Chapter 292

The Ugly Country: ".....!"

With the threat from the Ugly Country gone, even John Bull, Gaul, and Italy all began raising their bids.

The price skyrocketed all the way to 3 billion US dollars.

It even surpassed the original version of the B2 bomber.

Yet, no one could ever buy the Ugly Country's B2 bomber.

The DWS Platform was different; as long as you had money, you could buy this fighter jet.

Therefore, some countries did not care about the price at all.

4 billion... 5 billion.

In the end, Mao Xiong actually bid up to 6 billion US dollars.

"6.5 billion," shouted the Ugly Country.

At this moment, the Dragon Country said: "6.6 billion!"

"Dragon Country, you also want to get your hands on this bomber!"

Between the lines, the Ugly Country seemed extremely dissatisfied.

"Since this is an auction, everyone relies on their own abilities. If you, Ugly Country, still want to issue threats and ban accounts, then let me say this:"

Immediately, the Ugly Country fell silent, but in the hearts of its personnel, the Dragon Country was merely a shill.

Even if the Dragon Country government truly did not support the DWS Platform,

there must certainly be some connection between the Dragon Country and the DWS Platform.

Thus, the Ugly Country declared: "6.8 billion US dollars!"

No matter what, it did not want its own B2 to appear in the testing grounds of Mao Xiong or the Dragon Country.

Mao Xiong: "7 billion US dollars!"

Chapter 219: Crazy Bidding! The Ugly Country Bleeds Heavily!

Mao Xiong could be said to completely ignore any threat from the Ugly Country.

This was a fair auction; whoever offered more money would get it.

Did the Ugly Country think it could still act tyrannically at this DWS Platform auction? Did it think this was the United Nations?

Furthermore, over the past year, the Ugly Country

had seen its aircraft carrier sink, its hyped F22 crash, and now it was locked in such a stalemate with Syria.

Its prestige was nearly beaten into oblivion.

Under such circumstances, it still wanted to act as the world policeman; Mao Xiong was the first to disagree.

Perhaps because this auction group had been created,

contradictions had been triggered and intensified.

The auction price for a single B2 bomber had already climbed to 7 billion US dollars,

which far exceeded the actual value of this fighter jet.

Even for the Ugly Country, at this price, they could manufacture three B2 bombers.

Yet, the price of the B2 continued to soar.

This was because many countries were interested in what was inside the B2 bomber,

not the bomber itself.

But this was something the Ugly Country absolutely wanted to avoid, even going so far as to drive the price to such heights.

The Ugly Country: "7.1 billion US dollars!"

The Dragon Country: "7.3 billion US dollars!"

Iran: "7.4 billion US dollars!"

North Rod: "7.7 billion US dollars!"

At this moment, in North Rod, under the gaze of the supreme leader, the liaison officer tremblingly entered this astronomical figure.

It must be known that after years of sanctions by the Ugly Country,

North Rod's annual Gross Domestic Product was only 17 billion US dollars.

7.7 billion US dollars was simply an astronomical figure for North Rod,

equivalent to 45% of its GDP; and this was just GDP—did North Rod even have that much foreign exchange?

However, regarding the B2 bomber, the supreme leader was extremely eager.

If they could win the auction and analyze it, North Rod's military strength would likely leap up several levels.

Although North Rod had always been poor and its people lived in hardship,

this could not stop them from having the heart of a military power.

To be honest, the previous bombardment of South Rod by the DWS Platform

had once made North Rod extremely tempted.

The supreme leader really wanted to intervene and eliminate South Rod in one stroke.

However, considering that South Rod's army had suffered basically no losses,

having only lost a large portion of its navy, air defense, air force, and so on,

and aside from that, only its government institutions had suffered great chaos,

if North Rod were to attack, it might gain some advantage in the early stages.

But once South Rod recovered, it would turn into a fierce battle again.

But once South Bang realizes what's happening, another fierce battle will ensue.

Unless the DWS Platform was willing to assist North Korea throughout the entire process to unify the peninsula.

For this purpose, North Korea's supreme leader had once exchanged views with the Great Leader of Dragon Country,

but the final result was that it was utterly impossible.

Therefore, North Korea's leadership hoped to invite representatives of the DWS Platform for a visit to establish mutual relations.

However, regarding this matter, the DWS Platform had never responded.

Nevertheless, faced with North Korea's such a high bid at this moment,

South Korea could no longer remain calm:

"North Korea cannot possibly have that much money; our country seriously suspects they are making a false bid, smida!"

North Korea replied:

"North Korea is a sincere nation; please do not speculate with malice, smida!"

However, the 7.7 billion dollars still had not reached the finish line.

In an instant, Mao Xiong raised the bid to 8 billion dollars.

At this moment, money seemed to cease being money altogether.

This left some small nations watching in utter shock.

But for those nations with military budgets exceeding hundreds of billions of dollars, a mere few billion was truly nothing.

Indeed, if not for the threat posed by the Ugly Country,

some nations would have wanted to buy one just to display as a national exhibit.

Especially those wealthy Middle Eastern nations; Old Sand Country really wanted to place a bid,

to keep this aircraft in their own museum for public viewing.

A mere few billion meant nothing to Old Sand Country, whose sovereign wealth fund held hundreds of billions of dollars;

they could obtain it simply by drilling some oil.

Unfortunately, given the Ugly Country's nature, even if Old Sand Country truly won the bid for this aircraft,

they would be utterly unable to keep it.

Therefore, they simply watched as the great powers bid against each other.

Thus, the price soared all the way to 12.8 billion dollars.

Yes, the price of one B2 bomber had already surpassed that of an aircraft carrier.

Can you believe it?

But reality is just like this; perhaps for some great powers,

the value of an aircraft carrier simply cannot compare to the technology represented by a single B2 bomber.

— Author's Notes —

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