The only railway bridge between the mountains was gone.
Two hours later, the President and a group of people at the railway station stood on the side of the cliff like a group of quails.
Another two kilometers on the other side of the cliff was the tunnel that connected Lithuania to the outside world.
This railway bridge, which was built in the 1980s and had a history of almost 40 years, was gone just like that?
"Bridge … Where's the bridge?" The President's eyes were as red as blood.
"I don't know!" The railway station's station master shivered in the wind.
This railway bridge was a product before the collapse of the Soviet Union. At that time, the State of Rigavia was still in the arms of the Soviet Union. The railway was built by the Soviet Union's Railway Industry Department. From technology to funds, the State of Rigavia didn't spend any effort.
The Soviet Union used 1524 mm wide gauge, while Europe used 1435 mm standard gauge.
When the State of Rigavia had just entered the arms of Europe, many people complained that their railway was not connected to Europe. It took time to change the wheels of a train.
Now, the train didn't have to run anymore.
"After the port, there's the railway." The President pointed to the empty canyon and trembled. "This must be done by Monster Industries. They stole the railway bridge."
"Investigate. Send someone to the canyon to investigate immediately."
"I don't believe it. Monster Industries has magic. They can make this railway bridge disappear. They must have left evidence."
This was a steel railway bridge. The main body of the bridge was made of steel. Below it were bridge piers that were more than 20 meters high into the canyon.
If the steel bridge had been stolen, it was still excusable.
The bridge body was a spliced structure. With professional tools, the bridge body could be dismantled. But where were the six bridge piers in the canyon?
The railway station staff followed the winding path down to the bottom of the canyon with righteous indignation. In the end, they couldn't find anything related to the railway bridge. The bridge piers were gone. Even the surroundings of the original bridge piers were piled with gravel.
Then, they felt that the gravel was a little abnormal, and the shape was a little strange.
Upon inspection, they found that the gravel was the concrete fragments of the bridge piers.
It was reasonable to say that the bridge piers not only had concrete, but also a lot of steel bars as support. They rummaged through the concrete fragments, but they couldn't find even a finger-long steel bar.
Tearing down a railway bridge just to steal steel bars?
That afternoon, Mr. President called the office of the president of Monster Industries no less than five times.
Every time, the CEO's assistant with a pleasant voice would only repeat one sentence, "Mr. President, if you don't have evidence, please don't use such a ridiculous thing to slander an outstanding company with a sense of social responsibility."
"It must be you guys. This is revenge. We, Rigavia, will not let this go … "
Every time, before Mr. President could finish his harsh words, the other party would hang up.
In the end, he couldn't even get through the phone.
Call the police?
He was the president of the State of Rigavia, and he would be the one to lead the investigation after the police were called.
After stopping all trains in and out of Rigavia in despair, the President had no choice but to seek the help of European railway authorities.
Rebuild the railway bridge?
There was no problem. There was no technical difficulty in building a railway bridge with a span of 30 meters. The construction cost was 50 million USD, and the construction period was one year.
Europe was a capitalistic society. As long as one had money, they could build as many railway bridges as they wanted.
If one didn't have money …
As for Rigavia's complaint that Monster Industries had stolen the railway bridge, European railway authorities were in a difficult position. In this case, the Monster Industry is indeed the most suspicious.
The problem was that there had to be evidence for this kind of thing.
Tearing down a railway bridge in one night was truly inconceivable.
Therefore, Rigavia could quickly follow the railway line to find evidence.
The other party must have used the train to transport away the steel bars of the bridge. It shouldn't be difficult to find evidence.
…
Rigavia was in despair.
The next day, the news that the railway bridge connecting the outside world disappeared spread to the outside world. Almost all the beer factories and construction companies chose to terminate their cooperation agreements with Rigavia.
Business dealings were so realistic. They were sorry that Rigavia had suffered such misfortune.
But if the contract could not be terminated, it would be a misfortune for both of them.
At the European Union's usual daily meeting today, the representatives of various countries also began a detailed discussion about the lost railway bridge in Rigavia.
In the end, they agreed that the railway bridge was demolished by Monster Industries.
It was not difficult to dismantle the bridge overnight, but it was difficult to dismantle the bridge pier overnight. It was even more difficult to transport the steel away without anyone noticing.
They suspected that Monster Industries had rented a train, but after a detailed investigation of the train attendance records of the surrounding countries, they could not find traces of the train.
Some things did not require evidence. No matter how well Monster Industries did, it did not prevent them from becoming the biggest suspect.
At the meeting, several small countries could not stand the unscrupulous and overbearing behavior of Monster Industries. They jointly called on several large countries to launch sanctions against Monster Industries.
"Although this happened to Rigavia, Rigavia is also a member of the European Union."
"Business cooperation has always been about interests. Rigavia tore up the treaty in advance, but they also considered interests. This is very common in business cooperation."
"Who can guarantee that what happened to Rigavia will not happen to us one day?"
"Monster Industries was not satisfied with blocking the port. They actually dismantled Rigavia's only railway to the outside world. If we do not do anything, other small countries will be disappointed and think that the European Union is a paper tiger. "
The small countries hoped to launch sanctions against Monster Industries. In addition, the representatives of Rigavia kept crying, saying that Monster Industries had destroyed all their import and export trade, causing a devastating blow to Rigavia's economy. If they did not do something about Monster Industries, then what was the point of the European Union existing?
These words made sense.
Even large countries like Germany and France could not ignore the opinions of those small countries.
In addition, Rigavia was indeed a bit miserable. It would take a year or two for the import and export trade to recover.
So at the end of the meeting, the countries reached a consensus.
With Rigavia taking the lead and other countries jointly supporting, they issued an ultimatum against Monster Industries.
Stealing the railway bridge was not easy to talk about without evidence. Monster Industries could not deny the sinking of the cargo ship at the port.
That afternoon, Rigavia issued an ultimatum to Monster Industries.
The ultimatum required that Monster Industries must pay 500 million US dollars for the port and import and export losses. If they refused to comply, the European Union member states would increase import tariffs on magic crystal mobile phones according to the agreement.
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