Energy Group

Chapter 1497 Captured Midway Island

The loss of the first collision and the double-reverse collision is very shocking. The energy group lost 12 planes, and the Americans lost 15 planes directly. This adds up to hundreds of millions of dollars. Other things have not been added yet. , The two sides deeply felt that this was a huge war. It was just a small test and they couldn’t afford to lose. If the war really started, there might be huge losses. The fleets of both sides were spent. Is it really going to be clean?What is the result of that?Then the Pacific region may be in a vacuum. No matter how tyrannical the strength of the two sides are, they will give others opportunities in the end, such as Great Russia and Europa, they can only send two When the three aircraft carrier fleets arrive, they can dominate the Pacific. At least half a year is no problem. If the energy group and the United States deploy troops from other places, they will also gain corresponding benefits in that area. This is not the case. A joke.

Although both sides feel that this war cannot start, can they be asked to surrender at this moment?That is absolutely impossible. People on both sides attach great importance to this confrontation, because there are still many things that depend on the outcome of this confrontation. After the end of the small-scale air battle, all the energy group’s fleets broke down. I'm not going to move on anymore. If we continue, there will be a suspicion of creating friction, and the Americans will be even more helpless. They have also seen the power of the energy group's fleet, only sending reconnaissance planes on the periphery.And also told the pilot.They are not allowed to approach, and they will return immediately if they find an overcoming plane. They don't want to have such a confrontation again.

Things were so peaceful for one day, but when the standoff went on to the next day, a relatively sudden event happened. On a destroyer of the US military, a soldier who hated the energy group hijacked the fire control department of their warship. Commander, launched six anti-ship missiles toward the energy group's fleet without authorization. This is a hornet's nest. It takes five minutes to send the missiles over the energy group's fleet from the position of the US fleet. More than a minute later, the reconnaissance force of the Energy Group discovered these six inferior missiles.For such a huge fleet, such a small-scale attack root is useless. Li Yunhai was called directly when he was asleep. If there were six hundred missiles, he might feel that a war is coming, but now it is only a trivial matter. Six shots.What is going on here?Are they provocative?

"Commander? Do we need a counterattack?" The chief of staff looked at the six bright spots on the electronic map. They were not very afraid of this, but what is it? The fleet's air defense can completely defend against 600 rounds or more. Missile attack, but everyone can't think about what is going on. Is there a problem with these six missiles?biochemical weapon?Soon Li Yunhai thought of such a result, he immediately said loudly, "Shoot them down for me, don't let them go over our fleet."

Less than ten seconds after Li Yunhai's words were spoken, six missiles were launched immediately, and the Americans may need two to one.But for the energy group with super huge computers, one dozen one is absolutely no problem. These missiles are still easy for them to come. At the same time, there are more than forty planes flying around the fleet after taking off. They will work with dozens of aircraft over the fleet in air defense. If necessary, they can even fly out to attack the enemy. At this time, the fleet can't figure out what the Americans are going to do, because an American lunatic. The soldiers' actions caused the two fleets that had been somewhat stabilized to immediately enter a state of tension.

Six missiles were shot down immediately, without causing any losses to the energy group.The U.S. soldier was directly caught by the military police for this reason. The U.S. military also sent a liaison officer to explain the matter, but this matter was unacceptable to Li Yunhai. ***Yankee. Give me this to me, what did I say about the accidental bombing. Now I will also give you such a thing, order the lead 001, 002 to send she 60 missiles, the whole fleet is ready for air defense, but also to prevent The enemy's submarine took advantage of the chaos, but I want to see how they are and tell them that one of our soldiers did it." Li Yunhai said angrily, and the chief of staff smiled helplessly. The commander has always been like this. People, but the chief of staff also signed his name on this order. A minute later, the two destroyers cleared the 30-unit missiles on their warships, and the missiles quickly moved towards the Americans. The fleet rushed over. For the US fleet, it’s okay to kill 60 missiles. It’s just that the energy group’s attitude makes them very unhappy. How could there be such a coincidence? We have a lunatic soldier on your side. One immediately appeared on the side. It was too silly nonsense, but the Americans didn’t have the courage to continue sending missiles back. They had to swallow the bitter fruit, and they could only send 90 rounds. Missile interception is not completely useless in this matter. The American missile interception system is still problematic. All 60 missiles have used the mid-stage rain-retaining system, and the peripherals were not completely killed.

The energy group and the U.S. fleet set up their positions in the Hawaiian waters and did some things that don’t hurt the bones. The top leaders of both sides have not yet decided what to do. The Skull and Bones also quickly divided into two ranks. One is the power of the original five family heads. They hope to reconcile with the energy group. If you suffer a loss, you will suffer a loss. However, some other emerging forces rooted in disagreement. They believe that the energy group has caused them huge problems. If they lose, they have to pay a certain price from the energy group, but they do not advocate war at present, but they do not want to reconcile with the energy group. Their point of view is that they hope to fight the energy group and win. It is possible to force the energy group to sign the alliance under the city with the threat of a narrow victory, but now this military report comes out.It seems that none of them have this ability.

Li Cong watched some analysis of the situation.It is said that the Pacific Fleet of the Energy Group cannot kill the Pacific Fleet of the US Army. Now their case comparison is five to one. The Energy Group has a five-fold advantage, but most of the fleet is useful and cannot be all transferred to the Hawaiian waters. At present, it is only slightly stronger than the US fleet, but the US military has the cover of land-based aircraft, and this dominance root will not exist. If it really fights, it may suffer heavy losses.Moreover, this is not in their interests. It is estimated that the happiest part of the fight is Great Russia and Europa. The military's idea is not to fight. Of course, the young and strong factions of the military are mainly fighting.

Li Cong thought about it all night.Li Xian and the military officers are also thinking about this. In the end, Li Cong's idea was to fight with them, but the scale must be strictly controlled. The Hawaiian fleet is absolutely not allowed. If you get up, you can't control it, but you still have to look for fighters in this area.

Under the order of Li Cong, the energy group's fleet was divided into two parts, and divided into two parts like the ri fleet back then?This is not Li Cong’s style. Eighty percent of Li Cong’s fleet rushed towards the US’s main fleet, while the remaining 20% ​​were tasked with carrying thousands of Marines. Rushed to Midway Island within a short time.You have to get some benefits. After the occupation, Li Cong will immediately start negotiations with the Americans. It should be no problem to restore energy to you. Midway Island leases it to us, and then raises the price by 10% to restore the previous If it feels that we are bullying you too much, then we will do a good job.

The United States, of course, is not clear about the actions of the energy group. They dare not split into two groups like the energy group. Now they are struggling to deal with it all the way. Although there are also people in the military who argue that they can concentrate their efforts on energy first. The small fleet assigned by the group was killed.But it was immediately rejected. It seemed that they were separated, but what is the current war of hundreds of nautical miles?The plane can arrive in an instant, there are missiles, and the huge energy group fleet is right in front of them.If they start, I believe they will move too. The end result is that the energy group fleet will come together again.Then they have no chance to start, and the result is to damage the navy’s tens of thousands of tons of energy. Now it’s not the same as before. Although the above did not say that the navy’s energy should be restricted, there are also many people who don’t use it indiscriminately. It was rejected, and there was no benefit to waste of energy, which was just a fool.

"No, there is something wrong with this matter." A small staff officer looked at the direction of the energy group fleet movement on his tablet. He seemed to see a little bit, but at the moment, the big people have not spoken yet, so naturally he is a small staff officer. I can’t talk nonsense. Moreover, this is some unfounded speculation by myself. If my speculation is correct, the U.S. military might be very dangerous. Now the two fleets are facing each other, and no one dares to initiate a war. The U.S. military has the advantage because no matter how large the energy group’s fleet is, it is also a fleet. Their supply lines are very long. Even if they have more freighters, they are not as big as the warehouses built by the U.S. military on the island. But once they are Having a foothold on the ground, then the whole of Hawaii is in danger. Hawaii should not be lost, otherwise the west coast of the United States will be in trouble. Although the energy group also has its own military bases in the Americas, those bases are closely watched by the Skull and Bones. Yes, you can’t get any hair out, but if you don’t have the front-line base in Hawaii, you will be in big trouble. Perhaps the energy group’s fleet can reach the US military’s west coast from Fusang Naval Base. The pre-jing is too short. Thinking of this, he looked at his navy uniform. At this time, he couldn't think so much. He should say what he thought, because he had guessed that the energy group was looking at the Midway Island that the Fusang people were looking at.

"David, you send these documents out and make ten copies." Before this guy could speak, his boss threw him a USB flash drive. Now what he needs is to do these things, an officer with a very low rank. These are the most suitable things. Otherwise, what else can you do? The boss looked at this guy with some curiosity. What this guy is doing, he would do everything he asked him to do in the past, which is rare and obedient. people.But today she stood stupidly."I said, what are you doing? Don't you know that these files are important? Many people want to see it right away. This is the result of several hours of analysis by the War Situation Center. Do things right away." The boss said harshly.

This young man named David glanced at his boss, and then at the people who were discussing enthusiastically around him. Most people’s attention is not on Midway Island. Their purpose is very clear. They are thinking it might be The energy group fleet wants to bypass them and head to the west coast of the United States. The energy group also has its own supply base in the Americas, and they can get supplies there.This is absolutely impossible. If that is the case, the entire United States will fall into disaster. The energy group has done it, and they have misled everyone.It's just that there is still mine left, but when he was speaking in the outline, he suddenly found that his boss was holding a **** to himself. What is going on ****?

The people around don’t know what’s going on. How could this guy suddenly show up to his assistant, “Asshole, I really didn’t see that you turned out to be a spy for the Energy Group. This is confidential. Room, what are you doing? What are your hands doing and what do those things mean. Where is the number??." With the voice of his boss, many people looked over. It turned out that this guy was just when he was upset. There were random pictures on his tablet computer. He didn’t know how he touched the phone and made a call. This is really God helping Li Cong. The place he dialed was somewhere in the mainland of China. Obviously over there, I don't understand what it is talking about, so those people thought that the information has been transmitted. This guy really can't dispute it. He was very nervous about what he wanted to say.But I found that I was nervous and couldn't say anything. With his panicked expression, many people could see it. I really didn't see that David, who had always been very honest, would do such a thing.

"The military police, take this guy under control immediately. Ask him what he did, and trace me the number just now." The largest major general in the confidential room ordered.

Immediately two military police ran over.They immediately arrested David. David wanted to free himself from the resistance, but he was given a punch, and he fainted. "Report, the number just now belongs to China Mainland. The talk time was three minutes and fifty seconds." I quickly checked it out, and the people in the room were immediately dumbfounded when they heard these words. Damn, in three minutes and fifty seconds, their quarrels were very loud just now. Yes, they are not as good as the people of the guide energy group, and they have penetrated into their confidential room. This is not bad. It is a kick at the fallen David, "Asshole, a person called the military intelligence department. Come, let me check carefully to see if this guy is still in the party." At this time, it was the most taboo to make a mess in front of the battle, but this major general made such a mistake. This guy made everyone panic. Up.

At this time, Li Yunhai had seen that his plan had been carried out for one-third. At this time, he should give an order to the people of the task force to start capturing Midway Island immediately. According to the plan, they should now follow the US military. The main force of the U.S. fleet is facing up. How come there hasn’t been any movement in the U.S. military since the start of the exercise just now. Are these people all stupid or something?Or maybe they are all petrified?Could it be that there is an ambush around me, and Li Yunhai is also surprised when he thinks of this, is it the US submarine force?

"Quickly, immediately send me all the anti-submarine aircraft on the aircraft carrier, and give me a good investigation within four hundred nautical miles. The whole fleet forms an anti-submarine formation." Li Yunhai said loudly, he really couldn't imagine this time. What would it be like if the US submarines were under them? Although the fleet had secret weapons and was not afraid of missile attacks, the secret weapons could not be defended below, that is, things in the sea. The enemy released torpedoes on the seabed It's a terrible thing to attack.

The other staff officers in the captain's office were also taken aback when they heard Li Yunhai's words. What's the matter?Is it true that there is a submarine under it?This may be the only way to explain why the US fleet does not move. Now satellites can detect everything in the sky, but what about the sea?Everyone doesn't know what to do, whether it is satellites or radars, because of the obstruction of sea water, they are not very clear about the following things, so this investigation is impossible to talk about.At present, the detection of submarines can only rely on sonar.Submarine technology is changing rapidly, but the technology for dealing with submarines is still the original one, but it is also very effective.

The dead silence in the sea around the energy group is the situation reported by the anti-submarine aircraft. This can only explain two situations. One is that the enemy's submarine roots did not come over, so the following is very quiet. Of course, this good result is only It can be 50%, and the other 50% is very tragic. The result is that the submarines below have shut down their engines.Just keeping the survival system, they waited for the entire fleet to reach above them, and then launched an attack.

"Order the anti-submarine aircraft to search for them with active sonar." After thinking about it, Li Yunhai gave another order. The passive sonar was used for the search just now.Active sonar is to emit sound like an ultrasonic wave. Active sonar can quickly search for the enemy, but it will also reveal its position. However, most submarines can tell who made the active sonar. They don’t. Will expose himself to attack an anti-submarine helicopter, the price of this anti-submarine helicopter is basically the same as their submarine missile.

"Report, active sonar is turned on, and there are still no submarines around." Li Yunhai was relieved to hear this answer. No matter what happened to the Americans, he still had to carry out his own plan.In addition to sending a large number of anti-submarine aircraft to survey the sea in front of them, the entire fleet has become a house-controlled formation. After all, in this era, missiles are the most powerful weapon. This thing is what can cause them heavy losses. Put the missile on the first defense weapon.

Just as the energy group’s main fleet and the U.S. fleet began to face-to-face confrontation, another small fleet of the energy group began to work. Although it is a small fleet, it cannot be defended by those forces on Midway Island. The defense of Midway Island was increased, but judging from the current force comparison, they were unable to resist.When the commander of the Midway Command received a call from the Energy Group Task Force, he looked at these people under him. They absolutely cannot withstand the attack of thousands of Energy Group Marines, although there are hundreds of them on the island. Combat aircraft, but there are several aircraft carriers in the energy group, which add up to three times as many.Although they can wait for the support from Pearl Harbor, they are all over here when they come.The commander immediately announced his surrender. Not only was the U.S. army dumbfounded, but also Major General Wang Jing, who was in charge of the offensive, was dumbfounded. He was ready to attack on his side. How come thousands of prisoners came here?Damn, you people are too useless, but now time is money, and I don't have the time to waste time with you. Major General Wang Jing immediately notified the headquarters and the main fleet over there.

The U.S. military’s inspections were not over yet, so I got the news, “No, what’s the matter? Haven’t we strengthened the defenses on Midway Island? How could they capture such an important place without starting a war? What? These damn bastards." The fleet commander is a four-star admiral. This guy can't bear the responsibility of losing his land. Now the energy group is pushing him. He has a yin face like someone in the entire office. They were all his enemies, "Asshole, prepare me to fight and kill them." The others were also very angry, and they immediately proceeded to make arrangements, even if they died together with the energy group fleet.

The development of the matter was a little different from what Li Cong had expected. He opened the door to negotiations as soon as he occupied Midway Island, but the Americans left. They said there was only one way to resume negotiations, that is, the energy group’s army first. Withdraw from Midway Island, or they will go to war with the energy group's forces on a global scale, and they will have to defend their country.

Li Congzhen did not expect that the occupation of American territory would have the current situation. In his opinion, these cowardly Americans have nothing to do with global wars, but now it seems that he is wrong, but it is also necessary for him to withdraw from Midway Island. Impossible, his own people wasted so much Jing power to take down Midway Island, and the whole thing was done by himself, did he admit defeat?Let the energy group save face?If it doesn't work, it must be preemptive, even if some of the hole cards are exposed.

Li Yunhai, who was studying, received a call from Li Cong, "Yes, I understand, start immediately." Li Yunhai listened to it for ten minutes and immediately began to deploy.Li Cong gave him the order to preemptively kill the US Pacific Fleet.Behind them, the huge fleet is coming, and it doesn't matter if he is defeated by the American army, he has the navy.

The armies of the two major forces around the world are being mobilized, and people all over the world seem to be living under the shadow of war. Is all this caused by Li Cong's order to capture Midway Island?There are still many contradictions in the U.S. Palace, but due to the transmission of the U.S. media, those people have forgotten all the previous things. They said they would fully support the war. A large number of weapons previously sealed by the U.S. military were all sent to military factories. After modification, many ships are still usable.The productivity of the U.S. military is very strong. Li Cong knew this before, but what he never knew was that the U.S. military’s wealth would be so rich. According to the intelligence report obtained, they could even retire the former service within two months. Some of the warships are equipped with missiles.There are at least three hundred various warships, all with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons. It seems that I really underestimate the Americans.

Li Yunhai immediately ordered the entire fleet to attack. At the same time, the Americans also issued the same order. If reporters over the fleets of both sides can take this photo, they will definitely sigh the strength of the people. The Americans launched 1980 fleet-to-ship missiles within five minutes, while the energy group launched even more. Although they have fewer warships than the Americans, they have more firepower than Americans. Strong, they fired 2,690 missiles in five minutes.The missiles of both sides roared towards each other’s fleet. The distance between the two sides was already very close. The missiles only had a flight time of almost five minutes. When the anti-ship missiles were launched, the frigates of both sides were also launching frantically. Anti-aircraft missiles. At this time, a missile is launched every second. The sky above the fleet is as beautiful as fireworks. Many soldiers who have been in the army for many years have not seen it, not even the largest military exercise. Regarding the current situation, military exercises are not actual combat after all.It is impossible to reveal the situation in front of you. No one is willing to spend the money, and Li Cong absolutely can't. The missiles that are issued now cost millions of dollars, and the cheap ones are more than one million.If the effort at this moment is carefully calculated, billions of dollars or even tens of billions of dollars will fly in.Is this a joke?In the past, it was said that wars cost hundreds of millions of dollars every day, but now, tens of billions of dollars went in less than 20 minutes after the war started.

After launching the attack missiles, they will have nothing to do with them. Those missiles have nothing to do with them whether they hit or miss. What they need now is defense, because the main function of destroyers is to attack and defend. They are all handed over to the frigate. At the moment, the busiest one is the frigate. After five minutes, their mission will come. They will release more missiles than the previous destroyers. The American defense level depends on the latest For the Aegis, this system does have its strengths. Thousands of defensive missiles were launched immediately on the frigates and guided missile boats. After they delineated the orbit, they launched 1,400 anti-aircraft missiles. This was the first interception. Hundreds of aircraft in the sky also launched about 200 missile interceptor missiles. According to their calculations, the 1980 attack missiles of the Energy Group could be intercepted to at least 700. Many, this was directly hit, plus other factors such as shrapnel damage, it is estimated that about 1,000 missiles will eventually be hit in this link.

The energy group also issued a thousand missiles at this time. Their secret weapon is the shield. The shield is powered by electricity. You will see it later, but the shield cannot withstand so many missile attacks. Yes, it’s usually very powerful if you can take on 500 missiles, so you still have to shoot more than two-thirds of the missiles outside. Although these anti-aircraft missiles are cheaper, they are based on the US military’s pricing. It also costs 10,000 U.S. dollars a piece, and the cheaper energy group has 800,000 U.S. dollars. Attacks waste money, defense also wastes money, and billions of dollars are spent in that way. This is definitely a waste of money. .

The defense systems of the two sides are basically okay. Both reached their predetermined goals in the first stage. A large number of missiles were destroyed in the air, and the middle area between the two fleets was covered with a large amount of missile debris."Damn. This is burning money, mother. It's really enjoyable to fight against such opponents. We are going to open the protective cover and tell them to continue the second stage of burning money. Our burning money is much less." Li Yunhai took a telescope and looked at the middle area of ​​the sea. Originally they were all some valuable missiles, but at this time they were all turned into rubbish. It would be a pity for anyone to watch it, if it is a small country.It is impossible for the whole nation to produce these things.

The first stage of interception is over, but there are more than 900 missiles in the sky towards the US fleet, and more than 600 missiles towards the energy group fleet. They are about to prepare for the second stage of interception.The US fleet is still launching some anti-aircraft missiles again. These launches this time are much better than the previous ones in terms of speed and everything. The most important thing is that the accuracy is much higher. They are ready to intercept at this stage. For those who live with 800 missiles, the last 100 missiles will be handed over to the Phalanx system and the naval guns on the warships. Of course, if they all hit the Universiade, maybe this batch will be intercepted. Ok.

Unlike the US fleet, the people in the energy group’s situation room did not look at the instruments they were working on at this moment, and they all stood up and moved their muscles and bones.What happened just now is really very uncomfortable. Now I have to hand it over to their subordinate unit, the short-range defense team. With the command of the team leader, a quick release was issued on an aircraft carrier in the middle. The white light visible to the naked eye is about a thousand meters high, and then some instruments are turned on on several transport ships around the fleet, and the entire warship emits light, Yan se, all the people outside are carrying them at this moment. Of sunglasses.If this is shining on the eyes, it will definitely be invisible for a long time. When the white light is lit up in ten places, the beam of light will slowly float around something similar to the power film. Yes, they are made by Energy Group. The protective cover came out, although I couldn't see anything far away.But they can still be seen clearly with the naked eye when they are near, although they are not substantial.However, missiles and aircraft can be intercepted during the exercise.

"Boom??" As the first missile fired and exploded, it was like a cannonball fired one after another, but no matter how dense it was or how fierce it was, they would have nothing to rush over. The Americans in the distance stared at all this in amazement. Isn't this only seen in some science fiction novels?Why can you see it here today?This is simply too funny. How could it be possible? How did the Energy Group do these things? They feel as if all of this shouldn’t have appeared here, it should have appeared in their dreams, but what? I don't wake up at this moment, this is the fact that people have something more powerful.

Li Yunhai looked at the number of missiles intercepted by the shield in the command room. 412 has been launched, and it is about to reach 500. According to their research, 500 is his limit, so he will rely on another important weapon after 500. Now, that’s the giant cannons on the naval bases and battleships in the fleet. They will fire large-caliber electronic cannonballs in the direction of a missile attack, and support a small protective shield. Of course, they can also make such a huge It’s just that there are not so many missiles now, so there’s no need for it. In just a moment’s time, the computer has already calculated where to fire the shells, so there’s no need to be afraid of not being able to hit them.

"511 rounds, commander, the final result came out. Our protective shield intercepted 511 rounds. The remaining ones were killed by the battleship’s huge guns. The short-range defense system on our warship was not used. We broke the record." The chief of staff was as happy as a child. When this technology came out, it could only intercept 400 rounds. In theory, it could intercept 440 rounds. After some improvements, they could reach 500 rounds. , I didn’t expect that the supernormal performance reached 511 today, which is very happy.

"Haha, it's not bad. Go back and reward these guys, and quickly ask them to replace those reserve batteries. Although this thing is powerful, the power consumption is really amazing. Order the supply ship behind to immediately replace the new ones. Send us the battery." Li Yunhai ordered, this thing uses electricity the most. Just for a while, excluding the shells sent out later, it used 2.2 billion degrees of electricity. It is very cheap for the energy group, but if it is calculated at a price of 0.5 yuan per unit of electricity, this is 1.1 billion yuan. Of course, compared with the Americans, it is much less. In the second stage, the Americans send she More than 1,400 short-range defense missiles have only shot down less than 800 missiles, and more than 100 missiles have entered their inner defense circle. The price of these more than 1,400 missiles is more than one billion US dollars. It was not cleaned up. The energy group only used one-sixth of their price to get things done, and it did it cleanly. In the end, the US military relied on the short-range Phalanx system to destroy more than 50 missiles in the sky. Nearly 50 missiles hit the U.S. warship, causing heavy losses to the U.S. military. Two of the 10,000-ton cruisers each hit the four-way missiles and then began to sink. One aircraft carrier was hit by two missiles. , Braved the billowing smoke, it couldn’t sink for a while, but it’s impossible to take off the plane to fight. The three missile speedboats were directly reimbursed, and they simply couldn’t withstand a missile attack. Yes, there are also 15 warships of various kinds that have been hit to varying degrees, with casualties of more than 00 people. For the entire fleet, this loss is not very serious, but it is a very serious blow to their morale. It's amazing. Many American soldiers believe that people from the energy group cannot be killed. They have a rain cover given by God, but they don't.

"Commander, I am sure that if we continue to attack at this time, we will definitely gain a lot of gains. Although our long-range defense system has not been filled with missiles yet, our protective cover has already replaced the battery. They can do it. Continue to fight, do we want to attack?" The Chief of Staff is a war monger since the start of the war. Li Yunhai is not persuaded to retreat at this moment. Li Yunhai also knows this guy very well, haha ​​smile, how could such an opportunity be possible Let it go, "Order, take off the plane and make a second attack." The missiles on the warship are all being filled at this time, so if you want to attack, you can only rely on the plane. With the release speed of the energy group's aircraft, absolutely It is faster than the US military.(To be continued...)