In the minds of numerous roundtable members, the picture of an overwhelming number of drones incoming couldn't help but emerge!
If there were really that many drones, no need for 50,000. Just 10,000 or even a few thousand drones appearing simultaneously would be enough to inflict heavy losses on them!
Even with their entire fleet of over 200 active warships, they would not be able to defend against thousands or tens of thousands of drones!
Especially when it comes to these drones capable of low-altitude flight over the sea!
It should be known that although their Burke-class destroyers have over ninety vertical launch cells, the early models of the Burke-class destroyers only have three firing channels!
The range for detecting targets at sea is only about forty kilometers, little more than half of that of the current destroyers!
Even the latest models of the Burke-class have a theoretical maximum of only six firing channels!
Moreover, due to design flaws, the effective firing channels in the same direction, such as the bow and stern of the ship, are at most three!
In other words, if the Burke-class destroyers are faced with several sea-skimming targets at the same time in the same direction, such as the bow or stern of the ship, their maximum capacity for handling them would not exceed three!
Although they have missile defense systems such as the SeaRAM and SeaSparrow, as well as Phalanx near-defense cannons in addition to the missiles in their launch wells.
At this moment, a middle-aged man couldn't help but recall the scene from the previous Blue Star Conference where Lucas was fiercely reprimanded by Zhao Shanhe.
"Sir, what should we do now?"
What's the joke?
However, as he saw the dark expression on Ulster's face, the middle-aged man still forced himself to suppress the thoughts in his mind.
The Nodao organization, which claims to be one of the top three intelligence agencies in the world, was blown up but didn't receive any news at all!
What is this, a piece of garbage?
Not only the Nodao organization, but Squid is also a waste!
However, after hearing what the roundtable member had said, the brows of everyone in the scene did not ease, but even tightened more.
Even if the flight speed of these drones is not fast enough for these defense systems to respond, the range and ammunition reserve of these defense systems are not enough to support them in saturated defense.
"Only by stabilizing the situation in the desert can we have enough time to research how to deal with Long Village!"
...
Although Kate's words were correct, asking them to negotiate with Long Village still made them difficult to accept.
"Our current priority is to stabilize the situation in the desert, especially the situation with Squid. We must protect Squid, or else all our decades of accumulation in the desert will be a illusion! Such a cost, neither Mr. Peirce, nor me, nor anyone else present here can afford to bear!"
"Negotiate!"
"Strengthen the logistics of camels!"
Even the middle-aged man with golden curly hair who had previously boasted about wanting to take direct action against Long Village at this moment had not uttered a single word.
"Or, find out through what channels these drones entered the desert! We must cut off this channel!"
"In addition, we also need to further clarify whether these camels really have so many judge drones, and whether the performance of these judge drones is truly as good as Brian said!"
"Similarly, we must also cut off the aid channels of the camels! Let them become a complete island!"
Looking at the source of the voice, it turned out to be the tall and thin elder, Kate, who had spoken before.
The sound is as sharp as a needle!
They spend so much money to support these people each year at the Black and White Eagle Village, only to find that when it comes to critical moments, none of these people can play a role!
And those Squids are all useless as well!
This is impossible?
"But..."
It's just that their attention was distracted by the Empire's Cemetery, leaving them no time to pay attention to Long Village. Otherwise, how could Long Village have had the opportunity to develop?
In other words, they have never paid attention to Long Village!
Now, Kate is asking them to negotiate with Long Village!
War?
And from what Ulster means, it seems he wants to get some satisfactory answer.
Thinking of this, Ulster's fist clenched tighter and veins appeared!
"All are useless! A bunch of useless people!"
After a while, another voice finally echoed in the conference room:
Even if all their destroyers, cruisers, and frigates were mobilized, they would still have to kneel on the spot!
Especially in the absence of prior preparation.
How can he achieve what they couldn't do through threats with just his words?
The key to solving the desert problem is Long Village.
They had provided so much support to Squid before, including airplanes, artillery, and missiles. Yet, several months later, they still haven't managed to take down Camel. Now they have been directly reversed!
From the front lines to the rear, from airports to air defense systems, almost everything has been blown up by someone.
After hearing what Kate had said, the brows of everyone in the scene tightened even more.
After a long time, Ulster's low and hoarse voice finally echoed in the conference room:
"Everyone, speak up. What are we going to do now?"
After a while, another voice finally echoed.
The king who had dominated the world for decades was about to bow his head in front of a village that they had never looked down upon!
But how can Long Village be resolved?
Even Camel has obtained such advanced drones!
Then will Long Village not have?
And given Long Village's usual habit of hiding its strengths, the drones they have will likely be even more advanced!
Negotiate with Long Village?
It's like a world-class big boss. They are too powerful for their strongest warriors to handle. Then someone tells him, let the level one soldier go and deal with the boss?
Upon hearing this, Kate looked at the other party and then directly said: "Mr. Peirce, negotiation does not mean submission. There are many ways to gain interests, and sometimes making appropriate concessions can help us gain more benefits!"
Not only the middle-aged man, but also the other members of the roundtable, after exchanging a glance, all bowed their heads again.
Facing the gaze of everyone, Ulster had a serious expression on his face and tightly clenched his hands for a long time without making a response.
He nodded bitterly and said: "Yes Sir!"
If it were to deteriorate further, their position in the desert would be at an end as well!
Such a result, they cannot bear to accept it.
Before, Long Village, they could bully and oppress them as they pleased, or crush them in whatever way they wanted!
"Um," receiving an affirmative response, Ulster nodded and then continued, "Not only do we need to block the message, but you also need to spread news about Long Village being a threat to the world. For instance, this time's attack – remember, it was them who attacked us! They threaten the world! They are destroyers of world peace! They are the source of evil!"
Taking the Phalanx as an example, the Phalanx has a firing rate of up to 4,500 rounds per minute, but its ammunition reserve is only 1,500 rounds!
Upon receiving an affirmative response, Ulster's face relaxed slightly and then redirected his gaze to another figure, directly saying:
"Mr. Melon, regarding the fishing boat matter, I hope you can keep pace with us. I don't want the failure in the desert to be known to the whole world!"
The problem seems to have returned to its original point.
After speaking, Kate did not continue to say anything and just sat quietly in her seat, waiting for the response from everyone.
Upon hearing this, everyone involuntarily turned their gaze towards the leader, Ulster.
"And finally, we must take action to stop the camel's advance in the desert. Now that the Squid has collapsed extensively, if the camels continue to expand their gains, Squid might be driven out to sea!"
Saying negotiate, but this is just a roundabout way of showing weakness to them.
To make a king bow and show submission to a nouveau riche?
If everything was hidden and kept secret, they would not have suffered such huge losses.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone present were somewhat unpleasant.
In the end, the speaker turned their gaze towards the previous speaker on the roundtable, saying:
"About the aid to Long Village, Mr. Field, how should we ensure that Long Village does not provide support and assistance to Camels?"
"Even if we have not failed militarily, once we lose control of oil, the currency tied to oil will lose its effectiveness. At that time, the economy will certainly collapse!"
The middle-aged man with the golden curls couldn't help but speak up directly.
"These trash!"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man who had just spoken up was once again silent.
"Sir, I believe that our most urgent task at the moment is to find out the source of these drones!"
Upon hearing Kate's voice, almost everyone in the scene had their brows furrowed.
Thinking of these things, each member of the roundtable was drenched in cold sweat.
As always, they understand the reasons, but they cannot accept bowing and submitting!
They are the Black and White Eagle!
"All right, if none of you have any other opinions, then we will proceed as Mr. Kate suggests: support Squid, investigate the drones of the camels, and negotiate with Long Village!"
After a long while, a voice that was a bit hoarse finally echoed in the conference room.
Upon hearing this, the person who was being looked at by Ulster nodded slightly: "Good Sir, we will keep a close eye on it..."
Back then, they hadn't reached this point, but even then, the representative of Long Village, Zhao Shanhe, dared to tear down their facade in front of the whole world without any mercy!
Thinking of these things, Ulster couldn't help but look at the head of the FBI next to him, and the cold light in his eyes flashed by.
Upon hearing what Kate had said, the brows of everyone present tightened slightly.
That's absolutely impossible!
But in the end, all the voices were stuck in their throats.
Can something that can't be obtained from the negotiation table be obtained on it?
It was almost instinctive to want to refuse.
After all, who are they?
After a long silence, seeing that everyone still couldn't come up with other solutions, the leader Ulster finally spoke up in a grim voice.
"We will also lose our forward outposts in the desert by then. Without the Squid, all of our remaining bases will be in great danger! Our control over the desert will drop to an ice point!"
To be blunt, the way of war has been completely sealed off basically!
If they can't defeat Long Village, then how can they make Long Village stop?
For a moment, the entire conference room was in dead silence.
When everyone was utterly frustrated, Ulster turned his gaze to a middle-aged man outside the roundtable, and then spoke in a low voice:
"Mr. Capello, it's your turn to handle the negotiation. I hope you can give us a satisfactory answer. Can you do it?"
Seeing the expressions of the others, Kate gently shook her head and then continued:
"Gentlemen, this is the best solution we can come up with at the moment, and it's the only one I can think of. If we don't do this and instead continue to pressure Long Village or directly communicate with them using gunpowder threats, I believe the outcome will be counterproductive. Long Village is no longer what it used to be…"
After that, they fell into silence once again.
Furthermore, the intelligence capabilities and precise positioning ability that Long Village demonstrated this time are difficult to imagine.
Ulster's words were undoubtedly an official confirmation of making them submit!
What should we do?
He also wants to know what to do!
If FBI director Brian is telling the truth, then their competition may have to be suspended again before they solve the issue of those drones!
Even more so, their actions in the desert will come to a complete halt!
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's face froze.
Combined together, it's a complete nightmare!
With the voice of the speaker, one problem after another and the corresponding solutions kept appearing one after another in the ears of everyone.
"Secondly, the camels' precise strikes are a guarantee that someone is providing them with intelligence and precise location data behind the scenes. Without a doubt, this person is most likely the detested Long Village. We must prevent them from continuing to provide these data to the desert!"
At that moment, several people were even more upset in their hearts and felt extremely frustrated!
However, the defense capabilities of these air defense systems are also very limited.
Just thinking about these things, almost all the members of the roundtable felt like they had eaten something disgusting and difficult to swallow!
Several radical members, led by the middle-aged man with golden curls, tried to speak several times, wanting to say something more.
After a brief silence, another voice quietly echoed:
"I agree with Mr. Field's opinion. We must support Squid to prevent the situation in the desert from further deteriorating!"
Each one felt dry in the mouth and kept rolling their throats...
Facing Ulster's silence, the members of the roundtable in front of him exchanged glances with each other, and then all fell into silence as well.
Upon hearing this, everyone present looked at each other in confusion.
After nearly half an hour, the speaker finally finished expressing his ideas.
In other words, if a saturation attack is conducted, the ammunition reserve of the Phalanx would only last for 20 seconds!
Under such circumstances, if a thousand or even tens of thousands of targets really launch an attack, it would not be just a few destroyers that would be affected.
A year ago, they were the unquestionable master of Blue Star!
An existence that anyone would have to keep their distance from!
Thinking of these things, the brows of everyone present were even tighter. The proud and aloof as they are, they simply cannot accept this.
Now that the situation has turned from attack to defense, and they are gradually losing ground. How can they go to negotiate with Long Village?
"Mr. Kate, are you suggesting that we submit to Long Village?"
……
And we are defending peace, safeguarding peace! We are the guardians of peace!"
"In just one day, I want the whole world to know that the evil dragon is threatening the world!"
(The end of this chapter)
