28 years ago, 40-year-old Zhang Zhaozhong appeared on TV for the first time, and in CCTV's "Military World" program, his expression without stage fright left a deep impression on people.
Later, with the development of the Internet, he became a member of the UP master, and under the "open-mouthed" military commentary, he was stunned to change the military commentary from boring to vivid and interesting.
In his "flickering", "kelp can stop submarines" and "China will have to develop for another 30 years before it can catch up with the United States......
Some people believe these words, and some people don't, but this "flickering" energy has made him sought after by many post-90s and post-00s, and they all affectionately call him "Director of the Strategic Flickering Bureau" and "Bureau Seat".
What makes many people curious is, why can the "bureau" be loved by so many people, and even continue to be "prosperous" for so many years?
Zhang Zhaozhong's "famous works"
"Why did Zhang Zhaozhong disappear?" is a question that many fans are more curious about in the past two years.
It has been more than 3 years since he "debuted" in 1992 and "disappeared" in September 2020. Despite this, he is "not a man in the rivers and lakes, but there are still his legends in the rivers and lakes".
Take the "kelp barrage submarine" as an example, kelp is in the impression of most of us, it is a black and green algae food, which can be served cold, can also be used for soup, shabu-shabu.
But in Zhang Zhaozhong's mouth, he said that kelp can be used as a "weapon", so that passing submarines can stop and not move.
It's a bit of a surprise that when food and submarines, two seemingly incompatible species, collide together, it stimulates people's curiosity to the extreme.
Zhang Zhaozhong also gave an example of what he had personally experienced, although it seemed to be true, it was still doubted by many netizens, and shouted: This expert is too good!
In fact, when Zhang Zhaozhong first began to publish his military explanations on the Internet, there were indeed many "black fans".
But what's interesting is that later, after watching his many explanations, these black fans unconsciously clicked "attention". There is no other reason than because his words have been "fulfilled"!
In 2016, the United States sent a nuclear submarine to the Bohai Sea, preparing to quietly approach the mainland waters and hide it for reconnaissance intelligence.
But who would have thought that when the nuclear submarine was on the way, it would suddenly be unable to move, no matter how much it struggled, it was useless, and finally in the repeated acceleration, the engine completely struck.
In desperation, the United States had no choice but to contact the mainland for help and "throw itself into the net." When the mainland navy went to look for the invading submarine that took the initiative to send it to the door, it found that it was kelp that trapped the US nuclear submarine.
After this incident, netizens were shocked, it turned out that this "flickering" expert was really a bit level, and the "kelp wrapped submarine" was really right!
Of course, kelp entangled submarines are just one of them, and the most talked about is probably the American F22 fighter.
Fighter planes and submarines are one of the symbols of a country's military strength.
In order to maintain its hegemony, the United States has naturally never given up the study of these for so many years, even if an F22 fighter will cost billions of dollars, the United States will grit its teeth and hold on.
And after Zhang Zhaozhong saw it, he had something to say. It's just that it still doesn't seem like a "good word".
"Judging from our development with the United States, the United States is more than 30 years ahead of us, and even if the United States does nothing in these 30 years, we may not be able to catch up with it. ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zhaozhong's fans began to discuss, after entering the 21st century, the speed of our development has been fast enough, and these 30 years may not be able to catch up with the United States, which is also too shocking.
For a while, fans on the Internet can be said to have been in the doldrums for a long time about the military, and they are even a little worried about the future. But again, how can the "Director of the Strategic Fooling Bureau" want this effect?
Apparently not, and soon, the "fulfillment" came again!
The United States may have taken into account the fact that the cost of the F22 fighter is too high, and in addition to the 30 years that "military experts" say, it finally made a decision: to stop continuing production.
However, just a year after the US production was stopped, our J-20 fighter came out!
Although it did not achieve the effect of F22, the basic battle was guaranteed. The most important thing is that when the J-20 was released, there was Zhang Zhaozhong's name behind it.
This can't help but make Zhang Zhaozhong's fans talk about his "flickering" kung fu, which is really profound, and his fans have developed to the United States!
Of course, this is not the only case where "fans have developed to the United States".
Once, in response to the US "100,000-ton aircraft carrier", Zhang Zhaozhong said, "Don't use immature technology." Don't look at the various top-notch equipment on it, but it looks powerful, but in fact it is just a "paper tiger".
In the face of Zhang Zhaozhong's "disdain", how did the US side react?
The answer is to stop production.
Of course, there was an incident before this, that is, when I was in the Panama Canal, there was a problem of "immature technology", and the problem of sudden failure of parts and components had to stay where I was and wait for rescue.
Zhang Zhaozhong seems to be a serious fool, but in fact, there are many accurate examples. However, after he made so many explanations and "prophecies", was there no "Waterloo"?
He went from fame to "disappearance"
Of course, Zhang Zhaozhong had a "Waterloo" time, after all, he was a man, not a "god".
In 2003, Zhang Zhaozhong expressed his thoughts on the British and American invasion of Iraq in the episode of CCTV's "Desert Thunder". He said that in this "invasion," the US military is unlikely to participate, and it will not and will not dare.
However, after a few hours, he was slapped in the face, because the vanguard of the American army had already appeared on Iraqi soil.
In this regard, Zhang Zhaozhong did not hide it, but generously admitted his mistake and said with a smile: It seems that there is still a lot of room for improvement in our military research, at least compared with the speed of the US military's missiles.
This ingenious self-blackening can't help but make many people in front of the screen laugh, until so many years have passed, Zhang Zhaozhong's programs and videos have been watched repeatedly by countless netizens.
Interestingly, it stands to reason that these military explanations told by Zhang Zhaozhong should be more popular with the post-70s or post-80s, but the fact is that among his many fans, there are also many post-90s and post-00s.
When it comes to why he is so popular with young people, it can actually be seen from two aspects.
The first aspect is the style of speaking. Zhang Zhaozhong is undoubtedly talented in speaking. It can be seen from his unfrightening and eloquent conversation on CCTV's "Military World" for the first time in 1992.
By 2003, in the face of the result of "misjudgment", he also accepted it as it was, and by the way, he also took the initiative to blacken himself. Under the development of the Internet, Zhang Zhaozhong's light-hearted, humorous and real context also made the boring military commentary instantly eye-catching.
It has to be said that to connect kelp with submarines, fog and lasers, meteorites and 10,000-ton destroyers, the bureau understands the traffic code.
The second aspect is a wealth of expertise.
Zhang Zhaozhong was born in the early 50s, and since he was a child, with the support of his whole family, after studying secondary school, he entered the army and served in the North Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet respectively.
When Zhang Zhaozhong was 22 years old, with the support of the state, he entered Peking University to study Arabic. I have to say here that Zhang Zhaozhong is really working hard in learning Xi.
In order to learn Arabic well and make himself able to pronounce the Arabic word for "vibrato", he went to the doctor for a tongue surgery. And in the process of learning Xi, he completed his studies in a short time and got his graduation certificate.
After that, after mastering Arabic, he was sent to Iraq to do some translation work. Coincidentally, not long after he arrived, war broke out in Iraq.
By the time Zhang Zhaozhong could return to China smoothly, his experience in military affairs was even more profound. After that, he continued to Xi learn English and Japanese.
This also paved the way for his subsequent development.
Behind the "disappearance".
At that time, after learning multiple languages, Zhang Zhaozhong visited the United States, Switzerland, Italy and other countries one after another. In 1998, he was transferred to the National Defense University.
In his experience, it can be said that he has both the Xi and study of specialized knowledge and the experience of actually visiting various countries. By the time he reached the age of 40, he had already begun to enjoy special allowances from the national government.
At the same time, when he was studying international strategy, the law of the sea and other issues, he not only won many awards such as national and military-level scientific and technological progress awards.
At the same time, in his spare time, he also presented many of his studies on military affairs to the public in the form of books. Among them, the representative ones are "Who is making the war" and so on.
Therefore, Zhang Zhaozhong's "expert" characteristics are not manifested in words, but in real experience and results. It is precisely because of this that he is so popular in the "picky" eyes of the post-90s and post-00s.
However, since the last message in September 2020, Zhang Zhaozhong seems to have "evaporated from the world", and he can rarely be found on the Internet.
Many netizens have speculated about where Zhang Zhaozhong has gone, and will the bureau come back?
In this regard, some people say that Zhang Zhaozhong may be old, after all, he was born in 1952, and by 2020, he will be almost 70 years old. The physical energy is also limited in all aspects, so I quit the Internet.
Some people also say that Zhang Zhaozhong is a soldier, and he is not an ordinary soldier.
Whether it is the content of what he talks about or his own identity, it does not support him to become an "Internet celebrity" loved by the majority of netizens, let alone be related to capital.
The reason why I say this, in fact, we can see the clues from the fact that after he became popular, he became the UP master, and the video content was more "close to the people".
And these, whether Zhang Zhaozhong is "active" or "passive", if he continues, it is obviously not suitable, and these may be the reasons why he retreated behind the scenes.
epilogue
Over the past few years, quite a number of young people have gone from being "daunted" to being "full of interest" in military knowledge, and it has to be said that the "bureau seat" has a certain amount of merit.
And his retirement, although it is a pity, but the "legend" about him will not disappear.
At the same time, this also shows that in the current information age, we must look at all kinds of things on the Internet rationally, especially in the face of some public opinion, do not follow the clouds, do not be too blind, and need to remain sober and rational.
What do you think about this phenomenon?
- Author: Mu Tao
- Edit: The sound of the night rain is annoying