novelraw Chapter 1468: Fleet Attack
Chapter 1468: Fleet Attack
Ling Feng was also taken aback when he heard the news!
It’s obvious that Benjamin couldn’t have obtained such weapons by himself; there are clearly signs of others intervening!
But unfortunately, when Ah Min investigated the sources of those warships, he only found out that they were rented by several European private enterprises and couldn’t identify who was behind them.
Deploying retired warships armed with potentially lethal weapons, now that’s interesting!
Benjamin’s few million US dollars are completely insufficient for this; it’s clearly no longer about revenge, but about seizing the island!
Realizing this, Ling Feng knew that relying solely on Zoran’s people was no longer enough, so he immediately headed to Nine Heavens.
The girls were even more excited than he was and immediately decided to all go to Ling Yun Island, determined not to let anyone destroy a single blade of grass or tree.
Soon, a group of them teleported to Ling Yun Island.
Gu Li’s equipment had already been transported there and was being installed, soon to be operational.
According to the intelligence, the fleet that Benjamin assembled had already set sail and was just half a day away from reaching Ling Yun Island.
Their ships hadn’t arrived yet, but Zoran’s submarines detected some ships in the waters near Ling Yun Island.
These ships included both military and civilian vessels, hovering nearby without approaching, probably just there to watch the spectacle.
Ling Feng didn’t know how much attention this matter was getting online, but once the live broadcast signal was opened and he heard the numbers reported by Ah Min, he was stunned!
Online viewership had surpassed a billion, directly causing the server to crash!
Fortunately, several companies, including some from Huaxia’s video hosting sites, sent requests to handle the live streaming business. Their distribution ensured the signal output.
For a moment, the world’s eyes were all fixed on Ling Yun Island.
However, when people saw that there was only one white yacht and a few small ragged boats at the island’s dock, they immediately began to worry about Ling Feng.
The others are coming with warships, at the very least bring some weaponry; is this a plan to broadcast a surrender?
Of course, some people thought that Ling Feng absolutely wouldn’t hand over the island so easily and must have something planned, even if it wasn’t visible yet.
With immense curiosity, many people stopped their work, and some from the other hemisphere even lost sleep, glued to the screen.
If the comment barrage was opened at this moment, one would find that the screen was completely obscured by letters typed by netizens from various countries, in all kinds of languages, filling the screen.
At three in the afternoon, the submarine signaled that the fleet had reached twenty nautical miles opposite Ling Yun Island.
Ling Feng stood on the dock and issued an order to Zoran: "Dispatch the unmanned ship!"
"Okay!"
Zoran nodded and instructed his subordinates to head towards the fleet.
The reason for using this unmanned ship was primarily because Ling Feng couldn’t be sure if the other party would attack on sight.
Thus, no one could be present on the ship, for if the other party unleashed full firepower, it would mean certain death for anyone aboard!
This ship was just to test the waters, so it was remotely controlled to see what kind of reaction the other side would have.
The vessels moved towards each other, the camera onboard relaying the situation in real-time, meeting ten nautical miles from Ling Yun Island.
The people watching online held their breaths.
The standoff lasted only half a minute before the destroyer fired a shell that instantly hit the small boat, which exploded into oblivion with a boom!
This caused the screen to momentarily blur and then go black for those watching.
Fortunately, the image stabilized after a few seconds, and the view returned to Ling Yun Island from above.
The signal from a drone was accessed, showing the fleet arrogantly advancing from over ten kilometers away!
Ling Feng also witnessed the scene of the small boat being blown up and slightly smirked: "Since they fired the first shot, we won’t hold back!"
"No rush, there’s still the protective shield to try out, to see how effective it really is!" Ling Yao said.
Ling Feng nodded: "Alright, let’s make a probing attack then, and draw their fire over!"
Soon, the fleet came into view, lined up in a straight formation, heading towards the dock.
Seeing this scene, Ling Feng suddenly remembered something, turned to see everyone, and found that only Li Fei’er would understand that piece of history, so he said to her, "See? Doesn’t this look a lot like the scene over a hundred years ago, when Western powers brazenly invaded our Huaxia?"
"Mm, I’ve read about that history!"
Li Fei’er nodded and then said, "But history won’t repeat itself. Uncle, let me know when we can attack, and I’ll go set their ships ablaze first!"
"No rush, let’s wait and see!"
Ling Feng chuckled and told Zuo Zhu, "They blew up one of our ships, so we have to respond, right?"
"Got it!"
Zoran nodded and immediately issued an order via walkie-talkie!
Quickly, several people appeared on the dock, carrying out an ancient-looking heavy machine gun.
The online audience was dumbstruck at this sight.
It wasn’t that the weapon was impressive, but no one expected Ling Feng to use that thing against the fleet!
This is merely a scratch, isn’t it?
Also, from its appearance, how come that heavy machine gun looks like an old piece of equipment from decades ago, the long-obsolete Maxim gun?
Even those with some basic understanding of weaponry were speechless.
Meanwhile, Zhang He and Han Wancheng, watching the live stream from within Longyuan, wore the same expressions of surprise and bemusement.
"Is Ling Feng joking?" Zhang He said.
"That kid is doing it on purpose, maybe just to annoy Benjamin," Han Wancheng said.
"This might indeed win some sympathy, as everyone thinks he doesn’t have any real weaponry!" Zhang Hao continued.
Han Wancheng nodded: "Hmm, this move is smart. In comparison, the other side is overdoing it!"
While the two were talking, the heavy machine gun opened fire, sending a string of bullets flying!
Unfortunately, the bullets already had limited power and range, so they couldn’t even reach Benjamin’s ships!
And at this moment, the opposing fleet also opened fire!
A flare of light followed by a few shells rocketing towards Ling Yun Island!
Seeing Ling Feng and the others still standing on the dock in the footage, every spectator held their breath!
Even Zhang He and Han Wancheng were the same, unaware of what measures Ling Feng had prepared to counter their opponent. Those were real shells, and they weren’t even hiding?
"Boom boom boom!"
With several thunderous explosions, all the shells were intercepted mid-air by an invisible energy field, creating a few bursts of flame!