The imperial capital, the other courtyard of the chief minister's official residence.

The pavilion that was temporarily converted into a tea room has already opened.

Headed by Qin Fenglie, more than a dozen cabinet ministers and senior generals have been here for about an hour. However, except for letting them wait patiently, Luo Youbin did not disclose any information. As for what the chief minister was doing at this time, Luo Youbin did not say it, and no one else dared to ask.

The Panzhihua was attacked, the Oil Transporter tanker was hit by missiles launched by Iraqi fighter jets, and the Air Force fighter jets shot down Iraqi attack aircraft.

There is something more important than this!?

Several cabinet ministers are fine, but they are civilian officials after all, and they often encounter similar situations.

Those more than a dozen generals were different.

"It's time, what are the prime minister waiting for?" While saying this, Niu Zhengshen also stood up. "Let's go find the prime minister now and follow the prime minister..."

"Niu Zhengshen, sit down for me!"

After being scolded, Niu Zhengshen was stunned at first, but then sat down honestly.

In this tea room surrounded by screens, there is only one person who can make the Army Chief of Staff honest and obedient, Minister of Defense Qin Fenglie.

In fact, Niu Zhengshen was originally Qin Fenglie's subordinate.

"How can you and I guess the Prime Minister's thoughts?" Qin Fenglie first glared at Niu Zhengshen, and then swept over the other ten generals. "Who can guarantee that you will win this war? When the battle begins, which one of you dares to make a military order with your own lives? If you are not sure and lack sufficient courage, just sit and wait for news!"

These words were not only spoken to Liu Zhengshen, but also to other generals.

The key is not the war with Iraq, but the risk of the third global war with the other two super hegemonies!

As early as 6 years ago, after sending troops to help the Sri Lankan government quell the military coup, the Imperial military used the newly developed supercomputer to simulate and deduce the next global war, and then several strategic-level deductions will be conducted every year.

To this day, the results of these simulations and deductions are the highest military secrets.

In fact, there is no secret.

The results were quite similar after more than ten deductions before and after.

Based on the current situation, relying on the improvement of strength gained from the second round of post-war military reforms dominated by electronic technology, the probability of the empire winning the Third Global War is not high. To a large extent, it will still be forced to make a standstill with the enemy in the later stages of the war.

There is even a possibility of defeat!

The key is that the changes brought about by electronic technology are still based on mechanized platforms and there is no essential change in specific tactics.

In summary, the main purpose of seizing air supremacy is still possible, and there is no essential change in the means to seize air supremacy.

The main equipment in service, such as the third-generation fighter jets that are famous for the three major groups, are all direct products of the electronic technology revolution. The technical improvements of crucial electronic equipment, especially fire control radars, are not obvious, and are far from changing the form of war.

It is precisely because of this that the Imperial Army took the lead in proposing it and launched the third post-war military technological change.

This round of change will completely change the face of war.

To a large extent, the third military change can also be regarded as a continuation of the second military change, or a comprehensive and thorough improvement!

Six years ago, when just when the troops were sent to Sri Lanka, the first result of the third round of military changes showed great military value.

That's right, it is the "Occurrence-11" that participated in actual combat for the first time, the world's first stealth combat aircraft.

According to the information obtained later, before and after the bombing, several radars controlled by the rebels could not find the stealth attack aircraft that was already close to them.

This battle fully proves that fighter jets with stealth capabilities can break through the existing air defense system.

Based on this conclusion, the Imperial Air Force not only accelerated the development of stealth bombers, but also clearly required that the fourth-generation fighter jets must have stealth performance.

If you want to say something, the Imperial Navy is more active.

According to the plan, the "advanced joint general attack aircraft" developed by the Navy and planned to replace all active attack aircraft of the navy and air force. The commonly known as "Occurrence X" has almost been pushed back after several adjustments, giving up the supersonic cruise capability previously emphasized, and is still a subsonic stealth attack aircraft. The stealth performance exceeds the "Occurrence-11" that made a big splash six years ago.

Simply put, it is to exchange speed for stealth performance.

However, the highlight is still the "Future Advanced Fighter" project led by the Air Force.

According to the latest arrangement, the project will be renamed to the "Future Joint Advanced Fighter" project next year, including the navy's carrier-based fighter jets. However, the navy's meaning should be to develop a heavy fighter jet based on the needs of the navy on the Air Force's "War X".

In any case, the Air Force and the Navy attach great importance to stealth performance.

The Air Force made concessions in the "Occurrence X" project and agreed to accept the Navy's design plan in exchange for the Navy to make compromises in the "War X" project.

This is actually a helpless move, mainly because the development cost of new combat aircraft is getting higher and higher, and they still do their own things like in the past, and neither the Navy nor the Air Force can hold on.

According to the project plan of "Fight X" and "Attack X", the investment in development and design alone is as high as 30 billion yuan.

This is just a budget, and the actual expenditure will definitely exceed the standard.

Even if it does not exceed the standard, it is an unbearable burden.

The Air Force's total investment in the "War-11" and "War-10" projects is less than 10 billion gold, while the Navy's development investment in the two third-generation carrier-based fighter jets has only 7 billion gold. Even if the procurement costs are included, the total investment in the four third-generation fighter jets is only 100 billion gold.

Since its development, the most eye-catching part of the "War X" project is actually its comprehensive stealth ability.

In short, with the advent of the fourth generation of combat aircraft represented by "Fight X" and "Observation X", war will enter the era of stealth.

It will not take until this time that the empire has enough chances of winning.

Of course, it's not just that.

According to last year's wargame deduction, if the Empire can successfully complete the development of fourth-generation combat aircraft such as "Fight X" and "Observation X", its technological leadership over the Taurus Empire will be expanded to 10 years, and its technological leadership over the Newland Republic will also reach 5 years.

In theory, the Empire can rely on a military system with the fourth-generation combat aircraft as the core to achieve a decisive victory before the two strong enemies complete the mobilization of the total war!

According to Zhou Yongtao's strategic plan, both the Imperial Air Force and the Imperial Navy will complete the third round of military and technological reforms before the 160th year of the New Calendar.

In addition, the stealth bomber known as the "Boom X" is expected to enter service in the 155th year of the New Calendar.

On a strategic level, it was as early as 155th year of the New Calendar that the empire had sufficiently reliable strategic strike capabilities to have the ability to win the Third Global War.

This is also the basic condition of all strategic plans.

But now it seems that it will probably not be delayed at that time.

Of course, from another perspective, this is exactly the key to the Tyman Empire trying to instigate Hussein to take action at this time. Moreover, the Republic of Newland, regardless of the interests of Boy, agreed that Hussein sent troops to annex Kuwait, that is, forcing the Liangxia Empire to ignite the smoke of the Third Global War.

Otherwise, the Tyman Empire may not have lasted for less than 10 years.

It is not difficult to understand why Iraq sent attack aircraft to attack the Imperial Navy's warships.

To put it simply, if the imperial authorities believe that the Panzhihua was attacked, they must take action to make Iraq pay the price for the attack.

At the beginning, after the "Zhaotong" was attacked, the Imperial Navy bombed Iraq for 24 hours.

If the Liangxia Empire takes action for this, the third global war will break out.

Generals such as Niu Zhengshen obviously would not consider this issue, and as the chief minister of the empire, Zhou Yongtao must have to seriously consider this issue.

In the study, Zhou Yongtao made more than ten calls in an hour.

Although before Iraq sent troops, the Foreign Minister had already spoken with the Allies and friendly countries one by one to explain the empire's position to safeguard Kuwait's sovereignty, which was equivalent to giving allies a vaccination, at this critical moment, the Prime Minister still needed to come forward in person.

Without exception, more than a dozen allies mentioned that they hope that the imperial authorities can handle the current situation calmly.

The implication is that no one wants to fight.

This is understandable. After all, the general peace situation after the war has lasted for more than 40 years. Not to mention the allies, the situation in the empire is similar.

Of course, the leaders of these allies expressed that they would stand firmly by the empire and fight side by side with the empire.

After Zhou Yongtao finished calling, Lin Shiping on the balcony returned to the room.

The night was quite cool, but there were more mosquitoes outside.

Lin Shiping was not idle and made a few phone calls.

"Abbas III has arrived. After meeting the King of Saudi Arabia, he will meet with the reporters later. All related matters have been arranged. After holding a press conference, he will formally request us to help him expel the invading Iraqi army."

When Lin Shiping was introducing, Zhou Yongtao poured two glasses of water.

"Our first 'Expedition Mixed Wing' has arrived in Saudi Arabia. Tomorrow, more than 100 fighter jets will enter the deployment status at the front-line base, which is enough to prevent the Iraqi army from moving south." After receiving the water cup handed by Zhou Yongtao, Lin Shiping continued: "The Navy has found the pilot who jumped, but it is not in good condition and was seriously injured when ejected. I don't know if I can survive."

"Is there any news from Baghdad?"

Lin Shi flattened his mouth and shook his head.

If there is news, he would have said it long ago.

However, Zhou Yongtao's mind was obviously not on this. After Lin Shiping finished speaking, he asked, "What do you think about this?"

"It should be an isolated incident."

Zhou Yongtao did not respond and waited for Lin Shiping to continue talking.

"According to the information we currently have, neither the Tyman Empire nor the Newland Republic actually has any reason to use this war to start a war. We are more interested in using this war to figure out where our military reform has taken place and how valuable the military reform is. Not only us, the Tyman Empire and the Newland Republic are also not prepared, so we will not instigate Hussein to do such stupid things."

"This is just your speculation."

Zhou Yongtao did not doubt Lin Shiping, but was just talking about the matter.

Lin Shiping knew what Zhou Yongtao meant. After all, to make strategic decisions related to the future of the empire, it was definitely not just the intelligence leader's speculation.

"I'm just worried now that if we talk about the attack, the situation will lose control."

"There is indeed a possibility."

Zhou Yongtao breathed a long sigh and rubbed his forehead hard, then he said: "But the problem now is that if we treat it as if we don't see it, it will give our opponent an illusion of weakness. If the Taurus Empire and the Newland Republic misunderstand this signal, the situation will also lose control."

Lin Shiping was stunned for a moment, then sighed.
To be continued...