Chapter 234

At the same time, the Middle East war triggered by DWS...

...caused the Ugly Country's so-called "Pivot to Asia" strategy to sink without a trace.

The entire Ugly Country focused its attention on the Middle East, temporarily having no mind to oppose the Dragon Country.

This allowed the Dragon Country to seize the opportunity to accelerate its development.

It achieved breakthroughs in military affairs, technology, and other fields.

For instance, he had recently heard about a company called Fengyi Technology in Modu.

This enterprise had successively solved several urgent product needs for the military.

At a military commission meeting, this company received considerable praise.

Most importantly, the founder of this enterprise...

...had a clean identity and a background entirely free of blemishes.

Such a person was exactly the kind of true entrepreneurial star the Dragon Country needed to support.

Even the Great Leader, having attended the meeting...

...remembered the name of this enterprise's founder: Lin Yi.

To be precise, it was the emergence of the DWS platform that left the Ugly Country unable to look eastward.

It helped the nation resolve a massive trouble.

Beyond that, the platform's several major battles had established the Dragon Country's prestige internationally.

More and more nations were beginning to lean toward the Dragon Country.

Although, due to the Ugly Country's long-standing tyranny, these nations could not yet fully stand with the Dragon Country...

...nevertheless, the Dragon Country was growing stronger day by day.

In contrast, the Ugly Country suffered from internal strife and endless external troubles, bleeding out rapidly.

The foundation accumulated by the Ugly Country since World War II was eroding step by step.

The current Ugly Country greatly resembled the late period of the Dragon Country's feudal dynasties.

It appeared militarily strong, but was actually outwardly strong and inwardly weak.

With just one spark, this nation could very well erupt into internal chaos...

...triggering a fierce civil war within the Ugly Country.

If the Ugly Country were embroiled in civil war for a few years, then this world would surely belong to the Dragon Country.

Of course, the blood shed by the Ugly Country was not yet sufficient.

The spark capable of igniting internal chaos also seemed somewhat lacking.

Therefore, this country should still be able to hold on.

As for how long it could endure, that depended on how it handled the Middle East war, domestic contradictions, and the proliferation of firearms.

If the Ugly Country could resolve these issues...

...then the nation might still be sustained.

Otherwise, even if just one of these links remained unresolved...

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...the collapse of the Ugly Country would be a matter of time.

Of course, while the DWS platform had brought the Dragon Country many benefits...

...it had also caused numerous troubles.

Once, the Great Leader had even attempted to have comrades from the Guoan Bureau...

...see if they could recruit the other party, bringing the DWS platform under state command.

Regrettably, the other party decisively refused.

The state had also offered some suggestions to them, implying...

"Be stable, don't cause trouble; isn't it better for everyone to do business peacefully?"

But what was infuriating was that after hearing these suggestions, the DWS platform...

...directly muted the Dragon Country's official account for a very long period.

This left the Dragon Country's officials, who were accustomed to being the ones banning others domestically, utterly helpless.

If the Dragon Country could locate the person behind the DWS platform within its borders...

...tens of thousands of troops would likely have been dispatched immediately to make an arrest.

They would ask: "What do you mean by muting us!"

Regrettably, the cyber capabilities of the DWS platform were truly terrifying.

To this day, the Guoan Bureau had gained nothing.

However, one thing was certain:

The Dragon Country possessed absolutely no jurisdiction or speaking rights over this DWS platform.

This held true even if its personnel were likely located within the country.

Watching the countdown on the television nearing "zero"...

...the Great Leader could only sigh, his eyes fixed tightly on the screen.

As the red numbers on the television reached zero...

...instantly, the entire world saw dense formations of fighter jets.

Among them were both the Dragon Country's cutting-edge J-20 fighters and the Ugly Country's most elite fifth-generation F-22s.

No one had expected that these two types of aircraft, which should have been enemies, could one day fight side by side.

Yet this was not the most important thing.

President Xiao Ao rubbed his eyes, then widened them until they were round as saucers,

What had he seen!

What were those several oddly shaped aircraft!

Right now, he desperately wanted to cast aside all dignity and shout a loud curse: "FUCK!"

Then, like many other nations, he wanted to confront the DWS Platform,

demanding exactly how they had obtained the blueprints for this bomber.

Furthermore, did they have no sense of copyright at all? Had they paid any licensing fees?

(PS: For the new book, I beg for flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!) Done.

Actually, it wasn't entirely unreasonable for President Xiao Ao to be thinking about licensing fees.

After all, what else could he possibly say?

Unknowingly, nations around the world had grown so accustomed to the DWS Platform replicating their equipment that it now seemed perfectly normal.

However, this habit was deeply alarming.

Did this not mean that the military industries of every nation held no secrets from the DWS Platform?

The implications were terrifying upon closer reflection.

Nevertheless, President Xiao Ao no longer had the luxury of dwelling on such thoughts.

When he saw the live television broadcast showing dense formations of J-20s, F-22s, and several B-2s,

he knew the Ugly Nation needed to hold its position and make no move.

After all, relying solely on the outdated aircraft stationed at the Mildenhall Base in Britannia was futile.

To be honest, President Xiao Ao believed that apart from depleting the enemy's missile supply, they would achieve nothing else.

"I can only apologize to our allies!" he thought.

Meanwhile, at Portsmouth Naval Base, no one yet realized the catastrophe about to befall them.

Portsmouth Naval Base was located in the city of Portsmouth on Portsea Island.

This city was Britannia's only island city and a key military stronghold on its southeastern "450" coastal defense line.

Situated in the western part of the city, Portsmouth Naval Base was one of Britannia's three active naval bases.

Geographically, Portsmouth Harbor lay over 100 kilometers from London.

It connected westward to the famous trading port of Southampton, faced the English Channel to the south, lay approximately 200 kilometers from Gaul, and was shielded by the Isle of Wight as a natural barrier,

effectively blocking the impact of severe weather coming from the English Channel.

— Author's Notes —

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