Wasteland Commander-Chapter 425 - 116: One Shot, One Kill

Above the Celestial River.

After Chu Yuan issued the order, the army continued to advance slowly.

This sluggish pace made a nearby person slightly displeased.

"Young Marshal, your orders have been given. Dawn Island is completely in chaos due to the armed zombies, and the other two forces are about to attack. I don’t understand what you’re still worried about. At this rate, won’t our long journey here go to waste without a proper battle?"

Chu Yuan glanced at the speaker, feeling a bit contemptuous.

Beside Chu Yuan stood three other people.

One was Liu Jingyan, the leader of Lingnan Base; another was Song Yuchang, the leader of Bashu Base; and the third was Zhang Yang, the new leader of Jiangnan Base.

Zhang Yang was entirely fostered by Zheng Jinnan and now followed Chu Yuan.

As for Liu Jingyan and Song Yuchang, Chu Yuan didn’t take them seriously at all.

Although both possessed strong personal abilities, being peak Level 2 mutants with more than one ability mutation, in his eyes, they were just two brainless country bumpkins.

If the Dawn Army were so easy to deal with, would he need to be this cautious?

In fact, Chu Yuan harbored a psychological shadow concerning the Dawn Army, though he never showed it.

"Leader Liu, haste makes waste. This time we have come eastward with full force, allowing only for victory, not defeat. As the Commander-in-Chief, I naturally have to be cautious."

Liu Jingyan was a man in his early thirties, tall and thin, with brown eyes and a fierce demeanor, a common trait among post-apocalyptic mutants.

He nodded, "Young Marshal, as agreed, this time we must put on a good show. Our ground forces are ready, and we will assume the role of land vanguard in attacking Dawn Island."

"Good! Leader Liu is thoughtful, and after victory, I will request rewards for you from my godfather."

"Haha! Then it’s a deal. When the time comes, I’ll ask the Young Marshal for a person, and you can’t refuse."

"Hmph! Just a mere person is not worth mentioning. This Young Marshal consents, and when the time comes, aside from my godfather and me, Leader Liu can have anyone in Jiangzhou."

Liu Jingyan looked at Chu Yuan’s arrogant demeanor and curled his lips into a slight smile.

The person he wanted, he feared Zheng Jinnan and Chu Yuan would not be willing to part with.

"Young Marshal! A hundred kilometers ahead, we have discovered a Dawn Army fleet!"

"Oh! How many ships do they have?"

"According to the Dawn Army’s structure, it’s two carrier battle groups."

"They have indeed come. Gentlemen, it seems we must pass this hurdle before attacking Dawn Island. Inform everyone to decelerate, air support in place, advance slowly, and give the Dawn Army no opportunities at all."

Chu Yuan adopted a cautious strategy. The war had only just begun, and he wanted the Mountain River Base and Crescent Island forces to be the first wave, which would be most advantageous for him.

Thus, the 1.2 million troops dispatched from Jiangzhou began to slow their advance, determined not to be the first to engage.

......

In the eastern sea area of Dawn Island.

On an island renowned for its beautiful landscapes.

Liu Te, the commander of the Dawn Army’s second aircraft carrier battle group, had been waiting here for a long time.

This small island was inhabited before the apocalypse, but after, it was entirely overrun by zombies, leaving no survivors.

Before the apocalypse, such islands were highly sought after, but afterward, they became burdensome, with too many uninhabited islands left unclaimed.

The Dawn Army occupied it, and no one had ever known.

Liu Te’s carrier fleet had been here for several days, always waiting.

Their mission was to intercept the fleet from Crescent Island.

The internal radar of the Dawn Army was interconnected, and Liu Te could even see the fleet from Crescent Island approaching the sea area they were stationed at. But the military headquarters had yet to give the order to attack, leaving him extremely anxious. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

While pacing around the island, a transport plane from the Dawn Army finally arrived quietly, landing on the island’s airstrip.

"Captain Liu, the things sent by the officer have arrived for you."

Liu Te felt great joy seeing the transport plane finally arrive.

"You finally came. Any later, and the people from Crescent Island would have escaped."

The engineering corps unloaded two missiles from the plane.

The vehicles hurriedly transported the missiles, loading them onto a Type 55 destroyer.

Liu Te was so excited that he did not return to his carrier but went directly to the destroyer to command the battle.

"Move! It’s time to show those Crescent Island bastards a thing or two. If they dare to meddle in our fight, they must be prepared to pay the price!"

The Dawn Army’s second aircraft carrier battle group immediately and quietly approached the Crescent Island fleet.

......

Liao Jinhua felt his right eyelid twitching continuously.

He wasn’t superstitious; he thought he was just too nervous.

There was no other way. The terms Zheng Jinnan offered were too tempting: ownership of Dawn Island, a condition that drove everyone on Crescent Island crazy.

They revved up full power on the sea, heading straight for Dawn Island.

In his view, Dawn Island is currently being torn apart by the armed zombies, and Ye Fan certainly has no spare attention to deal with anything else—it’s the perfect time for him to land on the island.

If he moves too slowly, and Jiangzhou or Mountain River Base seize it first, the ownership of this island might not be his anymore.

Men die for wealth, birds perish for food; everyone knows there’s danger, but no one believes Liao Jinhua’s choice is wrong.

"Pay attention to air defense! Dawn Army’s radar operates 24 hours a day, covering a wide area. We may have already been discovered—beware of Dawn Army’s aircraft or missile airstrike."

"Watch underwater; past mistakes are clear as day. Report immediately if any underwater target is detected approaching."

"Stay alert, if anyone screws up, I’ll have their head!"

Liao Jinhua couldn’t be described as anything but cautious; no defense measure was overlooked.

Just over a hundred nautical miles ahead is Dawn Island, and he’s already getting impatient.

The beach landing drills, his troops have practiced countless times; he believed there would be no mishaps.

In another hour, just one hour, it would be time to witness a miracle.

Thinking about the battle he commands being potentially recorded in history, Liao Jinhua couldn’t help but tremble with excitement.

His dreams hadn’t lasted long before the radar soldier suddenly raised an alarm!

"Sir! Enemy attack detected!"

"What is it? Aircraft or missile?" Liao Jinhua hurriedly approached the radar screen.

"It should be... a missile, very fast—it’s already closing in within a hundred-kilometer range!"

"What? A missile gets within a hundred kilometers before detection? Are your eyes full of shit? How come it’s just discovered now?"

"Possibly... possibly because the missile was flying in the atmosphere, the radar didn’t detect it immediately. Now, the missile is in its descent phase, and we’ve just noticed it—there’s not much time left. Please decide quickly, sir."

"What’s there to panic about? Are our cruisers ready? Prepare missile interception; don’t let this missile threaten our aircraft carrier. There’s nothing to worry about—our intercept missiles have been tested. The success rate of intercepting a single missile is 70%; we’ll fire three—210% chance of success. Surely, we can bring down the Dawn Army’s missile."

"Yes, missile defense system activated."

While communicating, the missile is already closing in within a ten-kilometer range.

On the sea, Crescent Island’s cruiser fired the intercept missiles.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~!

Three connected missiles rose into the air, with tails dragging, heading towards the opponent’s missile under the semi-dark sky.

Due to the lighting, the opposing missile can already be faintly seen approaching.

Liao Jinhua stared at the radar screen intensely, although he felt the opponent’s missile was fast, calculating by the current trajectory, interception should succeed in five seconds.

However, just three seconds later, just as interception was about to succeed, something terrifying happened to him.

The missile suddenly accelerated!

Like a stream of flowing light, as the intercept missiles neared, it accelerated abruptly, leaving the three intercept missiles behind, rapidly advancing toward his aircraft carrier.

"Quick! Activate the close-in weapon system! Tell the crew to prepare for firefighting—don’t worry too much; our aircraft carrier isn’t that easy to damage..."

Before Liao Jinhua could finish speaking, the enemy missile arrived.

The close-in weapon system did fire, but it was useless—this missile was too fast, and the target was very clear—this aircraft carrier.

The close-in weapon system was ineffective; it couldn’t stop it—the speed was simply too fast!

Like a meteor, it fiercely struck the body of the aircraft carrier.

Boom~~~!

A red light penetrated directly into the body of the ship.

The aircraft carrier shook slightly; many people still weren’t too worried because before the apocalypse, they had seen videos of aircraft carriers being destroyed—taking several days to sink, getting hit by a missile didn’t seem too problematic.

However, the next moment, secondary explosions occurred!

Though the missile didn’t hit the aircraft carrier’s magazine, the warhead it carried still produced a massive explosion.

Boom, boom, boom~~~~!!!!

The dazzling red light engulfed over half of the aircraft carrier, blinding explosions erupted from within the ship’s structure, shaking the entire vessel in the ocean.

The red light was deadly high temperature; this hit was solid—instantly enveloping the majority of the carrier’s compartments.

In that moment, countless sailors died—the explosion caused by anionic salt had a devastating power beyond imagination!

Even as Liao Jinhua stood within the carrier’s island, he could feel scorching heat rising from below.

Several people in the island control room seemed like drunkards, falling directly to the ground amid the ship’s shaking, instantly struggling to breathe.

"This is bad! What’s... what’s happening?"

At that moment, Liao Jinhua felt the imminent approach of death vividly.

All the instrument panels on the aircraft carrier erupted at that moment, thick smoke and electricity swept through the cabin.

His body was already blistered by the scorching ship’s body, and he screamed hoarsely, calling for guards.

But by now, no one was answering him.

Because this Eagle Strike-21 missile struck true, having already killed most of the people on this aircraft carrier!