a mere 300 billion, even if it is 1 trillion, the Prime Minister will approve it for you.”
“As for the extra 100 billion…the Prime Minister will just pretend not to know.”
“And the Prime Minister is also very clear that it was me and Political Commissar Lei who asked you to do this.”
After hearing what Chief Zhao said, Su Mo was even more confused.
He still couldn’t figure out why the subordinates dared to blackmail their superiors so blatantly?
Are they…not afraid of the Prime Minister Zhang blaming them?
After seeing Su Mo’s confusion, Political Commissar Lei patted him on the shoulder and said, “Su kid.”
“Compared to the strategic value of the catalytic rain bomb, seeking an extra 100 billion yuan in funding for our theater is not worth mentioning.”
“Besides, when major theaters have new inventions, it is a tacit understanding to ask the cabinet for more funding.”
“As long as you don’t go too far, the cabinet has always turned a blind eye, and those civil servants can’t say anything.”
“Besides, if someone can come up with new inventions continuously, the Prime Minister would like us to ask him for more funding every day.”
After being reminded by Political Commissar Lei, Su Mo suddenly realized.
He had always overlooked one thing before, that is, the money in the treasury is one carrot one hole.
There is only so much that can be used every year. If the military takes more, the civil servants will have less to use.
On the contrary, if the civil servants take more, the military will naturally have less to use.
After all, one of the two sides focuses on economic development, while the other focuses on national defense construction, and their emphases are completely different.
Just like before, Director Zhang couldn’t help crying when he talked about the development of the navy in a military talk show.
Because the navy is too expensive, and the treasury was short of money at that time, and the navy people talked about aircraft carriers every day.
But what’s the use of just talking? Where is the money to build an aircraft carrier? It’s annoying to hear it.
This also led to the navy, a money-eating beast, being unpopular everywhere.
I don’t know how much humiliation it has suffered, so that today’s three aviations break the waves!
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Unknowingly, a week has passed.
On the third day after Su Mo called Prime Minister Zhang to apply for funds for the development of rain catalytic bombs.
300 billion research and development funds were transferred to the account of the Central Theater.
At the same time, there are a group of top experts from meteorology, physics, chemistry, materials science, missile science and other fields.
This scientific research team, formed by the cabinet, will secretly establish this top-secret project code-named 719!
And Su Mo is the general person in charge of the top-secret project 719.
The research base of the 719 project is located in a hidden valley in the Taihang Mountains of Henan Province.
In this deep mountain forest, there is not even a village within a hundred kilometers.
The reason why the research and development base of the rain catalytic bomb was chosen in such a remote place.
First, this place is the garrison of a reinforced regiment in the Central Theater Command, which has absolute security guarantees.
Second, there is a huge underground project hidden in the Taihang Mountains, which is a ready-made secret research base.
It not only saves the money and time of building a factory, but also can get the greatest guarantee in terms of safety and concealment.
And this underground secret base is more than ten kilometers long and is completely hidden inside the mountain.
It is crisscrossed inside, like a huge underground maze.
The whole wall is made of solid reinforced concrete and special protective materials.
There are not only caves, roads, guide tunnels, branch tunnels, tunnels, and shafts.
There are also main factory buildings, H reaction halls, H reaction boilers, main control rooms, etc.
As a native of Henan Province, Su Mo knew for the first time that there was such a place in his hometown!
Looking at the huge mountain being hollowed out, there are clear traces of knife knocking and axe chiseling on the wall.
In this huge underground project, Su Mo turned his head and asked an officer accompanying him:
“Captain Feng, when was this underground project built?”
Hearing this, Captain Feng, who was stationed here, stood at attention and replied: “Reporting to the commander, it was in the 1960s.”
Hearing this, Su Mo’s pupils shrank subconsciously: “1960s?”
“At that time, there were neither shield machines nor large-scale mechanical equipment such as drilling and blasting machines and tunneling machines in our country.”
“How did such a large mountain get hollowed out?”
Faced with Su Mo’s question, Captain Feng’s resolute face showed He said with admiration: “Report to the commander, it was dug by people.”
“In order to build a secret base for storing H fuel, more than 50,000 officers and soldiers drilled into this mountain.”
“He did not tell his parents, his wife and children, and disappeared for nine years under an assumed name.”
“Our ancestors worked day and night, 24 hours a day, in three shifts, using stone hammers and chisels, pushing and carrying on their hands, to dig out this mountain.”
“This underground project of 70,000 square meters that can withstand the attack of 500,000-ton H weapons was built!”
After hearing Captain Feng tell this history, Su Mo was immediately in awe.
He solemnly took off his military cap and saluted deep into the dark cave entrance.
It was hard for Su Mo to imagine that in that era of scarcity of supplies and no large-scale machinery.
How much hardship and sweat did our ancestors have to pay behind digging this mountain with their hands!
And there are probably many large-scale underground projects like this in Longguo…