[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-230":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2079700,3287,"Chapter 230","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-230",230,"\u003Cp>It was even possible that they were worried about mercenaries from the DWS Platform intervening,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>which was why the Ugly Army had deployed very few air force units during this period.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In contrast, the Syrian side was brimming with morale,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>showing faint signs of a counteroffensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, within the Ugly Country, President Xiao Ao was considering the Pentagon's proposal to deploy an additional 100,000 troops to Syria.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Clearly, the Pentagon assessed that relying solely on the current 50,000 Ugly soldiers,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>especially with the powerful military support of the DWS Platform,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the Ugly Country's forces were fundamentally unable to breach the Syrian defensive lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If they wished to achieve anything, reinforcing their troops was the only path forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>By dispatching 100,000 more, the total strength of the Ugly Army would reach 150,000,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>roughly equivalent to the Syrian forces stationed in Homs City.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, given the Ugly Army's military proficiency,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>defeating 150,000 Xuzheng Prefecture troops should pose no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Additionally, based on their previous crushing defeat, John Bull was preparing to send an additional 30,000 troops to Syria.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Kangaroo Country was increasing its forces by 20,000, while Stick Country was adding 10,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If that happened, the total strength of the coalition army, led by the Ugly Country across all of Syria, would soar to 210,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This would even surpass the total strength of the Syrian land forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, if things truly reached a critical juncture, Syria could still mobilize at least 150,000 reserve soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, that would essentially constitute Syria's final armed strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Once defeated, it would be catastrophic for the Xuzheng Prefecture army.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Unless absolutely necessary, the Xuzheng Prefecture government was unwilling to deploy them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Watching the television, where a British diplomat was ranting,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>claiming that sooner or later, their soldiers would utterly annihilate every single mercenary from the DWS Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the President of Stick Country also issued a proclamation to his compatriots.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It expressed mourning for the fallen Stick soldiers, yet affirmed that Stick Country would continue to follow the Ugly Country's lead,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>fighting to the death against the evil Syrian regime.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This time, Stick Country would dispatch 10,000 elite troops to enter the Syrian battlefield and assist the Ugly Country in securing victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although there were some dissenting voices within Stick Country,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the vast majority of Stick Country's populace strongly supported their president's decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They believed that their 100 Stick warriors had failed only because their numbers were too few;\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>otherwise, they could certainly have turned the tables and taught those Dragon Country soldiers from the DWS Platform a lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Perhaps due to government propaganda,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the people of Stick Country had always believed the Ugly Army was number one in the world,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and that the Stick Country military was number two.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even in many Stick Country films depicting the Dragon Country's \"Resist Ugly, Aid Stick\" war, the reason Stick Country lost to the Dragon Country Volunteer Army\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>was attributed solely to the overwhelming numbers of the Dragon Country Volunteer Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In terms of individual combat effectiveness, Dragon Country soldiers were definitely inferior to those of Stick Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In reality, this mindset had long permeated the hearts of Stick Country's populace.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To demonstrate the greatness of Stick Nation to them, they sought justification from history.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They even tampered with their own history, falsely elevating the status of their historical figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For instance, many in Stick Nation boast about Yi Sun-sin, one of the world's three great generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In 2004, the people of Stick Nation selected the top ten famous Asian generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Shockingly, this list placed Yi Sun-sin in first position, with Genghis Khan and Sun Wu ranked behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It must be remembered that Genghis Khan once rode his horse all the way to the Danube River basin.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Someone online once joked that if they could travel through time, they would definitely seek out Qin Shi Huang or Genghis Khan and have them conquer Europa.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That way, the people of Dragon Nation wouldn't need to learn English, and English wouldn't become one of the three major subjects.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>From this simple joke, we can clearly see Genghis Khan's military talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet the people of Stick Nation ranked Yi Sun-sin above Genghis Khan, which fully reveals their selfish bias.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Later, a film even evaluated Yi Sun-sin as one of the world's three great generals, alongside Caesar the Great and Napoleon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If that was only the first instance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stick Nation produced a television drama titled \"Yeon Gaesomun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It tells the story of Yeon Gaesomun, a historical figure from the Goguryeo period, with the main plot based on Shin Chae-ho's \"History of Ancient Korea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The production cost of this drama reached as high as 40 billion won, the highest in Stick Nation, and it won the country's Best Performance Award.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, although the drama presented itself as a serious historical piece, its plot completely disregarded historical truth, even having the Stick Nation general Yeon Gaesomun, who never met Emperor Yang of Sui in history, appear on stage with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not only that, but Emperor Taizong of Tang was also shot in one eye by Yeon Gaesomun, becoming a one-eyed dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All of this reveals the narrow-mindedness of the people of Stick Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This recent troop reinforcement by Stick Nation shows their confidence in their military strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stick Nation seemed to be saying, \"It's not that we can't beat you, Dragon Nation; it's just that we sent fewer soldiers last time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This time I have 10,000 men; let's see who is truly superior!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Moreover, this reinforcement of 10,000 troops by Stick Nation marked their first deployment of such a large military force abroad since the Vietnam War.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Back then, the Stick Nation government, following the demands of Ugly Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>dispatched two infantry divisions, one Marine brigade, and other support units, mobilizing a total of approximately 300,000 troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At that time, Stick Nation's military suffered about 15,000 casualties, but in exchange, they gained at least 1 billion USD in foreign exchange for their country, achieving a high economic growth rate of 12%.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Simultaneously, they received annual military aid from Ugly Nation amounting to as high as 336 million USD.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It can be said that the Vietnam War was a collective tragic memory for the people of Vietnam.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet it served as a powerful stimulant in the development history of Stick Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And this time, with the tacit approval and support of Ugly Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stick Nation seemed intent on replicating the situation of the Vietnam War to boost their economy, which had begun to stagnate in recent years.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Besides that, there was also the issue of face.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, the \"ruthless and evil\" soldiers of Dragon Nation had massacred Stick Nation's troops too brutally back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Apart from John Bull and Kangaroo Nation, it was the soldiers of Stick Nation who gained the most exposure among the global audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, mentioning this recent troop reinforcement by Stick Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>one must mention a certain matter: Shen Rirong, Jiang Jiang Enbiao, and the other four individuals whom Lin Yi had his mercenary soldiers release.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>had already completely become heroes in the hearts of Stick Nation's populace.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whether due to talent or not, upon returning to the Ugly Nation command headquarters, Shen Rirong immediately embellished the story of how he and his companions heroically killed Dragon Nation soldiers and escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To support this, they even presented some firearms used by Dragon Nation soldiers as evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As the news spread, Shen Rirong, Jiang Jiang Enbiao, and the other six immediately became heroes to the people of Stick Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The six of them became the \"Six-Person Group,\" the heroes of Stick Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, in that day's battle, so many British and Kangaroo Nation soldiers were killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>while the survivors became prisoners of the Xuzheng military.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet among all these people, only the soldiers of Stick Nation managed to counter-kill and escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wasn't this an event worthy of being extensively recorded?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wasn't it very suitable for promoting the sense of pride among the people of this small Stick Nation?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, it wasn't long before a Stick Nation screenwriter crafted a tragic story about the heroic \"Six-Person Group.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>preparing to acquire the rights to the six men's stories for filming.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Shen Rirong, Jiang Jiang Enbiao, and the other six had already been recalled to Stick Nation, where they received the Presidential Medal of Honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>(PS: Seeking flowers, tips, and rating tickets for this new book; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>",1403,"2026-06-16T04:16:39.910Z","2026-06-17T08:50:51.634Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","3b4d7e4d66d2ef290a91b58c2368c380f9fd464eae7f32777242858c68a701ca","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-231","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-229",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]