Chapter 421
But the painful and ferocious expressions before death remained on their faces.
Many firefighters and soldiers vomited upon seeing this scene.
Looking at the sea surface, basically everything that could be bombed and sunk had sunk,
and the remaining small ships were the lucky ones.
It can be said that the British were too miserable this time.
This naval base usually stationed more than 6,000 people year-round,
but this bombing resulted in 3,421 deaths, 896 missing, and 1,013 injured according to statistics.
This base was basically considered to have everyone injured.
Other losses included 1 aircraft carrier and 48 various types of warships.
And after investigation, some of the missing were trapped inside the ships and unable to escape.
The rest were blown to pieces by heavy bombs, making it impossible to identify them.
After the investigation, the British government expressed its accusation against the DWS platform in unprecedentedly harsh terms,
and stated that they would definitely find the person behind the platform and bring them to justice.
In addition, the British government also expressed the most serious protest to the Dragon Nation.
Although there was no evidence to prove that the DWS platform was supported by the Dragon Nation,
at least from the current evidence, the other side definitely had a relationship with the Dragon Nation, and the Dragon Nation had joint liability.
In response, the Dragon Nation spokesperson expressed sympathy for the Portsmouth naval base incident.
And expressed condolences to the victims.
However, regarding joint liability, the Dragon Nation spokesperson naturally would not admit it.
Besides the British, the Ugly Nation, whose embassy was bombed this time, could be said to have lost all face.
Their own embassy was actually razed to the ground by someone.
With more than thirty casualties.
It can be said that the number of deaths this time was ten times that of the Dragon Nation back then.
In addition, the political significance of this incident was also not trivial.
People all over the world saw that even as powerful as the Ugly Nation was, they had no way to deal with the DWS platform.
What made the British even more critical of this attack was that,
the Ugly Nation's air force stationed in the British territory didn't even move.
Many British people who learned about the situation later immediately held protest marches,
one after another accusing the Ugly Nation of such selfish behavior.
However, the Ugly Nation also had its own rhetoric, stating that the warplanes at that air base were all old models.
They were completely unable to cope with the latest model of stealth fighters from the DWS platform.
Even if they were reluctantly sent out, it would be futile.
But many British people did not buy this explanation from the Ugly Nation,
after all, there was a precedent last time in the Syrian theater where the Ugly Nation abandoned the British without rescue.
This time, with such an incident happening again, it created a rift between the two countries.
However, what was surprising was.
Including the Ugly Nation and the British, after this incident, besides relatively intense protests,
everything else was surprisingly quiet.
At least the Ugly Nation hadn't gathered allies to run to the waters near the Dragon Nation for any military exercises for a long time.
In reality, did the Ugly Nation not want to hold military exercises?
Of course not; the real reason they didn't hold military exercises was the fear that the DWS platform would appear during the exercises.
At that time, their surface warships would be attacked.
Looking at the miserable state of the British now, one can see how guilty the Ugly Nation feels.
Their worry about the DWS platform far exceeded that of the Dragon Nation itself.
Because the Dragon Nation follows the rules; as long as they don't enter the Dragon Nation's waters, generally nothing happens,
but what about the DWS platform? They really dare to act; they are definitely not just scaring you.
If they feel your military exercise is in the way, they will directly send many stealth fighters over,
and the current Ugly Nation Navy would not be able to withstand it.
So the matter of the Ugly Nation's military exercises had long been stalled.
Consequently, the Dragon Nation, which was originally waiting for a storm because of this incident,
found that, as a result, the Ugly Nation and the British had no actual actions other than protests.
This made many Dragon Nation people feel amazed.
In the past, it was always the Ugly Nation provoking, and the Dragon Nation expressing protests.
Now, it has turned into the Ugly Nation protesting.
As for provocation, the Dragon Nation never felt it had any provocative behavior.
After all, it hadn't done anything at all.
However, in the eyes of countries around the world, it was completely different.
Regardless of whether the DWS platform was supported by the Dragon Nation.
Even if it wasn't, having such an entity that is pro-Dragon Nation, has super-strong military power, and can rub both the British and the Ugly Nation on the ground,
and even makes the Ugly Nation afraid to look east,
the most terrifying thing is that this entity also has the ability to sell all the weapons in the world.
This made countries feel fearful in their hearts.
Compared to the Dragon Nation, which is reasonable and responsible,
the DWS platform is the complete opposite; just because of one sentence from the British Defense Secretary,
they dared to directly send the entire British Navy to the bottom of the sea.
Such a lunatic, who wouldn't be afraid when seeing them?
After all, the British are one of the "Five Big Bullies," and although their strength has declined,
it is still much stronger than the strength of many countries.
Since the DWS platform dared to beat up the British, it naturally dared to beat up them too.
Therefore, some countries immediately started their visits to China after this incident.
It was equivalent to paying respects to the boss.
The Imperial Capital received applications from more than a dozen heads of state to visit China in a short period.
It can be said that except for important international conferences, under normal circumstances, this would never happen.
And this also confirmed a saying.
The status in this world is fought for, not blown out by the mouth.
It was precisely because of the solid combat record that these countries began to change their course with the wind.
Consequently, the Dragon Nation's President was quite busy during this period,
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needing to continuously receive heads of state from various countries.
Among them, the old Saudi nation even prepared a 5 billion US dollar procurement list for the Dragon Nation.
And its King, old Salman, highly praised the traditional friendship between the two countries,
and the few missiles from the Dragon Nation back then had kept the old Saudi nation stable for so many years.
And the accompanying Prince, young Salman, visited some welfare facilities in the Imperial Capital,
and donated 100 million US dollars to the Dragon Nation's charity organizations.
He also donated a total of 500 million US dollars to Huaqing and Yanda, and established the Dragon-Saudi Special Award Fund.
It can be said that the old Saudi nation showed its sincerity fully this time.
Stimulated by such a large military order, the military could be said to be grinning from ear to ear.
Even the President was very happy when he heard about it.
This might be the largest military order the Dragon Nation had received since the appearance of the DWS platform.
This ensured that the export data of military industrial units this year would not be too embarrassing.
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