Chapter 60: The Anti-Hegemony League, Attack!

Facing the military invasion by the United States, South Korea, and Japan, the Great Oriental Nation officially declared war!

As soon as this news broke, the entire world was in an uproar.

Naturally, after the Great Oriental Nation released footage showing the US military initiating the attack, destroying fighter jets, and attempting to mass troops at the border, it became blatantly obvious who the instigator was.

However, declaring war on three nations simultaneously...

Even though the Great Oriental Nation was the world's premier industrial power, people still wondered whether taking on three opponents at once was a bit arrogant.

Yet, with the release of the South China Sea battle report, the entire world fell silent.

Five US aircraft carriers captured, half of their cruisers sunk, and half of their destroyers sunk.

All four of Japan's helicopter carriers sunk, with ninety percent of its naval vessels sent to the bottom.

South Korea also lost half of its fleet.

A total of 90,000 soldiers were captured, with an estimated 30,000 dead and 20,000 missing.

The warship attrition rate exceeded fifty percent; the US-led coalition fleet had been annihilated as a cohesive fighting force!

When this news broke, it shocked the entire globe.

Such combat results were simply absurd.

They were supposed to be fighting from a position of weakness against a strong opponent, but how had the tables turned so drastically?

It was a triumph of the weak over the strong, and an absolute, crushing annihilation at that!

What on earth, this was too preposterous!

On Weibo, the Southeast Navy promptly updated a series of posts.

At the very front was a short video.

Soldiers in "Smurf" camouflage uniforms were seen collaborating to haul down the American Stars and Stripes from the aircraft carrier Eisenhower, kicking it away, and excitedly replacing it with the Five-Starred Red Flag!

This was a composite video.

Following that, it cut to a large group of people being escorted out of the carrier's island structure by soldiers.

And the funniest part was:

At the very end, as a middle-aged man wearing a military uniform and looking utterly disheveled was being escorted out, a character introduction caption appeared right beside him!

"Carl Thomas, captain of the aircraft carrier Eisenhower. Haha, asking for a friend, is this some new movie? [Dog Head]"

"The military public relations team has really found a genius, hahaha, awesome!"

"Holy crap, they actually captured it. This is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier we're talking about. How did they pull this off?!"

"The guy above must be living under a rock. I'm in Zhanjiang right now, and the naval port is currently full of captured warships, with American dogs squatting right on the decks!"

"Awesome, three-on-one and completely vaporized!"

"The boss of the Blue Planet!"

"We won, the US can get the hell out of East Asia!"

"We won!!!"

"..."

Beneath the video, the comments were flooded with thrilled citizens.

Because this was simply too satisfying!

Nothing could be more exhilarating than kicking away the American Stars and Stripes!

As for whether people were worried that China might lose a one-on-three fight?

That had indeed been a genuine concern for everyone.

However, the news that erupted next completely dispelled the anxieties of Chinese citizens.

***

"Declaration of War! North Korea's Post-80s Leader Announces Immediate Declaration of War on South Korea in Accordance with Military Alliance!"

"Expanding the Military by 170,000 and Increasing Defense Spending by 70%, Russia Immediately Launches Winter Offensive!"

"Middle East Conflict Reignites as the Axis of Resistance Launches Attacks on US Bases and the Zionist State!"

"Breaking: Belarus Launches Attack on Poland!"

"Red Sea Shipping Cut Off: Yemeni Armed Forces Announce Ban on Commercial Vessels from the US, the Zionist State, South Korea, and Japan Passing Through the Mandeb Strait!"

"The Backyard is in Turmoil: Venezuela Opens Hostinities!"

Ever since the Great Oriental Nation announced its crushing defeat of the US fleet, the fires of war suddenly flared up across the globe.

Armed resistance forces opposing the United States everywhere began to emerge, fiercely launching attacks.

As the saying goes, when a massive wall is about to collapse, everyone gives it a push.

The world had suffered under American hegemony for far too long; now that the Great Oriental Nation had taken the lead in the charge and broken one of America's arms, the remaining victims naturally had to rise up and fight!

In an instant, the great banner of anti-American resistance was hoisted high across the world.

The momentum was mighty and unstoppable!

At the same time, this earth-shaking momentum silenced all voices questioning whether China could handle a one-to-three fight.

In this world, they were not the only ones fighting against hegemony!

Now, various regional powers, seeing that the big brother had not only struck but had directly crippled the main force of the US Navy, were utterly ecstatic!

North Korea's post-80s leader smiled so hard in his sleep upon hearing that the Great Oriental Nation had declared war on South Korea!

He had waited decades for this very day!

For all these years, North Korea had devoted itself entirely to military and politics, building up a force of 1.2 million active-duty troops and 4.7 million reservists. Their logic was simple: they certainly couldn't defeat the United States on their own, but they could at least guarantee defeating South Korea and threatening Japan, thereby sharing the pressure for their big brother.

When the big brother eventually took over East Asia, given his loyalty, would North Korea lack opportunities for development?

South Korea could laugh at me for being poor now, but I would laugh at South Korea for its shallow vision.

The merit of supporting the founding of a new order, coupled with being the neighbor of the great Eastern Big Brother—North Korea was about to take off!

Therefore, upon learning that the Great Oriental Nation had already wiped out the main American force, without a second thought, all 1.2 million troops mobilized and marched straight south!

What?

Concerns about the rear?

Big Brother, the US Navy in East Asia has been reduced to a vacuum, and at my back stand the Great Oriental Nation and Russia.

What rear concerns could I possibly have?

In such a tiny sliver of land, rocket artillery could reach the capital of the puppet regime without even moving the navy; 1.2 million troops would simply trample South Korea flat.

Having developed for seventy years, this was the exact day they had been waiting for!

Both big brothers had made their move, so following suit and fighting alongside them was the only logical course of action.

The harder the fight right now, the greater the merit, and the more prosperous the post-war era would be!

Attack!

***

Tokyo, Japan.

This was a super-metropolis with a population exceeding thirty million and the most prosperous city in Japan.

Pedestrians rushing back and forth were now looking up at the sky in sheer terror.

This afternoon, the Great Oriental Nation officially declared war on the invaders: Japan, South Korea, and the United States.

Just twenty minutes later, air raid sirens began to wail across all of Tokyo.

"Wooo—"

The shrill air-raid sirens shrieked once more, filling every off-duty commuter with panic.

"Wh-what is this sound?!"

"Air raid sirens? Has the Great Oriental Nation attacked?!"

"Help, help!"

"Look, our fighter jets are in the sky!"

"Are... are we saved?"

"..."

The panicked crowd, upon seeing the F-2 fighter jets flying over the metropolis, felt a glimmer of grateful relief, believing they were saved.

However, that expression did not last long.

The piercing air raid sirens suddenly cut out mid-wail, as if broken.

The F-2 fighter jets in the air also suddenly stalled, losing control as their airframes shuddered violently.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

A sharp, turbulent shockwave tore through the air, violently slamming into the fighter jets above the city.

Boom!

The F-2s, previously regarded as saviors by the Japanese, instantly blossomed into fiery explosions in mid-air.

Debris engulfed in sparks rained down like a meteor shower.

"How could this be?!"

"Ah—"

"Help! Help!"

In an instant, the people down below in the city screamed in terror.

Hummmmmmm—

A stealth fighter jet with a dark-gray camouflage coating, all-moving vertical tails, composite duck-wing configuration, and engines humming like a dragon's roar, reflecting a biting, chilling glint—its underside painted with radar-absorbent anti-radar stars, looking as though it had stepped right out of the future—silently glided over the skies of Tokyo.

"Tower, tower, this is Falcon. Having flown from the South Korean allied air base into Japanese airspace, electromagnetic pulses have already shattered the enemy's air defense network. I will coordinate with the navy to launch the offensive and have now arrived over Tokyo."

Inside the cockpit, the pilot's gaze was indifferent as he quietly looked at the display screen, specifically at the coordinates in Chiyoda District, Kudan.

"Tower received, Falcon. Continue the assault; the Hayabusa Squadron is following up. Your mission is to destroy the US military bases at Yokosuka, Yokota, Zama, and Atsugi. Remember, keep casualties under control."

"Falcon received!"

Hearing the instruction to control casualties, the pilot's lips curled into a smirk, and looking toward the direction of Chiyoda, he felt even more thoroughly disgusted.

So this was the Yasukuni Shrine, huh?

I am a native of Nanjing myself, and now that you've fallen right into my hands, I'm going to blast you to oblivion!

With that thought, his hand rested directly on the missile launch button.

Without the slightest hesitation, he pressed the trigger four consecutive times targeting the location in Kudan, Chiyoda!

A four-missile volley!

Eat this, you bastards!