DLWAV CH162

Learning that Country W had actually dispatched its Indian Ocean Fleet, Country Y, Country X, Country F, and the other six nations immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they did not fear Great Yang—after all, Great Yang was not much stronger than them at the moment—that did not mean they truly wanted to fight Great Yang to the death.

Yet forcing them to give up the meat already in their mouths left them deeply unwilling.

Now that Country W had sent over its Indian Ocean Fleet, however, they believed they could defeat Great Yang without expending the slightest effort.

“Let’s go! Let’s set sail right now to welcome Country W’s Indian Ocean Fleet.”

In an instant, countless merchant ships and fishing boats from the nine countries surged toward WL Island.

Two hours later, the warships of Country W’s Indian Ocean Fleet were the first to appear within their line of sight.

Looking at that endless, towering, and imposing line of warships, they couldn’t help erupting into cheers.

“Long live Country W!”

“May the friendship between Country W and Country Y last forever!”

“Great Yang is doomed to lose!”

For a time, the sounds of countless firecrackers and cheers rang out across the water.

Seeing this scene, General Smith couldn’t help narrowing his eyes in satisfaction.

The other soldiers aboard the warships raised their chins even more proudly.

Although they knew full well that what these people were cheering for and admiring wasn’t them, but Country W standing behind them.

Precisely because of this, they had to do everything in their power to uphold Country W’s hegemony, even at the cost of their lives.

Only in this way could Country W remain forever above other nations, and only then could they remain the objects of envy and awe for the peoples of other countries.

Therefore, this time, they didn’t just need to win; they needed to win spectacularly, letting these ignorant Asians know that no one could break the order established by Country W. Any unauthorized action was a provocation against Country W’s authority, and any nation that dared provoke Country W’s authority had only one fate: sinking into the quagmire of defeat, never to rise again.

Right at this moment, a voice suddenly came through their radio: “This is the Great Yang Navy. This is Great Yang’s WL Peninsula. Great Yang holds absolute sovereignty over the South Sea, including WL Peninsula. Please sail out of Great Yang’s territorial waters within ten minutes to avoid causing a misjudgment by our nation.”

The Great Yang Navy had arrived.

The civilians aboard the merchant ships and fishing boats of the nine countries instantly craned their necks.

And then they burst out laughing.

On the horizon, over two hundred vessels appeared, bobbing unsteadily on the waves.

Judging purely by numbers, the Great Yang Navy’s fleet clearly far exceeded that of Country W’s Indian Ocean Fleet.

Unfortunately, the tonnage of their largest vessel couldn’t even compare to that of a random cruiser from Country W’s Indian Ocean Fleet.

Most hilariously, eighty percent of their ships were ordinary transport vessels or even fishing boats.

“Is this all the confidence the Great Yang government has?”

“Had we known, we wouldn’t even have needed to ask Country W for help. With just the navies of our nine countries, we’d be more than enough to defeat Great Yang. Then we could properly extort a hefty sum of military expenses from them, and maybe even force Great Yang to cede all these southern waters directly to us.”

“Hahahahahahaha!”

Seeing this sight, even the naval officers and soldiers aboard Country W’s Indian Ocean Fleet, who had just been bracing themselves with full concentration for an all-out battle, couldn’t help laughing.

Crucially, right at this moment, the Great Yang Navy’s voice came over the radio again: “Repeating once more, this is the Great Yang Navy… sail out of Great Yang’s territorial waters to avoid causing a misjudgment by our nation.”

General Smith said haughtily, “Reply to the Great Yang Navy. Tell them the South Sea has belonged to Country Y and the other eight nations since ancient times. At the invitation of the nine nations, our Country W Indian Ocean Fleet is currently carrying out a protection mission here. If the Great Yang fleet continues to approach, to protect the safety of the nine nations, we will inevitably take necessary countermeasures.”

“Yes, sir.”

General Smith had originally thought that upon hearing his words, the Great Yang Navy would tuck its tail and flee in disgrace.

Unexpectedly, in the very next second, the Great Yang Navy’s voice rang out again: “The South Sea has been Great Yang’s maritime territory since ancient times. If your nation’s fleet does not turn back within half a minute, our nation will regard your country as invading ours, and we will take necessary countermeasures.”

Inside the flagship of Country W’s Indian Ocean Fleet, the radio operator’s voice immediately followed up: “That transmission from the Great Yang Navy was broadcast over the public channel.”

This meant the Great Yang Navy was openly challenging Country W in front of the entire world.

How dare Great Yang?

The adjutant’s brows furrowed tightly once again.

General Smith, however, threw his head back and roared with laughter.

“Great Yang sees that we’re serious and got scared, yet they don’t want to slink away empty-handed, so they’re trying to bluff us to see if they can scare us off?”

“I know what this tactic is called in their culture. It’s called the Empty Fort Strategy.”

“Unfortunately for them, I am no Sima Yi. I don’t have to worry that after killing Zhuge Liang, the Emperor will turn on a meritorious general like me due to a lack of external enemies. Naturally, I won’t fall for it.”

At almost the exact same time, the Great Yang Navy began counting down: “30, 29… 24, 23…”

Immediately after, an urgent phone call came through.

The caller was none other than the President himself.

The elderly President’s voice was firm and forceful: “The majesty of Country W brooks no offense. If Great Yang dares make any provocative move, counterattack immediately and annihilate them on the spot.”

“Yes, sir.”

General Smith ordered without hesitation: “Command all vessels to lock onto the Great Yang naval fleet. The moment the enemy opens fire, retaliate immediately.”

“Yes, sir.”

Meanwhile, the Great Yang Navy was still counting down.

“…17, 16… 9…”

Witnessing this, everyone aboard the merchant ships and fishing boats of the nine nations stood up.

They murmured in disbelief, “Has Great Yang truly lost its mind?”

“Are they actually preparing to go to war with Country W?”

Soon, however, someone snapped out of it.

“I bet Great Yang is just bluffing.”

“I bet Great Yang doesn’t dare fire either.”

“…6, 5, 4…”

Unable to hold back, everyone crowded onto the decks.

They started counting down themselves: “…2, 1, 0!”

Finishing the count, they all narrowed their eyes, staring intently at the Great Yang fleet.

Right at that moment, someone suddenly cried out in alarm: “What is that?!”

The Great Yang Navy had actually made its move.

Too preoccupied to fight for viewing spots, everyone looked over in unison.

From the decks of Great Yang’s warships, swarm after swarm of black dots suddenly soared into the sky, shooting straight toward Country W’s fleet.

“A-Are those fighter jets?”

“Impossible! If Great Yang had that many fighter jets, would they be reduced to borrowing money from Country Q just to buy a few second-hand pharmaceutical production lines?”

“Besides, don’t fighter jets need an aircraft carrier to take off at sea?”

The officers and soldiers aboard Country W’s Indian Ocean Fleet were the first to react.

“Enemy attack!”

In an instant, blaring alarms echoed across the skies above WL Peninsula.

In truth, General Smith and his officers had already gotten a clear look at what had flown off Great Yang’s warships, having immediately raised the binoculars hanging around their necks.

The very next second, however, they lowered their binoculars.

They didn’t forget to rub their eyes, either.

Because they thought their eyes must be playing tricks on them.

Only when they raised the binoculars to their eyes a second time did they finally realize they hadn’t seen wrong.

Charging straight toward them were not fighter jets at all, but five-meter-long wild boars whose tusks alone measured a full meter in length.

“Wild boars?”

Looking at the sky filled with wild boars, their first thought was: Great Yang’s wild boars can actually fly?

Followed immediately by: So Great Yang is planning to send a herd of wild boars to fight us?

No, rather, Great Yang wasn’t provoking them at all; they were clearly delivering free meat right to their doorstep!

That was, until the sunlight shining directly onto their faces suddenly vanished without a trace. In just those few brief seconds, those “wild boars” had already flown directly overhead.

Only then did reality dawn on them.

How could ordinary wild boars possibly be this enormous?

How could ordinary wild boars possibly fly?!

Most terrifyingly of all, in the next second, fireballs materialized out of thin air in front of those “wild boars,” growing larger and larger by the heartbeat…

With a sudden yank, the adjutant snapped the chain around his neck. The ring hanging from it dropped onto the deck and rolled away into some unknown corner.

Nobody cared anymore.

“Defensive positions!”

General Smith’s eyes were bloodshot as he screamed hysterically.

Terrified soldiers had already begun pulling their triggers.

It was too late.

The tongues of fire spitting from their anti-aircraft guns were instantly swallowed by the overwhelming barrage of fireballs unleashed by the “wild boar” army. Closer and closer those fireballs hurtled…

Boom!

The instant the fireballs slammed into the warships, the blinding glare illuminated the sheer terror etched across the faces of the officers and crew.

Then, the world spun upside down.

Country W’s entire Indian Ocean Fleet was completely engulfed in flames.

For a moment, thunderous explosions shook the entire WL Peninsula, instantly drowning out the cheers and gongs from the island.

The shockwaves from the blasts even swept over the merchant ships and fishing boats of the nine nations miles away, as well as the submarines lurking beneath the sea.

Amid piercing screams above the surface, countless people standing on the decks were thrown into the ocean.

Below the surface, officers and crew inside the submarines lost their footing and crashed violently into the surrounding equipment.

Yet the ordeal was far from over.

Clutching his bleeding head, the commander of the submarine squadron made an immediate decision, roaring, “Dive! Dive!”

Still too late.

In the next second, thousands of “wild boars” plunged into the ocean with unstoppable momentum, chasing straight after them.

Brooks was a gunner aboard the submarine Haines and one of the top sharpshooters in the Indian Ocean Fleet.

Without waiting for his commander’s order, he scrambled up from the floor, manned the turret, and locked onto a “wild boar” charging directly toward the Haines.

The exact instant the commander gave the order to defend, Brooks pulled the trigger.

A shell shrieked out through the water, hurtling straight toward the approaching “wild boar.”

“Direct hit!”

Even though the shell was still several hundred meters away from the “wild boar,” Brooks had already foreseen the outcome.

Sure enough, a second later, the shell struck the “wild boar” dead on.

The moment the shell detonated, all the officers and crew around him erupted into cheers.

“Nice shot, Brooks!”

Only then did they notice that the expression on Brooks’s face had suddenly frozen solid.

They whipped their heads around to look, just in time to see that exact “wild boar” burst straight out of the explosion unscathed.

A shell powerful enough to sink a three-thousand-ton frigate hadn’t left so much as a scratch on these “wild boars.”

Every trace of expression vanished from their faces.

In the very next second, the “wild boar” slammed a single hoof against their submarine, tearing open a gash over half a meter wide. Seawater immediately surged into the submarine like a broken dam…

Not far away, aboard the merchant ships and fishing boats of the nine nations, those still standing on deck made no move to rescue the people who had fallen overboard.

They watched helplessly as the ships of Country W’s Indian Ocean Fleet, hailed as the number one fleet in the world, sank one after another.

They watched helplessly as more and more corpses of Country W naval soldiers floated to the surface, alongside growing numbers of surrendered survivors who had narrowly escaped with their lives…

Then, tens of thousands of “wild boars” flew straight toward them.

Speaking in human tongues, their voices rang out cold and stern: “We are the Great Yang Navy.”

“These are Great Yang’s territorial waters.”

“You are under arrest on suspicion of trespassing into Great Yang territory.”

“Lay down your weapons and surrender immediately, or be executed on the spot.”

In the next second: thud.

Those people collapsed straight onto the decks.

Listening to the distant wails and staring at the army of wild boars hovering right before their eyes, they had to be dreaming. They definitely had to be dreaming, right?