Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1256 - 1223: Fifth Fleet

Chen Fei had no intention of deploying the First Airship Combat Cluster, which has been stationed long-term at Socotra Island in the mouth of Aden Bay, because this place is currently his base and a crucial logistical transfer point.

Currently, Socotra Island has received another group of survivors from the Global Joint Defense Committee Headquarters seeking refuge. It still needs to maintain the normal operations of the committee and will not leave for at least a year or a half, so essential military defense forces are indispensable. There's fear that one day, some dumb sovereign could decide to launch an attack; after all, the neighboring Africa Continent is never short of brainless idiots!

The reserve airships stored in the "Spatial Branding" are sufficient to form at least three Airship Combat Clusters. They were originally long-term strategic reserves intended for a decisive battle with the "Sagali" civilization. But at this critical moment, it's inevitable to deploy them in advance.

One after another, the airships appeared in the central camp airfield of Socotra Island, waiting to load the Target Tower Cold Fusion Energy Tower.

Each large airship was not only loaded with high-energy-density blocks of Super Star Crystal and SEG core units, but also various ammunition reserves pre-installed. Once the Target Tower Cold Fusion Energy Tower is loaded, they can be fully activated, reaching full combat effectiveness immediately.

"'Rookie', which Airship Combat Cluster is this for you?"

The airship combat cluster temporarily assembled was just completed, and the acting City Lord of Socotra Island, Mouri Misono, approached. After all, the airfield not only bordered the camp but also stood next to the temporary new city where the Global Joint Defense Committee Headquarters had temporarily moved in. From the top of slightly higher buildings, one could see the additional airship fleet in the airfield in the distance.

This acting City Lord, mayor, and city management, all these roles could be the responsibilities currently bestowed upon Mouri Misono. It didn't matter as there was no formal title; it was merely a verbal authorization from the start, without formal documentation. Miss Maoli didn't care about these; the important thing was to make the people temporarily settled on the island obey, throwing the disobedient ones into the sea to wake them up, and if they persist, directly feed them to sharks, so as not to waste food.

"The Fifth Airship Combat Cluster, strengthened group!"

Chen Fei reported the official designation of the temporarily reorganized airship combat cluster, and after sizing up Mouri Misono, he asked suspiciously, "This question shouldn't be coming from you, right?"

The spatial rift replacing the "Cybertrom" body is expected to remain unresolved for a while. Hence the designation has become official, no longer treated as a temporary structure. During the confrontations with the "Sagali" civilization, it was simply dragged out according to its designation.

The enhanced version of the Fifth Airship Combat Cluster consists of two flagships, fifty attack ships, twelve logistics ships, eight thousand-meter-long combat motherships, and 128 self-floating magnetic railguns acting with the fleet.

This dual-command mode ensures that even if it experiences a decapitating strike tactic from the enemy, it can restore command operations immediately, preventing a loss of command privilege sequence and a brief chaotic tenure.

Assisted by Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam" in operations, it will hardly face a headless dragon situation, with at most a second or two of delay, which will quickly sort out a command ship. Even attack ships can temporally play the command core role. However, a one or two-second delay can often become a decisive factor in determining the outcome in a volatile large-scale battlefield.

Mouri Misono hesitated for a moment, then replied, "Um! The committee members asked me to find out."

As soon as the words escaped her lips, she realized what was going on. Chen Fei's tone made it clear that the question should not have been asked—it was clear these guys were using her.

No wonder they are a bunch of old foxes. Even at this critical moment, they want to make use of people.

Having spent some time in a large enterprise as a minor leader, Mouri Misono was not a newcomer to the workplace and had seen a fair share of backstabbing examples.

"As long as you know, there's no need to tell them. They're all useless, asking unnecessary questions!"

Chen Fei did not specifically target Mouri Misono; he just realized she was being used. However, that was no problem as long as he could distinguish the truth, preventing the old foxes of the council from succeeding.

"Monk, inform them that all committee personnel is restricted from dining at places other than the public cafeteria. A personal food rationing system will be implemented, halving the standard amount. No one may assist others; violators will face the same consequences!"

These troubles arise because some people overeat; hence hunger would remind them not to waste energy on trivial thoughts.

Chen Fei's penalty might not work elsewhere, but on Socotra Island, every corner is tightly monitored by Artificial Intelligence AI, leaving no room for skulking around. If a few individuals with lucky thoughts are similarly restricted from food, others will soon adapt.

If they remain defiant, throw them into the sea and genuinely feed them to sharks.

If not for this execution power, how else would the once-oppressed Mouri Misono manage to turn the tables and become a compelling city manager outside the camp?

The two fellow Dongying natives exchanged a glance and responded in unison. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Got it!" ×2

"What a trivial matter!"

Chen Fei, accustomed to being a hands-off manager, had no mind for these trivial matters as he had much more important things to attend to, requiring haste.

"The Fifth Airship Combat Cluster, take off! 'Adam,' set up the defensive positions. I'll get a recovery ship later. There's plenty of good material floating in space; no need to waste it as it can be recycled and reused."

Chen Fei focused his attention on the "Cybertrom" body remnants floating near the spatial rift, dense due to decades of accumulation, now serving as obstacles preventing Blue Star airships from approaching the spatial rift.

The airships in the airfield slowly lifted, propelled by the anti-gravity field generated by the SEG core units, defying the gravitational pull of the Blue Star. They gradually ascended into the sky, freeing the airship engines to apply most of their thrust towards advancing forward.

The airship formation ascended from Socotra Island, piercing through the atmosphere.

The sudden appearance of the fleet understandably caused quite a stir. The sovereignties watching Socotra Island were all anxious, unsure of what Chen Xiao'er intended to achieve during this period.

Some even worried that he might collude with the "Sagali," stabilizing the spatial rift, making it the main path to attack Blue Star.

Of course, such talk was groundless. He would have betrayed a long time ago if intended to, with many methods and ways at his disposal. There was no need to backstab at this moment, a pointless endeavor.