Chapter 1125 - Direct Conflic (2/2)

As for it being a routine exercise?

Who knows if they really planned this?

The sudden shelling surprised the joint fleet and scared the observers. No one thought their reaction would be so direct and so intense.

While the joint fleet was surprised, it immediately responded to the shelling. The aircraft carrier slowed down, but the fleet didn’t change course. The two destroyers were at full throttle and accelerated toward the military restricted zone declared by Celestial Trade.

The submarine began to sink, and more than forty ships dispersed and entered battle formation. F-35Cs took off from the deck, and in just a few minutes, the aircraft carrier sent more than a dozen squadrons into the air, all headed for the Celestial Fleet.

Celestial Trade also released its force. More than 30 Aurora-20s took-off and formed into ten squadrons in the air. They showed no fear of the approaching fleet.

The trigger for war was in a fine balance!

With eyes staring at the big screen, the hearts of Hill and every senior official all pounded furiously.

The situation seemed to have gone out of their control from the beginning.

In just a few minutes, it had deteriorated to the brink of war.

It was just a military exercise!

Before this, the Capitol and the Department of Defense certainly considered the possibility of war, but no one ever thought this possibility would become reality. They just planned to use the military exercise to pressure Xin, display their power to their allies, disintegrate the Earth Defense Alliance, take back the control of extraterrestrial civilization defense, and finally lift the space blockade of Xin…

As for the war…

Who was willing to fight with an equally-matched opponent?!

Sweat oozed from Hill’s forehead.

Taking one step ahead was hell!

Now Jiang Chen threw the choice back into their hands again.

What should I do?

Just as Hill felt uncertain, the situation took another drastic turn.

More than a dozen satellite images disappeared.

“What happened?”

“Server 091 was attacked…”

“Check the firewall right away!”

The staff member who was furiously typing in front of the computer suddenly screamed.

“Damnit, it’s not an attack! There’s no problem with the firewall! The server aren’t infiltrated! It’s our satellite that’s experiencing failure!”

At that moment, Jiang Chen’s face replaced the previous image and appeared in the center of the screens.

“Change course immediately!”

“That’s impossible!” Hill fixed her gaze on Jiang Chen, she didn’t back down and righteously said, “The UA is exercising proper freedom of navigation. In addition, I’m warning you to immediately stop interfering with our satellites. Otherwise, the UA will regard it as a provocation.”

Jiang Chen sneered.

“Freedom of navigation? You want to come and go as you wish? Without my permission, your navy won’t cross Xin’s territory. I will only say this once—if you cross this red line, dozens of Peacemakers will arrive on your mainland!”

After that, Jiang Chen gestured to the officer next to him on the screen. A suitcase was immediately taken out by the officer and opened in front of him.

The moment Hill saw the suitcase, her expression immediately changed.

Almost at the same time, her aid also reacted, he stepped forward and placed the black suitcase in front of her.

Hill reached out her hand subconsciously, and her trembling fingers touched the edge of the lock.

From the day she started campaigning more than three years ago, she imagined that one day she would be able to grasp the nuclear button which represented the top authority of the president. However, until a minute ago, she never thought about the day she would actually use this button.

In contrast to her hesitation, Jiang Chen had already entered the password with ease on the screen, opened the suitcase cover, and gently put his finger on the launch button.

He looked into the camera slyly as he coldly said, “So, Madam President. Are you ready?”

A chill slowly covered her from head-to-toe.

From his dark pupils, she saw the fierceness of a wolf.

Even if she served as the secretary of state for several years, she had never seen such a look. Even the most insane dictator had never been so crazy…