In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits

"Ready at all times!" Hundreds of naval soldiers on the ship shouted in unison.

"Alright, next we will resupply the armed fishing vessels. We'll set off in three days!"

"We pledge our loyalty to the Supreme Leader!"

Li Ming nodded in satisfaction. "Dismissed!"

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Soon, the first batch of armed fishing vessels, ready to set out to sea, began to replenish fuel and maintain and inspect their weapons and ammunition, preparing to depart in three days.

Li Ming's plan for this ocean voyage was to take a trip to the open sea, partly to check on the situation of the neighboring countries around the Tianhui Empire, and partly to visit various other regions around the globe to see what was happening.

For Li Ming, this trip was both for catching seafood and for ocean navigation training, and also to inspect his armies in various parts of Qianqiu and those overseas naval bases.

There were more than 60 of these first overseas naval bases under construction, and he wanted to see how things were going and help those bases solve their difficulties.

Li Ming chose a huge island southeast of the Tianhui Empire, called Lahore Island.

He planned to build a super-large naval base there. This island originally belonged to the Tianhui Empire, but later became independent due to some historical factors.

To some extent, the people on this island were already rebels.

The location of this island was very important, not only was it a large plain, but it also had many excellent harbors, which could be said to be naturally endowed.

For Li Ming, this place must be controlled. As for whether the people above would submit to his management and rule, that was not important. If they didn't submit, he would kill them until they did.

Anyone who dared to resist with force would be slaughtered!

Anyway, in the apocalypse, human life was as worthless as grass. What did it matter if a few people died?

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Time quickly came to March 3, 2028 of the Solar Calendar. Li Ming officially boarded the Qimingxing (Morning Star) ocean fishing vessel to embark on a circumnavigation. This time, along with the fishing vessel, there were also two guided-missile destroyers plus two Doomsday-class submarines and a supply ship.

The Qimingxing fishing vessel had a displacement of 12,000 tons, with a small helicopter hangar on board. The crew totaled 325 people. After a series of modifications by Li Ming, its range reached 30,000 nautical miles.

With Li Ming's order, the first batch of 50 ocean fishing vessels, under the protection of submarines, began their ocean fishing voyage. These 50 fishing vessels were basically 10,000-ton behemoths, with outstanding performance in all aspects.

The fleet set off mightily against the sunrise. The scene at this time was very shocking.

The sun had just appeared on the horizon. This sunrise scene was very mesmerizing, foreshadowing a sunny day, a sunny day with a temperature of 55 degrees Celsius.

For countless survivors, this sunny day foreshadowed the official start of a new day of hellish trials.

Li Ming's fishing vessel and warships were sailing along the coastline of the Tianhui Empire. At this time, Li Ming could clearly see through high-tech binoculars that the color of the beach was not the normal silver-gray of a beach, but a black color.

The entire beach was covered with tents that had just been set up a few days ago, as well as wooden houses that had been built before, or temporary residences made of some rusty, broken containers and iron sheets.

At this time, the survivors in these residences had just woken up from their sleep. As a result, as soon as they opened their eyes on the beach, they saw a fleet sailing in the distance.

Knowledgeable survivors recognized at a glance that there were warships and ocean fishing vessels in this fleet, which made countless survivors excited.

Because with ocean fishing vessels, this meant that some forces might catch a large amount of seafood through ocean fishing to supplement everyone's food resources.

When Li Ming was sailing along the coastline, he even saw some forces' fishing boats also starting to depart.

This surprised him a bit, but then he understood that some other forces had also set their sights on the ocean, preparing to hoard supplies.

These fishing boats ranged from large to small, basically fishing boats that had survived the disaster, and had now become tools for various forces to go out fishing.

Li Ming's fleet uniformly flew the flag of the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce. It could be said that basically all forces within the Tianhui Empire recognized this flag.

Those forces' fishing boats began to sound their horns, and Li Ming also sounded his horn to signal.

At this time, a captain on a fishing boat was also observing Li Ming's fleet with binoculars.

"Captain, which force does this fleet with warships belong to?" the first mate asked.

The captain looked at it for a while and then said, "It's the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce's fleet. I didn't expect them to already have a navy. These warships seem to be guided-missile destroyers, there are two of them."

"What?" The first mate was shocked, took the captain's binoculars and looked. After taking a look, he really confirmed it. The Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce's flag was hung on the ship, there was no mistake.

"Captain, judging from their posture, they should be going to ocean fishing operations. Are we also going to do ocean fishing?"

The captain glanced at the first mate. "Is your brain malfunctioning? The Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce is rich and powerful and can do ocean operations. Do you think we are so rich? You don't know how precious fuel is these days, do you?"

"Even the rich and powerful Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce doesn't sell fuel to the outside world. Don't you know how precious this thing is? Let's quietly try to catch as much as possible in the offshore waters. Alas, what a pity for those good things in the ocean!" The captain also said with a helpless expression.

"Captain, we can't do ocean fishing, but they can. Judging from the recent actions of the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce to build ports, the seafood they catch will definitely enter the market. Why don't we cooperate with them and become middlemen!" The first mate suggested.

"I'll report to the base commander when I get back and then decide."

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In fact, the only force in the entire Tianhui Empire that has warships besides Li Ming's force is a force formed by the surviving imperial naval forces, called the Yixing Society, which has about 6 guided-missile destroyers and 25 fishing boats.

The Yixing Society's naval base is located in a port in Malta Province of the Tianhui Empire. At this time, Li Ming's fleet happened to be passing by the coastline near Malta Province, which immediately attracted the attention of the Yixing Society.

"Report to the commander, a fleet has been discovered 15 kilometers away from our coastline, consisting of an ocean fishing vessel and two guided-missile destroyers. Please advise!" A soldier on duty immediately picked up the phone and reported to his superior.

"Immediately find out their situation, which country and which force they belong to!" A voice came from the microphone.

"Yes!"

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