[{"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-236":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},2079706,3287,"Chapter 236","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-236",236,"\u003Cp>As an advanced frigate, HMSS-31 \"Revenge\" was equipped with various models of missiles and anti-ship weapons, capable of effectively safeguarding John Bull's maritime security.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, it possessed outstanding firepower and defensive capabilities, allowing it to remain stable and strike enemies effectively during combat with hostile forces, making HMSS-31 \"Revenge\" the mainstay of the John Bull Navy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regrettably, however, under the sudden attack, this frigate failed to serve any purpose whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking more than a dozen consecutive missile hits, it began to sink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This vessel was also the first John Bull warship to sink in this assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(PS: For this new book, I beg for flowers, tips, and review votes; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although the Royal Navy of John Bull, initially stunned by the assault, had finally recovered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and had launched a counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive air raid sirens blared throughout the entire base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, John Bull had been equipped with the \"Rapier\" (SHORAD) air defense system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Rapier\" was a low-altitude, short-range air defense system developed by British Aerospace and Marconi Company; development began in 1963, and the Model 1 entered service with the John Bull Army and Air Force in 1971, later spawning multiple variants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But by now, the performance of the \"Rapier\" had clearly fallen behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although, in an effort to keep pace with the times and enable the air defense system to engage targets beyond visual range (BVR), including enemy aircraft and air-dropped munitions, the John Bull government had once intended to develop a new generation of air defense systems,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>due to budget constraints, John Bull remained equipped until now with the outdated 1970s \"Rapier\" (SHORAD) air defense system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although numerous surface-to-air missiles soared into the sky, their interception results were simply appalling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, besides the PL-21 missiles Lin Yi had equipped on the J-20s,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>each aircraft also carried two Yingji-18 air-launched anti-ship missiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This missile, which had once sunk the Ugly Nation's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>possessed the capability, during its terminal attack phase, to separate an independent supersonic warhead; propelled by a solid-fuel rocket engine, its speed would increase to between Mach 2.5 and Mach 3, granting it extremely strong penetration performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against this kind of missile reaching three times the speed of sound in its terminal phase,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the entire world had, up to this moment, never recorded a single successful interception case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newest Yingji-18 anti-ship missile, capable of triple-sonic attacks, collided in the skies over John Bull with the outdated \"Rapier\" air defense system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a clash between spear and shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was obvious that the obsolete \"Rapier\" system stood no chance of intercepting the Yingji-18 missiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast number of surface-to-air missiles acted like idiots, completely unable to hit a single Yingji-18 missile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it was the 20mm \"Vulcan\" Phalanx 6-barrel MK15 Close-In Weapon Systems aboard the destroyers\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that managed to intercept a few Yingji-18 missiles with their dense walls of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for John Bull's other short-range air defense system, the \"Stormer\" SP-HVMs,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this land-mobile air defense system performed even more worryingly in terms of interception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could say this attack completely tore away John Bull's final fig leaf,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>revealing it to be as outdated as a ninety-year-old man, even if that old man had once been a world champion who punched his way across the globe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as time passed, he had aged to the point of being utterly fragile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!...!! Within a short span, the entire Portsmouth Naval Base was left in complete chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Numerous warships, struck by anti-ship missiles, began to list heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many naval soldiers sank along with these vessels into the icy depths of the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others, their faces filled with terror, fled desperately in a frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A John Bull soldier pinned to the ground by shattered ship parts grabbed hold of a comrade,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Save me... Luo Luo Bote... I am William...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had expected his comrade to help lift the heavy debris off him and rescue him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the soldier named Luo Luo Bote looked with disgust at the comrade grabbing his ankle and roared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let go of me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>William watched this scene in disbelief, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Luo Bote, for God's sake...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said let go of me...\" Seeing the hull already listing, the soldier named Luo Luo Bote wore a ferocious expression,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then lifted his leg and kicked his former comrade squarely in the face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then kicked wildly and furiously until William, severely injured and bleeding from his face, finally let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Luo Bote dared not linger for even a second; without uttering another word, he sprinted away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cared nothing for the friend behind him with whom he had often played and laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Luo Luo Bote reached the outside, he witnessed a scene straight out of hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire sky was dark and oppressive; thick smoke billowed everywhere within the base, and countless explosions rang out every second,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while numerous warships listed heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HMS Vigilant, HMS Victory, the newly commissioned S-120 Ambush, D-36 Defender, and others—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all these warships had sunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And although their side had launched a massive volley of surface-to-air missiles, he had witnessed with his own eyes one of their missiles\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>miss the enemy missile completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh God!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these sights had already terrified Luo Luo Bote,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then the sight of John Bull's only remaining aircraft carrier,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the HMS Queen Elizabeth, listing severely, filled him with utter horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it could not compare to the Ugly Nation's 100,000-ton Nimitz-class carriers, as a medium-sized carrier it still displaced 70,000 tons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a massive hull, yet in such a short time, it faced the danger of sinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, precisely because of its enormous size,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it had suffered the highest number of attacks within this brief period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just over ten minutes, it had been struck by nearly fifteen missiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must understand the destructive power of the Yingji-18 anti-ship missile;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a single hit could cripple a warship of ten thousand tons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the hull thickness of an aircraft carrier, taking more than ten direct hits caused severe damage to the vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without immediate repairs, it would very likely sink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, many Typhoon fighter jets from John Bull scrambled and flew over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Royal Air Force of John Bull is one of its key military forces; established in 1918,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it boasts around 32,000 personnel and approximately 800 various aircraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this was before the F-35 entered service.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of these fighters were outdated models, with the Typhoon serving as the mainstay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also known as the EF-2000, the Typhoon is a twin-engine, delta-wing, canard-configured, highly maneuverable multirole 4.5-generation fighter designed by Eurofighter GmbH, a consortium of four nations: Britain, Germany, Italy, and Spain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alongside France's Dassault Rafale and Sweden's Saab JAS-39 Gripen, the Typhoon earned renown for its outstanding performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together, they are hailed as the \"Three Heroes of Europa.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John Bull possesses roughly over one hundred of these aircraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, only a single squadron of about twenty jets was urgently dispatched from nearby airbases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the submarine naval soldiers rejoiced at the arrival of their fighters,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they forgot that they still had no idea where the enemy missiles were coming from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They remained clueless about the origin of such a massive missile barrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, what these naval soldiers did not know was that the pilots flying the Typhoons looked as if they were attending their own parents' funerals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many were trembling all over, drenched in cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not because they were ill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, through the live broadcast, they knew exactly what they were about to face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to fifth-generation fighters like the F-22 and the J-20, even the 4.5-generation Typhoon stood no chance whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap between them was simply too obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides differed vastly across the board: stealth capabilities, radar systems, propulsion systems, and missile systems.\u003C\u002Fp>",1301,"2026-06-16T04:16:39.910Z","2026-06-16T04:35:04.683Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","9a7dd5f72c929ab9aa71951543653e1bd1ed8ca7c9b3dd7489d19fbe911bc7c2","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-237","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-235",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]