"According to the report, only one of the 50 exploration satellites we have distributed is still capable of making contact."

When he heard the intelligence officer's report, Mo Cheng's brows suddenly furrowed, "So fast? ”

At this time, it had been an hour since Mo Cheng left the battlefield.

After leaving the battlefield, Mo Cheng immediately led his fleet to the star field about fifteen light minutes above the left of the "Caladian" island fortress.

The city minimizes the signal communication of all of its fleets, as well as the engine power of each ship to avoid detection.

In fact, because of the work that Merce had done, and the fleet concealment techniques that Yuris had left him, his fleet was very well hidden.

After hiding himself, Mo Cheng immediately distributed 50 of the 70 detection satellites carried on his battleship to detect the entire "Caladian" pirate fortress.

Because "Caladian" is a large fortress, it is equipped with many interference towers and technical facilities for deception. Therefore, even if the detection satellite approaches the fortress, it will take some time for it to start generating effective information.

However, what Mo Cheng didn't expect was that in less than half an hour, the other party had already beaten only one of his exploration satellites. A single probe satellite could not have done the intelligence gathering of the "Caladian" pirate fortress.

"This level of intelligence concealment is not like an effect that can be achieved with only three main formations." Because there was no one around him to discuss, Mo Cheng could only think to himself in his heart, "Could it be that my previous intelligence collection was wrong?" Or is it that suddenly another fleet has returned? ”

Thinking of this, Mo Cheng looked at the photon meter on the wall of the command room.

It had been a full hour since it left the battlefield, although the speed of the light cruiser was much faster than that of ordinary ships. However, in terms of familiarity with the terrain, the Blackbeard Pirates are much stronger than the Shoves.

In this way, the speed advantage of the light patrol is mostly negated.

And what is even more terrifying is that the support fleet simply refers to the fleet that is completely incapacitated. Moreover, the crew members of those ships were all newly recruited pirate crews. Because time is too short, there is simply no time for them to be strongly trained and brainwashed. His former loyalty was not so trustworthy in the first place, and if they were left on the run for a long time, the fleet could mutini at any time and flee separately. If that's the case, the brace is over.

Decisions must be made as soon as possible, or the situation will become out of control.

"President, what do we do now?"

As Mo Cheng was thinking, the clone lieutenant, who had been standing silently next to him, asked.

Looking at the clone lieutenant who had been jointly selected for him by White Dust and Benz, Mer City asked, "How old are you?" ”

"Forty-two, president." The clone lieutenant replied.

"Can you tell me why I wasn't elected as an adjutant?"

The clone lieutenant couldn't understand why his boss was suddenly in the mood to ask such a question at this time, but he answered truthfully, "Because I was considered smart enough by Lord White Dust and loyal enough by Lord Benz." ”

"Loyalty?" Mo Cheng blinked, "Why are you loyal to me?" ”

"President, can I tell the truth?" The clone lieutenant looked at Mer City and asked.

Mo Cheng nodded and said, "Of course." ”

"Even by the eyes of a clone, the president is too young. Although both Lord Benz and Lord White Dust describe you as omnipotent as a god, deep down I don't fully believe that. But even so, I'll always be loyal to the president. The reason is simple, out of all the natives, only the president will let us clone and live with the natives, eat the same food, and punish those who speak ill of us. Only the president dared to use us as soldiers and let us master weapons. I know that there are many clones who believe that the contradictions between the original and the clones are irreconcilable, and that we still have to solve the problem with blood after all. However, there are also many clones who, like me, believe that both clones and natives are human after all. The inequality between us can be resolved peacefully among ourselves. ”

The adjutant smiled when he said this, "In our race, people like me are in the minority. Most clones see us as pathetic fantasies. However, I still stuck to my ideas. And I saw that most of my companions in this team were gradually starting to move towards my ideas. Even the most radical fundamentalists will maintain a minimum of politeness when it comes to our Black Angels and the President. ”

"Is it just less than a month enough for you to make such a change?" Mo Cheng asked a little confused.

"A person who eats delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, even if he is given a restaurant, he will not be satisfied. But for a man who has been hungry for a long time, just half a loaf of bread is enough to touch his heart. ”

The adjutant said, looking directly at Mer City, "President, I know you've been worried about our clone's will to fight. ”

Mo Cheng smiled a little awkwardly.

At this time, the adjutant continued: "Even if you are our honorable master, in our eyes, we and you are still equal in contractual relations. If you publish your ideas and implement them with action, then we will always support you. We clones will never betray you first before you betray. ”

"If you fail, you will die in battle." Mo Cheng blinked and said.

The adjutant smiled, "The age of our clones is no more than 100 years old, but the maximum age of the protos is 2,000 years old. If you don't retreat first, I dare say, none of our clones will. The reason is simple, it's not that I don't want to, but I don't dare. We clones value our dignity more than our sickness, and we can't stand to behave like that ourselves. ”

Mo Cheng stared at the clone lieutenant for a long time, and then began to mumble to himself in a low voice-"Create an idea that you truly believe in, and then gather people who believe in this idea, and then use this person to conquer and assimilate, so that all people believe in this idea, so as to achieve the goal of unifying the whole universe." ”

After reading the words he had said, Mo Cheng suddenly raised his head and laughed.

Seeing that his boss was first talking to himself like a mantra, and then laughing as if he was going crazy, the clone lieutenant was a little stupid, "President, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I'm fine." Mo Cheng smiled and shook his head, "Your words have solved a lot of confusion for me. The ancient Chinese said that knowledge and action are one, and what is said in the mouth is completely integrated with actual action, which is so difficult. ”

Speaking of this, Mo Cheng suddenly straightened up and said in a commanding tone: "From now on, the fleet will be divided into two groups, the first fleet will be two hundred heavy battleships, and the commander will be me. The second squadron is all the remaining warships, and the commander is ...... You. ”

Seeing Mo Cheng pointing at his fingers, the adjutant was dumbfounded, "Me? President, I don't ...... at all My Strategic Index ......"

"No, things are not as complicated as you think, you only need to do three things, first, ensure the confidence and presence of the fleet. The second ......" Mo Cheng called up the star map and pointed to a location on the star map, "I will arrange five exploration satellites here." When my fleet appears here, you'll be the first to see it. After that, you ordered the fleet to go to the area in full formation. Once in this field, I will resume command. Thirdly, the fact that I have left is kept absolutely confidential. ”

An hour later, the detachment of 200 heavy battleships led by Mo Cheng turned to the lower right corner, fifteen minutes from the "Caladian" pirate fortress.

Here, the Black Angels encountered the fourteenth formation of the Blackbeard Pirates.

In fact, Mo Cheng's guess was not bad, just when the Black Angel Army attacked the twenty-sixth formation and attracted seven formations to come to the rescue, it happened that five more formations went home satisfied because of the joint effort.

As soon as these formations arrived at the spaceport, and before they had time to unload anything, the Flying Wolf immediately ordered them to expand the search area and put "Caladian" on full alert.

The reason why the Flying Wolf made such a decision was because he had received information from the front that the pursuing attack fleet had only three thousand light cruisers.

In terms of numbers, there is a difference of 2,000 ships from the 5,000 reported by the 26th formation.

In terms of combat power, it is unlikely that 3,000 light cruisers will completely annihilate the 26th formation in such a short period of time.

Therefore, based on this information, the Flying Wolf made reasonable suspicions that it was likely that two thousand more powerful warships were approaching "Caladian" and were preparing to attack.

It should be said that being able to make such a judgment so quickly proves that the Flying Wolf is not incompetent.

The Flying Wolf himself already had three main formations, plus five more formations to defend again, so he was confident enough that even if the mysterious fleet of two thousand warships came to attack "Caladian", he would be able to defend against it.

In a way, the Flying Wolves were even somewhat eager for that fleet to appear.

The defense of eight formations, and the fact that there are seven more formations outside that can be recalled at any time, is enough to engulf any fleet of two thousand warships, unless two thousand are base ships, which is obviously impossible.

The twenty-sixth formation was wiped out at home, and in addition to destroying the fleet that caused the accident, was there any other way to restore the reputation of the Blackbeard Pirate Regiment?

And now, the fleet encountered by the Mocheng detachment is one of those five formations.

Because of the difference in technology, Mo Cheng discovered the other party before the other party, and after a little thought, Mo Cheng immediately ordered all the ships to open fire with all their might.

When the cannon fire of two hundred heavy battleships roared in, the intelligence officer of the 14th Formation of the Blackbeard Pirate Regiment issued a belated warning - "Enemy attack has been detected." ”

No commander in the world reacts faster than an energy cannon.

From the time the intelligence officer issued a warning to the energy cannon's energy source penetrating into the 14th formation, the pirate leader of the 14th formation had no time to do anything, and could only watch as nearly one-sixth of his combat effectiveness was lost.

In the immediate aftermath of the heavy shelling, the pirate's inherent character and behavior prompted the pirate leader to turn around and run away without even thinking about it.

At the same time, he immediately sent a distress signal to the fortress, telling the other fleets to come to the rescue immediately.

Because the speed of the heavy battleship was not very fast, and this time it was an encounter, and it had been sailing in advance and was not fully prepared. Therefore, while the 14th formation was fleeing, the Mocheng detachment did not have time to carry out a second round of shelling.

Almost without hesitation, Mo Cheng immediately pursued him.

When issuing the order to pursue, Mo Cheng knew very clearly that the result of chasing down must be to be surrounded and suppressed.

From the very beginning, the city planned to act as a bait to lure the fleet of "Caladiang" into his preset ambush circle.

However, Mo Cheng didn't know how many troops there were to encircle and suppress him.

Whether it was his own bait that was swallowed by a single hair, or whether he successfully realized his strategy and mobilized the other party into his own preset battlefield, Mo Cheng himself did not know the bottom of his heart.

To be honest, after talking to the adjutant about that conversation, Mo Cheng vaguely regretted his decision. Because the most important purpose of this war is to establish the will of the clones to fight.

But judging from that conversation, it didn't make much sense to do so.

However, things have come to this point, and it is no longer possible to be silent.

He had no other way but to move forward.

(To be continued)