79: Chapter 79: The probability of China winning is 0.000%—there is absolutely no chance of winning!

Not just the countries aligned with the Western Alliance, but also some other neutral nations,

all felt that China must have gone crazy!

Although China's naval power has continuously improved in recent years,

with its number of warships reaching the third highest on the entire Blue Planet, seemingly on the verge of catching up to only the Eagle's level.

But having only quantity without quality is utterly useless!

Up to this point,

China doesn't even have a single aircraft carrier!

Do they really think they can rely on those small warships of theirs,

to confront a combined invincible fleet formed by multiple aircraft carriers?

Isn't this just offering their face to be slapped?

They're simply insane!

After more information was exposed.

On the mainstream online social platforms of countries around the world,

on Blue Bird, YouTube, Facebook...

News of the Blue Planet Nine-Nation Joint Maritime Live-Fire Exercise and the related wager treaty,

quickly topped major search and trending charts!

Netizens from various countries all viewed this maritime live-fire exercise,

as a clumsy clown show to watch,

laughingly voicing their comments one after another.

An Eagle netizen commented: "Does China think it's so awesome? Hahaha, they have no idea they're like a clown on the international stage!"

"China actually thinks it can rely on its meager naval strength to confront an invincible fleet formed by five aircraft carriers. It's just too funny, the biggest joke I've heard this year! Hahaha!..."

A French netizen mocked even more: "Can this trending topic be changed? Instead of saying China versus eight, it's more like eight great powers ganging up to beat up a weak China! Hahahaha!..."

A United Kingdom netizen was still immersed in the glory of the empire where the sun never sets: "Classic replay, brothers! A hundred years later, an eight-nation naval coalition is going to give China another good thrashing! Our empire where the sun never sets has dispatched two aircraft carriers this time too. The eight nations will surely win!"

A Kangaroo netizen: "Being jointly taken down once by us eight developed nations is an honor for you Chinese! Sick man of East Asia!"

South Korea directly seized the opportunity to promote: "China has been getting way too arrogant lately, even claiming the Dragon Boat Festival is a Chinese traditional holiday when it's clearly a holiday of our great Korean people. This time, we'll show you who really calls the shots on the Blue Planet!"

At the same time,

on China's major social platforms like Weibo, Tieba, WeChat, etc.,

heated discussions also erupted.

Unlike netizens from around the world who held a spectator mentality,

most Chinese netizens were in a state of intense indignation.

"What on earth are our Chinese high-level officials thinking! How could they agree to this maritime live-fire exercise where we're completely outmatched! Isn't this just sending ourselves to be slaughtered?"

"So shameful, truly so shameful! The face of us Chinese people is about to be completely lost by these incompetent high-level officials who hold positions without doing their jobs! National disgrace, a national disgrace!"

"Does the Supreme Military Region want to use this opportunity to clear out some ammunition inventory and then make money off military funds again? Wasting our taxpayers' money like this, I want to report this to China's disciplinary department. It's just too corrupt!"

"..."

Apart from those mindlessly ranting.

There were also some professional military bloggers,

who quickly conducted specific simulations and analyses of this maritime live-fire exercise.

After complex simulation exercises,

basically all military bloggers arrived at the same conclusion:

For this maritime live-fire exercise, China's probability of victory is,

0.000%!

Yes, all zeros after the decimal point too!

China has no possibility of winning at all!

If restrictions on China's land-based missiles were lifted, under the coverage of saturation missile attacks, there might be a chance to accidentally hit the joint command headquarters of the eight-nation invincible fleet.

Raising the win rate to about 5%.

But relying solely on China's conventional combat weapons,

to confront the invincible defensive network formed by five aircraft carriers and countless battleships, cruisers, and destroyers,

how on earth can China win?

After the initial outrage,

domestic netizens were filled with sighs and lamentations, as if mourning the death of a parent.

Feeling that this time, China would definitely become an international laughingstock,

one that would be laughed at for a decade!

...

Three days passed in a flash.

The Blue Planet Nine-Nation Joint Maritime Live-Fire Exercise arrived as scheduled!

Over the East Sea of China,

countless naval warships from Western Alliance nations were arrayed in specific formations,

In the very center,

were five exceptionally conspicuous behemoths,

precisely the five oceanic overlords of the Blue Planet—aircraft carriers!

The entire invincible fleet,

covered an area approximately three hundred nautical miles in diameter,

a vast and mighty expanse,

proclaiming its own invincible status!

"Hello, viewers! We are Eagle's CNN! What appears before you is precisely the invincible aircraft carrier fleet of our Western Alliance nations! The entire fleet consists of naval warships from eight countries, among which..."

"Hello everyone! This is the United Kingdom's BBS channel! Next, we will provide live coverage of the Blue Planet Nine-Nation Maritime Live-Fire Exercise! Our United Kingdom's two aircraft carriers are currently located at..."

"Good morning, Chinese viewers! I am CCTV host Ouyang Dan! We are now live from the site of the Blue Planet Nine-Nation Maritime Live-Fire Exercise! In two hours, China, as the Red Force, will conduct maritime attack and defense exercises here! I firmly believe that the warriors of the Chinese Dragon Army must be fully prepared..."

Several major mainstream official media outlets of the Blue Planet,

were conducting live broadcasts from several helicopters.

Although professional noise reduction was applied,

due to the extremely loud noise of the helicopter rotors,

the audio was still unclear.

Yet the viewers watching live were still incredibly excited, completely unaffected.

Countries on the Blue Planet conduct military exercises every year,

but a maritime live-fire exercise on such a large scale is the first since World War II!

Especially this time, with comprehensive live global coverage,

which is extremely rare in modern military exercises!

Countless spectators from various countries opened their TVs to watch the live broadcast,

or flooded into major online platforms,

placing enormous server and network pressure on the major TV stations and official websites.

On China's side,

numerous Chinese netizens interested in military affairs waited anxiously.

After CCTV's online live stream officially started broadcasting,

over 2 million people instantly flooded in.

Although CCTV had prepared in advance, such an unimaginable number of concurrent viewers still instantly crashed the website!

"So laggy! It's stuttering and basically unwatchable!"

"Trash website! Why does it keep showing 'connecting'!"

"..."

In response, the authorities urgently activated contingency plans.

Immediately contacting internet companies like Ali, Tencent, and Baidu to provide server support at the first moment.

It took over ten minutes to finally stabilize the servers.

After the CCTV live stream website stabilized, the number of concurrent viewers surged again, reaching a new breakthrough!

In less than twenty minutes, it actually hit the milestone of 6 million people!

The barrage comments fell like snowflakes,

filling the entire screen.

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