Chapter 163

Thus, the Israeli military turned its gaze toward other nations in the Northern Yue region.

John Bull, Gaulish Rooster—plagued by domestic riots—and Hans all issued statements,

while the Euro Alliance even approved the first batch of military aid worth 1.2 billion euros.

The Chairman of the Euro Alliance further claimed that striking terrorist organizations like Hamas, which endanger the world, was an unshirkable responsibility of the Euro Alliance,

and he called upon all Euro Alliance nations to work together to help the Israeli military weather the crisis.

They must not allow the risk of war in the Middle East to continue spreading.

However, his statement did not garner unanimous approval within the European Union.

At a special Euro Alliance meeting convened to address the Middle East war,

leaders of many countries fell into heated arguments.

Many Euro Alliance nations had no interest in simultaneously intervening in the wars in Syria and Batan.

Nevertheless, the Euro Alliance ultimately prepared to provide total military aid reaching 5 billion euros to assist the Israeli military.

As for the Ugly Country.

Apologies! The nations of the Euro Alliance had no interest in aiding that warmonger.

In fact, deep down, many Euro Alliance leaders genuinely wished for the Ugly Country to face another Vietnam-style war in the Middle East.

Ideally, this war would drag the Ugly Country down until it was utterly exhausted.

A weakened Ugly Country actually served the interests of some Euro Alliance member states.

Otherwise, a dominant Ugly Country exerted far too much pressure on the Euro Alliance nations.

Although the Euro Alliance nations had always followed the Ugly Country's lead, they did not wish to remain mere followers forever.

The European continent possessed its own glory.

But in the past, because the Ugly Country was too dominant, the European continent found it difficult to make its voice heard under such oppression.

However, once the Ugly Country suffered weakening, this might not be a bad thing for the Euro Alliance.

As for the former troublemaker of the European continent, the declining John Bull.

This fellow had been causing a fuss about leaving the union; the Euro Alliance nations, especially Hans and Gaul, could not wait for him to exit the Euro Alliance.

At the very least, this would mean they need not worry that John Bull's intervention in the Syrian war

would drag the entire Euro Alliance down with it.

Over the next two days, the conflict between Batan and Israel continued.

Dragon Country's central media news frequently reported on the matter.

On the program "Dragon Country Public Opinion Field," before the Syrian forces and the Ugly Country coalition had even engaged in battle,

the Batan-Israel conflict had constantly tugged at the hearts of Dragon Country's citizens.

However, as a guest on the show, Bureau Chief Zhang had felt somewhat awkward these past few days.

A while ago, he had stated that the Ugly military would not attack Syria.

Yet shortly thereafter, the Ugly military dispatched three aircraft carrier battle groups to the Red Sea.

Then, on this very program, "Dragon Country Public Opinion Field," he had personally stated that the Syrian side could not possibly shoot down the Ugly military's F-22 Raptor fighter jets,

only for them to actually do exactly that, taking down three of them in one go.

This resulted in the Ugly military now daring not to deploy large-scale air forces for combat.

Well! One could still argue that Syria had hired the DWS Platform to act, so it wasn't Syria's achievement but rather proof of the power of our Dragon Country's weapons.

But still, his two consecutive failed predictions

made domestic citizens feel that his title as Director of the Strategic Deception Bureau was truly well-deserved.

Whenever he bluffed and said something would not happen, it inevitably occurred in reality.

Therefore, to save face, Bureau Chief Zhang gave ambiguous answers to similar questions.

"Professor Zhang, a netizen comments that in this Hamas-Israel conflict, Israel is actually at a disadvantage, which is incredible; netizens want to know how Professor Zhang interprets this!"

Hearing the host say this, Bureau Chief Zhang remarked:

"Actually, this is easy to understand; this Batan-Israel conflict differs from all previous ones. Hamas can be said to have prepared for a long time,

while the Israeli side indeed responded hastily, revealing numerous shortcomings.

Although Israel possesses powerful military equipment, many factors determine the outcome of a war,

such as pre-war preparations, determination during battle, and the convictions of the combatants, among others.

I do not agree with the weapon-centric view held by many, which claims that whoever has more advanced weapons is certain to achieve victory in war.

If that were truly the case, then whenever nations went to war, they would simply line up their weapons, and there would be no need to fight at all.

Moreover, if that were true, our country could never have achieved victory in the War to Resist Ugly Aggression and Aid Korea back then.

So while netizens find this Batan-Israel conflict incredible, I believe it is entirely normal.

The people of Batan, relying on their convictions and preparations, have caused the Israeli military to pay a heavy price in this war!"

After a moment, the host asked Professor Zhang:

"A netizen asks Professor Zhang for his view on how this Batan-Israel conflict will ultimately develop?"

Upon hearing this, Bureau Chief Zhang felt his sphincter tighten.

It was another multiple-choice question: would the Batan side win or the Israeli side?

If judged by military quality, weaponry, and wealth,

undoubtedly Israel should win, but Professor Zhang felt he could not say that.

Thus, he said:

"As for who will laugh last, that is hard to say; it depends on various comprehensive factors,

such as whether the Ugly Country offers support, or whether the DWS Platform will intervene, and so on."

"Oh, so Professor Zhang thinks the DWS Platform will make a move this time as well!" the host asked with interest.

"That's hard to say, but one would think that if Syria can hire the DWS Platform, why couldn't Hamas? ...On the contrary, we should treat such matters as the new norm in the future!"

" Director Zhang smiled mysteriously.

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