Chapter 14 Confidential Meeting of the Asian Fleet

Five days later, PDC headquarters building, confidential conference room

"So there are wall-facers coming to interfere with the work of our Asian fleet?" A Chinese officer couldn't help but ask.

"Quiet, this is something we have prepared for a long time. Doesn't Taylor also plan to go to the Northern War to inspect?" Chang Weisi said politely, and then continued to lower his head and prepare a report.

After Sai and Zhang Beihai made a request for a meeting with the Asian Fleet, senior officials from the Asian Fleet Command and authorities in the aerospace industry gathered at Verne Island soon after.

This also made the European fleet and the American fleet nervous. Who knew that one day Sai or other wall-facers would want to talk to them.

Although the Wallfacer's participation in the work of the three major fleets was rehearsed, when the day actually came, everyone still felt nervous.

Who knows how much meaningless work the Wallfacer will bring to the three fleets in order to hide his plans.

At this moment, many people in the conference room are puffing away smoke to relieve the depression and tension in their hearts.

In particular, the authorities in the aerospace industry had a vague feeling that something was wrong. Why were they all invited to the meeting about the space fleet?

"Hello everyone, I'm sorry for being a few minutes late. After all, as a Wallfacer, I am very busy. I have to rack my brains to deceive the Trisolarans every day." Surrounded by bodyguards, Sai walked in with a smile on his face.

After Zhang Beihai finished his speech, the commander-in-chief of the Asian Fleet suddenly spoke.

No one raised their hands, and except for Zhang Beihai, everyone looked at the table regarding this question.

The other party immediately fainted after hearing this. After all, he was not stupid enough to dare to scold Sai directly. Then Zhang Beihai walked to the stage and started to speak.

"In that case, Colonel Zhang Beihai will speak next."

Sai's eyes then swept across everyone's cheeks, and then said: "Since the purpose of the Asian fleet's existence is to deal with the Trisolarans, it must be aiming to defeat the Trisolarans, right?"

"If you want to have a winning result, you must at least have the belief that you must win. So who has this belief in victory now? If you are interested, please raise your hand. This is just a heart-to-heart talk."

"This guy is just a senior colonel, what qualifications do he have to speak here?" After hearing this, the former chief of staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Force said disdainfully.

"If we use this way of thinking to think about the war with the Trisolarans four centuries later, we will never be able to establish the belief in victory."

"It's okay, Chairman Say. Southeast Asians don't know what punctuality is, especially Filipinos. We can understand this," the NASA deputy administrator said in a strange tone.

"And the belief in victory must be established. This belief is the basis of the military's responsibility and dignity!"

However, Say ignored him, and instead grabbed the microphone on the podium and began to make unscripted opening remarks.

What's more, people in this universe are all defensive, and their contempt is written directly on their faces.

"I believe that today's belief building about our Asian fleet can also be supported by a sense of responsibility for all mankind and the civilization of the earth."

"Hello, comrades, I forgive my choice of words that may give you some biased thoughts, but now we are indeed all comrades in the trenches."

"First of all, regarding the experience of building beliefs, this cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. What I want to raise is some existing problems of the Asian fleet."

"The qualification is that I want him to say, if you think Colonel Zhang is not qualified, how about I fire you now?" Sai glared at the former staff member.

"Go on, let Colonel Zhang finish speaking first." Seeing someone trying to interrupt Zhang Beihai, Sai glared at the person rudely.

"But first, I need to have a heart-to-heart chat with you and understand what you really think."

Zhang Beihai raised his hand this time, but others still kept their avoidant eyes.

"Let him share with you his valuable experience in building this kind of confidence." After saying this, Sai casually threw the microphone to Zhang Beihai in the front row.

Many people started chattering, and most of them, even most Chinese people, agreed with the words of the former chief of staff.

"So now let's all be Trisolarans for once, so that everyone can see their own thoughts. This is very important for the meeting."

"Once, under extremely difficult conditions, when facing powerful enemies, the predecessors of our motherland established a firm belief in victory through their sense of responsibility to the motherland and the people."

"This way of thinking continues to this day with its strong inertia, especially in the current Space Force, where a large number of scholars and scientists have joined, which has further intensified this trend of thought."

"Then there must be someone who thinks there is a possibility of victory, right? Don't talk to me about the accidental possibility that all the Trisolarans suddenly choked to death. I'm asking about the meaningful possibility."

"As you all know, before the Three-Body Crisis, we had always advocated examining future wars from a scientific and rational perspective.

He is a Chinese man with gray hair, and his eyes have the kind of perseverance specific to the last century.

"Gentlemen and ladies, there is no need to introduce who I am. I believe everyone knows me. Today's meeting is to discuss the future development route of the Asian fleet."

You must know that this is a meeting organized by Say. The highest levels of the Asian fleet and the authorities in the aerospace industry are gathered here. Basically, those who can come in are general-level figures.

"Don't worry, everyone, this meeting will not be recorded. No one except Tomoko and the Trisolarans will know what we said."

Therefore, in a conference room where there are several admirals, Zhang Beihai is indeed not qualified in terms of seniority.

"Yes, I met you in the compound when I was a child, and I am indeed a very realistic person, so what advice would you like to give, Chief?"

(According to the original setting, Say is from the Philippines)

He and many aerospace veterans had keenly noticed that there was a high probability that Say would not make things easy for him when he came to inspect the space fleet this time, so they did not give him a good look.

"Comrade Zhang Beihai, your father once worked with me in the Navy, and I know you quite well. You and he seem to be cut from the same mold. You seemed to be a very realistic person before."

"I'm just curious. During the new Cold War, you questioned the concept of building the world's largest blue-water navy on many official occasions, believing that it was inconsistent with China's national strength."

"Your own idea is to build a green-water fleet that relies on shore-based firepower. This idea has long been criticized by young people as a coward, but you ignored it."

"So in the current war against the Trisolarans, what gives you the confidence to win? Why do you think a small wooden boat can defeat an aircraft carrier?"

Today, the Three-Body Animation released another episode. It can only be said that there is more room for improvement. Congratulations to Wallfacer Taylor for becoming the new victim.
Chapter completed!