Warlords: I just made a little fortune, but I didn’t build a country.

In the territorial waters of the East Asian Kingdom, three warships are sailing on the sea, conducting maritime patrol operations to prevent the warships of the Qin Empire from appearing in their territorial waters without their knowledge.

"Captain," a Japanese navy soldier asked the captain of the Aoba-class cruiser, "Is it true that our Great Eastern Empire's navy cannot defeat the Great Qin Empire's navy?"

As a country with a world-renowned navy that had conquered new powers, the East Asian Kingdom frequently lost naval battles to the Qin Empire, which had only been in existence for a few years. In its heart, it could not believe that this was true.

"The Great Qin Empire!"

The captain who was asked responded, "The naval tonnage of our Great East Ocean Empire is still the first in Hanzhou, the number of warships of our Great East Ocean Empire Navy is still the first, and the number of soldiers of our Great East Ocean Empire Navy is still the first in Hanzhou. So let me ask you, do you think the naval strength of our Great East Ocean Empire is worse than that of the Great Qin Empire, which has only developed for a few years?"

"Hiyi."

After receiving the captain's positive response, the soldier showed an excited expression and shouted, "Long live the Emperor, long live the Great Eastern Empire, long live the Navy."

"Buzzing."

Just as the Japanese naval soldiers were shouting excitedly, there was a buzzing sound suddenly in the air. Before the Japanese could react, the Phoenix carrier-based aircraft arrived over the Japanese warship at supersonic speed and began shooting.

"Da da da."

In a flash, a burst of machine gun bullets was fired.

"Fight back, fight back!"

A burst of machine gun bullets hit the deck of the Japanese warship, scaring the Japanese soldiers so much that they quickly sounded the alarm and began to counterattack the fighter planes in the air.

"Da da da."

Dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns aimed at the fighter planes in the air and launched a counterattack. The Japanese soldier who had just raised the question also quickly took his position, and as the main gunner, he quickly pulled the trigger.

The three Japanese warships that went out to sea to complete the patrol mission were all cruisers, including one heavy cruiser, the Aoba-class heavy cruiser, with a full load displacement of tons. It was equipped with anti-aircraft weapons including 4 127mm anti-aircraft guns, 42 triple-mounted 25mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and 4 quad-mounted 13mm anti-aircraft machine guns. There were more than anti-aircraft weapons on the ship, and it was carrying out a full-scale counterattack against dozens of Phoenix carrier-based aircraft in the air.

"Damn the Qin Empire, kill the chicken!"

The Japanese naval soldiers fired frantically, but the speed of the carrier-based aircraft in the air was too fast, and they could not catch up at all, so there was no need to aim, and they could only expel them to a certain extent.

"Triangle formation."

The captain of the main Japanese ship began to issue a combat plan. The three warships formed a triangular formation to achieve a 360-degree air defense without blind spots. Then he sent a telegram to the military headquarters, requesting assistance.

"Attack in turns, run away after fighting, and then fly back to fight, so as to contain the Japanese warships." The Qin Army Flight Squadron Leader also issued a combat plan, which mainly focused on containment.

A battle between fighter planes and warships began. The Phoenix carrier-based aircraft kept circling over the Japanese warships at an extremely high speed and quickly withdrew after firing a burst of machine gun fire.

With the supersonic speed of the Phoenix carrier-based aircraft, the Japanese air defense weapons could not catch it at all.

"idiot!"

After fighting for nearly half an hour, they failed to destroy a single fighter plane. The Japanese soldiers were so angry that they shot frantically, trying to shoot down the fighter planes in the sky. However, their skills in shooting down planes were too poor. In the face of absolute speed, any counterattack was useless.

"retreat!"

The Qin Army Flight Squadron Leader received an order from the deputy fleet captain and began to evacuate with his fighter planes because the Japanese warships had entered the encirclement of their fleet.

Watching the Qin army's fighter planes evacuate, the Japanese naval soldiers showed an expression of victory on their faces. Although they did not destroy the Qin army's carrier-based aircraft, seeing the other side leave in disgrace, they still felt a sense of pride in their hearts.

"Report to the military headquarters," the Japanese captain said in high spirits as he looked at the Qin army fighter planes that left in disgrace, "Say that we have successfully repelled the Qin army fighter planes and apply to continue to complete the inspection work."

"Hiyi."

The Japanese adjutant quickly went to carry out the captain's orders.

After obtaining the consent of the military, the Japanese captain began to adjust the direction of the warship and continued sailing, but he did not know that at this time he had already led his three warships into the encirclement of the Qin Army's Qianhai Fleet.

"Beep beep."

After sailing for about half an hour, the alarm radar inside the Japanese warship began to sound, and then dozens of red dots suddenly appeared on the radar. The Japanese captain was so scared that his legs went weak and he almost fell to his knees.

"idiot!"

"How is this going?"

"Captain... Captain," the radar observer looked at the captain and said, "The nearest enemy ship is only 9 nautical miles away. We!"

Hearing this, the Japanese captain quickly walked out of the command cabin and came to the deck.

Sure enough, a large number of Qin army warships were seen through the telescope, including several aircraft carriers. The Japanese captain was so scared that he almost dropped the telescope in his hand. He quickly called the communicator and ordered, "Contact the military immediately and tell them that we have discovered a large number of Qin army warships. Request support, request support."

"Captain!"

The lookout officer quickly came up to the captain, Taichi Nada, and shouted, "An unknown fleet has appeared on our flank. Our warships have been surrounded by the enemy. We need to turn around quickly."

"idiot!"

At this time, Nagata Taichi was completely devastated. It was very likely that they encountered an entire naval fleet. If that was the case, they would have no chance of survival.

"Turn around, quick, turn around."

After Taichi Wada gave the order, the warships began to turn around quickly, and the deputy fleet captain Chen Hai on the command ship of the Qianhai Fleet also watched the Japanese warships begin to turn around, but he did not issue a combat order.

Because just now the deputy captain of the Hanhai Fleet called and said that they were only 48 nautical miles away from their Qianhai Fleet, and they could form a pincer attack with their Qianhai Fleet. They could use these three Japanese warships to lure out the Japanese main fleet, play a long game to catch the big fish, and then eat up the Japanese main fleet in one bite and break through the Japanese maritime defense line.

In this battle, they need to fight a protracted war at sea, so instead of just making small profits, they have to make plans to hook the big fish of the Japanese. This is why the three Japanese warships have survived until now. Otherwise, as early as before, after the three Japanese warships entered their encirclement, dozens or hundreds of anti-ship missiles would have sunk the three warships.

"Keep tracking and advancing."

Chen Hai held the intercom connected to all the warships and said, "Keep a distance of 18 nautical miles and wait for the main fleet of the Japanese to appear. The flanking squadron can then launch anti-ship missiles to destroy the three Japanese warships."

"Yes, Captain."

[I wrote a chapter while enduring the severe pain during the acute stage of cervical spondylosis. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I owe you a chapter and will return it later. Thank you for your support. Don't lower your head when reading the novel. As a person who has experienced it, I can tell you that the pain of cervical spondylosis is life-threatening, so protect your cervical spine. I wish there is no disease in the world.]