Boom!!! (Part 2) (It Really Exploded)

At the same time Sugawara Keisuke and the others' shipborne boats rendezvoused.

Out on the sea, several nautical miles away.

"Old Wang."

Wang Anyi was standing inside the command cabin when he received a radio message from Gui Zhaolin:

"According to the sentries, the command ship group from Across the sea—or, rather, the Western countries—has dispatched five shipborne boats to follow you, escorted by a destroyer."

"Additionally, all five vessels in the original waters—three large and two small—show signs of movement. The destroyer from Taiwan is the one you should watch most closely."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the Yang-class Xianyang. It's in the same league as our Ship 101."

"Also, our observations show that another small boat to your south is armed with light weapons, but it isn't flying a national or factional flag. Be extremely careful."

Wang Anyi's expression didn't change as he acknowledged the report.

"Understood. Keep watching, and contact me immediately if anything changes."

After ending the call,

Wang Anyi went to the window and looked out across the distant sea.

There were five vessels on either side of them—three large and two small—along with five shipborne boats and a destroyer behind them. If nothing unexpected happened, those were all the opponents they would face this time.

That wasn't a small number, but it was the most the Rabbits could manage to gather under the circumstances.

After all, over the past few days the fleets of various countries had been scattered at random across the waters around the Rabbits' warships. Their positions were highly unpredictable and beyond anyone's control.

In the direction their vessels had set out, for instance, five ships—three large and two small—had already been anchored or cruising. There was no way to lure them away.

But among those five ships, only