Parady Island, nuclear industrial area.

It was a closed research room, and Ian put down the drawings in his hand and picked up the newspaper.

The newspaper was brought back by the caravan from Palladium Island, and after it was delivered to the island, it was delivered to him without stopping.

He carefully studied the contents of the newspaper, "Marais surrendered to the coalition forces in the Middle East on May 2, and after signing the Marseille Indemnity Treaty, he declared defeat. ”

This is the headline of the newspaper, and there is no need to read the content carefully, but it is all about one thing: - Marais was defeated.

Although the news did his best to avoid Marley's defeat, Ian could roughly predict it.

Two years had passed since Marais began to use the "Giant Weapon" unrestricted in 851, and they had captured the Eldians in large numbers in Bo, and in 852 they had indeed achieved some successes that allowed them to win on the battlefield.

But the Eldians are not endless, and the United Forces of the Middle East are not just standing on stakes to be beaten.

The anti-giant cannon was the first counterattack made by the coalition forces in the Middle East.

According to Hanji's intelligence, this weapon appeared for the first time on the battlefield between the Middle East Combined Forces and Marais in February this year, and not only that, but the Middle East Combined Forces also used armored vehicles.

An ordinary Innocent Giant, in front of an ironclad car loaded with an anti-giant cannon, is a target.

A single anti-giant cannon can directly blast the giant's brain into a pulp, even if Ma Lai uses the airship to throw giant weapons at the Combine from the air, he will not be able to force back the Combine front.

The front line of the coalition forces, since March, has all been replaced by ironclad vehicles.

With the slow speed of the airship, it is impossible to drive to the rear of the enemy army under the nose of others, and with the fact that Marais himself has "exhausted" the Eldians in the territory, their defeat has become a matter of time.

Ian put down the newspaper with a solemn face, two years have passed, and the construction of the nuclear bomb has come to the final stage.

Instead of building new centrifuges, he and the rest of the researchers deployed the final nuclear bomb internals.

Only a handful of these researchers came from the island of Paradis, and many more were the top scientists and talents of the Oriental region that they had absorbed through the border ports of Isfar.

Due to the war between the Marais and the combined forces of the Middle East, the Marais army, which was originally stationed in Isfar, was all evacuated.

Paradis secretly assisted the Isfars, overthrowing all the warlords in the region and establishing a new Isfar regime.

New Isfar was the first country to establish diplomatic relations with the island of Palades, and they now have a lot of say in the Oriental zone, and they have been supported by a group of people.

New Isfar became a vassal of the island of Palladium, and through the Isfars, they recruited a group of talents, and the work of assisting the Eldians was also carried out from the border ports.

Today, the population of Parady Island has finally exceeded the 1 million mark and is in the stage of vigorous development.

But Marley surrendered at this point.

At this stage, the nuclear bomb is still a little bit almost made.

A few days later, at the end of May.

Hanji arrives in the nuclear industrial zone, where Ian is in the meeting room, meeting with her.

"The war between Marais and the combined forces of the Middle East is over." Hanji took a sip of hot tea: "This is something we didn't expect. ”

"What the hell is going on?" Ian asked.

"We've been put on the table." Hanji whispered, "Paradis Island has been planning an exit from the Iceblast Stone to affect the speed of the advance of the Middle East Coalition Army. ”

"Erwin anticipated that Marais would soon be tired on the battlefield, and in order to allow the two sides to stalemate for a while longer, we reduced the export of ice blaststones, but the newly developed ironclad vehicles of the Middle East Coalition Army, which use worse oil, have made a new breakthrough in the internal combustion engine, and even though we have limited fuel, they still push the battle line in one go."

"I'm afraid they themselves realize that relying on imports for key resources is not a long-term solution, so they are holding back a big move."

"As for Marlai, they announced that they would hold a press conference with the United Forces of the Middle East next month, that is, in June, to face the whole world. It has something to do with the Rebellio incident. ”

"Although Marley is indeed losing on the battlefield, I always feel that something is wrong, and I have a sense of uneasiness."

"Indeed." Ian rubbed his chin and pondered, "The speed at which they surrendered and held a press conference was too fast, and even if they wanted to transfer the conflict to Paradis Island, it shouldn't be a good time to do so." ”

"How long will it take to take that weapon?" Hanji stared into Ian's eyes.

"Two months." Ian stretched out two fingers: "The fastest, the first one can be made in two months, and if there is no test explosion, we can make the first nuclear bomb in early August, but the materials for the second and third will not be purified until October." ”

"In other words, will it take another four months?" Hanji exhaled, "I see, we'll try to delay it for another four months." ”

"I'll find a way to sneak in at that press conference and get in touch when the time comes."

After Hanji finished speaking, he was about to leave when suddenly there was a knock on the door of the meeting room.

"Please come in." Ian said.

The door was opened, and a soldier saluted.

"It's a telegram, just now the news came from outside the island that we have a batch of ice blast ships, which have been detained by the United Forces in the Middle East!"

"Iceblast ship?" Hanji frowned: "What's the matter, our last trade with the Middle East Combined Army ended fifteen days ago?" ”

"It's the soldiers of the Coalition Army, they seized our merchant ship in Avigni on the grounds of 'endangering national security', and everyone on board was arrested and imprisoned, this is a report from our informant in Avigni!"

"yes. Is the purpose of the Ice Blast?" Hanji suddenly realized: "No wonder. No wonder."

"After all, it's been two years, and Marley has probably been looking after how we got to Rebellio."

"That ship is also a 'merchant ship' from the port."

No matter how perfect the disguise is, as long as it is fake, there must be a horse's foot.

It took two years to find out, and it was already considered a poor efficiency of the Marais.

Ian pondered for a moment before looking up, "Captain Hanji, now that the matter is now, there is no point in tracking down how the information flowed out. ”

"I'm afraid. After that press conference, the coalition forces will declare war on us. ”

"Suspend our foreign trade activities, please go to the royal capital again, talk to Captain Erwin and Commander Pixis, and let Paradis Island enter a state of full readiness!"

(End of chapter)