19: Incredible air support

There are actually two main types of missiles: cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. Cruise missiles excel in flexibility, while ballistic missiles are superior in range.

Short-range ballistic missiles have a range of approximately one thousand kilometers.

Medium-range ballistic missiles can have a range of about three thousand kilometers.

The farthest-reaching intercontinental ballistic missiles can even strike targets ten thousand kilometers away.

However, it's a pity that Lin Ye still hasn't found a way to let these people experience the charm of intercontinental ballistic missiles, because the Extinguish Country Fleet is an Aircraft Carrier group and cannot accommodate this level of missile.

In fact, Lin Ye was no longer very interested in watching the progress of the later stages of the instance.

It was clear that these Challengers couldn't even handle the Extinguish Country Fleet, so what was the point of talking about clearing the instance?

One must know that this Extinguish Country Fleet was only an elite monster level within the Raging Sea instance, not even a mini-boss…

Lin Ye stretched lazily and directly exited the instance live stream.

It was early morning, and he was planning to go for a run downstairs.

After all, designing instances was a mentally and physically demanding job.

Next, the refinement of the Raging Sea instance, as well as the preliminary designs for Great Wall Watch and Winter is Coming, all needed to be put on the agenda.

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Lin Ye had exited, but the people in the instance were still suffering.

At this moment, above the blue waves, amidst the morning mist, the Challenger's fleet was still accelerating.

After the recent missile strike, the Challenger fleet, which originally had over seventy warships, now had fewer than fifty remaining.

Inside the command room, Ito Hidekazu's expression was extremely grim.

He knew very well in his heart at this moment that the chances of completing this mission were already slim.

Attributing the cause, he didn't think Lin Ye's instance's military strength was that strong, but rather that he had been outmaneuvered by Lin Ye.

From the very beginning of the instance's mission deployment, Lin Ye had been setting traps for them.

He lured them into prematurely expending their ammunition to complete an insignificant preliminary mission.

Additionally, Lin Ye's psychological warfare was also sickening.

This method of setting missions, first giving hope and then shattering it, also easily dampened the Challengers' enthusiasm.

All these reasons led to the current decline!

But as for the shells that fell from the sky just now, Ito Hidekazu still didn't believe they were due to Lin Ye's technological prowess.

Because he had some understanding of the technological reserves of various countries on Azure Star.

Even the Huaxia Clan didn't have shells with such a range, and Lin Ye certainly couldn't have them.

The only explanation was a diversion!

Lin Ye must have other tricks and techniques in this instance.

“Lin Ye!” Ito Hidekazu clenched his fists tightly.

His heart was filled with hatred.

The lives of his other teammates were irrelevant to him, and even the penalty points for failure were negligible for a Level 2 Challenger like him.

What he truly cared about was his reputation.

After all, he was the main commander of this instance, and if the instance failed to be cleared, his reputation as a genius would definitely be damaged.

Those high-ranking figures of the Great Harmony Clan would certainly criticize him.

Even if he couldn't clear it, he had to uncover Lin Ye's trump cards. At the very least, he needed to figure out the extent of the military technology in this Raging Sea instance!

Otherwise, to fail so inexplicably would be truly frustrating.

“Full speed ahead! We must find out the true combat power of the Extinguish Country Fleet!”

Ito Hidekazu once again issued an order to the fleet.

Beep beep beep beep!

Suddenly, the matsushima's radar system let out a piercing alarm!

“They’re here!”

Ito Hidekazu exclaimed, rushing back to the ship's dashboard, only to find that this alarm was an air defense alarm.

“Air defense alarm? Is there Air Force power in this instance as well?”

Ito Hidekazu felt extremely surprised. The Sky Curtain mission prompt had stated that the Extinguish Country Fleet's configuration was 30 naval forces, with no mention of Air Force.

This sudden air support caught them completely off guard.

The roar of aircraft was already coming from the sky.

Ito Hidekazu quickly looked out through the skylight and saw that the sky above the fleet was filled with a dense mass of aircraft.

The sharp whistling of straight-wing fighters, the low roar of dive bombers, and the unique vibration waves of torpedo bombers intertwined, forming a breathtaking symphony.

In the sky, the silver-white lines left by the wings as they cut through the air were like lightning, illuminating the entire sea!

Machine gun fire was as fierce as dense raindrops, the explosions of rockets were deafening, and torpedoes tumbled and tracked in the air, like giant silver snakes weaving through the ocean.

The entire fleet was instantly engulfed in gunfire, and the smoke-filled sky now looked like a meteor shower.

Boom!

With a loud bang.

The matsushima was directly hit by a torpedo, splitting it in half. Ito Hidekazu and Singh jumped directly from the broken command room into the water, barely saving their lives.

However, the artillery attack still left them severely wounded, covered in blood.

Ito Hidekazu struggled for a while in the cold water. Fortunately, he had put on a life jacket beforehand and didn't drown.

But the other Challengers in the instance were not so lucky.

The number of people in the instance plummeted frantically; the remaining 5,000 people were quickly wiped out, leaving fewer than a hundred.

All the warships were destroyed, and the surface of the water was a sea of fire and wreckage.

“How is this possible, how is this possible!”

Looking at the sky, Ito Hidekazu couldn't help but tremble, feeling completely numb.

At this moment, above the firmament, there were at least several hundred warplanes circling!

Such Air Force power was simply something their fleet could not resist.

It could be said that if this Air Force power had been deployed earlier, it could have easily eliminated all Challengers directly at the initial armory.

The current military program on Azure Star already had Air Force aircraft technology, but according to Ito Hidekazu's understanding, all instances combined only had about a thousand aircraft.

Yet now, Lin Ye's single instance actually had several hundred?!

Moreover, the aircraft in the Raging Sea instance were types Ito Hidekazu had never seen before.

In this world, the existing aircraft types were helicopters and biplane fighters.

And in combat, they were mainly used for reconnaissance, with only a few capable of reconnaissance and transport, and only a small number of advanced models capable of combat.

The dazzling array of attack methods seen in the instance now was simply unimaginable.

Even if Ito Hidekazu didn't understand, he could clearly see that the planes above them were all top-notch!

“Mr. Ito, I need you to give me an explanation!”

Singh struggled, slowly swimming towards Ito Hidekazu, his tone carrying a hint of resentment.

“This battle was entirely under your command!”

“And this is the result?”