Sky-cracking Rider

Facing Miyoshi Xuesen's words, Chen Fei was silent for a while, seemingly making some sort of decision.

"We might have to fight!"

"With the High Barrier Peninsula?"

The Monk was already full of admiration for Chen Xiao'er's courage, taking on Sovereignty is truly brave!

"Whoever comes, it's the same!"

Chen Fei's tone grew more resolute.

Although his airships didn't cost him money, they couldn't withstand being exploited like this, especially not during a mission when someone forcefully intervenes. Situations like this happen either not at all or endlessly.

If supply lines are cut off at critical moments, forcibly dragging one's feet, that is truly life-threatening.

Even though it's not that time yet, the nature of it is the same. Whoever dares to do this, he'll make them pay with their life; better to settle it with one punch than to face countless punches.

"Namo Amitabha Buddha!" The Monk muttered a Buddhist chant, then gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's fight!"

At this critical moment, if not for Chen Fei bringing out the "Stargate" as a PLAN-B, once Habulav lost reinforcements at the first instance, he himself would likely be in dire straits as well.

Their interests had long been aligned, so as soon as Chen Fei wanted to fight, Miyoshi Xuesen chose to support him without hesitation.

"Before the action, I'll make some arrangements for you, give me an hour, no, half an hour is enough!"

Although Miyoshi Monk was not very popular within the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee, he still had some connections. Whether through recognition or coercion, as long as they could be used, it didn't matter.

"Half an hour?"

Chen Fei raised his eyebrows, of course, he wouldn't refuse, he could even guess what the Monk wanted to do.

The High Barrier Peninsula is no minor sovereignty, if it was a minor sovereignty ranked beyond one hundred in national power, then a fight wouldn't even warrant a second glance from Miyoshi Xuesen. Therefore, a moral high ground must be established before the High Barrier Peninsula's sovereignty formally launches an attack, which makes Chen Fei's actions not only a last resort but also reasonable and lawful.

Unless you can single-handedly take down seventeen factions and win, preventive measures like those taken by Miyoshi Xuesen are still necessary in the end.

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The number of Habulav "refugees" flooding into Socotra Island was increasing, and Chen Fei sent out ten thousand combat mechs and substantial resources to help these people set up temporary settlements on Socotra Island, ensuring accommodation, food, and energy supplies. However, aspects like administration and healthcare had to be self-managed by those people.

Even though Chen Fei's "Boundary Pearl" Life Space had enough administrative staff, it wasn't appropriate to expose them.

Before the half-hour promised by Miyoshi Monk had even passed, the airship cluster from the High Barrier Peninsula over the Indian Ocean at the equator couldn't wait to launch an attack on the First Airship Combat Cluster.

With combat units equivalent to four times their own numbers, the first salvo was withstood by the First Airship Combat Cluster, and in the next second, the Tactical Jet Group roared into action, with countless missiles launching from the missile nests.

Closely watching the standoff, Chen Fei gestured to Miyoshi Xuesen, who was still on the phone.

"The fight has started, the High Barrier Peninsula fired first!"

Letting the opponent fire the first shot is an old tradition; whether a second shot can be fired depends on Chen Fei's mood.

The main cannon of the attack ship pierced through the protective barrier of an equal number of airships right away, with large caliber and high energy making it hard for the High Barrier Peninsula's defenses to withstand. After all, the target setting was different; the latter was intended for ships, whereas the former was for "Sagali" civilization's biological space motherships and a larger number of space biological combat weapons, overwhelming firepower was the only tactic.

At an altitude of three kilometers above sea level, missiles left dense trails, and directional energy beams crisscrossed the sky.

The airship cluster from the High Barrier Peninsula faced a fierce counterattack at the first moment, even stunned for ten seconds, unable to react and continue the attack.

This script is wrong!

According to tactical expectations, the First Airship Combat Cluster departing from Socotra Island should have been dazed by the first salvo, not daring to retaliate, and should have lost at least one-third of its combat units, how could it have launched such a vigorous counterattack?

Massive airships belched thick smoke and noticeable flames, slowly plummeting toward the sea surface, with occasional explosive munitions tearing apart sections of the ship's armor, exposing the internal compartment structures completely. You could even see the damage control personnel running back and forth, some unlucky ones being thrown out by the rocking or vibrating airships, flailing as they fell to the sea surface.

Water benefits all things without contention, but if soft water adds height and the acceleration of gravity... falling from above a thousand meters, the outcome isn't much better than hitting concrete.

In the first minute of battle, the High Barrier Peninsula's airship cluster lost more than ten percent, perhaps more.

Controlled by Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam", the aircraft combat group unleashed the highest intensity of firepower at the first moment. If Chen Fei hadn't deliberately restricted using the Element Annihilation Bomb, such a powerful tactical weapon, the battle might have ended within such a short time, with no losses on our side and all enemies eliminated.

"How's the situation?"

Miyoshi Xuesen was a bit worried about Chen Fei's First Airship Combat Cluster, especially since it was facing forces four times its own.

"Overwhelming!"

Chen Fei shook his head, the military might of the High Barrier Peninsula has always been astonishing, never seeming to disappoint.

Really, you have no idea until you hit them once; their force is truly terrifying, just terrifyingly overwhelming.

No wonder people exclaimed, "The enemy doesn't surrender, they dare fight back," they almost turned the invading war into a capital defense battle. Even the First Sovereignty has to handle them cautiously, fearing to use too much force by accident and losing them altogether.

"..."

Hearing Chen Fei's words, Miyoshi Xuesen looked down at his phone, feeling like he might have made a mountain out of a molehill, wasting so much effort, and this is all there is? At least manage to hold out for several rounds, otherwise, it's hard to claim grievances here.

In the position among sovereignties, the fists do all the talking, if you can thrash "the little ones," you can stand tall. But if you're beaten to a pulp, even if you're as big as an elephant, you'll still be looked down upon.

In a sovereignty beaten like this by "Adam," even if they pressured Chen Xiao'er through the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee, their threats would be powerless.

"Miyoshi, what do your acquaintances say?"

Chen Fei was also quite helpless, encountering such an opponent was truly frustrating, even more troublesome than confronting "Sagali" biological space motherships.

"Oh! No worries, they'll support us, since it wasn't you who fired the first shot."

Miyoshi Xuesen finally came around; who knows whose tradition it is not to fire the first shot? It's almost an unwritten rule in sovereignty disputes; it's not yet reached the third world war because Nuclear Weapons turned the world into an Apocalypse, at least street thugs knew to carry a fruit knife, but now it's turned into a melee with sticks and stones on border lines, totally unbearable to watch.