"They must be out of their minds..."
As China made a series of responses, many people cried out that they could not understand it. After all, this was completely at odds with China's usual approach.
No matter what, shouldn't they have condemned them first, then said something like "Do not say we did not warn you"? Why were they jumping straight to "If you want war, then war it is"?
Chinese diplomacy was not supposed to be like this!
When the five-star admiral in the fleet received the radio message, he was completely dumbfounded. So... should they keep sailing forward or not?
It had to be said, this fleet did not even have an aircraft carrier!
He had originally thought they could casually fire a few shots as a gesture. At first, the other side surely would not react in time to retaliate. Even if they counterattacked later, he would no longer be on the front line by then. The credit for initially beating them until they could not fight back would be enough to carry him into retirement...
But what was going on now?
This was not right, was it?
"General, are we still moving forward?"
The deputy commander beside him could not help asking.
The five-star admiral fell silent for a moment before speaking.
"The ocean currents ahead are abnormal and may extend our expected travel time. We can use this opportunity to wait for reinforcements from the rear."
America was arrogant, not stupid. Seeing China's response, it should immediately send reinforcements... right?
Boom—
The next day, amid Divine Punishment in the form of a saturation strike, the entire fleet vanished from where it had been.
"Huh? They really did not even try to dodge... Could it be an empty-ship ruse? But there are no islands or lifeboats