Naha Port, located southwest of the Ryukyu Islands, is the largest naval base in the entire archipelago.
Fang Er, riding on Hu Zi, appeared beneath the surface of the port, undetected. He looked up at the dense array of warships and scratched Hu Zi's head.
"Ah, Hu Zi, do you think it would be lively if we sealed this place up for them?"
"No, no! Didn't you say you were going to deliver food to Three-Inch Nail? Why are you delivering it here?" Hu Zi seemed displeased.
Uh!
Fang Er awkwardly scratched his head, but his eyes soon lit up, and a sinister smile curved his lips.
"Hahahaha, as you say, let's go deliver food to Three-Inch Nail!"
One man and one whale left Naha Port and headed towards the land of the Rising Sun.
Yokosuka Port, one of the four major naval bases of the Rising Sun during World War II.
On the way, they encountered a group of hunting dolphins. Hu Zi even greeted them.
"Hey, idiots, look up at Master Hu!"
Dolphins: ???
One dolphin swam leisurely to Hu Zi's front. After observing Fang Er for a while, it actually began to communicate with Hu Zi.
"Damn it, are you enslaved by a bipedal monster? Do you want Grandpa to help you get rid of it?"
Fang Er stared blankly at the two of them. Can they communicate across species now?
"Get lost! This is the first time Master Hu has found a food provider! That beef is so delicious~~" Hu Zi spoke with immense pride in his eyes.
"Wow, can you let Grandpa pig taste it?"
"No time, the greatest Master Hu in this sea region is going to deliver express to those pollution-spreading Three-Inch Nails~"
"Ooh~~ Grandpa pig wants to watch the fun~~"
Thus, Fang Er's entourage grew from one man and one whale to include eight dolphins.
Beneath Yokosuka Port, Hu Zi swam at a depth of about ten meters underwater with Fang Er on his back. Fang Er's hand occasionally touched the warships docked there.
[Ding! Target contains life forms. Collection failed!]
[Ding! Target contains life forms. Collection failed!]
[~~~]
Almost all system prompts were the same. Fang Er felt like his mission was off to a bad start.
[Ding! Collection successful!]
Upon hearing this sound, he immediately became excited.
Opening his warehouse, he checked the added items. It was a minelayer!
However, the hull was somewhat damaged, seemingly awaiting repairs ashore. Looking at the pile of Azuma Mary mines in the ammunition hold, Fang Er's smile stretched from ear to ear.
Damn!
Isn't this like getting a pillow when you're sleepy?
The sudden disappearance of a minelayer from the surface caused immediate unrest among the Japanese forces stationed at the port.
Fang Er didn't dare to delay. Happily, he retrieved the mines collected from the Ryukyu waters from his warehouse and began deploying them from 500 meters away from the port, not missing any area where the water depth exceeded 50 meters.
"Hey, brother, a Three-Inch Nail ship is about to set sail~~"
Less than half an hour later, a dolphin returned from the naval base to inform him.
"Retreat!"
The mining team, composed of three species, quickly withdrew.
"Baka! We're surrounded by mines!"
The approaching vessel was the destroyer Ise. In the captain's cabin, a sailor was stunned after seeing the sonar feedback.
"Nani??"
The captain quickly leaned in to check. Upon seeing the dense array of mines displayed on the sonar, he immediately ordered.
"Baka! Stop the ship, stop it quickly~~"
"Captain, I'm afraid it's too late~"
The Ise was a 248-meter-long Izumo-class destroyer. It was impossible to stop it instantly. Even with measures like dropping all anchors, risking hull damage, its enormous inertia could not be stopped.
"Boom~~~"
The mine closest to the hull detonated, quickly triggering a chain reaction.
"Boom! Boom!~~"
Numerous water columns erupted around the Ise, followed by the ear-grating sound of metal breaking from the hull.
When the water columns dispersed, the Ise, as if ravaged by countless men, was riddled with holes.
"Baka! Abandon ship! Abandon ship!"
Upon hearing this command, countless sailors rushed to the deck and jumped into the water.
The sudden turn of events attracted the attention of the naval base. Helicopters soon flew in for a close-up inspection, and over a dozen lifeboats rushed over.
The mines between the explosion site and the naval base had all been triggered. These lifeboats, however, were not harmed.
After everyone was rescued, the commander of Yokosuka Port, Hatta Kyuusu, was furious as he looked at the casualty list.
"Baka, tell me what happened!"
"Mines, a lot of mines!" exclaimed a crew member from the Ise, who had been rescued.
Hatta Kyuusu immediately roared, "Send out minesweepers and clear the remaining mines as quickly as possible!"
"Also, I want to know who dared to do this in front of the Great Rising Sun!"
"This is an insult to the Great Rising Sun Empire!"
"Until this is clarified, if I see any related news spread online, you will, die, die, die!"
After the order was issued, hundreds of minesweepers were deployed in a very short time.
Being blockaded in a naval port like this hadn't happened since World War II.
At that time, the White Eagles had used 12,000 mines to seal all of the Rising Sun's sea channels for six months, preventing warships and merchant ships from sailing.
Imported supplies plummeted, leading to shortages of oil and food. Without oil, various warships and aircraft were grounded. Without food, it directly led to public panic and economic turmoil.
According to expert estimates, if the Rising Sun had not finally announced unconditional surrender, at least 15 million Three-Inch Nails would have died of starvation!
"Reporting, Colonel, some of the mine models have been identified as MK67!"
Within two hours, someone reported the sweeping results via radio.
MK67 mines, those are American equipment!
Upon hearing this news, Hatta Kyuusu slumped onto the sofa.
"Nani~~"
"What is Father Eagle trying to do!"
"Is history about to repeat itself?"
"Quick, report the news to the military headquarters, notify other ports, and dispatch minesweepers to patrol their respective waters!"
The mines laid by Fang Er in his haste were not numerous. The unexploded mines were quickly found one by one.
Hatta Kyuusu dispatched frogmen, who risked their lives to go underwater to photograph the mines and transmit the results to the military headquarters and the cabinet.
Meanwhile, the Naha Port Command Center was also in chaos.
"Fuck! Don't tell me those mines were confiscated by the Sea God, that's insulting my intelligence!"
"And those missing sonar buoys, you are all shit! Why wasn't someone sent to investigate them immediately!"