139: Take it out on Vladivostok first!

"Rest assured, Prime Minister Xiao Chuan!"

"The mistake of Pearl Harbor will absolutely not be repeated this time! I will personally break through Lin Ye's first line of defense."

Yamamoto Thirty-eight, with his bulging belly, tossed his cigarette butt directly onto the wooden floor of the Imperial Garden.

At this moment, he was full of confidence.

During the Raging Sea and Surging Waves instance, he only had thirty thousand warships and a mere one hundred thousand troops. Compared to the current one million warships, it was completely insufficient.

With one million warships and a navy composed of one and a half million Great Harmony warriors, Yamamoto Thirty-eight was completely confident in crushing anything that floated on the sea.

"Commander Yamamoto, remember not to be too reckless."

Takakawa did not let Yamamoto Thirty-eight take all the troops; he only gave Yamamoto Thirty-eight half of the forces, which was five hundred thousand warships, just in case.

Even if Yamamoto Thirty-eight failed in his initial campaign, he would still have a chance to counterattack.

He did not want to plant trees for others to enjoy the shade, making a wedding dress for the other three Settlements.

"Understood, I will have Mr. Park cooperate with the attack. If anyone dies, it should be the South Korea people who charge first," Yamamoto Thirty-eight said with a smile.

Just as Takakawa announced that the Great Harmony Island was officially at war with Mao Xiong Country, citing Mao Xiong Country's hegemony as the reason, a Sky Curtain notification immediately sounded.

"Sky Curtain Notification: Given that a force in the instance has declared war on Mao Xiong Country, Mao Xiong Country will launch an attack on the declared force at any time. Please prepare for battle!"

"Mao Xiong Country's attacks will be on a country-by-country basis. Forces and countries that have not declared war on Mao Xiong Country will not be actively attacked."

Immediately after, a new feature was released to the four Commander.

"Sky Curtain Notification: Due to the large number of participants in this instance, and considering the tactical choices the Challenger needs to execute, a special channel has been opened for the TOP100 Challenger of the four countries: Winter One Channel!"

"The four Commander can specify combat plans in this channel. All information in this channel is highly confidential to the Challenger's forces and cannot be infiltrated by Mao Xiong Country. The Sky Curtain can ensure the authenticity of this matter."

Heal, the Three Generals, as well as Park Chengwan, Kim Geun-seok, and Takakawa and Yamamoto Thirty-eight, were all directly pulled into this special channel.

All conversations in this channel were encrypted, and even the spectators in the live broadcast could not know the information within.

"Heh heh, this Lin Ye is quite thoughtful, he considers us Challenger very well," Yamamoto Thirty-eight said with a chuckle.

He truly couldn't understand how much confidence Lin Ye had in his own instance to be so considerate of the Challenger!

He directly shouted in the channel:

"Mr. Park, our war is about to begin!"

"Received. This time, let South Korea's Air Force and Great Harmony's Navy put on a good surprise attack for the people of Azure Star!" Park Chengwan also let out a soft chuckle in the channel.

"Two hours later, launch a combined land and air attack!"

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Soon, Yamamoto Thirty-eight arrived at the Wu Hai Arsenal, leading the mighty Great Harmony Navy, composed of five hundred thousand fleets, across the Great Harmony Sea, directly towards Vladivostok in Mao Xiong Country.

At the same time, Park Chengwan's Ma Country also directly declared war on Mao Xiong Country at the Blue House!

He personally commanded the South Korea air group to fly to Vladivostok!

In the instance live broadcast, the audience did not quite understand the alliance's first wave of attacks and couldn't help but start discussing.

"I can understand the active declaration of war by Great Harmony and Ma Country; they are probably afraid of the penalty for undeclared war in Lord Ye's instance. But why set the most powerful first wave of attack on Vladivostok?"

"It is indeed strange. Vladivostok is not one of the Three Major Cities at all. Even if it is captured, it wouldn't count as completing the mission, right?"

"Everyone, don't worry about these big shots. It's like bronze players worrying about Challengers. Save your energy..."

"This instance has no time limit, so the Settlement Alliance can naturally attack as they please."

"Looking at it this way, the alliance is still very cautious. With such an advantageous combat power, they still want to play tactics."

Most of the audience naturally couldn't understand the alliance's strategic plan, as their levels were limited, and their vision even more so.

The first wave of attack, set on Vladivostok, was the result of a joint discussion between Park Chengwan and Takakawa.

For no other reason than that Vladivostok was the closest city in Mao Xiong Country to Great Harmony Island and Ma Country.

Previous instances had shown that Mao Xiong Country had extremely strong tracking and counterattack capabilities.

If Great Harmony Island and Ma Country had to trek all the way to the three main cities in the west before attacking, they would most likely be directly intercepted by Mao Xiong Country, which would put them in a very passive position.

Rather than that, it was better to start with the closest city.

Mao Xiong Country's forces were finite; it didn't matter where they fought! Attacking an insignificant Vladivostok could also effectively disperse Mao Xiong Country's forces.

As for attacking the main cities, it would naturally be better to leave that to Ma Country and War Chariot Country, which were closer to Mao Xiong Country.

This was the greatest advantage of dispersed forces and coordinated attacks.

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Two hours later, Yamamoto Thirty-eight's fleet had arrived less than two nautical miles outside Vladivostok.

Five hundred thousand warships were divided into hundreds of small fleets, directly covering the entire sea area. Various types of warships were arranged in formation, looking like a dark, dense school of fish!

The roaring engine sounds converged, almost drowning out the sound of the waves.

The Great Harmony Challenger stood on the deck at this moment, excitedly organizing the weapons in their hands.

And at this moment, the distant Vladivostok harbor was shrouded in a thin mist. Through the mist, the faint outline of the city in the distance could still be seen.

Just like Pearl Harbor before, there seemed to be no patrols or defenses.

In the flagship's command cabin, Yamamoto Thirty-eight called out to Park Chengwan in the channel.

"Mr. Park, I am in position, ready to attack at any time!"

At this time, Park Chengwan had already brought his air group to the skies above Vladivostok, constantly circling and observing the ground situation.

Similar to Takakawa's idea, Park Chengwan also reserved a portion of his forces in Ma Country this time, bringing only five hundred thousand warplanes.

The remaining five hundred thousand warplanes were pre-set; once he unfortunately sacrificed himself, command would directly be handed over to his nephew, Kim Geun-seok.

Five hundred thousand warplanes were already quite a lot. If there was a top-down view at this moment, it would feel as if these five hundred thousand planes were migratory birds, circling around the city of Vladivostok.

This kind of scene had never appeared in any previous instance.

Five hundred thousand warplanes combined with five hundred thousand warships truly gave a sense of a doomsday premonition, like dark clouds pressing down on a city, threatening to destroy it!