112: Section 112

"Our Kimchi Country is being oppressed terribly by Huaguo too! Hurry up and come help us!"

"Our Kimchi Navy is also ready! Waiting for the lighthouse country father's seven great aircraft carriers to come over for joint military exercises!"

"We are closer to Huaguo; training here will make Huaguo feel fear every day!"

"Kimchi people, shut up! We Sakurajima Country people haven't finished enjoying this yet. We've never experienced such powerful military might. Let us have it for a bit longer!"

"Sakurajima people, shut up! You don't even have your own military! Everything you 'have' belongs to the lighthouse country father!"

"Everyone, stop arguing. Right now, we must unite against Huaguo!"

"Exactly. Huaguo rose up too quickly before! If we don't suppress them this time, our lives might become difficult later!"

"It's outrageous! They must have stolen our Kimchi Country's technology to rise up! This Lin Clan must belong to our Kimchi people!"

...

Sakurajima Country and Kimchi Country assisted the fleet dispatched by Lighthouse Country from across the ocean in conducting trilateral military exercises.

This allowed the citizens of these two countries, who had been suppressed and dared not be high-profile for nearly two months, to feel released, as if they could already see Huaguo being jointly suppressed by the three parties into the depths of the earth, unable to rise again.

Especially these days, Lighthouse Country continued live-fire drills for many days, pouring various ammunition into the Pacific Ocean as if it were worthless.

There was even no blazing fire, and the shockwaves were transmitted to the coastal waters.

This caused many Huaguo fishing boats to be afraid to leave port for a long time, fearing that a carelessly thrown projectile might land and explode near them.

Of course, Lighthouse Country didn't actually intend to start a war; it was purely here to show off its military might.

Therefore, the live ammunition dumping never crossed the line, but there were at least three instances where bombs exploded almost right on the line.

The ocean itself has fluctuations, and this kind of live ammunition dumping drill near the line.

Naturally caused a real impact on Huaguo's coastal waters.

This naturally provoked intense anger among the Huaguo populace.

However.

Because the Lin Clan, which Lighthouse Country had deliberately provoked earlier, was participating in fighter jet production.

This brought a glimmer of hope to the citizens.

Then, they had their massive fighter jet fleet conduct live-fire drills, allowing the Huaguo people to witness the power of their fighter jets.

In this way, it was equivalent to brutally crushing the slight confidence they had just gained!

This was the true hidden purpose behind the President's actions!

Probing whether the Lin Clan was involved in the fighter jet project was merely incidental!

I have to say.

This operation was very successful, continuing intense live-fire military exercises for three consecutive days near Huaguo's waters but without crossing the line.

It indeed brought extreme shock and terror to the Huaguo populace.

After all, they were genuinely striking right on the doorstep!

It's like a strong man firing a gun outside your door. Even if you know the strong man won't enter, the people inside, if they lack countermeasures, will surely feel afraid!

And now, clearly, Huaguo completely lacks countermeasures!

"Holy crap, Lighthouse Country conducts live-fire military exercises so many times every day. Are bullets and artillery shells really worthless?"

"My family lives near the sea on Sanya Island. We can feel the vibrations almost every day!"

"I'm not lying, it feels just like an earthquake. It's terrifying!"

"More than that! These Lighthouse Country people are like mad dogs, conducting drills even at night. We can see the distant firelight from far away. It's too scary!"

"How can we tolerate this? How can we tolerate this? How can we tolerate this?"

"The new generation of fighter jets is useless! Even if developed, the numbers won't increase!"

"Even if the numbers increase, the problem is that without aircraft carriers to carry them, the planes can only operate locally and cannot conduct long-range ocean combat!"

"Exactly. Without aircraft carriers providing supplies to fighter jets at sea, continuous combat is impossible!"

"It's over. A while ago, I was foolishly hoping the Lin Clan would produce an invincible fighter jet, but now that I think about it, a fighter jet and an aircraft carrier are not even on the same level!"

"That's right. No matter how powerful a fighter jet is, it's useless against an aircraft carrier Battle Group!"

"They can simply retreat to the deep ocean, but we can't pursue them. By the time our fighter jets return for resupply, their aircraft carriers can attack again at any time!"

"It's too passive! Just because our military sector is backward, even if we are advanced in other areas, we still get hit!"

"A big fist is the only truth! It's a pity we lack a hard fist!"

"Hahaha, great, great! I haven't wanted to stay in Huaguo for a long time. I'm moving, I'm immigrating!"

"I agree! Lighthouse Country is the only nation that can illuminate humanity's progress. Huaguo should yield to Lighthouse Country!"

"Holy crap, so many '500,000s' jumped out all at once?"

"Speaking of which... we won't really have to surrender to Lighthouse Country and hand over our technology, right?"

"Or even... hand over the Lin Clan? No! The Lin Clan is the guardian deity of our Huaguo!"

"The Lin Clan can't help anymore! They can only help us improve fighter jets. aircraft carriers... sigh, I still don't see any major projects at our nation's shipyards."

"What a pity! If the Lin Clan could have appeared ten years earlier!"

"Why isn't the government coming out with any news? They aren't really acting like ostriches, pretending not to see anything, are they?"

"That's hilarious. What's the point of hiding? Haven't you seen our nation's economic curve plummet?"

"With the help of Lighthouse Country, these two small nations, Sakurajima Country and Kimchi Country, are going to mock us right to our faces again!"

"And we don't even dare to refute them!"

"Sigh..."

The citizens of Huaguo, ever since learning that Lighthouse Country's seven aircraft carriers had gathered and begun drills in the international waters near Huaguo.

Almost everyone was worried sick.

Moreover, because the opponent was conducting live-fire drills, the sound of explosions echoing across the sea and the dazzling firelight constantly agitated the Huaguo people.

Just as Huaguo was on the verge of collapse.

Yanjing, the high-level conference room in the headquarters building.

The mood of the people here was indeed completely different, even diametrically opposed, to the mood of the citizens outside.

Everyone wore excited expressions, with barely concealed smiles, the corners of their mouths unconsciously curling upwards.

"Finally..."

"All independent projects have been completed!"

"I announce that the Aerospace aircraft carrier Project is about to enter the final assembly stage!"

As Chief Yun's voice fell, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but burst into cheers.

Even those present, regardless of how high or powerful their status and background were, were all excited for this moment.

Through everyone's unremitting persistence and effort, they finally pushed the project to this stage.

This also meant that they were about to possess countermeasures capable of resisting Lighthouse Country's military threat!

"This is great! This is great!"

"Yes, these past few days have been too frustrating!"

"Although I thought Lighthouse Country might use some tactics against us, I never expected them to be so vicious, using an aircraft carrier fleet to threaten multiple nations and then leading all those nations to target us!"

"In the past two months, our nation's economic losses have reached nearly 150 trillion!"

"If it weren't for our inherently good economic environment and large enough scale, we wouldn't have been able to withstand this crisis!"

There were even quite a few older leaders present whose eyes were welling up with tears... Seeing the oppression the citizens endured over the past two months, they felt bitterness in their hearts, wishing they could directly counter Lighthouse Country's unreasonable actions and publicly denounce and condemn them.

But everyone knew that so-called denouncement and condemnation were only useful when military strength was equal!

"However, this will soon become history!"

"We must thank Lin Bai's existence for giving us such a great opportunity to surpass Lighthouse Country!"

"That's right. To provide us with materials, his kitchen was burned and his robot vacuum cleaner was broken."

"However, it is precisely because of Lin Bai's ability that we were able to break through certain material limitations so quickly!"

"Especially that intelligent system! Fortunately, we had the intelligent system from the robot vacuum cleaner, which allowed us to complete this most difficult part so quickly!"

When this part was mentioned, everyone couldn't help but become excited.

After all, they saw hope!

Chief Yun mentioned at this point: "The final assembly is undoubtedly impossible to hide. Why don't we just announce it to the world?"

Upon hearing this, the others first contemplated for a moment.

Because this did not align with Huaguo's usual practice.

They have always adhered to the principle of low-profile development.

They would subconsciously hide some of the more advanced military equipment, only announcing the older generation's equipment after a new generation appeared—it had always been this way.

However... "Low-profile development was only a necessary measure because our strength was insufficient before."

"But now, the situation no longer allows us to be low-profile!"

"We possess a specific medicine that can cure asthma, brand-new rare earth extraction technology, the world's most precise photolithography machines and chips, and we are the only ones in the world who have mastered Nuclear Fusion technology!"

"Given the cutting-edge technological fields we have displayed, we have long become the focus of the entire world!"

"What we lack, precisely, is the ability to protect all of this!"

"Therefore, not only must we not hide, but we must also show the world that we have the strength to protect everything we possess!"

Chief Yun said this to everyone present with a solemn expression.

Even though he was considered one of the younger people present, there were still many older leaders in the room.