This Is Dragon Country's Justified Self-Defense!
At this moment, Lee Jae-yong realized that it wasn't a traitor, but something strange that had infiltrated their Challengers Faction's communication channels.
"What exactly is going on?"
"Could it be signal interference from Dragon Country? How could that be?"
Lee Jae-yong simply couldn't understand the situation before him.
Having experienced so many Instance, he had never seen the Challengers Faction's communication system be hacked before the battle even began. If an opposing force in Instance could act so brazenly, then the Challengers would have no chance of winning.
Keep in mind that they are currently located outside the Dragon Country's sea area.
If the Dragon Country is jamming signals, then it's not that they are invading the Dragon Country, but rather that the Dragon Country is invading the Challengers Faction!
"Commander! Something's happened! Something's happened on the sea!"
"An unidentified vessel has appeared at the 12 o'clock position!"
Hearing the urgent shouts from the communications soldier outside, Lee Jae-yong's heart raced instantly.
He immediately stood up from his seat and ran to the observation cabin with lightning speed, almost taking two steps at a time.
Looking out through the binoculars, a white ship could be vaguely seen floating quietly about 10 nautical miles away.
He looked out through the binoculars. In the distance, about ten nautical miles away, a white ship was faintly visible.
It is like a mysterious sea monster, quietly lurking in the deep sea.
The ship had a very peculiar design, with four huge white spheres standing on its deck. They seemed to be the eyes of the ship, radiating a deep light.
In the center of these four white spheres, a towering signal tower pierces the sky, as if transmitting some kind of message to the heavens.
The ship is devoid of any superfluous decorations; it is simple yet powerful. The only traces of weaponry are the four naval cannons on the deck.
A red flag is fluttering in the wind at the top of the signal tower.
"Commander, those should be ships from the Dragon Country!"
"I saw that flag in the Instance description before; it's the symbol of the Dragon Country!"
One of the Challengers spoke up next to Lee Jae-yong, looking rather nervous.
"Damn! It really is a ship from the Dragon Country."
"Why isn't this ship detected by the radar system? We're using the Eagle Sauce Country's most advanced aircraft carrier right now."
Lee Jae-yong's hands were clenched tightly, his fingers turning white from the excessive force.
It's obvious that this ship was eavesdropping on their communication system and maliciously adding music to it to harass them.
This is blatant provocation! It's a brazen insult!
"Commander, should we destroy this ship?" the Challengers asked from the side.
For a moment, Lee Jae-yong was caught in a dilemma. With just this one ship, opening fire would mean declaring war on the Dragon Country.
This place is still some distance from the border of the Dragon Country's territorial waters, and declaring war prematurely would inevitably disrupt our own rhythm.
At the very least, the blitzkrieg tactics can no longer be used.
But if they don't destroy this detestable little white ship, all their orders will be stolen by the Dragon Country.
In that brief moment of hesitation, the white ship suddenly started moving and vanished into a sea fog.
They just ran away so casually.
At the same time, a piercing alarm sounded from the sky.
[Firmament Notification: Challengers, your communications have been intercepted by the Dragon Country's Type 815A Electronic Reconnaissance Ship! Please change your battle orders immediately!]
[Firmament Notification: The Dragon Country has detected the Stick Country's offensive intentions and will launch a saturation attack on the Challengers's fleet and Air Force!]
[Firmament Notification: All Challengers' naval and air units have been located by the Dragon Country's Beidou Satellite Positioning System!]
[Firmament Notification: The North Sea Fleet is en route to the First Battlefield! The Qizhou Air Force is en route to the First Battlefield!]
[Firmament Notification: The First Squadron of the North Sea Fleet of the Dragon Country, including the Wei Haiwei, Donglai, Zibo, Lanling, Yicheng, Liaocheng, and sixteen other Type 055 Destroyers, has arrived at the battlefield!]
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A series of urgent alarms followed one after another, leaving Lee Jae-yong dizzy and disoriented.
My initial confidence has completely crumbled.
What's going on?
They only had a plan in place, and hadn't even really started it yet, and the Dragon Country was already going to attack them?!
The key point is that the Challengers didn't even enter the Dragon Country's territory; it was the Dragon Country that was stealing the Challengers' intelligence!
Lin Ye's twisted character design is completely illogical.
If all Instance are set up like this, how are we supposed to beat them?
"Firmament, why?"
"I want to appeal; this Instance setting is extremely unreasonable!"
"The Instance quest description allows Challengers to freely launch an attack on the Dragon Country, without mentioning at all that the Dragon Country would attack us! These details are completely absent from the Instance description, which I believe is intentionally misleading."
"And this ship! It's clearly stealing intelligence from outside the Dragon Country. The Instance should have clearly stated from the beginning that this is a defense Instance, so that Challengers would be prepared to deal with the Dragon Country!"
The sudden change disrupted Lee Jae-yong's plans, which he had been working on all day, and he was naturally very anxious.
[Firmament Notification: After review by Firmament, all settings in this Instance are deemed reasonable!]
[In the Earth Online setting, you are currently in international waters, where the Dragon Country has the right to allow its ships to navigate and obtain any information.]
[The Dragon Country has detected your offensive actions. The Dragon Country's current offensive is considered legitimate self-defense!]
Damn it!
Lee Jae-yong had no time to deal with the Firmament anymore, because the Dragon Country's fleet was about to arrive.
The original plan was a surprise attack, but now that the Dragon Country has a large army pressing in, the surprise attack has become a joke.
We can only passively defend ourselves!
"I can't panic, I can't panic."
Lee Jae-yong kept comforting himself, forcing himself to cheer up.
Even if the blitzkrieg tactic fails, the Challengers are not without World War I chance.
After all, they now have four aircraft carriers, as well as hundreds of destroyers and frigates.
He had just heard the warning from the Firmament that the first force from the Dragon Country consisted of only 16 destroyers.
16 destroyers?
Is this a delivery of groceries?
My own carrier strike group, coupled with the overwhelming Air Force, is far superior to 16 destroyers!
"All personnel, listen up! Because the Dragon Country stole our information, the previous battle plan is cancelled!"
"Everyone, get to combat readiness! We must..."
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Before Lee Jae-yong could finish giving his instructions, a cracking sound was heard.
It was as if the sea had suddenly roared, followed by a violent tremor on the surface.
The intense tremors had already made him lose his footing. The cabin windows shattered in the shaking, turning into countless fragments. At that moment, everything outside the window was in chaos, with the firelight illuminating the terrified sea.
He was thrown to the ground by the shockwave, and the whole world seemed to be spinning. Looking out through the shattered window, the scene before him was horrifying.
On the right side of the "Goryeo" aircraft carrier, the "Li carrier was being bombarded by more than a dozen missiles.
Sparks flew everywhere, engulfing the ship in a raging inferno. The hull shook violently, and the cabins were shattered!
The enormous sea monster was sinking helplessly, slowly disappearing beneath the turbulent surface of the sea.