65: This is what it means to destroy a country!
One!
Two!
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Eleven!
Yamamoto Thirty-eight meticulously counted the silhouettes of Aircraft Carriers continuously emerging from the sea fog. When he counted the eleventh one, his heart completely died.
A total of 11 Aircraft Carriers now stood in an arc above the sea, tightly encircling all the Challenger ships, blocking all escape routes.
They were like sturdy sea fortresses, standing amidst the raging waves.
In addition, hundreds of smaller warshipssurrounded these 11 Aircraft Carriers, arranged in a clustered formation, giving a sense of stars holding up the moon.
These small warships were dazzlingly varied, including cruisers, destroyers, and even mine hunters and mine countermeasures vessels.
Even Submarines, one after another, had broken through the waves and surfaced, gathering around the Aircraft Carriers.
Looking through the sea fog, the 11 Aircraft Carriers stood on the sea like 11 deities, propping up the night sky. It seemed as if they were tearing the heavens and earth apart with immense power.
And the other ships were like believers, guarding the Aircraft Carriers steadfastly!
Together, they formed an insurmountable high wall on the sea!
"Invaders of the Eastern Island!"
"You have invaded the territory of the Eagle Country and destroyed the military base of the Eagle Country without permission from the Eagle Country!"
"You are the eternal enemies of the Eagle Country! The Eagle Country will punish all invaders in the name of freedom and peace!"
The eleven Aircraft Carriers began to shout at the last remaining forces of the Challenger on the sea using loudspeakers!
The sound was deafening, almost shattering Yamamoto Thirty-eight's eardrums.
"This..."
"Is this the naval power of the Eagle Country?!"
"Is this the true Extinguish Country Fleet?!"
Yamamoto Thirty-eight felt as if he was suffocating. The coldness of the sea breeze, combined with the emotional fluctuations, made his head spin, as if he had fallen into an endless abyss.
Then, he knelt heavily on the deck.
"No match!"
"We are absolutely no match..."
Although the Eagle Country's naval units were not numerous, perhaps around a thousand in total, their quality was incomparable to the ordinary cruisers on the Eastern Island's side.
This was simply not the troop configuration they could resist! Even if they outnumbered the Eagle Country several times over, there would be no chance of victory.
This was evident from the Eagle Country's fighter jets' rapid assault and the Aircraft Carriers' missile coverage just now.
It was a complete one-sided crushing! One against ten thousand!
He had seen the spectacular sight of the Eagle Country's Aircraft Carriers in motion when he observed Ito Hidekazu challenging the instance.
At that time, he found it astonishing.
At this very moment, the eleven Aircraft Carriers before him were even larger, more exquisite, and more magnificent than they were back then.
Each Aircraft Carrier was much larger than what he had seen during that previous observation.
Only now did he realize that the Aircraft Carriers in the previous instance were simply abandoned.
In this instance, Lin Ye had upgraded all the Aircraft Carriers!
On these eleven Aircraft Carriers, there were no longer any complex steam devices, and the deck could accommodate more aircraft. The destructive Eagle Country fighter jets that just wreaked havoc had all flown from these Aircraft Carriers.
The most terrifying thing was that the cruising speed of these Aircraft Carriers could reach a hundred knots. This meant that such behemoths were even faster than any warship on the Challenger's side!
It could be said that almost all the shortcomings of an Aircraft Carrier had been compensated for.
Firepower suppression, maneuverability suppression; these eleven Aircraft Carriers alone could utterly decimate Yamamoto Thirty-eight's fleet.
What's more, this fleet was not just these 11 Aircraft Carriers; there were countless cruisers and Submarines, each of which was absolutely a level far surpassing the Challenger's ships.
Any single unit taken out would be enough to make Yamamoto Thirty-eight's Navy wary.
Looking at the distant fleet, which was like Mount Tai pressing down, Yamamoto Thirty-eight finally understood why this fleet was named "Extinguish Country Fleet."
There was no need for other so-called Air Force and Army; this single fleet alone was enough to crush the Eastern Island and achieve national annihilation.
Yamamoto Thirty-eight was now completely disheartened, not knowing what to do.
Just then, an incredibly immense energy erupted from the 11 Aircraft Carriers.
Instantly, countless missiles ascended, soaring straight into the sky.
These missiles streaked across the night sky, like blooming fireworks, completely tearing apart the dark curtain.
Yamamoto Thirty-eight's vision was left with only a blank whiteness.
A roaring sound echoed in his ears, and he felt his skin slowly evaporating in the firelight.
Everything around him became blurred, leaving only deafening explosions and dazzling flames.
For him, all of this felt more like a release.
In his ear, the Sky Curtain's prompt sounded.
"Sky Curtain Prompt: Since you have died in battle, your instance mission is declared a failure. You will now be temporarily retained in the instance space..."
Accompanying the Extinguish Country Fleet's final round of artillery bombardment, the last remaining ships of the Challenger forces would also be cruelly disintegrated in the raging flames.
Forty thousand fighter jets and thirty thousand warships, in less than five minutes, had all sunk into the cold sea outside Pearl Harbor.
...
Upon seeing this scene, all the spectators were immersed in a state of terror.
Whether due to fear or excitement, the bullet screen became much more frantic.
"My God... so this is the meaning of the Extinguish Country Fleet!"
"I swear, I've never seen a scene like this in any instance!"
"How much military power has Lin Ye placed in the instance?! Can just one fleet achieve this level?"
"It's too exaggerated! It's truly too exaggerated!"
"Did you all see that? Such a massive combat force of Yamamoto Thirty-eight and Tominaga was instantly annihilated! Instantly annihilated!"
"With just this one fleet, I think it could easily handle any instance on Azure Star!"
...
At the same time, inside the Imperial Garden Songzhi Pavilion on the Eastern Island.
The Emperor had lost the first-person perspective of the Pearl Harbor battle, and only chaotic mosaics remained on the light screen before him.
The Commander in the Sky Curtain could allocate any Challenger's main perspective to view on the virtual light screen of the command platform.
But the premise was that the Challenger broadcasting the first-person view must be alive in the instance for the view to be seen.
Now that the Emperor had lost all perspectives of Pearl Harbor, it meant that not a single Challenger had survived in Pearl Harbor.
All naval and Air Force power, completely annihilated!
On the light screen before him, the number of instance Challengers was rapidly decreasing.
In less than five minutes, the number of Challengers had already dropped to less than five hundred thousand!
A million Challengers, now less than half remained!
And all the statistics for warships and fighter jets were now gone, completely zeroed out.
"Not a single one left?"
"How is that possible?"
"How can this be!"
The teacup in the Emperor's hand slipped directly to the ground.
He staggered and sat down on the chair.
His forehead was now covered in sweat, and his breathing became incredibly rapid.
He tried to endure, but he still couldn't stop trembling violently.
Only now did he realize what they were truly facing in this instance.
The scene of the Extinguish Country Fleet wreaking havoc, even though the Emperor was not present, he could still feel that suffocating suppressive force.
Even if the one commanding was not Yamamoto Thirty-eight, but him, the outcome would not have changed at all.
With the current technological capabilities of the Great Harmony Settlement, let alone a million people, even if all Challengers with naval technology entered, they would not be able to stop the Extinguish Country Fleet.
Although there were still five hundred thousand Challengers left, the chances of victory were already slim.
The initial ambition had now completely turned into dust.
All of the Emperor's strategies for victory were shattered by the "Extinguish Country Fleet."
After the Shogunate General's special forces were annihilated, it could be said that the naval and Air Force power was the Challenger Camp's greatest reliance.
And to be honest, the Emperor felt that his decision to assault Pearl Harbor this time was the best he could have made, with the Air Force and Navy cooperating in battle, and even gaining the initiative by setting up their formation in advance...
But now, not a single one was left; all were annihilated.
Sacrifice didn't matter. If their own fleet and fighter jets could have destroyed even ten percent of the Eagle Country's forces, he could have still tried to maneuver a bit.
Thinking that perhaps they could fight to the death.
Or even try to operate further and engage the Eagle Country.
But the reality was, they were completely annihilated in an instant, without even a tiny bit of ability to fight back.
How could they possibly fight now?!