"Report! Kou Island's Third Legion and Seventeenth Field Division are rapidly approaching Capital City!"
A soldier operating a drone aboard the Seventh Fleet hurriedly reported.
Captain Zhou looked toward the coastline with worry.
He could not go ashore and could only fret helplessly.
"That's a force of over ten thousand. Once they surround them, this attack will all have been for nothing." Even the vice-captain's cigarette-holding hand trembled. "Zhou, we're soldiers. We can't watch our own countrymen die right in front of us."
"What do you want to do? Our mission is to keep a close eye on the base. There's nothing we can do about reinforcements coming by road."
"Reporting to the captain! Aboard ship, we're sailors. Ashore, we're still the Dragon Kingdom's finest soldiers!" The young soldier beside Captain Zhou stood straight and saluted. "Private Li Xiaoshan requests permission to go ashore and support our countrymen!"
"No. If we go ashore, it becomes a national war."
Captain Zhou sternly refused.
He wanted to go ashore as much as anyone, but a soldier's duty was to obey. Without orders from above, he could not move.
"Move the fleet up! Get close to the coastline and put pressure on Kou Island's base. Draw as many of their troops as possible!"
"Send Ji Min a message. Tell him Kou Island's reinforcements will arrive in an hour. They must withdraw. As long as they reach the shore, I'll keep them safe even if it costs me my life!"
The execution ground.
Xiao Yuan hung up the phone.
She glanced at the chaotic battlefield.
The Dragon Kingdom's Lei Zi and the Amaterasu Sect's ninjas were locked in fierce combat.
After a moment's hesitation, she shouted to Overlord, "Kou Island's reinforcements are coming. We have to retreat. We can't get trapped in the