Chapter 291

Besides the complete presence of the five major powers, Hans, Turkey, Iran, Syria, and others were all online.

In fact, Lin Yi had been dangling bait before these nations for four months.

These nations were already extremely anxious.

Mao Xiong: "Has it started?"

Ugly Country: "Mao Xiong, what do you think you're doing? The B-2 is not something your nation can covet!"

Mao Xiong: "Heh, Ugly Country, do you think you are still something here, still acting as the world's policeman? Furthermore, my nation is determined to obtain this B-2!"

Ugly Country: "Fine! Tomorrow my nation will dispatch warships to the Black Sea!"

Mao Xiong: "Do you think I fear you? Bring it on!"

Dragon Country: "Here, all nations are requested not to create conflicts; everything can be resolved through negotiation!"

Ugly Country: "Dragon Country, do you think we don't know what you are plotting? A shill!"

Dragon Country: ".....!!"

Syria: "Ugly Country, you are not allowed to insult our brother; warning!!"

Iran: "Correct, Dragon Country is our brotherly nation!"

Dragon Country: "Thanks to all nations for upholding justice and restoring my honor!"

Because he wanted to heat up the auction atmosphere, Lin Yi spent money to have the system gather the accounts of these nations into a single group.

Thus, this fiery atmosphere existed before the auction.

To be honest, if the item being auctioned this time were an aircraft carrier or something similar,

there would not be this many nations present right now.

Because for something like an aircraft carrier, even if many small nations gritted their teeth and bought it,

they would ultimately lack the funds to maintain it and form a carrier battle group.

Therefore, for some small nations, an aircraft carrier is absolutely not a demand.

However, the B-2 bomber is different; once this thing is dismantled, one can get a glimpse of old Ugly Country's technology.

After all, this fighter jet, which once cost over two billion dollars,

can be said to embody all of Ugly Country's military-industrial technology.

If it could be analyzed, it would represent an improvement in military technology for all nations.

Therefore, even nations that rarely show themselves at auctions have all emerged this time.

Upon seeing Dragon Country receive support from so many nations, the liaison officer from Ugly Country and some officials from the Pentagon became extremely angry.

Especially since Syria was among them.

Over these past few months, Ugly Country has still been engaged in a grinding war with Syria.

The entire front line was completely deadlocked; although relative to the Ugly Army,

Syria actually suffered greater losses, without the Ugly Army deploying large-scale air forces,

this advantage could not break the stalemate of the war.

Instead, the ground offensive troops suffered successive defeats and heavy casualties.

It could be said that Ugly Country, this world's number one power, felt extremely frustrated being beaten in Syria.

Additionally, the exorbitant military expenses were more than the Ugly Army could bear.

After all, in the Syrian war, not to mention the losses of tanks and various weapons,

even for mere survival in Syria, the Ugly Army needed to airlift drinking water from Old Saudi Country across hundreds of kilometers.

Because the water on the Syrian side was completely unusable, with poisoning incidents occurring frequently.

Therefore, the Ugly Army's monthly military expenditure was an astronomical figure.

Perhaps the number of Syrian soldier deaths was far higher than that of the Ugly Army, but one hundred Syrian soldiers could not compare to one Ugly Army soldier.

Not to mention the reality that Syria was using various suicide drones with extreme skill.

As soon as any Ugly Army personnel showed themselves, many bomb-carrying drones would fly in from distant locations,

crashing directly into them.

Consequently, the weapons and personnel lost by the Ugly Army were countless.

Even during the stalemate phase, both the Ugly Army and the Syrian Army engaged in various grand displays of drone warfare.

After fighting for a full half-year, the Ugly Army went from being full of confidence at the start,

to now being deeply bogged down in the Syrian battlefield; the entire Ugly Army could be said to have experienced another Vietnam War.

With high military expenses and excessive casualties, the people of Ugly Country had gradually grown weary of this war, shifting from their initial frenzy,

and many within the country already wanted to end this war.

After all, the people of Ugly Country initially supported this war precisely because they were carried away by the sinking of the aircraft carrier.

In their view, wasn't defeating Syria an easy task?

However, the current state of the war slapped the faces of all Ugly Country's citizens.

This was another Vietnam War.

The Vietnam War was absolutely a nightmare for Ugly Country,

where the death toll and military financial losses nearly caused Ugly Country to collapse completely.

Yet they achieved no military results whatsoever.

It could be said that the Vietnam War was a nightmare that an entire generation of Ugly Country people did not want to mention.

And now Syria had similarly turned into a war of attrition.

In just half a year, Ugly Country's losses in all aspects totaled over 300 billion dollars.

However, the results were meager; at most, they had occupied a few cities in Syria.

Yet, as long as the Ugly Nation failed to capture the Syrian capital, Damascus, in a single day,

the battle would not end in a single day.

By this time, Ugly Nation casualties had already reached nearly 20,000, not counting weapons losses.

At the current rate of consumption, the Ugly Nation would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on the Syrian war.

In fact, the reason the Ugly Nation was so passive in this Syrian war

was entirely the fault of the DWS Platform.

Fearing the DWS Platform's massive air force, the Ugly Nation's navy did not dare to let its aircraft carriers linger in the Red Sea.

They dreaded that Syria might hire the platform to unleash a rain of anti-ship missiles upon them; a saturation strike would leave the Ugly Nation's three carrier fleets forever in the Red Sea.

Furthermore, the Ugly Nation never dared to deploy large-scale air forces to expand their gains.

They were also afraid of being ambushed by the DWS Platform's air force.

Thus, throughout Syria, the Ugly Nation fought timidly.

They completely failed to unleash their original combat effectiveness.

Conversely, the Syrian side persisted in a war of attrition, pitting their cheap weapons against the opponent's expensive ones.

They achieved significant results.

It could be said that the Syrian army had gained confidence against the Ugly Nation and established their own mode of warfare.

Therefore, facing the Ugly Nation's insults toward the Dragon Nation, Syria feared the Ugly Nation not at all.

As for this, the Ugly Nation could only endure it, utterly helpless.

As time reached early morning, Long Yi, the AI auctioneer of the DWS Platform, appeared on schedule.

Going straight to the point, he said:

"Welcome, nations, to this auction. Today's item is the B2 bomber, representing the Ugly Nation's most cutting-edge technology.

Whoever can dismantle this aircraft will gain insight into the Ugly Nation's most advanced military-industrial technology and improve their own technical level.

So, what are you waiting for? The starting bid for this B2 bomber is 1 billion USD. Based on the previous auction,

each subsequent bid must increase by no less than 100 million USD!"

As soon as Auctioneer Long Yi finished speaking,

the Ugly Nation's account immediately typed on the public screen:

"Tonight, this B2 fighter jet belongs solely to us, the Ugly Nation. If anyone bids, it is a provocation against us. The 477 know the consequences!"

However, before the words had even faded,

Mao Xiong spoke: "1.5 billion USD. I report to the platform that the Ugly Nation is threatening platform customers!"

"Report verified. The Ugly Nation's account is muted for five minutes!" the platform replied.