Chapter 213

No matter which country it faced, it never admitted any connection to the DWS platform.

Regarding this, even if many nations had their own ideas,

the fact remained that the army of the DWS platform indeed had no records or serial numbers within the military.

It was an army that fundamentally did not exist in the Dragon Nation's military sequence.

This left every nation unable to find a single handle to grasp.

One could hardly claim those people must be from the Dragon Nation simply because they looked Asian or drove J-20s.

By that logic, those driving M1A2 tanks could just as well be called Ugly Americans.

The Dragon Nation simply refused to admit anything, adopting an attitude of "do whatever you want."

If you disagree, then come over; the Dragon Nation pledges not to use force first, but it absolutely will not refrain from using force.

Faced with this, even the Ugly Nation was completely powerless.

In the end, they could only symbolically set some obstacles regarding tariffs on certain goods.

However, in doing so, it was actually the Ugly Americans whose cost of living increased.

Yet, what left Lin Yi both amused and helpless was that

the tariffs on the batteries he exported to Tesla had also been significantly raised by the Ugly Americans.

Of course, the one who should be headache over this matter was Ma Ma Sike.

After all, Lin Yi was only responsible for the delivered-at-place price; no matter how much the Ugly Nation's tariffs rose, it was Ma Ma Sike who suffered the loss.

Unless Tesla stopped using the Super Dominator battery series.

But having already made such bold claims, how could Ma Ma Sike possibly take them back?

He could only distribute this portion of the cost among consumers to ensure Tesla's interests.

Simply put, the price of all Tesla electric vehicles in the Ugly Nation had gone up.

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Regarding this, Ma Ma Sike specifically made an international call to Lin Yi to complain.

However, compared to the excitement on the Dragon Nation side,

the Ugly Nation, Britain, and the Stick Nation were suffering greatly.

Although the Pentagon estimated that the Dragon Nation's troop strength this time should not exceed 1,500 men,

these very 1,500 men truly shocked the Ugly Nation's military.

After frame-by-frame analysis of the live broadcast,

focusing on the soldiers' terrifying combat proficiency and their fearless determination to die,

experts in the Ugly Nation analyzed that even if the Britain-led forces had not lost air superiority under the circumstances at the time,

in a direct confrontation, the British soldiers would absolutely not be a match for the opponent.

Moreover, during this battle, the Dragon Nation deployed dozens of top-tier J-20 stealth fighter jets.

Having lost heavy firepower support,

the British and other allied forces were simply powerless to fight back and were slaughtered.

It was hard to imagine that if all of the Dragon Nation's armies were of this caliber,

on what basis could the Ugly Nation claim to be the world's number one military power.

Of course, the Ugly Nation also understood

that Dragon Nation soldiers could not possibly be this lavish everywhere.

Equipping a single battalion-level unit with so many J-20 stealth fighters, helicopters, tanks, and howitzers—

such a configuration was something the Dragon Nation could not afford to maintain, let alone the Ugly Nation.

A force of a thousand men like this burned money at a rate comparable to an aircraft carrier fleet.

If there were several such fleets, even the Ugly Nation could not bear the burden.

Therefore, this DWS Platform army must be the elite of the elite within the Dragon Nation's military,

the very best of the best.

The Dragon Nation deployed them on the Syrian battlefield solely to intimidate the various nations.

Indeed, according to intelligence obtained by the Ugly Nation's intelligence agencies,

after witnessing the Dragon Nation's performance, many countries expressed their intention to pay friendly state visits to the Dragon Nation.

It was evident that the Dragon Nation's international status was rising rapidly.

Naturally, this was something the Ugly Nation did not wish to see.

However, the problem was that the Ugly Nation truly had no remaining capacity to deal with the Dragon Nation.

Just thinking about such an elite thousand-man force, capable of easily devouring a British armored brigade, stationed right beside them—

to be honest, the fifty thousand Ugly Nation troops currently attacking Homs City were filled with dread.

Correct! They were now terrified that this army would suddenly charge over.

At that time, they would have to face bombardment from dozens of J-20 aircraft.

Under such circumstances, the Ugly Nation troops did not even dare to dispatch fighter jets to engage, as the Ugly Nation's older carrier-based aircraft were all obsolete.

They were simply unsuitable for fighting fifth-generation fighters.

If they forced a battle, the result would be tragic.

The only aircraft capable of engaging the J-20 was the F-22, which was also a fifth-generation fighter.

Now, facing the threat of the J-20, the Ugly Nation government planned to restart the F-22 production line and upgrade its radar and beyond-visual-range missiles.

However, this was by no means something that could be accomplished overnight.

Especially since this year was an election year in the Ugly Nation.

An unreliable candidate was even clamoring that he would seriously consider the war in Syria.

Once a new president took office, Ugly Nation policies could change.

Therefore, the fifty thousand Ugly Nation troops in Homs City would receive no support whatsoever.

In contrast, the Xuzheng Prefecture army could now be described as singing and dancing to welcome the "Royal Army."

In the capital, Damascus,

the Syrian President summoned representatives of this DWS Platform mercenary group, and both sides engaged in what could only be described as a warm exchange in Syria.

The Syrian President even directly grasped the mercenary representative's hand, tears welling in his eyes:

"By Allah above, you have arrived just in time; the friendship of your honorable nation,

we Syria shall forever keep in our hearts..."

Heaven knew the truth; in recent years, the Syrian President had been driven to extreme misery by Western nations.

The civil war had raged domestically for so many years, leaving the people's livelihood in ruins.

Yet ever since the Xuzheng Prefecture army encountered the DWS Platform, their luck seemed to have turned.

Although they currently faced an offensive from the Ugly Nation troops,

as long as the DWS Platform existed—or more accurately, as long as there was covert support from the Dragon Nation—

he believed that future victory would undoubtedly belong to the Syrian side.

This point was beyond doubt.

Yesterday, the Syrian President had placed a call to the Great Leader far away in the Imperial Capital.

Although the Great Leader spoke very few words throughout the call, the Syrian President kept expressing his gratitude.

For this reason, he prepared that once the situation in Syria stabilized,

he would fly to the Dragon Nation for a state visit.

On one hand, he sincerely wished to express his thanks; on the other, he wanted to witness the greatness of the Dragon Nation firsthand.

This was the country he had long yearned for in his dreams.

For this reason, he and his wife had even chosen Dragon Nation names for themselves.

The mercenary representative, however, was exceedingly humble:

"This is our duty, Your Excellency, Mr. President!"

"I have long heard that you people of Dragon Nation are very modest, but at this moment, there is no need for such restraint; let the beautiful girls of Xuzheng Prefecture cheer for you...!"

As soon as the President of Xuzheng Prefecture finished speaking,

many beautiful women from Xuzheng Prefecture came forward with flower garlands and placed them around the necks of everyone, including those mercenaries.