A piercing arrow from Joe Ga stirred up his social circle and caused an earthquake in P.B's territory.

The first to respond wasn't Middle Eastern buddies like Qatar, Shah, and the UAE, but the 'Professor' in Seville...

Over the years, Yuginebert Company has developed many clients in Africa and the Middle East, with annual arms export growing from the original 800 million USD to nearly 8 billion USD in size.

All of this was a benefit brought by Boss Joe to the 'Professor'!

After receiving information from Joe Ga, the 'Professor' promptly compiled a list of equipment and sent it to Joe Ga.

He also contacted transport planes from Seville and Russia, ready to deliver the selected equipment to Sweden within 48 hours once Joe Ga responded.

Joe Ga was certainly open to any aid...

This was a confrontation with NATO; any help was welcome!

Because the contest wasn't just on Gotland Island; according to the exercise script, the airport and surrounding area rented by Joe Ga in Sweden were named 'Saint Petersburg'...

The simulation was a counter-exercise against Russian control of the Baltic Sea, divided into two parts...

Simulations within Sweden involved air, sea, and ground exercises, while exercises on Gotland Island were entirely real combat.

The coastline range of ten kilometers outward from Gotland Island was a combat area, whether for the navy or air force; entering this range was considered to enter a dueling ground by default.

This was an arena, soldier vs. soldier, general vs. general, fighter jet vs. fighter jet, warship vs. warship...

Entering this range meant voluntarily stepping onto a life-and-death battlefield.

At first glance, P.B. seemed disadvantaged due to lack of naval power, but the core of this confrontation was P.B. and the Lake Belga Foundation; they couldn't really mobilize NATO forces into real combat.

Naval and coastal forces were first not allowed to use long-range weapons for real ammunition strikes on the island, and NATO troops wouldn't heed the Lake Belga Foundation's reckless orders either.

Considering this, P.B., as the defender, could preemptively deploy various weapons to Gotland Island, making the contest overall fair.

The only issue was P.B.'s air strength, which was still far behind NATO.

P.B. could only field 8 F-14 Tomcats, 8 Su-27s, and 4 F-16s as main air force units against NATO.

However, NATO, from air bases in Germany and the assets of Baltic states, had many times more fighter jets than P.B.

Joe Ga was confident that the Lake Belga Foundation wouldn't mobilize many fighter jets for attacking Gotland Island...

But if P.B.'s air force was held off by engagements arranged by the director, and the Lake Belga Foundation managed a fighter jet raid, without aerial barriers, relying solely on ground anti-aircraft weapons, P.B. would undoubtedly suffer.

However, this issue was quickly resolved...

Though Joe's Middle Eastern buddies were unreliable in combat, their spending skills were top-notch!

Swedish company Saab rented its airport to Boss Joe for exercise use and was even willing to lend trainer aircraft, hoping P.B. would advertise the Gripen.

Before the exercise even began, Saab received a high-profile order from Qatar.

Qatar had launched a procurement campaign, pushing the public sale price of the Gripen from 85 million USD to an astonishing 100 million USD.

Saab's president was so pleased it seemed like he might have a heart attack, but upon seeing the conditions attached to the procurement order, his enthusiasm quickly cooled.

Qatar demanded a one-time purchase of 8 units, with a full payment upfront, the sole requirement being that the fighter jets, along with leased pilots and accompanying weapons, be handed to P.B. for exercise use within three days.

Saab had no inventory, and the Gripen's sales woes had severely limited their production capacity.

According to the normal transaction process, it would take at least two years to deliver 8 Gripens.

Holding 800 million USD in front of you, yet having no stock, what a feeling!

The only solution was negotiating with the Swedish Air Force to transfer fighter jets and pilots to P.B., completing the exercise, returning pilots to the force, and leaving the jets for the client to handle.

It was indeed a brilliant plan, but the Saab president didn't see himself bypassing Sweden's convoluted bureaucracy to transfer jets in three days.

As he was drowning his sorrows in alcohol, the Swedish military proactively contacted him...

Sweden's joining NATO now seemed inevitable, and the most critical aspect was equipment upgrade, syncing defense forces' electronic systems and weaponry with NATO.

The Gripen was certainly a good aircraft, but its electronics upgrade was imminent.

The military also needs funding to update the equipment for the current fleet of 96 Gripen fighters in the air force, including other aircraft such as early warning planes...

With the face of the Swedish Royal Family and the Kopke family, this matter was accomplished!

Upon learning that the military was willing to simplify procedures to transfer 8 Gripen fighters, including lending the best pilots, the president of Saab was so excited that he had a heart attack. On the way to the hospital, he kept telling his assistant to make sure this deal was secured...

As long as the money is in the account, give P·B whatever they want; not only the Gripen but Saab Company will also help solve the ground service issues.

The same scenario was playing out in the United Arab Emirates...

Sayyid shed his playboy image, pulling his brother Hamandan and Tahnoon of Abu Dhabi together as guarantors, sending 8 Rafale fighter jets just delivered to the UAE Air Force by France, along with the French pilot instructors who were there for guidance, to Sweden.

And as a pillar among the tycoons, Shah's Prince Salman showed unparalleled generosity...

Qatar and the UAE provide 8 fighter jets, while I give 12 F-16s, paired with the best pilots.

These fighter jets, combined with the 4 F-16s owned by P·B, can form two combat squadrons of China Air Force standard.

Since those F-16s are second-hand, Prince Salman threw a huge check at the German company Rheinmetall.

The latest Lynx Armored Personnel Carrier and Boxer Dog Armored Car, at a 30% market price increase, however much stock you have, however many vehicles you can transport to Sweden within three days, that's how much money you'll receive. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Moreover, Shah the magnate is different from others; Qatar and the UAE are at least nominally lending fighter jets to Boss Joe, but Prince Salman doesn't want them at all...

He directly called Boss Joe, saying after the exercise, those F-16s and Lynx Armored Personnel Carriers should be dealt with by him, and no matter the sale price, it's donated to Princess Amina's charity fund.

From the beginning, Germany intended to pull strings, but now it's dumbfounded as the boss of Rheinmetall Company faces similar issues to the president of Saab, that is, they simply have no goods...

Saab Company can still scrape fighter jets from the Swedish Air Force, whereas Rheinmetall cannot do even that, since the German Army doesn't possess such exorbitantly priced weapons either.

They do have Lynx Armored Personnel Carriers, but the magnate specifically stated that only the latest model was acceptable, using old second-hand goods to fudge didn't fit the meticulous style of Germans.

So they proposed another solution, which was to sell 20 Puma Infantry Fighting Vehicles to the magnate...

Also, out of guilt towards noble customers, they would pair each Puma with a crew and an SKS team, and even handle all logistics during the exercise.

The funny thing about it all was that P·B, participating in an exercise, somehow managed to elevate the global top-tier arms trade within a few days.

The people of the Lake Belga Foundation continued using internal system power, while Boss Joe started anew by leveraging arms trade to instantly boost power.

Moreover, as it was required for the exercise, nobody could say anything...

The showdown between the Lake Belga Foundation and P·B was a secret to ordinary people, but not to intelligence agencies and top power players.

Everyone was using this opportunity, openly and secretly, to express their positions...

Germany was less bold, whereas France showed much decisiveness and strength...

As the French observation team flew to Sweden and entered the exercise command center, a 6,700-ton Aquitaine-class frigate, along with two 3,700-ton Laffitte-class frigates, while rushing towards the Baltic Sea, inadvertently blocked the Danish Strait leading to the Baltic Sea...

They blocked two Independence-class littoral combat ships of the US military that were on their way, delaying their resupply time, and also disrupting the boarding plan of the Lake Belga Foundation personnel.

Before the outbreak of the Rusian W War, Xiao Ma had been loudly calling for Europe's strategic autonomy, but Europe was interrupted by England and too many undercovers, so he didn't achieve much progress.

Now, since the 'exercise', and being able to ensure there wouldn't be severe political consequences, he wouldn't pretend anymore!

I might not match your political influence, nor have your strength, but I'm serious about causing trouble!

With France leading the way, the Lake Belga Foundation people suddenly found that things started going not so smoothly...

So they began looking for outside assistance...

Having deep feuds with Boss Joe, the Edward Foundation was pulled out of the list of conflicters, and both parties began discussing how to gather a decisive force!

General Maguire of the United States cooperated with the Pentagon Brotherhood, locking down the movements of US Special Forces.

Claverley of England locked down the movements of English Special Forces.

Xiao Ma has been opposing them all along; Russia and China ignore them...

Other than pulling together 'Executor' and 'Demon Group', they could only look towards the Cosmic Center Bharat for qualified formal forces...

But when they contacted the old sage, Qiao Liang released massive power in BaJistan...