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Twelve elongated rectangular objects, trailing long tails of light, plunged directly into the vicinity of the flagship 'Han' of the North Sea Fleet. The height of their descent caused them to create twelve massive waves upon hitting the surface of the sea, akin to tossing twelve stones into a pond, though the scale of this scene was incomparably larger.
The tremendous impact triggered a colossal tsunami, prompting the fleet to sound alarms and initiate an emergency evacuation. However, those destroyers and frigates still in a semi-cruising state stood no chance against the towering waves. Waves reaching nearly a hundred meters high flipped over several thousand-ton destroyers with ease.
Moments later, in the area where those twelve objects had struck, violent explosions erupted again. Twelve gigantic fireballs, each with a radius of hundreds of meters, emerged beneath the surface. The massive explosions generated a second round of enormous waves. Although these waves were not as large as the first, they traveled much faster.
Soon, the two sets of waves began to converge, amplifying their power and rendering even distant warships unable to escape safely, as they were engulfed by the surging waters surrounding the fleet.
Three minutes earlier...
After receiving an urgent message from a stationed unit in Jin, the communications officer immediately began relaying it to higher command. However, due to a final meeting being held aboard the flagship, he could not deliver the intelligence directly to Fleet Commander Chao Yu in time.
When the urgent communication from Central Command finally reached aboard the flagship, the communications officer burst into the conference room to report the information to Chao Yu without hesitation.
Chao Yu quickly led a group of officers to the communications center. Upon seeing the warning message from Allied Forces, he immediately ordered the entire fleet to advance.
"Commander! Central is calling!" The communications officer gasped for breath; running back and forth had taken its toll on him.
Chao Yu frowned slightly but knew this was not the time to concern himself with the soldier's stamina. He replied swiftly, "Take it!"
The projection from Central Command appeared above the tactical display. Chao Yu saluted Old Superior.
"Chao Yu! Immediately order the fleet to leave the Yellow Sea! Hurry!"
Suddenly, another projection appeared on the right side of the screen—this one from the close-range defense system. Dozens of high-caliber anti-aircraft guns aboard were firing desperately at those twelve beams of light. However, despite their concentrated firepower, they failed to intercept or detonate any of them in mid-air.
Chao Yu slowly raised his head and looked at those twelve beams with a bitter smile, softly murmuring, "I'm sorry; I'm afraid... it's really too late..."
In the early morning, Li Chunbo was awakened by a stiff neck. He hadn’t stayed at Task Force Command until the end last night; after contacting Central Command, the Commander had instructed him to return to the base and stand by. With his mind preoccupied, he couldn’t easily fall asleep, leading him to doze off against the wall of the bunker, and now his neck was painfully sore.
“Ah…” He moved his neck around, his face displaying annoyance, but it quickly turned serious as he took in his surroundings.
During wartime, especially in such critical moments, everyone in the unit had spent the night in the bunker just like him. The bunker was meant for defense against enemies, so it lacked the comforts of dormitory bunk beds. He wasn’t the only one suffering here.
Tiger greeted Li Chunbo as soon as he saw him awake, smiling as he said, “Oh, finally awake! The Commander is waiting for you; come with me.”
Li Chunbo didn’t have time to ask why the Commander was looking for him, but he figured it must be related to his report from last night. Whether it was good news or bad, there was no escaping it now. He steeled himself and followed Tiger briskly to Task Force Command.
Inside Task Force Command, Li Chunbo saw Commander Zhang Shengli, whose eyes were bloodshot. It suddenly dawned on him that the Commander had been up all night. Remembering how he had wanted to complain about his discomfort upon waking up made him blush involuntarily.
“Hey, why is our great hero still feeling shy? Did you tell him about things?” Zhang Shengli asked Tiger with a smile.
Tiger forced a smile back. “Commander, that’s not fair! You know my character; I never drop the ball during critical moments. How could I do something like that?”
Zhang Shengli shook his head and laughed. “You talk too much; who would believe you? But enough joking around! Comrade Li Chunbo!”
Li Chunbo immediately stood at attention, listening seriously as the Commander spoke.
Zhang Shengli picked up a piece of white paper from the table and said solemnly, “Comrade Li Chunbo, listen up! Order number 711: Due to Comrade Li Chunbo’s report leading to merit, you are hereby promoted to Second Lieutenant. Central Command…”
After finishing, Zhang Shengli set down the paper and pulled two Second Lieutenant insignias from his pocket, personally pinning them onto Li Chunbo’s uniform. “From now on, you will be addressed as Second Lieutenant Li.”
"But due to the circumstances within the troops and your own situation, you will have to stay in your class as a soldier for now. After all, you have only been in the military for a short time, and you haven't received any command training or experienced actual combat. So for now, you'll have to endure a bit. However, your rank has already been elevated to that of a Second Lieutenant," Zhang Shengli said with some emotion. "But you must understand the times we are in. As long as you continue to contribute to the country, it is only a matter of time before you truly command troops, especially considering your substantial political resources."
Li Chunbo understood what Zhang Shengli meant and immediately retorted, "What good are political resources? On the battlefield, every soldier has an obligation to fight against the enemy. The ones who survive are merely those who possess both strength and luck."
Zhang Shengli smiled lightly. "It's good that you can think this way. Then there's nothing more to discuss; you can go back now."
Li Chunbo hesitated for a moment but still voiced his concern. "What happened after yesterday's incident? If it's classified, then never mind."
Zhang Shengli thought for a moment and sighed. "The higher-ups haven't decided how to report it yet, but I suspect the news has already spread. Even if they wanted to keep it under wraps, they likely can't anymore. Since you'll find out sooner or later, I'll tell you now. I estimate you've already guessed most of it."
Li Chunbo's heart felt as if it had been struck by a bell. Ever since he saw those 'shooting stars,' he had harbored bad suspicions, but the thought was so tragic and horrific that he couldn't bring himself to confirm it.
Slowly, Li Chunbo opened his mouth and tentatively asked, "Annihilation?"
Zhang Shengli looked at Li Chunbo seriously and coldly said, "Knowing this so clearly makes me wonder if you're a spy sent by the enemy infiltrating our ranks."
Li Chunbo was shocked and frightened by Zhang Shengli's words, momentarily at a loss for an appropriate response.
Zhang Shengli forced a smile. "Just kidding with you. But how did you come to that conclusion? Didn't Mr. Li personally calculate this for you? Look at it this way; I also don't know the specifics."
Li Chunbo's expression turned grave. He found it hard to accept the fact that the North Sea Fleet had been annihilated, but at that moment, he still didn't realize that this was not the whole truth; he was merely beginning to speculate about the enemy's specific strategy.
"When I saw those shooting stars yesterday, my first thought after recalling the Staff of God project was that there had been an unusually high number of projects added by NASA over the past few years. Now that I think about it, that was probably related to the transportation and research work of the Staff of God."
"Since seven years have passed, they must have secretly fabricated a lot of information about space meteors as cover for testing the Staff of God. What's terrifying is that we were completely unaware of this!!!"
Listening to Li Chunbo's analysis, Zhang Shengli's expression grew heavy. The fact that the higher-ups in their country had not realized this over the past seven years was something he found hard to believe. Were those spies lurking in enemy territory for years just idly passing time?
"Since they have already conducted test launches, they must have a certain understanding of the Staff of God data. Naturally, they can design different approaches for different targets. This means that the Staff of God project is not merely a simple artificial meteorite; it can be further developed. This has been confirmed in calculations, showing that modifications can achieve various effects based on local or internal changes."
Li Chunbo sighed. "For instance, in this attack on naval units, relying solely on the initial shockwave to create a tsunami and achieve total annihilation is quite challenging. After all, even if the Staff of God can generate hundred-meter waves in the open sea, without geographical support, those waves won't travel far before dissipating. However, if an explosion follows the initial impact to create a second wave, the effect would be incomparable."
Zhang Shengli stared intently at Li Chunbo and sighed silently, lamenting, "You're right. Perhaps Mr. Li had foresight; who could have predicted that their weapon research had reached such a level?"
Suddenly, Li Chunbo recalled something and said nervously, "Since they targeted the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet and South China Sea Fleet will surely face similar strikes at the same time. After all, the effectiveness of such attacks lies in their surprise element. But if we are prepared, we could evacuate before they hit! Does that mean..."
Zhang Shengli shook his head. "I only know a little. The attacks on the three fleets come from three different space stations, so there will be slight differences in arrival times. Moreover, since the space stations are at different altitudes, the North Sea Fleet will be hit first, leading to its near-total destruction."
"What about...?"
Zhang Shengli gave a self-deprecating smile. "Now that I've come out of this war, I might end up in a military court. But I doubt I'll live to see that day; my luck has always been poor. So I might as well tell you."
"The number of surviving warships in the North Sea Fleet is only one-tenth, and they are all outdated destroyers, supply ships, and submarines far from the flagship. The East Sea Fleet has about half remaining, including its flagship. The South China Sea Fleet hasn't suffered significant damage; however, two ships at the tail end of the fleet were lost."
Zhang Shengli's words sent chills down Li Chunbo's spine because this meant their naval power had been halved... Furthermore, with no naval combat capability left in the Yellow Sea to the north, their northern region would directly face attacks from enemy naval forces.
At that moment, Li Chunbo felt as if he could already see the enemy's Seventh Fifth Fleet swiftly sailing toward them from the edge of the Yellow Sea.
Li Chunbo believed that the enemy's primary target was undoubtedly Tianjin because behind Tianjin lay Beijing!!!
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