The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1003 Crazy
"Boom~~"

In the air, a fighter plane turned into a ball of sparks.

Not far away, another ball of sparks appeared in the night sky, looking very dazzling.

Every spark means that a fighter plane was destroyed by an anti-aircraft missile.

The Yugoslav air defense forces did not intercept the incoming missiles, but instead focused on intercepting NATO aircraft.

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had already learned the news before NATO launched its military operation.

After all, large numbers of aircraft cannot be hidden from the radar detection system.

NATO planes were shot down, and similarly, explosions occurred on the ground in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was hit by NATO air strikes.

At the Yugoslav Air Force airport, the Air Force took off. 350 Yugoslav fighter jets were dispatched. The Air Force pilots flew slightly outdated planes to fight, full of blood.

The aircraft of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the main models are MiG-29 and MiG-21!

The Yugoslav Air Force looked tragic.

The eyes of the whole world are focused on the Balkan Peninsula.

In Hong Kong, Liu Tao is also paying attention to the developments in the Balkan Peninsula.

Hong Kong TV, Balkan Peninsula special, the video at this time shows pre-war buildings on one side and ruins on the other.

The war has lasted for 78 days.

Except for the beginning, when the Yugoslav air defense forces caused great trouble to the NATO Air Force, as the Yugoslav air defense forces were exhausted and the air defense positions were destroyed, they could no longer cause trouble to the NATO Air Force.

Except for the first half month, when the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia shot down 213 NATO aircraft and sank 12 NATO warships, no NATO aircraft have been shot down or NATO warships have been sunk since then.

London was hit by two medium-range missiles, Paris was hit by three medium-range missiles, and Berlin was hit by two medium-range missiles. The countries that suffered the most damage were Italy and Greece. After all, Italy and Greece were within the attack range of Yugoslavia's short-range missiles.

Although NATO's air defense system shot down a large number of missiles, more than two hundred missiles still fell in Italy and Greece.

Up to now, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was purely passive in the attack. NATO planes attacked the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia indiscriminately, not only military facilities but also civilian facilities.

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is experiencing the same fate as Iraq.

In the whole world, only a few countries supported the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Iraq was one of them. Saddam took this opportunity to play the victim to the whole world.

NATO’s brutality has also frightened many countries.

As a result, the best-selling products in the international arms market recently are individual air defense missiles and air defense missile systems.

After all, the most practical and threatening weapon against the air force is still the anti-aircraft missile!

Panshan Group's 'Vanguard' individual air defense missiles and 'Aegis' air defense missiles, and Polar Bear's SAM air defense missiles have been in short supply recently.

As early as the Spring Festival, Chinese students studying in the Balkan Peninsula, tourists, businessmen, etc. all returned to China to celebrate the New Year.

Even in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, there were only a handful of foreign affairs personnel and war correspondents.

The Polar Bear dispatched 200 paratroopers to control the airport, hoisted the Polar Bear flag, warned NATO not to launch an air strike on the airport, and evacuated the citizens calmly.

Although NATO's air strikes are still continuing, Liu Tao is going to withdraw from the stock and foreign exchange markets.

This time, it can be said to be a great harvest.

Short the US dollar, short the British pound, and long the US dollar, and you will make money on both ends. Short the European stock market and long the US stock market, and you will make money on both ends again.

做空欧元的时候，欧元对美元的汇率是1：1:18，到了现在已经跌到了1：0.82！

Before this, when the euro was born, it was more valuable than the US dollar, but now as the war has progressed, the euro has plummeted by more than 30% against the US dollar; the exchange rate of the pound to the US dollar was 1:1.73, but now the exchange rate of the pound to the US dollar is 1:1.38, a plunge of more than 20%.

More than $1.5 trillion flowed out of Europe, including $1 trillion to the United States and $5000 billion to the East.

The US dollar is getting stronger!
Compared with pre-war levels, major European stock markets fell by at least 20%, and some even by 40%; on the contrary, major U.S. stock markets soared.

Liu Tao began to collect the funds. Although there were several procedures involved and he had to eliminate as many traceable traces as possible, all of them would be returned to Hong Kong by the end of the year.

He didn't think about buying up high-quality European assets at low prices. Americans can do this, but Liu Tao can't.

Americans have a huge influence in Europe, both political and military, but Liu Tao has none of that.

If he dared to buy up European stocks at a low price, European countries might get so angry that they would abandon their ethics and eat up all his investment.

The impact of the war on Europe was enormous.

As a result, the construction of the originally ambitious European high-speed rail network has been halted.

"NATO is really crazy!" Liu Tao shook his head.

Since the outbreak of the war, NATO has been bombing Yugoslavia relentlessly, causing huge losses to Yugoslavia. More than 20 hospitals were destroyed, more than 300 schools were damaged, more than 50 bridges, 12 railways, 5 highways, and 5 civil airports were destroyed, 39% of radio and television transmission lines were paralyzed, and a large number of factories, shops, and power plants were destroyed.

It can be said that the construction achievements of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from the end of World War II to the present have completely turned into ruins.

Liu Tao turned on the computer and browsed more news.

A month ago, European and American countries recognized the current governments of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, and the four countries inherited their original status.

This is definitely a good start!
By now, peace has been restored in Southeast Asia.

As for the suppression of bandits on some individual islands, that is a long-term process.

This turmoil resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people and hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing to Australia. Now, there is finally the dawn of peace.

This is good news for all parties!

The old order is collapsing and a new order is being established.

In Africa, the situation was even more chaotic. As Europe's power further weakened, the war became more obvious.

Spain could not withstand the pressure and had to accept more refugees. However, Spain naturally could not accept so many refugees. Then Spain did something magical, which was to send the refugees to other European countries.

This caused chaos in European countries.

The war isn't even over yet, and yet here comes this troublesome issue that challenges European integration!

Driven by the Americans, the triangular trade that Europe carried out in the past has been repeatedly mentioned. It was a bloody executioner. Even a certain organization jumped out and called for Europe to accept African refugees just because it was to atone for the sins of their ancestors, and then shouted that Europe had an obligation to help develop Africa.

When it comes to being trouble-makers, Americans, like the British, are almost maxed out in talent and ability.

And this operation has made Europe suffer terribly.

The Americans are going to suck a lot of blood from the Europeans so that they can live better and eliminate a major threat.

(End of this chapter)