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Chapter 622: Don’t offend both sides, the White Elephant King is overwhelmed
"By that time, the British tribe will definitely be the first to vote against it, and we will not be able to become the vice president of Blue Star."

"I don't agree with lying to the British tribes about military intelligence. Even if we do nothing now, it is much better than causing the relationship between the two sides to deteriorate after the lie. We must not take the initiative to worsen bilateral relations!"

The White Elephant King glanced at the minister unhappily, directly expressing his displeasure with his speech.

After pondering for a moment, he became a little anxious. He couldn't please either side, but he couldn't offend either side either!

But the current situation is that he has to choose one side to offend, which makes him very anxious.

No matter which side they are, they are all vice presidents of the Blue Star Alliance. It is really difficult to please both sides and handle things smoothly.

If the military strength of the Longxia tribe was still the same as it was a few years ago, then he wouldn't have to be so embarrassed and could directly choose to offend the Longxia tribe.

But everything has changed. The military strength of the Longxia tribe has increased so rapidly in recent years. Its international influence has also been growing day by day, and its voice on Blue Star has also been expanded.

If they were to take action, the consequences would be something they would not be able to afford!
"King, I have a suggestion. But it may harm our interests."

At this time, a minister stood up and spoke excitedly.

When he heard that the interests of the White Elephant Tribe would be damaged, the White Elephant King shook his head like a rattle. This was not what he expected!
Why is he working so hard?
Isn't it just to gain more national interests? Now that it hasn't even started, it will damage national interests. It would be better to kill him.

"Then don't say it. In a word, we must not do anything that harms our interests! This is our bottom line!"

The White Elephant King shifted his gaze away from the minister, looked at the other ministers, and reminded them with a serious face.

"King, can you listen to me?"

Hearing this, the minister still insisted.

"Okay, okay, then just tell me now!"

The White Elephant King urged impatiently, but he disagreed in his heart.

"King, let's do this."

The minister quickly explained, "Whether it's the British tribe or the Longxia tribe, we will give an explanation, but we need to find the right balance. We must put ourselves first!"

Hearing this, the White Elephant King nodded slightly. This was indeed what he needed to do in order to maximize his benefits.

"Then next, we will send a reconnaissance plane and an early warning plane to make their mark. In this way, we will be able to give an explanation to the British tribes." The minister expressed his idea.

There is only one early warning aircraft and one reconnaissance aircraft, so what is there to investigate?

If you're going to fool people, this isn't the way to do it, right?
The White Elephant King was a little confused. When he was about to open his mouth to refute, he saw the minister adding something.

"King, choose one of the early warning plane and the reconnaissance plane and sacrifice it, just like the first time. We will sacrifice another reconnaissance plane as a price to give the Longxia tribe face, so they will naturally not be angry about it."

"We have also explained to the British tribe."

"We reported to Britain that we sacrificed two reconnaissance planes. I believe they will not blame us this way. Instead, they will think that we worked very hard and remember our efforts!"

"In this way, we won't offend either side. We'll just lose a little bit of our interests."

“I think this is the best option.”

Hearing this, the White Elephant King was obviously moved.

After careful consideration, he felt that this strategy was worth adopting.

We have already lost one reconnaissance plane, so it doesn't matter even if we lose another one. There are plenty of old reconnaissance planes anyway, so we can just pick one at random, without any pressure at all.

They have already investigated the loss of the reconnaissance plane at the beginning and found that it was due to the pilot's operational error, which was their own problem.

Now naturally the blame has to go to the British tribes, which also proves that they worked very hard on this matter.

If it is not done well, it is purely a problem of ability!
The key is that in this way, neither side is offended and both sides have an explanation!
This is exactly the effect that the White Elephant King needs. He looked around at everyone and asked loudly.

"Do you have anything else to add to this strategy?"

In response, all the ministers nodded in agreement. They also felt that doing so was in line with the principle of gaining the greatest benefit at the lowest cost.

"Okay, then let's execute this plan."

Seeing that no one had any objections, the White Elephant King decisively made the decision, then looked at the minister who had made the suggestion and said, "You proposed this plan, and now it's your responsibility!"

"Yes, King!"

The minister immediately accepted the order, stood up and left.

"There's nothing else to do. You can all go away."

After dismissing all the ministers, the White Elephant King was the only one left in the palace.

"All this is for the future of the White Elephant Kingdom. I finally chose to compromise." The White Elephant King stood up and walked to the window sill, looking at the mountains in the distance and sighed softly.

On the other side, the British tribes.

In the Prime Minister's official residence on Downing Street, a group of senior British officials including Anthony are still waiting for relevant information from the White Elephant Tribe.

They naturally didn't know that the White Elephant Tribe had adopted a strategy of not offending either side in order to deal with them.

The fact that the top talents of the Longxia tribe were illegally detained by the British tribal officials naturally did not cause much disturbance among the tribes in the European waters.

Because the general public is completely unaware of this matter. Those Western countries keep talking about freedom and freedom of speech, but in fact they are talking nonsense. The control of the media by the top leaders of various countries is stricter than anyone else.

Any news that is unfavorable to them will be blocked, and they will try to hide it from the domestic people as much as possible. If it cannot be concealed, they will divert the conflict.

Even if some people discovered clues and immediately raised questions, they were quickly deleted by the respective authorities at lightning speed. They would never allow even a single word to appear in the media or on the Internet!

Therefore, even though the incident had been going on for such a long time, the people of those countries were almost completely unaware of the situation. They only knew that the Longxia Navy had sent an expeditionary fleet to the European waters for no reason for a so-called friendly visit.

Of course, after being exaggerated by their unscrupulous media, the Longxia Navy Expeditionary Fleet was demonized and became an existence to show off military power to the Western tribes, carrying out a naval gun visit!

These Western countries may be able to hide the truth from ordinary people, but they cannot hide it from the overseas students of the Longxia tribe!
Some spineless international students chose to remain silent, but the vast majority of them were tough and they stood up one after another.

They spread the relevant news through various channels and methods, and some people even paid for photocopied flyers to distribute to the uninformed people. With such operations, the matter spread quickly.

The top leaders of the countries in the European waters thought that by controlling the news channels, they could keep the general public out of information. However, they did not know that the Longxia students had already used their power to let more and more people know the real behind-the-scenes information of this matter.

Even though the tribal leaders reacted quickly and took a tough stance by detaining many international students, the spread of the news was unstoppable.

As the news spread, more and more people from various tribes could no longer sit still. They turned to support the actions of the Longxia students, supported their opposition to the news blockade by their own country's top leaders, and opposed the detention of Longxia's top talents!
Suddenly, beneath the calm surface of the tribes, undercurrents surged.

Forces are gathering rapidly and are continuously accumulating and growing like volcanic magma, waiting for the opportunity to erupt!
At the same time, in the Indian Ocean.

In the control room of the 123rd ship, Zhou Qinglei looked at the situation map and asked, "What is the current situation of each unit?"

"Captain, according to the information provided by various departments, the reconnaissance aircraft and early warning aircraft sent by the White Elephant Tribe have all returned."

The deputy captain immediately reported the situation truthfully.

"Were there any shootdowns?"

"Captain, all units are maintaining a friendly attitude and will only issue a warning and drive away the first reconnaissance."

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"But there was a small accident. A reconnaissance plane of the White Elephant Tribe crashed on its way back."

The deputy captain's explanation made Zhou Qinglei feel slightly relieved, but he was a little surprised that the White Elephant Tribe reconnaissance plane actually pointed out the problem.

At this critical juncture, the goal of the expeditionary fleet is to deal with the tribes within the European waters, and he does not want to waste too much energy here.

It can be said that this trip to the Europa Sea area will definitely not be peaceful. They need to maintain the best ammunition reserves and be ready to deal with uncontrollable factors at any time.

In any case, the fact that there were no military bases along the way to provide ammunition supplies put them under great restrictions!
There is absolutely no need to fight the White Elephant Army in the Indian Ocean, wasting too much ammunition and avoiding the situation of running out of ammunition after reaching the Europa Sea circle.

Once a warship is out of ammunition, it becomes a sitting duck!

They traveled thousands of kilometers on this trip. Unlike fighting at home, they did not have the home advantage and could replenish ammunition at any time. They did not need to worry about running out of ammunition at all.

In addition to the consumption of ammunition, the conflict with the White Elephant Army will slow down the journey, increase uncontrollable risks, and affect the important task of rescuing talents!

Doing so would be a case of losing the big picture for the small, and would put the fleet in an extremely passive state!
Although there are many multifunctional comprehensive supply ships in the expedition fleet, it is far from the point of going to war with the White Elephant Tribe, so naturally ammunition should be saved as much as possible.

The best solution is to resolve the issues in the European waters first. When the expedition fleet returns, there will be nothing to do, and then we can deal with the trouble of the White Elephant Tribe.

"Notify all departments to move forward at full speed and not waste time here."

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Qinglei decisively gave the order, trying to avoid any waste during the journey no matter what.

"Yes!"

The signalman immediately took the order and quickly distributed the relevant orders.

At this moment, dozens of warships of the expedition fleet increased their speed and continued to sail forward.

However, not long after, the radar monitor suddenly reported loudly: "Captain, an enemy reconnaissance plane was spotted 600 kilometers north of our ship! Speed ​​0.5 Mach."

When the speed of the reconnaissance plane was mentioned, even the radar monitor himself was confused.

The rest of the people were also confused!

Oh shit, what does this mean?
The reconnaissance plane reached Mach 0.5? Could it be a propeller-driven reconnaissance plane?
What era is this reconnaissance plane from? It's a complete antique, right?

Should they all be sent to military museums for exhibition so that everyone can see them?
They actually sent it out to conduct reconnaissance?
Are the White Elephant Tribe serious? Why do they seem to be teasing them and just going through the motions?

Zhou Qinglei was also confused at this moment, and had no idea what was going on.

"Are there any other reconnaissance aircraft around?"

"Captain, there is only one reconnaissance plane in the airspace." The radar monitor quickly scanned the radar screen and reported truthfully.

"Have."

Zhou Qinglei quickly looked at the signalman again and asked, "What is the current situation of each unit?"

The signalman immediately contacted all the ships and responded, "Captain, no abnormalities were found. Only this reconnaissance plane has been spotted so far."

Is this really the only reconnaissance plane in the sky?

What the hell is the White Elephant Tribe doing? They don't have to be so perfunctory to get the job done, do they?

A strange look emerged on Zhou Qinglei's face, and then he turned on the fleet communication channel and exchanged opinions with the captains. It turned out that the other captains were also confused about the true intentions of the White Elephant Tribe.

"Just do the reconnaissance properly. Sending out an antique reconnaissance plane, who are you looking down on?" Zhou Qinglei scratched the back of his head and frowned.

"Captain, the reconnaissance aircraft is 200 kilometers away from our ship."

After a while, the radar monitor reported again.

"Warn them and drive them away!"

"Three warnings are ineffective, use missiles as warnings."

"I want to see what the White Elephant Tribe is up to. Are they trying to make fun of us?"

After careful consideration, Zhou Qinglei made a decisive decision: no matter what, the fleet must not be exposed.

Ship 123 is responsible for the fleet escort mission, responding to all emergencies and ensuring the absolute safety of the fleet during the voyage.

Originally, he planned to use a missile to shoot down the reconnaissance plane directly, but now faced with this situation, he decided to use an anti-aircraft missile to explore the way and see what the White Elephant Tribe was up to.

Of course, he also reported the relevant situation to the military command.

The next second, an anti-aircraft missile, dragging a long tail flame, shot towards the target.

(End of this chapter)