Chapter 1504 - 1502: Launch and Successful Takeoff

Chapter 1504: Chapter 1502: Launch and Successful Takeoff

A small country has no international risk resistance, and being gentle and peaceful cannot bring true respect.

People will mold you into the shape they need, just like this brief confrontation between the Federation and Peng Jieao. Did they consider the interests of the Lemar Republic?

No, not at all, because Lemar has never shown much toughness. Even the protests of the previous Grand President were seen by the Federation as merely a political stunt.

Only by turning Lemar into a spiny sphere, though small and crushable, capable of causing injury, will people respect it.

Republicanism, freedom, equality, none of these can turn it into a spiny sphere, but authoritarianism can!

The Party Chairman of the People’s Aid Party, after being shocked, remained silent for a long time, and finally sighed, "Perhaps you are wrong."

The Party Chairman of the Autonomy Party retorted, "You failed, and I failed too. No one knows if it is right, but if we do nothing, that would surely be wrong."

In fact, when he said this, the Party Chairman of the People’s Aid Party already knew the outcome.

His old friend was going to remove all the "stones" that affected his dictatorship, and he himself happened to be the biggest one, which must be removed and discarded.

This was his inevitable outcome!

After a while, the Party Chairman of the People’s Aid Party smiled and said, "You’re right, at least there’s still hope..."

The next day, the Party Chairman of the People’s Aid Party was invited by an investigation team to cooperate with an investigation. Although it was ultimately confirmed that the investigation team’s tracking was incorrect, it did uncover some other issues.

For instance, both the Party Chairman of the People’s Aid Party and its members were found to have taken advantage of their positions to obtain large amounts of illegal income.

As these matters were revealed, they immediately aroused the anger of the whole island!

Lemar was already poor enough, and yet there were people leeching off them, how could this not drive people to fury?

Even more surprising to the public was that the former Grand President was also involved in the transfer of benefits, according to some data released by the National Bank.

About twenty percent of the benefits flowed into the People’s Aid Party made its way into the former Grand President’s personal account.

In this small country where the average annual income is less than two hundred Federation Sols, there lay Wealth equivalent to over three million Federation Sols in the Grand President’s personal account.

That’s just what was already discovered, it’s unknown whether some unexplored or unaccounted accounts have more money!

The people’s anger gradually turned into disappointment, and ultimately, perhaps, into a helpless sigh.

While people’s emotions continued to change, the Autonomy Party showed no signs of stopping.

A large number of government officials were taken away for investigation, and the Autonomy Party quickly filled these gaps. Observers could see that the Autonomy Party was using certain events to continuously expand its sphere of influence!

But these people did not speak out or take a stand, some considering this as an opportunity, actively wanting to join in.

Others hastened their departure, realizing that World War II would become an important turning point for the Lemar Islands!

Due to... the attention to the former Grand President’s assassination case decreased significantly, and the world seemed to return to its original calm. At this time, Peng Jieao’s first Sea Fortress was launched.

In early July, when the weather was just right, the Emperor of the Peng Jieao Empire personally attended the launch ceremony of the "Royal" Sea Fortress.

It must be said that in terms of heritage and demeanor, the Peng Jieao Empire far surpasses the Gafura Empire.

Both are empires, but... in some aspects, there are still obvious gaps.

The Emperor of the Peng Jieao Empire was not wearing casual clothes; he was dressed in a military uniform.

A black uniform with gold trim, adorned with several medals on the chest, reportedly gained during his youth serving in the military.

Apart from that, there were no other embellishments, more than an emperor, he looked like a soldier, a general.

Every military salute and step was extraordinarily precise, exuding a powerful aura from the inside out.

This aura was entirely different from the one exuded by the Gafura Emperor who had gone to see the Lord. It appeared stronger and invincible.

He stood in the sunlight, hands clasped behind his back, while the chief designer of the warship next to him was introducing some parameters of the Sea Fortress.

A large number of reporters were frantically taking pictures, not only local Peng Jieao reporters but also foreign reporters, and even Federation reporters.

Before the launch ceremony, ministers had raised this question, whether it should be publicized.

In response, His Majesty the Emperor did not choose to refuse but allowed those foreign reporters to observe it up close and take pictures.

In the words of His Majesty the Emperor, these things will eventually be spread out. Rather than ending up as a joke in the process of covering up, it’s better to openly display them to others.

Moreover, this is just a "sample".

It is the first-generation Sea Fortress. Its parameters are actually outdated. Displaying this practically outdated model helps a lot in hiding their true strength.

If war breaks out and the opponent still uses these outdated parameters as a reference, the subsequent equipped Sea Fortresses will definitely shock their enemies.

At the same time, this is also an opportunity to showcase the military might of the Peng Jieao Empire, which can boost the confidence of the domestic populace in war and intimidate those enemies.

As the people shouted in waves, calling out for His Majesty the Emperor, amidst His Majesty’s salutations, a peculiar warship was towed out of the dock.

"It looks like a bathtub covered with planks, and the design looks really strange!"

A reporter couldn’t help but quip a sentence, it indeed looks like this.

Unlike the central equipment layout of ordinary warships, the buildings on this warship are side-mounted, looking somewhat peculiar.

People were buzzing with discussions, and as more detailed specifics were displayed before them, more exclamations arose!

"Oh my, there’s actually a plane on it!"

A sharp-eyed person spotted an aircraft on the deck, immediately sparking more discussions.

As a vast country, the Peng Jieao Empire’s war output towards land warfare is far superior to its maritime outputs, which also leads to their naval technology being far behind that of Gafura.

After all, Gafura is an island country with limited resources, and reality forces them to turn their attention to the sea.

Thus, whether Gafura’s warships can fight has always been a question. Fortunately, the Gafura people’s Sea Fortress plan helped the Peng Jieao people solve this issue!

Some who knew the inside details couldn’t help but show amused smiles on their faces, only they knew why!

Originally, it was a trap set by the Gafura people to deceive the Federation people. Unexpectedly, the Peng Jieao people got hold of the plans and, through their experts’ research, overcame many difficulties, turning it into reality!

Actually, building this type of Sea Fortress is somewhat simpler than warship technology, at least from the current perspective.

It doesn’t require any fire control systems, does not engage in frontline artillery combat, it just needs to be big enough, capable of floating, and have a certain speed!

The rest is about how to let airplanes take off on the short runway, which is a task for the aviation research department!

Perhaps its birth was an accident, but this accident allowed the Peng Jieao people to grasp the "war password".

With the Emperor of the Empire’s consent, people saw pilots boarding the airplane. After a brief inspection, the airplane entered the runway.

Due to people’s lower perspective, they couldn’t see the specifics on the runway. All they knew was that following a loud noise, a plume of steam rose from the warship, and shortly after, the airplane quickly took off, starting to ascend right before leaving the deck!

His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire gently exhaled and then began to applaud, and the whole port erupted with intense applause!

Everyone is very clear that once the test flight succeeds, it means it truly possesses the strategic intention that was aimed for in its creation.

Currently, Peng Jieao is making full efforts to produce various standardized airplanes. They know they aren’t Gafura’s match in naval warfare, nor the match for the Federation people who defeated Gafura’s fleet, so they directly abandoned battleships.

Compared to bombardment exchanges, long-range aircraft bombing is the key to victory!

Successful takeoff signifies that as long as there are planes, and pilots, Peng Jieao has inexhaustible war potential!

There was no need to promote; after the news reported these messages that day, another wave of enlistment enthusiasm surged in society.

For the Peng Jieao people, enlisting is not a painful thing. In this country, from its inception, the upward channel through military merit has never been closed!

No matter if it’s directly joining the army to kill enemies on the battlefield, or sponsoring the war by purchasing war bonds, or any way of joining in, all can give people positive feedback.

As long as the war can be won, everyone can receive dividends!

The news of Peng Jieao’s first Sea Fortress launching quickly spread throughout the world, and the Gafura people fell into silence after learning about it.

It should be known... this was initially a lie. They hoped to use this lie to steer the Federation towards a wrong direction, wasting their research capabilities and money.

The Federation people didn’t fall for it, claiming to be researching it while feeding some fake, unrealistic parameters back to deceive the Gafura people in return.

The two countries were like playing a numbers game, treating this lie as a means to harass each other.

But... why did the Peng Jieao people take it seriously?

Not only did they take it seriously, but they actually went ahead and built the damn thing!

The Prime Minister immediately convened the ministers, facing the returned photos, he posed a question—

"Can anyone tell me, when the Peng Jieao people are massively equipping such warships, how do we respond?"