[{"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-241":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},2079948,3287,"Chapter 241: The Miserable John Bull! Time to Pay Protection Money!","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-241",241,"\u003Cp>Although this person, the Secretary of Defense, was certainly destined to take the fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, having him bear the blame alone was definitely not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When, after more than half an hour, John Bull's firefighters and military arrived at the naval base, everyone was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground structures of the entire Portsmouth Harbor base looked as if they had been completely flattened by a bulldozer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as the eye could see, everything was laid bare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In many places, raging flames were still burning even now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>consisting of aircraft wreckage and remnants of base buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, the ground everywhere was pitted and uneven,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with some areas shaved down by several meters, leaving craters several meters in diameter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black smoke rose from the ground in many spots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally standing trees were either blasted into wood chips or burned into pitch-black charcoal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the most miserable were those naval soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorched limbs and severed arms littered the ground everywhere; firefighters could even smell the scent of roasted meat in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the few soldiers whose bodies remained intact by luck, they had long turned into charcoal.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet the agonized, grotesque expression of death remained frozen on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many firefighters and soldiers vomited upon witnessing this scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking out at the sea surface, essentially every vessel that could be sunk had sunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few small ships remaining were merely the lucky ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that John Bull had suffered a catastrophic disaster this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This naval port had been permanently garrisoned by over 6,000 personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, statistics from this bombing raid revealed 3,421 dead, 896 missing, and 1,013 injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This base was essentially a place where everyone bore wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other losses included one aircraft carrier and 48 various types of naval vessels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Investigations revealed that some of the missing were trapped inside sunken ships, unable to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest were blown into fragmented pieces by heavy bombs, rendering identification impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the investigation, the John Bull government issued an unprecedentedly harsh condemnation against the DWS Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, they declared they would definitely locate the mastermind behind the platform and bring them to justice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, the John Bull government lodged its most severe protest against the Dragon Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there was no evidence proving the DWS Platform was backed by the Dragon Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least based on current evidence, the other party definitely had connections to the Dragon Nation, thus imposing joint liability upon the Dragon Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, the Dragon Nation's spokesperson expressed sympathy regarding the incident at the Portsmouth naval base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They offered condolences for the deceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, regarding the claim of joint liability, the Dragon Nation's spokesperson naturally refused to acknowledge it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides John Bull, the Ugly Nation, whose embassy had been bombed, could be said to have lost all face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their own embassy had actually been razed to the ground by others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casualties exceeded thirty people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that this death toll was equivalent to ten times that of the Dragon Nation's incident back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the political significance of this matter was far from trivial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People worldwide witnessed that even a power as mighty as the Ugly Nation found itself utterly helpless against the DWS Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What drew even more criticism from the people of John Bull regarding this attack was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ugly Nation's air force stationed in John Bull had not moved a single inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people of John Bull who later learned the situation immediately held protest marches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They unanimously condemned such selfish behavior by the Ugly Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Ugly Nation had its own explanation, stating that the fighter jets at that air base were all old models.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were fundamentally incapable of countering the latest stealth fighter models of the DWS Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if dispatched reluctantly, it would have been a futile effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet many people of John Bull did not accept this explanation from the Ugly Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, during the previous incident in Syria, the Ugly Nation had already set a precedent of abandoning John Bull without providing rescue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The recurrence of such an event this time created a rift between the two nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, surprisingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including both the Ugly Nation and John Bull, apart from fierce protests after this incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything else was unusually quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, the Ugly Nation had not for a long time rallied allies to conduct military exercises near the Dragon Nation's waters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, did the Ugly Nation not want to hold military exercises?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course not; the true reason they ceased exercises was their fear that the DWS Platform would appear during them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, their surface vessels would suffer attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the current miserable state of John Bull revealed just how apprehensive the Ugly Nation truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their level of concern regarding the DWS Platform far surpassed their fear of the Dragon Nation itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Dragon Nation followed rules; generally, as long as they did not enter Dragon Nation waters, nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what about the DWS Platform? They truly dared to act; they were definitely not just bluffing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they happened to deem your military exercises an obstruction, they might directly dispatch numerous stealth fighters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying solely on the current Ugly Nation navy, they would be unable to withstand such an assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, matters concerning Ugly military exercises had long since come to a halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Dragon Nation had originally braced itself for a storm of repercussions due to this incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as it turned out, apart from protests, neither the Ugly Nation nor John Bull took any actual action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This struck many people in the Dragon Nation as astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, it was always the Ugly Nation provoking and the Dragon Nation protesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, however, it had become the Ugly Nation protesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for provocation, the Dragon Nation never felt it had engaged in any provocative behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they had done absolutely nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in the eyes of nations worldwide, the situation appeared entirely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of whether the DWS Platform was backed by the Dragon Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it was not, the existence of such a pro-Dragon Nation entity with overwhelming military strength, capable of grinding both John Bull and the Ugly Nation into the dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An existence that even made the Ugly Nation dare not look eastward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most terrifying of all, this entity also possesses the ability to sell every kind of weapon in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This filled the hearts of all nations with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast to Dragon Country, which reasons and takes responsibility,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the DWS Platform is the complete opposite; merely because of a single statement from the John Bull Defense Minister,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they dared to send the entire John Bull Navy straight to the bottom of the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who wouldn't fear such madmen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, John Bull is one of the five great ruffians; although its strength has waned,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it still far exceeds that of many other nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the DWS Platform dared to brutally beat John Bull, it naturally dares to brutally beat them as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, immediately after this incident, some nations began their journeys to visit Dragon Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was essentially like paying respects at the boss's doorstep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a short time, the Imperial Capital received applications from over ten heads of state clustering together to visit Dragon Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could say that apart from major international conferences, this would generally never happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this confirms a certain saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Status in this world is fought for, not blown out of proportion by mere words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because of these tangible combat records that these nations began to trim their sails to the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, during this period, the Great Leader of Dragon Country was exceedingly busy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.... ..... 0\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>needing to constantly receive heads of state from various nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, Old Sand Country prepared a procurement list worth five billion US dollars for Dragon Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, its king, Old Salman, highly praised the traditional friendship between the two nations,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>noting that a few missiles from Dragon Country back in the day had kept Old Salman secure for so many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Prince Little Salman, who accompanied him, toured some welfare facilities in the Imperial Capital\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and donated one hundred million US dollars to Dragon Country's charitable organizations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also donated a total of five hundred million US dollars to Tsinghua and Yan University, establishing the Dragon-Sand Special Award Fund.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could say that Old Sand Country demonstrated more than enough sincerity this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stimulated by such a massive military order, the military side was smiling so hard their mouths couldn't close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Great Leader was extremely happy upon hearing the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This might be the largest arms order Dragon Country has received since the emergence of the DWS Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ensures that this year's export figures for the military industrial units won't be too embarrassing.\u003C\u002Fp>",1478,"2026-06-16T04:17:44.663Z","2026-06-16T04:35:04.683Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","93832e98036c57755232e7354dd3cd9d53f3c89ad93ae7ceb7d418c266f37884","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-242","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-240",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]