In a small room, thick curtains blocked the strong outdoor light, and a lamp on the roof emitted a faint light. The whole room gave people a mysterious and depressing feeling.
Under the dim light, two people were sitting around a round table. One was Li Jianfeng, Chief of Staff of the Supreme Military Executive Committee of the Crisis Planning Agency, and the other was the submarine formation of the Dark River Company that had surrendered under Rene's order. And the commander-in-chief of the destroyer fleet---Clever.
Clifford looked around alertly for a week, and then looked at Li Jianfeng opposite, his eyes full of suspicion and uneasiness.
"Aren't you used to it? If you're not used to it, I can ask someone to open the curtains." Li Jianfeng asked with concern.
"There's nothing I'm not used to. If it involves top-secret military information, strict protective measures are still necessary." Clifford replied slightly nervously.
"Haha..." Li Jianfeng let out a hearty laugh. He paused and then continued, "The commander-in-chief is indeed a military personnel who has experienced hundreds of battles and has extremely high military sensitivity."
"Don't dare."
Li Jianfeng pointed to the window and said gloomily: "This kind of curtain is made of a special material that can absorb electromagnetic waves. It can shield and block electromagnetic waves in any band. We have no choice but to do so."
"I understand, I understand. The military technology of the Tiberians is simply too powerful. They can monitor each other's conversations in space."
After he finished speaking, his brows suddenly raised, as if he realized something, and he looked at Li Jianfeng with a pair of confused eyes.
"We all agree that you are a rare military talent, and it is a pity that you become a civilian."
Li Jianfeng's words made Clifford's eyes suddenly light up, and his heart, which had been high ever since he entered this room, finally relaxed.
He originally thought there was a problem with his treatment and new citizenship, but now it seems that everything is unfounded.
In fact, he thought highly of himself. Given his identity and position, even if what he was worried about actually happened, someone with Li Jianfeng's status would not have told him.
"The Chief of General Staff wants me to join the Crisis Planning Agency and take on a new military position?"
"Yes! But you are not the only one. All the military personnel of the former Dark River Company who surrendered to you will join the Crisis Planning Agency with you and take on new positions."
Clifford's face showed an expression of joy, and he was so overwhelmed with excitement that he couldn't hold it back.
Li Jianfeng patted him on the shoulder, and then continued: "There is a top-secret mission. I hope you and your colleagues will complete it well."
Five minutes later, the two of them left the room and shook hands with each other at the door to say goodbye. Li Jianfeng looked at Clifford's windy steps with a slight smile on his face.
"How was it? Did the conversation go well?" A deep voice came from behind Li Jianfeng.
"Smooth!" Li Jianfeng replied without looking back, his eyes still staring at Clifford who was gradually moving away.
After a moment, a hint of gloom appeared on his face.
"Boom!" A ball of flame ignited behind Li Jianfeng. Soon, as the flame extinguished, a long line of smoke spurted out, lingering on Li Jianfeng's head.
"I'm wondering if Clifford will act according to your ideas?" Li Jianfeng turned around and asked.
Another puff of smoke puffed out, and after the smoke passed, a serious and calm face emerged. The people behind Li Jianfeng were none other than Miyazawa and his party.
Miyazawa and his party slowly took away the cigar from his mouth, stomped it hard on the ground, and then slowly raised his head, his eyes full of confidence.
"Don't worry, Lieutenant General, just wait and see the good show."
After Miyazawa finished speaking, he turned around and disappeared at the end of the corridor.
30 minutes later, a fleet consisting of more than 1,500 large ocean-going transport ships, more than 2,000 ocean-going tugboats, more than 800 engineering ships, more than 200 dredging ships, 15 life support ships, 5 fuel supply ships, and 2 hospital ships A huge ocean-going fleet secretly set out from a naval base on the northern coast of Oceania.
In addition, a warning formation composed of 12 destroyers and 9 conventional submarines also set sail at the same time. They will serve as an escort fleet and assume the security and protection work of the entire fleet.
In fact, the accompanying crew all knew that in the face of the absolute military strength of the Tiberians, a mere 21 ships could not compete with them. Once discovered, they would only be massacred.
But the fear in my heart may be far greater than the cruelty of reality.
As the whistles sounded through the harbor one after another, ships filed out of the locks one after another. They stretched for hundreds of sea miles, like a steel dragon with bright lights, galloping on the turbulent sea.
The man who leads this fleet is
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Cleaver, who recently joined the Crisis Plan, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and served as the chief of the Strategic Logistics Section of the Crisis Plan's Supreme Military Executive Committee.
The purpose of this voyage is to lead this huge logistics force to secretly go to the west coast of Africa to tap the rich red soil resources there.
In addition to the military transport ships and engineering ships affiliated to the Crisis Planning Agency, the ships under the jurisdiction of this logistics force also mobilized a large number of civilian ocean-going ships.
Its total tonnage reached a terrifying 363 million tons, accounting for almost 40% of the total tonnage of the earth's military and civilian ships.
One hour after the fleet set off, a special task force consisting of three aircraft carrier formations and two submarine formations also sailed out of the harbor. They followed closely behind the ocean-going transport fleet in radio silence.
The aircraft carrier formation in this task force is the only remaining aircraft carrier formation on earth.
In the command hall of the Supreme Military Executive Committee of the Crisis Planning Agency, Li Jianfeng stared seriously at the two large monitor screens on the left and right, the two dragon-like fleets galloping on the ocean.
The screen on the left is an ocean-going transport fleet composed of nearly 4,000 ships of various types, and on the right is a special mixed formation composed of 3 aircraft carrier formations and 2 submarine formations.
Just 2 hours after the ocean-going transport fleet left the port, that is, it had just sailed out of the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone and was about to enter the waters prohibited by the Tiberians, a letter of questioning came from the Tiberians' supreme commander. It was handed to Li Jianfeng.
The content of the interrogation letter is nothing more than asking about the reason and destination of this large ocean-going transport fleet leaving the port.
Li Jianfeng's answer was: This ocean-going transport fleet, composed of nearly 4,000 ships of various types, was originally responsible for transporting building materials for the construction of new cities in coastal areas under the jurisdiction of the people on Earth. However, the newly appointed Crisis Planning Agency Lieutenant Colonel Cleaver, chief of the Strategic Logistics Section of the Supreme Military Executive Council, defected without reason.
According to the intelligence we have, Lieutenant Colonel Cleaver will lead this large-scale ocean-going transport fleet around the western coast of Africa, avoiding our surveillance ships, and heading to Dark River Company in radio silence.
After the defection occurred, our side immediately dispatched a special task force consisting of three aircraft carrier formations and two submarine formations to pursue it.
At present, the task force has set sail and will sail out of our 200-nautical-mile marine exclusive economic zone in 40 minutes and enter your territorial waters.
In order to maintain the "strategic mutual trust" agreement signed between us, I implore the supreme commander to allow our pursuit fleet to continue sailing in your territorial waters to recover or destroy by force the defecting ocean transport fleet.
After quelling this sudden defection, our task force will return quickly and will never stay in any sea area beyond the provisions of the agreement.
At the same time, in order to express our position on this operation and not cause unnecessary diplomatic disputes, we have not dispatched any aerial aircraft to intercept. The purpose is to express our most sincere sincerity and determination to strictly maintain the agreement between the two parties to the supreme commander. .
Finally, Li Jianfeng emphasized: It is the obligation and responsibility of us people on earth to eliminate defectors and prevent defectors from taking desperate risks and triggering armed friction between us.
I believe that the forced actions of the people on earth are not only to maintain the agreement recognized by both parties, but also to respect order.
Li Jianfeng's reply was well-founded and revealed his respect for the Taibo people and his strict compliance with the "strategic mutual trust" agreement signed by both parties.
At the same time, the Tiberians also received information that most of the crew members of the ocean-going fleet that participated in the defection once belonged to the military department of the Dark River Company. Their collective defection seemed reasonable.
The Tabers also considered rejecting Li Jianfeng's request. They informed Rene of the defection as soon as possible, but Rene did not seem to be interested in an ocean-going transport fleet, a transport fleet of up to 363 million tons. It has no practical significance to Dark River Company, but is a huge burden.
The port of the Dark River Company in such a small place simply cannot accommodate such a tonnage and number of ships.
However, Rene was quite enthusiastic about the military personnel on the ship who once belonged to their Dark River Company. Their return would indeed increase the strength of the Dark River Company.
What's more, their previous collective surrender to the Crisis Plan was also under his order.
This is a strategic deployment and must be done as a last resort.
The Dark River Company, caught between the Crisis Plan and the Tiberians, should first think of self-protection, rather than caring about the gains and losses of a city or a place.
This city and place are the military personnel who surrendered to the Crisis Plan.
Since the previous strategy has worked, now that they are returning on their own initiative, he has no reason not to accept it.
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Accept them, but doing so comes with huge risks.
If some of them are instigated by the Crisis Plan to rebel, Dark River Company will never have peace.
Rene was a little undecided.
He looked at the dark sea and fell into deep contemplation...
The mountain ghost came over, holding a cup of coffee and milk in each hand. He handed the coffee to René and followed him to look at the raging sea...
"The Tiberians are urging us again. They ask us if we are willing to accept the defected ocean transport fleet?" Mountain Ghost asked, taking a sip of milk.
"Is it Cleaver who is the commander of that ocean-going fleet?"
"Yes, Monsieur Rene."
Rene brought the coffee to his mouth, took a sip gently, and asked: "Why was the Tiber people the first to get the disappearance of Clifford's defection? Rather than the secret message sent to us by Clifford?"
"Maybe...maybe he is worried that the secret message will be intercepted by the Crisis Planning Agency, so he wants to cook the rice before it is cooked." Shangui shrugged.
"No." Rene shook his head, wiped his lips, and then continued, "No matter how powerful the Tiberians are, they are still far from being able to understand Clifford's thoughts."
The mountain ghost's expression froze. He stared motionlessly at René, who was facing the sea, and doubts appeared on his face.
After a moment, Shangui seemed to suddenly realize it. He slapped his forehead fiercely: "Yes, why didn't I think of this?"
"Is this Li Jianfeng's plan to lure us into being fooled?" Mountain Ghost asked with a serious face.
Rene did not answer him directly, but withdrew his gaze from the sea. After taking a sip of coffee, he whispered: "Inform the Tiberians that Dark River Company has given up on accepting that ocean-going transport fleet."
Five minutes later, the Supreme Commander of the Taibo Stars agreed to Li Jianfeng's request to use a maritime force to intercept or destroy the "rebels" by force within their "territorial waters".
At this moment, under the faint starlight, Cleaver stood on the rear deck of the flagship, enjoying the slight sea breeze while staring at the misty sea behind the fleet.
At this time, a man in a major's military uniform walked up to him. He was his adjutant, Major Chance.
Chance respectfully performed a standard military salute.
"Have you found it?" Clifford asked without looking back.
"Found it, this is a picture taken by one of our detection ships." Chance said, handing an infrared photo to Cleaver's hand.
Clifford stared at the photo in his hand, and his serious face immediately turned livid.
The infrared photo shows a warning formation composed of 12 destroyers and 9 conventional submarines, which are closely following the ocean transport fleet about 50 nautical miles away.
"Are they providing escort for us, or are they spying on us?" Clifford pondered.
"If it were an escort, it would be on our left and right wings, but now it is following us closely. This obviously has another intention!"
"I knew Li Jianfeng wouldn't believe us!"
After Clifford finished speaking, he angrily tore the photo in his hand into pieces, and the snowflake-like fragments fell with the wind, fell on the shoulders of the two of them, and floated towards the dark sea.
"Based on the current signs, the warning formation should be here to monitor us, or..." Chance said, with a panicked expression on his face.
"Or what?" Clifford became nervous.
"I always feel... the Crisis Plan is using us as cannon fodder!"
"Serving as cannon fodder?" Clifford said in shock.
Chance lowered his voice: "Think about it, almost all of us who carried out this mission are our surrendered personnel. The key point is that without the permission of the Tiberians, no ship from the Earth can sail outside the northern coast of Oceania. Any part of the sea, otherwise, it will be sunk directly without warning!"
Clifford's fist hit the railing hard, and under the dim light, he saw a ferocious and gloomy face.
"I knew this was a conspiracy! A complete conspiracy! The Crisis Planning Agency wants to use the help of the Tiberians to get rid of us!"
"What now?" Chance asked in horror.
"Since they don't believe us and want to destroy us, there is no need for us to stay."
"You mean..."
"Lead everyone back to Dark River Company!"
Cleaver didn't know that in addition to the alert formation consisting of 12 destroyers and 9 conventional submarines, about 100 nautical miles behind it, there was also a special task force consisting of 3 aircraft carrier formations and 2 submarine formations. .
Once they defect, the task force will intercept them or use force to eliminate them.
(End of chapter)
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