Chapter 191

Dr. Wen Xia said.

Hearing this, Lin Yi was delighted, then turned to CEO Yang Chen and the heads of the various departments, instructing them:

"For the upcoming period, you must follow Dr. Wen's arrangements; if the company needs people, provide people, if it needs materials, provide materials,

and if we don't have something, go purchase it immediately.... Within half a month, you must manufacture our other flagship product, the carbon fiber material.

Remember, this is a crucial step for our company toward diversification;

if anyone drags their feet and fails to keep up with the company's progress, don't blame me for turning my back on them!"

Hearing the boss speak so decisively, the heads of all major departments solemnly promised to keep pace with the company.

After arranging the company's overall direction, the remaining trivial arrangements became CEO Yang Chen's responsibility.

Lin Yi departed directly.

Meanwhile, on the other side,

the Dragon Nation military spent several days transporting all weapons purchased from DWS to designated locations.

There, an expert team long prepared by Dragon Nation conducted the acceptance inspection.

These experts were composed of personnel from Dragon Nation's Ordnance Industry Group, Aviation Industry Group, Equipment and Armament Industry Group, and other military-industrial enterprises.

It could be said that they represented a gathering of Dragon Nation's national-treasure-level scientists.

"These weapons are truly manufactured to perfection!"

After inspecting an M12A Abrams, an elderly expert was not marveling at how excellent the tank itself was,

but rather he was shocked by the technology used to manufacture it.

The entire tank seemed to be formed as a single piece, without a single weld point.

In terms of modern manufacturing technology, this was inconceivable.

Meanwhile, the experts from the Aviation Industry Group had stars in their eyes looking at Mao Xiong's modernized M160M and Apache helicopters.

They couldn't wait to tear these pieces of equipment apart right then and there for research.

Once all the weapons passed acceptance inspection,

next, quite a few generals who had rushed over specifically could no longer remain calm.

"We, the Central Theater Command, want 100 of these tanks, and 30 Apaches..."

a middle-aged man with the rank of General said.

"Old Yu, your skin is truly thick; if your Central Theater Command wants 100 units, then what about our Southern Theater Command? If you, Old Yu, can have 100, then our Southern Theater Command also wants 100...!"

another General said.

"What does the South matter? We in the Central region are guarding the capital's security... Old Duan!"

the Eastern Commander said.

"You guard the capital, so does that mean we don't guard the coast? Never mind that; whatever amount you want, I want the same amount!"

the Southern Theater Command Commander showed no face-saving courtesy.

"Old Yu, Old Duan, if you two from the Central and Southern regions take everything, we in the Eastern Theater Command will be left eating dirt!"

another General said.

This year, Dragon Nation's seven military regions, which had been in place for a long time, were officially reorganized into five major theater commands.

The commanders of these five theater commands had naturally heard about the military's equipment procurement from the DWS platform this time.

Therefore, before the acceptance inspection was even completed, they flew directly via military aircraft to the base,

their objective naturally being to seize the weapons and equipment.

After all, this batch of equipment consisted entirely of active-duty Ugly Nation gear,

and after their testing, these pieces of equipment were even more advanced than the Ugly Nation's active-duty counterparts of the same type.

This forced even those military-industrial experts to sigh in admiration.

Dragon Nation still had a clear gap compared to the other side in certain types of equipment.

However, what they did not know was that the reason these pieces of equipment were so advanced

was partly due to the title bonus Lin Yi had obtained, which increased the performance of all weapons by 10%.

This also resulted in Dragon Nation's various weapons now being comprehensively lagging behind.

However, similarly, even the Ugly Nation's own current equipment had a significant gap compared to similar products on the DWS platform.

Under these circumstances, these Generals naturally wanted to put aside their dignity to get these good things into their own territories.

Although everyone was a soldier serving Dragon Nation to protect the home and defend the country,

no one would complain about having more good things in their own bed.

For a time, regarding the issue of distribution, the generals inside the base were endlessly quarreling,

completely unable to reach a decision.

At one moment someone would say, your Eastern Theater Command focuses mainly on the Navy and Air Force,

so why do you need so many tanks?

At another moment someone would say, our Western Theater Command's main forces are the Army and Air Force.

They should receive a larger share of the tanks and helicopters.

In the end, it took the military three days of intense discussion to finally settle the allocation of this batch of weapons.

Some theater command leaders were naturally beaming with joy, while others could only wait for the next batch.

Just at this moment, the Ugly military, which had been preparing for nearly a month, finally made its move.

On March 18th, a coalition force led by the Ugly military,

with an initial batch of 60,000 troops, took advantage of the night and, with the help of transport ships, landed in Tartus Province in the southwest of Xuzheng Prefecture.

This batch of soldiers included 53,000 from the Ugly Nation, 5,000 from John Bull, 1,000 from Kangaroo Nation, 100 from Stick Nation, and others.

These soldiers, fully armed, advanced southeastward along the railway from Tartus, launching their attack.

Relying on vast numbers of tanks, armored vehicles, and air force support.

The coalition army swept through cities and seized territory one after another, capturing Safita, Hosn, and other urban centers in succession.

Throughout this process, resistance from the Syrian side remained extremely limited.

They retreated all the way to Homs, a western Syrian city, where they finally seemed to stabilize their defensive lines.

Homs City lies on the banks of the Orontes River, 162 kilometers north of the capital Damascus, at an elevation of approximately 500 meters.

Its status as both the hub of an agricultural region and a transportation center is of critical importance.

The railway here connects northward to the major northern stronghold of Aleppo, westward to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and then turns inward toward the national capital, Damascus.

Meanwhile, oil pipelines from the nation's own Karachuk oil field and from the Kirkuk oil field in Iraq also pass through the city's outskirts.

It can be said that Homs City holds immense strategic significance for the Syrian side.

In the past, whenever the U.S. military conducted bombing campaigns,

aside from the capital and the major northern stronghold of Aleppo, this location would invariably be the primary target.

However, at this moment, nearly 60,000 coalition troops encountered fierce resistance in Homs City.

The government forces assembled by Syria displayed extremely tenacious fighting spirit, even with Sunni Syrian anti-government militias guiding their way.

Both sides engaged in fierce combat within Homs City.

Due to years of civil war in Syria, many areas of Homs City had long since been reduced to rubble and broken walls.

Most civilians had already fled the city long ago.

Therefore, the fighting between both sides in this city proceeded without any reservations or constraints.

The U.S. military led the advance with heavy artillery; this time, they were equipped with M270 multiple launch rocket systems, large quantities of M30 mortars, 81mm and 107mm mortars,

as well as M29 81mm mortars, M110 203mm howitzers, and other weaponry.

Coordinated with armed helicopters, tanks, and air force support, they initially suppressed the Syrian military so thoroughly that they could barely lift their heads.

However, the Syrian side was by no means pushovers.

They deployed large numbers of drones to launch suicide attacks against several U.S. artillery positions.

At the same time, various anti-tank missiles, even the U.S.'s own Javelin anti-tank missiles, were wielded by the Syrian military with effortless precision, as if extensions of their own arms.

Whenever the enemy attacked, the Syrian forces would all retreat into tunnels they had prepared long in advance.

And as soon as the enemy entered the urban ruins, they faced ambushes and surprise attacks from every direction.

For a time, the U.S. military's progress in Homs City became extremely slow.

Instead, under relentless suicide attacks by various drones, they suffered significant equipment losses.

In a short span, both sides became completely bogged down in a war of attrition.

For the U.S. military to break through Homs City proved exceedingly difficult.