169: Chapter 169 Untitled 2

A crew member ran in from outside, reporting to Yoshino with a nervous expression.

Yoshino waved his hand and stood up, steadying himself on the command console. At this moment, his ship had deviated from its original course, veering off to the right.

"Helmsman, stabilize the course. Navigator, stop the ship. Tell the other two ships to abandon the forward thrust and close in on us!" Yoshino ordered helplessly.

"Commander, are we, are we just giving up like this?"

"The situation is unclear; we must first check the ship's status. Do you want to sink this ship? If we keep entangling ourselves, we won't get anything good out of it."

Yoshino Eishi calmly analyzed the current situation. He had to give this order, even though he didn't want to give up just like that.

"Our mission has already been completed..."

Yoshino felt a bit dejected. He now had to admit that they had been too passive during this operation. Although they had tried to maintain the initiative throughout the entire process, the opposing commander did not play by the rules at all.

"Captain, you can't say that. We have already completed the mission assigned to us by Base Camp. I believe Base Camp will see our efforts. You, you need to pull yourself together!"

Seeing Yoshino looking so dejected, the Navigator began to encourage him. After a while, Yoshino finally recovered.

"Hmm, you're right. Let's go. Come with me to check the damage to the ship. As for the Huaxia fleet, let them be."

"Yes!"

"Koizumi Squad, Base Camp has ordered a retreat. Please execute the order immediately."

"But..."

"This is an order from the supreme commander of Base Camp. Execute it immediately!"

"Yes!"

Koizumi Ichiro accepted the order helplessly, though he was unconvinced.

Koizumi Ichiro didn't dally after speaking; he performed a roll to break contact and flew toward the island nation. The remaining wingmen followed him and disengaged one after another.

Yoshino went to the deck and looked at the hull, a feeling of sorrow rising in his heart.

"Damn the Huaxia people!" he cursed inwardly.

At this moment, a helicopter landed on the ship, and an officer stepped down.

"Yoshino-kun, Base Camp is very dissatisfied with your performance this time," the officer said.

"I did my best!" Yoshino defended himself.

"Regardless, you must take responsibility for this matter," the officer said sternly.

Yoshino was silent for a moment, then looked up and said: "I will take responsibility."

He knew his military career might end here...

In an instant, they caught up with the coast guard formation on the sea.

"Lower altitude, do a flyby, and say hello to our comrades," the captain ordered.

"You got it!"

On the deck of Ship 46440!

Next to Captain Gao, several crew members shouted excitedly.

"Captain, our comrades are calling you!" a crew member shouted, running out of the command room.

Hearing this, Gao Mingbo quickly replied: "Right away!" He hurried back to the command room and quickly picked up the headset.

"Hello, comrades! We are returning to our station. Wishing you a safe journey!" Gao Mingbo said into the headset, his voice filled with a hint of a smile and well wishes.

"Goodbye!" the other party responded briefly, then hung up.

Gao Mingbo slowly put down the headset, a complex emotion welling up in his heart.

Gradually moving away, the figures in the sky also drifted further and further away.

Gao Mingbo stood where he was, quietly gazing into the distance, as if he could still feel that powerful force.