The Lament of Beautiful Country's Navy

It was noon. Sunlight spilled across the sea, its rays reflecting off the steel hulls. The golden glow formed a stark contrast with the cold, imposing silhouettes of the iron warships, dazzling the eye.

Across the blue ocean, a vast fleet of modern warships sailed slowly through the boundless sea.

Its lineup was magnificent: two Nimitz-class aircraft carriers formed a dual-carrier fleet, accompanied by destroyers, frigates, and submarines.

The 100,000-ton aircraft carriers were Beautiful Country's trump cards at sea, aside from the Roosevelt aircraft carrier, which was still loitering near the Bering Strait.

On February 8, 2033, the two-carrier battle group formed by Eisenhower and Reagan, along with warships from numerous allies and lackeys it had gathered, forcibly breached the treaty line everyone had tacitly observed. They intended to land on Penglai Immortal Island once more and seek the secret of the elixir of immortality.

On the two aircraft carriers, dense ranks of fighter jets and helicopters filled the enormous decks. Aircraft that had already taken off roared through the sky, their engines echoing over the sea wind like surging war drums.

Nearby, frigates and destroyers guarded the waters, spreading an air-defense net and weaving around the carriers as they watched the surrounding sea, preparing for a possible saturation missile bombardment.

To be precise, Beautiful Country was defending against Jieko Group—against its Cruiser Armory Ships.

Amid the howling sea wind, waves pounded the hulls with deep, forceful booms. The entire fleet had entered full combat readiness.

That was because, two hundred kilometers away, Jieko Group's Far East Task Force was facing them from afar—a formidable fleet made up of five Devourer-class Deep Submergence Cruisers.

It was not only Jieko Group's Far East Task Force. Many other countries' warships and fleets had also gathered in the nearby waters. Not everyone was