Full-Scale War 14

The battle erupting within the Arctic Circle between the Decepticons and the U.S. military had drawn the attention of an increasing number of countries.

Although the United States and Canada were doing everything they could to keep it under wraps, there were no secrets in the internet age.

Earth's orbital space was filled with satellites from countries around the world. Moreover, astronomical observatories in various nations had only recently detected a highly suspicious large-scale meteor shower falling into this region.

And during the battle, the U.S. military had launched several hundred Tomahawk cruise missiles at once. It would have been difficult not to catch the attention of the spy satellites spread everywhere.

Thanks to Russia's close attention, Sun Cheng was likewise able to obtain highly detailed firsthand data.

Inside Base Two, Sun Cheng studied the battle footage Mora's spies had just sent back from North Port, deep in thought.

Severodvinsk Naval Port had not been abandoned after his own withdrawal.

Quite the opposite. Russia and a certain Far Eastern country had been tacitly and jointly squeezed out by several Old European nations and the increasingly resurgent United States, leaving them unable to acquire more advanced equipment from the Black Market.

Thus, as compensation—and because Sun Cheng was deliberately keeping the balance of power between Russia and NATO from becoming too uneven—North Port had instead grown increasingly prosperous.

Nearly every month, more than a hundred thousand tons of assorted supplies passed in and out of North Port. If not for Russia's rigid internal system and inefficiency, coupled with Base Two's continued use of cargo submarines to transport supplies for security reasons, which invisibly limited the scale, the monthly volume of goods traded through North Port could have been several times greater.

A military meeting was quietly convened in a conference room