"Only one came, did it?"
As time went by, the massive figure had completely emerged in front of the crowd on the sea level.
Gazing upon the lonely figure, the crowd's eyes flickered.
But it was just a fleeting moment —
"No, there's still more!"
A voice suddenly rang out, hearing it, everyone subconsciously turned their gaze towards the distance.
Under the gaze of everyone, two towering figures reappeared before the crowd once again.
"Is that... an aircraft carrier?"
When they saw the figure clearly, everyone's mind was shaken.
On closer inspection, both towering figures had flat decks just like those of an aircraft carrier!
At first glance, it really did look like two aircraft carriers.
But it didn't take long for everyone to regain their composure —
"No, this is not an aircraft carrier!"
"This seems to be a amphibious assault ship!!"
Although both giant ships look similar to aircraft carriers, everyone present had seen real aircraft carriers before.
On Earth, aircraft carriers are not a new thing.
Although everyone present had not seen the specific type of amphibious assault ship from Long Village before, haven't they heard of it?
"When did Long Village build two more such large amphibious assault ships?"
As the slowly approaching massive figure drew near, a similar thought spontaneously popped into everyone's minds.
But upon further reflection, remembering how Long Village quietly presented the Longyuan-class destroyer before, everyone felt reassured.
Long Village has already produced the Longyuan-class destroyer, a warship that should only exist in science fiction movies. So, why would it be strange for them to come up with two amphibious assault ships?
The only thing that puzzles everyone is why Long Village would send two amphibious assault ships over...
Thoughts running through their minds, everyone couldn't help but look towards the neighboring Modarharan, pausing for a moment before one of the village leaders spoke up in a grave tone:
"Prince, you should know about these two warships, right? Could you tell us something about them?"
"Hearing this, Modarharan smiled slightly and then said:"
"Of course..."
As the organizer of this joint drill, Modarharan naturally knew the composition of Long Village's team.
Long Village has already communicated with Modarharal beforehand.
Under the gaze of everyone, Modarharan slowly began to speak:
"These two warships are Long Village's latest models, the Kunlun-class amphibious assault ships and the Wuyue-class drone carrier!"
"？？？", hearing this, everyone was immediately stunned.
But it didn't take long for everyone to regain their composure,
"Hold on! Prince, you said one of them isn't an amphibious assault ship but a drone carrier?"
The two warships looked almost identical from the front.
With the same straight deck, the same island, and bodies of roughly the same size, they didn't look like two different models of warships at all.
Who would have thought that there was even one that was a "drone carrier"!
Under the gazes of everyone, Modarharan did not beat around the bush, directly saying:
"Yes, the ship on the left is Long Village's Wuyue-class drone carrier, with a full load displacement of 30,000 tons..."
Hearing this, everyone's corners twitched.
"Prince, could you give us some more details about this drone carrier?"
After a glance, one of the commanders spoke again.
"Hearing this, Modarharan slightly shook his head: 'I don't know the specific details about this drone carrier. I just got some surface information from Long Village. If you want to understand it in-depth, you can ask when Long Village's fleet docks...'"
This time, Modarharan did not elaborate.
Actually, he was aware of the details about the Wuyue-class drone carrier.
At the very least, he was completely aware of some surface information about the Wuyue-class drone carrier. He had personally contacted Long Village and Qin Shanshan numerous times during the previous month's preparation time, even visiting Long Village for detailed discussions.
In this situation, he naturally couldn't be completely unaware of the Long Village's team composition.
He was also aware of the Kunlun-class amphibious assault ship beside it.
However, Modarharal didn't want to reveal it directly. Although he knew that Long Village had no intention of keeping this information secret, after all, these warships were Long Village's property, and whether or not they were kept secret was up to Long Village. It was not his decision to make.
He was still able to handle these scales...
Seeing that Modarharan had no intention of elaborating, the crowd exchanged a look and could only reluctantly abandon the idea of further inquiry.
Then they quietly waited for it.
Before long, under the gazes of countless people, including one supply ship and three warships from Long Village's fleet, slowly moored at the port dock that had already been prepared.
...
"Prince, everyone, long wait..."
Stepping down from the warship, gazing at the crowd gathered in front of him, Qin Shanshan smiled.
"Where, where? We've only just arrived ourselves..."
Upon hearing Qin Shanshan's voice, Modarharal immediately spoke, and the other village commanders nodded in agreement.
Although they had already been there for some time.
Even some of the villages had arrived several days ago.
But at this time, who would want to stir up trouble?
And even if Long Village had arrived late, no one would dare to say anything.
Long Village now is no longer the one that people can gossip about and point fingers at so carelessly...
Regarding this, Qin Shanshan did not put on airs.
After some simple banter, Qin Shanshan cast his gaze towards Modarharan, and said:
"Prince, has everyone arrived now?"
"Hmm" Modarharan nodded, "In addition to our Camel Union, we have invited a total of nine villages to participate in the drill this time. Now all the village teams have arrived..."
After speaking, Modarharan glanced at Qin Shanshan and said: "Gong, are you going to take a rest, or..."
Hearing this, Qin Shanshan waved his hand, saying:
"After hearing this, Qin Shanshan waved his hand and said: 'This time, it's you who are the hosts, and we are just participants. All matters related to the drill can be directly arranged by the prince, and we unconditionally follow the arrangements of the command center.'"
After hearing what Qin Shanshan had said, Modarharan had not yet spoken, but the crowd from the other villages beside him couldn't help but sigh bitterly.
Heed the arrangements?
Qin Shanshan may be saying this sincerely.
However, with Long Village's current strength, as long as they appear here, who dares to simply arrange it casually.
This is like a tiger convening a meeting with a group of sheep and goats to distribute supplies, and the tiger saying, "You all divide it as you wish, I don't care."
Then, the cows and goats would really dare to distribute things casually?
At a moment when everyone's thoughts were running wild, Modarharan directly spoke up:
"Since that's the case, then let's rest for a day first. Everyone has traveled far, so take today to rest. We'll discuss the details of the drill tomorrow. What do you think?"
Modarharal may not know what others are thinking, but he has already communicated with Long Village.
As a result, when facing Qin Shanshan's words, Modarharan's response was surprisingly normal.
Hearing this, the crowd exchanged a look and instinctively turned their gaze towards Qin Shanshan.
Seeing that Qin Shanshan had no intention of saying more, the crowd nodded in agreement.
Since Qin Shanshan said nothing, they naturally had nothing else to say. As Modarharan pointed out, they were all far from home. Except for the Husky Village right next door, which of the other villages hadn't traveled thousands or even tens of thousands of kilometers across the sea to get here?
Indeed, they needed some time to rest and prepare...
...
A day later, everyone gathered again.
"Let's start with a brief overview of each village's training forces..."
Standing at the front, Modarharal swept his gaze over the crowd and then spoke directly.
After receiving responses, Modarharal spoke again:
"This time, the Camel Union's training forces include twelve 52GE-class destroyers, sixteen various models of frigates, one marine division with a thousand marines, and twenty-four 9A main battle tanks..."
After the words fell, Modarharal turned his gaze towards the small Bābā Village not far away.
Upon seeing this, the commander of the small Bābā Village spoke directly:
"This time, our forces include four F22P-type frigates and one marine division with two hundred marines..."
After the commander of the Bābā Village finished speaking, the other commanders also began to speak in turn.
"The Three De Village's forces this time include three Sakaki-class frigates and two Mei-class frigates, one marine division with five hundred marines..."
"We Kangaroo Village..."
"Iron Tower Village..."
Before long, most of the villages had explained their situation.
Even the Polar Bear Village had explained its situation.
This time, the Polar Bear Village has essentially emptied its home.
It includes two cruisers, one amphibious assault ship, four present-day destroyers, and six Hēi Dì Kingdom-level blackfish!
These ships can be said to be the Arctic Bear Village's remaining maritime forces, especially the surface ships. It is almost the entire surface force that the Arctic Bear Village can mobilize for combat!
As for this, everyone was not surprised. After all, the Arctic Bear's previous situation was already quite difficult to pull out these main forces...
After the Arctic Bear Village had finished its introduction, everyone's gaze turned to the last three villages — the White Elephant Village, Husky Village, and Long Village!
Facing the gazes of everyone, the commander of the White Elephant Village looked at Qin Shanshan over by the distance and then spoke directly.
"This time, our forces include one Gā Gā Dā-class destroyer, three Reed-class destroyers, three Lapu-class destroyers, four Walli-class frigates, and six Hēi Dì Kingdom-level blackfish..."
Upon hearing this, everyone subtly shook their heads.
White Elephant Village's forces this time are also very strong.
At least on paper.
The combined displacement of all the ships totals more than 70,000 tons!
Even in terms of displacement, the Arctic Bear Village has been left far behind.
However, with the previous confrontation between the desert camel and the sand camel, no one present had much confidence in White Elephant Village.
No matter how many warships and how much displacement there are, it's all meaningless if they can't stand against the Sand Camel...
Noticing the reactions and the subtle, mocking gazes from the crowd, the commander of White Elephant Village couldn't help but clench his fists.
"Fucking bastards, just wait! You'll regret looking down on our White Elephant Village!"
The commander of White Elephant Village bit his teeth and made a secret oath!
The White Elephant Village's intentions were not being paid attention to. After the commander of White Elephant Village had finished his introduction, everyone turned their gaze towards the Husky Village beside it.
Compared to the White Elephant Village, everyone was more interested in the Husky Village.
The secret behind this joint training exercise had been leaked to everyone by the Sand Camel, intentionally or unintentionally.
As the ignition point of the entire exercise, everyone naturally paid the most attention to the Husky Village.
"We have a relatively small force this time, only two Pei Chi-class frigates and one company of marines, totaling one hundred thirty men..."
Under the gaze of everyone, the commander of the Husky Village maintained his composure and explained his situation calmly and coolly.
Upon hearing this, many people were taken aback.
Then, they realized, "Husky Village is planning to give up?"
Everyone has some understanding of Husky Village's maritime power.
Although there is not much to boast about, it is still possible to pull out around ten or more frigates if one tries.
But now, Husky Village has only brought out two outdated Pei Chi-class frigates and a marine company of one hundred thirty people.
Is this not giving up?
"The Husky Village's decision is crystal clear..."
After coming to terms with the situation, the commander of the Three De Village looked deeply at the commander of Husky Village and muttered to himself.
Thinking about it carefully, aside from giving up, there is indeed not much else that Husky Village can do.
Even a single Sand Camel can easily beat Husky Village to the ground. Let alone Long Village.
Now, giving up is a bit embarrassing, but it's not that embarrassing...
To a certain extent, doing so can be seen as a very clever way to avoid being targeted by Sand Camel and Long Village, which can be considered wisdom.
Thinking about this, the commander of the Three De Village couldn't help but cast his gaze towards Qin Shanshan next to him.
Not just the commander of the Three De Village, but the other commanders beside him as well, all cast their eyes towards Qin Shanshan. They aren't stupid; they naturally guessed Husky Village's intentions and now all wanted to know Qin Shanshan's reaction.
Facing everyone's gaze, Qin Shanshan didn't show any other reaction, and he didn't even look at the commander of Husky Village.
Instead, he maintained his composure and said:
"This time, the forces we are participating with in the drill include one Longyuan-class destroyer, one Kunlun-class amphibious assault ship, and one Wuyue-class drone mothership..."
"In addition to this, we also have a marine division with a total of 300 people and twenty 59-1A amphibious assault tanks..."
"These are all the forces we will be using in this time's drill..."
Qin Shanshan explained the situation succinctly, in just a few words.
Compared to the other villages with as few as three or five warships and as many as ten or more, Long Village's fleet size is incredibly small.
Even including supply ships, the entire fleet only consists of four vessels.
After hearing what Qin Shanshan said, everyone no longer had the mentality to watch the show. All of their attention was drawn to these ships that Qin Shanshan mentioned.
Although the three ships were few in number, none of them seemed to be something that could be easily overlooked.
Even though two of these ships were making their debut, Long Village's stuff couldn't be simple, could it?
Thinking about this, one of the commanders couldn't help but speak up:
"Qin, can you tell us more about your Kunlun-class amphibious assault ship and Wuyue-class drone mothership?"
Upon hearing this, everyone perked up and their eyes fixated on Qin Shanshan, eagerly awaiting his response.
