Chapter 263

Especially regarding this Falkland Islands incident, the Ugly Country's abandonment of them has left many John Bull politicians deeply dissatisfied with the Ugly Country's incompetence.

Since you are unwilling to help me, why should I help you by going to war in Syria?

Therefore, the John Bull government decisively canceled the troop reinforcement plan.

It can be said that cracks have already appeared in the alliance relationship between the two sides.

Furthermore, after approving a 60 billion euro naval reconstruction plan, the current Prime Minister announced his resignation.

After all, even with a John Bull Defense Minister taking the fall, he, as Prime Minister, still needed to take responsibility for this incident.

Consequently, John Bull initiated an early general election.

However, after learning this news from the Central Mother News,

Lin Yi became very interested in that 60 billion euros.

At the same time, he was deeply dissatisfied that Argentina had obtained the Falkland Islands so easily.

As a qualified arms dealer, what Lin Yi needed to do was to fan the flames everywhere around the world.

Then, by any means necessary, make both sides fight to the bitter end.

World peace, to Lin Yi, was nothing short of a disaster.

Coupled with the recent expenditure of 2 billion USD to upgrade lithography equipment,

he needed to recoup those costs.

Thus, the DWS platform soon issued a statement.

"In three days, the platform will hold its first judicial auction of the year!"

"Auction item: One HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier."

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"Auction item: HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier *1"

As soon as this announcement appeared,

it was immediately reported by the intelligence agency established by John Bull specifically to monitor the DWS platform.

Although the current Prime Minister had already announced his resignation,

he still had to temporarily retain the position until a new Prime Minister was elected.

However, upon reading the report on the DWS platform submitted by the intelligence agency,

this soon-to-be-former Prime Minister was furious.

He would not have been so angry if the DWS platform were auctioning off a Ford-class aircraft carrier.

But look at what this platform is judicially auctioning.

The HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.

A carrier that had already become nothing but a memory, and an eternal pain for John Bull.

After all, this carrier was built by John Bull through countless efforts over a long period.

Yet, before it could even form any combat capability, this carrier sank.

To this day, the Portsmouth Harbor base remains clogged due to the massive sinking of carriers and warships,

and the cleanup work is simply too difficult.

Therefore, the John Bull government has decided to abandon this location

and rebuild a naval base elsewhere.

However, the sinking of the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier remains an indelible pain for the people of John Bull.

Yet now, the DWS platform is judicially auctioning off none other than the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.

Isn't this a slap in the face of John Bull?

It is as if someone destroyed your most cherished possession, only to place an identical one before you now.

Asking simply: do you want it or not?

If you want it, then you must pay.

Most importantly, John Bull currently lacks warships.

Once they possess the "460" aircraft carrier, they could restore some combat capability just by procuring some carrier-based aircraft.

At that point, whether dealing with Argentina's seizure of the Malvinas Islands or independence movements in Northern Ireland,

they would possess some power to resist.

Although they know this is merely a scheme by the DWS platform to lure them into bidding,

this is an open conspiracy; if they refuse to buy,

there are plenty of other nations willing to purchase it.

For John Bull to build another identical carrier would take a very long time.

By the time it formed any combat capability, it would be far too late.

In the eyes of John Bull, the DWS platform is nothing but a troublemaker.

It sells arms worldwide, thereby triggering global turmoil.

This is even more evil than those military-industrial complexes in the Ugly Country.

If there were a crime of endangering global security,

the DWS platform would undoubtedly be the prime candidate.

Yet what makes both the Ugly Country and John Bull most uncomfortable is that they cannot find this organization at all.

Naturally, they cannot impose any sanctions.

At most, they can only divert part of this rage onto the Dragon Nation and the overseas Chinese.

And regarding this carrier, although nations like the Ugly Country might not be interested,

there are indeed nations that are interested.

For instance, the Dragon Nation, and Little Japan, which has always dreamed of owning an aircraft carrier.

Besides them, Argentina certainly does not want John Bull to possess such a carrier.

Therefore, they will definitely try to stop it.

As for the domestic situation, regardless of whether one admits it or not,

the HMS Queen Elizabeth, as a conventional medium-sized aircraft carrier, is still very advanced.

If the price is right, the Dragon Nation would certainly not mind getting involved.

As for Little Japan, being an island nation, it has always harbored a dream of owning an aircraft carrier.

Although they could not compete with their Ugly Country father for the Ford-class last time, regarding this HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier,

Little Japan has decided to make a move again.

Besides them, Old Saudi also wants to buy an aircraft carrier just for fun.

They might not be able to keep a Ford-class even if they bought one, but the HMS Queen Elizabeth is worth a try.

Thus, before the auction even began,

many nations were already rubbing their hands in anticipation.

It can be said that Lin Yi merely made a slight move,

yet he managed to provoke the nerves of the entire world.

As for John Bull: didn't you say you didn't want to buy goods from the DWS platform?

Well, let's see what you will do when faced with this HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier!

Will you act like a chaste martyr, or like a promiscuous woman?

Should she be a chaste and virtuous woman, or a wanton one?

However, Fengyi Technology's investment of ten billion to enter the downstream industry caused great concern,

especially among many electric vehicle companies.

Even Yadea, currently ranked first in Long Country, and Aima Electric Vehicles, ranked second, shared this worry.

After all, electric vehicles contained little technological sophistication.

Even Yadea was no different; basically, it just assembled parts purchased from the market,

then designed a style, slapped on a trademark, and voilà, an electric vehicle was born.

This was also why many small factories with investments of only tens of millions could produce electric vehicles.

— Author's Notes —

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