The Goddess Shines on America

　　 "The action is over."

　　 A flat-screen display is placed in front of you. The huge English letters "sound-only" on it indicate that this is a network audio communication.

　　 "The Iraqi army has occupied the Faw area and regained control of it. Although they have lost 17 oil wells, their losses have been minimized due to the dispersion of enemy forces."

"congratulations."

　　 Looking at a screen with no real picture, it feels somewhat silly, so Alice trims her fingernails and talks casually with the other party.

　　 "Then what is the combat level of my black water mercenary? How many stars does the Iraqi army give?"

　　 "Haha, of course the five stars are full. Those are all elite soldiers who have just retired. They are equipped with standard equipment. How can there be no reason to kill them?"

The audio sound belongs to the new Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, who has just taken office. The Atlantic submarine optical cable connects Washington and the United Kingdom. Although Exeter is only a small city in the southeast, when Cisco has already cooperated with British Telecom, Of course, the rapidly expanding network infrastructure will not forget this place.

　　 Alice smiled and said: "That's good, other things don't matter. If my first business of Heishui Security Company actually gets a score of less than four stars, then I have to go directly to the military to complain."

"Then I guess, the generals will definitely not be willing to carry this scapegoat." Even if it is just a "black screen", Dick Cheney's sense of humor can be heard in his tone: "In addition, Miss Alice, the information about the Bushehr nuclear power plant , I really want to thank you. If you hadn’t introduced those two devices to us, this kind of combat concept would have been impossible to achieve. It’s really amazing, Cisco."

　　 The topic suddenly turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and Alice knew he would do that. She glanced at the document faxed from North Carolina. A dozen sheets of printed paper were placed on the left hand side, detailing all the details of Heishui's involvement in this "Ramadan" operation.

"I need to be thankful to Iran. Who made them fight their own battles so badly that they suddenly made a big fuss in network infrastructure." Alice said very relaxedly: "It's also because of their inexperience that they are not able to handle the law. The Austrian network is connected to an entire domestic network. Not only did the nuclear power plant have an internal network isolated from the outside, but I didn’t even purchase the Cisco firewall. Tsk...it’s true."

The short three or two sentences contain a huge amount of information. Fortunately, Alice is now staying in her office, and the entire building of the Exeter Computer Research Center can barely make up 50 employees. . Such a remark, if accidentally leaked to the outside world, could cause too much multimedia sensation.

　　The importance of the state of affairs made even Dick Cheney, the Secretary of Defense, to be silent for a while.

　　 Four days have passed since the "Ramadan Operation" launched by the Iraqi army against Iran.

　　 This is a fierce and critical decisive battle. The Faw region, which has been occupied by Iran for two years, is one of the most important territories in Iraq. The meaning of thousands of oil wells is well understood by anyone who understands the Persian Gulf and oil. Now, after a whole day and night of fighting, the decaying Iranian army has become more and more declining, and the interests of the whole world have been liberated from it.

　　 At least the rebound in oil prices is enough to relieve the oil tycoons.

　　Of course, this battle is very important to everyone in the world, but even without the Blackwater Corps quietly intervening, the Iraqi army with tens of thousands of troops still has an amazing chance of winning. Of course, the action that can allow the US government to cost 3,000 elite veterans is not just a pure aid operation.

　　 "Iran's nuclear power plant~"

　　 Alice tapped another computer on her left side lightly, and massive amounts of data were constantly flashing on it.

"Obviously fighting is going on, and the losing Iranian government has not forgotten the development of this project. But Mr. Minister, this is really just a nuclear power plant under construction. Iran is far from manufacturing highly enriched uranium, you guys. Isn't it a bit too anxious?"

　　 This is indeed a thing that makes Alice wonder. Although she is very smart, although she is sure of many future things, she is not in the category of omniscience and omnipotence after all. The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran was built by Germany's Siemens in 1974. Later, under the opposition and pressure of the United States, Siemens ceased cooperation with Iran, and the project was put on hold for a long time.

　　 As for the more distant future, this nuclear power plant has indeed become the focus of international public opinion time and time again, but this time period in 1988 does not seem to have much stage, right?

　　 "Because they have Soviet power behind them,"

The answer came right away. Dick Cheney’s voice became a lot more serious: “The Persian Gulf involves too many interests of the United States. If Iran is really allowed to build this nuclear power plant, whether it is possible leakage or enriched uranium extraction, it will be possible. Happened. Alice, you don't want the Chernobyl incident to happen in the Persian Gulf, do you?"

　　 is actually out of consideration from this perspective.

"The nuclear leak is really terrible." Without thinking about it, Alice also knows how terrible the tragic disaster in April of the previous year was. It caused Belarus to lose 20% of the super-polluted arable land. Governments all over the world are more cautious about the construction of nuclear power plants.

　　 After that, the Soviet Union's words can indeed be used as a factor of concern during the Cold War, but it should be said that the United States still opposed Iran's construction of a nuclear power plant in the later period...

　　 "I see." Things in the nineties are not something that can be said casually now. Alice wisely ended the topic: "In addition, Minister Chek, you seem to be very interested in the two devices I provided?"

"Oh, yes, Miss Alice, we are really interested." On a black "sound-only" screen, it seems that Dick Cheney can be seen. This slightly flattened man with glasses looks naive and naive. Smile.

"Because you succeeded in miniaturizing two very cutting-edge products," his voice clarified his interest: "That computer is good to say, Sony launched the first commercial notebook computer three years ago. You launched another one after three years, especially the volume is still extraordinarily large, it is reasonable to have that kind of excellent performance."

　　 Alice smiled silently, and listened to the next sentence.

　　 "But that satellite signal transmitter... God bless, Alice, you designed it yourself?"

　　 Hearing this, Alice really laughed loudly.

　　 In fact, because she had expected that Dick Cheney would talk to herself personally, it was impossible for her to chat with herself, so the transmitter of the same model had been put on the table long ago, and it was placed in another corner of the long table.

　　 This is an iron box with a length of no more than one foot and a diameter of no more than three centimeters. It looks more like a folded umbrella in a vivid way.

　　 But anyone who understands its performance will never regard it as an ordinary iron box.

"At that time, the black water mercenary still stayed in the city hall building, and there was a two-story concrete structure above the fourth floor. At the same time, although the Pentagon had pointed the satellite at the Port of Faor, it was impossible to be precise. To the extent that the signal is transmitted directly through the window."

Just listen to Dick Cheney: "If the soldier uses a huge machine, I don't care at all. But Alice, you little guy is really miniaturized, a miniature that has the value of battlefield use. Satellite signal transmitter, and the speed is so fast, five minutes, right? Is this its limit?"

　　 Listening to the other party's question casually, Alice believed that if she hadn't been studying in the UK, they would have invited herself to the Pentagon again by a phone call, almost.

"The wireless transmission of data itself is not a high-end technology, but it is very difficult to increase the speed. Of course, the application of technology to military products is at the forefront. Manufacturing at no cost, of course, can match the top performance. When it comes to the smallest hardware size, Minister Cheney, don't be too surprised."

"Very good, very good." Opposite the black display with only two words, Dick Cheney must be nodding: "What we need is military products. Weinberg really left me with an excellent resource. Alice, UU reading www.uukanshu.com during the next term, I sincerely hope that the Pentagon can work more closely with you."

　　 Alice can basically guess what is in the mind of the new Secretary of Defense who just took office in March. Dick Cheney, a sudden politician who studied for a PhD at the University of Wisconsin in 1968, has a close relationship with the Bush family. It is now the end of April 1988, and the new president has taken office, so for the at the same time the new Secretary of Defense, consolidating contacts is more important than anything else.

　　 "About this signal transmitter..." Alice deliberately lengthened her voice, and she didn't even forget to bring the headset very close to her lips. Through the monitor-grade headphones, she heard the change of Dick Cheney's gasping more clearly.

　　 "Of course Cisco can produce for the military, but this is only at the technical patent level. Do you have any special needs for the offline factories?"

　　 Just agreed, seeing that I can clear the barriers so easily, Dick Cheney, who is far away in Washington, is also relaxed. George Bush Sr. came to power. Up to now, many of his policies have a high degree of externality. The equipment of individual satellite signal transmitters has naturally become the "achievement" he is very eager for.

"That's great," he said to Alice with satisfaction and gratification after the half-hour online audio conversation was about to end, "We will send you a fax first about the specific details of this transaction. Alice, thank you so much."

　　 The fingernails were cut and cut, and polished and sharpened. Alice, who was comfortable sitting on the soft leather chair, did not lift her head: "Well, mutual benefit." (To be continued.)