83: Chapter 83: The Brocade Dragon Ship, a Laying Draw! The live-fire exercise officially begins!

Not long ago, after the eight countries of the Western Alliance formally agreed to the maritime live-fire exercise and signed the treaty, the Supreme Military Region convened another high-level meeting to discuss the specific operational plan for the live-fire exercise.

The joint operational plan involving Aerospace Fighter and Exoskeleton Armor soldiers, previously proposed by Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng, while highly feasible, carried significant risks!

Once the "Operation Divine Descent" was discovered prematurely, the countless anti-aircraft guns of the multi-carrier strike groups would blanket the soldiers' drop zone with fire, leaving all the soldiers in Exoskeleton Armor facing certain death!

In response, several high-ranking officials of the military region, including all the chiefs of staff from the General Staff Department of the Supreme Military Region, offered their counsel and proposed many operational plans.

However, due to issues with operability and feasibility, they were all ultimately rejected.

Just at this moment, Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng, known as the "King of Command," once again dropped a bombshell, proposing an operational plan that no one dared to imagine!

He proposed urgently launching the kufu aircraft carrier, which had just finished repairs but had not yet been put into service, and adding it to the exercise fleet!

He intended to use it as the ultimate bait for this maritime live-fire exercise!

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed drastically!

What kind of person would dare to propose such an outrageous idea!

Huaxia's first Aircraft Carrier held immense political significance; how could it be used as bait? It defied all reason!

If everyone didn't know Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng's character so well, anyone else among the chiefs of staff would have been maliciously suspected of having defected to the enemy and deliberately sacrificing their own first Aircraft Carrier!

But even so, once this plan was proposed, no one approved of it.

If anything were to happen to the Jinlong Warship, the loss and impact would truly be far too great!

Although his plan was rejected, Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng remained very calm, completely unbothered, and continued to participate in the discussion of other supporting plans.

In the subsequent discussions, everyone carefully analyzed all the other supporting plans.

After detailed thought and research, they realized that the plan proposed by Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng was truly the only optimal one!

It was also the most appropriate plan with the highest probability of success!

The brilliance of this plan lay in its ability to achieve three goals with one stone!

The first was to boost the morale of the Huaxia people!

In such a high-profile live-fire event, having Huaxia's first Aircraft Carrier make its official debut would inevitably boost the confidence of the entire nation!

At the same time, it would also serve to promote Huaxia to the countries of the Blue Planet and deter hostile forces!

The second was to divert the enemy's attention!

As the Blue Team in the live-fire exercise, the joint fleet of the eight countries would most likely be completely distracted by this sudden appearance of Huaxia's Aircraft Carrier, believing that this "Jinlong Warship" was Huaxia's ultimate trump card!

The third was to lure the enemy into an over-aggressive move!

The sudden appearance of the Jinlong Warship would make the commanders of the joint fleet believe they had figured out all of Huaxia's intentions.

Consequently, wanting to extinguish Huaxia's arrogance, they would likely make the mistake of over-extending, launching a massive offensive against Huaxia, which would leave their own defenses at their weakest!

This strategy to lure the enemy took into account both political and operational aspects.

The only risk was whether the safety of the "Jinlong Warship" could be ensured!

This was also what everyone was most concerned about!

After everyone raised this concern, Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng simply said calmly, "Gentlemen, do not forget that the core of this plan is not the Jinlong Warship, but the Aerospace Fighter and the Exoskeleton Armor!"

"If the operation goes smoothly, it will take less than thirty minutes to secure victory in this live-fire exercise!"

"Do you mean to say that our Huaxia naval fleet cannot even hold out for thirty minutes?"

"Most importantly, please, everyone, must trust Chief Designer Lin!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone felt enlightened, and all concerns vanished!

After a unanimous vote, the Supreme Guardian made the final decision to officially adopt the operational plan proposed by Huaxia's Chief of General Staff Zhou Wuzheng!

At the same time, the previous contingency plans were integrated, and the final operation codename was determined—"Operation Divine Descent"!

At this moment, in the Naval Operations Command Center, the time in the bottom right corner of the large screen ticked down to ten minutes remaining.

Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng, acting as the commander-in-chief of the exercise, looked at Lin Mo, and the two nodded in tacit understanding.

He picked up the red intercom and ordered, "Xuan-Nu Fighter Jet squadron, take heed, commence takeoff, and proceed according to the original plan!"

Upon receiving the order, ten "Xuan-Nu" Aerospace Fighters, piloted by Huaxia's top ace pilots, took off rapidly from the Eastern Military Region's airfield, climbing vertically and accelerating to over Mach 15 within just a few minutes!

The "Xuan-Nu" Aerospace Fighters were silent, and without anyone noticing, they quickly broke through the troposphere and reached the stratosphere at an altitude of 100,000 meters!

Soon, all the fighters arrived directly above Huaxia's East Sea and began circling the area where the joint fleet of the eight countries was located at a constant speed!

Due to the epoch-making stealth capabilities of the "Xuan-Nu" fighters, combined with the thin air in the stratosphere which prevented sonic booms, the radar systems of the joint fleet of the eight countries indeed detected nothing!

Soon, the time reached 12:00 noon.

All the spectators held their breath, waiting for the live-fire exercise to begin.

The maritime affairs commissioner from the United Nations, and the chief referee for this live-fire exercise, Brown Nisis, raised his wrist to look at his stopwatch and counted down loudly into the live broadcast camera.

"3!!!" "2!!!" "1!!!" "The maritime live-fire exercise, officially begins!!!"

As the words fell, the multinational maritime live-fire exercise—the largest in military scale, with the most participating Aircraft Carriers and the highest number of warships in the history of the Blue Planet, setting multiple records—officially commenced!!!

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In the command room of the Aircraft Carrier.

Commander Robert roared the order, "Attack! Attack!!!"

The Blue Team area, where the joint fleet of the eight countries was located, was instantly on the verge of eruption!

All the Blue Team's naval warships launched, immediately sailing out of the blue defensive zone!

All the carrier-based fighter jets on the five Aircraft Carriers were catapulted into the sky rapidly, with a launch rate of one every 20-plus seconds!

The entire military force of the joint fleet, vast and mighty, was actually charging toward Huaxia's Red Team area!

From the very beginning, they had no intention of defending!

On the other hand, looking at the Huaxia side, they seemed to have long been aware of the joint fleet's intentions.

All naval warships converged toward the "Jinlong Warship," immediately adopting a defensive posture!

Within a short span of time, the Red and Blue sides, as if by mutual understanding, completely reversed their offensive and defensive roles!

Seeing this scene, the Huaxia citizens watching the live broadcast instantly turned pale.

"This is! Oh no! ...They had no intention of defending at all!"

"What do we do! The shameless eight-nation fleet is completely ignoring the rules of engagement and attacking our Huaxia side directly!"

"It's over, everything is over! There was already such a huge gap in strength, and with the eight-nation fleet ignoring sportsmanship and launching an active offensive, the Huaxia Navy will probably lose very soon!"

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