79: Counterattack on all fronts!

The Dongfeng-6 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile project is also progressing rapidly!

In just three more months, test launches can be conducted!

While everyone was still pleasantly surprised by Changhe Factory's development of the third-generation main battle tank, Peng Lin once again dropped a super bombshell!

This time, after Peng Lin finished speaking, the entire Ministry of National Defense conference room suddenly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop!

Terribly quiet!

Marshal Xu Yong'an and many other military leaders all held their breath, looking at Peng Lin in shock.

Intercontinental missile!

This is an intercontinental missile!

Currently, on a global scale, only the Beautiful Country and the Hairy Bear Empire possess the 'Minuteman' and 'Satan' intercontinental ballistic missiles, respectively!

Possessing global strike capability!

Therefore, these two countries are recognized by all countries worldwide as superpowers!

They possess absolute say in global political and diplomatic affairs!

It's no exaggeration to say that intercontinental missiles are a 'great power's calling card'!

Through this 'calling card,' other countries around the world know the strength of your nation!

And now, Peng Lin actually said that the Dragon Country would also test-fire and possess intercontinental ballistic missiles in three months?

"Comrade Peng Lin, is this news you're speaking of true?"

General Qin Wei, commander of the Yanjing Military Region, broke the silence first, gripping Peng Lin's arm excitedly as he asked.

At the same time, the gazes of everyone else in the conference room anxiously and eagerly focused on Peng Lin.

Facing such cautious anticipation from the crowd, Peng Lin nodded gravely, confirming the accuracy of the news!

"The news is true!"

"In at most three months, the Aerospace Missile Manufacturing Sub-factory will conduct an intercontinental missile test launch!"

Peng Lin looked at General Qin Wei, commander of the Yanjing Military Region, and said with a smile.

And after his words fell, the entire conference room erupted!

"Did you hear that, did you hear that?"

"We're going to have intercontinental ballistic missiles too!"

"Without overseas bases or aircraft carriers, our intercontinental missiles can still reach Moscow and Washington, possessing global strike capability!"

"We will no longer fear nuclear blackmail from any country!"

Inside the conference room, everyone exchanged glances, seeing the shock and excitement in each other's eyes!

After confirming this news, Marshal Xu Yong'an's eyes even turned incredibly red!

For years, the Hairy Bear had constantly threatened the Dragon Country with 'surgical nuclear strikes' and various forms of 'nuclear blackmail'!

No one knew how much pressure the Dragon Country's high-level officials and military had endured!

No one knew how much grievance the Dragon Country had suffered when formally negotiating and protesting with the other side!

A million diplomatic protests are not as effective as one Dongfeng launch!

Now, the Dragon Country had finally weathered the storm and seen the light of day!

Marshal Xu Yong'an, General Xu Liyou, General Qin Wei, and a host of other veteran military leaders now wished they could burst into laughter to vent and express the emotions in their hearts!

"Now, I think we no longer need to choose!"

"As an emerging 'strategic nuclear power,' I believe we should possess military and diplomatic autonomy, unaffected by any country!"

"The Hairy Bear Empire's invasion of Afghanistan is not only an infringement on a country's sovereignty but also a serious threat to our border and strategic security!"

"We must openly oppose it!"

Marshal Xu Yong'an said in a deep voice.

His choice was immediately unanimously approved by everyone in the conference room!

When Peng Lin revealed the progress of the 99A third-generation main battle tank and the Dongfeng-6 at this time, how could anyone not understand what he meant?

Previously, the Dragon Country had been preparing to aid Afghanistan and transport weapons and equipment through third countries like Pakistan, to avoid excessively provoking the Hairy Bear Empire.

This was to avoid a direct conflict between the two sides and to avoid bearing excessive military strategic pressure in the north.

But now, not only was the Hairy Bear accelerating its 'southward expansion' strategy to achieve strategic encirclement of the Dragon Country,

but it was also pressuring the Dragon Country step by step internationally, even openly releasing videos on international platforms and at the UN showing off weapons and equipment that crushed the Dragon Country's, issuing warnings to the Dragon Country.

How could the Dragon Country continue to tolerate this?

Heavy combined arms brigades and intercontinental ballistic missiles were the Dragon Country's confidence!

"Although we now have the confidence not to fear the Hairy Bear Empire's steel torrent and nuclear deterrence, we don't need to rush to show our hand."

"Currently, all major cities in Afghanistan are occupied, the Middle East is in a state of panic, and the Beautiful Country is in a situation where it has no cards left to play."

"Even in the near future, the Hairy Bear Empire will completely blockade the borders of Pakistan, Iran, and other countries with Afghanistan."

"Therefore, the Beautiful Country will definitely come to us, hoping that our country will support the remaining resistance forces in Afghanistan and transport weapons and resources to them through the border."

"Because only our border area with Afghanistan has complex terrain that the Hairy Bear Empire cannot effectively blockade."

"At this time, we only need to make demands on the Beautiful Country, continuously maximizing our interests!"

Peng Lin, seeing the many emotional leaders, couldn't help but remind them.

"Comrade Peng Lin, do you mean that before officially countering the Hairy Bear Empire, we should first gain some benefits from the Beautiful Country and many Western countries?"

Marshal Xu Yong'an's eyes lit up when he heard Peng Lin's words.

According to the political tactics of the Beautiful Country and the White House, they would certainly try every means to push the Dragon Country to the forefront to confront the Hairy Bear Empire head-on.

Although the Dragon Country had now decided to officially move from behind the scenes to the forefront,

it was absolutely impossible for the Beautiful Country and many Western countries to know that the Dragon Country would soon possess the Dongfeng-6 intercontinental missile.

Therefore, instead of the Dragon Country actively stepping forward to confront the Hairy Bear, it was better to pretend to be passively pushed out by the Beautiful Country and Western countries!

And obtain a large amount of economic aid and other compensation from Western countries!

"If the Beautiful Country wants to use our hands to compete with the Hairy Bear Empire, they must pay the price!"

"For example, we are still a developing country; although the weapons and equipment to aid the Afghan resistance forces can be sent out in our country's name, they must still be paid for by the Beautiful Country and Western countries!"

"Secondly, our Dragon Country's aid to Afghanistan will completely offend the Hairy Bear Empire, and we will face military threats in the north."

"Therefore, the Beautiful Country and Western countries must lift their embargo sanctions against our country, allowing our country to import machine tools and electronic industrial products from the West..."

"To help our country cope with the Hairy Bear's military threat, military equipment such as EDM machine tools, five-axis linkage machine tools, phased array radars, and transistor components must be sold to us at cost..."

Peng Lin said again.

This time, listening to the series of conditions proposed by Peng Lin, the many leaders in the conference room could no longer hold back!

They pointed their fingers at Peng Lin and burst into laughter!

Peng Lin's move was simply too devious!

The Dragon Country clearly had the confidence to confront the Hairy Bear Empire, wanting to wrestle with this former big brother.

But Peng Lin insisted on feigning a wronged and passive appearance, as if forced by the Beautiful Country and many Western countries to confront the Hairy Bear Empire out of helplessness.

Not only did he make these countries bear the cost of aiding Afghanistan, but he also made them provide a series of aid to the Dragon Country!

This... this is simply incredible!

Marshal Xu Yong'an looked at Peng Lin, tears almost streaming from his eyes from laughing!

All along, he had felt that besides being a military industrial research and development genius, Peng Lin also possessed the talent of a commander, capable of strategizing and winning battles from a thousand miles away!

But who would have thought that Peng Lin now also had such a dark side!

This was practically trying to swindle the Beautiful Country and Western countries to death!

Isn't this equivalent to the Dragon Country doing nothing, with all the money and effort coming from Western countries, but the reputation still belonging to the Dragon Country?

And most importantly, as long as the Dragon Country test-fires the Dongfeng-6 intercontinental missile in three months,

it won't even have to bear the risk of confronting the Hairy Bear Empire!

Because as long as the Dragon Country possesses intercontinental missiles, a tripartite strategic nuclear power dynamic will form globally!

Even the Hairy Bear Empire would not risk Moscow and the Kremlin suffering nuclear deterrence to truly go to war with the Dragon Country!

After all, that would only ultimately benefit the Beautiful Country for free!

"Brilliant!"

"This move is truly brilliant!"

"In this way, I think we can even delay the exposure of the Dongfeng-6 for a while, to extract more aid from the West and the Beautiful Country!"

"I just wonder what expression the White House will have when they discover the truth?"

General Qin Wei, commander of the Yanjing Military Region, also said, laughing heartily.

Other people's stones can be used to polish one's own jade!

The West and the Beautiful Country were using the Dragon Country!

And the Dragon Country was doing the same!

Peng Lin had truly mastered the ancestors' stratagems!

"After today's meeting, the Ministry of National Defense will be responsible for contacting the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and other military industrial departments to see what Western equipment and machine tools they lack!"

"We will draw up a detailed list and wait for the Beautiful Country to seek negotiations with us!"

Marshal Xu Yong'an forcibly suppressed the corners of his mouth and said... In the evening.

After the meeting at the Ministry of National Defense, Peng Lin returned to the Aerospace Missile Manufacturing Sub-factory to continue the urgent development of the Dongfeng-6 intercontinental missile!

Even if the Dongfeng-6 intercontinental missile could be announced later, it still had to be successfully developed in advance and be ready for test firing at any time!

It's still the same saying: intercontinental missiles can be unused, but they absolutely cannot be nonexistent!

After all, the Dragon Country was competing with the world superpower, the Hairy Bear Empire, which was akin to dancing on the tip of a knife!

At critical moments, only intercontinental missiles could deter the Kremlin!

In the following days, facing the Afghan situation that had been completely controlled by the Hairy Bear Empire, the Dragon Country remained unusually calm!

It was as if the Dragon Country had tacitly approved the Hairy Bear Empire's actions!

But while the Dragon Country could remain stable, the Beautiful Country and Western countries could not sit still!

After all, once the Hairy Bear Empire controlled Afghanistan and built military bases approaching the Persian Gulf oil region, the Middle East might turn and side with the Hairy Bear Empire!

Furthermore, NATO would face military threats from the Hairy Bear Empire not only in Eastern Europe but also in Central and West Asia!

So, this was absolutely unacceptable to the Beautiful Country and Western countries!

Starting from the evening of July 11th, a series of high-level Western political figures, including the US Secretary of State, the White House National Security Advisor, the head of the Treasury Department, the British Secretary of Defense, and the French Foreign Minister, began frequent visits to the Dragon Country.

They discussed matters related to jointly confronting the Hairy Bear Empire with the Dragon Country.

Facing such urgent international circumstances, the West and the Beautiful Country entered an unprecedented state of tension!

Therefore, in this situation, many conditions proposed by the Dragon Country were almost always discussed and approved by the West and the Beautiful Country at the fastest possible speed!

Even if there were some contentious issues between the two sides, France and other countries mediated, prompting the Beautiful Country to compensate the Dragon Country in other ways, setting aside the disputes for now!

On July 14th, in just three days, the Dragon Country reached an agreement with the Beautiful Country and various European nations!

Numerous aid funds and procurement lists were all signed!

And on this day, the Dragon Country officially decided to cast its net, launching an all-out counterattack against the Hairy Bear army that had invaded Afghanistan!