Chapter 1011: Chapter 1011

After Vietnam Country and the Philippine Country had just held a press conference claiming they were going to conduct joint military exercises in the waters around Yongfan Island, Yongfan Island quickly held its own press conference.

The press conference for Yongfan Island was organized and personally handled by Foreign Minister Ye Ningbing.

At the press conference, Ye Ningbing gave a firm response, stating that if Vietnam and the Philippines conduct exercises in the waters near Yongfan Island, the island's stance is that any breach beyond the officially designated area by Yongfan Island will result in immediate attack.

At that time, a journalist asked if Yongfan Island, having just confirmed its sovereignty, was worried that a hasty attack could lead to war.

Ye Ningbing's response was quite strong.

If others respect me one foot, I return ten; if others deceive me by one inch, I repay a hundredfold. Even if it leads to war, I am not afraid.

Another journalist asked whether Yongfan Island's diplomatic policy now seemed too immature.

Ye Ningbing directly replied at that time.

Yongfan Island will not sacrifice its interests to appear mature; we will only use our strength to respond to any provocation.

The content of Ye Ningbing's press conference quickly spread across major mainstream websites and media.

Even the BBC television channel in The Lettered Country made a special episode.

The content was titled Prelude to War.

The Lettered Country believes that this time Vietnam Country and the Philippine Country are joining forces to confront Yongfan Island militarily.

After all, both countries have lost face before on Yongfan Island and suffered significant losses.

This time, their joint effort will certainly aim to deliver a devastating blow to Yongfan Island. As for the exercise, it's merely an excuse for starting a war.

Apart from analyzing the current situation, BBC also specifically commented on the current state of Yongfan Island.

Pompous after two localized skirmishes, facing provocation by the two countries without restraint, and still daring to defy them. That's simply immature diplomacy.

Experts even analyze that Yongfan Island will completely collapse within half a year.

Sharing the same opinion is the Stars and Stripes Country's Star-Spangled Newspaper.

They believe there's a major deviation in Yongfan Island's diplomacy; winning a war depends not solely on armed forces, but also on overall national strength.

Economy, agriculture, manufacturing, etc., etc.

Yongfan Island has just transitioned from a pirate haven to a sovereign nation, counting only a few months, and Star-Spangled Newspaper believes that in agriculture, economy, or manufacturing, Yongfan Island cannot compete with Vietnam Country or the Philippines.

Therefore, Star-Spangled Newspaper also believes that although Yongfan Island boasts for a moment, it will soon be completely defeated.

However, in the international media, there are also opposing voices.

Central Daily from Huaxia Country believes that if Yongfan Island goes to war with Vietnam and the Philippine Country, Yongfan Island will have the upper hand.

Central Daily analyzes that.

The previous naval battle between Yongfan Island and Vietnam Country was due to Vietnam's invasion, later the naval battle with the Philippines was because the Philippines attempted to oppress and dominate the weak.

In both battles, Yongfan Island assumed a righteous stance. This time, with Vietnam Country and the Philippine Country provoking near Yongfan Island's waters, Yongfan Island's resistance is righteous, and therefore victory is certain...

In no time, the world's attention focused on Yongfan Island, with the name of Yongfan Island quickly dominating the headlines of media worldwide...

Waters near Yongfan Island.

The Philippine fleet is slowly cruising nearby, while opposite them are three warships from Yongfan Island.

Those three warships from Yongfan Island are the very ones that sank three Philippine warships and shot down Philippine aircraft in the past.

These three warships were originally captured from the Indian Country's navy by Yongfan Island, and recently, after modifications at Yongfan Island's research center, these warships have seen improvements in radar detection and operation, now requiring only thirty people to operate instead of over a hundred.

On the command ship of the Vietnamese warships, Fleet Commander Manhattan watched the Huaxia Country warships opposite through binoculars.

"General, those three warships participated in the last battle," said a major who had joined the last battle to Manhattan.

"I truly don't understand how you fought the battle, that the main navy of the dignified Philippine Country was sunk by pirates! This is simply a global joke." Manhattan put away the binoculars.

The major who spoke earlier now said nothing, as the last battle was embarrassingly fought.

Their warships didn't even understand what was happening before the enemy directly sank three of theirs, leading them to flee in panic.

"Order all warships to approach Yongfan Island's warships..." Manhattan directly commanded.

"General, it's not possible," said the major. "Yongfan Island has already issued an ultimatum stating that if anyone crosses the frontier line, they will immediately open fire."

After hearing the major's words, Manhattan laughed. "Are you dumb? They're just a bunch of pirates, what could they possibly do!"

The major intended to say something else when Manhattan interrupted, "Scared by a bunch of pirates, do you still have the demeanor of a regular military officer? Order all warships to prepare for battle. If the people of Yongfan Island don't dare take action, they'll be fortunate; but if they do, order all troops to flatten them."

With Manhattan saying this, what more could the major say? "Yes, I'll deliver the orders immediately."

The major finished speaking and immediately jogged away.

Manhattan looked at the warships of Yongfan Island, which had stopped broadcasting in the distance. "Today I will show you what happens when you provoke us, the Philippine People."

"General, the orders have been conveyed, all warships are ready for battle." Not long after, that major came running back and said.

"Very good, order the troops to advance!" Manhattan waved his hand and said.

At this moment, the major used radio equipment to directly notify each warship. "All warships, advance."

Manhattan was using binoculars to survey the distant warships of Yongfan Island. It wasn't long before their warships sailed into the waters of Yongfan Island.

After all the Philippine warships entered the waters of Yongfan Island, the major was nervously observing the situation of the warships on the other side.

At this time, not only did the warships of Yongfan Island not choose to attack, on the contrary, they began to slowly retreat.

"What's going on? The warships of Yongfan Island are retreating towards the island?" The major was puzzled upon seeing this. What is the situation.

In the two naval battles, Yongfan Island had always shown a particularly strong stance; as soon as anyone provoked them, they would spare no effort to directly sink the enemy.

Now, when the Philippine navy had already entered their designated maritime boundary, the warships of Yongfan Island not only did not choose to attack, they retreated instead.

"Major, do you see? They're nothing more than pirates, they're not frightening. The more timid you are, the more rampant they become, and when you become strong, they will show fear." Manhattan said to the major beside him. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝~𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖~𝕟𝕖𝕥

The major felt something was wrong, but he still nodded his head.

"Order all warships, continue to move closer to Yongfan Island!" At this moment, Manhattan walked over to the radio equipment and directly issued orders to each ship through the microphone.

After Manhattan issued the orders, all the Philippine warships rapidly sailed towards Yongfan Island.

"General, aren't we getting too close to Yongfan Island now?"

The Philippine navy advanced dozens of nautical miles in one go, and they could even see the trees on Yongfan Island.

"No problem, if they really dared to fire, they wouldn't have waited until now." Manhattan said arrogantly. "If they dare to fire, I will annihilate all their warships!"

The major furrowed his brow. "I find the navy of Yongfan Island rather odd today. Could it be that they intentionally want us to enter?"

"Major, you're overestimating them!" Manhattan said, then picked up the microphone again. "All warships follow my command, circle around Yongfan Island."

Circling the island?!

This was simply the greatest provocation.

The major originally wanted to say something, but seeing Manhattan's proud look, he closed his mouth.

This time, even after a long while, none of the other ships responded back.

Manhattan was stunned. One must know that now they had already entered enemy waters, and when there was a call on this side, each ship must respond immediately.

"All other ships, if you hear me, please respond." Manhattan called again.

However, after this call, still no response was heard from the other ships.

At this point, the originally arrogant Manhattan began to sense that things might not be so simple, and he directly said to the major beside him.

"Go and see what's going on, why can't we contact the other warships."

"Yes..." The major didn't delay any time and jogged away, swiftly returning shortly after.

"General, this is bad, our radio signals are being severely jammed, we can't contact any ships, and we are unable to use radar for exploration now."

"What?" Manhattan's face grew grim. "You mean, they're using electronic warfare?"

So-called electronic warfare involves disrupting the enemy's radio and reconnaissance signals.

Yet electronic warfare is equipment only possessed by major countries, how could this small Yongfan Island have electronic warfare equipment.

Just as Manhattan was still in shock, a loud explosion suddenly resounded.

Manhattan was stunned, he hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound.

At this moment, one of his commanded warships was directly hit by a missile and was now on fire, slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea.

A series of loud noises came from above.

As Manhattan looked up, his eyes widened in surprise.

At this moment, ten armed helicopters were suspended in the air, and it was evident that the warship had just been taken out by these helicopters.

"Armed helicopters! How do these islands have this thing!" Manhattan felt helpless at this moment!

"Listen up, intruders, within one minute, if you do not surrender by raising a white flag, we will open fire. We only give you one minute."

At this moment, the voice of Yongfan Island offering surrender echoed from the sky...