308: Chapter 308: The US strategic nuclear submarines were completely annihilated in the East China Sea! The Starlink project was thus bankrupt!

As soon as the bugle for the general offensive sounded, the fully prepared Chinese Dragon Army—Navy, Land, and Space—immediately launched a full-scale assault!

Upon receiving orders, the Kunlong Submarine fleet, which had been tracking for days, struck first.

In the East Sea, at depths ranging from 800 to 1000 meters, the 85 strategic nuclear submarines deployed by Eagle Country in various positions were hit by heavy torpedoes simultaneously!

"Thud!!! ——————" A dull sound spread rapidly through the deep sea!

But because the water density was so high, the sound did not travel very far.

After scaring away a few giant squids nearby, the deep sea returned to silence.

Submarines have low maneuverability; once locked onto by the enemy, it is just a matter of a few torpedoes.

Under the torpedo surprise attack of the Kunlong Submarine fleet, these assets, which had once been the key equipment for Eagle Country's long-term dominance of the Blue Planet, fell to the seabed silently without offering any resistance!

The crew members in these Eagle Country nuclear submarines could be considered fortunate; without even knowing what happened, they were sent by the Kunlong Submarine fleet to meet their beloved God.

Of course, that is if they could actually go to heaven.

After completing the mission, the Kunlong Submarine fleet quickly returned, heading towards the direction of the "Kunlong" submarine aircraft carrier.

Because the communication frequency between the Pacific Ocean theater and the Eagle Country nuclear submarines was once every hour, a full half hour had passed, and the Pentagon had not yet issued a warning...

But the Pentagon was not idle; an emergency incident caused the entire building to descend into chaos.

Charles, who was investigating why strategic nuclear submarines were attacking the Chinese mainland, suddenly received an urgent report from the Eagle Country Aerospace Reconnaissance Bureau.

"Report, Secretary of Defense!!"

"Our Eagle Country military satellites have suddenly started losing connection on a massive scale since 10 minutes ago!"

"And the number of lost connections is rising rapidly!!"

"So far, 573 military satellites have lost connection!!"

"The loss rate exceeds 17.8%!!"

After hearing the report, Charles immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

China's attack was too swift and too deliberate, almost completely disrupting his blitzkrieg plan!

Charles even started to suspect whether there was a traitor in the highest echelons of the Eagle Country military!

Before he could respond, another outreach technician ran in, sweating profusely.

"Mr. Secretary of Defense!"

"SpaceX just reported an emergency!!"

"The Starlink satellites currently distributed all over the Blue Planet are also losing connection rapidly!"

"As of now, 2466 Starlink satellites have lost connection!"

Hearing that Starlink was under attack, Charles's head buzzed, and he felt the world spinning.

Shit!

The thing he worried about most had happened!

In the outbreak of the war between China and Eagle Country, one of the biggest points of failure for Eagle Country was the Starlink satellites being subjected to large-scale attacks by China's Aerospace Fighter, leading to the destruction of the Starlink network!

Being attacked, military satellites were nowhere near fatal for the Pentagon, but if Starlink satellites were attacked, it would truly hit Eagle Country's Achilles' heel!

Before this, the Pentagon had conducted countless wargames for a China-Eagle Country war, and some senior Eagle Country military officials believed there was no need to worry too much about Eagle Country satellites being attacked.

The main reason was that Eagle Country's 3000+ military satellites were just a smokescreen; the 18,000+ commercial Starlink satellites deployed by the Starlink Project of SpaceX, which formed the Starlink network for countries across the Blue Planet, were the true trump card of the Pentagon!

And regarding the Starlink Project, Eagle Country believed they had disguised it very well!

They had always claimed that the position of the Starlink Project was absolutely neutral and would never participate in regional wars.

The Eagle Country Aerospace Reconnaissance Bureau even actively signed agreements with SpaceX multiple times, explicitly stating that the Pentagon would not possess Starlink's core permissions and data, that it was absolutely fair, just, and open, and that it would have no other uses, especially military uses, other than commercial ones.

After this series of operations, many countries believed Eagle Country's lies and chose to build the Starlink satellite network as their basic satellite network.

After so many years, the Starlink Project had become the largest basic communication facility on the Blue Planet, involving the vital interests of many countries!

Therefore, some senior military officials in Eagle Country were certain that even if China and Eagle Country really went to war, China would have no reason and no necessity to risk universal condemnation to attack Starlink satellites!

Charles agreed with this conclusion, but he had always had a worry in his heart.

There were plenty of times when China didn't play by the rules, so this wouldn't be any different!

Sure enough, as soon as China made a move, they started attacking Starlink directly, as if they had planned it all along!

Charles rubbed his face hard.

The original blitzkrieg strategy had already been 90% completely ruined by China's thunderous offensive.

Strategically passive, Eagle Country had already fallen into an extremely dangerous situation!

There was no time to hesitate.

After calming his mood slightly, Charles looked at the other commanders present.

"Everyone!"

"Starting now, immediately initiate Plan C!"

Hearing this, the surrounding commanders were all shocked.

"Mr. Secretary of Defense, are we skipping Plan B directly??"

Charles nodded firmly.

"That's right!"

Seeing the supreme commander make the decision, others immediately began to act.

Soon, ten minutes later.

"Report, Secretary of Defense!"

"The satellites belonging to Plan C have completed the link!"

The satellite network icon on the command center's big screen suddenly lit up with a Russia icon; it was the network signal of the Russia commercial satellite company!

Seeing this, even though the emergency reports of massive loss of connection of Eagle Country satellites kept coming in, Charles's mood stabilized quite a bit.

While the Navy and Space Force were rapidly achieving results, the Army was also acting.

It was just that this speed of action didn't quite keep up with the overall progress.

"Comrade Zhang Zhaozhong!"

"I, Long Jianjun, on behalf of the Chinese Army, solemnly order the General Armament Department!"

"From now on!"

"I mean from this day forward!"

"No matter what, we must prioritize ensuring the Army's most basic air transport level!!"

In the Chinese tactical command platform, Long Jianjun was furious at the General Armament Department.

He pointed at the slow-moving Yun-20 transport planes on the big screen, his mouth almost twisted with anger.

"Look?"

"Does this look like anything?"

"Huh? Do you think this is acceptable??"

Facing the thunderous rage of the number two figure of the Dragon Army, Zhang Zhaozhong didn't say a word, just nodded and admitted his mistake.

Zhang Zhaozhong was also feeling aggrieved in his heart.

The production capacity of the Xuan-Nu Fighter Jet was limited, and the 88 Xuan-Nu Fighter Jets of the Luan-niao Aerospace Mothership had to be fully equipped.

General Yun Feijie refused to give up the Xuan-Nu that had already been taken by the Space Force.

It was already extremely difficult for the General Armament Department to gather 88 Xuan-Nu Fighter Jets to send to the Luan Niao Mothership; how could they spare any to support the Army?

Besides, the Yun-20s used to be the darlings of the Air Force, and now that they were being phased out, uh... rotated down for the Army to use, they were actually being complained about!

"Alright, alright, Comrade Long Jianjun, calm down!"

Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng came out to smooth things over.

"There is still time; it is all within the plan!"

Over the Europe region.

The Yun-20, which had its stealth system modified by Lin Mo, was not detected by the radar systems of the Western Alliance countries.

However, because the flight speed of this "Niu Furen" (slow) Yun-20 was too slow, only 0.7 Mach, the Kunlong Submarine fleet had already officially returned to the "Kunlong" mothership, and the laser cannons of the Xuan-Nu Fighter Jet formation had already smoked from over-firing, yet the Yun-20 finally arrived at the designated position slowly and officially began to drop the Army special forces.

At the same time.

Under the convening of the United Kingdom, the heads of state of the Western Alliance were holding an emergency meeting of Western Alliance heads of state that completely excluded Eagle Country and Japan.

"I am certain!"

"China must have had a premeditated plan!"

(Yesterday, there was a traffic jam on the return trip for New Year's Day, so I was forced to ask for leave and stand everyone up~! Apologies to my friends!)