Chapter 506

"Mr. Potter." The Prime Minister's tone quickly softened again, "Think about it this way, even if we take this, inference, yes, currently your statement about the Focused Rainbow and the so-called conspiracy is still an inference, without detailed, credible evidence, isn't it?"

"Even if we tell the Magical Congress this inference, do you think they will definitely believe it? Or, to go a step further, even if they believe it, do you think they will stop the space-based mothership plan? And to take a step back ten thousand times, even if they listen to your advice and slow down or even stop the plan, wouldn't the one who bears the brunt of the muzzle become our floating city?"

Harry took a few deep breaths to calm his unhappiness. He thought the Prime Minister's view was very narrow and selfish, but the facts he stated were correct: rashly saying things out would not bring any benefit to their side, but rather some harm.

"Yes, if we consider the floating city being targeted by Yanayev." The Prime Minister found another angle to persuade him, "A city full of civilians, if it were shot down by the Focused Rainbow, it would be unimaginable... it might even trigger a huge earthquake, and dozens of Muggle cities would suffer; but conversely, if the Magical Congress's warship were hit, first of all, those on it are soldiers, who have prepared for sacrifice since participating in the war, and the country has a corresponding pension system. And, the volume of the warship is not that large, and the harm to the ground will be much smaller."

"But the floating city can connect wizards to form a shield, that's what the Heavenly Dynasty people do." Harry shook his head, "We cannot make such an analogy."

"Is that so? But there are many wizards in the Heavenly Dynasty, right? Do we have so many wizards?" The Prime Minister immediately asked back, "The Focused Rainbow can also connect wizards to strengthen its power, isn't that so? They are good at this!"

Harry failed to persuade the Prime Minister, instead, he felt he was about to be persuaded. After a short thought, he decided to return to the original topic: "Okay, let's change the way of saying it. Do you think this, inference, is credible?"

"I think your analysis is still very reasonable." The Prime Minister nodded thoughtfully, "This well explains everything that has happened so far, and if we think from the perspective of the other side, it is indeed a very smart move for Yanayev."

"Then we should always do something, right?" Harry stretched out a hand, "Even if it's not for humanitarianism or kindness, we can do something to let us gain more benefits. You can consider it."

"Uh, some appropriate warnings or hints, so that the space-based mothership can hold on longer in future games... it does have a little benefit for us." The Prime Minister hesitated, "But the scandal of technology leakage... I can't conduct an internal investigation!"

"You should still have ways to deal with scandals." Harry endured his dissatisfaction, his tone carrying a hint of sarcasm, "Push the responsibility to others, push it to the EU."

"Eh!" The Prime Minister's eyes suddenly lit up, "You gave me a very good idea. I can push the responsibility to others, a thorn in the side that is already annoying. I will say the document was leaked by the Secretary of State for the Environment... but will this not be credible? If it were the Secretary of State for Defense, it would be more reasonable, but he is far less annoying than Morris..."

This politician calculated a large circle, and after drafting several dirty little means, he said to Harry very confidently and firmly: "That's right, I have thought it through. We will of course appropriately help our allies, at least they are still allies at the moment."

"However, this matter cannot be said in a public way. After all, it is just an inference. My idea is, please you and Arthur communicate with the Magical Congress first in the name of the Wizarding World, throwing out an introduction, and then I can endorse it for you here."

When Harry left Downing Street, he felt very irritable. The Muggle government could hardly do anything. After going around in a big circle, in the end, it was still up to the Ministry of Magic to come forward. If this was the case, then it would be better to do this in a private capacity. Yes, rather than going around in circles with those bureaucrats of the Magical Congress, it would be better to talk to Tang Tang Nade directly. At least he was still a straightforward person.

The day after Harry made his decision, Tang Tang Nade came directly to Diagon Alley—he did not disclose his super-wizard power, so he could apparate between countries without hindrance.

"Okay, regarding the Focused Rainbow technology being stolen by the Soviets, I actually didn't feel very surprised." Tang Tang Nade said very open-mindedly, "After all, this technology itself doesn't have many difficulties. Even if they didn't get the drawings, just copying it, I estimate there wouldn't be too much difficulty."

"Indeed." Harry sighed, "But what is relatively difficult to handle next is that they might use the Focused Rainbow to deal with the space-based mothership. We suspect that this is all calculated by Yanayev."

Next, Harry and Zhang Qiu explained the overall air combat strategy of Yanayev that they had inferred before to Tang Tang Nade in great detail. However, what made them feel a little strange was that Tang Tang Nade seemed to have been distracted, and he didn't care much about this matter.

"Hmm, it sounds really dangerous, like we fell into a trap." After listening to Harry and Zhang Qiu's exposition, Tang Tang Nade said this, but his tone seemed a little perfunctory, "But there is no way, we cannot stop the research and development of the space-based mothership because of this, because it has become a political task that must be completed under the Pentagon's reckless operation."

"Perhaps, the Magical Congress can think about some defensive means that are better than nothing, but to tell the truth, even if it is not hit by the Focused Rainbow, the space-based mothership will fall sooner or later," Tang Tang Nade said pessimistically, "When we really started to design, one engineering problem after another... I think the Muggle world cannot achieve it with its current ability, even if we use magical assistance without a bottom line, the effect still cannot reach expectations."

"Restricted by air pressure, our fighter jets can hardly take off and land; the thermal management system restricts the power of the main gun; the demand for aerial replenishment is too large, we are even considering landing once a week..." Tang Tang Nade shook his head helplessly, "All functions are compromising, the actual effect of the space-based mothership might only be 20% of what is described in the report."

"If Yanayev is really prepared to use the Focused Rainbow to hit it, it might be a good thing instead. He is helping us write off bad debts—as long as he uses a large-power strategic weapon to blow up the space-based mothership, no one will know that we actually floated an iron box that is of no use."

"We can develop fighter jets specifically for aerial combat, adopting an electromagnetic catapult scheme." Zhang Qiu suggested casually, "The main gun can be equipped with the Focused Rainbow, and for replenishment, we can pull the Floo Network. There are always more ways than difficulties."

Tang Tang Nade's expression was a little strange. Harry suddenly felt that perhaps the space-based mothership didn't really encounter so many unsolvable difficulties, he was just hiding it.

"Or, let's think about it this way." Tang Tang Nade changed his tone, "Since it is known that the space-based mothership will fall sooner or later, I can refine the escape plan after I go back. Wizards can of course fly or apparate away, but those Muggle soldiers on it, and Muggle logistics personnel like this... prepare some helicopters or parachutes for them, that's all we can do."

"Then it would be better to just let them not get on the ship from the beginning." Zhang Qiu laughed in a very unrefined way, "Leaving all Muggle soldiers on the ground, it saves weight and is safe, and you can also eat empty pay."

Tang Tang Nade shrugged. He had no opinion on this kind of sarcasm, and might even support it a little.

"And, if you know in advance that it will be shot down, you can push the unavoidable costs to the Pentagon as much as possible." Tang Tang Nade showed an indifferent attitude, "Finally, you can adjust the landing point, invest a little more insurance, or I can sell this 'disaster from the sky insurance' myself, but throw the space-based mothership into the sea. This way, there will be no casualties, and you can also eat a wave of rotten money from the insured."

Harry shook his head helplessly. He originally wanted to remind Tang Tang Nade to consider how to make good preparations and countermeasures to avoid being shot down by the Focused Rainbow. However, he didn't expect Tang Tang Nade to be troubled by various engineering problems, and at this moment, he was even willing to let the space-based mothership be destroyed, and instead turn to think about how to profit from the fall.

"Well, think on the bright side, we can still use the Focused Rainbow to strengthen the main gun." Zhang Qiu smoothed things over, "Perhaps we can develop it into an 'approximate space-based weapon.' Isn't that what you intended at the beginning? Slowly fly to the enemy's head, and then bombard it from above. Not to mention destroying the world, at least the effect will be considerable."

"This is another problem. If you set up an anti-Apparition ward, if you are hit by a missile or something, wizards cannot escape; but if you don't set up a ward, we may not necessarily be able to deal with boarding battles..." Tang Tang Nade sighed again, "The super-wizard power configuration I have, the Law of Space and the Law of Thunder, are trump cards for the attacking side, but pure clowns for the defensive side."

"And, NASA is already doing real space-based weapons. I don't need to rush to compete with them." Tang Tang Nade's eyes were a little unfocused, "The Focused Rainbow must also connect wizards. You can't make it into a space station..."

"You can build a moon base." Zhang Qiu once again made an ungrateful suggestion, "The trajectory of laser weapons is less than two seconds, and it also solves the accommodation problem of wizards."

"Let's talk about something practical." Tang Tang Nade stretched, "Thank you for reminding me of the hidden dangers of the Focused Rainbow, Harry, but the current situation is already bad enough, it doesn't matter if it gets a little worse."

"Actually, what I said is quite practical." Zhang Qiu shrugged, "Okay, then let's talk about a happy thing—Mr. Tang Tang Nade, do you want to return to your original world and see your wife?"