I built an armada.

"So what if reinforcements arrive? Do you think those fighter jets can get the Enterprise carrier fleet out of trouble? Do you really think we're pushovers?"

At this point, Captain Chen turned to the communications officer and ordered, "Send an ultimatum to the Enterprise carrier strike group, the contents of which are..."

The communications officer immediately obeyed: "Time, Captain!"

After the ultimatum was sent, everyone waited for the latest news from the front while busying themselves with other matters.

Although Captain Chen said he was not afraid of the reinforcement fighter jet formation flying from the direction of the garrison base, some necessary preparations still needed to be made.

Everyone knew that if they couldn't reach an agreement, an air battle would be inevitable, and the reinforcements' fighter jets would be shot down.

A little over a minute passed, and seeing that the Enterprise carrier fleet had not responded, Captain Chen frowned slightly. He knew very well that the other side was prepared to fight to the death and had no intention of surrendering.

"Go tell the Enterprise carrier strike group that we're giving them one last chance. They must surrender immediately, or we'll open fire!"

"We wouldn't mind sinking it completely, leaving the Eagle Tribe with only ten aircraft carrier fleets! Three minutes to go!"

The communications officer answered again, "Yes, Captain!"

Meanwhile, the USS Enterprise continues its intensive damage control operations to ensure that this behemoth can remain standing and not sink after being hit by another anti-ship missile.

This is arguably the biggest and most serious survival crisis the USS Enterprise has faced since it entered service. It is now in a terrible state, completely devastated!
The deck was the most severely damaged, with three large holes and the steel bars bent in various bizarre shapes. The hangar was in even worse shape, with damage everywhere.

Fortunately, the main control room located on the bridge was still able to operate normally. This was mainly because it was not hit by any missiles, but was affected by the shock wave of the explosion. All the glass was shattered and some antennas were bent.

In the main control room, Captain Willis was still in a state of extreme agitation and had not yet come to his senses when he heard the communications officer's voice reporting: "Reporting, Captain, the Longxia Navy has sent a second ultimatum."

"They demanded that we surrender immediately, giving us only three minutes to consider..."

The sound wasn't loud, but it was clear to everyone in the main control room. Even though the cold sea breeze was blowing on them, they didn't feel the slightest bit cold.

"Oh!"

After hearing this, Willis, unable to contain his anger any longer, slammed his fist hard on the control panel to vent his fury!

"Fuck, fuck! What gives them the right to do this?"

"This is outrageous! They're shameless! They've really gone too far in bullying us! Those damned bastards!"

Although the vice-captain did not speak, he was equally furious, his fists clenched tightly together, and his body trembling with rage!
Outside the porthole, all was pitch black, and the surging waves crashed against the warship relentlessly, just like his raging fury.

"Captain, should we reply to them?" the communications officer asked cautiously, forcing himself to speak.

"Reply! You damn bastard."

Willis gritted his teeth and said, "Establish contact with the Dragonxia Navy immediately. I need to speak directly with them, right now!"

The communications soldier took immediate action upon receiving the order, and the call signal was quickly transmitted.

The First Combat Group, with its 10,000-ton destroyers, naturally received the relevant request for direct communication. Although Captain Chen was somewhat taken aback, he still agreed.

It didn't take long for the USS Enterprise to establish communication with the Longxia 10,000-ton warship.

Once the communication channel was established, Willis eagerly said, "I am Captain Willis of the USS Enterprise, requesting to speak with you. Please state your name."

"This is the First Combat Regiment of the Longxia Navy. Captain Chen, the 10,000-ton destroyer, is in charge of this operation!"

Captain Chen responded without hesitation, then changed the subject, "So it's you, Captain Willis. Tell me, what do you want? The ultimatum has already been issued to you. Are you here to beg for mercy? Let me tell you, I won't accept your pleas!"

"That's going too far! Captain Chen, don't be so smug!"

Willis was furious, his lungs practically bursting. He roared in annoyance, "You've only gained the upper hand temporarily, but you can't always be the victors. My carrier fleet is the strongest on Earth, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Captain Chen interrupted him.

"Captain Willis, don't you think you're being childish? Do you think threatening us will work? The Longxia Navy is not afraid of any blackmail or threats."

"I've given you an ultimatum. Three minutes will pass in the blink of an eye. You'd better think it over carefully. It's up to you whether you live or die."

"To tell you the truth, there is no third option!"

Hearing these blatant threats, Willis turned ashen with rage, his clenched fists causing the veins on his arms to bulge.

This is just too outrageous!

"If I don't surrender, you're going to destroy me?"

At this point, Willis burst into laughter. "Hahaha, are you trying to make me laugh to death? With your air force? Well, let me tell you something: our reinforcements are arriving soon. And a second batch of reinforcements is on its way."

"We have over a hundred F-18 Hornets coming up. Can your Longxia Air Force stop them?"

Willis became increasingly agitated as he spoke, his voice rising eight octaves as he roared, "Captain Chen, where does your confidence come from? Is your second-generation heir the Seventh Master or the Eighth Master?"

"Those? Are they even a match for our Bumblebees? Tell me!"

The last sentence was practically spitting out of his throat, with saliva almost spraying from the communicator onto Captain Chen's face.

Faced with Willis's hysterical threats, Captain Chen remained calm and composed, replying, "Willis, who told you that only our air force carries anti-ship missiles? Have all the anti-ship missiles on my warships been fired?"

Willis was stunned when he heard this. How could it be so different from what he had predicted?

If the warships really still have anti-ship missiles, then why were they reduced so much in the second round? Are you kidding us? Is this even funny?

Everyone around, including the vice-captain, was equally bewildered. The vice-captain quickly recovered, gritting his teeth, and said, "Hmph, I just don't believe you when you say there are more anti-ship missiles. If there were, why did you launch a second round…?"

Next, he rattled off the reasons behind Willis's earlier assessment, as if he had to get it off his chest, and afterwards felt a great sense of relief. It was as if he had become a champion against falsehoods, finally exposing the frauds of the Dragon Summer Navy.

If Captain Chen were to speak with him face-to-face, he would certainly see the deep contempt on the man's face and the sarcasm in his words. It seemed to be saying, "Hmph, no matter how you try to deny it, you can't escape our sharp eyes."

Upon hearing the Enterprise's executive officer's inexplicably confident remarks, Captain Chen was initially taken aback, but then he couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing.

"Pfft, hahaha, you're killing me with laughter."

"I knew it! How could you be so defiant in the face of our encirclement? It turns out it was based on this kind of guess."

Captain Chen almost laughed until tears streamed down his face, and the vice-captain and others beside him also laughed along, laughing heartily as if they had heard a very funny joke.

After a moment, Captain Chen stopped laughing and slowly said, "Captain Willis, let me remind you, you seem to have forgotten that we have a two-hour ceasefire period. It was your foreign affairs department that requested this consultation. What, are you the only ones allowed to take action during these two hours?"

"Similarly, our combat regiments also received ammunition supplies, which means that when the second round of the war started, we were fully equipped and manned."

At this point, Captain Chen suddenly changed the subject, "Actually, to be honest, I really have to thank your tribe's leaders. If they hadn't insisted on bilateral consultations, we wouldn't have received the supplies."

"Now, do you still think we've run out of ammunition?"

This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Captain Willis, shattering all his previous fantasies.

The reason he was so confident and tough before was that he was betting that the three major fleets of the Longxia Navy would have consumed a lot of ammunition when dealing with the Fukuno aircraft carrier fleet of the Donghuang tribe, and would not have had time to replenish it in time, thus resulting in insufficient ammunition when fighting with them!

Who could have imagined that during the lull in the bilateral negotiations, the Longxia Navy received a full supply of ammunition?

This means that the Longxia Navy still has anti-ship missiles, they just haven't launched them yet. They were just using fighter jets to launch anti-ship missiles to lure them in, and sure enough, they fell for it.

He panicked, and a chill suddenly rose from the soles of his feet, shooting straight to the top of his head.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing his panic, he asked, "What did you say? You've received a resupply of ammunition?"

"Mr. Willis, face reality. Don't you know that the battlefield is ever-changing? It's all about deception and strategy. When it comes to playing tricks, we Longxia people are the masters!"

Captain Chen smiled confidently and retorted, "Do you think we don't know that you brought up the consultations to wait for your Bald Eagle carrier fleet to arrive in the waters related to the Eastern Wilderness Tribe?"

“We have complete control of the battlefield, but we're not going to tell you. If you send men, I need to resupply my ammunition, don't I?”

"Didn't expect that? Were you surprised?"

Upon hearing these words, Willis felt a surge of anger rising in his chest. Then, he felt a sweet taste in his mouth, and the blood that was about to spit out was swallowed back down.

"Fuck, you damn bastard..." The next second, Willis completely lost his temper, no longer caring about his image as the captain of the aircraft carrier, and started cursing.

If this is the truth, he really wants to drag all the bigwigs in the upper echelons over and give them a good dressing down! Is this how you do things?

Their stunt was carried out under the watchful eyes of their adversaries, the Longxia people, and the Longxia navy made corresponding and highly targeted deployments.

They were caught completely off guard, suffering such heavy losses.

That's not a scheme at all, it's clearly aiding the enemy.

Willis was so angry he was about to vomit blood, and his head was buzzing; he didn't know what to say.

If the Longxia Navy's fleet deployed at the front lines received a large amount of ammunition during the previous ceasefire, then even if reinforcements arrive, it will likely be insufficient. The reinforcements may find themselves in serious trouble and be unable to provide any assistance.

If the Longxia Navy launches a third attack, with nearly two hundred anti-ship missiles, 67 F-18s simply won't have enough time to intercept them, and a large number of ships will slip through the net.

The crucial point is that there is still no news about the second batch of reinforcements, which is making Willis extremely anxious.

Suddenly, he was completely at a loss, his mind was in turmoil, and he had no idea what to do.

"Since you have enough ammunition, why did you only launch one air-launched anti-ship missile in two separate launches?" Willis asked after a moment's hesitation.

Captain Chen responded calmly, "Didn't you see? They were firing one after another to test if you still had any anti-aircraft missiles. As it turned out, you didn't have any left. We already have that information."

"The reason we didn't launch another saturation attack is because we were afraid of sending you all into the sea at once."

Upon learning the truth, Willis was driven to madness.

He thought that since the Longxia Navy had run out of anti-ship missiles, they were using the Air Force to humiliate them, which almost made him explode with anger.

Who would have thought that the truth was this: launching only one anti-ship missile twice in a row was not an insult, but a test of whether they had anti-aircraft missiles.

The result was such a huge blunder that he was extremely embarrassed and really wanted to find someone to yell at and vent his frustration.

If I had known you were testing whether we still had anti-aircraft missiles, you should have said so earlier. Why did you make me misjudge the situation?
One after another, using weapons to probe, is that so despicable? And they're all targeting my aircraft carrier, and you've hit it twice.

If one of those bombs were to blow up the ammunition depot, wouldn't we all be doomed?

Do you know that doing this is going to drive us crazy?

"Oh, right, there's something else I need to tell you."

Before Captain Willis could speak, Captain Chen said again, "I almost forgot, you probably have the same question: why did our second wave of anti-ship missiles decrease by nearly a hundred?"

"Mr. Willis, am I right?" (End of Chapter)