Chapter 1476 - 481: The World’s Capitals Unite (Not Really)

Chapter 1476: Chapter 481: The World’s Capitals Unite (Not Really)

This world seems to have suddenly entered a troubled autumn overnight.

After the relatively peaceful cyber red era that lasted several decades, the intensity of global turmoil is increasing day by day.

While some believed that the unification war seven years ago was the most significant event in recent times,

now some people have come forward with facts to prove that the amount they accomplish in a year can exceed anything you’ve seen in a lifetime, even enough to drop everyone’s jaws.

The Cuba war, the defeat of Europe, and heavy losses.

The main battleship Hood was sunk, the Admiral Scheer was heavily damaged, and one frigate was lost and one injured, all left behind in Bermuda.

Thankfully, when the remaining fleet withdrew from the Gulf of Mexico, Huang Ban and Military Science were too shocked and worried about intercepting the fleeing fleet, fearing a devastating battle, and thus refrained from striking while the iron was hot.

Otherwise, how many ships this fleet could finally escape back to Europe would really be only known by the heavens.

Although the fleet withdrew, the infantry they brought along were still in Cuba playing a massive escape game, chased all over the map by players in a frantic panic.

European Alliance Army of over ten thousand troops in Cuba, with fewer than a hundred successfully managing to escape by plane in the end.

The outcome of this war can be said to have shocked the world.

The executives in Military Science and a few other companies almost had their cybernetic systems crash upon hearing this news.

They supported Lin Miao with the intention of having him drain Europe in Cuba until the pain made them withdraw from the Latin American Region, allowing them to profit.

But instead of bleeding Europe, Lin Miao swung an axe and chopped off the entire hand of the European Community, causing blood to spray all over the Atlantic Ocean.

Not to mention the wounded, even the spectators were wide-eyed with fear, their faces blanched.

Not pals,

doing this makes things very difficult for us.

No one thought the European Community would lose; after all, the opposing side was also a coalition of several multinational corporations with formidable strength, but no one imagined the European Community would lose so miserably.

This is no longer just a matter of losing helmets and armor; it is a complete strategic defeat across the entire front line. From start to finish, they barely relied on overwhelming firepower and nuclear weapons to gain a few local advantages, and even then, it wasn’t long before the players pushed them back from the entire front line.

Even the floating ships, which shouldn’t have been hit, were brought down, three in total.

Rough estimates show that, counting float ships, satellite arrays, and army armaments, the European Community lost at least tens of billions in assets due to this war.

This doesn’t even account for the ripple effects in the aftermath of defeat. In the long term, the economic losses for the European Community will be at least ten times more, equivalent to a severed hand and massive blood loss.

First, in terms of public opinion, they couldn’t shut people’s mouths. In the past, if a locality wanted an event not to spread, they just needed to ban news in the relevant area, then intensely manipulate comments, or if necessary, bombard information with something else to divert the public’s attention.

But with the presence of Voice of the Horizon, the entire world now knows that Europe suffered a crushing defeat in Cuba, with the loss being extremely ugly. The exchange rate of Orokin and the international status of the European Community are set to collapse due to this battle.

Then there’s the military aspect. Don’t be fooled by the fact that the number of troops, 20,000 from the Alliance Army, may seem small, but it actually makes up 10% of the European Community’s available forces. Six multinational security companies are almost in a state of collapse; their field soldiers are mostly all in Cuba, leaving barely a handful back home.

There will be a whole lot of insurance claims, soldiers’ compensation and so on in the aftermath, and these companies are basically staring at bankruptcy.

Converting this to Tokyo University, it equates to losing 200,000 people in a single battle; such heavy losses mean almost everyone from top to bottom will be dismissed and scrutinized.

Lastly, economically, now to prevent news from Cuba reaching home, they’ve pre-emptively shut down the network, but in the cyber era, every day of the international network being closed causes astronomical economic losses.

In the war betting game about the European Community and Horizon Corporation, countless people have already lost so much they’ve already headed to the rooftops, while the biggest mysterious winner retreated with a crazy hundred-billion Orokin, becoming the biggest winner of the war.

So... why should other countries within the European Community pay money along with those few over Cuba’s affairs?

The European Community Parliament is currently almost arguing to the heavens over whether to continue sending troops to Cuba.

The Soviet representative Andreyev slapped the table hard, shouting with a booming voice at the representatives of the UK, France, and Germany

"This is your issue to deal with. We didn’t advocate going to war with New America in Cuba from the beginning. Now we have no obligation to bear such large losses because of your problems unless the European Space Agency promises us more economic compensation."

Although the Soviet Union has conflicts with Horizon Corporation, the smuggling of cybernetic systems to North America being cut off and the current situation are comparatively minor issues. Moreover, the Soviet Union doesn’t have any business in Cuba; the ties between the two sides were severed eight or nine decades ago.

The expressions of the representatives from the UK, France, and Germany were very unfavorable.

What the hell are you talking about!

Back when the fighting was happening, you didn’t say anything or oppose clearly; now you’re jumping out to act wise after the event.

Although it looks like the Cuba war is just about European military contractors, it disrupts the international position of the entire Europe, the consequences of which will be catastrophic.

The fact is that in the entire European Community, the Soviet Union has never been on the same page with the UK, France, and Germany. Not long ago, it was heavily fined for smuggling cybernetic systems, and now it wishes those few to suffer even bigger losses. Furthermore, the weaker the European Community’s military strength, the stronger the Soviet Union’s voice within the Alliance.